Section Five; Creating A Preset - DOD Bass30 Owner's Manual

SECTION FIVE - Tutorial

Creating a Preset

Suppose you want to create a Preset that has medium Compression, Classic Amp Modeling with Medium Gain and
boosted highs and lows on the EQ, a low Threshold setting on the Noise Gate, a slow medium Chorus, no Delay,
and a Hall Reverb. Let's also suppose that you wanted the Expression Pedal to control a classic Wah. The steps
outlined below will guide you through creating this Preset.
Step 1. Adjust the Compression - Press the Comp/Wah button. The LED next to Compressor will begin to
flash, and the LEDs next to the Compression Parameters will light. The Display will show the current status of the
Compressor. If the Display indicates that the Compressor is bypassed (two dashes --), rotate the Data Wheel
until the Display shows co (indicating the compressor is active). Press the Parameters button once to access the
Compression Parameters. The LED next to Crossover will blink indicating that the Compressors Crossover
Parameter has been selected. Since we want a medium compression setting, rotate the Data Wheel to select the
Crossover frequency of 25 which means that frequencies under 250 Hertz will be compressed, but all other
frequencies will not. Press the Parameters button again and the LED next to Threshold will flash. Rotate the Data
Wheel to select a Threshold value of about 20. Press the Parameters button again and the LED next to Ratio will
flash. Rotate the Data Wheel again to select a ratio of 3.0 (3:1) which is a typical ratio for the bass guitar. Press
the Parameter button one more time and the LED next to Gain will flash. Use the Data Wheel to match the
compressors volume level to the level when the Preset is bypassed.
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