User Manual

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Owner’s Manual
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing a sonuus Voluum. Like all sonuus products, the Voluum is the culmination
of ground-breaking innovation and considerable technical expertise. We are delighted that you have
chosen to purchase a sonuus Voluum and we anticipate that it will greatly enhance your music
making. This manual is a comprehensive guide to the Voluum but if you have any questions, we offer
attentive customer support via our on-line user forum:
www.sonuus.com/forum
The Voluum is an analogue volume effects stomp box. It is packed with innovations from the sonuus
Research Team.
Analogue signal path with digital control
The Voluum’s fully analogue signal path features a high-performance studio-grade voltage-
controlled-amplifier (
VCA ) with low noise and low distortion characteristics. A constant high-voltage
analogue power supply gives maximum analogue performance and high headroom to ensure even
the loudest signals can be processed without artifacts. This high bandwidth, high dynamic range
signal path guarantees the smooth sound of analogue circuitry with no digital artifacts.
Combining the analogue signal path with digital control gives you precision and configurability.
Flexible effects chain
The effects chain comprises five effects (noise gate, compressor, LFO (tremolo), volume control and
limiter) which can be used in any combination.
Unique patent-pending pedal sensor
Most volume pedals operate using a potentiometer (a pot) which has two main problems: the pot
sucks the tone from your instrument, and it wears out quickly resulting in the effect becoming
scratchy. Pots also have mechanical couplings which limit fine control and let dirt inside the unit, so
compromising reliability.
Some other volume pedals use optical methods to avoid the limitations of pots, but these are
susceptible to dirt and often don't have fine control or fast response.
sonuus' patent-pending position sensor allows fast, super-fine precision control that isn't susceptible
to dirt and grease. As a result, the pedal control on the Voluum won’t get scratchy and will never
wear out. Combined with ultra-smooth pedal action with user-adjustable tension, in a rock-solid
chassis, the Voluum gives you unrivalled signal level control.
For guitar and bass
The V oluum is designed from the ground up to be perfect for guitar and bass. We know that many
musicians play both instruments and don’t want to compromise when an effect is designed for the
higher or lower frequencies of specific instrument. Of course, the Voluum can also be used on other
instruments such as keyboards. You don’t need to restrict your creativity to guitar and bass!