That eq curve is wild! from my 5 second google.- "Because of its name, you might guess it should be a Boss HM-2 clone, but the Exar pedal has nothing in common with that circuit 🙃. The gain stage is a discrete op-amp, almost part-to-part copy of Boss DS-2. Then it has Volume control placed before the EQ. And EQ itself is not based on gyrators but a complex active filter network with a mixer stage at the end. I don't think I've seen exactly the same EQ in any other pedal, so my guess is Exar engineers designed it."
When doing frequency response testing of non-linear processors (i.e most analog pedals) I would recommend to use the Hammerstein-Wiener model available in Plugin Doctor. Testing a non-linear processor with linear frequency response test will give you a false result. What you are seeing in SPAN isn't the actual linear frequency response of the pedal, but instead what all harmonics combined add up to. You are not seeing what the EQ/tone knobs are actually doing with a test like that. With the Hammerstein model you will also see the frequency response of each order of harmonics (up to the 7th order harmonics maximum). I unfortunately haven't found a free alternative to Plugin Doctor that can do this, and the free demo/trial version of Plugin Doctor can't measure analog gear, only plugins. Just a heads up! I think it would be very interesting to see a bit more detailed measurements of the pedals :)
feeds the output of audio interface with pink noise into the pedal's input, then the pedal's output into the interface's input. he uses a spectrum analyzer(SPAN VST) to visualize it
I used to have one of those but I didn't like it much. Didn't really sound like an HM-2 to me. In the end I sold a lot of my HM-2 clones because I have many of the Boss pedals anyway.
I recently purchased a HM-300 because it's way cheaper than an MT-2. I run it into a ProCo RAT. Crunchy AF. I might have to look into a HM-02 now, too. Stacking distortions is a great hobby. Edit: Damn, I found an HM-03, but the HM-02 is nowhere to be found.
That eq curve is wild! from my 5 second google.- "Because of its name, you might guess it should be a Boss HM-2 clone, but the Exar pedal has nothing in common with that circuit 🙃. The gain stage is a discrete op-amp, almost part-to-part copy of Boss DS-2. Then it has Volume control placed before the EQ. And EQ itself is not based on gyrators but a complex active filter network with a mixer stage at the end. I don't think I've seen exactly the same EQ in any other pedal, so my guess is Exar engineers designed it."
Thanks for the demo! Very interesting pedal and manufacturer. Sounds better than many pedals with twice the knobs
When doing frequency response testing of non-linear processors (i.e most analog pedals) I would recommend to use the Hammerstein-Wiener model available in Plugin Doctor. Testing a non-linear processor with linear frequency response test will give you a false result. What you are seeing in SPAN isn't the actual linear frequency response of the pedal, but instead what all harmonics combined add up to. You are not seeing what the EQ/tone knobs are actually doing with a test like that. With the Hammerstein model you will also see the frequency response of each order of harmonics (up to the 7th order harmonics maximum). I unfortunately haven't found a free alternative to Plugin Doctor that can do this, and the free demo/trial version of Plugin Doctor can't measure analog gear, only plugins. Just a heads up! I think it would be very interesting to see a bit more detailed measurements of the pedals :)
I like the Eyemaster and the Fuzzlord HM-6.
how do you visually look at the eq curve of the pedal? would love to do this with some of my pedals
there's a "how to" on this channel- "How do I create those fancy EQ-Curves with pink noise?"
feeds the output of audio interface with pink noise into the pedal's input, then the pedal's output into the interface's input. he uses a spectrum analyzer(SPAN VST) to visualize it
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I used to have one of those but I didn't like it much. Didn't really sound like an HM-2 to me.
In the end I sold a lot of my HM-2 clones because I have many of the Boss pedals anyway.
I recently purchased a HM-300 because it's way cheaper than an MT-2.
I run it into a ProCo RAT. Crunchy AF.
I might have to look into a HM-02 now, too.
Stacking distortions is a great hobby.
Edit: Damn, I found an HM-03, but the HM-02 is nowhere to be found.
interesting pedal for very gnarly metal sounds. not the original hm-2 sound but cool to me.
Has anyone ever tried using HM2 as a boost only level maxed distortion 0 eq flat
im afraid dat's impossible
@ HM-2 gods will turn everything up to max?
Why? do you hate sweden?
@@mikerauter1859 I see it more like alternate history timeline where Sweden colonized Japan and HM2 took the place of all tube screamers
@@off6848 bro go easy on the shrooms
Sounds better then a standard HM2 by miles.
from this demo is there a Boss pedal which you'd consider close to this Joe?
@@mikerauter1859 I'm not Joe (it _is_ my Dad's name and my middle name, but I digress), but I'd say the Boss MT-2 would be the closest.
@@Typical.Anomaly You may well be right there
Dude. Love your videos but PLEASE do not start doing those awful clickbait thumbnails
Clickbait would be showing something that's not in the description... Mentioning the sound and making a face isn't the same thing.