No. 1342008·nu-metal·6 blocks
Psychosocial
The crushing drop-A riff from All Hope Is Gone. Per Mick Thomson's 2008 Guitar World interview, the rhythm tracking was a Marshall JCM800 2203 with a Maxon overdrive in front — the boost set low to tighten the very low tuning, not to add gain. Jim Root's side blended an Orange Rockerverb 100 with a Diezel Herbert. Cut with Dave Fortman at Sound Farm in Iowa, the tone is a tight, mid-present Marshall high-gain built to keep the low A articulate.
All Hope Is GoneSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Ibanez MTM1
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
Noise Gate
Studio Comp
Green 808
JCM800
4x12 V30
Room
Tilt EQ
Noise Gate
← Noise gate
Threshold
-46dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Studio Comp
← Tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
40s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Green 808
← Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro
Drive
0.1
Tone
0.6
Level
0.8
JCM800
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (Thomson)
Gain
8
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6.5
Presence
7
Master
6
Sag
4
4x12 V30
← Marshall/Orange 4x12 V30
LowCut105Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← Studio ambience (minimal)
Decay
0.2s
Predelay
8ms
Mix
0.1
Level
0
Tilt EQ
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 134
The crushing drop-A riff from All Hope Is Gone. Per Mick Thomson's 2008 Guitar World interview, the rhythm tracking was a Marshall JCM800 2203 with a Maxon overdrive in front — the boost set low to tighten the very low tuning, not to add gain. Jim Root's side blended an Orange Rockerverb 100 with a Diezel Herbert. Cut with Dave Fortman at Sound Farm in Iowa, the tone is a tight, mid-present Marshall high-gain built to keep the low A articulate.
— Mick Thomson
Sources · Verified by
