Source Audio ZIO Bass Preamp Effect Pedal

This premium preamp/DI is a collaboration between Source Audio engineer Jesse Remignanti and SHOE Pedals' Christopher Venter (inventor of the DOD Looking Glass and SHOE Savior Machine). It uses high-quality Burr-Brown operational amplifiers to provide maximum headroom and simple yet powerful equalization, gain, and tone coloring controls. It also offers three independent outputs: a standard 1/4 jack output, a balanced XLR connection, and a dedicated headphone connection. Bass ZIO is very easy to use. Featuring an array of intuitive controls, it delivers an extremely diverse collection of bass tones. The OUTPUT control provides +16 dB of total gain and -6 dB of cut above unity gain. Using BASS and FOCUS together gives you great flexibility. The BASS control significantly boosts bass around 100 Hz, while the FOCUS control samples the cutoff point of the high-pass filter to suppress excessively low frequencies. Combining BASS and FOCUS gives you the ability to dial in huge bass with a powerful punch without compromising on flabby bass. TREBLE control boosts or cuts high frequencies. This can be adjusted to improve clarity without adding harshness, or for a smoother attack transient for a softer approach. ZIO also features a dynamic pair of highly beneficial tone coloring options in the GRIT and SCOOP toggles. The GRIT toggle enables a natural sounding distortion that captures the magic of transformer-style breakup, the tone that occurs when a high-powered bass amp gets pushed to its limit. The amount of gain engaged by the GRIT toggle can be adjusted with a “set-it-and-forget-it” GAIN control located on the side of the pedal. The SCOOP toggle engages a special midrange cut to clean up “muddy” frequencies. The SCOOP’s cut profile is based on the legendary “Pultec Trick” – a time-honored Pultec EQP-1A Equalizer (a studio rack equalizer originally released in the 1950s) setting that studio engineers have regularly dialed up whenever they need added clarity in a bass tone. The pedal also includes three outputs that can be used individually or simultaneously. The ¼” OUTPUT jack connects to an amplifier or pedalboard. The DIRECT OUT is a balanced XLR output with a ground LIFT switch. The XLR Out brings amplifier character when connected directly to a mixer or audio interface for recording or live sound applications. The HEADPHONE jack features a high dynamic range, low-noise amplifier that is capable of driving low impedance studio headphones. Features Ultra-low noise and distortion preamp +/-12V high voltage rails for active and passive basses Full tone-shaping control set with FOCUS high pass filter