DesCriPtiOn Of OPeratiOn
Distortion
Distortion is controlled with the following set of parameters:
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Shape – Clipping curve selection
• Tanh
• Atan
• Hard clip
• Crossover
• Asymmetric hyperbolic tangent
• Mixed Tanh and linear hard clip
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Dynamics – Signal compression ratio before sending it to the Clipper
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Preamp – Signal amplification before it gets onto the Clipper. Amplification range: from 0 [dB] up to 48 [dB]
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Low Cut – Cut-off frequency of the passive high-pass filter that operates before the Clipper
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Contour – Clipper's kneespan
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Tone – Overdrive tone characteristics
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Volume – The resulting signal level from -inf [dB] up to 12 [dB].
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Distortion preset management section
• Next/Prev – Navigation through the Distortion preset bank. Loading of the next or previous preset
• Browser – Opens the Preset Browser (for more details on the operation please refer
to the Preset Management chapter)
• Init (Prev + CTRL) – Restoring the initial effect values
• Reload (Next + CTRL) – Restoring the last loaded master preset (Master Preset) values
for the Distortion section
• Save (Browse + CTRL) – Saving the current effect settings as a preset
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FX Amount – Proportions between the Dry and Wet signals that will be sent to the next cascade effect.
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