Head Banger

Heavy Metal Distortion

The HEAD BANGER Heavy Metal Distortion brings the authentic “chainsaw” sound made famous by the Swedish Death Metal scene to your Eurorack synthesizer! This tonal monster conjures an unholy union between high-quality VCA circuitry and the most legendary distortion circuit in Heavy Metal!

The HEAD BANGER (a collaboration between SetonixSynth and Robots Are Red) gives the modular-based metalhead total control over a wide range of tone parameters: a three-band EQ with 20dB of boost/cut per band, Distortion amount, plus bass boost (Doom) and soft limiting (Crush) switches. These controls will faithfully recreate the classic compressed, grinding Gothenburg sound when fully “dimed,” but they can also provide a great range of saturation reminiscent of 4-track tape and vintage consumer mixers at other settings.

Head Banger features:

• Three-band EQ with 20dB boost/cut
• Distortion amount control
• VCA-based Input Gain, Feedback amount, and Dry/Wet control
• Attenuated CV inputs for Gain, Feedback Amount, and Dry/Wet
• Send/Return loop for insertion of audio effects in Feedback loop
• “Doom” switch: pass more bass frequencies through overdrive
• “Crush” switch: soft limits distorted output to +/-5V p-p
• LED visualizer of distorted signal

Technical specs:

• Width: 10hp
• Depth: 40mm (fits in Palette case)
• Current Draw: 65mA @ +12V, 65mA @ -12V
• Input impedance (all inputs): 100kΩ
• Output impedance (all outputs): 1kΩ

https://www.setonixsynth.com/head-banger