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Alcorine
Published on 02/20/06 at 02:16
This is a distortion pedal that can model numerically classques three pedals fuzz / overdrive / distortion that are the DS1, the D + and the RAT. For the user it is as transparent as using an ordinary effects pedal, analog input and output but digital processing internally. So unless you have a pronounced distrust digital emulation, nothing can hold you to experiment. So for me it's a 9, because I reserve the 10 for each original model.
UTILIZATION
Three knobs and a switch, the setting could not be more obvious, it determines the amount of distortion with the first, the amount of harmonic tone (this gives a sound ranging from very dull to very metal) and finally with the gain Level. A reservation, however, the material quality of the pedal. In addition to its case fully plastic promised an aging random (over time it may become brittle especially at the hinge of the hood), it does not feel very comfortable pressing it like a madman and I highly doubt that this pedal has a place on stage. Furthermore, the race is not very regular potentiometers not to touch but to the ear. Numerical modeling requires you through a step value to another instead know the escalation analog pedals. Thus, the adjustment of the distortion appears quite reached the approximate 3 / 4 of the race, we pass suddenly from a subtle crunch to overdrive a wild one nuance that the other two knobs that are Tone and Level.
Another major weakness, however, use: changing the 9v battery, you must use a system of push buttons at the turn of the pedal cover requiring the use of two pens bic, not very elegant ... So a 5 because of this lack of usability and fidelity in the sound settings. Besides, if you hesitate to buy, though these defects have in mind because they are really the counterpart of an unusually low price.
SOUND QUALITY
How to judge the sound quality for such a pedal? Let's be honest, I do not own any of the three pedals emulated so I will not speculate to say that this is true or not. I have a US TV that I plug into a Behringer V-amp 2 which I find the sound a little too clean and too cold and dirty distortion. What I can say is that the DM100 has brought the little grain was missing. Disto with little but a lot of Level I get a nice boost that highlights the medium with a touch of heat (as to what the digital ...).
With pronounced disto I find the sound I wanted to know tend noisy, Sonic Youth, Placebo, Nirvana. The sound of the DS1 is by far the most fuzz, causing a terrible noise, the word draft is probably what best describes the result.
The D + and rats have more body and offers distos punchy and harmonically rich.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for three days, I immediately detected the weaknesses, now it remains to exploit the nuances of the pedal modeling. I guess it falls into the category of the Line6 modeling distortion and given the price difference, no doubt the second option seems preferable for those with heavy use of their pedals.
If one seeks only sounds noisy, wild, dirty and full of harmonics, the DM100 is a perfectly acceptable option. I use sticks at home, I had also not want to spend over 80 euros for a single pedal, it was of exceptional quality. I have owned many pedals distos: the boss (OD1, MT2), an ibanez (TS808), a tube marshall (governor), I got tired one day or another and I am ruined. I therefore find the quality / price ratio extremely interesting and I think my interest even close to that reproduces the big muff.
UTILIZATION
Three knobs and a switch, the setting could not be more obvious, it determines the amount of distortion with the first, the amount of harmonic tone (this gives a sound ranging from very dull to very metal) and finally with the gain Level. A reservation, however, the material quality of the pedal. In addition to its case fully plastic promised an aging random (over time it may become brittle especially at the hinge of the hood), it does not feel very comfortable pressing it like a madman and I highly doubt that this pedal has a place on stage. Furthermore, the race is not very regular potentiometers not to touch but to the ear. Numerical modeling requires you through a step value to another instead know the escalation analog pedals. Thus, the adjustment of the distortion appears quite reached the approximate 3 / 4 of the race, we pass suddenly from a subtle crunch to overdrive a wild one nuance that the other two knobs that are Tone and Level.
Another major weakness, however, use: changing the 9v battery, you must use a system of push buttons at the turn of the pedal cover requiring the use of two pens bic, not very elegant ... So a 5 because of this lack of usability and fidelity in the sound settings. Besides, if you hesitate to buy, though these defects have in mind because they are really the counterpart of an unusually low price.
SOUND QUALITY
How to judge the sound quality for such a pedal? Let's be honest, I do not own any of the three pedals emulated so I will not speculate to say that this is true or not. I have a US TV that I plug into a Behringer V-amp 2 which I find the sound a little too clean and too cold and dirty distortion. What I can say is that the DM100 has brought the little grain was missing. Disto with little but a lot of Level I get a nice boost that highlights the medium with a touch of heat (as to what the digital ...).
With pronounced disto I find the sound I wanted to know tend noisy, Sonic Youth, Placebo, Nirvana. The sound of the DS1 is by far the most fuzz, causing a terrible noise, the word draft is probably what best describes the result.
The D + and rats have more body and offers distos punchy and harmonically rich.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for three days, I immediately detected the weaknesses, now it remains to exploit the nuances of the pedal modeling. I guess it falls into the category of the Line6 modeling distortion and given the price difference, no doubt the second option seems preferable for those with heavy use of their pedals.
If one seeks only sounds noisy, wild, dirty and full of harmonics, the DM100 is a perfectly acceptable option. I use sticks at home, I had also not want to spend over 80 euros for a single pedal, it was of exceptional quality. I have owned many pedals distos: the boss (OD1, MT2), an ibanez (TS808), a tube marshall (governor), I got tired one day or another and I am ruined. I therefore find the quality / price ratio extremely interesting and I think my interest even close to that reproduces the big muff.