“The Oni” from Micheal Klein Audio Design x Taylor Young of The Pit Recording.

Oni was designed in conjunction with Taylor Young of The Pit Recording Studio, Twitching Tongues, God’s Hate, ZOUS, Criminal Instinct, Apparition...you get the point.
From Taylor:
“The Oni is a labor of love between Michael Klein and myself with over a year of back and forth until completion. I reached out and mentioned a vintage pedal chain that I use often, and that I’d love to have it in one box with some modifications. He was psyched on the idea, and we teamed up to make the pedal a collaborative product.
The pedal combines two circuits, one a smooth overdrive, the other a fuzz, both with their own full set of controls, low boosts, and bypass switches. Rounding it out is a sequence switch that moves the circuits to be 1st or 2nd in the chain, and a universal bypass so you can turn on/shut off both at once.
It is a MONSTER chug box, best rigged in the loop of a noise suppressor (Michael’s BALL GAG is actually the ultimate companion) since it has a wild amount of gain. It can run as a boost pedal, or make an amp scream as the main distortion. The truest “Oni” sound is with the amp at low gain, the low boosts cranked and the gain staging to taste. I hope everyone enjoys the wrath of the ONI.”
I’d add/reiterate that Oni is quite wild with intense distortion capability when both GRIT and BITE are used together...but that is also the heart of the tone. There is a LOT of versatility in Oni, and it can be a bit intimidating. Take your time, use your ears, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you need advice dialing it in.
“The Gear used was a couple different things a Bc Rich Warlock loaded with a Lace Drop N Gain. A Jackson Kelly Brandon Ellis Model and an old Peavey Fury. All the guitars went into a S & K VHD preamp pedal direct in my Focusrite Interface. In my DAW signal chain I only used an impulse response NadIR. Only used a limiter for the mix.”
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