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Roger Mayer Vision Series The Vision Series all have three outputs, a true hard wire output plus two buffered outputs that can drive long cable lengths with no high frequency loss. These two buffered outputs are identical and are disconnected when the hard wire output is being used. This means that you have a choice for all possible performance or equipment situations whether you feel a true hard wire output or buffered outputs will perform best. In general the low output impedance of the buffer gives a lower noise floor and a more punchy sound but now it's so easy to hear the difference and make a real decision that is based on fact not hype. Technical Description: MODE 1: There is no jack plug inserted into the Hard Wire Output ( HW OUT1 ). The input of the buffer is connected through switching contacts on this jack socket (HW OUT1) to the foot switching output ( "full bypass" or "effect" ) and the two buffer outputs ( BF OUT2 ) and ( BF OUT3 ) will thus follow the foot switching action. In this "bypass mode" however the input of the buffer is only connected to the Input jack socket of the unit and not to the Octavia circuit as well so it can be thought of as "full bypass buffered". MODE 2: When a jack is inserted into the Hard Wire Output (HW OUT1). The input of the buffer is disconnected and no output signal will appear at the two buffered outputs. The Hard Wire Output ( HW OUT1 ) will follow the foot switching output ( "full bypass" or "effect" ). In this "bypass mode" the Hard Wire Output ( HW OUT1 ) is directly connected to the Input jack socket and to nothing else in the unit and is in "full bypass" - "true bypass" or "hard wire bypass" mode as the input is directly connected to the output through the foot switch and to nothing else. LED : An LED shows the status of the effect. The LED also shows a low battery condition and will fail to light in either status thus showing that battery replacement is required. RAPID BATTERY CHANGE : No more screws to loose!.. Slide the front panel back and there is the battery. It could not be simpler or faster. See picture below. LONG BATTERY LIFE : Exceptionally low current consumption: Bypass Mode=1.18mA. Effect Mode=1.50mA ensures an expected battery life of more than 150Hrs with alkaline type batteries. EXTERNAL POWER ADAPTER / SUPPLY : An external AC adapter (not supplied) can be used and access is through a standard DC power jack ( 2.1mm centre pin ) situated next to the jack sockets. Internal onboard filtering ensures that optimum low noise performance is maintained and diode protection provides peace of mind in case of polarity setting mistakes. Connection protocol:It uses the standard negative centre pin connection protocol used by many leading manufacturers. Specifications: 9 volt DC. Regulated output is recommended. Current rating: 50mA or more. ERGONOMIC DESIGN / PEDAL BOARD FRIENDLY : The position of the jack sockets and DC power jack are all on the same side of the enclosure and face away from you thus enabling the effect to be optimally positioned in pedal board set-ups. DIMENSIONS: Width 170 x Depth 112 x Height 57mm. Weight : 618g with battery.
$229.95 *FREE 2-3 Day Shipping!* in stock	Roger Mayer Vision Series Octavia The Vision Octavia retains the classic tone and circuitry of the Rocket Octavia, but has an added tone knob as well as the added conveniences of a power supply jack and a smaller more pedal board friendly size. The OCTAVIA is probably our most famous and distinctive creation. This effect was designed in early 1967 and featured on "Purple Haze" and "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix. It's unique tones can also be heard on such tracks as "One Rainy ", "Little Miss Lover", "Little Wing", "Machine Gun" etc. The OCTAVIA produces a sound that is an octave higher than the note you are presently playing. This doubling effect is accomplished through electronic mirror imaging techniques that are program sensitive and also respond to the feed forward inputs of the player. The electronic circuitry is analogue in design and will react faithfully to all the subtleties and harmonic overtones from the guitar. The effect produced is very unique but human in quality. The units that are manufactured today are representative of the latest evolution of Octavia that Jimi used and contains the feed forward and gating effect that my earlier evolutions lacked. Electronically the OCTAVIA is an analogue circuit with the properties of a frequency doubler, envelope generator and amplitude modulator with addition frequency shaping filter circuits. The effect produced is subtle to wild depending on the settings used and will respond to the attack of the player. A clean tone from the guitar with the tone rolled control rolled off will produce "ring modulated" overtones that characterise the solo to "Who knows ". The sound is tangibly different if a fuzz unit is in front of the Octavia: an upper octave double is created, clearly demonstrated in the solo to "Purple Haze". The bright harmonics are more controllable if the neck pickup is selected and the tone control set to roll off the treble. The effect really comes into it's own on the top E and B strings from the 7th fret up. A clean and precise picking style is essential with particular attention to accurate fretting techniques. Jimi placed the Octavia after a fuzz and wah unit in most cases so it would react to the combined effects of both the wah and one or more fuzz boxes. It is important to experiment with how much signal you are driving the Octavia with as this has a great influence on the sound produced. The Octavia now also comes in the brand new Vision Series enclosure design with the same famous sound and many added extras to help the modern musician and bring the famous Octavia sound forward to the future. The many players who demand the original sound plus a package that is more flexible and pedal board friendly will welcome the additional features and for the purists the famous Rocket Styled Octavia will still be available. Vision Octavia Front Panel Controls DRIVE: This control sets the gain of the stages before the equalizer section and as the gain or drive is increased adds varying harmonics which are then subjected to the Octavia section. It also adds sustain and effects the feedforward action and gating threshold. TONE: A very effective tone circuit has been added between the drive and octave stages to give control of the signal harmonics. This gives much added flexibility of setting the tone colour required. The original Octavia tone is of course preserved but in the studio with Jimi we used to have various EQ's and drivers to help our Octavia blend and this new feature goes a long way to help you achieve your own perfect blend. OUTPUT: This controls the final output level desired. Sound Samples
$249.00 *FREE 2-3 Day Shipping!* in stock	Roger Mayer Vision Series Page - 1 In 1964 I designed my first fuzz guitar effects pedal that was used by Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan and featured on many early hit records. I am pleased to announce that after 40 years this early ground breaking fuzz will be available again. It uses carefully selected germanium transistors and has the same distortion section as the original 1964 version. An added carefully tuned passive fatness control follows the distortion section and this adds fatness without messing up the guitar's detail or the distortion characteristics. It has all the features of the new Vision Series with Hard Wire and Buffered Dual Outputs and is housed in the same style of new enclosure. This reissue meets our strict guidelines of keeping the best of the old but also adding some new noteworthy modern features and we at Roger Mayer welcome you to step on to a piece of genuine history. Sound Samples
. $399.95 *FREE 2-3 Day Shipping!* in stock	Roger Mayer Vision Series Voodoo-Vibe Jr History: The Voodoo-Vibe Jr is our latest evolution of the Univibe unit that was used by Jimi Hendrix and Robin Trower. The Voodoo-Vibe Jr will faithfully reproduce all the old sounds and incorporates the modifications I made for Jimi. The Supervibe was my 1st evolution of the Univibe and many leading performers including Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robin Trower used this unit. The Voodoo-Vibe is the 2nd evolution and also has a Tremolo circuit plus the usual Chorus and Vibrato functions. The control of the sound parameters is greatly expanded and is capable of producing many new unheard effects. The Voodoo-Vibe Jr is the 3rd evolution and is the smaller brother of our famous Voodoo-Vibe, which is used by so many great guitarists such as Page and Clapton and still today remains the standard by which all other Vibe type clones are judged. It has been designed in response to the many requests of having a smaller unit with less knobs that still gives the great tone of it's bigger and more complicated brother. The Vibe Jr. has the same circuitry and configuration but does not have the Tremolo function nor does it have the choice of sine or triangular waveforms in three ranges and the symmetry controls. Technical: The Voodoo-Vibe Jr is completely analogue in operation and exhibits a very transparent and full sound quality that is lacking in digital units that simulate chorus, flanging, phasing and vibrato effects. The digital zipper noise and graininess is eliminated and the guitar tone is maintained throughout the full dynamic range, Class A discrete circuitry is used in all audio stages and results in ultra high audio quality and very low noise. The signal to noise ratio of the unit is 102Db, which is about 12 Db better than a compact disc. Extensive power supply filtering is used to ensure low noise operation from mains AC adapters. Front Panel Controls: SPEED: The speed or rate of effect can be adjusted over a large range. INTENSITY: The level of depth of the effect can be controlled and is used in conjunction with the other controls to set up the final effect. SWEEP: This control enables the unit to be tuned to produce different sweep effects from the Chorus and Vibrato mix. It changes the frequency around which the unit sweeps (centre frequency). If the mix control is set to full chorus the sweep can first be set to a good starting point by turning the Intensity control to minimum and then rotating the sweep control slowly whilst playing a chord until a phasing or null is heard. This should occur at about the 2 o'clock position of the sweep dial. Increase then the intensity control now and a very typical Univibe effect will be heard. When the Mix control is set at the full Vibrato setting the effects of the sweep control will not be as great as this is a pitch shift effect. MIX: This sets the mix or blend of chorus and vibrato effect. QUICK START: Turning all the controls to the 12oclock position will give a good starting point to begin experiencing the interplay of the controls. The operational window of these controls has been optimised to produce great tones instantly. The simplicity of operation will appeal to those who are less technically orientated and who want a plug in and go version of the Voodoo-Vibe that was a bit too complicated for them. Sound Samples
. $229.95 *FREE 2-3 Day Shipping!* in stock	Roger Mayer Vision Series Concord + The Concorde+ Treble Booster is housed in the new Vision Series enclosure design and uses both silicon and germanium transistors in a unique configuration to obtain the best tone qualities from the marriage. When I first started designing pedals in 1961 I produced a Treble Booster that was tried and used by my friends including Jimmy Page who then played in local bands. The circuit configuration I used was a standard textbook example but required careful attention to biasing and selection of transistors to obtain the best from this simple circuit. There were many subsequent commercial versions produced in the 1960's of this type of circuit that followed after the time I first designed mine and now I have designed and produced a much more flexible and enhanced version of my early design. The modern clones produced today of the ultra simple 1960 type treble boosters lack in flexibility and in my opinion are of very limited use. The Concorde + however departs from the clones and uses a unique approach of combining a low noise class A silicon drive circuit with passive tone shaping to drive a fully optimised germanium treble booster. This results in giving the simple circuit new life and explores its sonic boundaries to the maximum. It is now possible to add drive and distortion with EQ before the treble booster section. It is also possible to set the silicon drive section to drive the treble booster section much harder than any guitar pickup could ever do without any added distortion but with the added feature or having EQ prior to the treble booster. So if you want the qualities of soft germanium type distortion overload characteristics that this circuit will produce or you want to explore the more radical germanium distortion possibilities the Concorde+ will oblige. The front panels controls of Drive, Tone and Output control the many tone variations and brings the humble treble booster forward to the future. The Concorde+ comes in a brand new enclosure design with many added extras to help the modern musician. Many players demand a package that is more modern, flexible and pedal board friendly and will welcome the additional features. Concorde + Front Panel Controls DRIVE: The operational window has been carefully adjusted to set the gain of the silicon 1st stage to drive the treble booster section with clean signal levels that are higher than those obtained from the guitars pickups. When the drive is increased from it's minimum setting the 1st stage will begin to distort and you now are in the new territory of having smooth distortion followed by EQ and then the treble booster section. This area of operation is very useful as the germanium output stage is driven harder. So it is possible to set the DRIVE control to produce clean treble booster action with enhanced drive and EQ or have a combination both silicon and germanium distortion with inter stage EQ. This unique set up gives brand new life and tone variation. TONE: This controls the inter stage passive equalisation between the 1st stage Silicon Drive section and the final Germanium treble booster section. It has been carefully voiced to give a very musical and useful tool when setting up the final desired tone. OUTPUT: This controls the final output level, which has enough output level capability to overdrive the 1st stage of the amplifier being used. For more complete information please download the manual: Concorde + Concorde+ Features MULTI-MODE OUTPUTS with HARD WIRE BYPASS or TWO BUFFERED OUTPUTS The Concorde+ has three outputs, a true hard wire output plus two buffered outputs that can drive long cable lengths with no high frequency loss. These two buffered outputs are identical and are disconnected when the hard wire output is being used. This means that you have a choice for all possible performance or equipment situations whether you feel a true hard wire output or buffered outputs will perform best. In general the low output impedance of the buffer gives a lower noise floor and a more punchy sound but now it's so easy to hear the difference and make a real decision that is based on fact not hype. Sound Samples
. $220.00 *FREE 2-3 Day Shipping!* out of stock	Roger Mayer Vision Series Crossroads Signal Director The Crossroads Signal Director has been developed in response to the need for a device that switches a signal from an instrument to two different devices. The switching action is activated by a footswitch mounted on the top of the unit and has two switching modes that can be selected on the side of the unit by a slide switch. Mode 1: This mode allows the signal to be directed to Output A or Output B and can also be represented as A or B. Mode 2: This mode allows the signal to be directed to Output A and Output B and can also be represented as A + B. The footswitch in this mode turns Output A on or off, while Output B is always active. The two switching modes are made much more flexible and have many more advantages by the fact that Output A is transformer balanced. The type of transformer that we use is manufactured from the latest high performance wideband ferrite material and is audibly transparent with a frequency response that extends to over 100KHz. It is very important to have one of the outputs balanced because in many cases when connecting several devices together in parallel a ground loop is formed causing hum and interference. Safety from electrical shocks is eliminated when connecting two amplifiers in parallel because both electrical earth connections can be left connected and not lifted to eliminate the ground loop hum as is the usual and very dangerous solution used by many players. The reason you should not in any instance lift the ground to get rid of hum is because if there is an electrical fault in the amplifier that has its ground lifted, there is a great risk of you receiving a potentially lethal electric shock. The other advantage especially for guitar players when performing in locations where you are getting electrical shocks between the guitar and say the microphone stand is the ability to use the balanced output to effectively and safely isolate the guitar from everything. Only the balanced output should be connected in this case to provide a fully floating situation thus providing full safety. Simple previous designs of A/B boxes that are purely passive in design do not provide any of the above safety features and suffer many problems of clicks and noise when used in many situations. The Crossroads Signal Director has been especially designed to provide electrical operating safety with professional studio quality electronics and design techniques producing a modern design evolution. The Crossroads Signal Director is active in design using a conventional 9V battery with an operational life of over 85Hrs. It can be also used with an external DC power supply of 9- 15V, it is recommended to use a regulated power supply but extensive internal filtering will provide noise free operation with virtually all power supplies. It has a very high input impedance of over 500K and both A + B outputs have very low output impedance designed to drive long cables without any loss of high frequency or interface with other equipment designed to work at -20Dbu levels. LED Indicators show which outputs have been selected. Absolute no noise and click free switching with no bleed through of signal to the other channel are provided which is an absolute must when used in the A or B mode. Applications: Driving 2 amplifiers in A + B or A or B modes for different amp tones. In recording applications as a direct box with balanced output to desk. On stage to provide fully floating guitar with full electrical safety. Use as a tuner buffer and mute. To direct signal to two different parallel signal processing paths.