We are talking about Audiomatic, right? I love that RE, I just wish it had more control over the parameters than the 4 knobs gain, volume, wet/dry and transformation amount. But for distortion, I think Audiomatic's presets: Circuit, Cracked and Gadget all have very interesting and original flavors.scratchnsnifff wrote: ↑31 Dec 2018That orange plastic thing is quite the beast! Useful in many situations
<3 the Fuzz unit. I used that on a bass today and it was a perfect fit. I tried so many different distortion units until I found the right one. I love that Kuassa's distortion units have the wet/dry knobs. It really helps to dial in the perfect amount of distortion.
I love Futzbox, too. I didn't vote for it because I don't think of it as a distortion unit. Sure it has distortion and lo-fi sections, but it has so much more with those modeled SIMs. I love those so much. For me, those SIMs are what makes this device so great, not its distortion sections. The SIMs are all I really use this device for. I will use the distortion and other sections to help shape the sound I am looking for, but it's all centered around those SIMs. I can't say I really like the distortion Futzbox puts out on it's own, with the SIMs shut off. I don't think any of the distortion models sound that good compared to all the other choices I have in my rack. And the lo-fi section is completely out of control; it's incredibly difficult to dial in a small enough amount so it doesn't completely overpower and destroy the signal. I emailed McDSP after it came out and asked them to add a wet/dry knob to that section. I also asked them to allow the users to somehow reorder the signal chain. They said they would keep it in mind (it'll never happen).botnotbot wrote: ↑30 Dec 2018FutsBox is a very specific distortion. I've used it for adjusting movie dialog to sound like it was coming through devices (telephones, boomboxes, speakers, etc) and it really does that job super admirably. Obviously this makes it useful for 'lo-fi' as well, though I've found that usually a little sounds better than a lot.
Me too. Echo's tape saturation is so nice. In case anyone is unaware, you can use The Echo just as a distortion unit (*nearly* bypass the delay by setting the delay time to 1ms), turn it to 100% wet and crank up the drive. Nice tape saturation sound on this unit!