RB-800
USER GUIDE
restore the volume to its pre compression level, because of this you may
notice an increase in background noise with high compression settings.
Compression is switched in/out with the push button adjacent to the
compression level control.
OVERDRIVE
This is a valve/tube emulated overdrive that is variable from a slight 'edge'
or 'warmth' through to a fairly aggressive overdrive/distortion effect. The
actual degree of overdrive applied to the bass signal is also dependent
on the setting of the input level control. The higher this is set, the greater
level of overdrive can be applied using the overdrives own rotary control.
Overdrive can be switched in with the push button above and to the
right of the overdrive rotary control. The amount of drive applied to the
overdrive circuit is adjusted using this rotary control. The over-driven bass
signal is applied in parallel with the dry bass signal to ensure you never
lose the full bottom end from your bass. Overdrive is situated after the
compression allowing for a sustained over-driven bass signal to be pro-
duced by adding a degree of compression along with the overdrive itself.
SUB HARMONICS
This section produces sub harmonics an octave below the notes being
played. The level of these sub harmonics relative to the straight bass
sound can be adjusted using the level control. This is very effective in
thickening the sound and you will find in use that only a small degree
of this lower octave is required to really fill out the sound and provide a
character that is not possible by any other means.