Parabellum Drive V2

OVERDRIVE

DISTORTION

EQUALIZER

The signal chain begins with the same all-tube EF86 boost as the original. The boosted EF86 signal is then buffered and split into two parallel Germanium distortion stages, refined from the three in the original version. One is designed to amplify high mids and highs with hard clipping characteristics, and the other is focused on low mids and lows with soft clipping characteristics. Each stages' output is mixed back together equally, combining the distortion, frequency content, and sonic textures for a unique distortion. The combined output is then sent to a three band EQ, which has been re-designed with transistor based EQ bands instead of the op-amp based bands used in the first version, but still using the same frequency centers as V1 and Q the EQ for a huge low end, musical mids, and cutting treble. The original toggle switch boosts have been removed to simplify user experience and avoid analysis paralysis.