Source Audio Soundblox 2 Manta Bass Filter - Manual (Page 11)

Controls: Knobs | 11
• DRIVE (Green LED): Adjusts the amount of drive and distortion applied to the
wet signal. As the knob is rotated from its minimum position (fully counter-
clockwise) to its maximum position (fully clockwise), the amount of distortion
applied ranges from no distortion at all, to maximum distortion. You can
further adjust the sound by combining these changes while selecting the
distortion TYPE.
• TYPE (Red LED): Rotates through eight different types of distortion shapes,
indicated by a yellow tick-marked circle around the knob. As the knob is
rotated from its minimum position (fully counter-clockwise) to its maximum
position (fully clockwise), the voicing and distortion type changes between the
following styles:
1. Clean – an even, clean sound with a hard clipping distortion when DRIVE
knob is set to maximum.
2. Soft Clip – an even, warm sound, best for subtle DRIVE settings.
3. Octave – a bright sound, adding extra clarity to the higher register.
4. Fold – a more aggressive sound, that accentuates bass and treble.
5. Double Fold – an even more aggressive sound, that further accentuates bass
and treble.
6. Gated – very aggressive and present sound with a quick cutoff to the sustain.
7. Quantize Min. – aggressive and present, with fuzzy noise generating accents.
8. Quantize Max. – aggressive but warmer than Quantize Min, with less noise
generating accents.
Each combination of DRIVE and TYPE is unique, from mildly affecting the
signal, to full-on distortion. Subtle variations in knob positions will accentuate
the different tonal possibilities.
Factory Defaults:
Given the number of different functions available on the OPTION knob, it can be
useful to “zero out” all of the controls to a default value. We pre-loaded the
MANTA with unique default settings that are a good starting point for each filter
type. You can recall these values at any time by pressing and holding the
OPTION SELECT button until its three LEDs blink twice.