I don’t know as I don’t work for them or own the box, it was just manner of description as I see it… But that’s what it is really, an added bonus… It isn’t like a stand alone distortion box that should be expected to handle and mangle a full mix with aplomb, but has a simple dist/overdrive circuit probably similar to feeding back an out to an input.
I thought anyway.
EDIT - imagine the A4 overdrive on the full kit?? Would probably sound poo.
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Not so. I set up a thread because my mind was blown by how good the feedback and overdrive work together with the oscillators and filter on the A4. Have a listen.
It’s a nicely thought out, very useful architecture Elektron have implemented there. There’s the same number of parameters involved here as on the Tempest, chiefly Osc 1 feedback level and the drive level on the filter.
The Tempest distortion is literally tacked on the end of the mix post filter. Can’t be shaped and introduces lots of noise and has some kind of high pass filter that kills the low end. And it audibly clicks on and off when used