Hello again, this time as an Ictineo owner. Now, after two tries, I understand the appeal of the Submarine Designer and thus the Ictineo. It uses a "fuzzy" approach to equalization, not a surgical one. In a way it should be a more natural method for most players than, say in the extreme, a parametric equalizer is. Quirky, but natural.
But it was only after reading the user manual for the original pedal that I got the design's rationale and usefulness. No-one could without the manual.C'mon... two complementary 'aggregated architecture' tone controls, one a tilt EQ? Brilliant, but very hard to discover deterministically within the whole system. Anyway it was for me.
Also, nobody (and I mean no-one whosoever) possibly could guess that each toggle's "SUB" position is meant to be sonically equivalent to the voice of the first Submarine pedal.
Trial and error discovery of useful settings is one thing. Deterministic sound sculpting with a full apprehension of the controls' systemic function is another. It's that last one that I wanted.
So, instead of a link to the archival Zeibek website, attached here is a copy of the original manual, for your reference.
Thank you!!! I've found a setting I like where I can just adjust the tone control to season to taste for guitar or bass, but having the manual will really help.
