Ashdown Sub Octave Plus

The pedal is housed in a durable metal case and features an input level control with a trademark Ashdown VU meter to allow optimum signal matching from any instrument active or passive. The pedal also features an output level control essential for obtaining the perfect balance between the effect and the true bypass mode.

Sub Level

The Sub Level control sets the level of volume of the clean sub octave note produced by the Sub Octave Plus pedal. This can therefore be balanced against the original bass guitar signal.

Dist. Drive

Distortion can be added to the sub octave not generated and the Dist Drive control is used to adjust the degree of Drive or Distortion that is added to the original sub octave signal.

Dist Level

The level of the distorted sub octave signal can be balanced against the clean sub octave and the original bass guitar signal using the Dist Level control. The range of controls on the Sub Octave Plus effect provides not only the one octave below sound that most octave pedals produce but also a whole range of new sounds available from the addition of sub octave distortion that can be mixed in with both the clean sub octave as well as the original bass guitar sound with infinite variations of the balance between all 3 sounds.

Technical specifications

Sub Octave

• Pitch - 1 octave below root note
• Waveform - Sampled from original note
• Envelope - Follows original volume envelope
• Sub Bandwidth ? 10 to 160Hz

Distortion Drive Gain

• 0 to 30dB

Input

• Impedance 470k Ohms
• Signal level ?10dBv to 0dBv

Output

• Impedance 10k Ohms
• Signal level variable -10dBv to 0dBv