User manual WAVES GTR

[. . . ] Waves Guitar Tool Rack Designed in association with Paul Reed SmithTM Guitars THANK YOU! Thank you for purchasing the Waves GTRTM system. We hope that you thoroughly enjoy the creativity and convenience that this can bring to your music. Please read through the information below and begin working with your new GTRTM system. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Waves Tech Support. [. . . ] DRIVE: 0 ­ 100; Default: 50 Drive controls how hard the drive is over the input. This is a loudness normalized drive stage so the volume doesn't jump when you seek a crispier tone. LEVEL: 0 ­ 100; Default: 50 This controls how loud you play at the output. Level doesn't add distortion, it just boosts or pads the output of the effect. A setting of 50 is a similar volume as you would get by bypassing the effect. TONE: 0 ­100; Default: 50 The tone knob adjusts the tone from dark to bright and everywhere in between. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 24 DISTORTION The Distortion Stomp takes you a step further than Overdrive, giving you even more crunch and bite. The Distortion Stomp offers 4 controls: DRIVE: 0 ­ 100; Default: 50 Drive sets the amount of distortion driven over the input signal. The drive control is a loudness normalized control that allows you to hear the amount of drive without an extreme boost in level. Setting level to 50 is designed to maintain loudness compared to bypass. CONTOUR: 0 ­ 100; Default: 50 Contour sets the fullness and body of the distortion. Low values make for a thinner sound that will cut through anything, while high values drive on a fuller bodied and warmer sound. This is the Cutoff of the Output Filter Range. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 25 FUZZ Fuzz is a classic distortion effect that's been popular since the `60's. Big and brutal, it's terrific for solo licks and riffs as well as muted low string power chords. Available in Mono and Stereo, the Fuzz offers 3 controls: SUSTAIN: 0 ­ 100; Default 50 Similar to the Drive control in the previous Stomps, this will ultimately give your fuzz sound longer sustain. LEVEL: 0 ­ 100; Default: 50 This control will boost or pad the output level of the Fuzz. TONE: 0 ­ 100; Default: 50 The Fuzz offers a Tone control that goes from a low pass, bass boost into a high pass treble boosted fuzz sound. Some users will go for the extremes but the whole range is valuable. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 26 BUZZ Buzz offers a unique tone with a resonant peak at the high pass cutoff frequency. Using an expression pedal to control the tone transforms Buzz into a distortion/wah-wah hybrid. It has the following controls: DRIVE: 0 ­ 100; Default 50 Drive sets the amount of distortion driven over the input signal. The drive control is a loudness normalized control that allows you to hear the amount of drive without extreme level boost. TONE: 0 ­ 100; Default 50 Tone controls the resonant low pass filter cutoff. LEVEL: 0 ­ 100; Default 50 This sets the output level of the effect. [. . . ] Pre-amplification: The custom circuit goes beyond Impedance-matching and balancing. The on-board amps are especially selected for recording the clear, undistorted guitar signal. Thus, they don't replace the sound of a dedicated guitar tube preamp, but instead allow a transparent neutral signal path ideal for further processing and reamplifying. Waves Guitar Tool Rack User Guide. 58 Technical Specifications INPUT TRS: Input impedance : >1Mohm unbalanced Max input level: 1. 1 VRMS OUTPUT BALANCED XLR: *All measurements were preformed with volume at a nominal setting. Output impedance: 50 ohm S/N: >105 @ line level, >70 @ mic level (S measured at 1%, 1 Khz, A Weighted) Response: 20-20Khz , -3dB @11Khz, -5dB @ 20Khz THD+N: <0. 005 (< -90dB) @ -10dB below max sensitivity level Sensitivity: 1. 1Vrms @ line level, 2. 5 Vrms @ mic Level Gain: 11dB @ line level, -28dB @ mic level. [. . . ]