Bright at maximum setting - strange distortion and compression

MisterE

MisterE

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A friend of mine was trying to make a patch with settings he saw in a video.
The amp was a Plexi 100W High.
When playing softly it sounded ok but when hitting the strings hard, it sounded very distorted, sort of like the bitcrusher, and heavily compressed.
Is this normal when you set the bright knob on maximum?
I should have asked for the preset but I'll see if I can recreate it myself.
 
From the wiki
"This high treble control is a shelving filter between the preamp and power amp and may be used to darken or brighten the output of the preamp....The Bright Knob is an active fourth tone control at high frequencies. Think of it as "High Treble". You can use it to add a little zing to a preset or remove harsh high frequencies. You can also use it to simulate the behavior of the Presence control on a Triaxis (which is really just a high cut). Turn it down to simulate "Presence" settings less than 10."

At extreme settings the shelving filter is going to be boosting the highs so much that the unit is clipping. Compensate by bringing the amp block level down.
 
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