No. 1921978·heavy-metal·3 blocks

Exciter

Exciter is widely cited as one of the first speed-metal songs, and its tone is built for velocity: Glenn Tipton's Gibson SG and K.K. Downing's Flying V machine-gun-picked through cranked, non-master Marshall Super Leads with a Rangemaster treble booster on the front. The sound is tight, bright and dry -- Chipping Norton tracking with no room wash to blur the fast double-picked attack.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson SG (Glenn Tipton)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Deranged Master
Hedgehog D9
Brit Plexi 100
4x12 Greenback 25
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Dynamics
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
15ms
Release
150ms
Mix
50
Level
2dB
Deranged Master
← Dallas/Arbiter Rangemaster treble booster
Distortion
Gain
7
Tone
7
Level
6
Hedgehog D9
← MXR Distortion+ (Tipton's chain)
Distortion
Gain
5
Tone
5
Level
5
Brit Plexi 100
← Marshall Super Lead 100W (non-master-volume)
Amp
Drive
8
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
8
Presence
8
ChVol
7
Master
9
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
4
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion Greenback)
Cab
LowCut100Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Chipping Norton room (dry)
Dynamics
LowCut200Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
8
Decay
1s
Level
0
PreDelay
10ms
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
EQ
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1200Hz
Level
0

What we checked

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

Preset files — 0 of 3 complete
  • Helix 1 block missing from the file
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Brit Plexi 100. 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.

  • Quad Cortex 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Treble Booster, Plexi 100W Treble, 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 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Crunch, Booster, Reverb. 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
45% 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.

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