NT-02A User Guide / Owners Manual

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SATURATIONDiscreteamp.Controlstheamountofnonlinearampsaturationandsoft
clipping.Widerangingcharacterfromsubtleharmonicdistortiontoextremeanalog
saturation.Thesaturationsectioncanbybypassedandremovedfromtheaudiopath,
whilestillallowinguseofthefiltersandShape3circuit.
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SATURATIONLEDGreenLEDdisplayswhenincomingaudiopassesthesaturation
threshold,allowingforquicksetupintothesweetspot.
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HIGHCUTFixed6dBlowpassfilterat6KHztamesthehighsespeciallywithhighgain
distortion.
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GAINDiscreteopampprimarilyprovidescleangain,butcanbeclippedandoverdriven
withboostorhighgainsettings.
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SHAPE3Activatesapreandpostemphasisfiltertoshapethedistortionresponseofthe
entireunit,andadds3rdharmonicsaturationcircuit.Thisfunctioncanbeusedin
conjunctionwiththe“Saturation”orindependently.
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BLENDControltosetabalancebetweenthesourcesignalandprocessedsignal.
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OUTPUTThissetsthefinaloutputlevelpostblend. 
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INMasterbypassforbothchannelsoftheSaturatorNT02A.
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OPERATION
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TheLowcutfilterresonancecanbedrivenintoselfoscillationathighsettings(7+),and
dependingonthegainandfrequencywillcreateveryLOUDtones!SettingtheRESjuston
thevergeoffeedbackandthentuningittothesourcecanmakemusicallyrelated
harmonicsandsustain,superfun.LowerRESsettingscanbetunedtokicksandbasses
forthicklowboosts.
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TheSaturatorhasseveralgainstagesinseries,eachwithdifferentcharacteristics.
Inorderofsignalflow,thestagesare:
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1.BOOSTFixedgainamplifiertoprovidecleangaintooverdrivewhateverampsfollow,
similartousingacleanboostpedaltooverdriveatubeamp.Alsoengagesapadafterthe
GAINamp.
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2.SATURATIONAmpstagewiththegreatestharmonicdistortionandsoftclipping.Can
besubtle(tappingtheLEDaboveit)forthickeningandwarming,toextremedistortion.
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3.GAINProvidescleangain,butcanbeoverdriven,especiallyusedinconjunctionwith
BOOST.
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