H3R3T1K Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I'm currently splitting my bass signal with a crossover after a poly capo and have a Vermin distortion on the signal above 240Hz. Love the flavor! I got a Sansamp after it which tames it quite a bit before joining the low end and going into the cab block. I still would like to put a tilt eq after the Sansamp to darken the sound a bit more. That's before joining the low end so I'm not losing any of that. I'm wondering where to put the center frequency as I'm new to eq. For that I'm guessing I need to know where the rat's mid bump is exactly. Hope you guys know more. Tone I'm going for is Jo Bench of Bolt Thrower. I feel like the rat is the right direction. Her tone is very grindy with plenty clean low end but not overly harsh as many modern metal tones are. PS: Of course I have a high cut going at 4k but I still feel like I need to tame it some more. The overly harsh part is below that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayPRS Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I use the RAT block on some songs on my Pink Floyd tribute: what I do is put a ColorDrive (legacy) block before on the signal chain - it removes all the harshness from the RAT and I can get pretty sweet tones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codamedia Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 4:39 AM, H3R3T1K said: a Vermin distortion on the signal above 240Hz. Love the flavor! Have you tried the Ratatouille instead of the Vermin? IMO, it's a much nicer (more accurate) sounding RAT in the Helix. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayPRS Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/17/2023 at 1:02 PM, codamedia said: Have you tried the Ratatouille instead of the Vermin? IMO, it's a much nicer (more accurate) sounding RAT in the Helix. Yes! Forgot to mention that I use the Ratatouille as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/17/2023 at 1:27 AM, MayPRS said: I use the RAT block on some songs on my Pink Floyd tribute: what I do is put a ColorDrive (legacy) block before on the signal chain - it removes all the harshness from the RAT and I can get pretty sweet tones. I'd like to try that. I'm assuming your gain levels for both are relatively low? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayPRS Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/17/2023 at 3:45 PM, brue58ski said: I'd like to try that. I'm assuming your gain levels for both are relatively low? I don't have the values present right now... but I can check them and let you know. It gives a really sweet distortion, very Gilmour-esque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/17/2023 at 8:11 AM, MayPRS said: I don't have the values present right now... but I can check them and let you know. It gives a really sweet distortion, very Gilmour-esque. That would be great if you could. Of course I could just enter the values myself. But, I'd still be curious what your parameter settings are. No worries if you forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayPRS Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I recall the ColorDrive settings to be almost "stock", meaning I just drop'd the block before the Ratatouille and that was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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