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2. is where you plug your instrument in The maximum level that you can feed into this input is approximately 13dB before clipping distortion that s a lot for an instrument in A typical passive pickup puts out about 14dB You have plenty of headroom Depending on what type of pick up or if your instrument has a pre amp the load impedance of this instrument input will effect the tone of your signal It s subtle but if you send a lot of time with an instru ment and an amp you ll hear it Most vintage passive guitar pick ups like a 1 meg ohm to 500 k ohm load too low a load it will sound dull and compressed Too high a load will sound clangy and bright Piezo pick ups want to see a very high or no load I find with bass typically no load brings out the woody character of the instrument suitable for a more lead sound with a higher load more round back up sound If your instrument has a preamp the load will have no effect on your tone The difference between load on and load off won t be noticeable The load off button on the front of the Pepper makes the instrument input impedance 10 meg ohms effectively no load With the button out load on you can adjust the load from 100k ohms to 2 3 meg ohms via the rear trim pot The Pepper is shipped with this trim pot adjusted for a 1 meg ohm load typical of most guitar amplifiers So you might find you never need to touch this My suggestion is only on a day where you have the time to hav
3. of the pedal which can cause horrendous oscillation by carefully in creasing the instrument thru level If this makes you nervous plug the pedal out into the pedal ts in and select pedal insert Have fun PLAYING WITH A BUDDY OR USING TWO GUITARS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PEPPER Since the pedal insert return labeled pedal ts in uses exactly the same super hi fi buffer as the instrument in with a fixed 1 meg ohm impedance you can also use it for an extra instrument in You could use this two ways To select between guitars you could select pdl insert for your second guitar the dual foot switch would come in handy here or you can mix two guitars together with the instrument thru controlling the level of the front instrument in guitar and the return level for the guitar plugged in the pdl ts in This would work well also if you had two pick ups on an instrument the polarity reverse will come in handy here ah ha See the Pepper is versatile Little Labs Pepper standard set up pedal instrument c pedal 7 insert H hiz amp instrument e in j hiz amp or wireless 0 0 shure OO oo differential amp pro return instrument thru level differential PCP or Redeye 3D expansion in Little Labs or console line in expansion out guitar amp
4. Little Labs THE PEPPER PEDAL PRO INSTRUMENT BLENDER DIRECT BOX RE AMP PRELIMINARY OPERATORS MANUAL Little Labs MANUAL PRINTING amp PDF FORMATTING 04 2014 USING THIS MANUAL OR ANY PART OF IT WITHOUT PERMISSION IS A VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT LAWS Dear valued Little Labs customer Congratulations on your purchase of the Pepper With so much new audio gear out there it was tough to figure out something new unique and utilitarian enougn to be use on all phases of a project It had to bea roduct that sounds antastic and you wou d find eventually you cou dn t live without Solcame up with the Pepper Like the spice you will use it everudau meren different gear for an engineer instrument player can be a alle and saw a need tor a one box solution A central hub tor your instrument that easi y interfaced your pedals our pro gear a mixer and the obvious your amp and meles obvious external gear like a Little Labs PCP or Redeye 4D This product is a useful super interface and I can t think of anything quite like it out there that I know of that is a truly rotessional piece or kit There are some guitar peda wet dry multi interfaces with tone controls etc but all I looked at were no where near the qua ity you ind in the Pepper The electronics in the Pe per 15 truly state of the art and will onl be found in high end une e gear The transtormers deed are timeless gems so it really is a combination of the best
5. dad hat dan sole dada dan sale dodi euh das cae ides ea DoD PI aa da aedes o instrumentin Little Labs Pepper two instrument set up instrument N insert instrument in hiz amp instrument lt pro return becomes level of Little Labs PCP or Redeye 3D instrument plugged expansion in into pedal ts in or console line in bee ep ee po v xA E x mser guitar amp pro send pro expansion 000 0000j return out 5 1 i 4 gt instrument out differential differential j gt i sum amp 1 instrument thru mic level level out amp O O O instrument thru becomes level of mic differential instrument plugged preamp amp into instrument in LITTLE LABS 6711 WHITLEY TERRACE HOLLYWOOD CA 90068 E MAIL LITTLELABS LITTLELABS COM WEB WWW LITTLELABS COM SALES SERVICE TECHNICAL SUPPORT amp FAX 323 851 6860 MANUAL PRINTING amp PDF FORMATTING 05 2014
6. e a good listen carefully adjust and see what you find works best for your instruments Compare the sound of plugging directly into your amp with the sound through the Pepper adjust ac cordingly After that load on and load off is more than likely all you will ever need for the right sound for you with your instruments Little Labs THE PEDAL INSERT After the instrument in and the initial super hi fi buffer on the pep per your signal is directed two ways a clean untouched signal is directed to the instrument thru potentiometer instr thru feeding that untouched clean signal to your instrument out your mic level xlr out and your expansion trs out exp trs out The second direction is the insert path and the first insert it sees is the pedal insert labeled pdl insert on the front panel button It is lighted green when the insert is activated It is not dim green when deactivated like the other not insert buttons so it ll be clear even in a dark room when it s active or not This insert can also be controlled by an external trs foot switch the button must be in to be controlled by the foot switch more on the foot switch later When not selected this insert is hard wire bypassed with a quality relay When not selected the pedals are completely out of the circuit You connect with a regular tip sleeve guitar cable the pdl ts out jack to the input of your pedal or pedal board The signal feeding your pedals from the pepper has a 5k
7. ls and even an mxr phase 90 can be truly trippy and a whole lot of fun THE DI MIC LEVEL OUT AND INSTRUMENT OUT TRANSFORMERS AND EARTH LIFTS The Pepper uses two vintage UTC style transformers for both the direct out mic level out and the instrument out These excellent transformers are sealed in mu metal cans so they are shielded from stray electromagnetic fields or in more simple terms air born hum This makes the pepper highly suitable for emf plagued live stage work They also allow you to have com plete ground isolation where you need it to avoid ground loop caused hum The earth lift buttons are labeled di earth and instr earth Push one or both of these buttons in if you need to eliminate ground loop hum USING AN EXTERNAL FOOT SWITCH TO CONTROL YOUR PEDAL AND PRO INSERTS The Peppers pedal and pro inserts can be controlled by an external foot switch Plug the trs foot switch into the jack labeled ext foot The pdl insert and pro insert switches must be pushed in in order to control the inserts with the external foot switch The dual foot switch you need to use is a standard trs foot switch which we don t include but they are cheap and readily available For example the Hosa Technology FSC 385 is a very sturdy unit I bought one off Amazon for less than 10 You can get on Amazon a GLS 25 foot trs to trs cable to use with the Hosa and Pepper for around 15 No audio runs through the cable so it doesn t need to be fancy He
8. nsert return This differential amp has 18dB of gain it converts the signal to balanced lo Z impedance and has an attenuator potentiom eter labeled pro send The pro return also has an attenuator The jack on the rear of the Pepper for the pro insert send is labeled pro trs out which is for connecting a trs cable to your pro gears bal anced input The pro insert return is labeled pro trs in and is for con necting a trs cable to your pro gears balanced output Interfacing your pro gear will be a snap now just plug in push pro insert in turn your pro send up until you get the level you need and turn the return down if the pro return is too hot RETURN CUT RETURN POLARITY AND A LITTLE ON RE AMP LEVELS The return cut mutes the pedal and pro insert chain You will still hear the dry signal of your instrument if the instrument thru is turned up The polarity reverse only flips the polarity of the pedal and pro insert chain This is handy when combining with your dry instrument thru signal Some pedals flip polarity or shift phase enough that when you combine with a dry track a thin sound will result Inserting the polar ity switch to flip the polarity will sometimes result in a fatter sound ing signal A less obvious but very handy use of the polarity switch is for set ting your level so when you insert your pedal or pro gear the level will stay the same To do this push the return cut then adjust your instrument thru to the unity gain 3
9. o clock position this is where your level should be the same level as plugging directly into your amp Uncut your return cut and push in the polarity reverse button With the inserts both pro and pedal not inserted bring up the pro return level until it nulls the instrument thru signal Then with your pedals attached but effect out insert the pedals by pushing pdl insert button Little Labs in Provided your pedals have a proper hard bypass you should still be nulled if not adjust the pro return level until it is Next deselect the pedal insert and select the pro insert The pro device can be any line level balanced piece of gear for example anything in a 500 series rack not a mic pre though Duh a LA2A a Pultec a Distressor you get the idea If re amping the pro gear would be pro tools or a channel of a mutli track tape machine now turn up the pro send until you re hitting the pro device with a healthy level on pro tools or any recording device select input moni tor if you ll be using pedals too insert your pedals by pushing pdl insert with the effects off Then if you have to adjust the pro return until you have a null With analog gear like an analog tape machine this will always work With pro tools because of slight latency even on input you just have to adjust level for the thinnest sound On my Korg MR 1000 the latency is too much and you can t null it at all oh well 8 Now you can take the polarity reve
10. of the new with the best of the old This manual is reliminary meaning t will have typos and grammatical errors I m no English major but it Should get you started Have fun with the pepper Yours truly Jonathan Little Little Labs GETTING STARTED To get familiar with the Pepper it s good to hook up the basic whole chain Instrument pedals pro gear and your amp But first of all before plugging the IEC AC cord check the voltage is set to the voltage of your country 110v covers 100 to 120 volts 220v covers 220v to 240 volts The DC power plug is keyed pin 1 is ground pin 2 is 16 volts pin 3 is 16 volts Don t force it it should slide right in We will get into the ins and outs in more detail in this manual but one thing to keep in mind to keep everything happy is use the proper cables That is easy though all cables can be regular guitar tip sleeve except for the pro trs out the pro trs in and expansion trs out These need to be tip ring sleeve balanced connections If you use a tip sleeve you will be driving signal into the ground your gain structure will be compromised and distortion will result The only other cable is for the mic level out which obviously has to be a balanced XLR mic cable So read on the Pepper is pretty simple once you ve hooked it up with assistance of this manual hopefully you ll never have to use the manual again INSTRUMENT INPUT AND THE LOAD OFF BUTTON The instrument in
11. ohm impedance This impedance was chosen over sending out a low impedance signal usually 100 ohms because some pedals won t sound right being fed by a super low impedance like germanium overdrive units 5k ohms was high enough for these pedals to sound right but low enough you can run a reasonably long run to your board The pedal return sees the same super hi fi buffer circuit as the instru ment in but with a fixed 1 meg ohm impedance This buffer is only used in the circuit when the pedal insert is selected You could if you wanted have a whole different instrument plugged in here to mix with your instrument plugged in the instrument in but more on that later THE PRO INSERT After the pedal insert is the pro insert It is like the pedal insert lighted green when the insert is activated It is not dim green when deactivated like the other not insert buttons so it ll be clear even in a dark room when it s active or not This insert can also be controlled by an external trs foot switch the button must be in to be controlled by the foot switch more on the foot switch later When not selected this insert is hard wire bypassed with a quality relay When not selected the pro gear is completely out of the circuit If the pedal insert is not selected a very high quality differential amp is fed directly off the super hi fi buffer which is right after the in strument in or if the pedal insert is selected it is fed from the pedal i
12. ou must use a trs to trs cable It s a balanced line level signal If for instance you use this with the PCP you can have a pretty darn creative set up with different pro tools tracks feeding the PCP xlr inputs switching between different amps playing with the tracks It s mind boggling the possibilities I hope someone really creative gets into this set up If you need help with this call me USING THE PEPPER TO TURN A PEDAL OR PEDAL CHAIN INTO PRO GEAR The Pepper can turn a pedal or a chain of pedals easily in to a pro piece of gear with balanced line level inputs and outputs Let s say you want to use a pedal on the balanced insert of a console First turn your instr thru level on the Pepper all the way down and push the pro insert button in Plug the console send into the Peppers pro trs in trs cable or alterna tively into the pedal ts in with pedal insert selected Plug your pedal input into the Peppers front panel instrument out ts guitar cable Plug your pedal output into the Peppers front panel instrument in ts guitar cable Plug the console return into the pro trs out trs cable Now you turn the pro return up to adjust the level hitting the pedal and you turn the pro send up to bring the level up to a healthy line level for return to the console If using pedals like a delay or phaser and you plugged the pedal out into the instrument in you can experi ment feeding back some signal from the output back to the input
13. re is a diagram of what s needed you might have one already Little Labs EXP TRS OUT WHAT IS IT FOR The exp trs out is the expansion out tip ring sleeve jack It is the line level transformer less output of the Pepper with the same signal different level and impedance as what feeds the instrument out and DI out mic level out If you are playing live you will pretty much always use the mic level out because FOH guys always want a mic level signal and the transformer on the mic level out provides if needed proper ground isolation for hum elimination For recording definitely check this exp trs output out no mic pre needed transformer less line level expansion output It sounds really good clean and punchy You can also well maybe obviously plug both in the mic level out with a mic pre and the exp trs out line in and see what sounds best for your track They both are great I just don t want you to overlook the less obvious exp trs out The other use for the expansion out is for use with other Little Labs products the PCP instrument distro and the Redeye 3D phantom These both have expansion inputs made especially for the Peppers expansion out Plugging the Pepper into there expansion in will give you extra guitar level impedance instrument outs that will have identical level to the output of the Pepper They also can be placed remotely like very remotely down the block with no signal loss Remember though y
14. rse button out and turn down the instrument thru You can rest assured the level with the inserts in and inserts out will remain the same this might not matter to you that much but for re amping it s absolutely essential 99 of the reason people say that their re amped signal doesn t sound the same as when playing the part is the level being off Done properly re amping with the Pepper playing the guitar part directly into the amp and playing back the part off tape or DAW will be indistinguishable THE INSTRUMENT THRU AND SUMMING IT ALL TOGETHER The instrument thru potentiometer labeled instr thru controls the level of your dry signal bypassing your pedal and pro inserts that feed the instrument out and the DI out mic level out This is summed together with your pro return which controls the level of the post pedal and pro inserts This works just like a wet dry mixer Sometimes your instrument will lack intelligibility when using effects and blending in a little dry signal can be just the ticket to give you more attack while still keeping groovy Parallel compression is really nice too take your best pro compressor like an 1176 put that on the pro insert and blend in a little dry for a nice thick sound Another use of this instrument thru is when using the pepper to turn a pedal into pro gear more on that later It can be used as a feedback which of course can send you into horrible oscillation but used sparingly on delay peda

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