Reckless Wah

Modes and filters

Mode chooses what moves the wah; you can switch it while playing.

• Autowah — a picked note opens the wah and it closes as the note dies. Key at Sidechain follows another track instead, which is never heard.
• LFO Wah — rocks heel to toe and back once per Rate, locked to the bar while the song plays. The first knob becomes Depth.
• Wah — an expression pedal on MIDI CC 1, any channel. In a host, route MIDI to the plugin; in the standalone app, turn the input on in the Audio/MIDI Settings (the gear beside PRESETS). The pedal's position is saved with the session and in presets.

Filter chooses what is swept: Wah, the tuned circuit; Lowpass, a four-pole resonant synth filter; Phase, a four-stage phaser. Any mode moves any filter.

Controls

Close-up	Control	Range	Default	What it does
	Mode (plate)	Autowah / LFO Wah / Wah	Autowah	What moves the wah.
	Sensitivity	0 to 100 %	70 %	Autowah: how easily your playing opens the wah.
	Depth	0 to 100 %	100 %	LFO Wah: how far up from the heel it sweeps.
	Low Freq	50 Hz to 10 kHz	300 Hz	The frequency at the heel, where the sweep starts.
	High Freq	50 Hz to 10 kHz	2 kHz	The toe. Below Low Freq the sweep runs downward; equal, it stands still.
	Resonance	0 to 100 %	50 %	How resonant the chosen filter is. 50 % is the stock wah.
	Output	-24 to +24 dB	0 dB	Output level; take back what a sharp peak adds.
	Key (plate)	Input / Sidechain	Input	What the Autowah listens to. Dimmed in the other modes.
	Filter (plate)	Wah / Lowpass / Phase	Wah	What the sweep moves.
	Rate (plate)	2/1 to 1/16.	1/4	LFO Wah: one sweep up and back, as a note value.
	CC 1 (MIDI)	0 to 127	0	Wah mode's pedal: 0 the heel, 127 the toe.

Tips

• Start here: a clean guitar, the defaults, a funky rhythm. Set Sensitivity so your normal playing opens it as far as you want.
• The cocked wah: in Wah mode, park the pedal mid-way for a fixed, nasal voice.
• Drums moving a guitar: Autowah, Key at Sidechain, the drums sent to it.