DSM Noisemaker Drive Maker User manual

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ThankyouforpurchasingtheDSMNoisemakerDriveMaker!Themostversatiletoolforcreatingyourdrive
toneinauniqueway.
TheConceptbehindit:
TheDriveMaker(DM)wasconceivedasaresponsetothecurrenttrendsonBoutiquepedalsandrecording
gear.Onlyahandfulofbuildersarecreatingnewthings,investigatingnewtones,circuits,functions.Too
manyTSclones,BigMuffs,FuzzFaces,Dist+,floodthemarket.Ifitisnotacheapclone,isadigitalmodel
ofacheapclone.Everyoneisstartingtosoundthesame!!
Weunderstandthatmosthomeplayerswanttosoundliketheirheroes.Butthatisnotthegoalofthis
unit.Thisisdirectedtothemusicianthatwanttofindtheirownvoice,theperfecttouch,amountof
harmonics,dynamics,andsoon.
TheNAFTADriveEngine
ThecoreoftheDMistheNAFTAdriveEngine(NAFTAstandsfor“NotAnotherFrigginTsAgain”).This
enginehasbeencarefullydesignedtohaveahugerangeofdifferentsounds.Itstartswithacoupleof
Opampstagesthatdefinethepreemphasisandlowmidgainclippingbehavior,afterthat,CMOSstages
introducetubeamplikefeelandsmoothclipping.TheGaincontrolbalancesthegainbetweeneachstage
sothere’sahugerangeofclippingbehavioravailableononeturnofthegainknob.Fromclean,yes,CLEAN
sounds,tosparky,crunchy,uptoafuzzedoutnoisymess.
MainFeatures
Voicecontrol:aunique,carefullydesignedpregaintonecontrol,tunedfromabassboostatmin,a
trebleboostatmax,andflatatthemiddle.
3clippingmodes:ODfortransparent,softclippingcharacteristics,DISTforhighergain,more
aggressivetones,andBROKEN,foraunique,veryasymmetricclippingthatrespondstoyourpicking
style.
OctaveUp:TheMDboaststhesweetestoctaveupyouwillfind.FromSitartonestosaxliketextures,
downtoweirdfuzzydrives.

Boostfunction:Itincludesafootswitchactivatedboost,upto30dB.Reallyhandyforsolosorwhen
youwanttopushyouramptubes
FXloop:AninternalFXloopletsyouactivateyourfavoriteeffectsjustbyengagingtheDrivemaker.
Also,itcanbeassignedforboostchannelonly.
GuitarorBassuse:Aninternalswitchletsyouchoosebetween2typesofoutputvoicings,designedto
workwithguitarorbassfrequencies.
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CONTROLS:
Voice:CWisatrebleboost,CCWisabassboost,flatatthemiddle.It´samazinghowthings
changebytweakingthevoiceknob...wantitfuzzy?orsparkly?ortwangy?
Gain:Goesfromclean(yes,"clean"clean)tooverdrive,tofullouttoomuchgaintocontrol.
Gate:Forhighgainstuff,somegatingisaverygoodthing.Itisnotadecimator,butithelpsa
lot...
Treble:Boost/cut+10dB
Bass:Boost/cut+10dB
Level:Outputvolume.ThisthingisLOUD.Overnoonitwilloverdriveyouramp´sinput.WHY?
Becauseyoucanuseitasaclean/mid/bass/treble/TSstyleboost!
Boost:hugeboostavailable(+24dB).Maybetoomuchsousesparingly...
Switches:
Mode:
OD:Softclipping,veryarticulatedandtransparent.Overnoon,itwillstartbehavingasan
overdriveintoatubeamp(CMOSclippingkicksin)
Dist:MoreGainandharderclipping,fatter,thickertones.
Broken:Veryasymmetric,weirddrive.Atmidgainitisverybluesyandfullofharmonics.Athigh
gain,withpowerfulpickups,it"chokes"andsoundsfuzzyandweird..veryunique.
Octave:
Low:No,itisnotasuboctave.Itisanoctaveupeffect,butmildlymixedwiththesignal.This
addsCrossoverdistortion,extraharmonicsandacrispytexture.
Normal:Octaveupoff.
High:OctaveUpfullymixed.Itisverysensitivetovoicingandmodesettings,sothere´sawhole
world.Evensitartones.
MIDS:
Scoop:formetaltones..Scoops12dBaround700Hz.
Boost:Booststhemidsaround8002kHz.Verygoodforliveuse!!
Flat:regularmidresponse,similartoaMarshallTonestack.
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Internalswitches
LoopAssign:assignstheFXlooptobeactivatedallthetime(whilethepedalisengaged),or
onlywhentheBoostisengaged(Eg:addsomedelaytothatsolowithoutsteppingon2pedals)
Guitar/Bass:ChangestheoutputEQ.Bassmodecutssomehighmidsandaddsbottomend.You
canuseeithermodereally.Whateversoundsbestforyou.
Useaprecisionscrewdriverorsomethingsimilartotoggletheseswitchesthroughtheholesatthe
bottomofthepedal.
Connections:
Input:Yes.Inputjack
FXsend:Sendjackfortheinternalfxloop
FXReturn:Yes,exactly,youcanleavetheSendemptyandusethereturnasaninsert(Eg:a
parallelcompressedcleansignal?)
Output:Ofcourse..
DCJack:CenterNegative,40mA.Youcanpoweritupfrom9Vto18Vformoreheadroom,and
differentdynamics.
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SamplesettingsForGuitar
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SAMPLESETTINGSFORBASS
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