Ritual Electronics Guillotine [USED:W0]

MUSICAL FEATURES

Guillotine is a 1U format/true stereo distortion that produces asymmetric hard clipping.With its extraordinary amplification, the Guillotin can also be used as an adapter for guitars, basses, microphones, etc., as it can raise line and mic levels to modular levels.

Guillotin consists of two channels of hard clipping distortion with up to 25dB of gain.If you're processing a mono signal, you can even self-patch the module and chain two channels together to get around 2dB of gain.

Guillotin also features internal feedback routing control, allowing you to choose different distortion sounds for each channel.

HOW TO USE

Interface

Colors

Upper switch position: High frequency emphasis

Emphasizing high frequencies results in resonance peaks that drop in frequency as gain increases.Frequencies above the peak rise slightly.

Switch center position: Neutral

No frequency enhancement occurs at the center position.A regular distortion with no timbre controls.

Lower switch position: Low frequency emphasis

Emphasizing the low end creates a slightly resonant bump in the sound, lowering the frequencies above the bump.The bump moves down as the gain increases.

All of the images above were drawn using the Krach module white noise and Guillotin set to 25% gain.

Routing

Guillotin can be self-patched in series when using a single mono input. Out Lthe output signal ofIn RBy patching to , you can double the amount of gain (approximately +50dB gain) and at the same time double the effect of the timbre control.

When used in series mode, it is also possible to self-oscillate at low gain settings and certain switch combinations.

By inserting an external module between Out L and In R, you can do more processing between the two distortion stages.

Also, you can create a feedback patch by returning Out R to In L.You can also add effects here as well, and experiment with the switch settings to get various effects.