Alesis QS8.1, QS7.1 Overdrive Type, Overdrive Threshold, Overdrive Brightness, Overdrive Balance

Part 6: Editing Effects

[110]— OVERDRIVE (CONFIGURATION 5 ONLY)

The Overdrive effect provides four parameters spread across four editing pages. It is only used in Configuration #5.

OVERDRIVE TYPE

Range of Settings: Hard or Soft Page 1

The Soft Overdrive has less gain and provides slightly less distortion than the Hard Overdrive. Another difference is that the Hard setting will only provide distortion when the signal feeding the Overdrive effect is above the Overdrive Threshold setting (see below). However, with the Soft setting there will still be a slight bit of distortion if the signal is below the Overdrive Threshold setting.

OVERDRIVE THRESHOLD

Range of Settings: 00 to 99 Page 2

This parameter sets the level which the signal must reach before the Overdrive effect will begin distorting. But it works differently than you might expect: A higher value means a lower Threshold. So with a high number, it doesn’t take much input before the Overdrive effect will start to distort. When set to a low number, the distortion will not occur until the signal becomes louder than the Threshold setting.

OVERDRIVE BRIGHTNESS

Range of Settings: 00 to 99 Page 3

This parameter sets the tone of the Overdrive effect. Higher numbers result in a brighter sounding overdrive. Lower numbers result in a duller distortion sound.

OVERDRIVE BALANCE

Range of Settings: CLN<99OVDR to CLN99>OVDR	Page
4

This controls the output mix of the Overdrive effect. When set to “<99”, the Overdrive effect cannot be heard at all. When set to “<0>”, you have an even mix between the original, uneffected signal and the overdriven signal. When set to “99>”. only the overdriven effect is heard.

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