Darkglass Electronics ADAM Manual de usuario

OWNER’S MANUAL

QUICK START GUIDE

CONNECTIONS

INPUT

AUX IN

HEADPHONE OUTPUT

BALANCED OUTPUTS

DIRECT OUTPUT

MIDI IN

USB

SIGNAL CHAIN

BLOCK DIAGRAM

COMPRESSOR

DISTORTION

CABINET SIMULATION

MULTIBAND COMPRESSOR

BLEND

CONTROLS

SMART POTENTIOMETERS

TOUCH SENSITIVE SLIDERS

ROTARY FOOTSWITCH ENCODERS

BASIC OPERATION

EDITING AND SAVING PRESETS

TUNER

BYPASS

PERFORMANCE LOCK

BLUETOOTH PAIRING

ADAM AS A USB AUDIO INTERFACE

SETTING UP THE DRIVERS

USB AUDIO SIGNAL ROUTING

DARKGLASS IR LIBRARY

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

QUICK START GUIDE

Connect your instrument into the 1/4” INPUT.

Connect a compatible power supply (9V center

negative, min. 500 mA) to the power connector.

Connect at least one of the following:

· Headphones into the headphone jack

· USB-C cable between the USB connector and your

computer*

· Instrument cable between one of the balanced 1/4”

outputs and your ampliﬁer’s input

· XLR cable between DIRECT OUTPUT and your

mixing desk or audio interface

ADAM is pre-programmed with three presets,

A, B, and C that are selectable via the dedicated

footswitches. Press and hold one of the footswitches

for two seconds to save your changes into a preset.

Adjust the level (and headphone volume, if applicable)

to your liking and start playing!

*Using ADAM as an audio interface may require

some extra steps depending on your operating

system

CONNECTIONS

INPUT

This is the primary instrument input on ADAM.

Connect your instrument or output from your pedal

board to the 1/4” mono jack.

AUX IN

The stereo input of ADAM enables the playback

of backing tracks while practicing or recording.

Connect your mobile phone, laptop etc. to the 1/8”

stereo jack.

HEADPHONE OUTPUT

The headphone output can handle headphones with

an impedance of 16 - 600 ohms.

Connect your headphones to the 1/8” stereo jack

and set the desired level from the dedicated

potentiometer next to the jack.

BALANCED OUTPUTS

The two balanced outputs add routing versatility and

the option of using ADAM as a fully equipped audio

interface.

Connect your studio monitors, ampliﬁer or other

effects to the 1/4” balanced jacks using a TRS

connector (Tip +, Ring -, Sleeve GND). If you feed

an unbalanced input from these outputs, use an

instrument cable with a mono 1/4” plug.

DIRECT OUTPUT

An XLR output with a ground lift switch provides a

reliable standard connection to a mixing desk or an

external audio interface for a guaranteed low-noise

signal.

MIDI IN

A standard 1/8” TRS jack allows connecting an

external MIDI controller to ADAM for even more

ﬂexibility. Read more about the MIDI capabilities at

https://www.darkglass.com/creations/adam/

USB

The USB-C port unlocks ADAM’s USB audio interface

capabilities and enables interaction with the

Darkglass Suite desktop app, allowing for software

updates and access to the Darkglass IR library,

containing hundreds of cabinet simulations.

SIGNAL CHAIN

BLOCK DIAGRAM

Input

Blend

Output

Compressor

Distortion

Cabsim

Multiband

Compressor

COMPRESSOR

This control allows setting the input

gain of the compressor that will

translate into how much the signal

is compressed while our intelligent

make-up gain algorithm keeps the

output of the compressor at usable

levels. The compressor has 5 ratios

available: 4:1, 8:1, 12:1, 20:1 and ALL IN.

DISTORTION

At the heart of the distortion circuit is

an accurate model of Nolly’s favorite

vintage distortion unit. In collaboration

with Darkglass, he used that as a

platform for developing 5 distinctive

distortion modes ranging from mild

and very articulate distortion to synth-

like fuzz sounds.

CABINET SIMULATION

ADAM supports Impulse Response

(IR) cabinet simulations and has 5

cabinet slots on board. The default IRs

have been captured by Nolly himself.

New IRs can be assigned to the 5 slots

using the Darkglass Suite (desktop or

mobile).

MULTIBAND COMPRESSOR

In the clean sidechain you will ﬁnd a ﬁxed multiband

compressor. This multiband compressor incorporates

Nolly’s personal settings that have been developed

with years of experience in the studio. There are no

controls for the multiband compressor.

BLEND

The blend control allows you to mix the distorted

signal with the clean sidechain signal.

Last in the signal chain is a programmable 6-band

graphic equalizer that allows you to tailor your sound

even further. The full description of this functionality

can be found in the “Controls” section of the manual.

CONTROLS

SMART POTENTIOMETERS

On ADAM, you will ﬁnd ﬁve smart potentiometers:

Compression, Drive, Character, Blend, and Level.

These potentiometers are the main interface for

sculpting the signal chain and your overall sound on

ADAM.

The Compression potentiometer is the one-knob-

solution for compression on ADAM. This controls

the amount of input gain to the compressor and

intelligently applies the correct amount of makeup

gain so that your signal is always driven at the

appropriate level, no matter how much compression

is applied.

The Drive potentiometer adds distortion and drive to

your signal. Crank this knob to apply Nolly’s favorite

vintage distortion to the distorted part of the signal

chain.

The Character potentiometer changes the tone of

the distortion, adding brightness to the distortion

signal.

The Blend potentiometer mixes between the

distortion signal and the clean sidechain signal.

The Level potentiometer controls the master volume

of ADAM.

The smart potentiometers allow for their positions

to be stored in each preset, with the stored position

indicated by the ring of LEDs surrounding each

potentiometer.

With this, you can get a glance at your signal chain

settings when changing presets, regardless of the

physical potentiometer setting.

TOUCH SENSITIVE SLIDERS

At the center of ADAM are the touch-sensitive sliders

that control the 6-band graphic EQ at the end of the

signal chain.

Each slider has a -12 dB to 12 dB range. From left to

right, the frequency bands for each slider correspond

to a low shelf, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1.5 kHz, 3 kHz, and a

high shelf.

Controlling the touch sliders is easy - swipe upwards

to boost a frequency band or swipe downwards to

cut a frequency band.

When swiping, the position of the slider is also

reﬂected on the potentiometer LEDs. Double-tap

the slider to reset the band back to 0 dB.

Hint: The sliders respond to the direction of your

swipe on any part of the slider, so you can make

small adjustments without your ﬁnger covering the

actual position of the slider.

ROTARY FOOTSWITCH ENCODERS

Below the touch sliders are three rotary footswitch

encoders A, B, and C, which can be pressed or

rotated. These footswitch encoders enable many of

ADAM’s functions. Simply press A, B, or C to switch to

the preset stored in that footswitch.

The rotational position of each encoder is displayed

on the ﬁve LEDs under each encoder. Additionally,

when rotating, the position is shown on the

potentiometer LEDs - this is a visual aid that does not

affect the potentiometer conﬁguration.

· Rotating Aallows you to change the compressor

ratio or bypass the compressor.

· Rotating Ballows you to change the distortion

mode or bypass the distortion.

· Rotating Callows you to change the active IR in

the signal chain or bypass the IR.

When none of the ﬁve LEDs are lit, the respective

compressor/distortion/IR is bypassed.

BASIC OPERATION

EDITING AND SAVING PRESETS

Editing and saving presets on ADAM is remarkably

easy. If any of the parameters are changed (i.e.

potentiometers, sliders, encoder rotation), the color

LED of your current preset will gently breathe,

indicating that the edit or audition mode is active.

Auditions are an easy way to try new sounds and

settings, which can be either saved or discarded.

When you ﬁnd a sound that you would like to save,

the audition can be saved into any of the three

presets by pressing and holding one of the preset

footswitches for two seconds. All LEDs on ADAM will

ﬂash rapidly a few times indicating that your edits

have been saved into a preset.

A new audition is always entered when changing any

parameter from an unedited/saved preset. This will

overwrite any previous unsaved auditions/edits.

During an edit/audition, you can change to any of

the three saved presets by pressing the footswitch

associated with that preset. After changing to a

preset, pressing the footswitch again will swap

between that preset and your active editing session.

For instructional videos on editing and saving the

presets, please visit https://www.darkglass.com/

creations/adam/

TUNER

To enter the tuner, press Band Csimultaneously.

To exit the tuner, press Band Csimultaneously or

one of the footswitch presets. ADAM will always

return to the last active preset. ADAM will not output

any audio when tuning.

ADAM features a ﬁve-octave chromatic tuner, which

can tune any note between B0 and A#5, allowing you

to dial in any guitar or bass tuning that you desire.

The tuning is derived from A4 = 440 Hz. Only one

note can be tuned at a time.

When the tuner mode is entered and there is no

input signal, two red LEDs on the two rightmost

sliders are shown by default. When an input signal

is received, the left section of sliders will update to

show the note that you are tuning.

A small indicator is displayed to the top right of the

note if it is a sharp note.

When tuning, the two rightmost sliders will update

to show how close your tuning is from the note’s

perfect pitch. Distance below the center line

indicates that the note is tuned ﬂat, and distance

above the center line indicates that the note is tuned

sharp. The red LEDs will transition to green as you

approach the perfect pitch, and the slider and preset

LEDs will fully illuminate in green when you are on

perfect pitch.

BYPASS

To enter the bypass mode, press Aand B

simultaneously.

To exit the bypass mode, press Aand Bsimultaneously

or one of the footswitch presets.

In this mode, ADAM does not perform any processing

on the input signal, and passes the unprocessed

input signal through to the outputs. All LEDs are

turned off during bypass mode.

PERFORMANCE LOCK

To enter or exit the performance lock, press Aand C

simultaneously.

In this mode, all LEDs will gently breathe on ADAM to

indicate that it has been locked.

This mode prevents any accidental parameter

changes or edits to your presets. You can still change

between the saved presets A, B, and C, and enter the

tuner or bypass modes, but potentiometer updates,

slider touches, or encoder rotations will not respond

to any changes.

Tip: Enter the performance mode after the

soundcheck while playing live gigs.

BLUETOOTH PAIRING

To begin Bluetooth pairing with ADAM, press and

hold an encoder while simultaneously rotating the

encoder. The ﬁve LEDs under each encoder will

illuminate one-by-one, and pairing will begin when

all ﬁve are lit. Look for “ADAM” on your list of available

bluetooth devices.

ADAM AS A USB AUDIO

INTERFACE

Whatever your DAW of choice is, it’s compatible with

ADAM. You can record your processed signal to one

track and simultaneously record an unprocessed

copy to another track. Recording a stereo track at the

same time from the Aux input is also possible.

SETTING UP THE DRIVERS

If you are using a Mac, no additional drivers are

required to use ADAM as an audio interface.

If you are using Windows, please download the latest

USB audio drivers from https://www.darkglass.com/

suite/.

Please refer to the Darkglass website for more details

regarding USB audio.

DARKGLASS IR LIBRARY

The Darkglass Suite software currently comes with

an extensive library of IR ﬁles and hundreds more will

be added in the near future. The library consists of

both bass and guitar cabinets. Captures of Darkglass

Elite Series and Neodymium Series cabinets are

available, among others. Darkglass artists (including

Nolly) have also contributed to the library.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Input impedance: 1 MΩ

Output impedance: 220 Ω

Current consumption: ~500mA

Voltage: 9VDC (center negative)

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