TM Motion Controlled Phaser/Flanger Users Guide SA-102
Please Read This First Contents Important Safety Information 4 Welcome • WARNING! Before using unit, be sure to read the owners manual and 5 Overview of Features other warnings below. • CAUTION! All electronic devices should be out of reach of children. • CAUTION! If used improperly, batteries may explode or leak and cause damage or injury.
Welcome! Overview of Features Thank you for purchasing The Hot Hand™ Motion Controlled Phaser/Flanger. We hope to help you discover a whole new world of musical expression. MOTION CONTROL Hot Hand products may be completely new, but they are easy to use. We have worked hard to bring you as much power and as many features as possible while keeping the controls simple and intuitive. This manual is organized so that you can get started quickly. Read over the first few pages and you will be ready to go.
Quick Start 01 : Power Your Hot Hand comes with the following components. Carrying Case The first thing you will need is power. Your Hot Hand™ unit comes with 4 AA batteries to get you started. The batteries will typically last about 15 to 20 hours. To avoid concerns about battery life, we recommend you buy a Source Audio 9V DC power supply (A) (see power supply note on page 14 for exact requirements). 02 : SENSOR IN connection Next, connect the supplied EXTENSION CABLE to the SENSOR IN jack (B).
04 : Attaching the Hot Hand Motion Sensor 06: How to select and control the effects Choose the ring size which fits most comfortably. This is ideally placed on the middle or ring finger of your strumming hand (A). Put your guitar on and take out the Hot Hand sensor. Insert the Hot Hand into the ring as shown. To prevent the sensor cord from interfering with your playing, use the provided arm band (B) to hold it up near your elbow as shown.
Features The Controls The Hot Hand Concept The Hot Hand provides a new way to control effects. It is no longer necessary to stand over a pedal board. The movement of the picking hand becomes an expression pedal. The control follows the rhythm of the music without conscious effort. It is also possible to move the hand much quicker than a pedal can be moved. The potential for additional showmanship in live performance must not be overlooked.
Modulation Sources Hot Hand The effects may be swept (or modulated) from any of a variety of control signals. The MOD SOURCE knob does the selection, and the amount of modulation is set by the DEPTH control. While it is certainly possible to use Hot Hand without much technical background, a few words about how it works will allow you to quickly understand how hand position and hand motion impact the sound. The Hot Hand sensor senses acceleration.
Calibration (optional) LFO Your use of Hot Hand will benefit from the unit being calibrated to your playing position and style. In effect, you are telling the control box where your hand is when it is centered over the strings. Calibration is recommended when using for the first time or when your playing position changes due to guitar strap changes or when moving from standing to sitting.
Knobs DEPTH Knob The DEPTH knob sets how much of the selected modulation source is used to modify the frequency responses that are created by the Phaser or Flanger algorithms. EFFECT Knob The EFFECT knob switches between the various different effects. For a description of each effect, please see page 24. There are 7 Phasers and 7 Flangers to select from. Some of the selection positions are “between” the positions marked by the LEDs; these are indicated by having both bracketing LEDs on at the same time.
MOTION/SPEED Knob/INVERT If Hot Hand has been selected as the MOD SOURCE, the MOTION/SPEED knob essentially determines how sensitive the Hot Hand is to rapid motion of the sensor. Setting this knob towards “Pick” will make the Hot Hand more sensitive so that even the quickest motions will be picked up. Setting it to near “Strum” is best for strumming, and “Flail” will reduce the sensitivity so that only more dramatic (slower) motions will produce a noticeable effect.
Connections GUITAR OUT This ¼-inch output is where you connect your amp or the next pedal in your chain. SENSOR IN Connect the Hot Hand here directly or using the supplied EXTENSION CABLE. GUITAR IN This is where you connect your guitar to the box, using a standard ¼-inch guitar cable. Technical Note: The input impedance is 2.2 M. The maximum signal should not exceed 4.2 volts peak-to-peak.
Pedals Saving Presets ON/OFF (left) Pedal The PRESET feature of this product has been designed to be simple. This product allows you to save 4 different configurations so that they may be easily recalled from the standing position. When you receive your product from the factory, we have selected what we think are 4 useful configurations. You may either keep these or replace any of them with your own settings.
Effect Types Flangers Following are descriptions of the different effect types we programmed into the Hot Hand box. Note that each sound interacts differently with both the Hot Hand hand motions, or other modulation sources, as well as the settings on the DEPTH, FREQUENCY/DELAY and MOTION/SPEED knobs. It is suggested that you experiment a bit to find just the right sound for different playing styles.
Back Page Features and Controls We have tried to balance the conflicting requirements of flexibility and simplicity in this unit. Thus, a number of parameters appear in what we call Back Page editing. These are parameters that, in general, will not need as frequent adjustments as the controls that are directly accessible from the front panel. (These parameters, along with the presets, may be restored to the factory settings through the Restore function.
Hot Hand x and y-axis interchange (Effect=Phaser 05) The Hot Hand sensor uses a two axis accelerometer. By default, the Hot Hand senses acceleration along the x-axis. The x-axis runs parallel to your arm and the long dimension of the sensor ring. The y-axis is perpendicular to x, while still being in the plane of an outstretched hand wearing the ring.
KNOCK control (Effect=Envelope) This parameter enables the unit to be toggled between effect on and effect off by tapping the sensor wearing hand against a hard surface, such as the guitar. There is a threshold level, which may be adjusted as needed. Higher thresholds will need a harder tap to be recognized, but there will be less chance of an accidental trigger from normal hand motions. Somewhere in the middle of the range will generally be best.
Length (Effect=Flanger 05) The sequence length selection. The selections are: DEPTH Knob Length 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2/3/6 4 5 6 7 8 (default setting) 9 10 8 12 A selection of 0 on the DEPTH knob for the length parameter can yield any of three different lengths (2, 3, or 6), depending on the selected pattern: Pattern Selection Length 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 Factory Presets These are the presets that the unit ships with.
Specifications LIMITED WARRANTY Dimensions • L: 7.125 inches (18.1cm) • W: 7.125 inches (18.1cm) • H: 1.75 inches (4.5cm) Power • 130mA @ 9 VDC • 15-20 hours of battery life • NEGATIVE tip power jack Total including knobs: Audio Performance • 115dB audio ADC • 24 bit audio conversion • 56 bit digital data path • Active analog bypass utilized when effect not engaged • H: 2.125 inches (5.5cm) Weight • 5lbs/2.27kg (floor unit only) • 7lbs/3.
About Source Audio Source Audio was founded in January 2005 by former engineers, scientists, and executives of Analog Devices, Kurzweil Music Systems, and Thomas H. Lee Partners. With over 80 years of broad combined industry experience, we bring to the audio effects market a powerful team with skills in analog and digital circuit design, algorithm and effects development, and marketing and business management. SA-102 © Source Audio LLC 120 Cummings Park, Woburn, MA 01801 www.sourceaudio.
