Neunaber ICONOCLAST, Руководство пользователя

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Iconoclast emulates the interaction between the virtual drive amplifier and the
loudspeaker, which depends largely on the damping factor of the amplifier. The
lower the damping factor, the greater the effect of the loudspeaker’s impedance
on its frequency response. The impedance curve of most guitar speakers is
(approximately) a broad midrange cut; therefore, an amplifier with a low damping
factor will impose this broad midrange cut on the overall response.
HIGH
The High knob affects the character of the high frequencies by changing the drop
off frequency of a steep filter. Turning the knob clockwise lets through more high
frequencies.
Guitar speakers behave as a sharp low-pass filter, with different loudspeakers
having different frequencies at which they sharply drop off. However, many guitar
speakers retain a small amount of signal “fizz” beyond their cutoff frequency.
Iconoclast reproduces both the sharp drop off and fizz of a guitar speaker and
does so using adjustable filters. The drop off frequency is directly adjustable with
the High knob.
NOISE GATE
The Gate knob adjusts the threshold of a studio-quality noise gate. The gate’s
threshold is the level at which the gate closes (attenuates the signal). The LED
turns blue to indicate that the gate has closed. Turning the knob fully counter-
clockwise disables the gate.
Noise from various sources in the signal chain can accumulate to an unsatisfactory
level, even if the noise from any one particular device is inaudible. A noise gate
at the end of the signal chain is often invaluable, which is why we chose to
incorporate one in Iconoclast.