PolyChorus: The Sound Of In Utero 

Just an update: I do not think the filter matrix setting was used with distortion besides on MV. Most of that matrix sound on In Utero comes from room mics.

Pretty cool how Kurt was able to make these really dissonant sounds work in the context of the music.

that portion you played where you described it as a broken record sounded beautiful

ive always wanted a poly chorus, good demo video!!!!

How do you only have 6k subs? You deserve more recognition

I love that pedal and your video is a nice demonstration of it. I actually have a track were I’m using the exact same drunken setting. Love your video and looking forward to the next.

Oh my gosh! Thanks a lot for breaking it down. I totally understand it now! I was hearing other people talking about this "Filter Matrix" used on In Utero and I was like "what the hell is that? that sounds really complicated" and it's just a mode on the pedal. You totally got it man! Congratulations!

Awesome video! Convinced me to pick up the original Polyflange unit you sent the link to :D whether you have the original or reissue versions of these, I think they’re very neat pedals and offer a lot in one package. I love the weirder sounds they make.

Nice video! Thanks for sharing.

0:22 THAT TONE! It sounds so accurate to the recording!

Hi, I just wanted to say that I think this is your best and most informative video. For 30 years we've been talking about the EchoFlanger/PolyChorus settings and how Kurt used those pedals. We had the diagram showing his settings, but that never mentioned the Filter Matrix or talked about what order the pedals were in or addressed the Blend switch. Great job being thorough!

I can see you are really enjoying your hi-flier, i might have to get my own

super excited man :)

Sound perfect 🎸👍

If I’m not mistaken on the actual album he used a 70s echoclanger but it broke and on the in utero tour he used a 90s re-issue polychorus which is essentially almost identical to the echoflanger.

Very good! a pity that PolyChorus is so difficult and expensive 👏🤘

Very informative

Hey jq! Love the videos as always. Just wondering if you’ve ever considered having a decibel meter running in the background of your videos? as I live in a house with neighbours all around me and I’m curious as to how possible it is to get these tones out of stage sized rigs while keeping the volume low enough to not piss my neighbours off. I know attenuation exists but yeah just wondering how you personally go about it. Thanks mate :)

What speakers are in your Fender Quadreverb?

3:09 sounds like gallons tone

Awesome video! Amazing Polychorus! Can you please tell me: what are the settings on the Big Muff for Nirvana?

Hell yeah man! Keep grunge alive 🔥

nice!

I think I need one now lmao

Hi jq! for what do you have mesa boogie head if you sold mesa pre and what was wrong with the previous preamp that you sold by the way why theoretically you bought the same amplifier again? Thanks for your time.

This reminds me an awful lot of my Moog MF Chorus. It can't do quite as nasty comb effects, but it absolutely does the sort of sounds like on "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" and "Scentless Apprentice". It's generally a fairly insane pedal.

I have a boss katana so you have to adjust the settings by 1-100 but on ur amps it's 1-10. Do you know how to input ur settings into my boss?

hey! can you make a tone 09/01/91 - Rotterdam, 3 weeks after the release of neverminde? :D

Nice JQ. what pick ups do you have in your hi flier? i think Kurts was a Seymour Duncan JBJ in the bridge right? are the new ones the same at the vintage ones? and whats in the neck again?

I gotta get me one of those man 😩

Where’s the pedal x videoooo

Is there a pedal that can sound like the filter matrix?

Man I’m looking to get that “broken record” sound you did with the polychorus out of my Earthquaker Devices SeaMachine (V3), I can do RFUS with it but I just can’t get that sound that you did with it.

Is it ok when the overload light is on? I have 2000's reissue and my light is always on when the distortion is engaged.

For scentless at the beginning were you using the poly chorus before or after distortion? Cause for me when I use my delay before distortion it sounds IDENTICAL to Kurts scentless tone and when I use it after distortion it sounds like his live tone

What if you’re gonna use polychorus without distortion? Will it still sound the same??? Nice video btw 🎉

Holy shit - how did you get a hold of a Pedal X?

If you do another video can you watch your voice over levels in the mix of the video so we don't have to crank the volume to hear what you're saying and then have our ears blown when you play the guitar??

Always wondered how to get that sound on Pennyroyal Tea and Rape Me. Had no idea the Polychorus was on with the neck pickup!

nice man. but i have an question do you regrett selling youre gospel? cuz i sure would regrett that

what did you pay for it?

Rad

3:08 every emo/skramz song in intro

Ah ok , Studio was POLY INTO DISTORTION , then live it was opposite? 👍😎🤘