About This Item
Description
Fuzz so heavy it had to be split in two. Crossover Fuzz sends your signal into two analog resonant filters at once: a thick roaring low pass fuzz and a ripping, snarling high pass fuzz, with the FREQ knob deciding where one ends and the other begins. Each band has its own gain and volume, and each can leave through its own output.
Which Death by Audio filter fuzz is this?
- Evil Filter: one hyper precise multimode filter plus a separate fuzz section.
- Bass War: single band bass fuzz with a clean blend.
- Disturbance: a modulating filter, flanger and phaser with a freezable LFO.
Crossover Fuzz is the two band one. Use it when you want the low end to stay huge while the top end screams, or when you want to send each band to a different amplifier.
Why guitarists choose the Crossover Fuzz
- Two independent fuzz bands mean the bass never has to fight the treble for the same gain stage.
- Splitting the outputs lets you feed two amplifiers, pan the bands in stereo or separate bass and guitar in one rig.
- An all analog signal path keeps the classic Death By Audio character with no digital conversion in the way.
- RES takes both filters from smooth and subtle through hyper focused to full oscillation.
- The FREQ EXP jack accepts an expression pedal or a 0 to 5 V control voltage for hands free crossover sweeps.
- A reactive LED display shows where the filters are sitting, and an internal light switch changes the LED colour set.
Controls and switches
- FREQ sets the crossover point: the low pass side ranges from 30 Hz to 7.6 kHz and the high pass side from 80 Hz to 17 kHz.
- RES sets the resonance of both filters, from smooth and subtle to hyper focused to oscillating chaos.
- GAIN, once for LOWS and once for HIGHS, takes each band from clean through gritty overdrive to thick fuzz.
- VOL, once for LOWS and once for HIGHS, sets the output level of each band.
- An internal Light Switch behind the backplate swaps the LED set between Sky Light, which is yellow lows and cyan highs, and Cyber Light, which is red lows and blue highs.
- The footswitch uses active switching, so the pedal needs power even when the effect is off.
Power and pedalboard compatibility
- Runs on 9 V DC, 2.1 mm barrel, center negative.
- Current draw is 120 mA, so budget that on your supply.
- Death By Audio does not publish battery operation for this one, so plan on a regulated DC supply.
- Bypass is buffered and active, so the pedal needs power to pass signal at all. Keep it on a powered supply rather than a battery only board.
- Jacks sit on the sides of the enclosure, so leave clearance to the left and right rather than above.
- Routing: Mono, mono-to-stereo, stereo-to-mono and full stereo.
- It measures 14.55 x 13.21 x 6.02 cm including hardware, so measure your row before ordering.
Technical specifications
| Model | Death by Audio Crossover Fuzz |
| Effect type | Dual band filter fuzz |
| Controls | Freq, Res, Lows Gain, Lows Vol, Highs Gain, Highs Vol, internal Light Switch |
| Bypass | Buffered bypass |
| Signal path | Analog |
| Expression or CV input | Yes |
| Power | 9 V DC, 2.1 mm barrel, center negative |
| Current draw (mA) | 120 |
| Top mounted jacks | No |
| Routing | Mono, mono-to-stereo, stereo-to-mono and full stereo |
| Dimensions including hardware | 14.55 x 13.21 x 6.02 cm |
| Weight | 18.5 oz. |
| MPN | 199284803749 |
| GTIN | 199284803749 |
| Manufacture and warranty | Handmade in New York City |
FAQ
How do I run it in mono? Plug into either the H or L input and take the output from the HIGHS MONO jack, which sums both bands.
How do I run it in stereo? Feed INPUT L for the low band and INPUT H for the high band, then take LOWS and HIGHS from their own outputs. One input into both outputs gives you mono to stereo.
Do I need special cables? Yes, use mono TS cables in the output jacks. The official Death By Audio FAQ notes that the output switching relies on the ring connection, so TRS cables will not work there.
Can I control the crossover with a pedal? Yes. The FREQ EXP jack takes an expression pedal or 0 to 5 V control voltage, and the FREQ knob sets the minimum frequency the sweep will reach.
Is it true bypass? No. It uses buffered, active switching and needs power to pass signal, so keep it on a powered supply rather than a battery only board.
How much current does it draw? The official product page lists 120 mA. The manual states 120 mA when engaged and 43 mA when bypassed.
Can I use it to split bass and guitar signals? Yes. Death By Audio lists amp splitting, stereo panning, instrument summing and bass separation as intended uses.