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On Step Closer-Live from Frankfurt, 2008 amp settings — Soundtrap BE-100

The Linkin Park guitar tone for “On Step Closer-Live from Frankfurt, 2008”, dialed in for a Soundtrap BE-100 with a Donner DST-152 Kp. Live from Frankfurt, 2008 — Road to Revolution tour, Randall/Friedman MTS rig era

Original rig

Randall RM4 preamps with Friedman MTS modules → XL cabs w/ V30s, PRS CE 24 with DiMarzio D-Sonic bridge pickup, Ibanez TS9, Boss NS-2 noise gate

Aggressive, tight, scooped nu-metal crunch with punishing low-end thud and cutting high-mids

Amp settings — Soundtrap BE-100

CHANNELHigh Gain / Lead channel (closest to Friedman BE voicing)BRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	6
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9 style) — RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Used as a clean boost to tighten low-end and push the amp's front end. Essential for the tight palm-mute attack Delson achieves live.

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 7

02Noise Gate (Boss NS-2 style) — RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Critical for nu-metal tightness at high gain—eliminates string noise between staccato palm mutes.

Threshold 7 · Decay 3

Why these settings

Your Soundtrap BE-100 is voiced after the Friedman BE-100, which is exactly what Delson's modded MTS modules were based on—this is a fortunate match. The Donner DST-152's ceramic humbuckers have less output than Delson's D-Sonics, so gain stays at 8 instead of 10 to avoid fizz. Mids scooped to 4 replicates the nu-metal hollow punch; presence at 7 restores attack clarity lost from the lower-output pickups.

PRO TIPTune to Drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) and attack palm mutes with the pick angled slightly toward the bridge—this produces the percussive 'thwack' that defines Delson's live rhythm tone. Without a noise gate, mute unused strings with your fretting hand between hits.

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