The masked metal noisemakers in Slipknot have issued a blistering new sonic screed on “All Hope Is Gone,” the band’s first album of new music in four years and first Billboard No. 1 album.
Bassist Paul Gray installed a full Peavey professional sound-reinforcement system for the band’s rehearsal room just in time to begin work on the follow-up to the Platinum-selling “Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses,” which spawned the Grammy®-winning single “Before I Forget.”
“With a band that has as much going on as we do, being able to hear everything is crucial,� said Gray. “The full-range Peavey system we’re using gives us crisp highs, a thumping low end and more than enough power. It might be the only sound system strong enough to handle Slipknot!�
During rehearsals the band is flanked by two towering SP™6 enclosures, each a quasi four-way system with two 15� Black Widow® woofers for the lows, mid-range duties shared by the top 15� and a 6.5� professional mid-range speaker, and highs represented by an RX™22 titanium compression driver. Both towers, as well as four QW® monitor wedges, are powered by CS® 4000 Commercial Series power amplifiers that put out a pounding 4000 watts at 4 ohms bridged.
Directing the signal flow is a 24FX™ mixing console, a 24-channel desk outfitted with ultra-clear Silencer™ mic preamps—fed by PVM™ 22 mics with diamond-coated diaphragms—and four pre-fader auxiliary outputs per channel that provide four separate monitor mixes, one for each QW.
Founded in 1965, Peavey® is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of musical instruments and professional sound equipment. Peavey has earned more than 180 patents and produces more than 2,000 products, which are distributed throughout the United States and to 136 other countries. Peavey and its MediaMatrix®, Architectural Acoustics®, PVDJ®, Crest Audio® and Trace Elliot® brands and affiliates can be found on concert stages and in more than 5,000 airports, stadiums, theme parks and other venues around the world. To find out more, visit www.peavey.com.
