Aplogies for the beginner question I been cracking my head tryna connect them. Got a pedal a Rd 6 in red and many patch cables. Was an impulsive buy. Could you explain how it works?
I just noticed how the last bit of vector art in the intros goes right into the product on show. That is a lot of work for such a tiny detail, but it really turns the quality of the video up to 11. Major respect.
Another Amazing Vid! Something fun to note: Any of these pedals can be used with a mixer in a pre or post fader aux send with the output returned to its own channel. This allows for lovely parallel distortion, overdrive, fuzz and saturation opportunities. This is another gem to send on to our apprentices ❤💜💙
Ultra-metal is based on the Boss "Metal Zone", a notorious 'love it or hate it' pedal. It's actually incredibly versatile, but with that versatility come the freedom to dial in some really crappy tones. Many impatient users never get past this phase. In the right hands however, it also has the ability to dial in better high gain tones than almost any other pedal (by itself) of it's era. If you want to just plug in and sound good, look elsewhere, this takes patience.
Just got a cheap Behringer Bass EQ pedal to use with my synths, and it sounds great in line between the synth and a distortion pedal. Just a little mid-hump shape on the Behringer made my BOSS DS-1 sound better than it has ever sounded before with synths. Biting and cutting instead of flabby and farty.
After having some of these Behringer pedals for years I finally find out they are battery powered! I had no idea, I always had to run them off the mains!
I've watched about 8 of your videos so far, I'm a new subscriber and I'll Patreon when I can afford to, but I just wanted to say that your production values are immaculate.
Great video. As a proud owner of the super fuzz I can confirm it absolutely shreds drum loops. I particularly enjoy how it shapes toms. I also really liked the higher pitched shrill the Ultra Metal gave to the acid line. 🤘🤘
Great video, so useful thank you I just watched it twice in a row and behringer can thank you for the many people who purchased some of their very cheap pedals after watching this vid.
I was looking for ideas to find new ways to design drum sounds for my RD-6 and this video gives me answers. I have only one OD pedal at home - Digitech Death Metal overdrive so next time I'm going back home, I need to try it for kick, if it sounds good :)
Hello everyone ! I wanted to share with you my experience with the RD-8 and the UM300 / OD300 and HM300 pedals that I purchased: the UM 300 is very noisy in all its configurations. OD300 is interesting but it tends to reduce the attack of the kick, the HM300 tends to reduce the bass. I think they are made to shape hardcore style kicks but if you are looking to produce a heavy, dark techno kick while keeping the attack and bass... for me there is only one solution: switch through the microphone preamps of a Mackie mixing desk. I own the Mackie 1202 VLZ4 and there you get a hard kick that retains its attack and bass. It's my point of view. I think these 3 pedals are best used for CLAP, SNARE and TOMS.
the first 303 line was cool, and the UM 300 really stands out for the 303, might get me one. edit: but after playing them with my modded Jordan Fuzz Type build thats what wins. DIY also same price as the behringers.
not that many videos like this one. if there is any they have always settings maxed and driving the machines through them (possibly also max vol), as if people who got a drum machine looking for a pedal are idiots that want to listen to 10 mins of noise.... thanks guys great video to taste all these different distburger flavours of behridonalds
I like the Ultra Metal! But the best distortion I have played with is the Moog MF Drive! Sounds amazing with any synth and drummachine. Plus the filter!!!
One plugin that gives a solid emulation of a tube overdrive/distortion is and old one called 'RubyTube'. The free V1, not the V2. You can push it into some dark places if you chain instances. It's still floating around on free VST sites.
I have a UM300 on the way, so I'm a bit bias. I feel as though it offers me the most flexibility of the bunch, and if I want a completely dry signal when recording, I'll just switch plugs to my clean input. It took me a while to sift through countless overdrives, distortions, fuzz, and Heavy Metal pedals to land on what speaks to me, but I'm happy with my choice to expand my synths sonics.
Speaking as a guy who knows little about synths but a lot about distortion pedals I would definitely recommend that beginners stick to pedals with very simple circuits. I have a DS1, SD1, distortion + etc. I find it pretty easy to get a good sound out of those and they are all like a single opamp boost plus some clipping diodes plus a simple tone control. I also have more complex pedals like the Behringer gdi21, the metal zone, joyo California sound etc all very complicated circuits, and I find it really hard to get a good sound out of them. High gain pedals may sound Impressive but they often fail to compete with simpler designs in terms of tone quality and noise levels. Stick to stuff like the ds1, the rat, ts9, distortion plus, OCD, Timmy, fuzz face and all the clones and imitations of those pedals. Those are simple pedals with fundamentally good tones and will get you a lot further than huge sounding pedals with overengineered circuits. Of the pedals demoed here the to800 is probably the only one I could safely recommend as it's a basic circuit that doesn't screw with the signal too much besides trimming the highs and lows and some subtle clipping and it's probably the most widely copied dirt circuit of all time. All these other pedals may sound good in their way but are likely to have unpleasant and unmusical elements to the tone which will become annoying in the long term.
i use a metal zone for extreme metal, sometimes a HM2 clone for death metal, and a rat boosted by a big muff for doom metal. id say they all sound great for specific genres
Thank you. I want a pedal that's close to the stock TD-3 onboard distortion for my TD-3 MO. The MO's overdrive and FM are great, but sometimes I'm left 'missing' the trashiness of the stock TD-3 distortion. I think it will be cool to combine all 3 break-up sources. I've gone ahead and ordered both a "Heavy Distortion" and "Heavy Metal" pedal. Aside from my TD-3 shenanigans, it will also be nice to be able to break out with some on-point Entombed and Dismember riffs. ;)
Pedals recieved and tried out. The "Heavy Metal"'s EQ curve is simply a very different kettle of fish compared to the stock TD-3 distortion. I wasn't surprised. I got this for fun, more than to attempt a 'match". I got the "Heavy Distortion" pedal close, but still not a match. The EQ curve is still more 'curated' than the stock, even TD-3 distortion. I've ordered the seemingly discontinued DM-100 off ebay. Apparently based on the Boss Ds-1, I suspect it may have the circuit they actually threw in the TD-3. I also want to find and try out the Metal Zone I've had since I was a kid. (The Ultra Metal is based on that) Cheers.
I received the DM100. It's not right either. No matter where you sweep the tone, it has a much higher relative peak in the far upper gristle. Keep in mind I was trying to match the tone of the TD-3 with Distortion Amount and Tone both at about 3 o clock. It's possible that it's easier to match it at other settings, but that's kind of my personal sweet spot on the TD-3. I now suspect that Behringer did NOT simply throw a pedel circuit in the TD-3 without some personalized tweaking. In the end, the closest I got (with the 3 I've tried) is with the "Heavy Distortion" but the best I got took a lot of patience. I still want to find my OG metalzone and perhaps I should try a fuzz. I've not been a fan of fuzz distortion on guitar in the past, but maybe it compliments a TD-3 and better matches it's on-board circuit?
Very good video. I am a fan of the super fuzz pedal samples. I am thinking of getting the 3 or 4 best. I was also disappointed by the overdrive distortion because of the noise level though I still have it. Thank you ! :)
I have two sf300s because the boost is so good on stuff sometimes e.g. Snare. Its NOT a clean boost plus you have the Eq. Thanks for this video, very enjoyable
Most of the pedals works on the TD-3, but I frefered Ultra Metal. Heavy Metal next after, but it sounds almost the same as the in-build TD-3 distortion, so I'd go with the Ultra Metal as an alternative choice for that instrument. The only one I really liked on 808 kick was the boost on the Super Fuzz. I didn't like any of them on the Korg. On the RD-6 I prefered the in-build, but the Super Fuzz and Ultra Metal next after. Then Heavy Distortion and Overdrive Distortion. So seems like I prefer Super Fuzz and Ultra Metal :)
Someone pointed out to me once, you never see second hand plastic Behringer pedal for sale with broken enclosures. Suggesting they maybe are more robust than given credit for. I'm a big fan of modulation pedals on synths, especially phaser. Can make acid a little more citric. Great demo btw
Thanks :) Yes I think there could be some truth to that. Shortly after the shootout I accidentally dropped one of the pedals. It survived the 2 meter drop from the shelf onto the wooden floor without a scratch and still works fine. I love phasers too! I still have my beloved MEK PH-2 lying around somewhere, I will have to try that on drum machines and synths :)
RECOMMENDATION : Free Artic Plugin from Acustica, Also thei paid plugin Ash is good, as well as Mike Dean Collab of theirs Gain Station, they are the best emulations of Hardware right now. Also, great for old school distortion record like is TAIP by baby audio, and last one which is model language plugin like tape is LVL101, Im sure youll like one of them as I share some of your taste it seems. (design, level of detail, content quality is great on your channel)
• LVL 01 - Tone Empire • TAIP - Baby Audio • Most Acustica saturation plugins especially Jam ->FREE from them Arctic and Gold • BLACK BOX Brainworx • FREE Wd analog creator 1x73 • FREE GSat+ - Tbproaudio I think you should also look out for agressive compressors to find sonics that we are familliar from typical tracks (MC77, Distressor, SSL 4000E channel compressor)
I think the best ones, considering the quality and oomph of affected signal, are Super Fuzz, Overdrive Distortion, Bass Overdrive with Vintage OD getting honorable 4-th place for, well, it's nice classic tube overdrive :) I kinda liked Heavy M and Ultra M for their lo-fi gritness, but too dirty to my taste
Sadly discontinued but the Overdrive modeler is a beast with its 3in1 analog distortion modes. It's a great choice for any synth setup and luckily it sells for 10€ second hand.
So funny to me that i liked the Ultra Metal best overall and you didn't like that one at all (didn't like the high noisefloor though but that's where gates are made for right haha)
Thanks for the recommendation! Installed the trial and from what I can hear it sounds very nice as an overdrive :) I like how it keeps the bass intact.
@@CaptainPikant yes, the bass is great and the tone knob is very special on this one. But hardware pedals are great to stay of the computer. Thanks for this demonstration, I always look for pedals on synth and there aren’t many videos on it. The plasma pedal hardware would probably be amazing on synths and kicks, but there is no “trial” version 😅
