Death By Audio Octave Clang

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Push the Generator 100R's tight, articulate high-gain channel with the Octave Clang's wild, pitch-bending fuzz for an even more aggressive lead tone.

Comes later in the signal chain

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)

Into the Jubilee's classic, punchy Marshall voicing, the Octave Clang's extreme octave fuzz turns downright unconventional instead of just gritty.

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)

Death By Audio Octave Clang stacks octave on top of the fuzzy already here

Comes later in the signal chain

Death By Audio Octave Clang's own octave character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Death By Audio Octave Clang's own octave character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Death By Audio Octave Clang leans toward octave, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Fender Dual Showman pushes a saturated tone toward tight

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Orange Little Bass Thing after Death By Audio Octave Clang

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)

Stack the Octave Clang's aggressive, experimental octave fuzz on the Fjaer's delicate boutique fuzz for something noisier and stranger, not just gainier.

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)

Death By Audio Octave Clang stacks octave on top of the fuzzy already here

Comes earlier in the signal chain

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

Run the Golden Ratio's punchy optical compression ahead of the Octave Clang so its wild octave fuzz tracks more consistently instead of spiking unevenly.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)

Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition pushes a saturated tone toward clean boost

Comes earlier in the signal chain

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)

Stack the Dumbloid's smooth, singing drive after the Octave Clang's extreme fuzz to round off the noise into something more musical.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MKII The Analog Leslie Simulator after Death By Audio Octave Clang in the signal chain, clear of Death By Audio Octave Clang's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Walrus Audio Fable after Death By Audio Octave Clang in the signal chain, clear of Death By Audio Octave Clang's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run the DD-3's digital delay after the Octave Clang's unruly octave-fuzz drone, so the repeats trail the chaos instead of adding to it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain