68
Doc Q7.0
Drive [DRV]
5.7
The
Drive
block replicates 29 different, classic stompbox effects, ranging from sublime to intense. The overdrive
(“OD” or “DRIVE”) types are based on a cold-cathode tube model and give a warm, mellow overdrive tone. The
BOOST types don’t distort much unless the drive is set quite high. BOOST types are primarily tone-shaping devices
useful for “pushing” an amp. Distortion types (“DIST”) are based on a variety of tube and solid-state models and
give classic distortion tones. The fuzz (“FUZZ”) types are based on a hard-clipping distortion and give a raspy sound.
Drive effects include the basic controls you will find on their real world equivalents: tone, drive amount, and level,
plus advanced controls like
SLEW
,
BIAS
,
CLIP TYPE,
and more, enabling you to create drives with custom gain and
tone-shaping. Each Axe-Fx II preset can use two fully independent
Drive
blocks.
Figure 5-12 – A stylized block diagram of the DRIVE block
The Drive block supports X/Y Switching. See p.
