An EQ after the HM-2 can be super useful as well. Or you can throw one in the fx loop and dial out frequencies that you aren't happy with. Especially if you are playing death/doom. Dial the eq in for a rhythm tone (less bass), and when you want to get brutal kick off the EQ.
I think the final tone highly depends on the amp itself. For my case, I use a Tube Screamer and a graphic eq after HM-2. I have a Blackstar ID TVP amp, and I use the crunch voicing with decent amount of gain along with EL34 tube simulaton.
Definitely before; Sd-1 for me. Drops the mud out of the low end and provides some more articulation. BUT, i dont run the HM2 into anything like the gain you do. I also have moser boosters on my guitars that provide a massive hit of clean level and also have a switchable cap mod that makes it a treble boost.
SD-1 should go before HM-2 because it's cheaper to blow up. It's interesting that you choose a Marshall sim, I seem to get better results with American voiced amps when boosting. Also I run a metal muff nano for chainsaw. Gain min, treble min, mid max, bass depends on the amp.
I like the hm2w in custom mode. Dialled back every thing to 11 o’clock Gain 0. In front of the mt2w. With high at 1 low at 2. Mid at 11. Mid feq at 8 o’clock. Then boosted with the horizon devices precision drive. I just recently found out that I like to add the ds1w after in custom mode. As an additional boost option for more high mid content. Level 12 or 1, tone 11 and drive 0
Yeah I prefer to have the hm2 set for a lower mid fuzz quality than have the precision drive for clarity and attack for single notes and chords. But then I like ds1 for the upper mid cut and grind for single notes riffs and leads. Whole pedal chain goes. Compressor - precision drive - ds1w - hm2w - mt2w - walrus audio polychrome flanger - mxr carbon copy delay - strymon cloudburst reverb into the clean channel of the orange super crush head
OMG I'm not liking the sound at all, how do you call this type of metal? so I will never listen to it! But the quality of the video, content, approach and explanation are top as always, great video!
haha, that's ok, everyone has a different taste. You should however give this sound a listen in the mix! Maybe it's just the isolated sound you don't like. Check out bands like Dismember, Entrails, Bloodbath or my own band Nightbearer for references!
@@DomeNightbearer I listened to "Override the Overture" and I quite like it, you where right! But now I know how to get this brutality, jajajaja, do you have any video on how to equalize a good sounding distortion?
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An EQ after the HM-2 can be super useful as well. Or you can throw one in the fx loop and dial out frequencies that you aren't happy with. Especially if you are playing death/doom. Dial the eq in for a rhythm tone (less bass), and when you want to get brutal kick off the EQ.
I think the final tone highly depends on the amp itself. For my case, I use a Tube Screamer and a graphic eq after HM-2. I have a Blackstar ID TVP amp, and I use the crunch voicing with decent amount of gain along with EL34 tube simulaton.
EQ all the way!
Definitely before; Sd-1 for me. Drops the mud out of the low end and provides some more articulation. BUT, i dont run the HM2 into anything like the gain you do. I also have moser boosters on my guitars that provide a massive hit of clean level and also have a switchable cap mod that makes it a treble boost.
I like to stack all my pedals vertically!
Me too, so they are all activated by one press 😏
Why not horizontally?
SD-1 should go before HM-2 because it's cheaper to blow up. It's interesting that you choose a Marshall sim, I seem to get better results with American voiced amps when boosting. Also I run a metal muff nano for chainsaw. Gain min, treble min, mid max, bass depends on the amp.
Do you also notice that to get rid of the mud, you have to turn down the volume on the guitar a bit ? Or this might be my emg's.
That's what I had to do with my Loomis with EMG 57/66s...
@@DomeNightbearer yes, it's how the circuit is designed, there is already some distortion before the signal even gets to the distortion pot.
Yes. The HM2 does not work well with high output pickups. However, this is easily remedied by using the volume knob like you said
Ei millor de tot la teva samarreta!!
Is the drive on the amp always on?
for my personal taste, yes!
I like the hm2w in custom mode. Dialled back every thing to 11 o’clock Gain 0. In front of the mt2w. With high at 1 low at 2. Mid at 11. Mid feq at 8 o’clock.
Then boosted with the horizon devices precision drive. I just recently found out that I like to add the ds1w after in custom mode. As an additional boost option for more high mid content.
Level 12 or 1, tone 11 and drive 0
interesting!
Yeah I prefer to have the hm2 set for a lower mid fuzz quality than have the precision drive for clarity and attack for single notes and chords.
But then I like ds1 for the upper mid cut and grind for single notes riffs and leads.
Whole pedal chain goes.
Compressor - precision drive - ds1w - hm2w - mt2w - walrus audio polychrome flanger - mxr carbon copy delay - strymon cloudburst reverb into the clean channel of the orange super crush head
OMG I'm not liking the sound at all, how do you call this type of metal? so I will never listen to it! But the quality of the video, content, approach and explanation are top as always, great video!
haha, that's ok, everyone has a different taste. You should however give this sound a listen in the mix! Maybe it's just the isolated sound you don't like. Check out bands like Dismember, Entrails, Bloodbath or my own band Nightbearer for references!
@@DomeNightbearer I listened to "Override the Overture" and I quite like it, you where right! But now I know how to get this brutality, jajajaja, do you have any video on how to equalize a good sounding distortion?