DOD TEC4

July 11, 1997 -- Designed to please guitarists of all styles-from metal, punk and industrial players all the way over to fans of blues, jazz and country-the versatile TEC4 is DOD's latest addition to its TEC family of floor-controlled, multi-effects guitar preamp/processors.

Housed in a compact blue chassis, the TEC4 is equipped with 30 factory-preset effect combinations and memory for 30 additional user-defined programs. The processor features an analog Compressor and two analog Distortion types: DOD's Classic Overdrive and the ever-popular Grunge(TM). Digital effects include a Noise Gate, three-band EQ, Auto Swell, Pitch Shifter, Detune, Tremolo, Phaser, Ring Modulator, Flange, Chorus, Mono Delay, Multi-Tap Delay and Reverb. The TEC4 also features DOD's new 'Pixellator' effect. Co-developed by Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails, the Pixellator is a digital undersampler designed to degrade the signal for an effect used by industrial, techno and rap musicians.

A C/C jack enables volume to be adjusted via an external volume or continuous controller pedal, while an on-board chromatic tuner eliminates the need for another piece of gear in the signal chain. Sporting 1/4-inch ins and outs, the output jack may be used to feed an amplifier or power a pair of headphones. The TEC4 utilizes 18-bit A/D/A resolution and a 20-bit DSP to provide its wide frequency response and low noise. Operable on a single nine-volt battery, DOD's optional PS200R power supply unit may also be used to power the processor. Suggested U.S. list price for the TEC4 is $169.95.

For more information, visit their web site at www.dod.com.