Distortion + Sound Demo Clip

[metropolis_4]

Finally got an interface to record again and decided to make a sound clip of the tones I’m digging from the MXR Distortion +

All guitars on this track are:

Strat -> MXR Distortion + -> TC SCF -> MXR Carbon Copy -> Vox ac30 -> fm3 (ac30 DynaCab)

Not the best recording but it gets the idea across. A few flubs, and I forgot to turn off the default compression and reverb in GarageBand and it kinda built up on the track . I think I went too heavy layering guitars, but it was fun.

There are 3 rhythm guitar tracks - hard left, hard right, center.

The Distortion + is on the whole time for every part.

Dist + Sound Demo

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[metropolis_4]

Mostly wanted to post this because I think it’s a misunderstood pedal. A lot of people seem to think it just sounds like Randy Rhoads. Honestly I did too and I never thought I would like it until I actually tried it

 

[newholland]

i dig it, but i already love micro amps its a great rock tone with the added nudge of the dirt! how much distortion did you use from the pedal?

 

[László]

Nice job! Gotta say it sounds pretty darn sweet and the playing is excellent, too.

A+

 

[FuzzyAce]

Nicely done Met! I love the crunch tones and overall arrangement.

These pedals (and the 250) are their best for that mild crunch and stacking thing, imo.

 

[metropolis_4]

i dig it, but i already love micro amps its a great rock tone with the added nudge of the dirt! how much distortion did you use from the pedal?

Here are the amp and pedal settings. The amp is just on the edge of breakup here on the Top Boost channel.

The D+ controls are funny, OUTPUT is sort of a fullness control and DISTORTION is sort of like tone/presence

 

[EOengineer]

Are you doing any volume knob work here? I really like how the circuit cleans up, even if it’s not really CLEAN.

 

[metropolis_4]

Nicely done Met! I love the crunch tones and overall arrangement.

These pedals (and the 250) are their best for that mild crunch and stacking thing, imo.

Thanks! I should have mentioned, this is an arrangement of part of a song Jonathan Coulton wrote for a show I played a couple years ago.

I’ve got a 250 coming on Wednesday and I think I might re-do the guitar parts from this track with it to compare the two

 

[metropolis_4]

Are you doing any volume knob work here? I really like how the circuit cleans up, even if it’s not really CLEAN.

Yeah, mostly for that one quieter section where it is just the one center track guitar. I just rolled back to 7 or so on the volume knob for that. D+ is still on for that section

 

[KingsXJJ]

Finally got an interface to record again and decided to make a sound clip of the tones I’m digging from the MXR Distortion +

All guitars on this track are:

Strat -> MXR Distortion + -> TC SCF -> MXR Carbon Copy -> Vox ac30 -> fm3 (ac30 DynaCab)

Not the best recording but it gets the idea across. A few flubs, and I forgot to turn off the default compression and reverb in GarageBand and it kinda built up on the track . I think I went too heavy layering guitars, but it was fun.

There are 3 rhythm guitar tracks - hard left, hard right, center.

The Distortion + is on the whole time for every part.

Dist + Sound Demo

Listen to Dist + Sound Demo by metropolis_4 #np on #SoundCloud

on.soundcloud.com

That sounded nothing like I expected! Very nice!

 

[metropolis_4]

That sounded nothing like I expected! Very nice!

Thanks! It didn’t sound anything like I expected either. I always thought these just sounded like Randy Rhoads, haha.

It’s got its issues, it’s quirky AF, and tricky to dial in, but when you find the sweet spot it really shines. In that way it reminds me a lot of using vintage fuzz pedals.

 

[bikescene]

I was experimenting with a somewhat adjacent rig recently, a DOD 250 and AC15. I’m kind of curious how a Distortion+ would work.

 

[metropolis_4]

I was experimenting with a somewhat adjacent rig recently, a DOD 250 and AC15. I’m kind of curious how a Distortion+ would work.

My 250 is finally supposed to be delivered tomorrow. I’m thinking about re-recording all the guitar parts from this demo with it so I can compare. If I do I’ll post it here