User Manual

preserved even when adding drastic amounts of compression. It
is extremely smooth and airy, and sounds good on vocals,
acoustics, drums, cymbals, full mixes, and more.
2. Bite - This setting adds a ‘forward’ character to the DRAGON,
making the source sound more immediate and in some cases,
aggressive. It is great on guitars, vocals, kick, snare, drum
buss, bass guitar, and full mixes.
3. Boom – Emulates a classic sub harmonic synthesizer, adding a
subtle chest thumping sonic texture to the sub bass. It sounds
great on bass guitar and kick drum and even full mixes when
more low end impact is necessary. The Boom setting is much
more apparent on full range systems with a subwoofer.
**Be careful with the Boom setting if you do not have a system
that extends down to 40Hz.
VINTAGE
The “Vintage” switch puts the DRAGON into Vintage mode. This mode
emulates a classic sound that is much more aggressive and rich in
harmonics. Switch to vintage mode when you need more ‘attitude’
from the compressor. It can sound great on kicks, snares, toms, bass,
and vocals for certain effects. Often the Vintage mode works well
when using the “MIX” knob to control the wet/dry ratio (Mix knob
described on page 4).
*NOTE: The Vintage mode is extremely dependent on the “attack” and
“release” controls. The sound of the compression in Vintage mode
changes rapidly depending on their settings.
SATURATE
The “Saturate” switch engages a circuit which adds three levels of
saturation to the signal path.
Setting 1: Adds a subtle amount of saturation and can gently increase
the harmonics and ‘life’ of your source. This setting works well on
almost any source, including full mixes.
*NOTE: Upon engaging saturate setting 1, it is not uncommon to
experience a minor click noise. Therefore, we recommend that you
not engage Saturate 1 during loud playback.
Setting 2: This setting is stronger and adds more harmonics, a bit of
edge, and is great on bass, drums, and some vocals.
Setting 3: This setting is the strongest setting and in most cases, will
add a thick distortion that can be a great effect on drums, bass,