Boss PH-2 Super Phaser

{
  "schema_version": "capability-outboard-v1",
  "id": "boss-ph2",
  "name": "Boss PH-2 Super Phaser",
  "maker": "Boss / Roland",
  "clone_of": null,
  "device_class": "modulation",
  "device_class_subtypes": [
    "modulation"
  ],
  "topology": "analog phaser (10-stage all-pass network)",
  "topology_note": "Classic Boss PH-2 'Super Phaser'. 10-stage all-pass phaser circuit (vs 4-stage PH-1's lighter sweep). Common-knowledge -- manual text extracted empty (image-based PDF).",
  "channels": 1,
  "linkable": false,
  "params": {
    "modulation": {
      "kind": "phaser",
      "rate": "0..100%",
      "rate_note": "RATE knob. Specific Hz range _verify -- manual image-only, common-knowledge: ~0.1..10 Hz.",
      "depth": "0..100%",
      "depth_note": "DEPTH knob.",
      "feedback": "0..100%",
      "feedback_note": "RES (resonance) knob -- controls feedback into the phaser network.",
      "manual": null,
      "mode_select": [
        "Mode 1 (lighter)",
        "Mode 2 (deeper)"
      ],
      "mode_select_note": "MODE switch toggles between 2 phaser voicings. Common-knowledge -- _verify against manual once a text-extractable copy is found.",
      "tone_filter": null
    }
  },
  "io": {
    "audio_in": {
      "format": [
        "ts"
      ],
      "balanced": false,
      "impedance_ohms": null,
      "inst_zi": true
    },
    "audio_out": {
      "format": [
        "ts"
      ],
      "balanced": false,
      "impedance_ohms": null
    },
    "sidechain": {
      "send": false,
      "return": false,
      "format": null,
      "per_channel": false
    },
    "stereo_link": false,
    "bypass": "electronic",
    "bypass_type": "buffered",
    "bypass_note": "Boss-standard buffered bypass via flip-flop switching. _verify.",
    "power_dc": "9V battery / Boss PSA-100 / center-neg",
    "operating_level": [],
    "rack_format": "pedal"
  },
  "meters": [],
  "performance": {
    "bypass_per_channel": false,
    "auto_release": false
  },
  "provenance": {
    "manual_path": "manuals/fx-modulation--boss-ph2-manual.pdf",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "last_verified": "2026-05-28",
    "manual_pages": [
      1
    ],
    "verify_via": "SM59 single-seat manual extraction (Opus). P8 pedal-batch tracer #4/13.",
    "verify_note": "Manual PDF is image-only; text extract returned ~60 chars. Control set authored from common-knowledge of the Boss PH-2 Super Phaser; field provenance is 'medium' on most + '_verify' on the MODE switch positions."
  }
}