User Manual

Stompbox
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
INSTALLATION:
Download and install our download utility (found in the email you received from us). We offer both PC and MAC versions of the
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1. Enter the ENTIRE serial code (found in the email you received from us)

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OVERVIEW

Life, personality and character: That defines the MISFIT collection.

Stripping the best equipment, the state of the art studios, the best and most expensive instruments, the best
musicians, only the soul is left, and that is exactly what we wanted to explore - A human, urban and unique product.

Stomp, stomp, stomp, that music! Stomp it hard,
stomp it easy, up, down and even in the centre of
the box, keep the rhythm goin’ on 2 and 4 and
even on 1 and 3… What about 1, 2, 3, 4?
We have included our 3.0 Chaos FX Engine, so
out of the box, not only do you own a unique
product, but also a product packed with effects
that will give you unlimited possibilities to get
the sound you’re looking for.

We hope you enjoy playing with this product as much as we enjoyed creating it for you.
PATCH DESCRIPTION CC LIST
Full Patch CC 1 - Expression with Low Pass

“Stompbox” CC 11 - Expression

Main patch of the instrument, it loads every

sample to achieve maximum quality.

Light patches:
“Stompbox - Light”

With less velocities and round robins, the

light patch is designed for quick load and
small resource footprint. It’s ideal for
sketching your project and compatible with
the full patch, meaning that once you’re ready
to bounce, you can swap it without problem.

Experimental Patches:
The rest of the patches are pure
experimental! It’s up to you how to use them!
Go ahead and mess around.
USER INTERFACE

HELP BUTTON

Every product of
the MISFIT
collection
contains a ‘Help’
button which
displays a description of every
control of the User Interface.
MAIN UI CONTROLS
‘Stompbox’ contains two different microphone positions: A D.I. Box and a Close Mic. They can be independently controlled from the
User Interface.

There is a control to relocate Keys Position (also doable with Mod. Wheel), in case you need to set the action keys aside in order to be
able to play the Stompbox simultaneously with any other library of your choice.

We have recorded the stompbox placing our old and heavy boot in 5 different spots of the box: Left, Right, Centre, Top and Bottom
(BLUE keys). Based on this, we have also designed a “mixed” sound (RED key), which will change the colour of the sound based on
where you want to put the boot: That’s right, with the Horizontal/Vertical Boot Position controls you can place the boot in ANY spot of
the stompbox you want, and the RED key will give you that sweet sound you’re looking for.

But that’s not all! What if you actually wanna stomp on something while playing with both your hands? The Sustain Pedal has exactly
the same function than playing the RED key, but this time, we have programmed the library to control the strength of the hits based on
how hard and loud you are playing whatever other library you want.
In other words, you can load one of our diddley bows along with the Stompbox, and while you play the sweet
sound of the blues, you can stomp the Sustain Pedal for maximizing your ‘blues’ experience.

KEY MAPPING

Use the RED key for playing the sound Use the BLUE keys for playing in a specific spot of
based on where the boot is located. the Stombox (Left, Right, Centre, Top or Bottom)
EFFECTS

The Effects page consists of multiple

rack effects.

To scroll through the available

effects you can use the scroll bar on
the far right. To auto scroll up and
down you can click on the bottom
left / right, top / left right or middle
left / right, this will auto scroll to the
appropriate position.
ARP The arpeggiator has all the function you would expect and more. RATE allows you to alter the time signature of the arpeggiations.
LATCH will hold the note progression even after releasing the keys. SWING will adjust the swing amount while OCTAVE selects the
range the arp will play. REPEAT allows you to select how many times you would like each note struck, while LENGTH adjusts the
amount of time a played note will be held for. STACK (only available when GLIDE is bypassed) will underlay any arpeggiation with the
full untouched chord itself. MAIN/SEQ opens up the sequencer panel, this is used for drawing the velocity automation for the arp. To
alter the arp “type“ simply choose from the PRESET dropdown menu.

The settings page consists of a PANNER control allows you to pan each successively played note in a different direction dependant on
the WIDTH value. STEPS adjusts the amount of steps available in the SEQ panel, while PRESET CC allows you to select a CC to control
the arp “type“ PRESET list, which is a great tool for altering the direction of the arp mid sequence.
EQ controls a 3 band Equaliser, we have included a handful of useful presets to help you in sculpting your sound. We also have included
a CHAOS control, this allows you to randomise every value, which is extremely useful for carving out new and interesting sounds.

The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the CHAOS switch. Such as MOTION, which constantly randomises and
animates every relevant parameter. RANGE which alters the amount of randomisation under both MOTION and CHAOS. And the CHAOS
/ FLOW switch which changes the type of randomisation available. CHAOS is purely random based on a value below your current
settings and the RANGE, whereas FLOW analyses and adjusts your current settings depending on your RANGE allowing you to have a
more subtle evolution of randomisation.
DEGRADER consists of a BIT CRUSHER and a DISTORTION unit. Of course we also have included a CHAOS control, which allows you to
randomise every value, which is extremely useful for carving out new and interesting sounds.

The Settings page consists of a few vital controls to help control the CHAOS switch. Such as MOTION, which constantly randomises and
animates every relevant parameter. RANGE which alters the amount of randomisation under both MOTION and CHAOS. And the CHAOS
/ FLOW switch which changes the type of randomisation available. CHAOS is purely random based on a value below your current
settings and the RANGE, whereas FLOW analyses and adjusts your current settings depending on your RANGE allowing you to have a
more subtle evolution of randomisation.
DELAY consists of 2 sequential delays, this allows you to build complex rhythms and sequences by simply using different time values.
Each delay has a wet MIX parameter, a tempo synced TIME control, and FEEDBACK and PAN controls to help control the style and
power of the delay. We also went a step further, and added a a LOW and HIGH PASS filter to the end of the chain, this allows you to
filter out certain frequencies only in the feedback of the delay ensuring it doesn’t conflict with your main sound.

And, you guessed it, we included a CHAOS control, so you are able to randomise every relevant parameter, creating some truly amazing
delay patterns. Both delays and the filters also work intelligently, meaning if you are not using them or they are set to a minimal value,
they will bypass themselves in order to save your CPU load.
TRANSFORM contains a powerful impulse convolution with some truly strange and wonderful presets. To change what convolution is
loaded, simply select the preset dropdown menu, and load any of our hand designed impulse responses. From fog horns, to car crashes,
engine revs to world ending drones, we have included a handful of our favourite custom recorded and designed presets. If you are
feeling indecisive, you can also select the CHAOS control, which will randomly assign a preset for you, as well as alter the available
controls for some truly esoteric results. The included controls can help you further shape the convolution, such as MIX which alters the
wet value of the insert, SIZE which stretches or compresses the impulse, PRE-DELAY which adds a small delay before the impulse is
triggered, and of course a HIGH and LOW PASS FILTER, which allows you to shape the frequency of the impulse convolution layer.
REVERB contains a powerful convolution reverb partnered with a digital reverb. To change what convolution is loaded, simply select
the preset dropdown menu, and load any of our custom recorded impulse responses. We have included a variety, of real acoustic spaces
we use and love, such as recording studios, churches, cathedrals and halls. As well as a few not so acoustic spaces we equally love. We
have also crafted a quick and useful room positioner tool, by clicking anywhere in the “ROOM” area you can access a variety of crafted
presets which load custom settings on top of your chosen convolution reverb.
This is a great tool for quickly placing your sound in designed space. Or of course you can select the CHAOS control and let the engine
do the choosing for you.
The included controls are similar as to the TRANSFORM module except REVERB has a digital counterpart. This can be bypassed by using
the DIGITAL ON/OFF switch.
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