My Weekend with Killswitch and Unearth !!!

[A Toolish Circle]

oh man what awesome times , amazing sets both bands played and such awesome dudes to hang out with :

some recording tidbits i got out of them , most prob covered but i figure what the hell anyway.


KSE : As Daylight Dies
Amp : Soldano SLO 100 with depth mod on the clean channel and warren haynes mod on the dirty channel with maxon 808 thru a mesa straight cab and 57. Amp was bought by Joel off Ebay , apparently only 4 on sale ever as they were supposed to be for George Lynch of Dokken


Unearth : In The Eyes Of Fire
no click tracks , no copy n paste , all natural drums
Amp : VHT Pitbull ultra lead with Marshall and VHT cabs with 57
Vocals : all done with SM58

The Oncoming Storm
Amp : 5150

Bo selecta pictures :

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Sounds like an awesome time! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Black neon bob]

Hey cool recording facts!

Cheers for that, looks like you had a good time!

 

[Familia><Publica]

Give adam d some gills and he'd look like a fish in that second photo.

 

[joeymusicguy]

nice preamps are the missing link, for anyone struggling to get their cd to sound awesome with the most primitive techniques listed above...

 

[stringy_]

Really, an Ultralead? I thought In the Eyes of Fire was all VHT Deliverance. Hmmm...

I sported a VHT 50/CL for awhile......one HELL of an amp. Along with all VHTs that is, beautiful pieces of equipment. I'll have a UL someday, I just don't have the ~$3k yet.

 

[A Toolish Circle]

@stringy : they recorded the album before using the deliverance. i got the info from Buzz so yea

@joey , i think it's more than just nice preamps that are the missing links

experienced/golden ears
mixing skills
compression skills
micing skills
vision

are just some that i can run off the top of my head
i would hardly call those techniques primitive, they've just become a stable workhorse in micing up guitars but there's so many fine subtleties to the art of a 57 to the cone of the cab

like andy said : i'm able to get that tone i envisaged in my head and that's what keeps people like me and colin richardson in the business.

 

[CJWall]

@stringy : they recorded the album before using the deliverance. i got the info from Buzz so yea

@joey , i think it's more than just nice preamps that are the missing links

experienced/golden ears
mixing skills
compression skills
micing skills
vision

are just some that i can run off the top of my head
i would hardly call those techniques primitive, they've just become a stable workhorse in micing up guitars but there's so many fine subtleties to the art of a 57 to the cone of the cab

like andy said : i'm able to get that tone i envisaged in my head and that's what keeps people like me and colin richardson in the business.

you forgot the most important factor at the top of that list; the player!

 

[A Toolish Circle]

^ so true , many a times i've had to "play" on the cd lol instead of the band


esp squeals and solos

 

[joeymusicguy]

i agree with what everyone has said, but...

you can have adam d on guitar, his comparison guitar, a perfect vision, the greatest song, an awesome amp, the best instrument cable, perfect microphone placement, the best AC power... blah blah blah

hook it up to a shitty preamp and its gonna sound shitty in the end!

maybe not on its own, but compare it to something done with nice expensive preamps, and you'll hear a world of difference.

wish i had some nice preamps, woooooooooo.

 

[t-willy]

that's cool as shit toolish circle. do you know the guys in kse?

i'm gonna see them in new orleans in two weeks. it'd be killer to hang out with those guys after the show.