KnightBrolaire
Pickup Connoisseur
I never made an npd for either my throne torcher or walrus red, and recently picked up a megalith delta at @USMarine75 's recommendation. The silencer is a backup noise gate so I can be lazy and not have to switch my decimator from amp to amp 
Throne Torcher- it's a really great take on the HM2 sound ( I greatly prefer it to my MIT HM2, or my hm300, or the walrus red). The LED clipping option sounds better than to my ears than the hm2. It's clearer but still chainsawy. I got the older version with the burning church graphic/ glow in the dark eyes. It really doesn't need an introduction round these parts
Walrus Red- It's a really weird dirt pedal. It can run the gamut from OD levels of gain to nasty fuzz and even HM2 territory. I really don't like it as an HM2 type pedal but it's fun to mess around with for other sounds
Megalith Delta- This is a pretty awesome distortion. It has a ton of range, running the gamut from scooped 90s esque tones, cutting modern metal all the way too insane doomy fuzz. The sweet spot for me was almost like a boosted recto esque sound which I got from the settings in the pic of the delta up above. Here's the marketing spiel explaining all the feature better than I can:
Gain Control: The Megalith Delta starts in mid-gain territory. THIS IS A HIGH GAIN PEDAL! BACK AWAY NOW IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR THE VINTAGE BLUES TONES! The GAIN control offers a wide sweep in gain, from solid rock tones, to serious crunch, to every dark shade of brutal imaginable.
The stock, un-boosted tone is very fat in the low mids and is the Megalith’s thickest tone. This is a great mode for getting the punchiest rhythm sounds.
The GAIN control has a responsive interaction with each of the three EQ options (EQ SWITCH, CONTOUR, and THREE BAND EQ), allowing you to dial in, for example a slightly woolly tone at minimum gain, or flat-out brutality at maximum.
Gain Boost: The second footswitch of the pedal, BOOST, takes the pedal from a mid-gain base to its highest gain. This footswitch is equivalent to flicking over to the HIGH GAIN setting on the Megalith Beta amplifier. This BOOST mode not only adds more gain, but also tightens the response up considerably, with more of an upper mid emphasis.I thought by adding this gain boost as a foot switch, it gives you the option to really step up the crazy. I also figured that mid to high switching was a lot more useful than low to high, as there are already plenty of great options out there for the lower gain sounds. Let’s face it – someone interested in the Megalith Delta isn’t going to be too stressed about missing the low gain mode!
Contour Control: The CONTOUR control is another unique feature of the Megalith design. In the Megalith Beta amplifier; it affects the frequency response of the phase inverter in the power amp. I went to a lot of effort to recreate the CONTOUR control in the Megalith Delta pedal to mimic this response by designing a phase-inverter like stage, and integrating the CONTOUR control into it.Fully clock-wise, it’s fat and midrangy, with a slightly rolled off top end. As the CONTOUR control is turned down, the mids start to scoop out, and the sub-bass frequencies tighten up. This is a great control for further refinement of the overall high gain tone. You can also think of this as an alternate midrange control. Try running the MID EQ control high and the CONTOUR low (also adjusting the EQ shift), and visa versa for a huge range of tones.
Three Band EQ (Bass, Middle, Treble): The combinations of the EQ section will give an impressive number of high gain sounds, just like the Megalith Beta amplifier. The first thing to note about the three-band EQ on the Megalith Delta is that each control has a wider sweep than your typical tone stack. Small changes to these controls can have a large impact on the tone. They are also highly interactive. That is why I recommend using this feature to fine-tune your overall sound. Refer to “How To Dial In Your Sound” in the manual.
EQ Shift Switch: The EQ Shift is a unique feature of the Megalith’s tone controls. This switch shifts the EQ’s bands, allowing you to control different frequencies. Each position has a particular signature tone, and is useful for different things. The middle position “0” shifts the midrange up, and adds quite a bit of low-mids to the sound. This is great for really fattening up the tone, and works particularly well with boost pedals. Position “1” voices the tone stack closer to a traditional British voicing. There’s still a good amount of midrange in the tone, but the tone is more balanced. Position “2” is more of a traditional American voicing, with a more scooped and shifted midrange.
Output (Volume) Section: A big part of the Megalith Beta amplifier’s huge gain sound is the 160 Watts of headroom! Of course, this would always be the limitation in trying to emulate a high gain amplifier to stomp box form. But by adding voltage doubling circuitry in the Megalith Delta pedal, it allows the 9V supplied by battery, or DC adaptor, to be increased to 18V within the pedal’s circuitry. This has the advantage of producing the crushing low end without mush, much like the 160W output of the Megalith Beta does at the amp level.
EHX Silencer- It's a cheap noise gate but it works well. It does exactly what it's supposed to do, which is hide the nasty feedback and ambient noise when I'm not playing.
I'll have more clips up later. The throne torcher and red clips were done with my dc600 into my mesa mk3, the delta clips were with my prs mushok into my peters fsm. All clips are through the front of the amp because I'm too lazy to hook them into the fx loop
Red/ Throne Torcher sound clips (Throne Torcher is first, then Red in all the clips):
dimed/random knob fiddling clip:
https://app.box.com/s/s6alz0zrpilkgvpzxvmqjy3wdedowprv
b/m/t set at 2'o clock, only playing with vol/distortion levels on throne torcher/red.
https://app.box.com/s/hubn5om9q9ovbf1p9qa1klv2z098ww18
Megalith Delta clips:
random tweaking with the delta (messing with the contour/eq shift/gain structure mostly)
https://app.box.com/s/l1eqgalgemuo56a9kla9l1aqvznr3hzy
random br00tz
https://app.box.com/s/ffeht9uw9kweidpp8w20ae9vv1dmwmun
Throne Torcher- it's a really great take on the HM2 sound ( I greatly prefer it to my MIT HM2, or my hm300, or the walrus red). The LED clipping option sounds better than to my ears than the hm2. It's clearer but still chainsawy. I got the older version with the burning church graphic/ glow in the dark eyes. It really doesn't need an introduction round these parts
Walrus Red- It's a really weird dirt pedal. It can run the gamut from OD levels of gain to nasty fuzz and even HM2 territory. I really don't like it as an HM2 type pedal but it's fun to mess around with for other sounds
Megalith Delta- This is a pretty awesome distortion. It has a ton of range, running the gamut from scooped 90s esque tones, cutting modern metal all the way too insane doomy fuzz. The sweet spot for me was almost like a boosted recto esque sound which I got from the settings in the pic of the delta up above. Here's the marketing spiel explaining all the feature better than I can:
Gain Control: The Megalith Delta starts in mid-gain territory. THIS IS A HIGH GAIN PEDAL! BACK AWAY NOW IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR THE VINTAGE BLUES TONES! The GAIN control offers a wide sweep in gain, from solid rock tones, to serious crunch, to every dark shade of brutal imaginable.
The stock, un-boosted tone is very fat in the low mids and is the Megalith’s thickest tone. This is a great mode for getting the punchiest rhythm sounds.
The GAIN control has a responsive interaction with each of the three EQ options (EQ SWITCH, CONTOUR, and THREE BAND EQ), allowing you to dial in, for example a slightly woolly tone at minimum gain, or flat-out brutality at maximum.
Gain Boost: The second footswitch of the pedal, BOOST, takes the pedal from a mid-gain base to its highest gain. This footswitch is equivalent to flicking over to the HIGH GAIN setting on the Megalith Beta amplifier. This BOOST mode not only adds more gain, but also tightens the response up considerably, with more of an upper mid emphasis.I thought by adding this gain boost as a foot switch, it gives you the option to really step up the crazy. I also figured that mid to high switching was a lot more useful than low to high, as there are already plenty of great options out there for the lower gain sounds. Let’s face it – someone interested in the Megalith Delta isn’t going to be too stressed about missing the low gain mode!
Contour Control: The CONTOUR control is another unique feature of the Megalith design. In the Megalith Beta amplifier; it affects the frequency response of the phase inverter in the power amp. I went to a lot of effort to recreate the CONTOUR control in the Megalith Delta pedal to mimic this response by designing a phase-inverter like stage, and integrating the CONTOUR control into it.Fully clock-wise, it’s fat and midrangy, with a slightly rolled off top end. As the CONTOUR control is turned down, the mids start to scoop out, and the sub-bass frequencies tighten up. This is a great control for further refinement of the overall high gain tone. You can also think of this as an alternate midrange control. Try running the MID EQ control high and the CONTOUR low (also adjusting the EQ shift), and visa versa for a huge range of tones.
Three Band EQ (Bass, Middle, Treble): The combinations of the EQ section will give an impressive number of high gain sounds, just like the Megalith Beta amplifier. The first thing to note about the three-band EQ on the Megalith Delta is that each control has a wider sweep than your typical tone stack. Small changes to these controls can have a large impact on the tone. They are also highly interactive. That is why I recommend using this feature to fine-tune your overall sound. Refer to “How To Dial In Your Sound” in the manual.
EQ Shift Switch: The EQ Shift is a unique feature of the Megalith’s tone controls. This switch shifts the EQ’s bands, allowing you to control different frequencies. Each position has a particular signature tone, and is useful for different things. The middle position “0” shifts the midrange up, and adds quite a bit of low-mids to the sound. This is great for really fattening up the tone, and works particularly well with boost pedals. Position “1” voices the tone stack closer to a traditional British voicing. There’s still a good amount of midrange in the tone, but the tone is more balanced. Position “2” is more of a traditional American voicing, with a more scooped and shifted midrange.
Output (Volume) Section: A big part of the Megalith Beta amplifier’s huge gain sound is the 160 Watts of headroom! Of course, this would always be the limitation in trying to emulate a high gain amplifier to stomp box form. But by adding voltage doubling circuitry in the Megalith Delta pedal, it allows the 9V supplied by battery, or DC adaptor, to be increased to 18V within the pedal’s circuitry. This has the advantage of producing the crushing low end without mush, much like the 160W output of the Megalith Beta does at the amp level.
EHX Silencer- It's a cheap noise gate but it works well. It does exactly what it's supposed to do, which is hide the nasty feedback and ambient noise when I'm not playing.
I'll have more clips up later. The throne torcher and red clips were done with my dc600 into my mesa mk3, the delta clips were with my prs mushok into my peters fsm. All clips are through the front of the amp because I'm too lazy to hook them into the fx loop
Red/ Throne Torcher sound clips (Throne Torcher is first, then Red in all the clips):
dimed/random knob fiddling clip:
https://app.box.com/s/s6alz0zrpilkgvpzxvmqjy3wdedowprv
b/m/t set at 2'o clock, only playing with vol/distortion levels on throne torcher/red.
https://app.box.com/s/hubn5om9q9ovbf1p9qa1klv2z098ww18
Megalith Delta clips:
random tweaking with the delta (messing with the contour/eq shift/gain structure mostly)
https://app.box.com/s/l1eqgalgemuo56a9kla9l1aqvznr3hzy
random br00tz
https://app.box.com/s/ffeht9uw9kweidpp8w20ae9vv1dmwmun
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