Sonuus Voluum

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Fully analogue signal path
100 user presets
Transparent noise gate
Smooth (pedal-controlled) compressor
Dual-LFO tremolo
Volume effects
Limiter
Precision tuner
The Voluum™ is NOT an ordinary Volume pedal!
Voluum™ is a volume-based multi-effect stomp box with a digitally controlled high-fidelity pure-analogue signal chain. Constant high-voltage (>30V) analogue power rails ensure high-headroom with low distortion and low noise for maximum signal clarity. A high-bandwidth fully-analogue signal path ensures there is no digital distortion to corrupt your signal, and allows high dynamic range signals to be processed flawlessly. Digital control gives you the ability to store presets and remotely-control the effects via MIDI.

The effects chain comprises five effects (noise gate, compressor, LFO (tremolo), volume control and limiter) which can be used in any combination.

The Voluum™ is also the world's first volume pedal to have a built-in precision chromatic tuner.

As you'd expect from Sonuus, we've gone further to bring you a pedal that's innovative, sounds superb and packs more value than anything else on the market.

   
Innovate
Packed with innovations, Voluum™ lets you invent new sounds.

Unique patented InfiniQ pedal sensor for super-fine precision control that will never wear out.

Transparent-True-Bypass giving all the benefits of true-bypass without the switching noise.

Pedal-controlled compressor to enhance the subtleties of your music.

Response curves let you tailor the feel of the pedal volume control.

Built-in precision chromatic tuner.

Extensive MIDI functionality: a versatile MIDI controller for your pedalboard.
Create
It's simple to tweak settings on the carefully designed control panel. Once you have created what you want, you can save it to one of 100 internal presets.

Clear metering
Meters to let you instantly see what's happening with dedicated meters for the volume level, gate and compressor gain reduction.
Gate / Expander
In its simplest form a noise gate cuts the signal when its level falls below a set threshold. The Voluum™ noise gate not only gives you control over the threshold, but also enables fine control over over how quickly it reacts and how much the signal should be reduced in level. Combined with a smooth transition from open to closed, Voluum™ gives you ultra-transparent gating that reduces the noise when you're not playing without introducing any audible artifacts.
Compressor
The compressor in Voluum™ features an intelligent make-up gain which means you only need to think about how much compression you want to apply. This also allows dynamic modulation of the compressor. For example, you can smoothly vary the amount of compression being applied without affecting your signal level – another unique Sonuus innovation.

Variable attack and release times let you configure the effect to suit your performance and even these can be pedal-controlled.

While other compressors are either on or off, the Voluum™ compressor gives you glitch-free pedal-control to enhance the subtleties of your music.

LFO (tremolo)
Tremolo is a classic effect where a low-frequency-oscillator (LFO) modulates the volume of your instrument.

The Voluum™ LFO (tremolo) lets you recreate this effect, while giving you many more options. Smooth tremolo sounds with multiple waveforms featuring envelope and pedal-controlled speed variation, as well as MIDI-clock sync to keep the tremolo in time with your sequencer.

A special optical mode lets you recreate the tone of several classic tremolos.

Volume
A typical volume pedal gives you basic control of your signal level where the pedal replicates the function of the volume knob on your instrument.

The volume effect on Voluum™ lets you do the same thing, but without compromising your tone. But just doing that would be boring! Voluum™ lets you cut or boost the signal level to any level you desire while providing fine control over the feel of the pedal: how its position maps to the volume change. You can also configure fades where the pedal acts as a switch and the volume fades up or down smoothly over a preset time to give you super-smooth fades that are impossible to do just by using foot-control.
In envelope mode, the level change is triggered when you play a new note, or strum a new chord. Combined with built-in ADSR shaping, you can create synth-like tones from your instrument.
Limiter
The high voltage analogue power rails in Voluum™ give great sonic quality, but it means that high output levels can overdrive other effects in your chain. The limiter effect can be engaged to limit the signal peaks to keep them within the range of your other effects to avoid nasty clipping distortion.
The limiter can also limit asymmetrically which can add sweeter-sounding overdrive to limited signals.
Volume pedal with built-in tuner


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SONUUS VOLUUM - new firmware!
Hello,
In this newsletter I have news of major upgrades for the Wahoo and Voluum effects pedals and a sighting of a Wahoo on Noel Gallagher's pedalboard.


Setlists
We have released new firmware, version 1.5 for both the Wahoo and Voluum. This is a major upgrade for both pedals. These pedals were already beyond anything else available and this upgrade extends that lead.
Setlists have been added to both pedals. A wonderful thing about both pedals is the number of presets you have available. But playing live, this can be a problem -- too easy to loose the preset you want to use. Setlists lets you choose which presets you want to use on a gig so you can access those, and only those, on stage.
This short video introduces this major new feature:

The Voluum has also had an extensive feature-boost with lots of new MIDI functionality and effects updates. More details are available in the release notes for the new firmware.
Noel Gallagher's pedalboard
We spotted a Wahoo on Noel Gallagher's pedalboard, posted by TheGigRig. Let us know if you spot any Sonuus gear on other pedalboads!


South of England Guitar Show
This weekend we were at the South of England Guitar Show at Kempton Park. It was a great show and it was very nice to meet so many Sonuus users at the show! Thanks to everyone who took time to stop by and see our latest things.
Shop - Sonuus Direct
Remember you can always buy your Sonuus gear directly from our web shop. The Wahoo and Voluum are only £179 (inc VAT, free UK shipping) - less than the cost of many effects pedals that do so much less!
We also have some bundle deals, for example if you buy both the Wahoo and Voluum, you save a whopping £89.50 of the price of buying them separately!
James



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SONUUS VOLUUM FIRMWARE
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Version 1.5.1
NOTE: Existing settings stored in the Voluum will not be affected by this update.
Bug Fixes
• Foot-operated preset selection didn't work with setlists.
Version 1.5.0
NOTE: Existing settings stored in the Voluum will not be affected by this update.
Bug Fixes
• LFO: tap-tempo and slow tempos were not working correctly causing the tempo to
be out of time in some situations.
Enhancements
• Improvements to tap-tempo to make it feel more natural.
New Features
• Added new setlist feature. Configured through the Desktop Editor, and enabled
when the Voluum is locked. Perfect for using the Voluum live.
• LFO can now send MIDI clock to synchronise other MIDI equipment.
• A new "midi clock freerun" option has been added (via Desktop Editor). Previously,
the Voluum LFO would use the MIDI clock whenever it was received, but this caused
problems with LFO phase -- it couldn't be phase aligned to a sequence. This was
changed so that MIDI "continue" was required before syncing to MIDI clock, thus LFO
phase can now be correctly aligned to beats in a sequence. However, if you are using
a MIDI clock generator that doesn't send the continue message, the LFO will never
start! This new option reverts the behaviour back to the previous mode so all you
need is MIDI clock to drive the LFO. The only downside is that the LFO can't be
phase-aligned to MIDI sequences when this is enabled.
To update firmware on the Voluum
 While powering-on the Voluum, press and hold: active +  .
The numeric display now shows UPd to indicate firmware update mode is active.
Connect the Voluum to your computer via USB (if not already done during power-on).
Follow the steps in the Firmware Updater manual you have downloaded.
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Firmware Release Notes
• Normally the expression pedal will send a 14-bit MIDI controller (a combination of
the LSB and MSB controllers) when a 14-bit "MSB" controller is selected. This is
great for high-resolution MIDI control, but can cause problems on old MIDI gear
(buffer overflows), or get in the way if you only want a single 7-bit message to be
sent rather than the full resolution (2 messages). A new option "send only 7-bit
controller" will prevent any 14-bit controllers being sent -- in other words all the 128
MIDI controllers are treated as individual 7-bit controllers.
• A curve can be selected on the expression pedal MIDI controller -- rather than the
default linear setting that was the only option previously.
• A preset can now override the global MIDI settings, allowing you to send on a
different MIDI channel, use a different controller for the expression pedal, and even
set the range limit of the expression pedal. Now when you change presets the
expression pedal can send different MIDI data to control other gear.
• Expression controller (global) can be set to off, so the pedal won't send MIDI
messages. This can then be overridden in the preset to only send MIDI for those
presets where you want it to be sent.
• You can now prevent the Voluum from sending any MIDI when the effect is
bypassed (Desktop Editor MIDI tab, "send MIDI when bypassed" option).
• LFOs can now send a MIDI controller to send the waveform to an external MIDI
device. Each LFO (LFO1 and LFO2) can send separate controllers, or they can be
combined to create a more complex waveform (set them to use the same controller).
• Volume effect can also now send a MIDI controller; useful for sending fades for
example. ADSR mode also lets an ADSR MIDI waveform be sent.
• Allow "attack" in volume ADSR mode to be pedal-controlled. Now attack has a "hi"
and "lo" parameters. To use it like before (no pedal control) you need to set the lo and
hi to the same value (press and hold the hi/lo button on the Voluum when adjusting
the parameter to do this from the control panel).
• New "heel-down mute" option added to the Volume effect when in pedal- and MIDIcontrolled
modes. This lets you select the volume response curve you want, but force
volume to be full off when the pedal is in the heel-down position. It lets you be
creative without sacrificing control when you want the option to fully-mute the signal.
• A new "fast" mode has been added to LFOs, which increases all the LFO divisions by
16x. This allows very fast LFOs (up to 4kHz) to give ring-mod type effects. In fast
mode, waveforms with sharp edges (e.g., square) may create clicks at slow tempos.
This is normal and is a result of the very fast gain change at a fast edge. Thus for
slow tempos, it's better not to use fast mode. With sine waveforms there are no such
problems.
• The Voluum has the option to add 2 external footswitches connected to the MIDIOut
socket (see Voluum user manual). The footswitches allow you to do preset-up
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Firmware Release Notes
and preset-down more easily. This update extends the functionality of these
switches, so either switch can now do: preset-up, preset-down, tuner on/off, taptempo,
send MIDI controller.