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LIFE SUPPORT
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using these effects pedals because it contains important information for you. If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. These effects pedals have been prescribed for you only. Do not pass them on to others — it may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
1. What LIFE SUPPORT is, and what it’s used for
LIFE SUPPORT is a high-fidelity, all-analogue overdrive and distortion pedal for the treatment of Bland Guitar Syndrome and Excessive Aural Dryness. When used regularly, it can provide effective relief from these and other music- and instrumentation-related conditions.
All Intensive Care Audio pedals are built in London, England, using high-quality components and feature soft-touch, relay-based true bypass.
LIFE SUPPORT features 6 controls, offering a wide range of available remedies:
PREAMP – Sets the gain of the overdrive, ranging from sparkly, chiming clean tones to natural, tube-like edge-of-breakup, and on into grittier distortion territory. This control interacts interestingly with the CLIPPING control (see below).
VOLUME – Sets the overall output volume, including when BOOST is engaged.
TOP – A passive subtractive treble filter after the last gain stage, useful for taming high frequencies that may become more pronounced as gain increases or clipping settings are adjusted.
BOTTOM – A subtractive bass filter after the last gain stage, which variably bypasses the output capacitor just before hitting the output transformer. As this control is in parallel with the output capacitor, some crackle may be present when adjusted at lower gain settings.
CLIPPING – Allows blending between two very different but equally useful clipping options:
Fully clockwise: LED clipping, for a softer, more transparent breakup.
Fully counter-clockwise: A parallel arrangement of a MOSFET and a JFET, resulting in harder, compressed, saturated clipping.
Use this in conjunction with the PREAMP control for a wide range of overdriven tones.
BOOST – Controls the gain of the boost circuit, which drives the front-end of the overdrive circuit. This cannot be used independently of the overdrive, but is intended to push the front-end harder — increasing gain and compression, and acting as a boost for lead/solo situations.
2. How to take the LIFE SUPPORT
The dose needed to treat Guitar Effect Deficiency will depend on how low your levels are. Your doctor will advise you on the length of time to use LIFE SUPPORT.
For adults, this is usually 1–2 hours, twice a day.
Using pedals after meals is recommended to avoid dizziness.
If you forget to use LIFE SUPPORT, use it as soon as possible and continue as normal. DO NOT take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose, as this can cause irreversible MIND BENDING (Mindbendinitis).
3. Possible Side Effects
Like all medicines, this one may cause side effects — although not everybody gets them.
Serious side effects include:
Involuntary time signature changes
Nausea and/or vomiting
Anxiety
Difficulty passing riffs
Thinking you're better at your instrument than you actually are
Looking down your nose at other people’s gear
Enclosure Dimensions
Length: 92 mm / 3.6 in
Width: 122 mm / 4.8 in
Height: 47 mm to 27 mm / 1.9 in to 1.1 in
Weight: 387g
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using these effects pedals because it contains important information for you. If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. These effects pedals have been prescribed for you only. Do not pass them on to others — it may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
1. What LIFE SUPPORT is, and what it’s used for
LIFE SUPPORT is a high-fidelity, all-analogue overdrive and distortion pedal for the treatment of Bland Guitar Syndrome and Excessive Aural Dryness. When used regularly, it can provide effective relief from these and other music- and instrumentation-related conditions.
All Intensive Care Audio pedals are built in London, England, using high-quality components and feature soft-touch, relay-based true bypass.
LIFE SUPPORT features 6 controls, offering a wide range of available remedies:
PREAMP – Sets the gain of the overdrive, ranging from sparkly, chiming clean tones to natural, tube-like edge-of-breakup, and on into grittier distortion territory. This control interacts interestingly with the CLIPPING control (see below).
VOLUME – Sets the overall output volume, including when BOOST is engaged.
TOP – A passive subtractive treble filter after the last gain stage, useful for taming high frequencies that may become more pronounced as gain increases or clipping settings are adjusted.
BOTTOM – A subtractive bass filter after the last gain stage, which variably bypasses the output capacitor just before hitting the output transformer. As this control is in parallel with the output capacitor, some crackle may be present when adjusted at lower gain settings.
CLIPPING – Allows blending between two very different but equally useful clipping options:
Fully clockwise: LED clipping, for a softer, more transparent breakup.
Fully counter-clockwise: A parallel arrangement of a MOSFET and a JFET, resulting in harder, compressed, saturated clipping.
Use this in conjunction with the PREAMP control for a wide range of overdriven tones.
BOOST – Controls the gain of the boost circuit, which drives the front-end of the overdrive circuit. This cannot be used independently of the overdrive, but is intended to push the front-end harder — increasing gain and compression, and acting as a boost for lead/solo situations.
2. How to take the LIFE SUPPORT
The dose needed to treat Guitar Effect Deficiency will depend on how low your levels are. Your doctor will advise you on the length of time to use LIFE SUPPORT.
For adults, this is usually 1–2 hours, twice a day.
Using pedals after meals is recommended to avoid dizziness.
If you forget to use LIFE SUPPORT, use it as soon as possible and continue as normal. DO NOT take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose, as this can cause irreversible MIND BENDING (Mindbendinitis).
3. Possible Side Effects
Like all medicines, this one may cause side effects — although not everybody gets them.
Serious side effects include:
Involuntary time signature changes
Nausea and/or vomiting
Anxiety
Difficulty passing riffs
Thinking you're better at your instrument than you actually are
Looking down your nose at other people’s gear
Enclosure Dimensions
Length: 92 mm / 3.6 in
Width: 122 mm / 4.8 in
Height: 47 mm to 27 mm / 1.9 in to 1.1 in
Weight: 387g