PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
–
The
4 ON THE FLOOR™
“classic bass overdrive”
is an ALL ANALOG bass overdrive pedal that gracefully emulates 4 different
overdrive types found in classic tube circuit topologies and then gives the player additional control over drive/gain, overdrive path (only)--high pass and low pass
filters and separately a clean blend. The result is the ability to tailor and fine tune the overdrive to fit with a wide spectrum of music and playing techniques, without
the loss of touch sensitivity, musicality, or the addition of induced excess noise.
DRIVE SENSITIVITY SWITCH -
High sensitivity is the normal mode and is suitable for most basses, the low sensitivity position gives a greater range of control for
very hot bass preamps.
FOOTSWITCH -
Pressing the footswitch alternates the pedal’s operation between BYPASS mode (RED
LED) and ACTIVE mode (BLUE LED). No controls on the
pedal will function in bypass mode.
DRIVE
–
This control adjusts the drive to the analog overdrive engine, the higher the control the greater the overdrive. Most players find this control works best in the
11:00 to 4:00
o’clock
positions.
DRIVE VOLUME
–
This control adjusts the level of the overdriven signal path present at the output of the pedal. Most players find this control works best in the 9:00
to 3:00 positions.
CLEAN VOLUME
–
This control adjusts the level of the clean signal path present at the output of the pedal. Most players find this control works best in the 9:00 to
2:00 positions. This control is also usable as a CLEAN BOOST only option, or with some blend of the overdrive controls too.
DRIVE SELECT (GEAR)
–
This 4 position switch works like the 4 speed gearshift on the transmission of your favorite classic car, selecting one of four available drive
algorithms.
1
st
GEAR:
Reminiscent
of a tube amp’s clean channel (
including natural harmonics) with a bit of overdriven tone when driven hard. Many players will find that this
works well as an “always on” type of tone, just a hint
of harmonic richness and dimensional texture, with no loss of dynamics.
2
nd
GEAR:
Emulates
a tube amp’s
mildly overdriven tone, with a small amount of dynamically compliant clipping asymmetry. This is a natural feeling, touch sensitive
algorithm with very mild compression that responds with more texture and harmonics, the harder that you dig in.
3
rd
GEAR:
A more aggressive up-shift from 2
nd
gear, this moderate, asymmetrical overdrive is less compliant, with greater compression for a tighter feel. The harder
you dig into this gear, the more harmonics will be produced and the more compression effect and texture you will feel.
4
th
GEAR:
This is the most aggressive gear of all -- a heavier, symmetrical, low compliance overdrive that can enter distortion territory when driven hard. While there
are a lot of harmonics and compression present, this gear does not give up tone of feel. Because of the heavier compression,
it’s normal for the output level to
appear lower than the other 3 gears, simply turn up the DRIVE VOLUME control a little to compensate for this.
HIGH PASS (LOW CUT) FILTER -
This control is a variable frequency low cutoff of the signal into the overdrive engine. Increasing the frequency of this roll-off,
reduces the low frequency energy and helps retain the articulation and note definition with higher overdrive settings. This filter does not affect the clean path.
LOW PASS (HIGH CUT) FILTER -
This control is a variable frequency high cutoff of the signal out of the overdrive engine. Reducing the frequency of this roll-off
reduces the high frequency energy in the overdriven signal and can mellow out the tone of the overdriven signal. This filter does not affect the clean path.
