2013

Sound Effects 107
Tip: Like on the stomp boxes our vintage effects are modeled on, there is a
‘footswitch’ below the pedal’s logo that can be clicked to turn the effect on or off for
A/B comparisons. All the effects of the Vintage Effects Suite have been designed
like this.
Distortion
The distortion pedal is a “high gain” distorter for crunch and lead guitar sounds. If you
like typically “British” amp sounds and want to quickly record a guitar track with little
effort, this pedal is for you.
An entire valve pre-amp circuit has been modeled, including the typical EQ curve. The
amplification is “valve-typical”, i.e. it doesn’t start quickly but is harmonic and soft.
Even at full power the pedal still reacts softly to a guitar and its settings (e.g. pick-up
choice and tone controller). For instance, you can influence the distortion even more
by using the volume knob on the guitar.
There are only three parameters on this effect; however, these interact with each
other and can thus generate quite a variable sound:
• Low: the “bass” controller. This allows you to set the share of basses, even after
the distortion. The type of prefiltering is important for guitar amps in particular,
and is characteristic for the basic sound. You should set the bass controller