Ebs Valuedrive DI User Manual

SAMPLE SOUND SETTINGS

The following examples below show a few of the many sonic
possibilities of the EBS ValveDrive.

CLASSIC ROCK

VINTAGE OVERDRIVE

CRUNCH

MY PERSONAL SOUND

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USERS MANUAL

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THE CONTROLS

Thank you for purchasing the

EBS ValveDrive pedal!

The EBS ValveDrive tube preamp/overdrive
pedal offers the possibility for classic and
traditional warm tube sounds up to hard and
pure tube distortion.

The ValveDrive pedal can make your bass
either glow or growl, whether you want your
instrument to sing or scream.

We hope you'll enjoy using the

EBS ValveDrive

The EBS Team

pedal!

FRONT PANEL

- Controls the overall gain and amount of overdrive.

GAIN

BASS, MIDDLE AND TREBLE - The filter section of the EBS ValveDrive.

Controls the timbre of the sound and is very useful for refining overdriven
sounds. These filters are of classic passive style. Please refer to the filters
section for more info.

VOLUME

ACTIVE FOOTSWITCH

the pedal is active. When deactivated the pedal is bypassed or in mute mode
(depending on the setting of the bypass/mute switch on the rear panel).

VINTAGE FOOTSWITCH

the LED is RED, the pedal is set to standard MODERN character. When the
LED is YELLOW, the VINTAGE mode is selected. The vintage character
changes the tube timbre, eq and compresses the signal over the gain stage.

- Controls the overall volume of the EBS ValveDrive.

- When the footswitch is pressed and the LED is red,

- Controls the character of the Valvedrive. When

REAR PANEL

INPUT JACK

PAD SWITCH

instruments. Press this switch if you are using an active instrument or using
another pedal before the EBS ValveDrive.

DC POWER JACK

stabilized power supply if not original EBS adapter AD9+.

- Connect your instrument here.

(0dB/-10dB) - Selects operation for active or passive

- Connect the DC power supply to this jack. Use only a

1/4” OUTPUT

BALANCED OUTPUT (XLR)

console or sound card.

GND LIFT SWITCH

- Connect this output to an amplifier or another pedal.

- Disconnects the ground from the balanced output.

- Use this output to connect to e.g. a mixing