Chandler Limited Germanium Tone Control - Manual (Page 2)

Controls and Features
GAIN/GERMANIUM DRIVE - A gain switch in 3db steps, this is your standard input level type
control. The actual amount of overall gain, however, is affected by feedback control. With gain at 0
and feedback at zero, overall gain is -30db. Moving the feedback to 10 overall gain becomes -8db
with all the tonal changes described under the feedback control. Available gain of the unit is -30db with
Gain and Feebdack at 0 to +25db with the Germanium Drive and Feedback at full. Using different
combinations of feedback and input gain is essential if you want to take advantage of all the available
tones from the Germanium pre amp.
FEEDBACK - The Feedback control is essential to the sound and function of this EQ’s amplifier. .
Audio amplifiers incorporate some amount of negative feedback which is where the output signal
of the amplifier is fed back to its input. This affects the sound and function of the amplifier in many
ways. THD, frequency response, gain and amplifier stabilization change considerably with varying
feedback. Please refer to the section about unity gain for the tone variations available by using
Gain and Feedback combinations.
BYPASS - You may bypass the passive Thick or low frequency section and the active
Presence and Treble sections of the Tone Control separately for maximum flexibility. To
bypass both at the same time, simply place the passive and active pushbuttons in the
out position.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE
BYPASS