HORIZON DEVICES APEX PREAMP - WHEN DJENT IS LIFE

Trying out the new Apex preamp pedal from Horizon Devices.
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[@OlaEnglund]

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[@jero_mendez]

between this and revv g3 what do you will choose?

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

Hi Ola !!! Scuba not my thing. Maybe u find a guy named Steve to sribe while hes doing the scuba thing. Great video. Did misha give u the opportunity to be first to demo ?

[@HeavyHardHitter]

What is this song called as, 0:08?

[@angelspeak13]

ALL CAPS FOR CARLOS GUITARLOS!!!!

[@Door333]

Have you tried MXR Full Bore Metal?

[@MishaMansoor]

I love you.

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

Misha Mansoor theerrrre it is. 🍆💦👨‍❤️‍👨

[@skippityblippity8656]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Misha ur da best!

[@28rwags]

Whens the pedal coming out and what is the price going to be please?

[@Quetzalcoatl999]

$299USD

[@khayrobs]

Well the last pedal, the price was 100 percent worth it. If you nail this one, you'll be 2 and 0!

[@thehoppo]

It's toight like a toiger

[@prr815]

Smoke and a pancake?

[@luigi1mario]

flapjack and a cigarrette

[@MrMetalhead6]

My fahjuh

[@thehoppo]

Cigar and a waffle?

[@thorthunderlungs5171]

Bong and a blintz?

[@SithuAye]

The pedal falling over is like a perfect metaphor for my life once I discovered anime

[@Steve-nq8jc]

Sithu Aye I know right. When watching Anime i wonder to myself. Is there nothing I won't masturbate to.

[@cryo115]

Sithu, are you planning on releasing tab for Senpai II? Some of your lead runs are a massive pain in the ass to work out by ear! Take my money!

[@SithuAye]

Tabs for Senpai II and Set Course for Andromeda are (finally) actually happening as we speak! I want to get those out in the next few months

[@cryo115]

Yes! Thank you!

[@atommattelaer5431]

HOLY YES ! Was hoping for those so much !

[@BaenaCarcosa]

This sounds awesome

[@moss1transcendant]

your amp has different size shoes on

[@orphanuprising]

"Its still tight (says it correctly), even without the toight mode engaged"

[@nickhetzschold7946]

The varying camera angles are pretty sweet, your video quality is constantly improving!

[@kevrem984]

Nick Hetzschold Nope. Dick cam's missing

[@diegooliveirabenjamin]

Woah that sounds killer even through iPhone speakers!

[@wyldeyouth]

Diego Oliveira No it doesn't. Get better speakers, better headphones

[@Ottophil]

Ingemar Oskar get a less douchey attitude about other peoples stuff

[@tylerjameson3228]

"keep calm i'm an accountant"

[@QuincyKane]

Considering all your gain was coming from the pedal, I was very impressed with how it sounds; the eq seems to be very pleasant and it's nice that the pedal works well with the Precision Drive. However, I can't deny that your cab was probably having a huge influence on the tone; I was not very impressed with the snippet of the cab sim through the interface. I'd like to hear more examples of the built in cab sim, especially since it has the virtual mic sweep. It'd also be nice to hear the pedal in a few more scenarios, like through a few different cabs, combo amps, and virtual cabs/impulse response. Seems like a very good pedal though.

[@brucetungsten5714]

Cab sim is unusable - a disaster.

[@whatskraken3886]

yeah, that's the take-away i've gotten from watching almost every apex preamp video on youtube: it sounds great, but the cab sim fucking sucks. it also really needs at least a power amp, because on its own it really struggles. it's not quite the "all-in-one" solution for modern metal tones horizon devices claim it to be, but in the right context, it really shines.

[@Ignore14]

Spoiler alert: it sucks

[@MarkSDD]

Sounds amazing into the fx loop return. They need to shove a version of that in a rack housing, stick a switchable loop in it, add a 2nd channel for cleans. Would make a nice rack rig into a proper poweramp.

[@svartsjokolade]

Marshall Monsoon

[@orphanuprising]

Misty Manson

[@riffsnreviews]

SheMa SoorMan

[@orphanuprising]

Monster Mashup

[@Ebb1337]

Maleficent Mandrake

[@keegagongon]

Mersher Mernsher

[@gimmickmusic8827]

Everyone keeps saying that it's a 5150 OD with a cab sim, but I honestly don't hear it. To my ears the 5150 OD has much more highs than the Apex and the mid control sounds like it effects a completely different frequency.

[@Psyxxx84]

I think you guitars always sound awesone regardless of other stuff, man. Love and respect for you!

[@Psyxxx84]

Why doesn't ever likes me....

[@mariomahiligkayjuanna2328]

It sounds good in the front. Even better sounding in the fx loop..

[@skepticalbystander]

"I'm not perfect, you know...I need tape too" just might be my favorite quote of 2019 so far

[@Unchainedmaple888]

This pedal sounded absolutely great...until 4:36 when Ola went straight into his audio interface. Sounded like a can of bees :( and this was the way I was going to use the Apex Preamp...

[@Kzzyn1990]

Misha never seems to disappoint...got myself a precision drive 1/2 year ago, this pedal is killer!

[@TommysPickle]

Marsha Manstains is like the Oprah of noise gates.. you get a noise gate, everything gets a noise gate! Love it!

[@DSWoof]

Waiting for the neighbor to ring the doorbell 😀

[@Blaydrnnnr]

Me too!!...LOL To let Ola know he "appreciates" the playing....LOL

[@ivanarmandoyou]

The sound is so tight and beautiful, thanks for combine the pedals Ola.

[@UncleRJ]

Counting down to Misha Mansoor's appearance and confession of his ultimate love. #MishOla

[@defsantiago]

#MolaMansenglund

[@jackmcbride9939]

Molisha*

[@adamandrews4198]

"I was just gonna say the noise gate works really well, then the pedal fell over like a little bitch..." 😂😂😂

[@Joose]

Thank you for what you do, Ola. Your channel is so informative, and hilarious. I find that my biggest issue when recording is proper layering. Even just some octaves over a heavy riff, they just never seem to cut through the right way.

[@thelukephone]

I was so pumped to hear you play 99 in here. :)

[@locomusikbox2130]

I think the bypassable noise gate is a nice addition. I use my precision drive to add a little bit more clarity to my lead sound but even in its lowest setting the gate tends to cut off long sustained notes. You can play around it but having it bypassable adds a nice touch to what i think is another well thought out tone shaping device by these guys.

[@nimrodkalif3788]

This and the Mooer Radar would work great together and make a great flying rig!

[@FairyCRat]

Into a clean amp and a real cab -> sounds kinda like something in between a Peavey 6505 and a Revv 100p Into an interface using the cab sim -> sounds like a Line 6 Spider II on Insane mode

[@ProjectCreativityGuy96]

I just can't get enough of them sick brutal palm mutes, man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@smokehill7912]

the tones from this demo are my all time favorites

[@notrealy180217]

Not a fan of Periphery at all but I still like the tone and use of gate. Am definitely looking forward to getting this soon for metal in general

[@mikemccourt6225]

I'm not a djent player per se, but this pedal sounds awesome. I dig how the toight mode, when you click it on, is really for rhythm players and different from most OD/pre amp pedals. Well done

[@smoreshaunted]

The thing about the Percission Drive I never see anyone address is the fact it takes away sooo much of the bottom end, an outrageous amount of bottom end. I have the Misha Variable Attack overdrive by ProTone and it reacts almost the same way, although you can toggle the Attack Frequency on/off with the Variable Attack OD which imo makes it the better boost ;)

[@steveweilhart2359]

Ola love your pick work - quick and accurate -

[@stefanokrivtzoff1593]

Your channel is like a drug a keep coming back to ola!!! Thanks a million for the content!!

[@guillermomartin7401]

Dude your guitar tones are so awesome!!!!!!

[@aaronmaguire9825]

I use the Precision Drive in my chain and I love it. Perhaps I will use the Preamp as well. Very cool.

[@dubldeez5784]

Holy Shit. This is perfection. I have just watched a bunch of Drive Videos and this one stands out above the rest.

[@nerdgearsreview2794]

It's more awesome when it put in the effects loop damn that tone 🔥🔥

[@InVacuo]

So I'm thinking Horizon are going to have to change the name of the Tight switch to "Toight" now. (Laughed every freaking time!)

[@jayheevlogs]

good thing with these djent tones and presets is that they fit instantly in the mix

[@odyssey6684]

One of the best sounding preamp pedals I've heard. Another great demo.

[@matttaylor1449]

I love this pedal. This is probably the 5th time i've watched this demo, best one on this pedal.

[@keegagongon]

This material for your new djent album sounds awesome!

[@frayedsanity]

Awesome that you demoed the Precision Drive with the Apex Preamp! Even on it's own the Apex sounds so good, but together they sound so tight! Awesome Job, as usual Ola :)

[@youtubebitchcenter1463]

Wow- this sounds as tight as Bon Jovi’s band when they’re warming up! Can’t wait for the tour to start!🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@PabloJericho]

Wow both together sounds sick, wasn’t expecting that

[@matthewlima1882]

Great demo, Ola! I want a tremoverb after seeing all these videos.

[@michaelmathews8409]

Maybe you could do an episode called "will it stick" and try different brands and types of tape 😂😂😂

[@robbmars1686]

Love your content! I can always count on you for straight forward reviews before buying new gear. Thanks brother!

[@twisstedriffs]

Holy shit I need this pedal in my life! Thanks Ola for the awesome demo!

[@paulkielt9301]

Particularly "toït"! It can really chug. Sounds great into the Effects Return too.

[@Quetzalcoatl999]

So Misha did a big sales pitch about the apex just two weeks calling for people to do a survey for features they'd like to see but the pedal's apparently already made?

[@FairyCRat]

Well prototypes are a thing I guess.

[@Quetzalcoatl999]

Got curious after commenting so checked out the horizon devices facebook page and they apparently launched the pedal on July 23 with "early acess" orders as soon as july 28. Would be weird that they sent out a prototype pedal to be demoed by a youtuber if it wasn't the final product. So I still think the only question they cared about was how much people would be willing to pay for a MXR 5150 with cab sim. $299usd apparently.

[@FairyCRat]

Quetzalcoatl I think I prefer the SD Palladium anyway.

[@duncanboyle244]

The survey they sent out was probably more for marketing purposes. If they know what people want from a pedal they’ll know how to market it. This pedal has probably been a year or so in development.

[@MishaMansoor]

Actually we had a few surveys sent out over the last couple years, this was just the latest one to finalize everything and make sure we were still on track!

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

Damn that is a spot on gojira sounding rig

[@banaantjexx164]

Horizon Devices: Incredible peddles with a clean gain setting, awesome EQ knobs, and easy to use. Only con: they have a habit of falling over, even if secured with tape

[@Mist_R]

@2:18 did he just play asome reptile before reptile came out lol

[@Josh-it6uy]

Periphery is my favorite metalcore band.

[@christopherruiz9514]

Hey Ola . so i just got this apex preamp yesterday and i tried it out last night on my Marshall valve state 2000 combo and it sounds really good im loving it !.

[@Maverick_joe12]

I was looking review for this.. You are the only one I found first till now.. Pretty dope buddy 🤘

[@LuisCerdasPrimate]

Apex Preamp sounds AMAZING!!! Kudos to Misha!

[@heathcliff625]

that super high tec chair has got to be a comfortable hit maker😎

[@lewisbatten4684]

Love the string attack this pedal let's through. Perfect death/rhraah metal chopper. Just what I want.

[@9hk38f]

Unfortunately dont love the price tag though.

[@XChristianNoirX]

The Mario death sound was elite. ☠ ☠ ☠

[@blankspace0000]

3:20 golden tone right there

[@mikeythedistasteful]

When you black and whited the screen at like 4:40 was my fav tone in the whole video.

[@Hellion421]

I thought the pedal was gonna be my favorite part of the video but it was actually the Mario sound at 6:18. Died right there.

[@crowdkillproductions.]

Wow. I read this comment at the exact moment it happened lol

[@axeljuengst2522]

Fear Factory was the first thing that came into my mind. GREAT review!

[@MrFreezeMusic]

I was just about to buy the Precision Drive and saw this video. Now I don‘t know which one to get...

[@bryanlettow4389]

TOIGHT LIKE TOIGER

[@damongamble514]

@OlaEnglund Love your pronunciation of "tight"

[@MetalDerrik]

I wasn't really loving the sound of this pedal until you plugged it into the FX loop! as soon as you did that it was like night and day to me. sounds damn good .... i really want to try this sucker out now

[@yurasuka8624]

HEY OLA! Cool to see you at the focusrite event in London on Sat. As entertaining as on here, minus the burps! Can you perhaps demo this preamp into an audio interface too please? Cheers

[@j5hl]

This pedal and the same circuit as the MXR EVH 5150. The only difference is the impulse response. If you use the Mxr together with the Moer radar it will be just as good.

[@SubSonicEctomorph]

Nice review. That sounded really great through the loop

[@jesperbc]

How different is this from the MXR 5150? They seem awefully similar, like the Apex is a 5150+ with added features...

[@BoyAditya]

Jesper Bøggild-Christensen it is MXR 5150+horizon device 😁

[@Quetzalcoatl999]

Horizon Devices pedals are made by MXR so it probably is just a MXR 5150. Just an edit to note, the 5150 pedal has a boost button while the Apex has a CAB sim

[@blakekillganon846]

Jesper Bøggild-Christensen I'm pretty sure its voiced pretty differently

[@wheresallthezombies]

Misha's peavey signature head is basically modified 5150 with ad ons. So this is probably the same thing but in pedal form.

[@Mrbigtimber7]

My thoughts exactly

[@SantyEscudero]

7:40 switches from toight to tight

[@EvanFifesMusic]

Much beard! Looks good, and great video. Almost didn't believe you had one yet!

[@larslevinberget9558]

Cool and funny video Ola, I just love how you pre-amped the pre-amp...by by-passing the pre-amp :D

That pedal is tight as fuck! It sounds like between Gojira - Kreator, love it! Nice job Misha!

[@modelbass]

Must buy tremverb....must buy tremverb... Sounds so tasty as does the pedal

[@thatoneordinaryguitarist8095]

yall listen i just won this in a contest and didnt know what this pedal is so i came here and holy shit am i glad i won it.

[@HansAaraas]

I'm buying one. Love my Precision Drive, but this has even more tonal options.

[@jaime_abad]

Music to my ears

[@punkactu5240]

I love love the Tôït mod too ! Love from France !

[@wigon]

Sounds like pretty much the ideal heavy metal pedal if you have a good amp to play it through. The Direct cabinet emulation sound was...as expected usable, but nowhere near as good sounding as a miced cabinet. I definitely may need to get one of these.

[@keviniaquinto128]

My MXR 5150 Overdrive is still the best overdrive pedal I've ever used/heard

[@jamesjarmin6125]

Cool hearing you bust out some 99

[@Doomentor]

Ola, run the cables under the amp carry handle, they will help hold the pedal in place!

[@ambientcotton7066]

Great review Ola.🤘🏼

[@ryan_riffs]

Sounds killer with the drive in front.

[@blakecurtis7809]

Personally i prefer the sound of the tremoverb gain over the preamp pedal. It's still a cool pedal though.

[@SmugSuspenders]

6:18 Is that what you call a "Tape Delay"? xP

[@guyfawkes3817]

Funeral Hymn V2 riffs :Psick sounds and the button/toight! and gate are quite epic, good gain too :D

[@Akherousia502]

It's absolutely unreal how good distortion pedals/preamps are starting to sound these days...

[@mackinnon1488]

2:06 imagine if Misha saw this and it inspired Reptile 🦎

[@rookd1137]

Awesome pedal and great demo thanks dad!

[@riffsnreviews]

Fuck me, i've just understood while I was playing how you get your "twangy" highs (almost single coil like highs) when you play, although you've already mentioned that you play with your pick on an upwards angle, didn't realize the angle was that exaggerated. Oh cool video :D

[@facepalmjesus1608]

i have a Diezel VH4 pedal....will this work together with the Apex?

[@vetobadmusic]

This video made me realize that I would actually buy a shirt saying "Keep calm and Ola Englund". Ola re-spec to clothing company, you heard it here first.