People of the Sun
One of Morello's most ingenious noises: the main 'riff' of People of the Sun is made by scraping a hex (Allen) wrench across the strings between the pickups, not by fretting notes — a metallic, machine-like screech that became an Evil Empire signature. Underneath it is his usual rig in Drop D: the 'Arm the Homeless' custom into the 50-watt Marshall JCM800 2205 and Peavey 4x12. The Whammy adds dive-bomb squeals over the chorus. The tone itself is plain mid-forward Marshall crunch — the magic is the technique sitting on top of it.
Evil Empire
What we checked
Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works
Preset files — 0 of 3 complete
- Helix 1 block missing from the file
Which ones
Not in the file: 4x12 Mars G12-65. The recipe calls for this block, but we have no verified model ID for it on this platform, so the preset is written without it. Add it by hand using the settings above.
- Quad Cortex 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Noise Gate, Studio Comp, Brit 2203, 4x12 G12-65, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
- Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Lead, Noise Gate, Delay. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
What we didn't check
- Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
- The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
- No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
- 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
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