The WMD Geiger Counter is becoming a classic for guitar players seekeing the avant-garde distortion of their dreams.  Digital conversion used to create screaming bitcrushed destruction and wavetable mapping for intense leads, it has been used on countless albums and stages by artists big and small.

What does it sound like on a synth though?  Can you run a synthesizer straight into a guitar pedal?  Does the WMD Geiger Counter sound cool on synths?  What can I do to dirty up my vintage analogue synthesizers with distortion?

These are the questions we aimed to answer in the following video.

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