No. 1971986·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Sea of Madness
Adrian Smith wrote Sea of Madness and it shows: the riff is chorused, chiming and mid-forward rather than heavy, because Somewhere in Time was cut on Gallien-Krueger solid-state combos instead of Marshalls. Guitars went down at Wisseloord with the rhythm section from Compass Point, Martin Birch producing, and the GK's onboard chorus and echo replaced the outboard rack. Bright transistor drive is what makes this riff sound like no other Maiden record.
Somewhere in TimeSignal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Jackson Custom Adrian Smith prototype (1986, white)
Pickups
HSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Gold Drive
Chorus
Jazz Chorus
2x12 Jazz Cab
Analog Delay
Plate Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-33dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
8s
Release
220s
Mix
38
Level
1dB
Gold Drive
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML overdrive channel
Drive
5.5
Tone
6.5
Level
6
Chorus
← Boss CE-3 / GK onboard chorus
Rate
0.6Hz
Depth
38
Mix
40
Jazz Chorus
← Gallien-Krueger 250ML solid-state combo
Gain
4
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
8
Sag
2.5
2x12 Jazz Cab
← Gallien-Krueger internal speakers
LowCut120Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Analog Delay
← Gallien-Krueger onboard echo
Time
300ms
Feedback
12
Mix
10
Level
0
Plate Reverb
← Somewhere in Time studio plate
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
22ms
Mix
14
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 197
Adrian Smith wrote Sea of Madness and it shows: the riff is chorused, chiming and mid-forward rather than heavy, because Somewhere in Time was cut on Gallien-Krueger solid-state combos instead of Marshalls. Guitars went down at Wisseloord with the rhythm section from Compass Point, Martin Birch producing, and the GK's onboard chorus and echo replaced the outboard rack. Bright transistor drive is what makes this riff sound like no other Maiden record.
— Adrian Smith
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