Hi...I was wondering if you knew of all the available "stems" tracks that...
I believe that stems for Creep exist from Guitar Hero or something, but I’ve never heard them. I don’t believe that any other stems have been released.
View ArticleIn the recent Atoms For Peace interviews I've heard thom talking a lot about...
ProTools. Max, and probably Ableton as well. Native Instruments stuff. Also tons of samples of things that he’s actually recorded and messes with.That’s the general answer, but in this specific case...
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Don't know if its been asked before but is Jonny always using the normal...
This is one of the best and only pictures that we have of any of Jonny’s AC30. This particular picture is of his standard 1998-ish Reissue Vox AC30 6TB, from the Le Reservoir performance. I believe...
View ArticleMore on Bodysnatachers guitar distortion
Submitted by JamesOn the record, Nigel used an old 60s mixer to create the distorted tone: “It’s a Motown desk. It’s from like late 60s. It’s the exact model that they used to record Motown stuff. Um,...
View ArticleWhat are your thoughts on the choice of two SM57s to mic the rhodes live? I'm...
I imagine that the band likes how those microphones sound with the Rhodes.
View ArticleDo you think Jonny's glitch effect was inspired by Graham Coxon (see "On Your...
I doubt consciously so, but it sure is possible. A few people have gotten an effect like that with delays and things, though, so it’s hard to pin down if there’s any single influence.
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Feral
I have been getting a lot of questions about Jonny and Ed’s effects on Feral. However, nobody has specified the live or recorded versions, and so I never ended up answering. I hope to fix that by...
View ArticleHey! on the B-side recording of 'Fog', what's going on with the fuzz'd...
The effect itself sounds sort of like the Lovetone Big Cheese, which can achieve a pretty good range of sounds so it’s a good bet.It doesn’t really fade between clean and fuzzy, but just jumps to...
View ArticleAh, hello there. This blog is flipping incredible, thank you so much for all...
Great find, thank you! I actually know nothing about it, sorry. They might have rented it for the session.
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Jonny reclining/moping/posing during the recording for Big...
Jonny reclining/moping/posing during the recording for Big Boots.This picture also includes a Fender Musicmaster bass.
View ArticleHow does Jonny use the Max/MSP on Codex?
It is suspected that it does something to Thom’s piano, along with the Dave Smith Tetra, but in truth we really don’t know currently. It could also be affecting Jonny’s keyboard part, which seems to be...
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I spent a few hours today messing around with a modular synthesiser for the...
Oscillators constantly produce sound at a certain frequency. One can adjust the wave form for different sounds, but it will never sound like anything but a buzzing of that waveform unless it is used in...
View ArticleHello there. Do you know how Ed achieves his almost ghostly guitar sound on...
It sounds just like just about everything that he does these days, which is volume swell into a bunch of delays with some other effects on to give it a different character. He’s probably using the DMM...
View ArticleHow does Jonny create the sounds at the end of this version of 'Fake Plastic...
Which version?Also, look here.
View ArticleI'm talking about the Hammerstein Ballroom version.
Sounds like EHX Small Stone V3(Slow sweep, Color switch On/Up), Digitech Whammy WH1(One octave up, used only for selected notes, not everything played(That’s what you thought might be harmonics,...
View ArticleHas Jonny ever used the Kaoss Pad built into his second telecaster?
It’s functional and he has used it when Plank set it up, but it was never used on any recordings or anything, and he has never used it during any performance that we know of.
View ArticleWhere exactly is Jonny using the Polychorus pedal in recordings and live...
Look here(scroll down to the Polychorus).But basically, besides some vaguely possible live versions of older songs, we have no inkling of when he used the pedal, and he likely never used it on any...
View Articlewhat is thom using for an amp with nigel in the recent shows together is he...
We assume that he uses the Sansamp as it is there and there is no evidence of anything else being used.
View ArticleMy friend told me the other day that Jonny has an accelerometer installed in...
See Tele 2 in this section: http://thekingofgear.com/jonny#electricAlso the third most recent question excluding yours is relevant and will probably answer your next...
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