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Distorting bass has always been a very challenging engineering
endeavor: in order to achieve a punchy, and aggressive distortion
that is also full and fat-sounding you need to reconcile two
contradicting conditions:
The tightness comes from attenuating bass frequencies before
saturation, which will also result in a very thin signal. But
boosting the lows will result in additional, unwanted fuzz.
The Microtubes X is our solution to that problem in a very
compact form: The signal is split by two variable low-pass and
high-pass filters at the very very beginning. The high-pass
signal (mostly mids and treble) is distorted using CMOS circuitry,
just like our older Microtubes pedals.
The low pass-signal (all bass) is left untouched. Letting the high
side be all crunch, attack, and rich harmonics while mixing back
the lows to add gargantuan size to the overall mix.
The result is virtually unlimited fullness, size, aggression, and
definition, regardless of how old the strings, and boomy or thin
instruments.
The Microtubes X offers all of this in a compact
form, with very few controls to tweak, making it almost
impossible to dial wrong.
Controls
- High-pass frequency: controls the cutoff frequency to be
distorted, ranging from 100Hz (for thicker, fuzzier saturation) or
1kHz for ultra-sharp definition.
- Low-pass frequency: controls the cutoff frequency to be mixed
back to the high-pass side. Ranging from 50Hz (for only
sub-bass) and 500Hz to preserve some clean mids.
- Level: Sets the overall output volume of the unit.
- Drive: Sets the amount of distortion for the high pass side.
- Mix: Sets the blend between low-pass and high-pass signals.
- Mids: Active mid control placed after the Mix control. +-12dB @
500Hz.
- Input: 1/4" connector for the instrument.
- Input Impedance: 1MO impedance.
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Output: 1/4" connector for the amplifier or next effect in the
chain.
- Output Impedance: 1kO.
- 9VDC: Center negative, regulated 9VDC only.
- Current Consumption: 30mA