No. 1791999·post-grunge·4 blocks
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The breakthrough Human Clay single — a mid-tempo Drop-D anthem built on a droning open low D under Mark Tremonti's chiming riff. Tremonti has confirmed Human Clay was tracked with Gibson Les Pauls, not PRS, and recalled the amp 'might have been the Hughes & Kettner Attax 100,' unsure whether Rectifiers were in yet; clean and modulated tones came from a TC Electronic rack. Produced by John Kurzweg in Tallahassee and mixed on an SSL 9000 — smoother and more atmospheric than the heavier My Own Prison.
Human ClaySignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (1986 red + goldtop)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Studio Comp
Brit 2203
4x12 V30
Chorus
Plate
Tilt EQ
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
45s
Release
200s
Mix
35
Level
0dB
Brit 2203
← Hughes & Kettner Attax 100 (Tremonti's recollection)
Gain
6
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
6
Sag
5
4x12 V30
← 4x12 (V30)
LowCut85Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Level
0dB
Chorus
← TC Electronic rack (chorus)
Rate
0.4Hz
Depth
25
Mix
18
Plate
← TC Electronic rack (reverb)
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
18
Level
0
Tilt EQ
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 179
The breakthrough Human Clay single — a mid-tempo Drop-D anthem built on a droning open low D under Mark Tremonti's chiming riff. Tremonti has confirmed Human Clay was tracked with Gibson Les Pauls, not PRS, and recalled the amp 'might have been the Hughes & Kettner Attax 100,' unsure whether Rectifiers were in yet; clean and modulated tones came from a TC Electronic rack. Produced by John Kurzweg in Tallahassee and mixed on an SSL 9000 — smoother and more atmospheric than the heavier My Own Prison.
— Mark Tremonti
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