Distortion II emulates the distortion circuit of a Hammond B3 organ. You can use it on musical instruments to recreate this classic effect or can use it creatively when designing new sounds.
PreGain knob and field: Set the amount of gain applied to the input signal.
Drive knob and field: Set the amount of saturation applied to the signal.
Tone knob and field: Boosts the integrated high shelf filter gain both pre- and post-distortion, which results in a different tone.
Type pop-up menu: Choose the type of distortion.
Growl: Emulates a two-stage tube amplifier similar to the type found in a Leslie 122 speaker cabinet, which is often used with the Hammond B3 organ.
Bity: Emulates the sound of a bluesy (overdriven) guitar amp.
Nasty: Produces hard distortion, suitable for creating very aggressive sounds.
Class AB soft: Emulates a softer crossover distortion encountered in transistorized amplifiers when driving a higher load.
Class AB hard: Emulates a harder crossover distortion encountered in transistorized amplifiers when driving a higher load.
Crossover, in this case, refers to a switching between two matched transistors. In Class AB designs, both transistors remain on at all times, reducing the effect of hard switching between them.