Muse - Time Is Running Out

u84six · #1 12-05-2011, 10:43 PM

Does anyone know what kind of effect he's using? If it's a fuzz, do you know which brand?

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=K8uwcmDZL0I

MRDOOM · #2 12-05-2011, 10:53 PM

Chris Wolstenholme: The Sticky Ver. 1

The answer lies within.

u84six · #3 12-05-2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MRDOOM

Chris Wolstenholme: The Sticky Ver. 1

The answer lies within.

Thanks!

u84six · #4 12-05-2011, 11:06 PM

Ok, he stacks several effects and mixes with clean. So, back to my original question. Does anyone know which effect(s) he's using to get this particular fuzz sound in THIS song?

MRDOOM · #5 12-05-2011, 11:09 PM

Your welcome, and if it helps, the OP of that thread has a series of Youtube videos where he demonstrates how to get some of those sounds, including Time is Running Out.
Muse Tones Vol 3 - YouTube

u84six · #6 12-05-2011, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MRDOOM

Your welcome, and if it helps, the OP of that thread has a series of Youtube videos where he demonstrates how to get some of those sounds, including Time is Running Out.
Muse Tones Vol 3 - YouTube

Perfect thanks! I didn't know it was such a complex process (i.e. I'm not an effects guy).

chessrocks · #7 12-06-2011, 01:43 AM

Technically, it's not a wooly mammoth, but you could cop that general tone with one.

**jmattbassplaya** · #8 12-06-2011, 02:21 AM

Time is Running Out isn't an effect - it's a keyboard synth. He plays it on his bass live, but the keyboard player they use for live shows is also doing it at the same time. The recorded version is 100% just a synth.

Valencia · #9 12-06-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

Time is Running Out isn't an effect - it's a keyboard synth. He plays it on his bass live, but the keyboard player they use for live shows is also doing it at the same time. The recorded version is 100% just a synth.

I'm pretty sure live, as of recently, it is just a Woolly Mammoth with his clean signal mixed in. I doubt Morgan is playing anything at all since in the live videos I've seen recently for TIRO, he isn't even behind his keyboard area, unless you can prove me wrong. For the studio recording I heard it was a keyboard synth with a clean bass mixed in also.

winterburn69 · #10 12-06-2011, 11:34 AM

I always thought it was the Deep Impact. Guess I'm wrong. Well, it was bound to happen eventually.

Addison · #11 12-06-2011, 11:41 AM

I can cop that tone almost exactly with my MXR Blowtorch. We do a few MUSE tunes in the money/cover band I'm in, and the Blowtorch gets a lot of use.

The pedal itself totally seems to polarize people... they either love it or hate it... but there are some decent videos up on YouTube that demonstrate what it can do.

For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7wQ-dekUFk

u84six · #12 12-06-2011, 12:43 PM

You know, I was kind of suspecting that it was a synth after hearing the song, but wanted to check with you effects gurus first to see if I'm missing something.

On the plus side, it got me to checking out the wooly mammouth and I like what I hear. I've been in the market for a nice fuzz pedal and this one is definitely up there on my list.

So far, there's only 2 fuzz boxes that sound good for what I'm doing. The Wooly Mammouth and the WH Swollen Pickle. I haven't heard anything better than them at this point unless someone can show me more options.

chessrocks · #13 12-06-2011, 04:08 PM

I think the general sentiment of this thread seems to be that ... there are plenty of different ways you can skin this particular cat.

**jmattbassplaya** · #14 12-06-2011, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by winterburn69

I always thought it was the Deep Impact. Guess I'm wrong. Well, it was bound to happen eventually.

He really only uses the Deep Impact for about 6 or so songs of theirs, and it's not even used on the most popular ones...

MSUsousaphone · #15 12-06-2011, 04:18 PM

I pretty much nail Hysteria and Uprising's sound with a Prunes & Custard going into an Iron Ether Oxide. I haven't tried to get it THAT throaty...but when I mix the B3K at the end of that combo it gets REALLY nice and crunchy.

sk8 · #16 12-07-2011, 01:43 AM

I use an Iron Ether Oxide to great effect

sethlow3 · #17 12-07-2011, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

Time is Running Out isn't an effect - it's a keyboard synth. He plays it on his bass live, but the keyboard player they use for live shows is also doing it at the same time. The recorded version is 100% just a synth.

That it is, and more bass players should learn keyboard synth bass. It really isn't as hard as you think. I wish more bass players would be open to that, but then again I might have less gigs. So please guys, continue to think that it's one and the same.

rr5025 · #18 12-07-2011, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

He really only uses the Deep Impact for about 6 or so songs of theirs, and it's not even used on the most popular ones...

I believe kaput has nailed it with the deep impact and I've come pretty close (I think for my setup obviously being very different from Chris'.

Kaput will be along soon (I assume) to throw his hat in.

PS chris does now just use the wm live. Both times I saw them last year it sounded like just the wm and clean.

kaputsport · #19 12-08-2011, 03:37 AM

Yea, it is the Deep Impact. Sorry Jmatt, but watch the video. It is exactly the sound. Live (now) it is the woolly mammoth.

The blowtorch can hit it too, if you put half dead batteries in it. The mastotron can get real close as well, depending on the settings.

It was recorded with a Pedulla into his rigs with the deep impact setting 1. All the actual settings are in the video (Muse Bass Tones Vol. 3).

It is in my honest opinion that it is in fact the DI. I have the exact tone to the point where you can be in my studio, bass rig in one ear, recording in the other and you cannot tell which is which. The same goes for Hysteria, Deadstar, SMBH and many other tones including Apocalypse Please (Uses the DI) Space Dementia (DI again) and various others.

Uprising is the EHX Octave Multiplexor into the Crowther Prunes and Custard into the WM. The break down is that combo into an Electrix Filter Factory.

While the rig is properly difficult to duplicate, songs like TIRO is literally the DI. I have mine set to full on effect, but for a single chain setup, you can blend to suit your needs.

I hope that covers everything.

kaputsport · #20 12-08-2011, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

He really only uses the Deep Impact for about 6 or so songs of theirs, and it's not even used on the most popular ones...

Apocalypse Please
Space Dementia
TIRO
Plug In Baby
I belong To You

Any you think I am missing?