Behringer DM100

Easy just like the BOSS pedals. But with extra switch that lets you choose to 3 distortion settings.

AMP<-->BOSSSD1<-->Behringer dm100

This pedal has a very little noise on high dist settings...

It sounded great.. the ds1 sim is good and it is my favorite among the three because it has enough gain for me.

the D+ has lots of mids.. maybe its like santana kind of sound, less gain.. and the tone knob is not really usable on this setting.

The RAT sim is my second favorite.. it has lots of bottom end..

THIS IS NOT A METAL PEDAL! its a rock pedal:)

ITS MADE OF PLASTIC!

havent tried!

i play satriani,vai kind of songs and rock stuffs.. its great!

Very easy to use. It has a 3 mode switch, and 3(2) knobs. The tone knob is ineffective in the DS+ mode, considering the original doesn't have a tone knob :) The manual could be better (Like a boss manual) but it does the job.

Very little noise at all. I tried it with my Viper-50 with HH config., and i couldn't hear a hiss past what most dist pedals produce. tried it with my LP with P-90s, slightly more sound, but thats cuz of the single coils.

The DS-1 setting sounds much harsher that the original and because, like the other reviewers have said, the knobs don't do much until the last 15% or so, the sound on the DS-1 mode is hard to get dialed in. I prefer my original to this modeled one.

The MXR Dist+ mode is my favorite of the three. you can get a very pronounced overdrive that can cut through the mix easily. I can easily reproduce Brian May like overdrive running into my clean amp, or Randy Rhoads distortion running into my dirty amp. I imagine that with an EQ, you can easily reproduce most of the sounds of your favorite guitarists. As a note, if you crank this pedal, just like the original, the sound can get muddy. A buddy of mine has the reissue and I would have no preference to either one except that mine cost 80% less than his, and came with 2 other models.

I have never heard an original (or even a Reissue?) Pro Co Rat, so this review is strictly on a subjective basis. The Dist+ and Rat models are similar in the amount of distortion/OD, but what separates the two is the overall tonal quality. I noticed that at the same/neutral settings (except for the tone knob, DUH) the Rat produces slightly more overdrive and has more highs, while the Dist+ has more mids. The Rat also has full use of the tone knob as well. Overall, the rat model is a very good one and I can see myself using both this one and the Dist+ model later on.

I give the DS-1 a 7, the DS+ a 10, and the Rat a 9. AVG overall = 8.6

I said this before in my review of the Behringer UM100, the pedal seems solid even though its plastic, and it has a very heavy bottom plate. the pots are a little weak but should stand up to regular use. the only thing that bothers me is the not so sturdy looking switch and switching mechanism. Because of this I don't really plan on stomping on this box.

Never dealt with Behringer. Bought 4 of these Behringer pedals based on reviews here on HC from a very nice seller on Ebay.

I'm 15 yrs old and have been playing 3 yrs. I don't have much of a budget so I stick to the cheaper pedals like Behringer, Arion, DOD, and Dano (Sometimes used BOSS). I play metal, classic rock, blues, and jazz. This pedal is great for warm blues OD, classic rock crunch, or just the slighest OD and Eqing for jazz guitar. Don't expect a great pedal for metal though, as the only one capable of producing metal sounds on its own is the DS-1 model, and I can't say that I'm very enthused about that one. The only way to get decent metal sounds is to drive a dirty amp with either the DS+ or the Rat model. I'm not gonna list my gear. If you must know, read my review of the UM100. I will just say that I provided adequate conditions for testing this pedal. I would get this pedal again in a heartbeat if it were lost, but I would take a couple days to get it again if it were stolen 'cuz I'd have to find the guy that stole this pedal from me and kick his A$$. I like to add that, although I don't own a EQ pedal, I did borrow one for the testing of this pedal and an EQ really brings this pedal to life. it is great on its own, but EQing it gives it that something that isn't there before. I give this pedal a 10, but considering the price, I would give it a 20 if I could.

Really simple controls, your standard gain, tone and volume knobs plus the distortion mode switch.

It's pretty easy to mesh it with an amp.

Well, it's really impressive but can be crap depending on what other amp or pieces of gear you use it with and how you are needing to set it. Like I need more gain at times but more tone cut than it offers because the treble gets harsh.

It's pretty quiet though and offers a lot of gain in the treble range which brings out the harmonics pretty intensely. It does have that ability to drive the signal rather harshly though so I just really wish they had put in a larger range of cut with the tone control.

It's still really great. Nice crunch tones that can be used for blues or to overdrive your amp for lead or metal tones.

Well it's plastic but still reallyy solid. I mean if you grabbed it and threw it really fuckin hard at the wall, it would probably take a few throws to break it. The only worry I have about this unit is the pot shafts the knobs attach to. They are of course plastic and if you snap one off, it's not an easy fix because Behringer uses microboard. This is what makes changing the tone cap such a bitch...

It's still built incredibly solid for being plastic and uses a really heavy gauge bottom plate which adds plenty of weight and durability to it..but those damn pot shafts!

They're easy enough to deal with

It's a really good pedal for the money and I'd recommend one of these before spending $100 on a the real thing(s) or god forbid a tube screamer. It does a great job of modeling the DS1, DS+ and Rat. For the cost and the performance, it's worthy of use by a pro or a novice. If the pot shafts were stronger and the tone had more range of cut, this unit would get straight 10's all the way across the board.
If you need a simple overdrive styled distortion pedal, it's a good choice. I do a lot of sweeping and it improved my note clarity.

This is easy.. flick the switch, twiddle knobs and see what happens

Now here'd the suprise. This cost fifteen quid, the price of a semi decent guitar lead. I tried it straight into my transistor 120 watt Laney, and the distortion was excellent, but not quite enough gain for me, so I tried it with my DOD multi effects thingy, and it became a super, super lead boost that not only raises the volume slightly, but thickens the sound out loads. The RAT setting is the best, by far, and I agree with the other poster who says that not much happens till you get to the last quarter of the pots.

Who knows - seems quite thirsty on batteries, need to get a power supply, methinks. Be warned, though, Behringer are not the most reliable makers of things - bandmate amp and v-amp probs have been big and lots. Still, its #15

Good email support answering questions, dunno really.

Really good for the price. Will probably go for the metal one and the multi effects one too.

The DM100 is what Behringer thinks a stompbox distortion should cost. It models the Boss DS-1, MXR Distortion+ and ProCo Rat. Before the units come on the market they used to look just like Boss pedals, only made of plastic. But due to legal pressure from Boss they had to redesign everything and move all jacks.

Unfortunately, they moved the power jack to the side so unless you have angled plug from the power supply, you are going to have a hard time putting several stomp boxes next to each other. That's why I only give it 8 in Ease of Use.

Otherwise it's super simple; plug in, turn on, freak out.

My setup is: Gibson Les Paul Studio Gothic -> DM100 -> Boss DS-1 -> Boss FZ-2 -> Boss GE-7 -> Peavey Bandit Transtube. Of course I only use one of the distortions at a time, and with this setup the DM100 gives a really good distortion.

DS1 Mode: In this mode it sounds just like the Boss DS-1, nice angry distortion with a lot of treble. On high Level settings though it has a lot more output than the Boss one, very nice, I love the DS-1 but I think the volume on that one is a bit low compared to the clean signal with my hot 498T Alnico Humbuckers. So, if you want punch when you go from clean to distorted, the DM100 actually wins over the DS-1. My subjective feeling is that you have a bit more control over the distortion and tone with the DS-1, but I usually just leave the tone at 12 o'clock and Dist at 2 o'clock on the DS-1 so I don't really use the full range anyway. All in all, it sounds like a DS-1.

D+ Mode: Just like a real MXR Distortion+, there is no tone control, so it's disabled in the DM100. It will give you less treble and more middle than in DS1 mode. The only drawback is that the only usable range on the dist knob is the last 15 % to full. So a bit feeble, and very hard to get the exact right amount. But it's a very nice and powerful distortion. I don't own a MXR one so I can't tell you if it sounds exactly like the original, but I would imagine that it is pretty close.

RAT Mode: We compared this with a genuine ProCo TurboRat, which is a Rat with more distortion in it. With the ProCo TurboRat at almost max Dist and the DM100 at max Dist, both with Tone (Filter) at 12 o'clock, we couldn't really hear any difference between them. It's a very nice heavy distortion with a lot of bottom end. The ProCo TurboRat had more tone control, but close to 12 o'clock they sound just as good. But again, the usable Dist range is only the last 15% on the Dist knob. A bit annoying, but if you like lots of distorion, the DM100 does the job well.

So, if it sounds good, why am I only giving it a 7? Two reasons.

Firstly, in clean mode, the isolation from the distortion signal isn't perfect. In clean mode you can still hear the distortion ever so slightly, maybe 60-70 dB or more below the clean signal, but still audible. To hear it, put it in DS1 mode and clean and fiddle with the dist knob, and you'll hear a buzz coming and going ever so slightly. Like the DS-1 it doesn't have true bypass but a buffering circuit and this could have been made a lot better.

Secondly, if you turn the Level to 12 o'clock or lower, i.e. low output, you get a wierd kind of switching distortion, like a noise gate going on and off of some kind. This isn't audible at all near max Level, so if you operate in those high Level regions it won't bother you at all, but it sounds really bad if you try very low Level settings.

The plastic is sturdy and the construction is very solid. It has something really heavy as a base plate so it feels almost as heavy as a Boss pedal. Unless you jump on it I would imagine that it can survive for a really long time. The construction is similar to a boss, so there are no parts that really go bad from switching it on and off.

We'll see in 10 years if it has survived as much as my 10 year old Boss DS-1.

One plus is that there are no nuts holding the jacks, which tend to work themself loose on my boss pedals.

Haven't called them. No Opinion.

We play Math Rock, with a lot of distortion, and this baby gives a lot of distortion, and if it wasn't for the odd placement of the power jack, the insufficient isolation in clean mode and the feeble Dist range in two of the modes I would use it as my main distortion stomp box. As it is I'm going to put it in an effects loop that I can switch on and off since it colors the sound to much for me.

But look at the price/performance ratio! This is exactly what a stomp box should cost, nothing! I'm probably going to buy 10 different Behringer pedals more, and I already own 3.

So if you are on a tight budget and want really good standard distortion, with the added bonus of being able to swith between 3 different sounds, buy this stomp box now! Just plug it in, DS1 mode, max Dist and Level and Tone straight up and you'll be rocking!