Brooklyn , New York ’ s Death By Audio is another company that has made its bones with bold designs , unconventional circuitry , and a steadfast devotion to making the world a noisier place . It would be easy for me to blindly pick out any one of DBA ’ s creations and wax poetic about it for a paragraph , but I ’ ve always had a particular fancy for the Harmonic Transformer , that ripping single-knob knuckle-dragger in the gratuitously oversized box . In addition to its one big knob , it also features a pair of industrial-grade switches , one for selecting between two intensity and fuzz levels , and another for selecting which filter to employ . One filter results in a big , fullbodied grunge , while the other attenuates the mids and brings out clashing metallic overtones . For such a bare bones control layout , the Harmonic Transformer is capable of a huge range of tones with guitar , bass , or whatever you want to jack into it . And if , for some crazy reason , you ’ re not into the comically oversized enclosure , DBA now makes a Micro Harmonic Transformer in a standard , pedalboard-friendly box .
Brooklyn , New York ’ s Death By Audio is another company that has made its bones with bold designs , unconventional circuitry , and a steadfast devotion to making the world a noisier place . It would be easy for me to blindly pick out any one of DBA ’ s creations and wax poetic about it for a paragraph , but I ’ ve always had a particular fancy for the Harmonic Transformer , that ripping single-knob knuckle-dragger in the gratuitously oversized box . In addition to its one big knob , it also features a pair of industrial-grade switches , one for selecting between two intensity and fuzz levels , and another for selecting which filter to employ . One filter results in a big , fullbodied grunge , while the other attenuates the mids and brings out clashing metallic overtones . For such a bare bones control layout , the Harmonic Transformer is capable of a huge range of tones with guitar , bass , or whatever you want to jack into it . And if , for some crazy reason , you ’ re not into the comically oversized enclosure , DBA now makes a Micro Harmonic Transformer in a standard , pedalboard-friendly box .
“ ONE “ FILTER RESULTS IN A BIG , FULL-BODIED GRUNGE , WHILE THE OTHER ATTENUATES THE MIDS AND BRINGS OUT CLASHING METALLIC OVERTONES ”.