The Effects and Parameters

Overdrive

 

 

 

 

 

A more aggressive overdrive

 

 

 

 

 

effect than Screamer, Overdrive is

 

 

 

 

 

designed to be used as a stomp

 

 

 

 

 

box — to push a clean amp chan-

 

 

 

 

 

nel into bluesy overdrive, or to take

 

 

 

 

 

a high-gain amp channel over the

 

 

 

 

 

top. Lo, Mid and Hi controls pro-

 

Lo

± 15dB

Low frequency boost/cut

 

vide a considerable amountof gain.

 

Mid

±15dB

Mid frequency boost/cut

 

InLvl determines overall Drive

 

Hi

0-15dB

High frequency boost

 

sensitivity. When cranked up, Lo,

 

InLvl

-64 to 0dB

Input level (Drive sensitivity)

 

Mid and Hi behave like individual

 

 

 

 

 

distortion controls. When throttled

 

LoCut

0-20

Pre-Drive low frequency roll off

 

 

 

 

 

 

back to -15dB or so, Lo, Mid and Hi

 

Feel

0-64

Overdrive dynamics

 

 

 

behave more like traditional EQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive

0-40

Amount of overdrive

 

 

 

controls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tone

0-25

High frequency roll-off (Post-Overdrive)

 

 

 

LoCut rolls off low frequencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level

0dB to 64dB

Output level

 

 

 

before they hit the overdrive circuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(and your amp). This can be very

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

useful if your stage sound is muddy

 

 

 

 

 

and you need to cut through the

 

 

 

 

 

band.

 

 

 

 

 

The Feel parameter is a unique

 

 

 

 

 

feature of Lexicon’s Dynamic Gain

 

 

 

 

 

analog alogrithms. In this effect, it

 

 

 

 

 

mimics the subtle changes in dis-

 

 

 

 

 

tortion dynamics caused by differ-

 

 

 

 

 

ent power supplies. When set to 0,

 

 

 

 

 

the amount of compression/distor-

 

 

 

 

 

tion produced during the attack of

 

 

 

 

 

notes is relatively constant. As this

 

 

 

 

 

value is increased, you’ll notice a

 

 

 

 

 

difference in the feel of the attack

 

 

 

 

 

when using overdrive and moder-

 

 

 

 

 

ate amounts of distortion. The first

 

 

 

 

 

attack of a phrase of rapid picking

 

 

 

 

 

is a bit cleaner and has more bite

 

 

 

 

 

than those that follow. This mimics

 

 

 

 

 

the different “power sag” enve-

 

 

 

 

 

lopes characteristic of different

 

 

 

 

 

stomp box power sources. 0 corre-

 

 

 

 

 

sponds to the uniform response of

 

 

 

 

 

an AC adapter (9V). Values 1-32

 

 

 

 

 

approximate the increasinglly dy-

 

 

 

 

 

namic responses produced by vari-

 

 

 

 

 

ous batteries — from a fresh alka-

 

 

 

 

 

line battery (9.3V), to a fresh car-

 

 

 

 

 

bon-zinc battery (9.8V). Values

 

 

 

 

 

above 32 mimic tube-rectified

 

 

 

 

 

power supplies.

 

 

 

 

 

Tone provides high frequency

 

 

 

 

 

roll-off after the overdrive stage.

 

 

 

 

 

Level should be used to compen-

 

 

 

 

 

sate for gain added by InLvl, the

 

 

 

 

 

Tone controls and Drive.

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MPX G2 specifications

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Moreover, the MPX G2 features an intuitive user interface with a bright, easy-to-read LCD display. It provides direct access to comprehensive editing options, enabling users to tailor effects to their specific needs. The onboard controls, including knobs and buttons, allow for rapid adjustments during performance, ensuring that musicians can react quickly to changing conditions on stage.

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