No. 1322004·nu-metal·5 blocks
Duality
The tight, mid-forward drop-B chug that drives Slipknot's biggest single. Cut for Vol. 3 with Rick Rubin at the Mansion and Sound City, 'Duality' is NOT the band's later Rivera/Orange touring rig — Mick Thomson tracked through a VHT Pitbull into a Carvin 4x12, and Jim Root through a Reinhold Bogner-modded Uberschall. Vol. 3 was the band's first Pro Tools album, and Thomson deliberately pulled the gain back and pushed the mids for a cleaner, more articulate wall than Iowa.
Vol. 3: The Subliminal VersesSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
B.C. Rich Warlock (NJ)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop B (B-F#-B-E-G#-C#)
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
German Ubersonic
4x12 Uber V30
Room
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Noise gate
Threshold
-48dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Tube screamer (added for FRFR tightness — not on the original)
Drive
0.2
Tone
0.6
Level
0.8
German Ubersonic
← Bogner Uberschall (Root) / VHT Pitbull (Thomson)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
5.5
Master
7
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4
Hum
4
Ripple
4
4x12 Uber V30
← Carvin / Bogner 4x12 with V30-class speakers
LowCut100Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Room
← Studio ambience (minimal)
LowCut160Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
8ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 132
The tight, mid-forward drop-B chug that drives Slipknot's biggest single. Cut for Vol. 3 with Rick Rubin at the Mansion and Sound City, 'Duality' is NOT the band's later Rivera/Orange touring rig — Mick Thomson tracked through a VHT Pitbull into a Carvin 4x12, and Jim Root through a Reinhold Bogner-modded Uberschall. Vol. 3 was the band's first Pro Tools album, and Thomson deliberately pulled the gain back and pushed the mids for a cleaner, more articulate wall than Iowa.
— Mick Thomson
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