DMS Overdrive

• Preset increment/ decrement buttons – The red triangle shaped buttons at the top of the UI on either side of the preset menu change the currently selected preset by one. The button on the left selects the previous preset. The one on the right selects the next preset.

• Preset menu – DMS Overdrive comes with 50 factory presets. The preset menu is used to select, rename, or create new presets. See Preset Management for detailed information.

• Info button – Opens an “about page” that contains basic information about the plugin. When the information page is open, clicking on the DMS Plugins logo will take you to the DMS Plugins website. Clicking anywhere else on the information page will close it.

• Parameter Value display – Displays the name and value of the last touched control. It also can be used to edit the currently displayed value.

• Preset file menu  – Clicking on the folder shaped icon to the right of the parameter value display opens a menu for preset management/ file operations. See Preset Management for detailed information.

• Drive – Adjusts the amount of distortion or harmonic content added to the input signal, depending on the level of the input signal. Since there are 8 variations or different types of distortion available in this plugin, the dynamic drive behavior  will be slightly different depending upon which mode is selected. Turn the knob clockwise for more distortion/drive and turn it counter-clockwise for less.

• Mix – Adjusts the levels of the processed (distorted) and unprocessed (clean) signals relative to each other. If the knob is turned fully counter-clockwise the signal is 100% clean and 0% processed. At the knob’s 12 o’clock position, the signal is 50% clean and 50% processed. When the knob is turned fully clockwise, the signal is 0% clean and 100% processed.

• Level – Adjusts the output level. When used on a clean amp, lower the level to your taste for smoothing out the overall output level between the bypassed and active states. When used on an amp that has some crunch or distortion already dialed in, this knob can be used to drive the amp even harder, thus increasing its drive as well as what harmonic content you are adding with this plugin.

• Color – Adds even harmonics to the harmonic content already produced by this plugin.

• Low –  Adjusts the low frequency content of the tone.

• High– Adjusts the high frequency content of the tone.

• I / II (Dry LPF switch) – This toggle switch located just to the right of the “High” knob, controls how the knob operates. When the switch is in the “I” position, the “High” knob adjusts the high frequency content of the distorted signal only. When it is in the “II” position, the “High” knob adjusts the high frequency content of both the clean and distorted signals.

• Mode – A menu from which you can select a type/variation of distortion/clipping. There are 4 basic types ranging in intensity from mild to heavy. “Smooth”, “Crunch”, and “Grit” produce distortion using “soft-clipping” algorithms and are very dynamically responsive. “Dirt” produces distortion by “hard-clipping” the input signal.

• Bypass – A switch that causes a whisper quiet transition to and from bypass.

• Resizing handle – Hovering your cursor over the bottom-right corner of the plugin will expose a triangle that when clicked and dragged, will enlarge or reduce the plugin’s size.