Thank you. It's so cool to see the equipment used on this album. It's a classic and timeless. It's been a part of my life for many years and I always come back to it.
Unbelievable. Look pics of Billy C at Lollapalooza in ‘94 and then look at his hair in the 666 tapes which is shown here. I’ve never seen a hair line run away that fast
You forgot to mention how they used a sample of the missile launcher from the game Doom.. you hear it in the intro on the song where boys fear to tread
Love MCIS love the raw live playing loud feel of it! But it really does sound and feel quiet in a way?? Like you hear any singles on the radio … bullet for example and it’s so quiet. Even when I listen to CD I really have to crank the volume to get it to where it needs to be .. listen to that album loudly ! Anyone else notice this ? Feel like it needs to be remastered (which I think they did with all studio releases )
That's because they kept the dynamic range high from quiet to loud - and also this was before the "loudness wars" so they probably were not too concerned about maxing out the peak volume.
Sounds warm and analogue with a wide dynamic range. Meant for play on a Hi Fi stereo, not a compressed file. Sounds amazing on a nice rig and yes the 2012 remaster does cut through a little more. Which is what you’re hearing if you’re streaming
Awesome, thanks a lot. I would love to have some info on the gear for the album Zeitgeist. It´s the first thing I heard from them and it sound impacted me a lot.
I've heard Billy was a perfectionist and a bit of a control guy and really didn't let his other band mates play much on the albums. Billy pretty much played all the guitar and bass parts himself (and maybe even Butch earlier on). He may have indeed used all those guitars, but it was probably all him and not James or Darcy much at all.
@@andrewbenks I don't know. I suspect the truth is something of a mix. I know they live tracked the bones of lots of tracks, but I bet 99% of the overdubs on something like Porcelina or Ruby are Billy.
Thank you. It's so cool to see the equipment used on this album. It's a classic and timeless. It's been a part of my life for many years and I always come back to it.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it - Ya MCIS has had such an impact on so many people over the years :)
Unbelievable. Look pics of Billy C at Lollapalooza in ‘94 and then look at his hair in the 666 tapes which is shown here. I’ve never seen a hair line run away that fast
Excellent expose of the recording techniques and equipment.
Thanks :)
You forgot to mention how they used a sample of the missile launcher from the game Doom.. you hear it in the intro on the song where boys fear to tread
Ya I forgot to mention that one!
Wrong. It's the explosion of barrels they sampled. And it's played many times during WBFTT. That song was also called "The Bomb" before release.
It's from doom
@zzzz-sf5lr yes, the barrel explosion from Doom
@@TheSiameseDreamer no the game see
Excellently done and insightful
Thanks :)
Thank you. Fantastic work.
Thanks Andreas
Well done 👍 thanks
Thanks :)
Love MCIS love the raw live playing loud feel of it! But it really does sound and feel quiet in a way?? Like you hear any singles on the radio … bullet for example and it’s so quiet. Even when I listen to CD I really have to crank the volume to get it to where it needs to be .. listen to that album loudly ! Anyone else notice this ? Feel like it needs to be remastered (which I think they did with all studio releases )
That's because they kept the dynamic range high from quiet to loud - and also this was before the "loudness wars" so they probably were not too concerned about maxing out the peak volume.
Sounds warm and analogue with a wide dynamic range. Meant for play on a Hi Fi stereo, not a compressed file.
Sounds amazing on a nice rig and yes the 2012 remaster does cut through a little more. Which is what you’re hearing if you’re streaming
Awesome, thanks a lot. I would love to have some info on the gear for the album Zeitgeist. It´s the first thing I heard from them and it sound impacted me a lot.
Thanks - Ya Zeitgeist is awesome - I know this was the time when Billy got his signature Stratocaster, and he used it a ton on the album.
@@andrewbenks Yes I love how saturated and dark it sounds. Thanks for the info Andrew!
Wow. Nice job 👍
The era right before pro tools completely took over and Billy’s hair died.
Thanks :)
Alesis Drum machine for the 1979 intro...
I've heard Billy was a perfectionist and a bit of a control guy and really didn't let his other band mates play much on the albums. Billy pretty much played all the guitar and bass parts himself (and maybe even Butch earlier on). He may have indeed used all those guitars, but it was probably all him and not James or Darcy much at all.
That was true on Siamese Dream, but not Mellon Collie.
@@andrewbenks I don't know. I suspect the truth is something of a mix. I know they live tracked the bones of lots of tracks, but I bet 99% of the overdubs on something like Porcelina or Ruby are Billy.
@@barrybrennan2135it’s true on Ruby in particular. Billy laid down a shitload of overdubs.
MCIS sound overproduced for me, but I love it anyway 😎
It's a compressed, murky mess at times (think Jimmy's bass drum in Tonite, Tonite), but yeah, I love it.
Billy Corgan and Kurt Cobain had the best guitar tones ! Nice job !
Thanks - ya they have some of the best guitar tones ever produced!
A rat and a boss ds 2 Is a good tone?
@@luisguerra9479 Good for Nirvana - Not the Pumpkins though
This would have been an interesting video, but I couldn't do more than a minute of your monotone voice.
You're more of a Pee-Wee Herman guy