Darkglass Electronics Microtubes Infinity Bass Preamp & Distortion & Audio Interface

The Microtubes Infinity shares the footmark of our programmable line, packed with our three legendary Microtubes distortions: B3K, Vintage, and X. Moreover, it allows multiband compression on every mode, blending Impulse responses between distortions while adding extra controls via the Darkglass suite for an endless number of features: An infinity of possibilities.

Front Panel Features

Compression

The Compression potentiometer is the one-knob solution for compression on the Microtubes Infinity. This controls the amount of input gain to the compressor and intelligently applies the correct amount of makeup gain so that your signal is always driven at the appropriate level, no matter how much compression is applied.

Drive

The Drive potentiometer adds distortion and drive to our signal modes 2-4 or blends in the tube preamp emulation mode 1. Crank this knob to add more saturation or character to your distortion/preamp part of the signal chain.

ToneEra

The ToneEra potentiometer allows you to go from dull to crisp and anything in between. On the Vintage Microtubes modes 2 & 4 you get the coveted ERA control which covers different decades of classic bass tones.

Blend

The Blend potentiometer mixes between the distortion signal and the clean sidechain signal.

Level

The Level potentiometer controls the master volume of the Microtubes Infinity.

Touch Sensitive Sliders

Each slider has a -12 dB to 12 dB range. From left to right, the frequency bands for each slider correspond to a low shelf, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1.5 kHz, 3 kHz, and a high shelf.

Compressor

This control allows setting the input gain of the compressor that will translate into how much the signal is compressed while our intelligent make-up gain algorithm keeps the output of the compressor at usable levels. The compressor has 5 ratios available: 4:1, 8:1, 12:1, 20:1 and ALL IN.

Distortion

The Microtubes Infinity has 5 different preamp modes; a clean multi-band tube preamp, Microtubes B3K and Vintage Microtubes distortions in both normal and multi-band modes.

Cabinet Simulation

The Microtubes Infinity supports Impulse Response IR cabinet simulations and has 5 cabinet slots on board. The default IRs have been selected by the Darkglass Team. New IRs can be assigned to the 5 slots using the Darkglass Suite desktop or mobile.

Darkglass Suite

Utilizing the desktop or mobile version of the Darkglass Suite allows you to customize the settings of each preset to your liking. The signal chain options are available with the embedded noise gate, in addition with the use of the available impulse responses from our library or your custom third party impulses to the available slots.

Custom routing options for each output are available and MIDI mapping to control the extra preset slots with program change commands and control change commands for the specific available controls of your choice.

Back Panel Features

Input

This is the primary instrument input on the Microtubes Infinity. Connect your instrument or output from your pedal board to the 1/4 mono jack.

Aux In

The stereo input of the Microtubes Infinity enables the playback of backing tracks while practicing or recording. Connect your mobile phone, laptop etc. to the 1/8 stereo jack.

Headphone Output

The headphone output can handle headphones with an impedance of 16 600 ohms...