SWR Sound Mini-Mo' Preamp With Mo' Control 2 Master Footswitch Controller - Manual (Page 20)

see the same signal. Turn on an effect and it will come out of both sides. Turn the effect off and clean
bass will come out both sides.
Dual Mode changes all that. When Dual Mode is engaged, the signal splits in two after the preamp.
One of the two signals––we'll call it the "clean" channel––is routed directly from the preamp straight to
the LEFT set of main outputs. The other signal––we'll call it the "wet" channel––continues on through the
five Mini-Mo’ onboard effects and is then routed to the RIGHT set of main outputs. The Left and Right
Master Volume controls then become a secondary set of blend controls when creating a sound.
Let's try and simplify this. When in Dual Mode: "Clean/left" refers to the natural sound of your bass (tech
talk: AFTER having been processed by the Preamp and its EQ, but BEFORE the internal effects).
"Wet/right" refers to the signal AFTER it has been processed by the Mini-Mo' Preamp INTERNAL onboard
analog effects.
And yes, Dual Mode is still possible when utilizing the mono main outputs, as both the clean/left and
wet/right channels will sum into the mono main outputs. At this point, the Stereo Master Volume
controls become a "Mix Master" control.
Perhaps you've noticed that guitar players who are really particular about their tone often carry two
amplifiers to a gig––one for clean sounds, one for dirty sounds. This is no accident. Keeping a portion of
the signal unprocessed at all times has long been a priority for those players looking for consistency in
tone and level when using effects. Bassists have an even greater imperative to keep it partially "clean"
in certain situations––after all, we're the ones holding down the bottom for the whole band. Dual Mode
allows you that option in a more pure fashion than a simple mix control can provide.
USING THE MINI-MO' PREAMP IN DUAL MODE
Let's try an experiment. First, make sure you have set the Preamp Volume control properly (please refer
to the "Preamp Volume Control" section of the manual for more details). Once this is set correctly,
engage the Overdrive with the Overdrive "Drive" control at '4' and the Overdrive Level control at '3'. Now
engage the Bassynth with the Filter control at '2', the Resonance control at '6', the Envelope control at
'3' and the Level control set to your liking. Set both Left and Right Master Volume controls at an equal
position. Also make sure that the levels on your stereo power amp (or two separate power amps) are
set to equal levels. Now try playing. It should sound pretty wild.
Now push the Dual Mode switch and the red LED should illuminate. Try playing again. There should be
more "clean" bass present than before. Turn the Right Master Volume control all the way
counter-clockwise to the minimum position. You should now hear only the original "clean" bass signal.
Turn the Right Master Volume control back up, but now turn the Left Master Volume control all the way
off. You should now hear only the affected "wet" signal. Finally, turn the Left Master Volume control back
up to equal the Right. Now push the Dual Mode switch once more to exit the function. The red LED
should turn off and affected signal should again be present on both sides of the power amp.
This function is useful in many obvious ways, but we've come across two examples we want to share
with you. The first is in conjunction with the Bassynth. The Mini-Mo' Preamp Bassynth is so dynamically
sensitive that you may have a hard time adjusting to the sound itself. You also may not be used to
hearing the way a sawtooth wave reacts to finger/string attack (the initial attack is not as prominent),
which could lead you to setting the Bassynth Level above unity gain, which you may not want on a
permanent basis. Using Dual Mode is a great way to get some of that "clean" attack back in the overall
sound, could help achieve a greater uniformity of tone, and may make adjusting levels a bit easier in
the long run. The second example is more esoteric but still important. If you've got all of the Mini-Mo'
Preamp effects on at once and you've come up with some crazy, freakish sound that might be unusable
on its own, hit the Dual Mode switch and blend that freaky combination of sounds back in with the
clean signal. You never know––it may work after all.
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