Architects - "Curse" | Quad Cortex Playthrough

[@nathanmachine-]

this is cool. ndsp pls feature more bands and their presets if you can

[@zyphonoxy]

Archetype: Architects would be 🔥🔥🔥

[@SpakManGtr]

Check out the Josh Middleton STL plug-in

[@Mariooo57]

Makes me wish it also would've happened while Tom was still with us 💔

[@danthemanmillan]

@@SpakManGtr Bummer that STL is a subscription based model

[@EK33311]

its comin, i got it early.

[@athmaid]

@@EK33311 either you're just lying to get attention or that's the last time you'll have gotten early access lol

[@adamcogan211]

There’s a new Architects song???? Oh my god we are so back!!! This is the best they’ve sounded in years! Edit: WTF HOW DID I MISS THIS??? Song came out in April and this is the first I’m hearing of it.

[@northtimo666]

Have you heard Seeing Red?

[@kakitangan195]

Same, Josh quitting made me lost interest, slightly

[@vkchopper]

@willdasilva literally you

[@Endlessnameless803]

@@kakitangan195Love Josh but the 2 most recent Architects songs are great and so is the new Sylosis so both parties are doing fine. Plus it seems that there was no bad blood either since there is an interview of Sam giving praise to the new Sylosis stuff

[@reubentamlyn9512]

just ordered a quad cortex, cant wait for it to arrive

[@NeuralDSP]

🎉👏

[@akmetalhead95]

Just got mine a few weeks ago! It's so insanely cool! Just scratching the surface of figuring out how to use it and what it can do.

[@reubentamlyn9512]

@@akmetalhead95 Teasing me

[@rockstarbmf9595]

@@akmetalhead95 Make sure you invest in some high quality speakers so you can milk that mfer for all it's worth!

[@ConstantineM]

Just listened to a Quad Cortex demos, looked at my wallet and realized that I will never be able to afford QC :D

[@Frank-jl8rl]

Killer bass tone dude!

[@sms-26989]

Holy hell this band rocks!😉

[@awrely]

Awesome production, love it !

[@Jt7166]

So nice to hear sort of the “old Architects” tuning again. Most of their other new stuff atleast with Josh seemed to be Drop B which just never felt right to me.

[@skypiercer13]

Drop B is kinda the OG Tuning though (at least after Sam entered). Plus this song is even deeper then the usual F# Architects Tuning.

[@M4NA5]

Damn that Mayones is a beauty!

[@Theonly_Onyx]

I always read that as mayonnaise 😂😂

[@DwayneCreates]

Interesting combination for the blended amps, but it sounds so good. I did a tone recreation video for Seeing Red and uploaded the tone to the cloud, but i just ended up using the 5150 III for it. Going to play around with this one too, because I'm shocked they didnt just use the 5150, every time I've tried the Diezel Herbert by itself, I've found it hard to tame, combined with the Peavey 6505 seems to make it sound nice though.

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

Curse may be a cookiecutter modern metal track, but it's good. It still feels like Architects-to me-, it's got that Jordan Fish effect, and the riffage is to die for

[@watkinscharles829]

The Quad Cortex is my dream modeler & now it has the Fortin Nameless!! Guess i need to go hold up that 🏦 down the road since Sweetwater wouldn't approve me for financing.

[@mattz1686]

Now that is a fat tone. Well done dudes

[@TrevSolstice]

🔥🔥🔥🤘🏼🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@TheAntarcticaProject]

🖤

[@ruinofspace]

*Damn,* _very powerful tone 🔥🤘_

[@Hooman.M]

Damn It...Amazing

[@ILIA-gk6cg]

💯

[@rafaelcnsd]

Bass in F0 would be massive

[@mitchellburns2999]

Little disappointed it's not recorded/ played the octave lower - still sounds good , though

[@MaxTaylorGrant]

@@mitchellburns2999 Ali did this for years, we only recently changed to playing in unison with the guitars and the result is a much tighter sound overall. F#0/F0 ended up being too much low end with no definition, and lots of pick noise.

[@mitchellburns2999]

@@MaxTaylorGrant Totally understandable - It seems to be the the cut-off point for double drop bass . I asked the guys in ERRA - they concur it sounds too muddy once getting into F,E,D# ect. I personally just like the sound, though - ie. the band Currents. I love the aggressive low end growl of those songs in drop E, with double-drop bass , oh man!

[@DREAMLAPSEDIMENSIONS]

If you guys could do an Oceans Ate Alaska tone.. that would be yes.

[@picusstudioformosa]

🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥

[@razvain]

Damn, Architects keep getting better and better 🤍

[@FabioCoradduzza]

that iss a baritone guitar ! with this sound bass make good sound !heavy

[@artolan_illusive]

What is the tuning for bass?

[@AyeFrknSn4pper]

that’s what i’m tryna figure out too, i think it’s drop b but im not for sure

[@Mariooo57]

Sounds like it's A# F A# D# to my ears

[@edson_etian]

The guitars are in Drop F but the strange Drop F that architects use (Drop B tuning but the 6th string it's tuned to F) The bass it's Drop B, as you can see during the breakdown Ali is playing the 6th fret on the 4th string that means that the note he's playing on a string tuned on B, would be F. But Adam it's playing on a "open note" (0 fret) cause his guitar it's Drop F. And besides that's the bass that Ali uses it's tuned in Drop B you can see him using it in others songs tuned in Drop B like Impermanence or Animals. (I'm not entirely sure, especially cause Ali is playing the 3th string open on the intro and if it's Drop B that note is F#, that makes me think the tuning can be A# too, I am open to any correction, I am just trying to find the right tuning like many others)

[@AyeFrknSn4pper]

@@edson_etianI completely forgot this song is in F and not F#, yeah it’s definitely Drop A# or something of the sort

[@edson_etian]

@@AyeFrknSn4pper Thanks, actually I saw better and Ali it's Playing the 7th Fret on the breakdown so definitely it's Drop A#! Maybe Ali is using a Pitch Shifter on this one idk.

[@LeeRye-h3q]

No way the bassist played an architects song with a fender Edit: just realized this is architect's bassist. Still it's funny to me that he played a fender

[@FastMeAsk]

🔥🔥🔥 - what stings are on that bass? I have the same one but can’t settle on a set for this tuning.

[@MaxTaylorGrant]

Strings are Ernie Ball, B 125, F# 90, B 70, E 50.

[@zachreh]

@@MaxTaylorGrantI’ve always admired Ali’s tone, is his live tone different than his studio tone or is it very similar now?

[@rendyaa]

their tuning is different right?

[@davidsartorius6631]

Is Adam now writing for architects? Always thought Main writers were Tom and then Josh. Do they have a 2nd guitarist now again? I am a Little off with information about architects. Maybe somebody can help me out :)

[@tasuja7440]

Josh left Architects on good terms to focus more on his own band Sylosis. :)

[@michaelwlodek1548]

Dan has been writing everything (I believe) and in an interview about the new song Whiplash, he talks about how he's picked up guitar

[@setyanurrahman127]

What tuning?

[@mitchellburns2999]

low string is tuned to F , and the rest are tuned as if it's drop A#

[@setyanurrahman127]

Thanks dude

[@amdddd_]

How does he play 6 strings guitar on drop F without pitch shifter or octaver?

[@carterguitarrr8090]

The guitar is tuned to C Standard, with the low C string tuned down to F (6th and 5th string become an octave apart). They use baritone guitars and a much thicker gauge for the lowest string.

[@philippruizlozano]

I can't remember why I stopped listening to Archetypes but I suspect the reason was very dumb. I'll start doing it again, they kick so much ass 😅🤘

[@HLBmusix]

how does the guitar becom so clear, i cant get the distorion out of the amp sim no matter how low i turn the gain

[@zzzbb8]

Check your input signal. Could running too hot into the unit itself.

[@TheTeaTVI]

play your instrument properly! pick it hard, low gain and proper muting!

[@josuastangl7140]

Love it when bands don't just copy/paste the guitar tuning to bass. This makes for more creative basslines. Even tho it's probably more out of necessity, because a low F on bass gets impractical.

[@AyeFrknSn4pper]

Exactly! The bassline in the second verse is nutty, definitely one of my favorite things architects has ever done

[@johnnymartini5434]

Is it even legal to play metalcore on sunburst Fender P-bass? 😅Great tone tho. 🔥

[@mmmb4798]

what string gauge for bass

[@MaxTaylorGrant]

B 125, F# 90, B 70, E 50.

[@davidjoel111]

Love the simplicity of live direct rigs, I gig like that myself, but I miss the intrigue of watching a rig rundown and seeing what amps/cabs/speakers/pedals/etc an artist would use and the reasoning for why. I find it a bit boring that every rig rundown for every artist is some sort of digital direct unit, ampless stage. It might be more interesting to do deep dives on what they have on their presets, what amps/IRs/speaker/mic/EQs they're using and why.

[@TheMrcalamity]

What amp does he use for the main rhythm?

[@slimerik4032]

Diezel herbert ch3 + peavy 6505 lead

[@SlyRyFry]

pv505 lead and D-cell hisbert ch3 running parallel to each other

[@1nzi]

Peavey Herbert + Diezel 6505

[@LandBelowTheWind92]

this is better than moanCORE

[@Just.Another_Cover]

guitar is off tune

[@Theexplorographer]

And that's just 1 thing. That intro was basically mush. All the upper notes in the beginning were buried. The vocals were buried too. Great playing as far as I can tell but meh otherwise.

[@roryt1985]

@@Theexplorographervocals are buried because it’s a guitar / bass play through, clown.

[@MATCHLESS789]

I thought Architects was a metal band?

[@aaronwinchell4343]

😂😂 bro, they are a Nu metal band like the likes of Korn Linkin Park , Breaking Benjamin, and more if you think metal is just screaming your thinking of Death core and if not than your probably thinking about the 70s or 80s shred style

[@MATCHLESS789]

@aaronwinchell4343 I'm just joking, but this song in particular does sound very radio friendly.

[@kw-wf9uf]

​@@aaronwinchell4343They couldn't be less nu metal if they tried. They've always been metalcore, this is just a very modern incarnation of that sound

[@vovamorkova9700]

@@aaronwinchell4343 wtf i thought Architects is a jazz with heavy Taylor Swift and slav hardbass influence

[@rdellw2]

Might seem like it now but they started out as Mathcore​@@aaronwinchell4343

[@Angry_hamster]

bad publicity

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

Bad how?

[@Angry_hamster]

@ bad sound

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

@@Angry_hamster, could you give me something more descriptive? Also I have to admit, the sound isn't that bad. I personally dig the tone here

[@Angry_hamster]

@@pramusetyakanca1552 but I don't like this tone. Back off.

The guitar is out of tune… Did nobody hear this before it got uploaded? Very strange.

[@Crotes1990]

The guitar is in tune

[@NeverEatenChestnut]

Love this!

[@nicolashunter4131]

Kids, fans of linkin park trying to rip off some Meshuggah vibes but never the essence, of course the results are pure trash