Tool - Lateralus [clone cover]

Want your home recordings to sound like this? Get my Home Recording Masterclass here - Check out my original band Dimphonic - **If you plan to share this video, do not download it. Use the direct YouTube link from this original upload only. Here’s a clone cover of Lateralus for the Tool fans, dedicated to my uncle who showed me Tool as a kid. Can’t get out and play live shows these quarantine days, so this was a project I took on. Rehearsed and planned for about two months till I had everything reliably on lock, lots of technical trial and error to get the “vibe“ and tones set, all parts were recorded in one take and captured simultaneously with the videos. Every sound in this video was 100% recreated from scratch for this cover. No sounds/samples were taken or used from the original song or elsewhere. I had to buy some gear beforehand such as the bass whammy and a certain mic I needed for the hi hat, I even tried to rent a gong for the ending part Danny does from a place called Gongs Unlimited in Nebraska. After calling them and getting the dimensions, it was physically impossible to fit behind the kit, as this drum setup was already tight and I’m always pressed for image frame space while shooting these clone vids. Also I used a kick drum with a single head for the intro buildup part. It had that “cardboardy” sub frequency sound I was looking for. I added double-tracked guitars and double tracked vocals after the fact, all in the same spots that are done on the original song. I put more of a personal twist on the vox for this one and just had fun with it. No tabs were used so some things may be played differently from an “official” standpoint. If you want to know more technicals about the production, send me an email on my channel info page. Despite some extremely frustrating moments along the way, in the end I had a badass time doing this cover. Peace **I DO NOT IN ANY WAY claim the rights to this song, and thanks to Tool for being the timeless, revolutionary, and genius band they are.