Fear Factory’s Milo Silvestro - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 596 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Milo Silvestro, vocalist of the industrial metal band, Fear Factory, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on the U.S. Demanufactour 2025.  PLAY THE SAME GEAR: Shure ULX2/BETA 58A Handheld Wireless Microphone - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKEynE Korg Kaoss Pad Quad Dynamic Effect Processor - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XmD3kg Radial Engineering IceCube Transformer Isolator - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09LDvJ TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play GTX Vocal Processor - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/bOA9Mk Shure ADX Series Digital Wireless In-Ear Monitoring System - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6yr5YG Ultimate Ears Custom In-Ear Monitors - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/dO1jMk  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - September 17, 2025 Location - The WC Social Club in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH FEAR FACTORY: Facebook - https://facebook.com/fearfactory Instagram - https://instagram.com/fearfactory Twitter - https://twitter.com/fearfactory  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Skip Intro 01:01 Vocal Effects 06:20 In-Ears & Wireless  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.  Affiliate Disclosure: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase. Your support helps me continue to create content like this. Thank you!

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00:00I think it's really cool to have this like little UFO that you tweak on stage

00:04Once you put these guys on, it's a fucking game-changer

00:08It's like a lot of you guys know changing my world so I can't live

00:30Ciau a tutti, hi everybody, this is Milo from Fear Factory

00:42So I want to show you guys my rig that I use on stage for vocals

00:46As some of you probably know by now, I'm a huge effect guy

00:51And I like to bring all the classic effects used on vocals in studio live

00:56And tweak them myself because I think it adds to the performance

00:59So this is a Chord Chaos pad, it's a really cool effect

01:03It was born as a DJ effect, as you might know

01:07But I've been using this with my other band in Rome Dad channel live

01:12And I think it's great to reproduce some of the classic effects

01:15That a lot of bands use on studio but they don't really bring them live

01:18And Fear Factory also has these effects

01:20So of course, high-pass filters

01:23You know, a lot of you guys know

01:25Changing my world so I can't live

01:28You know, that kind of stuff

01:29And I like to reproduce it with the Chaos pad

01:34It just select your effect

01:35And you know, you have to know where you have to press with your finger

01:40Like I know the H-pass filter has a sweet spot right here for me

01:44It also has other filters

01:47Uh, low-pass pitch shifter, you know, band pass

01:52Uh, has additional delays that I use for screams

01:55Uh, not for clean vocals, we will go to clean vocals in a little bit

01:59Uh, it has distortion and flanger

02:03So I'm using distortion because on D-manufacture

02:06There are a couple of vocal parts like Newbreed

02:09When it goes, wait, ah, the newbreed

02:11You know, it has some distortion on vocals

02:13Uh, I'm reproducing that too

02:16Flanger, I used flanger on the first part of D-manufacture

02:19It has a nice looper function

02:22So it goes like, you know, you can loop your voice

02:25And just make it go fast

02:26And I'm also using a little part of Newbreed to give you a little twist

02:30So, uh, it's really cool

02:33A lot of people have been asking, you know, what's that thing you use?

02:35And I think it's really cool to have this, like, little UFO that you tweak on stage, you know

02:40And it adds up to the performance

02:42So, of course, when you move your gear around

02:46The knobs are gonna be messed up, you know

02:48They're gonna be, like, uh, touching with other gear, you know

02:52And the, so we wanna make sure that the volume stays like this

02:55So, this is the input volume

02:57So, we don't really wanna change it

02:59Uh, this is, uh, in the other hand, this is the effects depth

03:03So, this is gonna change constantly

03:05Sometimes, if I put the distortion on, I don't wanna put it all the way

03:09It's gonna saturate too much, it's gonna feed back

03:11But, like, for instance, if I'm using flanger or H-pass filter

03:15I'm gonna put effects depth all the way

03:17So, this is gonna be, like, tweaked through the set

03:20But the input volume, you want it to stay, uh, like, fixed

03:23So, that's why we taped it

03:25And, uh, so, yeah

03:26So, the thing is, I'm using this Beta 58A wireless mic

03:32I always like the Beta 58

03:34My mom is a singer, she always used it as well

03:36You know, it has a lot of clarity

03:38Uh, and this is, of course, the wireless version

03:40So, what we do is, we get a loom from the wireless unit

03:45And it goes all the way to this little box that gives us some, uh, uh, you know, some

03:52It has a splitter from ground lift and it gives some, a little more clarity in the, in the signal

03:57Um, and, uh, it makes it cleaner

04:00And so, this goes into the ChaosPad with the, with the XLR cable

04:08That goes all the way in here in the input

04:10And then the output, because this is a DJ tool

04:13So, it has, like, RCA, uh, connections

04:16So, the output goes straight into the pedal

04:19Which is the next topic

04:21This is a beautiful TC Helicon voice I've played

04:24And, uh, so, this is different from the other TC Helicons

04:28Because, uh, it has some stuff for the guitar

04:30I don't really use it for the guitar, of course

04:32But, uh, just because this is the only TC Helicon

04:36Amongst the, the, the small ones, of course

04:38That has the midi

04:39And this is a game changer

04:40Because, um, at first, my first tour, the first bunch of tour of Fear Factor

04:46Which is the blue one

04:47It didn't have midi

04:48So, I had to, uh, press with my own foot

04:51The delay on and off, you know

04:53Every time I had some clean parts

04:55And, you know, to, because I, I always love the delays

04:58And reverb and chorus on, on the clean parts of Fear Factor

05:02So, I wanted to recreate that sound

05:04But, I had to, uh, to, um, a stomp with my own foot

05:08And, uh, sometimes, you know, we walk a lot on stage

05:11And I do crazy shits

05:12Sometimes I had to run back, you know

05:14And activate a delay

05:15So, I, I got this one because with the midi, uh, this is now automated

05:23Both presets and on and off switch are both automated by the Logic Pro, um, project

05:30So, with the backing tracks

05:32So, uh, and, uh, so when it has to be turned on, it will turn on, you know

05:36With, and on specific parts, uh, so, and this again is used mostly for delays, uh, reverbs and choruses

05:44Um, and it gives that depth of your, typical Fear Factory choruses

05:50And as you can see, I have, uh, one or more presets for each song

05:55Body Hammer, you know, Dog Day Sunrise, Gun Greaves, Scapegoal, you know

05:59All the songs that we've played so far

06:01Martyr

06:02And, uh, that's because each song has its own BPM

06:06Of course, we play with backing tracks

06:07So, I want my delays to be synced to the BPM of the song

06:10So, that's why I have one preset for each song

06:13And, uh, yeah, this is pretty much it for the vocal effects

06:16So, in-ears, uh, of course, we have, uh, our marvelous, uh, ultimate ears

06:24This is, uh, custom-made with a name on it

06:28I chose this logo because I liked it

06:30But, uh, they're really, really good

06:32It's, uh, I think it's A drivers

06:34They're really, the definition is real

06:37You know, if, if you, I've been using, like, normal

06:40Single or double driver in-ears, you know

06:42They were fine, but once you put these guys on

06:46It's a fucking game-changer

06:47It's like, what the hell, you know

06:49It's, it's, it's really like a game-changer

06:52So, uh, it's an investment, but it's, uh, well worth, and it's worth it

06:56So, uh, I definitely recommend it

06:58And our, uh, last but not least

07:00Our, um, uh, wireless in-ear system

07:03Is a Shure ADTQ

07:07This is, of course, the, the receiver

07:10So, it's a ADXR

07:13And it's super clean, uh, it's a recent upgrade

07:16We just, uh, did, and, uh, really happy with it

07:19You know, it's, uh, it's a game-changer for sure

07:22So, we're currently on tour in the US

07:25Both headlining shows and some shows with the Mighty Cavalera

07:28And, uh, also, we're gonna play a couple festivals here and there

07:32So, please, uh, come out to the shows, uh, you won't be disappointed

07:36We're gonna give you the best Fear Factory experience ever

07:40And, uh, for, uh, any infos about merch, about tours, about anything

07:46Go to fearfactory.com and, uh, also stay tuned for the new album

07:50Which is gonna come up somewhere next year

07:53So, stay tuned

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