NovaDrive is TC Electronic's new dual engine, digitally controllable, true bypass overdrive/distortion pedal, that features analogu...
NovaDrive is TC Electronic's new dual engine, digitally controllable, true bypass overdrive/distortion pedal, that features analogue drive circuit ported from the acclaimed Nova System.Its classic old school sound ensures chills down your spine and a wide grin at every riff, lick and face-melter, but digital control options that enables you to integrate NovaDrive into your set-up and tailor the sound with total precision, resulting in more control, resulting in more confidence, and ultimately resulting in a better performance.
The analogue, yet digitally controlled overdrive section of NovaDrive takes you from a clean boost plus a little extra oomph, through bluesy sting and smooth tube-like breakup to heavy, all-out crunch-a-licious goodness.
Nova Drive’s overdrive section is also the perfect place to find added sustain for your existing sounds and to supercharge your already great sounds into instant classics. Its amazing analog tone will blow you and other tone purists away and though the overdrive is instantly recognizable, it doesn’t mess with your original tone that you’ve spent so many hours creating, ensuring easy integration into your current sound.
The overdrive section features a dedicated ‘mix’ knob that allows you to mix in your original sound as you see fit, preserving the original character of your tone. The overdrive section of Nova Drive also features Level, Tone and Overdrive controls. Added to that, the pre-set and control options of Nova Drive ensure that you don’t have to rebuild your set-up from scratch to use it, but a pedal that works to enhance your tone and rig. It integrates with your existing sounds so well, it’s best described as adding another channel to your amp.
The dedicated analog, digitally controlled distortion section of NovaDrive’s dual engine design gives you a wide range of distortion and tones from punchy subtle driving distortion to balls-to-the-wall screaming fuzz that’ll drive you wild in the best way imaginable.
NovaDrive’s distortion features a 2-band equalization section with Bass- and Treble knobs, allowing for precise shaping of your distorted sounds and added flexibility to your tones. NovaDrive’s distortion character is best typified as raw, but like the overdrive section, it preserves all character of your own sound. Used as a primary distortion, it excels at classic arena rock rhythm tones and guitar-hero soaring leads.
Do you have a powerful amp with too much headroom to crank? Nova Drive nails that sweet spot where a tube amp goes from sparkly clean to warm overdrive, minus the earsplitting volume. Maybe you already love your rig’s overdriven and distorted sound? In that case the Nova Drive distortion section is the perfect solution as a boost for solos, giving you all the extra kick you could ever need.
Both the overdrive and distortion in Nova Drive have gain ranges that will take you anywhere from creamy soulful blues to a ‘chunky face-melter announcing the apocalypse’ type distortion. Add the three different routing options when stacking the overdrive and distortion (OD > DIST - DIST > OD - Parallel) and Nova Drive is capable of delivering a very wide range of tones, arming you with awesome sounds wherever your creativity may take you.
So, what good is having a wide range of tones when you can only use one of them? That’s right, no good at all! With 18 instantly recallable presets Nova Drive is the only pedal on the market that allows for actual use of all the different tones you have so meticulously crafted. Recalling them is easy and done on the fly so they are ready to rock when you are.
Nova Drive can be fully controlled via MIDI. It is possible to change presets, toggle the overdrive and distortion on/off, change routing and access all parameters in real-time with continuous controllers. This is made easy and straightforward, so even if you think Floyd Rose is Axl's younger brother, setting up Nova Drive to work in a midi-based setup is a breeze. This unique feature makes Nova Drive the perfect fit for any rack- or midi based setup.
Nova Drive is the ultimate G-System accessory. A connected Nova Drive will automatically be discovered through plug-and-play technology. Once they are matched like Brangelina, you get full access to all Nova Drive parameters, preset select and routing from the G-System menu as if Nova Drive was an internal G-System effect. This even includes modifiers, making it possible to control the amount of distortion or overdrive in real-time using your G-System's expression pedal.
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