Higher
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 Clay
What we checked
Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works
Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
- Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
- Quad Cortex 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Brit 2203, Chorus, Plate, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
- Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Crunch, Chorus, Plate. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
What we didn't check
- Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
- The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
- No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
- 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
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