An original, hand-built take on the cascading distortion circuit by an Albuquerque, NM-based boutique builder, the Non-Human Audio Unclean features two distortion circuits stacked upon each other. They are both designed to deliver a wide range of gain tones (anything from clean boost to full-on distortion) while interacting by blending together seamlessly.
There is also a Resonance knob that tames the bass, a helpful addition in particular for those who like to have their distortion followed by other gain or fuzz circuits (or even a saturated amp), allowing for tighter results.
Non-Human Audio Unclean, Builder’s Notes
The Unclean is a “cascading distortion.” So what does “cascading distortion” actually mean? It is 2 slightly different distortion circuits in series, one running into the other. Both circuits are specifically designed to have enough headroom on the gain controls to give you the flexibility of having either or both channels work as a boost or a slightly dirty boost or full distortion. This pedal will go from a nearly transparent clean boost with the gain controls at zero to a very natural sounding amp-like distortion with the gains turned up. The blending and interaction between the two circuits is where this pedal shines.
The ”resonance” control is a unique tone shaping design that cuts the bass as you turn it down. This can be helpful when stacking into other drive or fuzz pedals, going into an already overdriven amp, or if you just prefer your distortion a little tighter and more modern sounding.
