Add Clarity To Your Guitar Mix With This One Easy Hack
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2023
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FYI: Reaper's multi-band compressor comes standalone with ReaPlugs, so if you use a DAW and can't afford a paid plugin you should be able to put Reaper's stock one in no sweat.
I have reaper but use TDR Nova anyway
@@theperiidot...ok.
@@theperiidot TDR Nova is a great plugin for sure! It's wild how many things you can do with it including multiband comp. Easily the best free VST I have come across that takes care of the low wub wubs.
@@ParanormalArson tdr nova is also free
@@theperiidot it's also a dynamic EQ, not a multiband compressor. They can function in similar ways, but are ultimately different. A multiband compressor will be less likely to introduce phase issues which may occur with a dynamic EQ. Dynamic EQ could work in a similar fashion, but mutiband compression using a single band above the area affected by palm mutes would be the best solution.
Either way, there's a ton of actual MB compressors that are free as well. He mentioned the Reaper stock one so I mentioned it can be used on any DAW.
If you don´t have a multiband compressor, Reaper offers its own as a VST, as part as a FREE bundle on its website to use in your favourite DAW.
My music isn't metal but I do love metal, and in my songs I use a lot of guitars (some clean some very crunchy). I enjoy your content specifically because of the way you explain the "why" of a mix in literally every video. Understanding why a pro producer does things regardless of the DAW/Compressor/FX etc. is SO SO vital to understanding my own mixes. I've been watching your content for like 6-8 months or so now and I feel like every time I mix something and/or watch your content in regards to one of my mixes I learn something new... even when videos cover similar concepts, they consider different ways of approaching similar problems/issues with a mix. And that helps with the overall concept of understanding the entirety of producing a song from start to finish. Thank you for all that you do. It makes a huge difference for metal mixes as well as just like pop/rock/indie mixes like my own. -Vinny
Great video, concise information & easily understood. Nice job!
Man... You deserve way much more love from YT... Love this channel! 🤘🤘
There are at least 10 different free multiband compressor plugins out there, but most DAWs have a stock multiband comp. If you have a free or lite version of a DAW (like Cubase Elements, Live Lite etc), and it doesn't come with a multiband comp, your best bet is to download TDR Nova (the free version, or the older Vlad G Nova-67P) or Reaper ReaPlugins (includes Reaper's stock multiband comp). There are others as well, but those two are the most powerful ones.
Great video. I like how you clearly and cleanly explain everything. Other production videos could learn a lot from watching yours.
This video was so helpful man thank you
Thank you, yet another great explanation of a key piece of mixing tradecraft
I think it would be cool and helpful if you did a video about basic balancing of tracks to show how much moving things can change the entire mix. A good example of that is when people (cough cough guitarist) make the guitar tracks at least 2db louder then they really need to be causing the cymbals to drown out or make the bass guitar non existent 😂
this is a game changer! just getting into properly mixing my own stuff and your channel is really helping make things easier. thanks man
Happy to help!
I agree with you 100 percent on the amp sims. I don't even own an amp anymore. Great content. Keep up the AWESOMENESS.
Still own an amp but never use it. Ampsims all the way breh
Make a video on processing clean/acoustic guitars
exactly some basic eq and multi band compression will give you great results
TDR Nova dynamic EQ is even better than a multi band and is 100% free, can be used as EQ, Dynamic EQ or a Multi band
Set a band to 150-200hz Q about 1.00, and use the threshold control, bring threshold down until you are controlling the boom/muddiness(use your ears). This only attenuates the peaks in that range so does not thin out the tone like Highpass, and is more exact than most multi bands (although it depends on the multi band)
The Q is how you control the crossover points either side of the value you choose, and you tend to get less phase issue than you get with multi band comps that are always an aspect of multiband compressors (although with the right set up, the crossover phase issue can be inaudible as Bobby is doing here)
you can also do this by having a guitar track self modulating e specific band inside an EQ. at least thats possible in reaper.
Good work here. I like that you stressed hi pass would kill the strength of the guitar sound. thats not ideal, but to make the most of what you have to work with, you gave great advice on handling it correctly. I use a dynamic EQ on my chuggsost of the time to zero in on the poppin freq...same thing really...with similar if not equal results...cheers brother
Sir Big fan of yours and thank you for the tutorial till date ...i am struggle with the difference between Pera EQ and graphic EQ how and where to use.If you could guide plz
Thank you
TDR Nova can do this as well and it's also free. Great video!
Hey Bobby! Great video again, I have a follow up ? for you.
In Reaper(and other DAWS) the stock compressor typically has a hi/low pass, does the crossover behave differently from a multiband to the hi/low pass of the stock reacomp compressor. Would it be reasonable to say the multiband would only be necessary if you intend to compress other specific bands from the same comp?
Still one of the best channels out there! I would love to send you one of my mixes. I've been at it heavily for the past two months but would so appreciate someone taking it apart and telling me what to improve. Is there a way to send you my recording? thanks for everything you do!
We all gotta start somewhere, so glad there are people like you out here helping out self-starters! Heck I remember when I first started at the age of 15 I literally didn't know about double tracking guitars to do harmonized leads. I thought it was a guitar pedal!
My problem is not the boominess of my palm mutes. I use the bridge pickup in conjunction with your multiband compressor technique. My problem is the "spikiness" of the transients. There's an awful "plonky" sound to them that I hate. Am I not using enough gain? I usually go low to moderate on the gain because I don't play metal, and because I find that high gain leads to more muddiness. But I wonder if I need the gain to shave off the transients when playing palm mutes?
I find distorted guitars to be the hardest thing to mix. A lot of other people seem to find it easy but find low end challenging. It's exactly the opposite for me.
I have come across this issue with certain tones I have made...and like you said, it tends to be in a more low to mid gain tone.
What I have found is that when it happens, it tends to be several frequencies that pile up creating the "plonk". I find those frequencies to be more so in the low mids (anywhere from 250hz to 500ishhz) and especially in the 700hz area. 700hz tends to give that "sonar" type sound that adds to the plonk. You can also look at 4khz which is more geared towards the pick attack or how spikey/aggressive your notes will sound. Do a frequency sweep in those areas and try carving some of them out. Once you start to hear the offending frequencies, you will be able to pick them out in the future. It might not fully get rid of the plonk sound, but it will drastically diminish the aggressiveness of it. You can also use the technique in the video here on the frequencies that cause the issue. It will keep them from spiking as much and make the tone more consistent. You can use multiband comp to help tame harsh transients in higher frequencies.
Obviously make sure your gain staging from the interface to the DAW is set up properly (this can cause the kind of issues you are having as well)....And consider trying a different thickness/style of pick to see if that helps as all...Maybe a tighter string gauge if nothing else works. Hope this helps and gives you some ideas my dude!
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This stuff is starting to make sense .. If he was using Logic .. he'd be putting the Mac shills out of business .. I'd love to see this foundational minimal application in some Metal Logic tutorials
Hey Bobby, im wondering how do you actually get that metalcore guitar tone sound.
What exactly is your guitar chain, im really struggling to get a nice metalcore tone like yours there
I just lo cut to 80 sometimes 100Hz. Then use a multiband comp from 120-180 (i alwaya varies a little) on palm mutes. Sometimes in the multiband comp I also control 2200-4k, I High cut around 5-6k. That usually gets me what I like.
Isn't Pro Multiband Dynamics a stock plugin with Pro Tools, or is that more for multiband EQ rather than compression?
Hey Bobby , how much of a difference and what difference is between doing this with multiband compressor and dynamic eq ? I actually do this with the TDR nova , never try it with compressor, but I just wonder where the difference is
You can get more surgical with a dynamic eq, but in this application both work well
Hey buddy! Seems like you're using Reaper a bit more these days, really cool! Are you still using Pro Tools at all?
Pro Tool is my main DAW, but I use Reaper for live recording at venues because it's more stable.
should watch the video on urm youtube about mixing lorna shore guitars lol. he does some weird stuff. sometimes you dont want clarity all that much for that nice grindy full on black metal sound and then layer a bunch of stuff. they have such a unique sound and have been really growing a big following too lately. Metal is really making a comeback now. Falling in Reverse are huge right now selling out massive shows. Am not a huge fan of their music but hey, it is much better than the top 40 pop hits the last 10 yrs for sure. I hope this is a new era for metal, i really think it is. The prog bands getting a lot of attention now too with younger people, like polyphia and bands they tour with. Haken, Arch Echo, Plini.
Great sound! But why set the crossover in Xcomp from 100Hz up, why not set it from 0Hz to take care of subs too?
Because the subs usually aren't a problem and actually add a little to the tone. It's the upper low-end and lower mids that get out of control during the palm mutes.
@@FrightboxRecording A reply from the man himself! Wonder if you'll still be able to do that when you hit 100k subs, which is coming in no time if you keep up top notch content like this. Just discovered your channel and it's great stuff, been listening all day at work. Thank you for all these well-spoken easy to digest vids.
What is the eq plug-in from the pdf?
In the beginning I made the same mistake as everybody does, too much bass on the guitar and bass tracks and wondered why my mixes sucked. 🤣I was surprised how little commercial raw bass guitar tracks bass was. You build up the bass and not cut it. Then I started to learn mix bass guitar the proper way. But of course for chugs you need to do like in the video. Well unless I guess if you make 80's metal?
I had the opposite problem. I'd always high pass the shit out of my guitars and cut out the mod, I've got used to play like that in isolation. When time came to mic some music everything always sounded thin and seperate. :D
For the algorithm
Its just a matter of taste i guess but couldnt one just leave it as it is in this in this case?
Or is this little amount of boom realy beein seen as an bigger issue?
Or is this example just to schow the difference no matter it makes sence for the part, its just a minimalistic mix with no aditional 2nd guitar madness after all
The boominess can sound terrible on bigger stereo systems, specifically in car stereos.
Thanks for responce!!!
So its more of an technical thing one should do in advance with other sound systems in mind than a fix for a particular issue?
Because like i said, i dont feel like there was a need for a fix atleast on my headphones
Only posers see a difference between real amps and amp sims. And your audience are just normal people, not posers/producers.