I FAILED! Fear Factory. Why you can't recreate their tone.

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  • I try and fail to recreate Dino's UNOBTANEUM tone.
    Tone is in the hands of the player (and the engineer, the mixer, the producer, the mastering engineer, the amp tech mod, the vynyl cutting lathe operator, the console engineers, the partidge in a pear tree).
    Kemper that, bitch!
    Dino:
    JCM800 modded. Reports differ on the guitar. It was either a 6 string ESP with EMG 81 tuned down (more probable) or an ibanez 7 string guitar (UV7 with passive pickups?)
    The metalhead mod consists of a push/pull added gain boost, push/pull added bass boost, added effects loop which was later, 100/50 watt switch, noise gate, and 6550 power tubes. 2 12AX7 preamp tubes are added to the preamp for the gain boost. Noise gate/suppressor.
    Super chorus.
    Cab: Mesa 4x12 with v30’s.
    Colin Richardson produced but was pushed aside and didn’t mix it. Reece and Greg mixed. They quad tracking the guitars and also applying heavy EQ.
    We used a 6 string BC Rich virgin with EMG81
    Langner style modded JMP Marshall with 2 extra gain stages, bass boost, 2 preamp tunes added and EL34 tubes. Speaker was a Mesa Celestion V30 and sm57.
    Boost was Fortin 33 pedal.
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  • @ryanmounce2850
    @ryanmounce2850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I love the Demanufacture story Dino tells. He said he built that tone around Dimebags tone on Vulgar. Years later he told dime that and dime said, "no way! I based reinventing the steel's tone off of yours!". Lmao

    • @Loki-sk7bi
      @Loki-sk7bi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Reinventing the steel guitar tone was tight af!

    • @danadane2501
      @danadane2501 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      By far my favorite Heavy Metal guitarist. I guess makes perfect sense they would inspire one another.

  • @offthescale6660
    @offthescale6660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Dino's tone was still recognisable on those early Brujeria records - it's a very distinct sound

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep. The same thing happens when I hear my friend playing. It’s instantly percussive/bouncy. It’s hard to be machine like and have groove.

    • @gavin6666
      @gavin6666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dino used an ESP 6 string with an EMG 81 on the first 2 Fear Factory and Brujeria albums.

    • @EM-km8em
      @EM-km8em 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gavin6666 what amp and distortion pedals did he used on the brujeria albums? Effects etc

  • @deadheadliving
    @deadheadliving 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    FF way ahead of their time...to me it was their sound that eventually gave birth to the so called djent in modern prog..what suck is ppl don't give them the credit and respect they deserve.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Agreed.

    • @simoneburini4036
      @simoneburini4036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Claudia Solomon Periphery is as good as Fear Factory and Meshuggah, at least

    • @rsa4834
      @rsa4834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @The Violeta Metal Revue Their songs have become much more streamlined lately. Less jumpy stuff which indeed can sound jarring when you're into older metal. Their singer has evolved too. Maybe you've listened to their latest stuff and you still don't like their music and that's fine, but I'd suggest checking them out again.

    • @skaldlouiscyphre2453
      @skaldlouiscyphre2453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always thought of Fear Factory as a lesser version of Ministry and Godflesh, my favourite album is Soul of the New Machine, but their later stuff really did contribute HUGELY to the development of modern metal.

    • @bigk9544
      @bigk9544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@skaldlouiscyphre2453 dino and burton actually bonded over their mutual love of GodFlesh

  • @cameronsexton7759
    @cameronsexton7759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Obsolete was even MORE scooped then Demanufacture from what I can hear when I compared the two of them. Obsolete is by far the album that has defined my guitar playing and sent me back to the drawing board! Sick video dude! I need to listen to some fear factory again!

  • @Luciffrit
    @Luciffrit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The magic of Rhys Fulber... Everything he touches is fucking awesome.

  • @hairychris444
    @hairychris444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If you've ever listened to Frontline Assembly you'll know where that mix comes from. You're getting industrial guys to mix metal.
    I heard FF the first time on the remix EP "Fear is the Mindkiller" mainly because I was already into FLA, and they did that work! So... not surprising that FF got the same guys in for Demanufacture.
    The early-mid 90s was a really interesting time. A lot of metal bands were getting truly weird remixes done by industrial & dance producers.
    Oh, and FWIW I saw Fear Factory in London (Underworld) in 1995, the Wacken warm-up show pre Demanufacture release. Still one of the best gigs I've ever been to. It was insane!

  • @GoldenGateNum9
    @GoldenGateNum9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think Pissing Razors came closest to obtaining that kind of monstrous Fear Factory guitar tone with their underground classic Cast Down The Plague.

  • @aliquidcow
    @aliquidcow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Here's how I think the obsession with 'sensible mids' came about:
    - Bedroom players and starter guitarists in the late 90s/early 00s dialling in a tone at home discover that using scooped mids sounds just like the metal records they love.
    - Same players start bands but find that they can't hear themselves in rehearsal or live. They then learn that it's because the tone they dialled in at home doesn't translate to live, and they need to dial in mids to cut through in that environment (they learn this either from more experienced players or from forums).
    - This leads to a massive backlash against scooping amongst the next generation of guitarists, and a blanket assumption that scooping is always bad in any situation and that mids are the be all and end all.
    Because if there are two things that the internet cannot accommodate, it's context and nuance.
    That's how I see it anyway, maybe others have different ideas.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think it’s because of the volume wars. Taking the meat out of the guitars in order to make the perceived volume louder when you slam the ear with ALL THE FREQS.

    • @aliquidcow
      @aliquidcow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      CIRCLE OF TONE. I think that's definitely a factor, yeh. In my experience that came a little later on, but could easily be a combination of these factors.

    • @marviosantos
      @marviosantos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spot on man! Made a similar comment to another thread

    • @Miscio94
      @Miscio94 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scooping the mids doesn't sound "more like" records at all, it's just the MORE GAIN MORE SOUND thing. Lows and Highs are the extremes of the EQ, so it's easier for the untrained ear to think something sounds better if it makes a more direct impact on perception. but once you get used to it, you need more. It generally goes like this:
      "Need to make my sound better"
      "Lows make it bigger, highs more clear"
      "Need to make my sound better"
      "More lows, more highs, yeah"
      They progressively make their tone worse, it's obvious for them that guitars on record sound very different, at this point they just want it to sound good as a thing on itself. Problems show up when they start playing in a band. Nobody can hear the guitar with that EQ, so they have to crank up the volume, to the point it gets annoying to everybody else. Professional musicians who "scoop the mix" do it knowing that it's gonna be "fixed" on recording. The producer probably applies filters or increases the mids on other way, but the musician is counting on this.

    • @VortechBand
      @VortechBand 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Scooping the mids is a relative concept. If you put the mids all the way down to zero on a Marshall, you will still have a ton of midrange in your sound. Whereas on some other amp, putting them to eg. 8 / 10 could still be quite scooped-sounding compared to some other amps.

  • @Grindermetalhead
    @Grindermetalhead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This channel is so much fun. How you don't have at least 10 times as many subscribers is beyond me.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goran Tesic Thanks Goran. I think guitarists like my vids, but my olderish demographic are not into the sharing culture. People with zany guitar content tend to have a younger audience who tweet, share, insta until the sun goes down.
      That’s what I tell myself. Haha.

  • @RedXIIIChicago
    @RedXIIIChicago 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your passion for tone shines through! Great work man!

  • @sizigi13
    @sizigi13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    A band that started cyber metal and clean and dirty vocals with one singer, amazing, yet they get no respect anymore....

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yep they were influential for sure.

    • @DamnDealDone
      @DamnDealDone 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Fear Factory even invented Meshuggah.

    • @louiscrowley1755
      @louiscrowley1755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wouldn’t say that. Genexus was held in high regard. In my humble opinion I felt it was far superior to Demanufacture. However, Demanufacture was a pinnacle head turning jaw dropper when you think of what was going on in 92.

    • @hairychris444
      @hairychris444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No. Meshuggah were doing their own thing beforehand.
      Demanufacture, Destroy Erase Improve and SYL's City were all released the same year IIRC (1995). It wasn't the first album from any of those guys but still arguably the best.
      FWIW there was a huge metal/industrial crossover scene at the time which may well have been a common thread.

    • @Salomon_G
      @Salomon_G 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FF were an influence on Meshuggah, but they sure as hell didn't 'invent' Meshuggah, c'mon now.

  • @Damienandkaren
    @Damienandkaren 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Do dimebag's tone on far beyond driven. The track strength beyond strength to be exact. That would be badass.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Has to be done.

    • @liljuanito123
      @liljuanito123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes the tone on SBD is amazing.

    • @Synthedelic
      @Synthedelic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The tone on The Great Southern Trendkill was amazing too. If i was gonna pick a song to get the tone on FBD it'd be 5 Minutes Alone.

    • @NatureandSpirit111
      @NatureandSpirit111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any dimebag tone on any album even the Damageplan. 👍🏻😁👍🏻

    • @ButBigger42
      @ButBigger42 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Problem is, the tone comes half from his hands and ain't no one got his hands.

  • @worldcomingdown6713
    @worldcomingdown6713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Huge Type O fan, huge Fear Factory fan and early Life of Agony....this trifecta of metal was my life growing up! Great channel man!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Life of agony is one of my biggest vocal influences. Thanks man.

    • @worldcomingdown6713
      @worldcomingdown6713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s great man! Not many people have heard of Life of Agony. To anyone out there reading this go get the album River Runs Red by Life of Agony and prepare to have your face melted!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can hear my LOA influence when I sing this song th-cam.com/video/j0Tt4vHvg7c/w-d-xo.html

    • @worldcomingdown6713
      @worldcomingdown6713 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely can hear a little Keith in there. Glad I found your channel man, keep up the great content!

  • @the80sliveagain63
    @the80sliveagain63 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still can't believe I learned play this song. On the surface it might seem easy. This will work out your speed picking by mach 5 speed it's crazy. I remember for years I tried to recreate the speed. I mean one day I just to started to pick faster. I almost got knocked on my ass because I finally after years I got faster. It took years and years of speed picking alternate picking to get it. I think almost a magical and also steady diet of pantera added to get this speed. Moral of the story fear factory will always be one greatest extreme metal bands ever.

  • @TonyHookedonVanlife
    @TonyHookedonVanlife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Dino is a MONSTERRRRRR player! He could play better than me with just a plectrum duct-taped to his pinky and a cast on his arm. LOL

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've been in a small room with Dino playing through a monster amp. It was...amazing.

  • @zanmato86
    @zanmato86 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Demanufacture is one of my favourite tones. Brutal and tight, awesome sound.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. It’s a classic.

  • @Osoch
    @Osoch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    YOU ACTUALLY DID A FEAR FACTORY VIDEO AHHH
    Also i actually asked Dino what cab he was using in that era and he said it was a Mesa 4x12 with V30

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Great info. Thanks.

    • @Pan3optic3on
      @Pan3optic3on 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep, I remember reading about Dino using the Mesa cab in a guitar magazine during the 90s. I'm sure kt88's were mentioned also because they handle low frequencies well but yeah I get the 6L6's. Solid state tone for attack and precision. A bit brighter than kt88's. I always thought Marshall might have made a Dino "Replica" lol jcm amp. Sadly not. Great to hear the tone on the Genexus album too. I read Dino got the Jcm custom amp out of storage, sampled it straight into his Kemper and used it alongside two other of his favourite amp setups. So it's kind of the first time that tone has resurfaced since the 90s. Got to say the sound on Genexus is absolutely immense.

  • @bohdilama
    @bohdilama 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dude, that was damn close, and your picking technique is awesome.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Richard is a machine. Absolute phenom.

  • @Flux799
    @Flux799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dino also uses a very light gauge string

  • @StaaleMathisen
    @StaaleMathisen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That record is f***ing epic!!! That was my first fear factory record!!! And I remeber how stoked I was about the sound on that record. I still get adrenalin kick when I turn on that record!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Staale Mathisen it hit me like a ton of bricks. That realization you are hearing something new and HEAVY. Gold.

  • @jeffreymonroe153
    @jeffreymonroe153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    How about Sepultura Arise

    • @janparadowski4894
      @janparadowski4894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      One of the best metal tones, a video about it would be great

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Hell yes. It will be done.

    • @janparadowski4894
      @janparadowski4894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CIRCLE OF TONE. That's some great news

  • @svenjeschke5025
    @svenjeschke5025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Type O Negative and Hypocrisy would be two more bands that had/have a very unique sound.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Sven Jeschke I’m obsessed with Type O. I’m doing them for Halloween.

    • @slavesforging5361
      @slavesforging5361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      fuck yeah! would love to see some Type O sound info and background! can't wait. you're the man owen! oh, did you stop selling the wiring harnesses? couldn't find them anymore on the COT page.

    • @machine-madedog5059
      @machine-madedog5059 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do recall Kenny used an ADA MP-1 and a Gibson SG on their first three recordings. I have no idea of the power amp, I’m picturing a Peavey Classic 50/50 for some reason.

    • @Martin-jk2ng
      @Martin-jk2ng 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      OMG I love Hypocrisy. Such a great band.

    • @ZiddersRooFurry
      @ZiddersRooFurry 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!

  • @CarnivorousMower
    @CarnivorousMower 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What about Primus? I reckon it might be fun trying to figure out the bass and guitar tones there...

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep. I’ll be doing those with help from my brother.

  • @WarriorOfModernDeath
    @WarriorOfModernDeath 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was very insightful and I can't believe what effort Dino put in his works. That's why albums without him lack punch! Thank you for the effort!

  • @markkelly1977
    @markkelly1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It should be noted that Rhys Fuller and Greg Reely are production wizards who come from the industrial metal band Frontline Assembly. Their ear for a tight, digitally compressed sound is what Fear Factory ultimately wanted and had also done some remixes on the album Fear is the Mindkiller which came out before Demanufacture.

  • @Hoscitt
    @Hoscitt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Cough cough (Heartwork) cough cough 😁

    • @Kevin.Kelly.
      @Kevin.Kelly. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s a combo of a Peavey 5150, Marshall 6100 Anniversary Head, and a Marshall mini stack for added texture 🤩

    • @arglbargl
      @arglbargl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      don't think he's gonna nail two cabs together front to back

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You may not like the video coming out tomorrow.

    • @Kevin.Kelly.
      @Kevin.Kelly. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CIRCLE OF TONE. Chuck??? Or Bill :)

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kevin Kelly it’s chuck...but I talk about heartwork and why I’m doing Reek Of Putrefaction era of Carcass instead. Plus I don’t want to nail my cabinets together. Hehe.

  • @leftyguitaristSE
    @leftyguitaristSE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy cool tone man! Sounds badass!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man. He’s a machine.

  • @GazMoz78
    @GazMoz78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is great! Loved Demanufacture. Dino just used Marshall JCM2000 DSL's on the tour for that album. I remember a big piece on him in Total Guitar at the time at Donington, when it was still called Donington MOR in 1996 if I remember rightly :-)

  • @stazrulez
    @stazrulez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the metalhead mod also had a push/pull to add bass to the overall tone. there was a push/pull for gain as well. the metalhead marshalls were really really made places shake to the ground

  • @theophany1770
    @theophany1770 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chuck Something is from Altamonte Springs Florida about 20 minutes from me in Orlando. Too bad I never saw that amazing band live but fortunate to take a few lessons from Bobby Koeble who shredded all over 'Symbolic'. Great guy. Thanks for another killer vid!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. I tried and failed in the past but now I think I’ve cracked it.

  • @ilovebutterstuff
    @ilovebutterstuff 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always have my little practice amp's gain up to at LEAST 75%... Is this wrong? I adjust my thrash picking technique accordingly; chords/single notes. I noticed if I'm strumming with a lot of emphasis on the root chord, it actually sounds pretty good--- even without a bunch of pre-amp stuff.

  • @frankrogalski7146
    @frankrogalski7146 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just picked up a vintage Marshall Superlead with the “metalhead” mod. It has an insane amount of gain. I never listened to Fear Factory before but I checked out these early albums and it’s definitely a similar sound my amp has.

  • @FuzzImp
    @FuzzImp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching this again. Still love it. 🤘🏼 saw them live a few years back with Soilwork. They destroyed the crowd and Dino plays note for note.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've been in a small spund booth with Dino playing an amazing amp. It's fucking insane to see it that close.

  • @jareddrogose1470
    @jareddrogose1470 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have gained a new subscriber, sir. Enjoy the weekend.

  • @snrrlax
    @snrrlax ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dino's pedal board has a few tricks on it as well. One that I like is he used to use a TS808 with the overdrive just barely up, tone just barely up and leveled it. The circuit just added something specific to it and that's helped me achieve his tone to a degree. And yes, very scooped.

  • @Alorso_
    @Alorso_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watching this, it now makes way more sense why modern metal sounds so sterile, lifeless, loud etc. Definately a great argument to made here. Also really explains why 90's records tend to hold up better imo. Demanufacture specificly still sounds better than many modern albums out now

  • @714jud
    @714jud 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your video! Great work. Thanks.

  • @pandastudios6307
    @pandastudios6307 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dino's my solid guitar hero. I mean I have others but amongst them, I had built my foundation on Dino's massive picking technique and I'm proud that I came close to it, and then some, I dare say. Thanks for this video man! So much informative for Dino's fans such as myself! Cheers!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've witnessed his right hand in a tiny room with a handful of people in it at NAMM. He's such a natural.

  • @philipandrewlobb1365
    @philipandrewlobb1365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoyed this. I started listening when digimortal came out. Fear Factory makes me feel like a ridiculous amount of power is surging through my body. Put this stuff in football players helmets and hear the bones break and watch all that blood drench the field.
    Keep these coming!

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Phillip. It really was like getting assaulted with a machine gun. Only fun.

  • @sebastienturpin7001
    @sebastienturpin7001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video! Same video with Obsolete tone? Dino made some additional mods to tune down to A. In terms of production it's pretty unique, sounds more heavy than Demanufacture. Christian did also an amazing job on guitar sound for Archtype too. Best guitar tones ever and best band in the world. Period.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man! I probably won’t revisit but you never know.

  • @b.r2715
    @b.r2715 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was tight bro 👍

  • @Kevin.Kelly.
    @Kevin.Kelly. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Pretty good job. The Demanufacture album was recorded with an EMG 81 equipped ESP guitar. So you had the pickup right. Ibanez was later 90’s.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kevin Kelly great info. Thanks.

    • @Ronny1031
      @Ronny1031 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @JezBollah 667 That was Christian Olde Wolbers for the couple of years Dino wasn't in Fear Factory

    • @AUM_-po9sc
      @AUM_-po9sc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @JezBollah 667 , check Divine Heresy's albums (especially the debut one) - this is what Dino did, while he was out from FF.

  • @paulnyman6739
    @paulnyman6739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Owen for attempting it!

  • @mooferoo
    @mooferoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Don't think i've ever clicked on a video so quickly haha :)
    The Demanufacture tone is my holy grail. I've found i get nearish to it with an EVH 5150 III 50w red channel, a Maxon OD808 in front, and then scooped on the amp, through g12t-75 speakers.
    Sometimes scooped to hell sounds amazing as you say. Especially on the palm-mutes (which is my favourite thing about Dino's tone). Those ultra punchy, ultra tight palm mutes give me goose bumps to this day.
    It's probably my favourite album ever. What's amazing is that in a lot of ways i still think it sounds modern and original now.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep! It was groundbreaking. It is funny...it does hold up today despite being scooped.

    • @DC33879
      @DC33879 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gotta love that 5150 III red channel! Absolutely brutal!

  • @wickedsensationphotography
    @wickedsensationphotography 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dino's Marshall's also had a mod-built in noise gate in it.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep that was added after demanufacture. It’s in the description. So many mods!

  • @user-db9kb9cn3h
    @user-db9kb9cn3h 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So dank! Great video!

  • @Thefallofbabylon
    @Thefallofbabylon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the videos. Can you possibly do a tone recreation of In Flames (Whoreacle)? 🤘🔥🎸

  • @aryinc
    @aryinc 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    sounds amazing aggain \m/.

  • @HazeAnderson
    @HazeAnderson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    6:58 "If they can reproduce *that* in the Factory ..." you mean the FEAR ... Factory? 😏

  • @thechannelforeverything2170
    @thechannelforeverything2170 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've never heard of Fear Factory before this video but DAMN that tone was brutal

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! Corrupting you with the old school.

    • @lowlifeangler
      @lowlifeangler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude, do you lived under a rock since 1992

    • @russelowens5507
      @russelowens5507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dude Fear Factory demanufacture is so epic. I've been listening to FF since soul of a new machine in 92

    • @andykapsar4667
      @andykapsar4667 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      jesus. last time i was this late fewr factory had only broken up twice

  • @powergroover19
    @powergroover19 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey you, wake up, open your swollen eyes!!! F**king love FF! This was so fun to watch. Keep it up bros!

  • @iamthatiam49
    @iamthatiam49 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was pretty good on the 6 string. That's my favorite song Self Bias Resistor.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man. He's a beast.

  • @entertaintech4374
    @entertaintech4374 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought I was the only person who loved that album. H-K, best track ever.

  • @matturner6890
    @matturner6890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've found that if you record with lots of mids from the amp you kinda have to scoop on the board or it'll get really boxy & squishy really fast.

  • @petermuller161
    @petermuller161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Part 2 is pretty damn close! It's awesome to hear a knowledgable fan rant about the incredible mix of this record.

  • @Emcfree2084
    @Emcfree2084 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You got really close mate, very impressive

  • @COEXISTential
    @COEXISTential 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It took almost until the eight minute mark to know that it was Demanufacture that was the Fear Factory album you were calling one of the greatest metal albums of all time. I agree :D
    I really did like Soul of a New Machine, though. And the 'Fear is the Mindkiller' remix EP was even better :D

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. Great great album.

    • @harveytrevino2257
      @harveytrevino2257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Although, Obsolete was such an amazing concept album. Fear Factory are just metal gods.

  • @FacemeltingsolosMusic
    @FacemeltingsolosMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey! I love my Ibanezes! Granted, they're modded af...
    Love this off-the-cuff, not-too-edited video stuff. Straight to the point with no need to be a cartoon character in order for (straightens tie) "your content to be palatable to consumers." We may not see eye-to-eye on every sonic choice, but that's the good part. Sound more like yourself than just your influences.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man. IMO the early Ibanez UV777 was one of the best guitars ever designed. SO MUCH R&D went into it. I know Dino used one at one point. I WISH I bought one when it was on sale for $800!

    • @FacemeltingsolosMusic
      @FacemeltingsolosMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oof, I vaguely remember those days. (Cries in mosquito.)

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @moabthe2829
      @moabthe2829 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believed Dino used an ESP guitar for the recording of Demanufactured. He got his Ibanez endorsement sometime after the release of Demanufactured.

    • @guitarnerdjoey1192
      @guitarnerdjoey1192 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      *looks over at his UV777* yeah, they are nice!

  • @toddburkett7970
    @toddburkett7970 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've scooped my mids my entire music career scoop mids

  • @kendralloyd2204
    @kendralloyd2204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dino even says he got that original tone from an amp that some dude customd for him and it was stolen

  • @randynelson9961
    @randynelson9961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have an old Guitar World magazine with Dino article in it and he said he had 2 of those Marshall JCM 800 heads. One with 6L6 and one with 6550. Apparently they both got stolen at same time.

  • @cmd_f5
    @cmd_f5 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a reason I stay subbed to this channel. Great content, no bs and real world ranting about music and its starilization. Fear Factory Rules btw. Your tone match gets the general idea, in that it kicked me in the guts. Love it

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Heavy metal chainsaw - delighted you like it. Cheers!

  • @downcode
    @downcode ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man this sounds pretty freaking close as far as raw sound goes, nice playthrough!
    I also like scooped guitar tones, that's just the era of metal music I grew up with... the guitars must have some balls! :)
    The production & analogue gear plays a huge part in this for sure - but don't also forget the drums - real drums just have FEEL to them man... it's still impossible to re-create this with samples unfortunately...

  • @vicesquadpunk
    @vicesquadpunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Dino uses a Kemper these days... just download his sounds 😂 x

  • @imhendriyantonasution2511
    @imhendriyantonasution2511 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fear Factory one of the big 4 of Industrial Metal along with Ministry, Godflesh and Rammstein.

  • @algol291
    @algol291 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any videos here about how to properly tone your amp? I tried everything, but nothing sounds "metal" without the pickups turned all the way up.
    Does that make sense?

  • @politesociety
    @politesociety 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When I saw them live recently (demanufacture album live) they had everything running through Axe-Fx racks I don't think it was even miced up, just straight to house.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep. I think we need congress to sign in mandatory modded Marshall’s for any guitarist who goes over a certain sales threshold.

    • @fmbighair
      @fmbighair 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CIRCLEOFTONE omfg lmfao this is silly, clever and very funny in a total tone nerd way I know and love!!! Ha ha

  • @Robert048
    @Robert048 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy the guitar tone on Misery Index's album Traitors. It always seemed pretty old-school to me. That's somewhat modern. So this sound is not completely dead.

  • @turaly0n
    @turaly0n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Where did this movement to not scoop mids come from? Also, I think included in the "sensible mids/SM57/V30" nonsense is an anti-EMG sentiment that's entirely ludicrous.
    Stoked for the Mike Fortin video. He's the best right now.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It came from the loudness wars. Making guitars sound like mosquitos frees up the low end to make the mix louder.

  • @swissarmyknight4306
    @swissarmyknight4306 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "You can scoop." THANK YOU. I fucking love you CoT. I spent so long having people say I was crazy and I'm like "look at all these classic recordings". "Sensible mids and gain" actually is a good sound but it isn't the only good sound and if everyone does exactly the same thing they all sound exactly the same and it gets boring.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s good but...polite. Haha. Thanks for watching!

    • @crimsun7186
      @crimsun7186 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      These people play 1 single note or chug most of the time. You don't need midrange definition to do that.

    • @marviosantos
      @marviosantos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IN A recording, sure, especially if it's a one guitarist band, but please don't do it live, it's just white noise

    • @lmlCOBHClml
      @lmlCOBHClml 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can definitely scoop the only problem is the mix as a whole. Say you're in a live setting and you have 2 guitar players and one of them has the mids scooped. You will not hear them at all. It's ok for studio when you can just layer guitar tracks but you will always need mids in a live setting

    • @swissarmyknight4306
      @swissarmyknight4306 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This whole channel is about recorded sounds so... There are a ton of things you can do in the studio that make no sense live. I mean, the drums on "Enter Sandman" sound unbelievably killer but they don't build a giant tracking room with all sorts of partitions around the drum kit to do a Metallica show.

  • @Peter-by3ox
    @Peter-by3ox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this dude does not need corpse paint the reverse smile gets deeper with ascending brutality :) fucking great

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah he's pretty intense when he plays. He changes in front of me.

  • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
    @davelanciani-dimaensionx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Demanufacture really is "lightning in a bottle". It did capture something special about that band that has never been captured again. I love most of Fear Factory's albums, but THIS was special. However, I could have sworn Dino only used MESA Dual Rectifiers? Never knew he had the classic (but modded) JCM800.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Dave Lanciani Nah the recto was just about to be released when the album was being recorded. It’s interesting because (I think) the modern metal amp staples like rectos and 5150’s were not out or at least widespread back then.

  • @fear4me
    @fear4me 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    fear factory demanufacture two thumbs and two toes up

  • @ralpherl5657
    @ralpherl5657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The cab was definitely a Mesa cab, he said he borrowed it from the Bad Brains guitarist

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ralphie Leonard yep! Thanks.

  • @fortune2673
    @fortune2673 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pallbearer next? Really great vid thanks!

  • @ccandrew111
    @ccandrew111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could you approximate the extra gain stages using tube overdrive pedals such as blackstar’s ht range? Also on the subject of black star, they make amps with 6l6s but still have the British to American knob thing (pretty much nothing more than a marketing shill), could maybe get similar results

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've found overdrives/tube pre's tend to make it tighter than the gain stage mods unless the amp has something extra built in to compensate for the extra warmth/flub. I like Blackstar. They get a lot of stick (from people who have not tried them).

  • @vb__channel
    @vb__channel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey man, what about Asphyx "The Rack" or "Last One On Earth" guitar tone? Their guitarist Eric Daniels used following gear on all 1990's Asphyx albums: T.C. Electronic Sustain/Parametric EQ pedal, T.C. Electronic Line Driver/Booster/Distortion pedal, Boss HM-2 (all pedals together, one by one in this order), Ibanez Digital Delay pedal (for solos), Marshall JCM 800 head and standard Marshall cab. I hope this helps!

  • @Joe-xe6ev
    @Joe-xe6ev 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    dude... when I saw that guitar I thought you were playing an early 80's Robin. I have 2 of them both 1982's. The Robin's have the single humbucker and the reverse banana headstock. They were the original "superstrat"... Everyone gives that credit to Jackson/Charvel/Kramer.. but the Robins were right there too. Great video !! Saw Fear Factory on their Soul of a new machine tour 92. Bought their CD right there at the show.... AMAZING live band !

  • @DaveThomson
    @DaveThomson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still fucking love it. Tight playing!

  • @SeverinoSE
    @SeverinoSE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the misunderstandings that arose over time regarding mids is that an overdrive pedal like the Tube Screamer boosts the mids and then to re-balance the eq to bring it back down flat you have to scoop the mids on the amp. That’s all. People just boost with overdrive pedals and because of the “more mids” hype not only don’t they bring down the mids to bring the eq down to flat again but they BOOST the mids even more. The result is a boxy muddy mess.

  • @IndependenceGuitar
    @IndependenceGuitar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really enjoyed this video. I’ve definitely shared a lot of these sentiments.

  • @TyDie85
    @TyDie85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought he used a Mesa Triple (or maybe dual) Rectifier... Was that just for a specific album? Or am I remembering wrong completely? lol I haven't watched through the whole video yet :p . And I saw fear factory in Kansas City at a smaller venue, and man it was powerful. Sometimes in smaller venues people will sound very muddy and unclear. But those guys did GREAT work.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think rectos were available just after Demanufacture. It’s interesting because it was just on the cusp of the 5150 and Rectos gaining momentum in the modern metal world.

  • @danglinfury3441
    @danglinfury3441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey man.... Dig your vids.... How's about the tone of Crowbar? Same amps Dime used... Randall RG100 solid state with a Boss MT-2 Metal zone in front used as a boost with the gain all the way down... it has that semi-parametric mids THANG goin for it... Their tone is heavy as fooooook!

    • @danglinfury3441
      @danglinfury3441 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sayin Dime used the MT-2.... But Kirk Windstein has used it more than once....just sayin...

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep I’ll give it a go once I get a Randall RG. GOOD SHOUT.

  • @mikesbadopinions9671
    @mikesbadopinions9671 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can't play a BC Rich and then run down Ibanez in the same video lol. You're going off the rails on this one my friend. Demanufacture was so fucking tight and the amount of post work on that album was probably crazy as you've identified. Somehow though they managed to put on a pretty convincing version of the thing live. Very impressive

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Old BC Rich is key. Weighs a ton. Has a brass block etc.

  • @JesusChrist-vf3xd
    @JesusChrist-vf3xd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We used to scoop the mids in the studio and boost them live

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. What would JC do? Scoop.

  • @Ronny1031
    @Ronny1031 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    On Soul of a New Machine and Demanufacture, Dino used an ESP Horizon with an EMG 81 tuned down to B. He didn't switch to Ibanez until 1996 or 1997, when he started writing for Obsolete.

  • @Oni64
    @Oni64 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you try to recreate the Brujeria tone?

  • @kittavares4334
    @kittavares4334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well fuck me, I didn't listen to Fear Facto since high school and I totally forgot I used to love them. Your friend's playing is super tight, very impressing.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is a MACHINE. Amazing player.

  • @BigMikeGuitar
    @BigMikeGuitar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1-800-Mosquito = freakin’ hilarious!

  • @worksofein6449
    @worksofein6449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What even are mids?! ;) one of my favourite albums and guitar tones, I've been trying and failing to nail it for 20+ years.
    Would love to see you try get the tone from soul of new machine, or the first two strapping young lad or static-x albums.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here is static x th-cam.com/video/mMfFw3RULvE/w-d-xo.html

    • @worksofein6449
      @worksofein6449 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CIRCLEOFTONE cool thanks, I'm just going through all your tone recreations now.

  • @theswampylad5734
    @theswampylad5734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to see a video on the early Mastodon tone

  • @kevenklayne4211
    @kevenklayne4211 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's the song being played in the beginning by the other dude?

  • @themodernguitarist
    @themodernguitarist 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not sure if it was brought up, but the first 2 FF albums were done with an ESP M1 Custom with a single EMG 81. He didn't switch to Ibanez until mid 1996 when he got an Ibanez UV7BK with a single Dimarzio bridge pickup. I think obsolete was done with either a UV777 or a custom Ibanez LACS with an EMG 707 prototype pickup.

  • @deathpunk187
    @deathpunk187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    to be honest... I wish a lot more Industrial Metal bands took something out of the book of Fear Factory, at least when it comes the extreme flavor of it because a lot of the bands like to pile in synthesizers, and SFX, and really over process, edit, and put to many effects on their guitars and more or less bury or make the heavy, and also metal aspects of it completely disappear and makes you question why a band was formed instead of someone just becoming an Industrial DJ instead... but I feel FF really are one of the many Industrial bands coming out of the 90's who did it right, and in their own way, and yes I know they used synths but they didn't bury the guitar they actually held them aloft and made them more pronounced and more machine like with the drums just tearing through in the back like a machine gun. In all honesty... Fear Factory has a sound, and an aesthetic that is uniquely dark and gritty to them, that newer Industrial groups now can barely even come close to obtaining.

  • @GoldenGateNum9
    @GoldenGateNum9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    *They actually had a bit of a tiff with Colin and he went in the studio and deleted all the drum tracks out of* *frustration with the band, fact is that the incredible sound obtained on Demanufacture was a bit of an* *accident.*

  • @bobowrathsovine.
    @bobowrathsovine. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought the cassette to Demanufacture in 1995. I always kept in my mind the guitar tone was up there with my personal favorite "George Lynch". I suspect that Dino also used pickups that were hand wired slightly different than what the general public could obtain the same way Lynch did in the 80's.

    • @CIRCLEOFTONE
      @CIRCLEOFTONE  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's still a mystery to exactly what pickup/guitar he used on Demanufacture. It's probably either an Ibanez UV7 or a 6 string ESP.

    • @jeffarab4947
      @jeffarab4947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      6 string esp with the emg81. He then during the 96 tour used the ibanez 7s and it went all beautiful from thr he started the 7 string till now and 8s

  • @andrewdow6623
    @andrewdow6623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should try and to Exhorder's tone. Its so unique it would be cool to see a video on it

    • @GoldenGateNum9
      @GoldenGateNum9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good one, Exhorders tone sounds over the top and bludgeoning.

  • @smunzio3000
    @smunzio3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great one! What about iced earth?

  • @brpadington
    @brpadington 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Colin Richardson would have used a sm57 and a 421 right?

  • @metalman6369
    @metalman6369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I fucking love fear factory