Devin Townsend - Suicide Clip (Mesa Boogie Mark IV)

[gibson5413]

I entered a Devin Townsend cover song contest and decided to do the tune Suicide from Accelerated Evolution. I left some of the mistakes in tact since I am not a perfectionist (). I know that Devin's rhythm guitars aren't as gained out as mine but I did it to achieve a more "wet" tone. He uses tons of echos and reverbs and I don't have the outboard gear he does. I decided to clean boost (Maxon OD-9) the rhythm guitars to add some saturation to make up for the lack of space created by all of his echo and delay. No boosts were used for the leads other than my Dunlop Wah for the main solo.

Let me know if you want specifics on how I recorded it. It sounds best loud...so turn it up!

Anything I can do to improve the track before I submit? Thanks guys!

http://www.netmusicians.org/files/72-Suicide%20%28final%29.mp3

 

[ShamefulAddiction]

Definitely would like the particulars on how you recorded it...

 

[Platypus]

One of my favorite tunes by him, def love me some DT.

I think you did a pretty good job capturing the tone but it's not as tight/in your face as his is. You did an awesome job though, it's impossible to get close to his tone with all the gear he uses.

sidenote I had some luck using an analog delay getting his wet tone
http://platypus.memoryfire.com/away.mp3 (just a snippet of away)

 

[gibson5413]

Definitely would like the particulars on how you recorded it...

One of my favorite tunes by him, def love me some DT.

I think you did a pretty good job capturing the tone but it's not as tight/in your face as his is. You did an awesome job though, it's impossible to get close to his tone with all the gear he uses.

sidenote I had some luck using an analog delay getting his wet tone
http://platypus.memoryfire.com/away.mp3 (just a snippet of away)

Thanks guys!

I will post all of the specifics this afternoon.

BTW, Platypus, that clip of Away was great! What were your delay settings?

 

[Platypus]

Definitely would like the particulars on how you recorded it...

One of my favorite tunes by him, def love me some DT.

I think you did a pretty good job capturing the tone but it's not as tight/in your face as his is. You did an awesome job though, it's impossible to get close to his tone with all the gear he uses.

sidenote I had some luck using an analog delay getting his wet tone
http://platypus.memoryfire.com/away.mp3 (just a snippet of away)

Thanks guys!

I will post all of the specifics this afternoon.

BTW, Platypus, that clip of Away was great! What were your delay settings?

Thanks, I used a very dry tone and used very little of the blend knob for just a touch of echo. Set for a short delay with a little feedback and again the blend knob was 95% dry. I can dig up the exact settings later if you're interested, it was for a Deluxe Memory Man but it should work on any delay.

 

[gibson5413]

Here's how I recorded this one:

Schecter Hellraiser (tuned to Open C) -> Maxon OD-9 -> ISP decimator -> Rocktron Xpression -> Mesa Mark IV -> Bogner Cab -> M-Audio Mobile Pre USB -> nTrack 5.

Recorded the rhythm tracks with lead channel with Gain and Drive set at 6.5. I boosted it with my Maxon and added some delay from the Xpression. Recorded bass direct with my SansAmp Bass Driver. Drums made with Drumagog and Steven Slate samples. Mic placement and amp settings pretty much same as in pics with exception of the drive and gain knobs.

 

[gibson5413]

Updated the clip above with adjusted rhythm guitar levels. Brought them a bit.

 

[newfinator]

Sounds great. A better tone then Metallica has on their new disk.