Dual Sound Shaper - elysia skulpter 500 Manual

Dual Sound Shaper

The very natural sound character of the skulpter 500
can be shaped by two independent combinations of
saturation and specially tweaked filter curves. Any
desired amount of this effect can be blended to the original
signal with the Shape controller. Press the Shape Two button
to switch from one style to the other.
Shape One: Instruments
The first ingredient to achieve that big, fat sound is adding
harmonics (THD). The intensity of this saturation is deter-
mined by the input level and the amount of preamp gain. At
the same time, a pre-tailored EQ curve with a high frequency
cut starting around 4 kHz is applied to the signal.
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Shape Two: Vocals
Vocals benefit from the same saturation enhancement; and,
like a tube-like characteristic curve, this results rather in musi-
cal soft clip limiting than in actual distortion. The preset EQ
curve is of course a different one for vox, with up to 10 dB of
high mid boost around 4.5 kHz.
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