Description
The DOD 440 returns for 2014 with the same envelope-driven vowel sounds that made the original a funk and dub staple, plus a few upgrades pedalboard builders will appreciate. Dig into your strings and the filter opens up into that classic auto-wah quack; play soft and it barely stirs. It’s a dynamic effect that responds to how you play, not a fixed setting.
- Level sets the sensitivity of the envelope tracking — crank it for the filter to trigger on light touches, or back it off so only harder picking wakes it up.
- Range shapes where the sweep lives on the frequency spectrum: counter-clockwise for low-end movement, clockwise for brighter, higher sweeps.
- Up/Down voice switch is the big addition on this reissue. Guitarists get the familiar quacky, vowel-forward attack on ‘Up’; bassists can flip to ‘Down’ for a deep, sub-heavy dub thump.
Unlike the original 440, this version runs true bypass, so your tone stays untouched when the pedal is off — no more coloring your signal at rest. It also ships with a standard 9V DC power jack, making it far easier to slot into a pedalboard’s power supply chain instead of relying solely on a battery. The lighter aluminum chassis and blue status LED round out the build.
Place it after your drive pedals for a filtered lead texture, or run it on a bass rig for growling, rhythmic low-end. Either way, it’s a hands-on way to add motion and character without touching a single knob mid-song.
Specs: 4.68″ x 2.63″ x 2.25″ (L x W x H), ~0.62 lbs, 1/4″ instrument in/out, 1M Ohm input impedance, all-metal chassis, powered by 9V battery or PS0913DC adapter.
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