Details: VOLUME PEDAL
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VOLUME PEDAL
The Volume pedal (Pedal 1 or ( ) on the Floor Board) acts just like a standard
volume pedal. Heel back is volume off, Toe Down is maximum volume. The effect of
the Volume Pedal on your tone can be profoundly different, depending on where you
choose to have it make an appearance in the AX2 Signal Flow.
PRE/DIS/POST
The Volume pedal can be assigned to three different positions in the AX2 Signal Flow:
Pre, Dis, and Post. If you look at the signal flow chart ( ), you'll notice that Pre
places the volume pedal before the distortion box models. In this position, it acts like
the volume control on your guitar. Backing off the volume pedal will generally clean
up the sound, because the TubeTone model is not being driven as hard. Of course,
with some very clean or very driven sounds, the clean up will not be as noticeable.
The Dis position places the volume pedal after the Distortion box models, but still
before the TubeTone amp model. This is like having a traditional volume pedal in-line
with your stomp box distortion. Changes in volume pedal position won’t clean up the
sound quite as much as in the Pre position. The Post position will not affect the tone
of the channel at all, and should be used at times when you want only the volume and
not the character of your sound to change as you use the pedal.
AUTO-VOLUME
The Auto Volume effect automatically “ramps up” your signal level. It simulates the
“bowed” playing technique in which the volume is turned down at the beginning of
each note so that the initial picking part of the sound is not heard, and then the
volume is gradually raised. The Auto Volume Attack parameter (far right end of the
COMP/PEDALS Edit Row), controls the speed of the ramp up. Choose from Off, and
1-99. Lower settings are faster.
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