Effects for all types of HEAVY music megathread

Thunderscreech · #1 02-19-2009, 01:52 PM

I noticed that there have been several threads recently about Doom/Sludge/Stoner stuff, and I figured that maybe we ought to start a megathread for heavy music.

Here is where you can ask questions about heavy music effects and post sound clips and stuff about it to get a good knowledge bank going.

Nyarlathotep · #2 02-19-2009, 01:54 PM

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Bassenstien · #3 02-19-2009, 01:55 PM

Darkstrike · #4 02-19-2009, 01:58 PM

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AndyLES · #5 02-19-2009, 02:04 PM

Well, I thought the standard was wah, dirt, and maybe octave, no?

Valerus · #6 02-19-2009, 02:09 PM

FUUUZZZZZ

Thunderscreech · #7 02-19-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AndyLES

Well, I thought the standard was wah, dirt, and maybe octave, no?

it is!!!!

But it's what kind of wah, dirt, and octave that we will be discussing!

Valerus · #8 02-19-2009, 02:22 PM

Anyone else use epic overdrives for this type of music?

PunkRocker33133 · #9 02-19-2009, 02:51 PM

I love a good phaser for the Sludge/Doom stuff. Or a Mild Overdrive for faster stuff.

sonic assassin · #10 02-19-2009, 02:55 PM

well i play some pretty heavy prog stuff, and i normally get away with just a grit pedal. i already keep my EQ set to grind, so i kick in the dirt when i need to really get nasty. on mellow stuff, a chorus to modulate a little bit.

im sure if i had a wah, id use it.

speak_onion · #11 02-19-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Valerus

Anyone else use epic overdrives for this type of music?

Nah, only non-epic overdrives.

JohnDavisNYC · #12 02-19-2009, 02:56 PM

when I was assistant engineer on an Unsane record, the sound of the bass rig was punishing and it was pbass into a rusty old rat into an svt that was CRANKED... So killing. A 57, a FET 47, a C12 room mic and an Avalon DI.

bassman1185 · #13 02-19-2009, 02:58 PM

I'm in a post-hardcore band that plays mostly heavy stuff. I've got my Bass VT on ALL the time, set for some moderate grind. For doomy, sludgy breakdowns, I'll kick in the overdrive on my HBE Hematoma, and it sounds like the world is imploding. We have some more mild, ambient breaks on a few songs, and for those I'll use the chorus and/or delay from my Visual Sounds H20.

Also, just for the record:

Jazz bass bridge Pickup + Heavy Compression + Hematoma + Bass VT + Aphex Bass Xciter + ART Tube PAC = My pinch harmonics squeal louder than my guitarist's with his Les Paul and Marshall JCM2000.

katri · #14 02-19-2009, 03:07 PM

I think fuzz is a definate but also some form of EQ to boost a bit of mids so that you don't get lost in the mix. Some would say cut the mids but that's silly IMO

The Ethanator · #15 02-19-2009, 03:26 PM

fuzz is a must-have. if you hae anyway to blend 2 signals, an overdrive to blend with the fuzz will infinitely increase the amount of tones you can get

should we just make this a club? seems like theres enough people here to get one going. if we do, ill take #420 please

Bassenstien · #16 02-19-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Valerus

Anyone else use epic overdrives for this type of music?

Does Polish Love count?

basswave · #17 02-19-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bassman1185

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Also, just for the record:

Jazz bass bridge Pickup + Heavy Compression + Hematoma + Bass VT + Aphex Bass Xciter + ART Tube PAC = My pinch harmonics squeal louder than my guitarist's with his Les Paul and Marshall JCM2000.

+100 to a decent amount of compression maybe at a 2.5:1 reatio if not 3:1.

BBE sonix maximizer

Dirty sounds go a long way...IMHO

Adding just a touch is workings better...IMHO
but then again it all depends what you are shooting for.

Deluge Of Sound · #18 02-19-2009, 03:42 PM

How's the Fuzzrocious octavius clone, Bassenstein? I was thinking about picking one up when the cash allows.

NineSpine · #19 02-19-2009, 03:45 PM

I like to use a boost for distortion, because I feel like fuzz just buries me in the mix, so I use an MXR Microamp.

For a bit of modulation, I use a Boss Bass Chorus and an MXR Phase 90. Both of those pedals are very, very responsive in the low end without being overpowering.

Bassenstien · #20 02-19-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

How's the Fuzzrocious octavius clone, Bassenstein? I was thinking about picking one up when the cash allows.

I like it alot. It sounds devistating ran in front of another fuzz. I really like it for driving effects with the octave up. I use it in the Truly Beautiful Disaster's loop to drive the small stone.
Plus you can turn the fuzz down and use it as a very dirty octave up.
So far of the octave up fuzz's that ive owned it is my fav.