It's so much, much, MUCH better than the GW vid I dunno what was up with that guy but man, the Randall KH2 module sounds SO much better than what is shown in that GW demo vid.
The GW vid is just woofy and kinda flat sounding. When I plugged it into my RM4, I ran through various settings from about 9:00, 12:00, 3:00, etc. It can sound similar to how the GW sounds if you really drop the mids, but turn them up and it fills out VERY nicely and has a really nice smooth crunch. It's not peaky or overbearing at all.
The gain range is pretty good too. All the way up to around 1:00, it sounds pretty crunchy and clear, past 1:00 you really start to add on the saturation but it still stays pretty clear. One thing that I noticed is that the taper on all the controls responds very well to little movements. There's no immediate jump from sound to sound/setting to setting so there's plenty of room to dial in what you like.
It's definitely got that huge barking Marshall thing going on too I know Randall said they started with a Plexi module and tweaked away for quite some time, but the lower gain tones sound better than the plexi module and the higher gain settings sound very nice as well. The fact that it can cover this spectrum alone makes it pretty cool IMO. With other modules, the gain was either not enough for slightly heavier stuff or it did the heavy tones but thinned out when you turned the gain down.
The last thing that I noticed is that the module sounds pretty clear and full compared to other modules. Between the feeling of the chords and hearing the quick attack and clarity, it seems like a very cool module :thu:
I should have the KH1 and KH3 later this afternoon too so I'll post up some other stuff later.
The GW vid is just woofy and kinda flat sounding. When I plugged it into my RM4, I ran through various settings from about 9:00, 12:00, 3:00, etc. It can sound similar to how the GW sounds if you really drop the mids, but turn them up and it fills out VERY nicely and has a really nice smooth crunch. It's not peaky or overbearing at all.
The gain range is pretty good too. All the way up to around 1:00, it sounds pretty crunchy and clear, past 1:00 you really start to add on the saturation but it still stays pretty clear. One thing that I noticed is that the taper on all the controls responds very well to little movements. There's no immediate jump from sound to sound/setting to setting so there's plenty of room to dial in what you like.
It's definitely got that huge barking Marshall thing going on too I know Randall said they started with a Plexi module and tweaked away for quite some time, but the lower gain tones sound better than the plexi module and the higher gain settings sound very nice as well. The fact that it can cover this spectrum alone makes it pretty cool IMO. With other modules, the gain was either not enough for slightly heavier stuff or it did the heavy tones but thinned out when you turned the gain down.
The last thing that I noticed is that the module sounds pretty clear and full compared to other modules. Between the feeling of the chords and hearing the quick attack and clarity, it seems like a very cool module :thu:
I should have the KH1 and KH3 later this afternoon too so I'll post up some other stuff later.