Presets are fairly non-intuitive. Can't seem to find or load any. "Banks" however can be easily found...but not easily incorporated into projects. All of which is distressing as this thing sounds great!!!

Mine's still on it's way (hopefully tomorrow). Might as well read the manual while I'm waiting......since it looks like it may take a bit of work to get things going.
 
 
I also can't figure out why they need to ship the box out. The price is $29, MF has to pay for the shipping ($4-$5?), and then we still have to download the product. Maybe MF had all these boxed licenses in their wherehouse which they wanted/had/needed to get rid of?

+1 - I haven't seen mine yet either. Ol Pal - I assume you got the account creation issue resolved?

I wish I'd never ordered the damn thing now. The package went to the post office because they couldn't deliver it and I'm currently standing in line to pick it up. I've been waiting 45 minutes. There's 7 people ahead of me and it takes the USPS doofus approximately 5 minutes to locate each package. When I pick stuff up at UPS or Fed Ex, it takes them about 30 seconds. Good God they need to close this whole institution down.

Geez...
 
Outside all the delivery problems, I feel like some distortion snob in the face of all the good reviews.
 
Downloaded the demo again to get a clue, and maybe Ol Pal's advice to search the banks is where it's at.
 
Only played with it for about 30 minutes total. The eq, gain and compression qualities are good. I can't bridge the gap though from clean to square wave with any progressive ramp or subtle response. This is likely my isolated misfit with the program because I play on the border of clean to overdrive, and never got into (or mastered) the shred motif. Ohmicide does shred excellent.
 
Taking it on advice that the magic is there, just haven't found it yet.
 
Clueless in Oregon,
 
John
 

Nah...you're not clueless. I have this in my "manglers" VST folder. It's great for adding odd distortion textures to various instruments...not unlike Saturn or Decapitator or Decimator. Just another color in the coloring box. One mans distortion is another mans mangling. YMMV:-)

they can keep it....Items :GBP 18.98
Shipping: GBP 13.62
Handling: GBP 4.19
Duty: GBP 1.05
VAT (Tax): GBP 2.87
 
Order Total:GBP 40.71
 
just give me the serial without posting it to me ..guess that would be too easy.
 

yorolpal
Presets are fairly non-intuitive. Can't seem to find or load any. "Banks" however can be easily found...but not easily incorporated into projects. All of which is distressing as this thing sounds great!!!

I take it you found the selection of banks in the installation directory? There are a quite a lot in there. I'm presuming those banks are collections of 12 presets each? I've found some really good sounds in there, although they're probably more suited more to electronic styles than anything else. Yes a lot of them are pretty extreme, but you can always back it off with the wet/dry knob. I think it sounds great, perfect for giving a part that little edge that makes it stand out in the mix. I agree though, the preset system is terrible, I would have much preferred a more conventional browser system. I can't really see myself needing to work with banks. 

Of those who bought this in the recent offer, how are you getting along with it? I've ignored mine for a while because I haven't had the time to sit down and learn it and what sounds I did hear from it sounded a little extreme for my tastes. However I've been sitting down with it tonight and I'm loving it! I have found it works best as a send effect, just blend a little in with the dry signal. I think I'm finally coming to terms with what all the knobs or for although I've yet to read the manual....wow you can get some really nice sounds out of this thing. Try muting all bands except the highest and fizzing up those highs a little...magic!

Yup...GUI in need of a makeover...but sounds...Tres Fab!! Love it.