Manipulating guitar tone (Soilwork inside)

[sk8ersick666]

Ok so this may be common knowledge but I'd love to get an answer to this



I'm love how the guitars sound in this record but my question is @ 2:08, right when the breakdown hits the guitars just suddenly get much more balls to them, like they have a lot more character to what was playing in the chorus 10 seconds before.

Is this achieved with automation? or is it quadtracking just on that part? or is it a separate amp setting? or separate amp all together?, maybe combination of amps.

If you don't have the answer to this specific song maybe you could give me some ideas on how you guys do it?

I usually do some minor automation on rhythm guitars to make them stand out more in certain parts but never anything that sounds like this.

Anything in the ballpark to get me in the right track would be much appreciated.

 

[Habsburgs]

its the same guitar tone just louder

 

[tomas_almeida]

I think those are actually automated "bass bombs" or whatever you people call them. Or just the bass automated.

 

[KHE]

automation. you can clearly hear how they fade back to normal @2:26

 

[Daybreak]

Yeah, I'm with these guys, just automating the volume to bring it up in that specific part. Perhaps automate to ease up a filter to let the guitars take up more space frequency-wise in that particular part. Perhaps use some kind of "boost" pedal in that region.

 

[mva801]

Yeah it just sounds like they're louder. Makes sense because during the chorus, you want to focus on the vocals. Different phases of the song require different dynamics and focus. They simply used the breakdown to focus the energy on the riff and the bass. Then when the vocals come back you get more of a focus on the them. Just good mixing there my friend!

 

[indecizo]

That doesn't sound like guitars were automated. Most parts of the song have many effects, many layers and some leads here and there so the lack of all that in that part is giving you the impression the guitars went louder.