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Simply put, no. The circuits are quite different. In the Violet, the mids controls come before the distortion circuit, making it a powerful pre-amp tone shaping device. All the EQ controls come after the distortion circuit on the Hard Drive. The Hard Drive is a soft clipping distortion with an op-amp drive section, while the Violet is a hard clipping distortion. Still not convinced? The listen to them side by side.
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