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Make Editing Heavy Guitars EASY (Quick Tip & Tutorial)
Editing heavy, distorted guitars can be such a NIGHTMARE! Trying to find the strums and pick strokes in the giant blocks of distorted guitar can be nearly impossible - but fortunately, there's an easy way to get around this problem! Follow along as we hack the guitar recording and editing process with a simple DI track to make electric guitar edits easy. If you're recording a guitar amp, don't forget this simple trick to make editing later a breeze.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - Initial Listen Through
1:21 - Guitar Amp Signal Chain
1:55 - DI Signal Set Up
2:59 - DI Track Set Up in DAW
3:59 - Re-tracking with DI
4:58 - Final Thoughts
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AEA R88 Recording Drums Demo (4 Positions, Dry & Compressed) | NO TALKING, Audio Only
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In this video we'll be showcasing the AEA R88 mk2 Stereo Ribbon Mic recording drums! The R88 is a notoriously amazing mic for capturing drums, and we'll be trying it out in 4 different positions for you to check out - as an overhead mic, as a near room mic (about 8' in front of the kit), as a far room (loft) mic, and in one unique spot, our echoey little entry just outside of the control room a...
Is This The ULTIMATE Drum Mic? | AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon Mic Breakdown (Recording Drums)
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Today we're welcoming the newest member to the Graybox Nashville mic locker - the AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon mic - and we're gonna be breaking it in and testing it out on drums! Mic choice and placement for recording drums is a big deal and we want to see how the R88 fits into that equation! Join us as we try out the AEA R88 on drums in a few different positions - as an overhead mic, a near room mic...
6 Things They DON'T Tell You About Running a Recording Studio
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Opening and running a recording studio - it's a LOT of things, some good, some bad, some boringggg. In this video, we'll discuss SIX specific things that we've discovered while running a recording studio as a business. Some amazing perks, some major pitfalls, and some simple honest takes on the day to day stuff. ✨FULL Graybox Gear Locker: sweetwater.sjv.io/Qy5dRa 🎥 Mentioned Video - "Storage Ro...
Recording Studio STORAGE System | How We Organize for Ease and Efficiency in the Studio
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Today we're discussing recording studio STORAGE & organization solutions, and breaking down how we approach storing cables, mic stands, microphones, and other stuff here at Graybox Nashville. Good organizational practices can make an *enormous* difference in the studio experience, both for the engineer/producer, and for their respective clients. Follow along as we walkthrough our set up and cha...
Your Studio Needs Better LIGHTING | Natural Light Design Process for Recording Studios
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Your Studio Needs Better LIGHTING | Natural Light Design Process for Recording Studios
HUGE Drum Room Sound | Mic Shootout & Walkthrough
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HUGE Drum Room Sound | Mic Shootout & Walkthrough

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  • @Dr.CoCoL1na
    @Dr.CoCoL1na 12 днів тому

    Great Demo..Love the R88 on so many sources being a string player(Violin viola Upright) Curious what pre's or console your using with the AEA R88? 😄

  • @bolttracks
    @bolttracks Місяць тому

    Such a sick mic. I could imagine scenarios where the only other thing I'd want with it would be a kick mic lol

  • @leejwa6839
    @leejwa6839 Місяць тому

    What pre-amp you use the r88 for drums ?

  • @celsorocha7844
    @celsorocha7844 Місяць тому

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blumlein

  • @AaronChaseDrums
    @AaronChaseDrums 2 місяці тому

    Love it!

  • @lmuckler
    @lmuckler 2 місяці тому

    Great review! I'm on my second R88 (sold the first one, got sad about it, then bought another, lol) and I couldn't love it more. A question about how you tracked these files though - looking at the waveforms, everything looks really balanced between left and right. Did you set the preamps to get snare peaks at roughly equal volume between both sides or did you set each preamp at identical level? I always set mine to be at the same gain level and usually have the snare peaking at a much higher volume on one side.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 2 місяці тому

      for this, preamps were set at identical levels!

  • @randallmmedia9628
    @randallmmedia9628 2 місяці тому

    Well, one thing I'm taking from this studio tour is cymbal bins. Having them readily available instead of hunting through different bags is a win. Nice construction.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 2 місяці тому

      it certainly saves some headaches! thanks for watching Randall!

  • @wesleybrehm9386
    @wesleybrehm9386 3 місяці тому

    Simple suggestion to prevent gear migration: label everything, and have it itemized for insurance. I not only label but also color code my gear. My business color is teal, so anything I care about has something teal on it. My XLR cables have teal sleeves, and color coded rings for length, as well as an ID tag. Power strips have teal labels. Mic stands have teal knuckles and a label. So far in two years since going crazy labeling and coloring gear, nothing has accidentally walked off.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 3 місяці тому

      brilliant - thanks for sharing this!🙏🏻

  • @DadRockAndGuitars
    @DadRockAndGuitars 3 місяці тому

    Nice video 👍This is how I record all of my rock guitars when using my amp. Makes life so much easier!

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 3 місяці тому

      @@DadRockAndGuitars cheers friend! so much easier!

  • @brajoco219
    @brajoco219 3 місяці тому

    Hey, had never thought to use the DI signal to help with editing in post production before, super helpful hint 🤓👍

  • @phase56
    @phase56 3 місяці тому

    super helpful!

  • @grayboxnashville
    @grayboxnashville 3 місяці тому

    Hope this tip was helpful! Let us know in the comments if you've got any tips or tricks for guitar editing!✂

  • @Probos-Sound
    @Probos-Sound 4 місяці тому

    First off jealous of your room. Second -- great demo (one of the best I've seen on UA-cam) for the R88 on drums. I've watched a lot of demos of this mic on various sources and I'm very close to pulling the trigger on it. I have some Stager ribbons I used in my room that do a great job but would like to add this as well. It's a bit more versatile overall.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 4 місяці тому

      thank you friend! hope you do end up adding it to the mic locker, it's a great one to have around!

  • @mattgahr
    @mattgahr 4 місяці тому

    I love the compressed near room and hallway sounds. I think it really depends on what close mics and overheads are used which one I'd prefer, but it just sounds nice and full. Thanks for the comparison!

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 4 місяці тому

      agreed, gotta understand the full drum mix picture to truly know - thanks Matt!🤘🏻

  • @phase56
    @phase56 4 місяці тому

    great comparison - near room sounds amazing!

  • @grayboxnashville
    @grayboxnashville 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for watching! Any particular favorite among these 4 positions? Let us know in the comments!👇🏻

  • @bela6604
    @bela6604 4 місяці тому

    "bloomline" :) greetings from germany

  • @m-baka
    @m-baka 4 місяці тому

    bro looks like he dyes his beard

  • @ryancruickshank1868
    @ryancruickshank1868 4 місяці тому

    A great engineer named Tom introduced me to these at Roundhead in NZ!

  • @phase56
    @phase56 4 місяці тому

    the R88 is amazing, doesn't sound bad on anything - great showcase on drums! more of this stuff please!

  • @grayboxnashville
    @grayboxnashville 4 місяці тому

    which position was your favorite? any other placements we should try next? let us know!👇🏻

  • @phase56
    @phase56 5 місяців тому

    important stuff!

  • @carolinebrown6464
    @carolinebrown6464 6 місяців тому

    i love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @phase56
    @phase56 6 місяців тому

    loved this shootout - more please!🤘🏻

  • @markuscrash1966
    @markuscrash1966 6 місяців тому

    Some great things to think about. Love the vid. I lived in Nashville for 13 years, had a pretty successful painting business, went to school for computer IT/Networking, the SAE for studio tech. Recorded a few kick artists in my little home studio, but really fell in place as a FOH engineer for live shows. Now 20 some years later and living out near Asheville NC, im building a small mix/mastering studio. Was planning on tracking live at rehearsals or shows then mix and produce at home. But had a stroke last summer and probably wont be doing that. Rather now im thinking to offer mix/master services to artists that bring me multitracks or stems. Never know what quality source material id get, but i think i could transform about anything into a tight powerful master. Minimal equipment and focus on mix is about where i am going with this. But i do need help with the business aspect of this endeavor. I will be watching for more of your vids. Thank you for sharing your insights and experience!

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 6 місяців тому

      great stuff Markus, thanks for sharing all of that! and thanks for following along - all the best with the mix and mastering services!🤘🏻

  • @emiel333
    @emiel333 6 місяців тому

    Great 👍 video. I’ve subscribed.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 6 місяців тому

      many thanks friend!❤️

    • @emiel333
      @emiel333 6 місяців тому

      @@grayboxnashville You’re welcome my friend!

  • @tjsmith7499
    @tjsmith7499 6 місяців тому

    Good points. However, "seasonality" is not a word. Seasonal is.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 6 місяців тому

      Hi TJ - respectfully, "seasonality" is a word. Thanks!

  • @englishoakrecording
    @englishoakrecording 6 місяців тому

    Been running our studio coming up on 6 years now, took me 5 years to understand #3! So glad that was included in the video.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 6 місяців тому

      huge! I feel like this wrecks so many people - definitely a lesson to learn early!

  • @dedik8SKB
    @dedik8SKB 6 місяців тому

    Be ready to teach, produce or add your own ideas. I do plenty of freelance recording and as engineers we'd prefer to stand out of the way and capture an incredible performance. But on almost every project there are rough ideas that may be vulnerable spots to the musician. If you are quick on your feet to offer ideas that fall in line with their vision, you might end up altering the entire song from their original vision to something even better to them, as the project seems to further cement an identity. I would love to see more content regarding how you financed the building of your studio and acquisition of your gear. Not many people discuss how much they charge for recording and how they keep clients booked in a way that can support multiple employees, great gear of all kinds inside a lavish space that's custom built. And probably built to a more extensive degree, for soundproofing and acoustical purposes.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 6 місяців тому

      great stuff, absolutely agree - engineering can require way more creative input than expected! and yes totally - we hope to dive more into that more business-ish stuff in the future with this channel - thanks for the encouragement there!

  • @RebeccaHunter-vo4bl
    @RebeccaHunter-vo4bl 6 місяців тому

    💙

  • @jaceychan7099
    @jaceychan7099 6 місяців тому

    Friends and relatives want you to record them for free when nobody offered to help me get the gear to make the recording or to pay the huge electric bill and I’m only charging $100 a song now because it’s a new studio and at that rate it’ll take 15 years to break even

  • @JoshrryCam88
    @JoshrryCam88 6 місяців тому

    I was glad to see, 2 of my fav singer on your studio. Cece Winans and Brian Courtney Wilson.

  • @phase56
    @phase56 6 місяців тому

    #3 is massive - more on the business-ish side of studio world please! 🙏

  • @grayboxnashville
    @grayboxnashville 6 місяців тому

    Were any of these 6 surprising or insightful to you? If you run a studio, what have you learned in YOUR time as a studio owner? Let us know in the comments!✨

  • @phase56
    @phase56 7 місяців тому

    every. time.😓

  • @carolinebrown6464
    @carolinebrown6464 7 місяців тому

    LOL love this intro!!!!

  • @yochillsmith
    @yochillsmith 7 місяців тому

    This is an underrated topic! I’ve been looking for better ways to store my mics If anyone has suggestions please lmk

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      hope it was helpful to you! thanks for watching!

  • @Davidmichaelfrank
    @Davidmichaelfrank 7 місяців тому

    Enjoy the vids brother! I've almost rented you guys on Peerspace etc in the past. I'm in the Mt. Juliet area. Hope to cross paths sometime

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      hey David, many thanks bro! definitely hope to have you in sometime!🤘🏻

  • @passionformusic4291
    @passionformusic4291 7 місяців тому

    What velcro ties are you using?

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      just the basic ties (8"x1/2") by Velcro - we usually get them at Home Depot or on Amazon!

  • @fear-j7i
    @fear-j7i 7 місяців тому

    Great videossss, pls make more videos like this! Studio tour, gear you use etc. thank u very much, lights video is cool, drum room mics is cool too, have a great day!

  • @marvinbell7007
    @marvinbell7007 7 місяців тому

    You have an awesome studio. I saw the tour that Andrew Masters did, and was wondering what updates have been made. Great video!!

  • @chrissiemilnarskii
    @chrissiemilnarskii 7 місяців тому

    Such an important video! Love the XLR cable/hook system you have

  • @lmrecorders
    @lmrecorders 7 місяців тому

    The Rubbermaid bike hook is excellent for hanging stands and the satisfaction of seeing them off the floor and hanging straight up and down is really great. It's a one for one item but it is totally worth it to have them off the floor.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      that's big time - love reclaiming floor space, for sure!

  • @isaiahcarrell1063
    @isaiahcarrell1063 7 місяців тому

    Cody! Just stumbled on your YT, super great video! Been using the FastTrack system for years, it cannot be beaten!

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      my man! good to hear from you! and yes the FT system is where it's AT👌🏻

  • @andrewdahl6320
    @andrewdahl6320 7 місяців тому

    I love the production value of your videos please keep them coming

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      thanks so much Andrew, we certainly will!🤘🏻

  • @KenjiStandlee
    @KenjiStandlee 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing! I've been considering this for my studio, so this is timely!

  • @jonathangoldenarrow
    @jonathangoldenarrow 7 місяців тому

    very well thought , love how clean the studio looks ! congrats

  • @phase56
    @phase56 7 місяців тому

    great stuff! wall organization is top notch - thanks for sharing!🙏🏻

  • @grayboxnashville
    @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

    How you do YOU approach storage and organization in your studio or creative space - any cool tools or systems we should know about? Let us know!✨

    • @g3cd
      @g3cd 7 місяців тому

      My studio desk has 2x 12U rackspace under the table top. I pretty much filled that with 2U & 3U 19" rack drawers, housing all of my cables under 3m (I keep longer cables and microphones seperately). I always wonder how storage never seems to play a role in those "epic studio tour" videos or whether storing tons of guitars or snares on the walls of the tracking room doesn't ring or vibrate and produce a lot of noise.

    • @grayboxnashville
      @grayboxnashville 7 місяців тому

      @@g3cd rack drawers are so helpful - great call. speaking for ourselves (and we'll do a video breaking this down too), our instrument storage is up in our loft, away from where most of the musicians and mics are, and most of the instruments (drums especially) rest on carpeted shelves, to minimize any vibrations and resonances🤘🏻

    • @vanithakotla9149
      @vanithakotla9149 7 місяців тому

      😊😮😊Q Hi un sun ese k😮 eliminate bin gloomy broker ctg ctg etc govt ​@@g3cd

    • @Manickampugazh
      @Manickampugazh 7 місяців тому

      ​🎉

  • @phase56
    @phase56 8 місяців тому

    nice!