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McDSP Chrome Tone
Distortion
The Chrome Tone Amp Distortion section provides
a wide range of distortion tones from light to
heavy. The Distortion controls are:
• Drive - selected amount of gain (emphasis) of
selected frequencies into the distortion circuit.
• Drive Type (pop-up) - Controls and shapes the
frequencies that feed the distortion circuit with the following shapes:
• Normal parametric bell
• Wide parametric bell
• Low Shelf
• Band Pass Filter
• Resonant peak Low pass lter
• Variable Q Low pass lter
• Resonant peak High pass lter
• Variable Q High pass lter
• Extremely tight Q parametric bell
• Frequency - the frequency where the Drive control gain is focused.
• Amount - the amount of distortion
• Level - the overall output level of the distortion section
• Distortion Type Popup - selects the distortion circuit type, from Light, Light II,
Medium, Heavy, Shread, and Screamer.
A key element to any guitar amplication system is the sound, or ‘tone’ of its
distortion section. For this reason, Chrome Tone offers many distortion modes.
The Drive control articulates the color of the distortion, allowing the selection of
the portion of the frequency spectrum incurring more distortion.
Compression
Provides a compressor and sustainer to further amplify
and compress the incoming signal. The Compression
controls are:
• Threshold - the level in dB at which the
compression starts.
• Response - the rate at which the compressor attacks