Electro-Harmonix Pico Oceans 3-Verb

Pico Oceans 3-Verb
Ultra-compact ambience featuring the spacious sounds of Spring, Plate and Hall Reverb!

The EHX Pico Oceans 3-Verb is an ultra-compact reverb pedal packed with the essentials of ambience with plenty of flexibility and control. This Pico-sized reverberator adds the huge sounds of Spring, Plate, and Hall reverb to any pedalboard while using minimal space. Adjustable decay time, pre-delay / spring length, and tone make the Oceans 3-verb able to create a plethora of spacious sounds.

SPRING – pays homage to the classic Fender® 6G15 tube spring reverb
PLATE – the lush, warm reverb that got its name as it was originally created by a large metal plate
HALL – the rich reverberant sound of a grand concert hall

A comprehensive control set allows for tailored sound to any setup. BLEND adjusts from 100% dry to 100% wet. TIME controls the decay time of the reverb. DELAY/SPRING sets the pre-delay time in PLATE and HALL mode or selects between 3 springs lengths in SPRING mode. The TONE control adjusts the overall brightness of the reverb from bright and airy to warm and smoky.

Additionally, TAILS bypass can be selected so the reverb continues to decay after the pedal is switched to bypass. This allows for a more natural sounding decay when turn the reverb off. Infinite Reverb can be achieved by maxing out the TIME control in both PLATE or HALL mode or by pressing and holding the footswitch. This creates a building ambient soundscape until you release the footswitch.

Controls:

BLEND: Adjusts the output mix from 100% dry to 100% wet.
2. TIME: Controls the decay time of the reverb. In Plate and Hall, the TIME knob goes all the way to infinite at its maximum setting.
3. DELAY/SPRING: When Plate and Hall are selected, this knob sets the pre-delay time, up to 1 second. In Spring mode, this knob chooses between three spring lengths: short, medium, long.
4. TONE: Controls the brightness of the reverb.
5. TYPE Button: Cycles through the three available reverbs. The color of the LED indicates the currently selected reverb:

• Green – SPRING
  
• Orange – PLATE
  
• Red – HALL

Infinite Reverb
When set to Plate or Hall, turn the TIME knob to maximum to achieve infinite reverb. You can also activate infinite reverb by pressing and holding the footswitch if Tails bypass mode is enabled. The following steps detail how to activate infinite reverb with the footswitch:

1. Press-and-hold the footswitch.
   
2. After 500ms, the LED begins to flash through all three colors. Infinite is now active.
   
3. Infinite reverb continues until you release the footswitch.

NOTE: Spring mode does not allow for infinite reverb on the footswitch or the TIME knob.

Tails and Analog Bypass Selection
The Oceans 3-Verb allows you to choose between two bypass modes:

Analog: the bypass signal is fully analog; the reverb effect instantly mutes upon entering bypass.

Tails: the tails of the reverb effect continue to decay naturally upon entering bypass; no new audio enters the reverb effect; bypass is digital.

Tails bypass is selected by default from the factory. To activate Analog bypass, do the following:

1. Press and hold the TYPE push button
   
2. After two seconds, the LED rapidly cycles through its three LED colors.
   
3. Release the button; Analog bypass is now active.
   
4. Repeat this same procedure to change back to Tails bypass.

The last bypass mode setting is remembered through power-cycles so you can set it and forget it.

Specifications:

• Circuit : Digital
  
• Bypass : Buffered Bypass
  
• Audio : Mono
  
• Power Supply : 9.6VDC-200mA power adapter included
  
• Dimensions (in) : 3.65 x 2.0 x 2.0
  
• Current Draw : 100mA