most guitar people know how that the metalzone is laughable.steevio wrote:thats a 100% thumbs down on the Metalzone, it really is a horrible pedal, even on a guitar.
agree on the Big Muff thats another classic.
also the Vox Tonebender is a classic, an acid techno band in the 1990s Cubic Space Collective released a track on my label called Tonebender, the entire mix was put through a Tonebender pedal, not a production technique you'll find advised anywhere, but it was a lovely exeprimental fucked up sound.
I think that running a whole mix through an fx unit is pretty common. technically, it's a good idea to have dry/wet control for the different elements, but not always necessary
honestly though overdrive/distortion is pretty hard to get right with most synth sounds - right now I have an ancient p.a. head running into a DI that does double-duty overdrive/reverb, seems to be doing the trick, but I've had lots of overdrive pedals that never worked with any electronic sounds