RECORDING A HIT SONG with SSL-18 Audio Interface
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Two questions for you. 1. Should we do a follow up video on mixing this? 2. Should we actually release this song??
Please!!!🙏🏻 😂😂😂😂
Yes and yes!
SSL 18 converter vs Apollo X8 which one sound better ?
Yes
Might as well. And yes, release it. 👏🏽🫡
At this point, audio interfaces are so good that it's essentially hair-splitting. Great video!
Lots of great options now days
Yes, but it is important to remember more points when choosing: Durability and construction quality, support for drivers (for how long the brand will keep drivers for an old model), quality of drivers and software for the unit, and general support.
still sounds DRY to me!
@@MrKalimagthrow some olive oil. Maybe some soy sauce.
Put the multitracks up for download and do a little mix-contest. Like the video!!!
Yes, this.
YES
Yeah!!
Love it
Oh yes
As a massive fan of “The Fray”, this seemingly perfect portrayal of “Cable Car” really hit home for me. Seriously great job to you and your friends Andrew 🙌🏼.
Thanks man! Really appreciate you!
Great job, Andrew! Thanks for taking the time to do this.🔥
Popped into my guitar center today and picked one up! Sound quality is insane!
Since the SSL18 came out I can't stop dreaming about getting it, unfortunately I don't have the budget to buy it. But it's good to be able to listen to it and trust that one day I'll be able to buy it. Thanks for the video!
I'm rocking an Evo 16 😂. Works great tho, and that SSL ain't half bad either. My drum recording secret is to use an Omni somewhere under the snare, typically pointed at the kick drum. Flip the phase, throw a high pass on it, and you get the snare wire as well as beater definition-even some pleasant tom/cymbal bleed. Works really well in most situations, especially since I've never really been able to get a great traditional kick-in or snare bottom mic sound.
What I like in particular is that you can boost the low mids and get good punch without it getting too wooooby, due to the mic having a good bit of space from each drum element.
Just thought I'd share for those who may have input limitations. Great video!
very well done.... no mud.... good mixing.... good arrangement.... very nice vocals........... I have had my SSL 18 for a couple weeks --- excellent audio interface
Very nice song, made me want to hear more. You did a good job with explaining the basics of song production keeping some of the more difficult parts for other videos.
Appreciate it!
6:30 is some History Channel ass music
But seriously, you're a fantastic engineer! You did a great job and i love videos like this
hell yeah, thank you
fun fact, Warren Huart actually was the engineer on this whole album and has some videos of mix breakdowns of other fray songs
Oh interesting I saw he’s credited as digital editing but not engineering or mixing. Watched a bunch of the making videos and didn’t see him. You sure it was this record? I know he did the other record.
@@itsstudiotime I know that he made a video breaking down the mix of the song how to save a life where he said that he was the engineer for that song, there is also a mix breakdown of never say never and dont let my down on his channel so i dont think he engineered every song but he definitley did a few songs
Oh yeah, that was a different album. Great record though. My favorite one from them.
Wow. Excellent. Like your buddies singing and playing, too. Great voice.
Great session.
I appreciate it
That sounds awesome great performances and nailed the vocals! I would do a mixing video and definitely release
In the odd transitional era of the early 2000s, some audio brands introduced interfaces and preamps with inserts before A/D conversion-a feature way ahead of its time. Then, poof-gone.
Now, the industry has circled back, embracing hybrid workflows and analog integration like it’s brand new. Funny how everything old becomes new again.
Thanks Andrew ... I'm contemplating acquiring this unit and your vid was well placed. Bravo ...
Thanks man!
This is great. Thanks for the rundown on mic technique and the SSL. I use Harrison Mixbus and SSL recently bought them, so this will be my new interface. Kudos to all the artists including you.
This is the interface I'm looking at upgrading to in the very near future, so it was a wonderful surprise to see this pop up in my feed! Everything sounds as amazing as I was hoping, which makes me super excited that I had settled on the decision to get this...I was a bit surprised to see the mic capsule pointed at eyebrow level for the vocalist, but hey, it ended up sounding great!
forehead is the secret spot
Jk that was a quick performance shoot of him just running through it. He was reading lyrics off his phone when we cut it.
Great video! The answer to both questions for me would be a resounding YES.
Thanks for watching!
sounds great
Thanks
SSL doesn‘t miss.
Audient has some options in the iD series for inserts as well.
Great video man! Love this more song breakdowns with the studio performance play through.
Amazing!! 🔥🔥
Sounds killer! And this is very niche but that side stick sounds like ✨magic✨ bro
Wood rims baby
AY YO! this is amazing thank you so much for all of your hard work and sharing it with us. I'm always coming back to your videos and I'm here to see ALL the growth and its very motivating! keep going 🙏🏽
Thanks so much man, that means a lot! 🙏🏽
I was actually impressed to find out that behringer offers hardware inserts on their 4 inputs interfaces at a 100dlls price point.
Sounds good!
Sounds great!!! I feel priority for great sound quality goes performance>mics>room>interface, and theyre all so good anyway, so it does a great job
Awesome man - I am in desperate need of a new interface and have been eyeing this one since I first heard about it. Great stuff bro!
Sounded amazing
Thanks!
I like your way you see music creation.
Hercules played a crucial part in overseeing the drummers performance on this song, making sure he nailed it. great vid
haha he is the GM on site
Cool idea for a video. You should try thing with the TASCAM Model 2400.
I’d like Tascam to make a ‘plus’ version with ADAT x 16, motorized faders, and phase switch. Nice board as is though.
Love that you did this remake it shows what great results you can get with great musicians and budget gear. One of my favorite song from when i was younger :)
Appreciate it!
Really enjoyed this session! You should do more of those 1Song-1Day videos!
Thanks man!
Hello! Did you use 4k on vocals?
great work!
Appreciate it
Its Sounds Great! Espcally coming over UA-cam better than alot of Albums I heard on UA-cam..
Andrew your drum sounds are so phat and warm! I've bought some of your drums samples but I want this one!!
Thanks man, we want to make a pack based around it this year.
Wow you guys killed it. Sounds great.
Hi! I believe using a Scarlett Focusrite (like mine) would work fine too.
Sounds awesome man! :)
Thank you!
I truly enjoy your videos. Great work. I was thinking about buying this unit.
Andrew you are an inspiration to a lot of us. This is awesome 👏 I am listening. This is freaking awesome!!!!! 👏. Thanks again for another awesome video ❤❤
Awesome video and nice recording. The vocal has such a different character though, besides it being a different singer. I think the original has a way different proximity effect from the mic on the vocal.
Thanks for the hands-on demo of the SSL 18 interface. By the way, those Beyerdynamic M201 mics sound really nice on your guitar!
Appreciate it!
i love this so much # andrewmasters you are my favourite youtube channel fot this reason.
Appreciate it!
can you do the same type of video with audient id48? that one seems better, but they don't seem to sponsor advertisers as much
Nailed it! great job
Great video. It looks like you had a lot of fun with the interface.
Appreciate it!
Awesome! As always, great musicians, great takes, great sources, great arrangement are key. Great mics help too!
100% Thanks dude!
Came out REALLY GREAT Andrew! Wow! you said it Skilled Musicians,..etc... Thank You, George Amodei :)
Thanks so much George, I appreciate it!
@@itsstudiotime 👍 you bet
I like the compression slap on the rhythm acoustic.
Cool project Andrew. Looks like lots of fun.
Andrew.. SO GOOD! more like this! ❤ if you do a follow up vid could we hear what the drums sound like just in the room, like from an iphone mic? Also Any quick notes about the tuning would be great. Also It'd be cool if you connected with Warren Huart after to riff about it.
Man your a great guy keep up the learning vids there great.
Great Work guys, and now i will see also a Video about the mixing Mastering Process, that would be cool
Thanks!
Please show the mix process👍
Sounded very good. I used to work in a recording studio when I was younger. We had a 16 track tape machine. I'm assuming you're using a computer mixer and possibly a daw? Could you please explain what the other necessary equipment is to produce a song? I'm trying to find a laptop capable of this kind of recording work.
Nice work. Drums excellent.
Sounds amazing, lemme go buy one
Sounds great guys!!
Got mines for 960 yesterday. Platnumbaby and you look refresh. Which is a good thing.
Nice price!
Those hats are so sizzly. Very nice. Good job on the song. Great vocals.
Thanks!
Cool video👏 I wonder what frequency the project was written in?
Flawless mate. Absolutely well done.
ADDISON!!
Addison is the best!
I came to comment the same lol
I have a Creat live monitor mixer for front end and it has Jensen transformer splits on the inputs so you can do processing on tracking and do raw at the same time. Ultimate flexibility.
so good!, thanks for sharing, would love to see the mixing vid, especially if you used the ssl plugins.
Excellent work all!
Appreciate it!
Nice video. (And oo, that snare sounds great, by the way.)
Appreciate it
I didn't know the track but recognise the style. I listened to your remake and loved the sound of each instrument and what a singer! I then listened to the original track on UA-cam. The first thing that hit me witht the original was a predominance of mid frequencies to the mix, an accentuation of 300-850hz across the mix. Also noticeable was a lot of compression especially on electric guitars and what seemed more reverb, making a kind of sheen across the parts. This gave it a kind of glue and a vibe that was missing from your mix. I wonder if the vibe would have been different if you had learned and rehearsed the song as a band and recorded it as such? There is of course the fact that you only know this song from hearing it. When you write a song, as the song is 'born' there is often an excitement in hearing the song for the first time, especially when you record it, hence many studio recordings never better the initial demo. It would be interesting to know the history of the original recording because there is definitely a vibe that is hard to put your finger on, that makes it so engaging to the listener. Great idea BTW and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole film.
Totally, we all hacked our way through it in a couple hours in isolation, essentially figuring it out as we recorded it. There also the whole recording in a commercial studio and not using an entry level audio interface for the whole record and mix.
Great vid thank you so much. Your awesomeness. Singer is great who band solid
Dudes vocals is killer! suits the track big time.
Sounds just like Isaac!
This was a very nice demonstration of your workflow in recording different parts of this hit song, which is very good. Thanks to Colin Cross,, a teacher of mine, who recommended this video for me. By this comment, I guess, he also is saying hello to you.
Great stuff! What kind of mic do you have pinned to your shirt?
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This is so VERY helpful. I love the "work ethic" of song-skills-people-tools. Awesome crew of music geeks you have, too. And I mean that with huge respect.
Oh yeah, Colin sent me.
Really appreciate it!
the snare sound fantastic! what snare use in this song?
Been waiting for this! I find it hard to not use my M201 on acoustic guitar but I typically have just one pointed at the 12th fret. Im curious what the idea was behind the stereo technique because it sounded amazing! A great song and great musicians obviously helps as well, thanks for another awesome video!
Thanks, I like stereo mics on acoustic if the part isn't doubled. Gives a bigger sound with a bit more depth than single mic recording. On the chorus we doubled and only used single mics.
@@itsstudiotime Makes sense, I appreciate the insight!
Just 🔥
Good job. I like.
Thanks!
You can make a hit record on an iphone if you know what you're doing...... that being said.. this was very nice..
😂😂😂 yeah because the quality of music doesn’t matter anymore to the consumers because they get it for free. Ask them to pay $17.99 for an CD or $49.99 for a vinyl and I bet you they won’t buy it because the “quality” isn’t good enough to invest.
Great stuff!
loved this video
Answering your questions: Yup and Yup. Love this. Choice paralysis has never been so real. Simple gets you started.
Sounds great!
Did you use the 4k setting? It seems that is where you get that SSL magic out of the unit. What a killer interface for the price. I’m gonna get one. The SSL plugins are really good too to add to the arsenal.
Yes, we used it on a few different things. Drums, bass, acoustic I believe.
How is the how is the round trip latency on this device
Great video. Love to see recording of real instruments - would love to see your mixing process, what issues did pop up? What hertz worked best - and just looking a second on the "mastering". Great work. Best to you all.
Colin sent me and this was a great video dude!
Appreciate that, man!
I really liked the song!! Don't forget about possibly taking classes in audio production. I know you had some professional training. As a professor, I can cut a lot of time off of trial-and-error procedures and UA-cam videos do not answer questions or critique work. It's not the only way of course but it is another option many successful engineers have utilized.
Great video great song!
MIKE - ultimate validation right here. #1 The Fray fan.
Yeah I was blown away that there is an 8 banger box that says "SSL" on the front of it that doesn't cost north of 2 grand. Sounds really great! There really isn't a massive difference between quality boxes anymore in terms of audio quality, it's really more about which software you prefer. I had the MOTU 828es (very similar to this box) and while it sounded great, didn't love the matrix system they used, so I ended up getting an RME unit. Sound-wise they were totally indistinguishable. I think really the only thing that is going to differentiate different interfaces going forward is the addition of room correction software being built in, rather than having to get Sonarworks or the ARC system or the like. I think you've effectively proved that it's really about having good mics, knowing how to place them, and having great players.
Oh 2 questions: did you enjoy the "4K" emulation? and what kind of snare? Sounds outstanding.
You know, I'd been thinking about upgrading my SSL12.
I had a feeling this was a song by The Fray
I wonder what is wrong with Hercules. My cats flee for their life as soon as I pick up the sticks and tighten the snare springs.
He just wants to be with the people, he literally walked up in there while I was recording lol
Wonderful video and song😊
Song sounds great 👍🏾
Appreciate it!
Great video. Trying to choose between this and the new Audient. How is the latency? (If any)
Sounds Great! Singer has a great radio friendly voice!
He good