Add something truly unique to your pedalboard with the PLASMA COIL, a distortion pedal codesigned by Third Man Records, Jack White, and Gamechanger Audio that lets you literally play a bolt of lightning. By converting your input signal into high-voltage electric discharges in a xenon tube, you can achieve distinctively clipped audio quite unlike any other distortion pedal.

The distortion effect is sharp, sizzling, clear, and highly responsive to your picking style, with a natural noise-gating feature via the Blend knob that can create strong contrasts between staccato notes or hide unwanted noise and hum. Six octaver-inspired FX let you inject subharmonics or upper harmonics into your tone. Two EQ controls (High Freq and Low Freq) provide an extremely wide EQ range, ideal for bass guitar, thanks to the unique method of distortion. A rear-panel switch let's you flip between momentary and latching modes on the dedicated FX footswitch. Excellent harmonic transparency for even the most complex chords allows PLASMA COIL to add something special to not only guitar and bass, but also synthesizers, drum machines, vocals, and more.

Unique Distortion Stompbox    Xenon Discharge Offers Huge Distortion    Noise Gating Effect & Extremely Wide EQ    6 Octave and Gain-Boosting FX    Unique Harmonic Saturation    Wide Picking Response    Use Blend Knob to Mix Wet & Dry Signals    Voltage and Output Volume Controls    Latching or Momentary FX Footswitch    Plays Well with Tremolo and Delay FX

Instead of traditional LED circuits, transistors, or vacuum tubes, the PLASMA COIL pedal produces distortion by converting your instrument's signal into a series of electrical impulses (via pulse-amplitude modulation) that are sent to a step-up fly-back transformer. The transformer amplifies these bursts to the order of thousands of volts and then discharges the current into a special xenon gas-filled glass tube (viewable on pedal itself).

The xenon gas is ionized and acts as a conductor, carrying the bright discharges from one electrode to the other, while a special antenna acts as a rectifier, picking up the electromagnetic waves of the discharge and reforming them back into audio signals. This process ultimately modulates and alters the audio signal in a unique and distinctive manner, with a signature sound character unlike any other distortion method.

The harmonic artifacts, created as a byproduct of the high-voltage discharge are uncommon in traditional signal amplification, and therefore plasma distortion is unlike anything you have heard before. The PLASMA COIL produces a large amount of nonlinear harmonic saturation that causes extremely rich and responsive attacks and brings out screeching sharp overtones and harmonics.

The way the plasma tube reacts with different instruments and sound sources is quite unique. The scope of distortion intensity goes from sputtery broken sounds, to full saturation and sustain, all the way to totally oversaturated tones. The level of distortion is controlled with the Blend and Voltage knobs.

When an audio signal is driven by a step-up transformer, all the harmonics and overtones that are present in the original signal become very pronounced. There is also a certain amount of noise pollution that is created by the transformer and gas-tube system. This sound can be described as a crackling or buzzing sound, and it adds an electric quality to the distortion tone.

• Voltage: lets you adjust the amount of current sent to the xenon tube, increasing or decreasing the theshold necessary for achieving a discharge in the tube
• Volume: standard master volume control with 12 o'clock offering unity gain, though it may vary depending on EQ settings
• Blend: balance between the wet and dry signals, with fully clockwise providing a wet only signal, and fully counterclockwise providing an entirely dry signal
• Low Freq: controls low frequency content, offering ±9 dB of adjustment at 600 Hz
• High Freq: adjusts ±10 dB of high-frequency content at 1.5 kHz

As soon as you stop playing, the electrical discharge within the gas-filled tube is interrupted, and the pedal will not produce any output signal at all. This feature allows you to achieve extreme contrasts between individual notes, by eliminating all of the inbetween noises created by the instrument's pick-ups or by humming strings. The gating effect can also be used to significantly alter how the instrument responds to various picking and strumming techniques and how the instrument sustains notes.

The FX knob let's you select between six different octaver-inspired FX, including:

• Voltage Booster
• Subharmonic Mode 1
• Subharmonic Mode 2
• Upper Harmonic Mode
• Mixed Harmonic Mode 1
• Mixed Harmonic Mode 2

The PLASMA COIL's subharmonics are produced by modulating the Xenon tube's voltage with multiple divisions of the instruments fundamental frequency. The result is a glitchy, distorted octave-down sound that is somewhere between a ring mod and a bit-crush effect.

The PLASMA COIL's upper harmonics are produced by using a wave rectifier and band-pass filter. The result is an octa-fuzz type sound with a distinct 2nd harmonic enhancement, which is perceived as an octave up effect.

The PLASMA COIL pedal loses the original dry input signal and creates a new signal from fluctuations in the electromagnetic field surrounding the gas-discharge tube. This allows for a very wide range of frequencies.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can be used with one-hand gimbals like ronin-s? Also those gimbals when fully rigged with V-lock battery, follow-focus, teradek, etc. are pretty heavy.

A: No this will not work with single handed gimbals

Q: 2. Lets say I'm shooting an interview where only the subject is seen, and I have 2 cameras, one wide and one closeup on the subject. Which camera angle would look better on the One Man Crew?--the wide or the CU camera?

A: Hi Andrew - great question. actually both would look great with the OMCD! we see pretty much even use of both shots so it's hard to say which is better. If you google axs dan rather big interview, they most often use the wide shot with the OMCD and a wide angle lens - it's a beautiful and subtle shot.they just aired sammy hagar interview you can see some of the wide shot here:https://a href= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_NSfjwbjY target= _blank www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_NSfjwbjY/avideomaker also shows the closeupa href= http://www.videomaker.com/video/watch/product-spotlight/17262-the-one-man-crew-in-action target= _blank http://www.videomaker.com/video/watch/product-spotlight/17262-the-one-man-crew-in-action/aone consideration is the wide shot covers more angle, so you have to make sure your background looks for closeup shots, the built-in positioning laser and curved track make nailing the shot (in focus, anchored in frame) super easy even with a tight frame and shallow focushope that helps!

Q: 3. If a 25mm MFT lens (50mm FF equiv) is adopted to E mount, is the field of view or effective focal length changed?

A: The focal length of a lens never changes. The "equivalency" to 35mm is dependent on the camera being used. Therefore a 25mm MFT lens adapted to a Sony full frame camera would be the same as using a native Sony mount lens that has a 25mm focal length. But also due to the smaller image circle of Micro Four Thirds lenses, vignetting will likely occur on both APS-C and full-frame format sensors when using this adapter.

Q: 4. Will work with a Sony a7r?

A: It works with the a7rII.

Q: 5. Which version OMCD is this? The updated version with the ultra-low noise drive system? Or the original version?

A: Hi Charles - thanks for your questionthis is the updated version - the One Man Crew DIrectorin addition to the internal improvements, it also is a deluxe kit and includes the most popular accessories in this bundle.hope that helps

Q: 6. Following up on my last Q. I believe all Olympus (and Panasonic?) AF lenses are "focus by wire". Is it physically possible to manually focus such lenses when mounted on this adapter? I would think not. If not, there are very few MFT lenses that can be used with this adapter. Correct?

A: If the Micro Four Third mount lens you use uses focus-by-wire, I do not believe it would allow you to focus the lens using the FotodioX Lens Mount Adapter listed above as I believe electronic communication is required for adjusting focus-by-wire lenses. However, if you have a full manual-focus lens or if your lens uses mechanical coupling for focus purposes, then those should offer compatibility with the above lens mount adapter.

Q: 7. Is it possible to manually tilt as it tracks? Or does it tilt automatically

A: As I see it, the design is strong enough to pan/tilt/dolly manually. However, the motorized dolly is accomplished with a belt and I suspect imparting any manual force probably will cause unwanted jiggle.

Q: 8. Will I have autofocus with this adapter?

A: This is a manual lens adapter. You will not retain autofocus.

Q: 9. What is max capacity in vertical mode?

A: We use a C300 with a 16-35 on it with no issues... along with 24 and 50 Canon Cine's

Q: 10. What is the smallest size of waist this system is built for?

A: The manufacturer's size statements in regards to Tilta Armor Man 3.0 Gimbal Support System are that "these are padded for comfort and feature adjustable straps for securing to most body types." An exact waist size has not been established, but these are generally operated by adults with average heights of 5.2" and higher and weighing approximately 130 lb or more.