For years, I’ve been after this elusive tube amp just starting to break up tone. The kind of tone that is warm and rounded with a bit of hair, especially when you dig in. I haven’t tried a ton of OD’s but a fair amount, including VT Bass, Ampeg SCR-DI, Xotic BB Bass Booster, SFT, EHX English Muff’n, Ibanez Bass Tube Screamer and Darkglass VMT. All are good in their own way, but they all sound (to me) like an overdrive pedal in front of a clean amp rather than an actual tube amp on its own.
多年来，我一直在寻找这个难以捉摸的电子管放大器，它刚刚开始分解音色。那种温暖圆润的色调，带有一点头发，尤其是当你深入研究时。我没有尝试过很多 OD，但尝试了相当多，包括 VT Bass、Ampeg SCR-DI、Xotic BB Bass Booster、SFT、EHX English Muff'n、Ibanez Bass Tube Screamer 和 Darkglass VMT。它们都以自己的方式很好，但它们听起来（对我来说）都像是干净放大器前面的过载踏板，而不是单独的实际电子管放大器。
Recently, I finally got around to picking up an EBS Valve Drive DI. THIS is the tone! It just makes everything rounder and fuller sounding and has this amazing touch sensitivity that I don’t quite get with the best of the other pedals I’ve tried. I’m normally fairly suspicious of pedals that incorporate tubes since some of them seem to be employed more as a gimmick as opposed to having a real effect on the tone. Alas, the Valve Drive is guilty of employing a cheesy red LED that is supposed to simulate tube filament glow. However, according to EBS, the internally circuitry bumps up the voltage to the 12AX7 tube so that it is actually operating at high voltage levels. Don’t really understand the need for that LED, then. Even if it is a “starved plate” design, like the BK Butler Tube Driver, I think EBS nailed it. To me, this thing really sounds like a tube amp and not some simulation. In either “vintage” or “modern” mode the tone and feel is round, harmonically rich and spongey. It can also do heavier overdrive well. But, for what I want it to do, it excels.
最近，我终于抽出时间拿起了 EBS Valve Drive DI。这就是基调！它只是让一切听起来更圆润、更饱满，并且具有我尝试过的其他最好的踏板所无法获得的惊人的触摸灵敏度。我通常对包含电子管的踏板持怀疑态度，因为其中一些踏板似乎更多地被用作噱头，而不是对音调产生真正的影响。唉，Valve Drive 使用了一个俗气的红色 LED，它应该模拟灯丝发光。然而，根据 EBS 的说法，内部电路将电压提高到 12AX7 管，使其实际上在高压水平下运行。那么，我并不真正了解对那个 LED 的需求。即使是像 BK Butler Tube Driver 这样的“饥饿板”设计，我认为 EBS 也做到了。对我来说，这东西听起来真的像一个电子管放大器，而不是什么模拟。在 “复古 ”或 “现代 ”模式下，音色和感觉是圆润的、和谐的丰富和海绵状的。它也可以很好地完成更重的过载。但是，就我希望它做的事情而言，它非常出色。
多年来，我一直在寻找这个难以捉摸的电子管放大器，它刚刚开始分解音色。那种温暖圆润的色调，带有一点头发，尤其是当你深入研究时。我没有尝试过很多 OD，但尝试了相当多，包括 VT Bass、Ampeg SCR-DI、Xotic BB Bass Booster、SFT、EHX English Muff'n、Ibanez Bass Tube Screamer 和 Darkglass VMT。它们都以自己的方式很好，但它们听起来（对我来说）都像是干净放大器前面的过载踏板，而不是单独的实际电子管放大器。
Recently, I finally got around to picking up an EBS Valve Drive DI. THIS is the tone! It just makes everything rounder and fuller sounding and has this amazing touch sensitivity that I don’t quite get with the best of the other pedals I’ve tried. I’m normally fairly suspicious of pedals that incorporate tubes since some of them seem to be employed more as a gimmick as opposed to having a real effect on the tone. Alas, the Valve Drive is guilty of employing a cheesy red LED that is supposed to simulate tube filament glow. However, according to EBS, the internally circuitry bumps up the voltage to the 12AX7 tube so that it is actually operating at high voltage levels. Don’t really understand the need for that LED, then. Even if it is a “starved plate” design, like the BK Butler Tube Driver, I think EBS nailed it. To me, this thing really sounds like a tube amp and not some simulation. In either “vintage” or “modern” mode the tone and feel is round, harmonically rich and spongey. It can also do heavier overdrive well. But, for what I want it to do, it excels.
最近，我终于抽出时间拿起了 EBS Valve Drive DI。这就是基调！它只是让一切听起来更圆润、更饱满，并且具有我尝试过的其他最好的踏板所无法获得的惊人的触摸灵敏度。我通常对包含电子管的踏板持怀疑态度，因为其中一些踏板似乎更多地被用作噱头，而不是对音调产生真正的影响。唉，Valve Drive 使用了一个俗气的红色 LED，它应该模拟灯丝发光。然而，根据 EBS 的说法，内部电路将电压提高到 12AX7 管，使其实际上在高压水平下运行。那么，我并不真正了解对那个 LED 的需求。即使是像 BK Butler Tube Driver 这样的“饥饿板”设计，我认为 EBS 也做到了。对我来说，这东西听起来真的像一个电子管放大器，而不是什么模拟。在 “复古 ”或 “现代 ”模式下，音色和感觉是圆润的、和谐的丰富和海绵状的。它也可以很好地完成更重的过载。但是，就我希望它做的事情而言，它非常出色。
