PROJECT : UNDERNEATH // THE 2025 SESSIONS
Album: wereallgoing2hell Production Period: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025 Studio Engine: FL Studio 24 [All-Plugins Edition]
1. The "Wall of Sound" (Guitars & Bass)
We spent the first half of 2025 perfecting the low-end.
• The Tech: Nick used his Ibanez RG into Neural DSP Archetype: Gojira.
• The Secret: We didn't just record one guitar. Every rhythm track is quad-tracked (4 separate takes panned left and right) to create that massive stadium width. We used custom IRs to make it sound like it was recorded in a cathedral, not a bedroom.
2. The Vocal Mutation (Jacob)
My vocals in 2025 were about finding the "Grit."
• The Tech: Shure SM7B → Cloudlifter → FabFilter Saturn 2.
• The Method: We used heavy saturation and Antares Auto-Tune in "Graphic Mode" to get those perfectly sharp, robotic-yet-human emo hooks. We layered my 2020 "Hollow" session demos underneath the new 2025 takes to give the voice a haunting, double-tracked ghost effect.
3. The "Machine" Drums (Seth)
Seth wanted the drums to sound like a factory.
• The Tech: Addictive Drums 2 layered with custom industrial foley.
• The Method: We spent months in 2025 sampling metal-on-metal hits and running them through Xfer OTT (extreme compression). This gives the album that "apocalyptic" heartbeat.
4. Atmospheric Design
Every synth you hear was designed during the 2025 winter sessions.
• The Tech: Xfer Serum and Vital.
• The Method: We used granular synthesis to stretch out old 2017 garage recordings into long, haunting pads. If you hear a "ghostly" sound in the background, it’s probably a guitar riff from 2017 slowed down 1000%.
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