Noise Gate Distortion Compression
Designed to minimize the The Chrome Tone Amp Provides a compressor and
amount of unwanted noise Distortion section provides sustainer to further amplify
heard at the output of the a wide range of distortion and compress the incoming
Chrome Tone Amp Plug-In. tones from light to heavy. signal.
Drive Type Control
Allows unprecedented
shaping of the frequencies
fed to the distortion circuit:
• Normal (parametric bell)
• Wide (parametric bell)
• Low (shelf)
• Band Pass (manual-wah)
• Reso LP (resonant low pass)
• Vari Q LP (resonant low pass
with frequency dependent Q) Pre Equalizer Output
• Reso HP (resonant high pass) The Pre section provides Allows further sonic Provides spring reverb,
low cut filtering to remove adjustments, post-distortion. cabinet model & microphone
• Vari Q HP (resonant high
unwanted DC and similiar There are 3 bands of EQ - low placement, phase, and final
pass with freq. dependent Q)
low frequency noise from the shelf, parametric, and high output gain controls.
• Tight Q (extremely signal, while also providing shelf.
narrow parametric) subtle coloring appropriate for
guitar and other applications.
PARAMETER SETTINGS FUNCTION
PRE
LOW/CUT 75 to 1000 Hz Selects the point where low frequency signals are reduced. Filter slopes vary between
-12 dB/Oct and -6 dB/Oct depending on PRE TYPE.
PRE TYPE Flat, Low Bump, Selects the coloring of the input signal. The ‘Flat’ mode is the original mode. Other
(POPUP) Vintage I, Vintage II, modes add coloring appropriate for guitar and other ‘amped sound’ applications.
Vintage III
NOISE GATE
THRESH -80 to 0 dB Level at which the gate is engaged. When the input signal level drops below the THRESH value,
the gate closes and no input signal is passed.
ATTACK 0 to 500 msec Rate at which the gate opens. Green LED (on Right) is lit when gate is open.
HOLD 10 to 500 msec Amount of time the gate remains open once signal level rises above the THRESH value.
RELEASE 10 to 1000 msec Rate at which the gate closes. Yellow LED (on Left) is lit when gate is closed.
COMPRESSION
THRESH -48 to 0 dB Level at which the compression starts. When input signal rises above the THRESH value,
it is compressed at ratio selected by TYPE.
RESPONSE 200 to 2000 msec Rate at which the compressor attacks the signal once it exceeds the THRESH value, and
the rate at which the compressor releases once the signal level drops below the THRESH
value. Yellow ‘C’ LED is lit when compression is active.
SUSTAIN 0 to 100 Amount of make-up gain applied to the signal after compression.
RELEASE 25 to 5000 msec Rate at which the sustainer action occurs. Yellow ‘S’ LED is lit when sustainer is active.
TYPE (POPUP) 2:1, 4:1, 8:1 (ratio) Ratio of input to output levels for the compressor.
EQUALIZER (LOW SHELF, PARAMETRIC, HIGH SHELF)
GAIN -12 to +12 dB Boost or cut to selected frequency region.
FREQ 40 to 400 Hz Low Shelf
0.40 to 4.00 kHz Parametric
4 kHz to 15 kHz High Shelf
DISTORTION
DRIVE 0 to 12 dB Amount of gain (emphasis) of selected FREQ in distortion circuit.
DRIVE TYPE Normal, Wide, Low Controls and shapes the frequencies that feed the distortion circuit .
and various Filters
(POPUP)
FREQ 200 to 2000 Hz Frequency where the DRIVE control gain is focused.
AMOUNT 0 to 100 Amount of distortion. Yellow LED lit when distortion circuit is active.
LEVEL -48 to 0 dB Overall output level of the distortion section.
TYPE Light, Light II, Selects the distortion circuit type, from light distortion to full shred.
Medium, Heavy,
(POPUP) Shread, and
Screamer
OUTPUT
REVERB 0 to 100 Amount of reverberated signal mixed with the dry signal.
CABINET 1x12, 2x12, 4x10, Several different cabinet styles with close and room microphone positions, plus direct
TYPE and 4x12, varied modes with no cabinet modelling. The settings containing the indication `II’ are derived
styles, and two direct from closed-back cabinets (the settings without indication are derived from open
(POPUP) modes backed cabinets)
Ø (PHASE) ON/OFF Polarity (phase) of the final output, ON is 180° from original.
OUT -24 to +24 dB Overall signal level adjustment. LED Meter lit to show output level.