No. 2161982·heavy-metal·4 blocks

Restless and Wild

Same room, same amp and the same beat-up germanium pedal as 'Fast as a Shark' -- but a completely different job. Where the riff tone is built to stay legible at speed, the title-track solo has to sing over a full band, and every setting that made the riff patch tight and dry gets loosened. This is the Rangemaster-into-Plexi rig asked to sustain instead of chop.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (HSS, studio guitar)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Deranged Master
Brit Plexi Nrm
4x12 Greenback 25
Simple Delay
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Gain-structure housekeeping
Cab
Threshold
-68dB
Decay
120s
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-26dB
Ratio
4:1
Knee
3dB
Attack
30ms
Release
400ms
Mix
60
Level
2dB
Deranged Master
← Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster
Distortion
Drive
9
Tone
6
Boost
9
Level
7
Brit Plexi Nrm
← Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W
Amp
Drive
8
Bass
6
Mid
7
Treble
5
Presence
6
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
6
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
4
Ripple
4
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
Cab
LowCut110Hz
HighCut5200Hz
Resonance
6
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Simple Delay
← Studio lead delay
Delay
LowCut300Hz
HighCut3800Hz
Time
340ms
Feedback
22
Mix
16
Level
0
Dynamic Plate
← Dierks Studios plate
Dynamics
LowCut220Hz
HighCut6200Hz
Mix
18
Decay
1.6s
Predelay
25ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
EQ
Tilt
4.5
CenterFreq
900Hz
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
  • Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
  • Quad Cortex 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Gate, Studio Comp, Treble Booster, Plexi 100, 4x12 Greenback. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

  • Katana 1 block missing from the file; 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Plate. The recipe calls for this block, but we have no verified model ID for it on this platform, so the preset is written without it. Add it by hand using the settings above.

    Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, Booster, Delay, Plate. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

Helix DSP
52.5% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 cited, 0 from publications that do original gear reporting — every source here is an aggregator, tab site, video, or wiki. Treat the gear list as less settled than usual.
Attribution
Not yet ratedThis recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
What we didn't check
  • Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
  • The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
  • No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
  • 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
The mic in this chain

Shure SM57

Still made, still the studio default. The cheapest part of this chain to get right.

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