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4 | CHARACTER MODULE
CHARACTER
Shape and articulate your sound with overdrive, compression,
fuzz, and swell effects. Inspired by a collection of analog gear,
these effects offer dynamic response and a wide range of tones.
The red TILT & AMOUNT knobs control the selected effect.
DRIVE: Tube-like drive with nothing but sweet spots, ranging from warm
preamp to full overdrive.
AMOUNT adjusts intensity of overdrive.
TILT controls the tone of the effect.
At center, the EQ is set to neutral,
with minimal processing. Turning to
the right makes the effect brighter,
and turning to the left will make
the effect darker. In addition to EQ
adjustments, TILT also interacts with
the parameters of the saturation
effects, so experiment and find the
sound that suits you best.
SENSITIVITY is a secondary control
that fine-tunes the headroom that
you set in Calibration, allowing you
to dial in your preferred breakup
point for the drive effects.
When set to SWELL, sensitivity
allows you to adjust the triggering
threshold, making the effect more or
less responsive to your playing.
SWEETEN: A pleasant preamp that adds EQ, compression, and gentle
saturation as you increase AMOUNT. Perfect for subtly sweetening your
basic instrument sound or lightly overdriving the effects that follow it.
AMOUNT adjusts compression and saturation.
EFFECTS
CONTROLS
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FUZZ: Dynamic vintage-voiced fuzz tones ranging from smooth and
rounded to brash blown-speaker sounds. Use the TILT control to change
not only the tone, but also the transient and bias characteristics of the
fuzz for varied sounds across the dial.
AMOUNT adjusts intensity of the FUZZ effect.
HOWL: Resonant filter fuzz with a lot of personality. Howl can create
smooth sustaining tones or synth-like stabs that cut through the mix,
depending on the position of the TILT control.
AMOUNT adjusts intensity of the HOWL effect.
SWELL: Expressive envelope-triggered volume swells. As you get a feel for
playing the effect, you’ll find that allowing more or less separation between
notes allows you to precisely control when the swells trigger.
AMOUNT adjusts the attack and decay times of the SWELL effect.
EFFECT VOL adjusts the output volume of the Character module.
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