Application examples
Electric Bass
If an electric bass is directly connected to the instrument input, a combination of clean and tube stages is usually best. In the case of extreme dynamics, the FET limiter will deliver excellent results and a tight, punchy bass sound that usually needs no additional compression.
Keyboards/samplers/drum machines
Electronic sound sources allow you to fully utilize the GainStation 8‘s potential. The clean stage is excellent for clear, glassy sounds and pads, and a combination of clean and tube stages for most other sounds. The more dynamic the material, the more effectively you can utilize the limiter.
Tube distortions with GainStation 8
The GainStation can be a great creative tool for creating distor- tion effects for suitable instruments and loops. Try using very high tube gain settings, so that the 18 dB LED is constantly illu- minated. Increasing the clean gain will feed more level to the tube stage, intensifying the tube saturation effect.
Activating the peak limiter will add a different type of distortion with more overtones. The FET limiter will not add distortion, but will create “hard limited” sounds with an extreme loudness effect.
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