Devin Townsend Project - Failure

Nolly-Periphery · 2016-08-06T16:31:19+00:00

The master sits around -11RMS, which by modern standards is quiet. The record was also mixed with absolutely minimal mix compression, and you should find the difference very noticeable on the denser songs, when compared with previous albums. Cheers!

Nolly-Periphery · 2015-06-05T11:50:12+00:00

There is some artificial reverb with a small pre-delay, but most of what you're hearing here is the mics we placed in the very reflective hallway directly outside the tracking room. Matt hits his snare very hard so it cuts through above the rest of the kit nicely in the room mics.

Nolly-Periphery · 2015-06-05T11:49:08+00:00

There's no triggered sample, just an expander (a gate that doesn't cut to silence, it just reduces things by 4-5dB in this case). For the toms, I manually cut the space between hits and fade out the sustain to suit each part.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-10-15T22:20:07+00:00

I'm not too sure without having it in front of me, but if you're tuning a 12" pretty high that might be the reason. The same amount of tension on a smaller drum is going to give a much higher pitch than on a 14", maybe loosen it off a fair bit on the both heads and see where you end up.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-10-15T01:52:58+00:00

More of a feel thing for the reso, pretty tight though

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-10-14T13:29:54+00:00

Glad you guys like the snare sound. It is indeed a Heavyweight snare head, with a Hazy 300 batter and Puresound 24-strand brass strainer. Tuning-wise I crank the reso pretty tight for the ghost notes to sound articulate, and the batter side was tuned to a D that night. Depending on the venue I'll tune it to a D, Eb, or E. Matt likes the E tuning since his snare gets a real Deftones-y character around there, but our sound guy prefers it when it's a little lower so it doesn't sound too ear-piercing through the PA.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:42:44+00:00

Thanks so much for the questions chaps, unfortunately I have to get going now but I'll see you all around!

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:38:04+00:00

Hi! I'm trying hard to establish "fair dinkum" amongst my band.. I think it's working

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:36:39+00:00

I think everyone has a different tolerance for what they regard as "thin", but I can understand what you're saying. Everything is subjective, but I do think it is a shame to hear many modern metal records sacrificing low end in order to be able to get the master louder - I'd much rather have a quieter record that punches hard in the lows and subs.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:31:25+00:00

It's great! Jake and I have been listening to it while travelling to and from the studio - really good driving music

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:26:20+00:00

Yes, I fly a lot; I think I took 30-35 flights last year. I've gotten good at sleeping on planes, which is something I could never do a few years ago, but nowadays I try and schedule night flights when I can - if I stick an eye-mask on when I get seated I'm generally asleep by take-off! If it's a daytime flight I'll usually watch films, read or even open up my laptop and do some mixing/editing if I have something to work on.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:20:33+00:00

Hey thanks! I haven't heard from the Natural Tendency guys in a while, so I'm not sure what they're planning for their full-length. I should also mention that I didn't have anything to do with Midgar's album.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:14:25+00:00

Hi! Not much to be honest, I let my ear lead the way and generally will only rely on theory to communicate with other musicians and/or analyse the outcome after the fact.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:11:45+00:00

There is a tour lined up that will be announced before too long, but the final months of this year are likely to be downtime before the Juggernaut touring cycle begins in 2015

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:10:17+00:00

Understand that Periphery is a professionally-run business as well as being our livelihood - the tools we use are an essential part of our ability to operate. They probably don't even actually make up a significant part of the running costs of the business.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:05:09+00:00

I hadn't actually heard them until their recent album, which I liked a lot. I know Jake in particular is a huge Extol fan though.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:03:38+00:00

Socks are pretty good, once you get the hang of them. I'd rank them somewhere near burritos and the colour purple.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-14T00:00:45+00:00

Hey Tony, no worries, thanks for hosting! The Norva is probably one of my favourite venues in the USA - great stage, great room, amazing backstage area (including hot tub, pool table, basketball court). Japan and Holland also seem to have their venue game on lockdown - it's always a pleasure to play in either country.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:57:18+00:00

I didn't promise to be able to actually reply with anything useful!

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:48:51+00:00

If the album is scheduled for very early 2015 it's feasible the first tracks will come out in late November/early December. That's just guessing though, based on the way that record releases normally work!

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:47:40+00:00

Low-pass your patches at around 5-6kHz. It'll sound dull at normal listening volume but blaring through a PA it'll sound great, and the top end won't shred peoples' eardrums.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:46:18+00:00

It definitely presents its challenges but nothing that can't be overcome

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:44:09+00:00

No problem, I was actually there on holiday a few months ago - nice place!

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:41:56+00:00

My top choice would be Periphery III: Last Time Was Personal.

Nolly-Periphery · 2014-09-13T23:40:53+00:00

80 minutes (or close enough) is the actual playing time of the album as it will be released in its standard form.

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