Djenters: Optimal / Dream rig for that ultimate djent sound?

[Nadz1lla]

Good to hear I might be halfway there already, I have a Pod XT, I just need to get it in for repair. Have had a look at Line 6 and already have found a plethora of Djent patches, a couple seem to have been done by Misha himself, which is pretty cool.

[JDC]

Good to hear I might be halfway there already, I have a Pod XT, I just need to get it in for repair. Have had a look at Line 6 and already have found a plethora of Djent patches, a couple seem to have been done by Misha himself, which is pretty cool.

I've never used a POD but if memory serves me right he used to boost his POD with some kind of TC Electronics preamp thingy pedal, he probably nicked the idea of Meshuggah but I can't remember what they used to do with their PODs

[Nolly]

I've never used a POD but if memory serves me right he used to boost his POD with some kind of TC Electronics preamp thingy pedal, he probably nicked the idea of Meshuggah but I can't remember what they used to do with their PODs

Misha plugs straight into his POD. ;)

[Nadz1lla]

Sweet! I REALLY like the tone he gets out of it, so when my Pod is back from repair I shall be playing with that patch a fair bit, heh. Will upload a clip or two when I get round to it.   :D

[JDC]

I've never used a POD but if memory serves me right he used to boost his POD with some kind of TC Electronics preamp thingy pedal, he probably nicked the idea of Meshuggah but I can't remember what they used to do with their PODs

Misha plugs straight into his POD. ;)

ah I must be thinking of the Tesseract guy then, and/or Meshuggah

that or I dreamt it!

[Roobubba]

I'm trying to work out if the sounds I make are Djent-like or not. The jury's out!

Roo

[dheim]

I'm trying to work out if the sounds I make are Djent-like or not. The jury's out!

Roo

from what i heard i'd say no... if i understood what it means djent sound should be a bit more "fluid" and "synth-like", that's not exactly what i have in mind but i can't explain myself better...  :)

[Roobubba]

I'm trying to work out if the sounds I make are Djent-like or not. The jury's out!

Roo

from what i heard i'd say no... if i understood what it means djent sound should be a bit more "fluid" and "synth-like", that's not exactly what i have in mind but i can't explain myself better...  :)

I'd be interested to hear which bands people consider are NOT 'Djent' that are most similar to 'bona fide' Djent bands! Can you give examples of what makes a sound 'Djent' and what makes a sound 'unDjent'?

Roo

[the prince of shred]

do these bands count as djent then:
meshuggah
nile
necrophagist
lamb of god??

[Nadz1lla]

L.O.G's tone verges on being almost there, but there's not quite enough "dj" to their "ent" to warrant the title in my opinion.  :)
Gotta be careful also in classing bands, really. There are some that sport the kind of tone concurrent to a predominantly"djent" sounding band, but I believe only those who would want to be labelled as such would call themselves "Djent" or even use that word to describe their sound. Of course from the listener's perspective there are always going to be those artists who cross several different genre boundaries. It's up to the listener to form their own opinion as to where the bands belong in the "catalogue", if you will. 

[MDV]

do these bands count as djent then:
meshuggah
nile
necrophagist
lamb of god??

Djenty, no no and no.

[the prince of shred]

then what bands would be a typical djenty band? im confused as to what constitutes a sound being djenty,,,

[dheim]

do these bands count as djent then:
meshuggah
nile
necrophagist
lamb of god??

Djenty, no no and no.

well, i'm not exactly an expert but i think that messhuggah qualifies as djenty...

[JDC]

then what bands would be a typical djenty band? im confused as to what constitutes a sound being djenty,,,

the djent sound comes from palm muted 4 string downtuned powerchords ala older Meshuggah albums, it's something to do with upper mids (I think, or I'm talking rubbish)

[Nadz1lla]

then what bands would be a typical djenty band? im confused as to what constitutes a sound being djenty,,,

Periphery, Bulb, some Meshuggah, The Safety Fire, Red Seas Fire, Tesseract, Fellsilent.

Also see: http://www.last.fm/listen/globaltags/DJENT