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Hello Joel, I wanted to ask you for the process involved in the guitar sound of the band Unsane, Ive always thought thay sound really crunchy and like how they blend perfect with the bass, in fact maybe this sound I ilke is produced by the mix of both, can you tell us a bit about that experience?
Thanks
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Hola Joel, quiero preguntarte sobre el proceso implicado en el sonido de la guitarra de la banda Unsane, siempre he pesando que suenan realmente "crunchy" y de cómo combina perfecto con el bajo, de hecho, tal vez ese sonido que me gusta es producido por la mezcla de ambos, puedes contarnos un poco sobre esa experiencia?
Gracias
Saludos

Wow. First question is about UNSANE?!?! Amazing!
So anyway.... The sound of that band has so much to do with Dave, the bass player. I also had a band with Dave from unsane, and his tone and playing was a large part of that as well. He always played an old rat pedal into an SVT with at least 1 8x10 cab. Really, really fucking loud. I recorded him with a 57. A shure, sm57, and an audio technica 4033, and then with a Neumann FET47. Each mic was for a different sound. The fet47 was right up on the cabinet, and the 57 was also super close up to the speaker, centered on the cone. The 4033 was pulled back like 4 feet from the cabinet. Dave played really really fucking loud in the studio.
Chris, the singer and guitar guy... We used a dual rectifier through an old Marshall 4x12". I don't normally record large amps in the studio. Almost never. But we did for this record. He used a dual rectifier and a fender twin with his tele. Heavy gauge strings. The twin just had every knob turned all the way up.
I probably used an SM7 on both amps.
The sound of those guys, just like anything, is the sound of those guys more than the sound of the stuff we used.
They are fucking UNSANE man, and they make a very specific noise... Most classic bands are like that.
Any more questions?

Thanks for the question!

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wow, la primera pregunta es sobre Unsane!?
, de todas formas, el sonido de esa banda tiene mucho que ver con Dave el Bajista. Yo tuve una banda con el y su tono y la forma en que toca era una gran parte de eso también (el sonido). El siempre tocaba con un viejo pedal RAT a un ampeg SVTcon por lo menos un cab 8x10, muy muy duro(altísimo volumen) Lo grabe con un 57. Un SM 57 y un audiotechnica 4033, y después un Neumann Fet47. Cada micrófono para un sonido diferente. El fet47 estaba pegado a el parlante y el 57 también muy cerca al parlante al centro del cono. El 4033 estaba a 4 pies (1.2 mts) del 8x10. Dave tocaba p*tamente duro en el estudio.
Chris, el vocalista y guitarrista .... Usamos un (Mesa Boogie) Dual rectifer a un viejo Marshall 4x12. Normalmente no grabo amplificadores gigantes en estudio, casi nunca, pero los usamos para este disco.el usaba un Dual rectifer (con el Marshall 4x12) y un Fender twin con su telecaster. Cuerdas gruesas. El twin tenía todas las perillas al máximo.
Problabemente use un Shure SM7 en cada uno de los amplificadores.
El sonido de esos manes, como muchas cosas, es el sonido de esos manes, más que el sonido de las cosas que usamos.
Ellos son UNSANE, y hacen un ruido muy particular..... La gran mayoría de grupos clásicos son así.
Hay más preguntas?

Jaja, Ive always liked Unsane since 1995-96 and when I read you worked on that sound I really felt I had to ask, Thank you for the info!! Did you work on the track Scrape? what overdrive process did you use on the voice? Thanks in advance.