Creating the PERFECT LEAD TONE with PolyChrome DSP | McRocklin Suite

[@polychromedsp]

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[@scottbronder]

That tuner is a god send. Thanks! I will have to post my 80's shred approved tones (think malmsteen, moore, macalpine) somewhere for all the kids to enjoy :)

[@polychromedsp]

Good times!! 🫡

[@matthewmp111]

Please do more and more of these tutorials! They are very helpful for guys like me.

[@polychromedsp]

Will keep em coming! : ) join McRocklin on Twitch.TV/McRocklin he'll be doing some tone breakdowns there too.

[@seanwinter007]

EVERY time I see you with the Type-X I go on to their builder... one of these days. Another fantastic video, Thomas! The McRocklin Suite has been such a massive motivator for me; I've probably doubled my play time during the day ever since getting it. Keep doing what you do, my friend; you're an inspiration to so many of us!

[@polychromedsp]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 and yessss the Type-X is such a fun shape!

[@Paddyspalace]

Great to get some more insight from you, your phrase "it just makes you wanna play" summorizes this plugin very well, thank you for making it :)

[@polychromedsp]

🙏🏻💜

[@KevinKrunch]

God I love these videos!

[@polychromedsp]

We love you!

[@joeysup]

Excellent tutorial. That ducking feature is so, so nice! An amazing feature. When those delay trails get in the way of your sound and you want to say f*** it, just duck it! 🤘

[@polychromedsp]

THIS 100%

[@SmartAlec77]

Ooh a bit of type X action!! Lovely

[@polychromedsp]

Yeah!! 🙌🏻

[@DoubleDguitar]

Can’t wait to check out the update, tonight. 🤘🏻

[@polychromedsp]

Enjoy!

[@blueskylizard1]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@polychromedsp]

Thank you Brad! 💜

[@mikecampisi6891]

great video I bought your plug in two days ago just waiting for my volt 1 to show up in the mail🤪

[@polychromedsp]

Good times, thank you!

[@zoomzoom3950]

Enjoy the ride! Build up your tones as Thomas shows in this video, and prepare to spend hours exploring the factory presets!

[@jbbb]

Is that all from one plug-in ? No way, can’t be…nothing on the market sounds that good

[@polychromedsp]

Just #1 plug-in hehe 😎

[@RICCARDOREARDON]

TRULY MY ALL TIME FAVORITE GUITARIST OF ALL TIME.. I REPEATEDLY WATCH HIS VIDEO'S... THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO..

[@trollstjerne]

Killer sounds! 🔥

[@polychromedsp]

👋🏻 Eb

[@devilevilwayz]

i'm always learning something new with these new videos and that evh video was awesome. i want more like these!

[@polychromedsp]

You got it, thank you!

[@devilevilwayz]

I’m very pleased with the update i can put it to 16 samples with 48000 hz with no pops and it sounds awesome. I’m glad with the tuner this pluggin is coming along nicely.

[@Lou_Mavs]

So glad to have Thomas back on the guitar stage. Been a fan since Bad4Good.

[@jtwidmer6185]

Honestly, the Default setting is a great lead tone!

[@zoomzoom3950]

Appreciate the tutorial dialing in tones, very helpful! Every time I use PolyChrome DSP I find something new/usable; Every time I use PolyChrome DSP, I'm impressed and amazed at how great it sounds. PolyChrome DSP is the plugin I've been waiting for. And it delivers.😎 Cheers!

[@polychromedsp]

Thank you! : )

[@Dastardly_X]

🤘🏻 🌟 🤘

[@thomask9577]

We need a preset call “Chicken Chucker”!

[@polychromedsp]

Haha indeed!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Nice update too.

[@polychromedsp]

Yessss!

[@TheDistortionist]

Can’t wait to get it once you implement MIDI! I run off my Mac for live usage and this would be perfect.

[@polychromedsp]

Absolutely!

[@zoomzoom3950]

I usually prefer my crunch/distorted/hi gain rhythm tones "dryer" for a solid foundation, which makes "wet" lead tones stand out more, sound more epic and majestic, and makes the juxtaposition more pronounced. For "wet" tones, I usually like to have some dry signal included as well, for the same reason (solid foundation). IMO.

[@CelestialStudiosUS]

Now I want hardware (like a pedal board) to switch between presets. Hmm.

[@pjmtry7]

Absolutely Killer sounds!

[@zoomzoom3950]

when gain staging (stacking the gain: Attacker, Shredder, Riffer, Viber) which direction is the signal chain flow? Left to right? I know stacking an OD into Dist vs Dist into OD has different impact on the tone; what are your thoughts on being able to determine the gain staging "stacking" order? How would the order change the effect on the tone?

[@zioaxiom]

The chain is left to right, so even if you enable Viber first and Attacker second, the order would be Attacker -> Viber

[@polychromedsp]

Left to right.

[@alexmortar]

Great. Have you a more video with your playing ?

[@McRocklin]

On the @mcrocklin channel - and later on this video : )

[@AlexTritok]

This guy has listened a lot to Steve Lukather ;)

[@pterois5914]

i don't understand how this with latency works, i downloaded the demo version, used ASIO4ALL set the samples to 64 Samples ( 0.4ms ) and i still get hearable latency. Does everyone just play with that latency or am i doing something wrong ? I would love to buy the PolyChrome DSP but i am still better of with direct audio monitoring and my MXR pedal at the moment :(

[@polychromedsp]

Hello! It sounds like your audio interface doesn’t natively support low latency asio drivers. Feel free to pop in to our community Discord for done advice, we’ve a lot of users that recently got up and running. That’s here: www.polychromedsp.com/discord

[@musamali7858]

What was that in the beginning

[@maltamusic]

Hello Thomas, are the EQs (8-band + 4-band) stacked and can be used in tandem, or are they the same EQ just represented in two different ways?

[@zioaxiom]

It is one EQ with two different modes. The 4 band is parametric, while the 8 is graphic with fixed bands.

[@NickTempleton]

What midi footswitch controllers are people recommending to go with this?

[@polychromedsp]

Blackstar Live Logic is popular, but please remember native midi will be coming to a future version of the plug-in. Other peeps including Thomas are using midi via a Daw currently. Any questions feel free to drop by our discord polychromedsp.com/discord we have lots of users using all kinds of setups there 👍🏻

[@donlynch8285]

That was cool, what is the name of that backing track?

[@polychromedsp]

Me and You by McRocklin & Hutch.

[@donlynch8285]

@@polychromedsp Thank you!!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

how about being able to stack the reverbs and delays? so we cold almost emulate the cloudburst.

[@polychromedsp]

No plans for this currently, but we're almost playing around with new features and routing options so you never know!

[@timothy5974]

Will this work in GarageBand, I hope so. Thank you 👍

[@polychromedsp]

Absolutely, yes!

[@TheOuterDrive]

Thomas who? Can I find any guitar tutorials by you! Thanks!

[@polychromedsp]

schoolofmcrock.com

[@TheOuterDrive]

@@polychromedsp Hell yeah !! 🤘

[@TheMybee]

0:11 Tremolo ?

[@polychromedsp]

Kiesel Hipshot 👍🏻

[@zoomzoom3950]

Not using v1.1? 😁

[@zioaxiom]

It is 1.1, but with an internal version number ;)

[@stevenchristianupton]

How did you get that effect at the beginning?

[@polychromedsp]

That’s an auto panner in mono.

[@stevenchristianupton]

@@polychromedsp Thank you! Loving the program.

[@Wyl7]

Man, I thought you were on to something genius when you misspoke “synthony”. But a Google search turned up that it’s already an Australian mashup of electronic dance music backed by a full blown symphony orchestra. Oh well…

[@polychromedsp]

🤯

[@musicmansandiego]

where can we get the backing track to jam too???

[@polychromedsp]

This is a McRocklin & Hutch Track. Please remind @mcrocklin on his Twitch.TV/McRocklin stream later, maybe he'll give it out as a bonus : )

[@MotoKringles]

sounds generic to me lols

[@McRocklin]

Try taking your helmet off.

[@zoomzoom3950]

not surprising, as generic sounds are your specialty. Thanks, Cpt Banality!