KMA CHIEF DISRUPTOR Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide
CHIEF DISRUPTOR
Thank you for purchasing this
We hope you get many years of pleasure and use from this device and if
this is your first product from our brand, welcome!
This simple connecting guide should help start you on your journey to
sonic creativity. However, if you wish to know all of the pedal's hidden
secrets, you can find the full manual online on the product page at:
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Some quick usage examples:
Having super saturated mids and lows can sometimes result in a
perceived loss of highs. To fix this, just engage the Top-Boost to give your
high-mids a big push for more crunchy harmonics and bite to cut through
any band mix. We've tweaked the Top Boost to our personal taste, but
if you feel it's either too loud or not loud enough, you can also adjust the
Top Boost Level via an internal trimpot to your own taste.
You can take complete hands-free control of the Mid-EQ frequency via
an expression-pedal. This lets you make instant tone changes on the fly,
as well as unleash fast and quacky wah-like sounds (when the mids are
boosted) or slow and enveloping phaser-like sweeps (when they are
cut). If you feel like the filter needs to be more resonant for screaming
synth-like sweeps or needs to be subtler, then you can adjust the Q of the
Mid-EQ via an internal trimpot. Keep in mind that more resonance yields
in a very peaky sound and the mids can start to oscillate when all of the
controls (gain, highs, master, top boost activated) are maxed out.
The mids can also be turned on and off via the relay-based soft-switch,
allowing you to kick in the mids for soaring solos, cutting chords or when
you want to get filter freaky.
CHIEF DISRUPTOR Specifications
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Fuzz/Distortion Pedal with Switchable Mid EQ/Boost
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The ultimate 'muff-style' drive, with stacked topology
Fuzz/Distortion pedal. •
3 distinctive gain structures: Vintage (dynamic), Tight (more focussed)
and Heavy (sustaining and thick)
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Pre or Post Clean Blend, for a tight low end
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Active Bass and Treble EQ
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Separate Mid EQ, with footswitch and frequency control
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Top-Boost, for more crunchy harmonics
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External Expression control, allows for filter or pseudo-phase tones
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Internal controls for Mid Q and Top Boost Level
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Relay-based soft-switching
9 V DC, centre -, 2.1 mm, ≈160 mA max. current draw
Made in Berlin, Germany since 2013
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Quick Start Guide