13 things to AVOID when Recording Amp Sims
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
- I've heard MANY of your mixes recently, and the same mistakes are made, OVER AND OVER... So here's a handy guide to avoiding the most common pitfalls when recording with amp sims!
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0:00 From Bad to Great
0:58 You Don't Have Studio Monitors
2:48 Uncomfortable/Unstable Guitar
4:01 Bad Cable
4:52 Interface Option Paralysis
6:18 Messing with the Amp Sim
8:00 Bad Levels
9:45 Too Much Latency
10:57 You Didn't Double Track
12:52 Impulse Inception
15:24 Stereo Bus, Mono Effects
17:51 Mixed-By-A-Guitarist Syndrome
20:23 Guitars Are Not the Same Level
21:19 No Real-World Test
22:30 This Should All Help!
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Why does this guy sound like he could do voice acting for a Borderlands character?
Probably been hanging with Mr. Torgue 😅
Respect for putting a whole awesome tutorial online for free. This is the kind of stuff most people give the first 2 minutes for free then hide the rest behind a paywall. This is the best tutorial I've ever watched on this
He’s got a discord server as well with a pretty cool community that’s down to help out and chat
I know what you mean by people baiting you with a peak but this isn't exactly hidden gems. He's just able to keep you interested for long videos.
The paywall are the dozens of ads 😁
I only watched 39 seconds 😂🤣
You said what I wanted to say, only better.
I’ve been recording professionally since 1999, and this is absolute gold! Good on you man for helping everybody make their best music and cutting out all the bull$hit! 🤘🎸🎸🤘
Agreed, lots of key tips in a single video!
@@juandefelix mixed with some misleading info lmao
@@jankonopasek6534 yeah like what exactly?
"you had to get creative and you created a problem" might be the best piece of reality check i've received in all these years from this channel
I used to have a problem with making my guitar tracks too loud, but its because I didn't realise how much of what I thought was the guitar tones in mixes are actually the bass. Bass honestly adds so much to a track that a lot of people just don't realise.
Yeah it's a good idea to set a low pass filter on the bass tracks just to keep it on the lower end. Bass can have quite a bit of mid.
@@TheTiredHorizon You can, but it can become more of a problem the lower you are tuning with your guitar, and the darker the tone you are aiming for.
And the bass on guitar
[Insert '...And Justice For All' joke here]
@@Molotov_MilkshakeNoo... Don't cut bass mids out. That's what makes the great bass sound.
This is thousands of dollars and eons of time's worth of information condensed into 22:57.
I will add that turning down the rhythm instead of turning up the solo actually never occurred to me and hearing this right now actually solved a mystery for me. One of those important little things that just never clicked for some reason.
I was dumb enough to tap on that time stamp 😅
@@Robmars83 so many sound engineering related things are borderline counter intuitive, and you would never think to do unless you tried it and figured out why it wasn't working. The quote in the video fits perfectly "you have to start thinking like an audio engineer, and not like a guitar player."
I love how informative your videos are. I also love how honest and raw you are, some of the genuine experiences you relay just make us all feel less stupid and your delivery is hysterical. Useful and fun ... that is how I'd describe your channel.
This is a home-run tutorial that will absolutely help a lot of people get started on the right foot. The number of technical details that a newbie musician confronts are daunting, and you've shown the clear AND NARROW path to recording success. :) Incredible work - RESPECT!!
It helped me quite a bit actually. I hadn't played regularly since 2008 so getting back into it a couple years ago post divorce. I didn't really need to buy anything "just to play" as I never sold my gear. But after a year I decided to get into the digital realm and this helped. It wasn't so big 15 years ago.
Another trick for latency issues is to just get a DI box and split and send your guitar signal into any physical guitar amp to use as a monitor. That's how I usually track at home.
Or use the direct monitor on your interface
❤😂😂 ir stacking is a magic button lmao
I do something similar, I use the direct out on my guitar amp into my interface than reamp in my DAW
Get a ABC pedal.
@@insederec Sometimes I will use the headphone monitor out directly into a guitar amp. Then plug a mic into the second input of the interface. Boom, you just turned your interface into a DI box. You'll end up with a DI tone left and a real amp right. Then switch your plugs and double track. Now you've got a DI and a real amp on each side. Quad tracking has never been easier.
Glenn, thank you for all your work. I'm a father of a 9-year-old kid (from Slovenia) who plays drums, electric guitar, bass and in (official) music school classic guitar. I didn't know anything connected to this music world. But I was watching your Channel for quite some time now and learned a lot, so I can help my kid practice and jamm efficiently and make informed buying choses. On your recommendation I bought studio monitors Kali audio IN-8 2nd Wave, Tonex pedal (before you did the review, so he can play on stage), he was playing amplitude 5 before that.
When I talk with his teachers they thought that I'm very knowledgeable with years of experience in DOWs, Amp Sims, production and recording. We laughed when I explained to them I'm a newbie but I learned a lot from your Channel and some others and of course recommended your Channel to them.
Result is that my kid can practise his instruments efficiently with great sound and have recordings to show to his friends and family and I can help him when he performs on stage (roadie) .
For his end school year project he chose to play all the instruments (drums, electric guitar and bass) in a song Toxicity from System of a Down. He succeeded, even though as usual in this kind of production, where there is no individual soundcheck he couldn't hear the monitors in the beginning (can send you links on email). So thank you a lot!!! Keep a good work and Fuckkkkkk you Glenn
I wish they had schools like that in the States. Schools with proper music based courses are rare and the specialty schools are expensive and all Classical and Jazz based. We are not #1, other than in gun violence and incarceration per capita, free my ass! I want to move to Sweden or Denmark myself. However Europe is less safe than it was, I hope for your sake Putin is stopped and doesn't end up at your front door too. Slava Ukraine! Stay Safe in Slovenia, even though I have a higher chance of being in a mass shooting😅
I have a feeling I am older than you, but I wish I had a dad like you as a kid, I tried to teach my now 21 yr old son, but his Schizophrenia and other issues kinda made it impossible. I started him at like age 6 too, never wanted to listen just kinda make noise. Made him a giant Bass/Guitar pedalboard and got him guitars basses and other instruments. Could be in a band like HammerHedd by now, I was gigging back in like 94 at age 15 and he could have been better than me. It sucks, but I am glad your son has the right kind of father to be a musician...He's lucky to have you Dad!
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Awesome! I'm so glad I could be helpful!
You sir, are an exceptional father with how supportive you are of your son's hobbies and if he's that talented possible future career.
Keep it up!!!
You've only ever improved in content since I first saw your channel years ago, love it. Thanks for the valuable experience, as a hobbyist home producer, I really appreciate this video that I did not have to pay for. This is valuable information, and you deserve credit for it. Thank you.
Woohoo, dual/quad tracking acknowledgement! Hell yeah, Glenn. One of the most important steps to really make your guitars mighty. That's also where learning to take it easy with the gain really matters. That shit stacks soooo fast.
Thank you for taking the time to do this Glenn, I'm at a really early stage in my home recording journey if I can put it that way. This information is all absolute gold. I shall put this in my home recording playlist and rewatch it a few more times with Reaper open and look up the Bogren Amp Knob too. Honestly grateful for this, it's spot on 👍
Solid tips, thanks for making this. I’ve struggled as a beginner with all of the things you mention. Great to hear your expanded thoughts on these common mistakes in such a clear and practical way. And also your teaching style is very enjoyable. 🙏
This was excellent Glenn. I'm still very much a beginner when it comes to creating tracks and taking baby steps. I already heard the difference between double tracking with wide separation and copy/paste, but those other tips like knowing when to boost/cut dBs to "fool" the ears and create space is like the special engineer sauce.
Thank you Glenn! I WANT to get into recording and still don't have a audio interface, monitors and everything else required to do recording at home. I still watch all of your recording tips for when the time comes I will be prepared just enough to begin. I know that there is a lot more learning to do but I am fine with that because learning is fun. Thanks again for having this channel and being honest about everything.👍
In regards to #11, I have my own way to counteract this.
My method is to prioritizing the things I can't play, and that balances out my automatic impulse of mixing like a guitar player. I always make sure I can hear the rhythm section just like on my favorite records.
My guitar player friends are really caught off guard by this and think the guitars in all my mixes are way too quiet, but to them "way too quiet" is to me "giving the drums and bass the presence they need". In some of my tracks when I combine heavy guitars with various synths I really underpower the rhythm guitars, put them as a low background thing and let the synths overpower them :)
What’s the most frustrating thing you’re dealing with when trying to record?
my shitty gear (and probably my shitty bedroom guitarist skills )
The kids
Tone chasing instead of writing. Endlessly sifting through countless IRs and sims just trying to get something that'll sit right in the mix. Drums and bass take maybe half an hour to get a decent sound, but the guitar tone always ends up with hours of tweaking just to get something to vibe with.
My inability to play anything but Smoke on the Water
Great tips. I'm still trying to put a workflow together. I'm working past the 'throwing a bunch of stuff in and hoping for the best' stage.
Videos like this have been a huge help. Thank you.
Thanks for all the tips Glenn. I’m glad there’s at least someone like you out there who can explain this stuff simple and clear 🤘🏻
Damn I forgot about this channel and just joined to check how Glenn is doing and damn, you present the information the way I would've never imagined to hear before. The value of the videos went way up. Respect.
Another thing when recording with amp sims: Always record as a Direct signal, and don't put the sim on the input effects section. If you hate the sound later, you'll have to re-record. Similar logic behind the 'pickups dont matter' argument applies here as well... if you use 'studio magic' techniques to clean up bad playing (quantizing, copypaste, pitch shifting, etc), the end recording sounds much more natural if you edit the DI before the sim than if you were to chop up an already amped signal.
After years of recording and editing djent-y guitars, I most definitely can confirm lol. Fix the DI, _then_ re-amp - it's always a better result.
(Noob question here) What about different amp sims that need different input levels from the Direct Signal? For example, one amp sim I might need to turn up the gain on my interface to get it to the right dB level, and for another amp sim I might need to turn down the gain on my interface because it’s clipping. Any input here would be appreciated 🤙
Almost all plug-ins have a master volume for input and output near the top or bottom of the plugin. Toy with those until you get the desired volume. Some plug-ins have an auto-detection on the input that'll do this for you (STL amphub and Lasse Lammert vst's do for me).
@@TheKeyOfAnarkh Awesome, thanks 🙏
how do you record as a direct signal
Cannot thank you enough for these videos. I’m just getting into setting up a recording studio in the house and I truly need all the knowledge I can soak up while it’s being constructed.
Thank you for dropping pure gold on us this week! The most helpful video I have run into for tracking amp sims/recording DI guitars by far. Truly appreciate it! [Resists urge to tweak parameters on AmpKnob.]
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The Kali LP8s were a game changer compared to my former rear ported/passive Alesis monitors, which I sold and made up over half the investment for the Kali cans!
Albeit they may be slight overkill in my 2 bedroom apartment, but with the addition of solid stands w/ foam isolation pads, and some DIY sound treatment? I'm experiencing results that are leaps and bounds above what I was getting prior!
#11 - creating space
A trick I saw was put a limiter on your rhythm bus. Lower the ceiling 2db and have it bypassed for the whole song. Just automate it active for wherever the solo/lead section is. Seems to have a similar effect and is faster than manually automating the volume levels.
I'll try that!
You can also just side-chain a compressor. It's called "ducking" and it's really effective. Getting the hang of setting it up takes some practice, but once you get it, you get it.
"Manually automating"
What??
@@Molotov_Milkshake what what? Manually setting the automation will be slower.
Why should you use a limiter and not a sidechain compressor? The way a limiter works is that it usually nukes any peaks in the audio signal while keeping its RMS level almost the same, so it'd remove any microdynamics on the rythm guitar while hardly creating any space
As someone who plays guitar AND has done Orchresta music pieces inside FL Studio, a lot of this I already knew, and some of it was either new to me, or a good reminder how to mix. The best tip I EVER got from a Live Sound Engineer was "If you can hear xyz, turn the rest of the mix down until you can hear everything". It's so simple, but so drastically important and useful. First time seeing your video, good stuff.
As we're currently finishing mixing our album, tip number 8 and the one where the video is in mono were really useful. Will double track (we already have 2 separate guitars recorded, but will do 2 more for 75% pan on both sides) and we'll definitely check with the video guy to see if the song is in stereo. Never thought about that tbh. Thanks!
Hey Glen, can you do a series where your viewers suggest their favorite mixes and you then attempt to get something as close as possible, showing the process? Obviously it would be a good challenge for you, and a learning experience for us. I've been trying to get that Galactikraken snare but can't find any info on what sample Jonathan used for that album (Starship Velociraptor), so it would be cool to see if you could get close using an actual snare.
In reference to bad levels, theres been some recent developments. The amp sims are made at a specific input level and the closer you match to the input level the more close the amp will sound to the model. Often turning up the gain on your interface is the same as putting a boost in front. For the motu for example its has a DI of 16db, and neural amp sims are recorded at around 10db, so you only want to add 6db gain to match the input levels. With scarlette you should have the input gain on 0 to match the input level on neuraldsp plugins. Theres spreadsheets available for popular sims and interfaces so you can match your gain level accurately.
Things like guitar rig preset a challenge to match input levels as often there amps are set to different input levels.
Of course if it sounds good to you, it sounds good and thats all that matters really but if you want to get the most accurate response and tone for the given amp sim its best to match the levels it was made at.
This is just over complicating a simple thing. Just make sure your interface isn't clipping and adjust the input level to amp sim from pre-fader. Really. No need to figure out the optimal gain in interface, when you can set the proper level from pre-fader which has far more headroom. Sure, you still need to know the desired input level for each amp sim.
Thank you for getting back on track with audio stuff and away from the whole Gibson thing. As a long time subscriber I appreciate it. Almost didn’t come back to your videos.
Kickass Glenn. That trick for ducking the rhythm guitars for the solo is what I needed. You rock!
Man, the mono effect thing hit me hard. I am deaf one-sided, so I have no stereo perception, making it incredibly hard to judge upon Mono/Stereo issues. I have to see if I am mixing my demos wrong all-time long!
This video is a great one, thanks for that!
Happy to help!
Don't forget about the mastering process. By definition we can't provide our own second opinion, and having a pro check and tweak the mix can be quite affordable if you shop around.
thank you Glenn, you're one of the few voices of reason and sanity on this community
Being Scientifically literate and 50 years of wisodom does that😆
Thank you Glenn, I learned a lot through this video. Cant wait to watch your other vids and learn even more!
More on the way!
I was right, that was awesome. Thx Glenn, excellent work as always. Hell yeah, I want an advanced impulse mixing video!
If there is an award for useful content, I would give it to this video! This is a gift to the metal community! Thank you to the whole team, you are helping in a major way!
When listening to your mix on your phone, keep in mind that nearly all phones highpass the sound output (even in bluetooth earplugs) quite severely. By all means make sure the music sounds good there since chances are people will be listening to it there, but don't increase the bass to the same levels you heard in our studio headset through your audio interface.
Who the hell listens to a mix on a phone? I mean, aside from the clowns on Soundcloud and Slaps.
@@Molotov_Milkshake well it was mentioned as an example of real world scenarios in the video. I commented on that.
@@larsinthewoods yeah, true, but it just blows my mind.
@@Molotov_MilkshakeI do, frequently. I use my phone speakers for music at my day gig all the time, so I'm used to how they sound.
@@Molotov_Milkshakethe Normies unfortunately
Best videos on UA-cam period , you put this video out and have real world experiences and don’t hide behind oh I have some suggestions for you but pay to see more been in the music industry for twenty years and love all your videos rock on 🤘
I decided to try the 3-track method after seeing this video. The wonders it has worked are phenomenal. Thank you.
Personally, I´ve found always EVERY amp simp kinda "artificial", no matter how much time I spent tickling their knobs. I readed in a guitar magazine an interview with Whitesnake´s Doug Aldrich, and he quoted he recorded all his guitars at home, then went to the studio, connected his PC or laptop to a real amp and voila! So, I took the idea, recorded everything with an amp sim, then connected one computer to a solid state amp with a "sterile" and clean sound, put 2 mics in front of the speaker and recorded these signals to another computer´s DAW (REAPER). Did the same thing with the bass and the results wer - to my ears - far much pleasant.
Thanks for this video Glen! I really need these advices.
Glad it was helpful!
I've quad tracked all my rhythm tracks since you pointed me in that direction. Sounds soooo much better.
I've always found the mono/ stereo processing easy to follow
“Let’s assume you actually read the fucking manual for once in your life”
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Remember kids: Mixing is not a static blend.. it is a dynamic flow determined by the context of the song.
Movement in the mix can even make a looped track sound interesting.
This right here. The modern production techniques like those Glenn uses and tries to teach do not take this into account.
@@AMOfficial79 nobody takes him seriously
@@PanekPL cry more, Mr 188 subs.
@@Molotov_Milkshake I'm not a UA-camr idiot
I tend to use modiulation effects to accent or create movement in a part that drones a bit. Also use fuzzes for that same reason, if the note is going to be hit and ring out more than a few seconds, use a fuzz and or HM2 to accentuate and add movement of breakup to the drone notes, turn it off and tighten the low end back up for more articulation. I also put a Haunting Mids Paramertric EQ after my Drive (EQD Plumes, 3 drives in one) to accentuate mids and pick attack like a fucking katana blade. It has a low or hi mids switch too which is helpfull for low tuning and bass.
Really really liked this Glenn! Superb info for those of us (who shall not be named) are trying to one-person-band the recording engineering strategy of any one composition. For film, audio has always required takes (for many reasons) to get the sound right - no one forgives slinky audio on a film (and worse just poor audio composition - I hate it when folks cheap out on that).
What I learned here is about using more than 2 tracks for rhythm guitar (I thought the 4 tracked version sounded the most robust, that was a eureka moment as I've never done more than 2). But what about for lead? I suppose there are a bajillion stylistic playbooks on this, but when I was replaying the tune above, it felt multi tracked as well, maybe 2? The melody felt panned just off center axis enough to be stereo, not crushed mono guitar.
Keep up the fantastic work, the rants, the sarcasm, etc etc Thank you!
I cant express enough how much I enjoyed this video... great energy. Thanks I got some tips that I never heard before and so easy, why we always overcomplicate stuff while recording (maybe experience)
Hey Glenn! A band I’m in just recently started trying to get recorded and we are using primarily amp sims for it (saving for a real rig) so this was masterfully timed, thanks!
Man this Bogren Amp Knob is great!
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Seriously I bought it Yesterday. This is the amp sim code cracker it’s amazing.
Thank you for this! Several years of home recording and there is still a lot of useful information for me in there, haha. Great video!
I’m a drummer self teaching Mixing Engineering for about 3 to 4 years now and JUST got into impulses. So I think it’s a good ass idea to do a video on advanced impulse mixing!
Also bought your impulse pack as my first venture into them!
"Bass players, please have your mommy explain the big words to you." Hahahahahahahaha! I just spit my coffee all over my laptop!!!
love your videos
Solid video! solid advice ! Way to go Glenn! Great quality content.
Damn Glenn, this was awesome. I don’t really have much of a setup right now but I hope to get around to it some day. I love watching your content and these instructional videos where you’re able to shed some of your perspective and real world experience are always such a real treat. Thanks so much. Been watching you for years and it’s awesome to see this channel progress over the years. Cheers man!
Thanks very much!
I miss the pre click bait era of UA-cam and the greater internet so much.
It might be a good thing that your mixes don't sound like any of the records you have been hearing in the last twenty odd years.
We don't need any more over-compressed garbage.
We don't need everything quantised up the wazoo.
We don't need every vocal auto-tuned to Hell.
And we don't need every metal band trying to sound identical to each other.
We do need mixes of bands that have proper songs that they have played out live, and even better, toured with.
Touring is increasingly expensive, I agree with all of your points, the homogeneous ubiquity has all become a bit much.
I think this is my favourite Spectre Sound video. I find it funny - when I mix my friends' recordings they often sound better than my own recordings. I think it's because I mix my own stuff like a guitar player and not an engineer. This is great stuff and I need to commit it to memory. Thanks Glenn!
This is pure gold. Video saved and shared. Folks pay good money for this wisdom. The bit about leaving headroom when recording and then taking care of it in the master took me years to figure out.
I feel like I owe him money with how much I just learned. 😂
So I watched a yelling clown making ads for 8 minutes straight then leaved
So true 👊🏻
Why did you stare in the mirror that long?
Leaved ?
@@onemancarnage typo left
@@cronobactersakazakii5133 but then you camed back.
edit: and you're right. I made it only 3 and a half minutes before I'm leaveding.
Amazing man! I always learn something new from your videos and I've been doing this for decades, lol keep on rocking!
Dude thank you! I got my Focusrite, kali speakers and reaper and haven’t been disappointed! You are the best
Amazing content as always Glenn!
You’re the only guy I’ve found to fix my latency issue. No one else in any video I watched talked about downloading that asio driver
I just got into home recording myself and this video is super helpful. More of that please!
Holy sh*t Glen, I have been working at this since I bought my fostex x15 four track in 1985. Super happy you are here to help. So many things to learn. Cheers and thanks!
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I love seeing examples of what you're describing in the video. Tell and then Show. Great format! It's like you know what you're doing or something!
Awesome vid! Informative and hilarious. Not to mention super high quality audio and video. New sub here! Thank you sir keep up the great work 👍
Thanks Glenn, been gathering info the last week from various forums and youtube videos on geting a home recording rig set up without spendin thousand upon thousands of dollars. You could not have made this video at a better time. Thanks again!
Hi Glenn (loud guy),
About that silent jack (plug), since I started playing guitar(1962) I learned very quickly to plug the guitar in first, THEN plug into the amp.
Mixing tip --- Since I've been recording (1961) I always mix in mono, last step, adjust your pan pots for the stereo blend that you like.
I still mix that way, it's what I know, since back in the day we had NO stereo, it was an up and coming gimmick.
This may help someone.
Excellent post as always !
Bill P.
Those Kali monitors rule!!! I decided to buy them as secondary monitors a few years ago after hearing Glenn mention them in a few videos. They ended up helping me get a good mix way quicker than my KRK Rokits which Ive been using since 2008. Now I use the Kali's as my main monitors for most of my mixes. 😁 Thanks Glenn.
Great advice as always. Like you it took me way too long to figure out that what sounds good in the bedroom doesn’t work on stage or studio. Bassist’s think their worn out strings sound “warm” and guitarists think their ear splitting treble sounds “glassy” when really they both just sound like ass. Secondly about testing a mix in the wild, my first band to actually record an album tracked, mixed, and mastered in the same studio had that problem. We put it on it was nearly all bass. The monitors weren’t properly setup so there was a dead spot for bass which cause them to crank it far beyond necessary. Ended up having to pay another engineer to remix it. Worst part was we had ordered 1000 discs that ended up being trash.
I’ve been playing a long time and just recently started using amp sims primarily over moving my cab. I needed this video more than you know. Great info here.
As a non guitarist trying starting to play some metal guitar, I learned that I put way too much distortion on the signal. The moment I started double/quadruple tracking, I turned the distortion WAY down and it sounded so much better.
Absolutely beautiful video tutorial!! So concise and helpful 🙏
Thanks Glenn, basic is best to start with and I think this set the point out nicely. Really helpful and much appreciated.
Great info Glenn! That guitar drop was priceless BTW 😂😂😂 👍🏻
I made the mono/irl testing mistake using a stereowidener on vocals. Sounded great in stereo. However, on my phone, which has a mono speaker, vocals disappeared due to phasing issues.
Never tested that in a real setting. Thanks for sharing Glenn!
Finding out about latency from your Discord was such a relief to me---I thought I was just garbage at following a click track and my own playing (I used audacity back then).
Also, quad tracking for me actually really helps with my recorder playing, as it creates kind of a chorus effect. (Octo-tracking, which I did for reasons pertaining to the piece in question, is definitely a case of diminishing returns).
Awesome vid Glenn! I was happy that I'd already learned most of these lessons, but it took 20 years, not 22 minutes. I am a guitar player mainly, so not the brightest.
I was kind of surprised you didn't mention getting levels in mono, but I'm sure that technique doesn't work for everyone. It was huge for me. I laughed a little too hard at the mono effect lesson. Ah, memories of screaming at the abyss, hoping for an answer to why I was screwing things up so badly. HAHAHA
This guy's energy kicks ass.
Glen
In my experience I have found that chugging on the first fret, verse any other place on the guitar, will give you a louder response when setting the fader on the interface. I have given many friends this advice and shown it to be true. Try it out and see if you get the same response.
Also people do not tend to understand that you need to chug as hard as you intend to play when setting the fader. Just like you should strike the string when you tune as hard as you normally play.
Hi Glenn amazing video what was the name of the channel that you showed with Double tracking with a ramp
My God. Been waitin for such video for a long time. Thank you so much! Subbed
It's amazing, I figured out the double guitar tracks panned left/right way back in 1998 when I first started learning to record. Years before UA-cam was around. People have no excuses now.
Glad to know that this is all stuff I've already learned/discovered the hard way.
What I do for real world tests is export as a wav and put it on my phone. From there I can use bluetooth in the car, my pocket bluetooth earbuds and the actual phone itself to test. The benefiit of this is that you can listen and try to find ways to improve the mix too.
I wish this video had come out 5 years ago. Learned 80% of this the hard way through tears. Happy to have learned the remaining 20% now. Thank you! Please make something for side chain compression and "making space with eq"
Anyone reading this : buy neural dsp plugins. They have amazing default settings and presets and you won't have to worry about the ampknobesque issues like fucking up your own tone.
Here’s exactly what your looking for! ua-cam.com/video/Mc8W-cSkZHo/v-deo.html
Great tips, Glenn! I used to send all guitars to the same bus, but it MIGHT be good to have different buses for different parts. Maybe bus L and bus R, plus bus solo...
Hey Glen thank to your videos I get lots of good information on recording, i recording my stuff at home and drums I'm my rehearsal room. Still learning but it's lot of fun. I'm on budget so I don have very expensive mics for drums. My favourite mic I discovered thanks to you 😁 Audio Technika AT2020 using for guitar and room mic when recording drums. Thank you Glenn
Hey Glen, I would highly recommend updating your VSX software to the (just released) version 4.
I'd be curious to see if you find the new binaural processing more true to life than the previous.
(It is also possible to to click on the numbers where it will say Speaker Version 4.0 in order to a/b against the version 3 sound).
Instead of dropping the whole rhythm buss during a solo, automating an upper-mid EQ band down on the rhythms can keep them chunky, but make more space for the shred, just in case a wholesale volume drop in the rhythm guitars doesn't work in the mix.
Dude.. the tip number one was really a issue for me since I went to digital. I sound awesome on my headphones but sound bad on everything else… then I realized that the issue was actually the headphones and bought a Roland monitor one. Great video as usual. Cheers from 🇧🇷
Dude, that was an extremely helpful list of dos and don'ts. And I'm proud to admit, I'm doing a whole lot of the mistakes you mentioned. Well, let's get to it then 🤘
Thanks man ✌️
Love the LP8s…glad to hear you endorse them. I just wanted more low end and I knew you recommended the LP5s…but wasn’t sure if the 8s were…you know…as good
You are awesome! This helped me more than hours of other videos. Thank you
Thanks for this! Recording guitar has always been my biggest challenge. Amp sims help but can still sound bad if not done right!
I work with my guitars same fashion as you! And I go a little bit further than that: to create my tones, I play with mic levels (my VST -and most of them- allows me to select mics) so instead of using bunch of effects and processes such eq and that crap, just knowing the response curve of each mic, and playing with the sliders, I get the tone I want
Glen,great video, the examples are invaluable. Thank You!
very nice explanation Glen! the mixing is such a fun process and it so easy to forget all those details ...but hey .... just practice and it gets better. (thats what Im telling to myself all the time ;))
keep on doing a great show ... Im watching you for years now :)
cheers from Sweden