Lexicon MPX G2 manual Overdrive

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.

*= Interpolated; ( ) = Option of preceding parameter

0 190

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