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The Effect of the Shape Control
The Hydrive's unique Shape control enables the
sound of your bass instrument to be enhanced at
the touch of a button. When the front panel Shape
switch is pressed in, a special equalization curve is
activated that is designed to improve the sound of
most electric bass instruments. This curve provides
moderate boost at certain frequency areas and
deep attenuation at other frequency areas. Further-
more, the front panel Shape control adds a lter to
a selected frequency area within the Shape curve.
As the Shape knob is turned clockwise, the lter is
imposed on higher frequency areas; as it is turned
counterclockwise, the lter is imposed on lower
frequency areas. At the fully clockwise position, the
lter is applied to the 1 kHz frequency area; at the
fully counterclockwise position, the lter is applied to
the 80 Hz frequency area.
Even when Shape is activated, the front-panel EQ
controls remain operational. When all EQ controls are
set to their “0” (at) position, they add no boost or at-
tenuation to the preset Shape curve. However, when
any EQ controls are moved from their (“0”) position,
their boost or attenuation eect is superimposed
upon the preset Shape curve. In this way, you can
customize the sound of the Hybrid combo further
still to complement your particular bass instrument
and playing style.
Note that, when the Shape switch is out, the EQ con-
trols operate on the “at” signal coming from your
bass (that is, there is no preset equalization curve
imposed).
For expanded control on stage, you can use the op-
tional FS2 footswitch to select the Shape on or o.