No. 1811999·post-grunge·4 blocks
What If
The pummeling drop-D riff that opens Human Clay's heaviest cut. Mark Tremonti's rhythm sound on that album was a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier with an Ibanez Tube Screamer slammed into the front, tracked through a PRS Singlecut — the Recto's tight, aggressive gain plus the TS mid-hump is the whole Creed crunch. Drop D tuning gives the riff its low, chugging weight. The Cornford RK100 handled leads; the Triple Rec is the rhythm engine here.
Human ClaySignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
PRS Singlecut (stoptail)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop D
Gate/Expander
Studio Comp
TS808 OD
Recto1 Modern
4x12 V30
Room
Filter Tilt
Gate/Expander
← FRFR gate (tightness)
Threshold
-52dB
Ratio
10:1
Attack
2s
Release
40s
Studio Comp
← Studio tracking compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
6s
Release
200s
Mix
0.4
Level
0dB
TS808 OD
← Ibanez Tube Screamer
Drive
2
Tone
6
Level
8
Recto1 Modern
← Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
MV
5
Cut
4
4x12 V30
← Mesa/Boogie oversized 4x12 (V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9500Hz
Level
0dB
Room
← Studio ambience (dry mix)
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 181
The pummeling drop-D riff that opens Human Clay's heaviest cut. Mark Tremonti's rhythm sound on that album was a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier with an Ibanez Tube Screamer slammed into the front, tracked through a PRS Singlecut — the Recto's tight, aggressive gain plus the TS mid-hump is the whole Creed crunch. Drop D tuning gives the riff its low, chugging weight. The Cornford RK100 handled leads; the Triple Rec is the rhythm engine here.
— Mark Tremonti
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