I’m on the lookout for a stereo distortion pedal to pair with my Expressive Osmose. I’ve been eyeing the Analog Heat, but frankly, it feels like a bit of an overkill for my needs. I don’t see myself using neither the LFO nor the envelope follower, and I already have an EQ via my Octatrack. Meanwhile, the Source Audio Aftershock is about one fourth of the price, it doesn’t take up a lot of space, and it sounds great on the demos I’ve heard, at least when coupled to a bass guitar.
Am I missing something here? Is there something I haven’t considered?
I had an AH and liked it but like you felt like it was overkill, so I replaced it with a Strymon Deco that I love. OT is always going through it. Plus it has bonus time based effects that are pretty sweet.
Deco has nice distortion going on via emulating tape (over)saturation. But it’s rather limited as a distortion effect I would say. I don’t own the Aftershock, but it seems to be a lot more versatile, you could even swap the effects sounds out.
