Audio Hertz has announced the release of a new plugin that promises to recreate the sought-after tones of Michael Todd Gordon, the artist better known as Mk.gee, known for using an unconventional guitar rig based around a Tascam Portastudio 424 four-track tape recorder.
Gordon's set-up runs his guitar directly into the Portastudio, pushing hard into the Tascam's preamp to create a distinctively lo-fi sound that shifts between clean, mid-forward drive and crunchy, blown-out fuzz. Though he's using a cassette recorder, there's no tape involved: Gordon's effectively using the 424's preamp as an overdrive pedal.
