The Controls

Gain. Low settings provide clean tones with no distortion at all,

while high settings will brickwall your signal for great sustain. Use
the Gain control as a coarse setting for getting the desired tone
from the selected wave table.

Tone. The Geiger Counter’s tone control blends muffled low-mids

with chimey and clear upper mids and highs, providing a very large
range of sounds in junction with the Gain. All the way down and the
sound is muffled and grungy with little upper harmonic content.
Denver, CO The middle range is smooth and full bodied. The top range cuts the
lows completely for only upper harmonic content. Use the Tone to
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Tone Enable/Disable. This switch removes the tone control from
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gain, and this allows the pure ultra hot signal to go directly into

The WMD Geiger Counter the Wave Table. If a very clean tone is desired, set to Disable and
adjust the gain to get the right amount of breakup. For most wave
tables, disabling the Tone will produce completely different sounds
Thank you for purchasing your new WMD Geiger Counter by brickwalling to the extremes of the tables faster.
and welcome to the world of digital destruction.
Sample Rate. Controls the length of the samples your signal is
converted into. Full up and the Geiger Counter samples faster than
Geiger Counter Features a CD. Dial it down a little and you’ll lower the fidelity and frequency
response, adding overtones and difference frequencies. Down a
little produces some very nice chimey clean tones. Down more
High Gain Modern Preamp Dramatic Tone Control and higher notes disappear into difference frequencies, all the way
down to 280Hz. The sample rate is sort of like a flange whammy.
Sample Rate: 260Hz - 58kHz Tone Disable for Alt Response
The LED by the Sample Rate knob shows the key input and coarse/
1-8 Bit Depth/Mask 252 Wave Table Modulator fine modes. When green, the Key input is active. When red, the
Relay True Bypass CV Key Input sample rate is changed in smaller increments (fine mode), allowing
for smoother adjustment for the high range of sample rates. The
Epoxy/Powder Coat Finish Top Quality Components LED is yellow if the key input and fine mode are both active. Push
the Wave Table knob to change the modes of the Bit Depth and
Always Saves Settings Standard 9V Center (-) Power Sample Rate LEDs.

Bit Depth. This controls the finer details of the signal. All up and
your signal is represented by the full 8 bits. Each step down cuts
the resolution in half, adding quantization error distortion, all the
way down to 1 bit making a nasty square wave from a once clean
tone. This produces a lo-fi gated distortion sound.

The LED by the Bit Depth knob shows the key input and post/
pre wave table modes. When green, the key input is active. The
Bit Depth function is available before (LED red) or after (LED off)
the wave table algorythms for different sounds. Use the bit depth
before wave table mode to change the response of the wave table.
The LED is yellow if the key input and pre wave table modes are
both active.

Bits/Mask. This switch controls how the Bit Depth knob works. In
Bits mode, the Bit Depth knob reduces the resolution of the signal.
In Mask mode, the signal is filtered through a number (0 to 255).
This mode can be used to reduce noise and add gain. In pre wave
table mode, it can turn off small ranges of the wave table, creating
altered harmonic content from the tables. Adjust the knob to taste
when in Mask mode.

Wave Table. This knob and display select the wave table to run
your signal through. The wave table stage takes your signal and
destroys it with math. This produces some incredible sounds.
The wave tables are organized so that a more extreme version is
typically found one up from the current one. There are 252 wave
tables in all, each with different harmonic content.

The display is in HEX, displaying the numbers 0-9 and the letters
A-F. Don’t be alarmed, it actually makes remembering your desired
wave table easier! The wave table is remembered when the pedal
is turned off.

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The Geiger Counter’s CV Input can be set to affect the William Mathewson Devices is a Denver based
Bit Depth, Sample Rate or both at the same time. Push company specializing in versatile audio electronics.
the Wave Table knob to set the key input destination Our products have usable knobs that typically extend
(the LEDs by the sample rate and bit depth knobs will beyond the “usable” range in order to encourage
become green when the cv input is active on them). experimentation. We strive for studio quality sound
Note that if yellow, the cv input is active while the in our pedals, meaning low noise and low distortion
Sample Rate is in fine mode, or the Bit Depth is set pre (only when you don’t want any distortion). We strive
wave table. to create products with strange features and settings
that inspire creativity through unpredictable behavior.
The CV input has a jack sensor, so CV settings can
only be applied while a cable is installed in the pedal.
The Geiger Counter will cycle through the red modes Additional Notes
unless a cable is plugged into the CV input.
Power Adapter - The Geiger Counter uses the Boss
The Geiger Counter can use any standard expression style 9 Volt power adapter. These adapters have the
pedal, LFO or other CV (control voltage) source. 0-5 positive (+) on the sleve and the negative (-) on the pin.
volts ONLY.

The Geiger Counter supplies 5.6 volts at the ring of

the CV jack, ground on the sleeve and signal input (CV The power inlet is reverse polarity protected, and is
or Expression Pedal Control) on the tip. Using a cable over voltage protected to 24V. The acceptable voltage
without a ring will cause this voltage to be shorted to range is 8-10V DC. Voltages outside this range will not
ground, and will not hurt the Geiger Counter. send power to the pedal, so it will be off.

Using a power supply is required as the Geiger Counter

Example Settings draws 30-40mA. This consumption has been minimized
by design, but is still significant. 9 volt batteries are
not supported by the Geiger Counter.

Do not underpower (starve) the Geiger Counter, it will

simply not power on and would sound terrible if it did.

Warranty - All WMD pedals are guaranteed against

defects for 1 year from date of purchase. If the pedal is
deemed defective at fault of WMD, it will be repaired or
replaced free of charge (shipping to be paid by buyer).
If pedal is deemed damaged at fault of buyer, regular
repair rates will apply.

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