Distorting drums

[Mike Caffrey]

Originally Posted by Wiggy Neve Slut

The most expenisve dirt boxes ever... 3 x 1073 in series... reprinted back ITB! Cascading gain stages is a a beautiful thing with these!

Wiggy

Each one all the way up?

I've beed using one on max into a Distressor, but never through to cascade.

[3rd world order]

Originally Posted by Mike Caffrey

Each one all the way up?

I've beed using one on max into a Distressor, but never through to cascade.

i find one is enough. i can't imagine running 3 in series at max gain... it's crunchy enough with just one pinned.

I love that sound.. it's almost like granular synthesis.. i hear it on a lot of NIN records tho

another cool thing is the crunch from an ADL tube compressor with or without the compression....

[Knox]

read some interviews with Tchad Blake regarding the Shure. Though what you pay for them these days is ridiculous . . . an old Valley People 2 channel compressor can add a 'somewhat' distorted sound.

[bpatural]

Use the comptortion gtr stomp box or maybe a couple sure level locks....sustain for days!
-brian

[tubes2bits]

Does anyone here know what was used to get the drum sound on the new North Mississippi Allstars Electric Blue Watermelon release. It's certainly a distorted sound!

[Jay Kahrs]

Originally Posted by Knox

read some interviews with Tchad Blake regarding the Shure. Though what you pay for them these days is ridiculous . . . an old Valley People 2 channel compressor can add a 'somewhat' distorted sound.

KNOX!!!!

What's up man? I haven't seen you on here in ages! How've 'ya been???

The cost of a Shure Level Loc is pretty stupid these days. Last year I scored one on a trip out west for $50 and ended up selling it on here for $250...and I really don't think I was asking enough because the guy paid up really quickly, like four minutes after I posted it in the used section. Regardless, I'm pretty happy with the profit I turned They're cool, but not that kool.

[iode131]

On the soft side you could give a shot at Trash from Izotope. It features a whole bunch of cool tools to distort mono and stereo sources ( comp, pre- and post-distortion filters, cab emulation, etc...)

I'm a big fan of the 4-buttons trick on 1176. Use it a lot but for extreme settings I often find myself struggling with OH sizzle and HH bleed. Having Trash on an aux send usually works great. (actually it works great for almost any kind of source)

My 2 cents

IODE

PS: Other insights on the CultureVulture anyone?

[sleepwalker]

NOt high end, but the Electrix Filter Factory can definitely trash up drums. There's a distortion unit that can be a little harsh, engage the LP filter, roll of a little high anmd you've got a great sound,.