Darkglass Electronics Microtubes X7 Bass Guitar Effect Pedal Overview:

The Microtubes X7 series brings the studio method producers have been using the years to cover the whole bass distortion spectrum: from articulate high gain to punchy mild overdrive, raw and gnarly fuzz and everything in between. You now have absolute control in constructing your vision of what the perfect bass distortion texture, definition, and size should have.

Front Features

• High Pass Frequency:Controls the cutoff frequency to be distorted, ranging from 100Hz (for thicker, fuzzier saturation) or 1kHz for ultra-sharp definition.
• High Drive:Sets the amount of distortion for the high pass side.
• High Level:Sets the output volume of the distorted high-pass signal.
• Low Pass Frequency:Controls the cutoff frequency to be mixed back to the high-pass side. Ranging from 50Hz (for only sub-bass) and 500Hz to preserve some clean mids.
• Low Comp:Sets the amount of compression for the low-pass signal.
• Low Level:Sets the output volume of the low-pass signal.
• Master:Sets the overall volume of the unit.
• Low shelf:+-12dB @ 80 Hz
• 500 Hz:+-12dB
• 1 kHz:+-12dB
• High shelf:+-12dB @ 5 kHz
• Dimensions
  • Width: 94 mm / 3
  • Length: 120 mm/ 4
  • Height: 46 mm / 1
  • Weight: 320 g / 0.7 lb

Input & Outputs

• Output:Connect from the Output jack to the input of your amplifier or another effects pedal.
• Ground Lift:Use this control to lift the ground of the XLR output. If you are experiencing ground noise in your DI signal, try changing this control.
• Direct Output:A balanced version of the output, useful for running into PAs or studio mixing consoles.
• Input:Connect your instrument or output from your pedal board to the mono jack.
• 9V DC:Only use a regulated 9V DC adapter with a center-negative plug.
• Parallel Output:A passthrough for your input signal, useful for parallel processing.