How does the band Tool record?

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You know, I've always been fascinated with this band. I'm even more fascinated with their production process. I was wondering, does anyone have any insight to how they track their guitars and drums? Everything sounds absolutely incredible. I thought I saw an article on their album "10,000 Days" once, but can't find it anymore.

Any insight is appreciated. Thanks!
 
drums for 10,000 days were tracked through an API console to tape...i believe there were 2 mics on each kick, the snare, and all the toms, along with 3 OH mics(1 center, 1 L/R), a few spot cymbals mics, and a few room mics as well

the rest of the album was tracked through a neve console...

guitars were recorded through adam's signature marshall/triple recto/diezel combo...each amp went to a mesa OS 4x12 with a 57/421/121 on it, and i believe barressi said each of the 4 takes was bussed down and recorded to a single track...again to tape

bass...i read something about how the bass was tracked, but forgot. i really just remember that they stuck a couple of mics in front of justin's bass rig, and blended it with a DI track.

vocals...maynard sang into his personal soundelux tube mic, along with an SM57. the soundelux was used for the actual signing, with 57 beind used for any screams or distorted vocals.

then the tape tracks were imported to PT for editing, and i can't remember if they mixed ITB or sent the edited tracks back out to tape for analog mixing...i think it might've been a combo of both, really

and for the record, this is what i remember from some joe barressi interview that's floating around the web somewhere where he explained the whole process fairly in-depth
 
my nephew got to record on one of the tracks off the remix cd. on the tune he was on, they shipped it around. put it together remotely, as I understood it..like guitars and drums in one city, the vocals in another...and someone stuffed it all together and mixed it someone where else. it wasn't all tracked in the same place in other words.
 
I read that Tool bass goes like this:

bass>demeter DI>neve1073>tape
bass> gallien kruger clean> mesa cab> neumann u47fet > neve 1073>tape
bass> gallien krueger dirty> mesa cab> neumann u47fet > neve 1073> tape

somebody else said there was an apogee also

what are all these doohickies?
 
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