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I always stayed away from exciters because i believed good metal sound could be made without. Then the other day (for fun) i borrowed a Behringer Ultrafex II EX 3100 to fiddle around with and !#"#&¤"¤&" HEUREKA DUDES! What a tight MO FO crunchy punchy sweet METAL SOUNDWALL i got in no time! OMPH-OMPH!! Sweetness.
My signal chain consists of a Marshall JMP-1 with JFX-1 in effect loop, Ultrafex, Marshall 9100 run in stereo with 2 x 1960 cabs. My success with the Ultrafex in this setup could perhaps be explained by the fairly thin low end this Marshall JMP-1 + 9100 has.
My sound philosophy has always been to minimize distortion (=buzz) but maintaining crunchy metal sound. That's a hard quest (for me anyways) but this Ultrafex allows me to run the overdrive/dist lower on the JMP-1 thereby getting a more percussive, IN-YOUR-FACE sound. This can also pave the way for using a not-so-high-gain pickup which to my ears, have a better basic sound. All this while maintaining a sweet heavy metal sound.
I like it so far [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
My signal chain consists of a Marshall JMP-1 with JFX-1 in effect loop, Ultrafex, Marshall 9100 run in stereo with 2 x 1960 cabs. My success with the Ultrafex in this setup could perhaps be explained by the fairly thin low end this Marshall JMP-1 + 9100 has.
My sound philosophy has always been to minimize distortion (=buzz) but maintaining crunchy metal sound. That's a hard quest (for me anyways) but this Ultrafex allows me to run the overdrive/dist lower on the JMP-1 thereby getting a more percussive, IN-YOUR-FACE sound. This can also pave the way for using a not-so-high-gain pickup which to my ears, have a better basic sound. All this while maintaining a sweet heavy metal sound.
I like it so far [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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