HM2 and boost - Why and how? Feat. Lichtlaerm Audio and Boss Wazacraft (Stacked!)

[@deathmetal0914]

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.

[@sinistrousdiabolus]

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.

[@hysteresis]

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.

[@XChristianNoirX]

EQ all the way!

[@crock2434]

I like to stack all my pedals vertically!

[@DomeNightbearer]

Me too, so they are all activated by one press 😏

[@SamBrockmann]

Why not horizontally?

[@taylolz]

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.

[@polviggen]

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.

[@DomeNightbearer]

That's what I had to do with my Loomis with EMG 57/66s...

[@polviggen]

@@DomeNightbearer yes, it's how the circuit is designed, there is already some distortion before the signal even gets to the distortion pot.

[@j_c_93]

Yes. The HM2 does not work well with high output pickups. However, this is easily remedied by using the volume knob like you said

[@ricardadn]

Ei millor de tot la teva samarreta!!

[@wawanx1749]

Is the drive on the amp always on?

[@DomeNightbearer]

for my personal taste, yes!

[@paulcarter105]

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

[@DomeNightbearer]

interesting!

[@paulcarter105]

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

[@TheStringDojo]

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!

[@DomeNightbearer]

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!

[@TheStringDojo]

@@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?