Converge "I Can Tell You About Pain" raw multi-tracks [UNBOXING]
Eyal Levi takes you on a guided tour of the raw multi-track session for Converge's "I Can Tell You About Pain" from their 2017 album "The Dusk In Us," originally recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios.
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A few things to note about this Converge session:
- It's a classic Kurt Ballou recording: everything is raw, organic and nasty (in the best way possible). It's not tightly gridded, edited, and there are barely any samples used.
- There are 10 tracks of rhythm guitars, including a few tones as well as room mics
- 5 tracks of bass, including a DI, sub, and a couple different bass tones to layer in
- Drummer Ben Koller hits extremely hard, and these drums sound perfect for the song right out of the box. Very, very minimal sample reinforcement is used or needed.
- Several tracks of Jacob Bannon's vocals along with some backups and interesting layers such as "reamped" vocals for added chaos. The vocals were recorded with compression and distortion on the way in.
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What's your favorite part of this session??
@nsuesstrunk
6 жыл бұрын
the room mics on guitar & bass, you don't see that often. the sick distorted accoustic guitars. in general the raw but at the same time very carefully sculpted recordings
@Ghost17110
6 жыл бұрын
bass tone there's nothing like kurt's bass i've done things like use DI guitar/acoustic guitar for a similar effect to his acoustic tracks, but you just can't match his bass tone
@jonb4145
5 жыл бұрын
The part where it's Converge. :)
@jameslambert5030
3 жыл бұрын
The part about the snare sounding fucking stupid if you remove too much of the natural snare. (Avenged Sevenfold is the first band that comes to mind)
@Hairylungs
2 жыл бұрын
Probably the worst person to have to this. Doesn’t know what a Sunn is? Seriously?!
*plays half a second of the vocal* "LOVE IT"
"Noisemaker that adds chaos and hate to the whole thing." ...That's me in a nutshell.
It sounds great even unmixed
@ryanmcgonigle132
2 жыл бұрын
fucking yes
I wanna hear more isolated vox for sure.
Awesome stuff Eyal love Kurt's work
I love hearing Eyal getting excited about discovering certain things in this mix.
Your enthusiasm just makes me want to start working on new songs :-)
Insane shit - I love how honestly stripped back this is. This is a manageable amount of tracks and it's creative through its simplicity. Wonderful
knowing Kurt its probably an acoustic amp
That bass sounds like someone slapped his mama
that is so fucking cool
The 6534 is a 5150 with El34s in the power amp instead of 6l6s
@URMAcademy
6 жыл бұрын
Noted, thank you!
@pestilencekills
6 жыл бұрын
I think Sparrows Sons is one of the weird boutique amp companies Ballou is into as well.
@philippem.2515
6 жыл бұрын
pestilencekills Yep, from Lithuania !
@serdiezv
6 жыл бұрын
5150 II/6505+ with EL34s
I used to subscribe to Nail The Mix primarily because of this Kurt Ballou session. If I resubscribe to I get access to the previous videos or only new ones?
Also, the guitar part at 14:08 is recorded using an EGC guitar, I'm 95% sure about that. It has the characteristic metallic ring to it.
@Direksone
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely! That's exactly the same characteristic that Aaron Turner has in his riffs.
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You have Nate marked as the drummer instead of Ben in the description. Just thought I’d give you a heads up!
@URMAcademy
6 жыл бұрын
Doh! Nate is in a 90s hardcore facebook group im in so his name was in my head. Thanks!
what is nifty 150? is this a bass amp or smt?
@TheRealFoxeR
5 жыл бұрын
I'd imagine it's just the bass through a 5150 of some kind. I didn't get to watch this session, but that's my assumption.
@jeremydepace5810
5 жыл бұрын
It's made by Verellen Amps. It's a version of their meatsmoke amp. You can see Kurt talk about it in the "Show Us Your Junk" with him on the Earthquaker Devices channel.
sparrows son is an amp if anyones interested
@URMAcademy
5 жыл бұрын
Noted, thanks!
Love Kurt's production, Hiss Spun, Stranger Fruit, Converge, the list goes on but what the hell was with Skeletonwitch's latest? Sounds awful.
@jeremyeger9336
6 жыл бұрын
I don't believe Kurt mixed that one, only tracked it.
@franlovelsimic8421
6 жыл бұрын
You can hear everything true but it's not on his usual high level.
The acoustic sounds like a DI track that he fucked up with an overdrive/a fuzz, I think?
Good job on the sample triggers and room mics. However, not sure if legendary Bruce Dickinson, non-politically-correct god of Iron Maiden, would call this "legendary" or "awesome". Me want to see 80s Maiden Def Leppard Ratt Queensryche Metallica Rush style mixes for my gorilla banana treats, thank's bros :-)
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