No. 0932001·alternative-metal·4 blocks
Toxicity
The title track's lurching, drop-C main riff. Daron Malakian tracked Toxicity on an Ibanez Iceman in drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) through a blend of two amps — engineer Dave Schiffman's words: 'the Mesa gave us the teeth, and the Marshall gave us the body.' A Mesa/Boogie Rectifier supplied the high-gain bite, a Marshall Plexi-type the low-mid weight, with no overdrive pedals in front. Rick Rubin wanted it dry and in-your-face: each cab was mic'd with an SM57 and SM87 into a pair of 1176s. Recorded at Cello Studios, mixed by Andy Wallace.
ToxicitySignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Ibanez Iceman (IC300)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop C
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Cali Rectifire
4x12 Cali V30
Room
Tilt
Noise Gate
← FRFR gate (tightness)
Threshold
-50dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← UREI 1176 (paired, tracking)
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
4:1
Knee
3dB
Attack
60s
Release
300s
Mix
40
Level
0dB
Cali Rectifire
← Mesa/Boogie Rectifier (+ Marshall body)
Drive
7.5
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
5
Master
9
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Mesa + Marshall 4x12s
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
10
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
10ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 093
The title track's lurching, drop-C main riff. Daron Malakian tracked Toxicity on an Ibanez Iceman in drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) through a blend of two amps — engineer Dave Schiffman's words: 'the Mesa gave us the teeth, and the Marshall gave us the body.' A Mesa/Boogie Rectifier supplied the high-gain bite, a Marshall Plexi-type the low-mid weight, with no overdrive pedals in front. Rick Rubin wanted it dry and in-your-face: each cab was mic'd with an SM57 and SM87 into a pair of 1176s. Recorded at Cello Studios, mixed by Andy Wallace.
— Daron Malakian
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