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- Evidence? Measurements? Reamps? Bah! Dude, I can TOTALLY hear the difference when I play the same thing twice. Why would anyone buy a reamp box? .....sadly, that's where we're now at.
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I'm Glenn Fricker, engineer here at Spectre Sound Studios. I love making records, and after doing it for sixteen years, I want to pass on what I've learned. On my channel you can find tutorials on how to record guitar, bass, real drums and vocals. There's reviews and demos of tube amps, amp sims, drums, mics, preamps, outboard gear, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, and plugin effects.
We've covered Moon on the Water, played Bias FX, given you the absolute best in Stupid Musician Texts, ranted & raved about bass guitar, and this channel is where The Eagle has Landed.
Everything you've wanted to learn about recording Hard Rock & Heavy Metal can be found right here on this channel!
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Chatting with a friend at a show last night. Neither of us are into metal or sound engineering and neither of us play guitar in our respective bands, but we discovered that we both love GLLEEEEENNNNNNNN 10/10 fricheks
I pretend to play guitar. I love his videos. I even got quated by him on an intro. One of my highlights.
Yeah, I sing and play bass in a rock band. I get butthurt at times due to his dismissal of bassists, especially comments like we'll get the guitarist to do it. I play guitar way better than my guitarist can play bass, but I keep telling myself that he looks at it from a metal perspective, so precision is more important than groove, feel and knowing when to change the mood of the song by modifying what you're playing.
Brilliant 😂
@@badbasictbh I see a bit of a problem in a lot of metal bands where the bass is just there to make the guitar sound fuller, and then we complain about everyone sounding the same. Sometimes you could blend the guitar with other instruments and let the bass shine on its own. And I'm a guitar player.
as a drummer i have to say a good bass player is one of the hardest things to find on this planet
“We’re just gonna get the guitar player to redo it after you go home to make sure it’s done right”. Dang! Burn! 😂
Reminds me of Matt Tuck from Bullet for My Valentine. He said in an interview the reason why he records the bass parts himself too is because why not use the player that did the guitar parts. It only makes sense because its the same technique, same picking hand, and already knows the parts inside out. He believes this is how you get a tight bass line to glue with the guitars.
I mean it's true.
@@nienienie7567 Not really.. If its just the guitar tuned down, great. Have boring basslines then.
Jimi Hendrix did a lot of Noel Redding’s parts in the ‘60s, Dave Gilmour did a lot of Roger Waters’ parts in the ‘70s, Steve Jones in the Sex Pistols, and on and on and on.
@@armignac very true. Obviously in metal the bass follows the guitar to make it thicker. But that’s not always the case. We can all admit we love a bass player that stands out in the mix.
You keep up the amazing work Glenn! It's primarily because of you that I never, ever cup the mic. And I've received compliments from people for being one of the few metal vocalists who holds the mic the correctly.
For as much as Glenn goofs on Henning, if Glenn were to shave his head or Henning grew long hair, they could be twins.
Glenning
@phunniguy oh that's good. The Lex files.
😂
Wait you do know they the same person. It's the glasses. Known as the clark kent effect. Change the glasses and you dont recognise them.
Another great show Glenn, ty. I’m going to check out the guitar tone video now.
Love your show buddy, I think you are doing a great service for all audio enthusiasts. I like you learned the hard way but still have a lot to learn. Thanks man!
Hey Glen, thank you for all the content you make. Every Friday I really look forward to VC. I work sometimes 80+ hours a week and it's exhausting, your videos really are a highlight to my week. Peace and love
First gag on the bassist within 15 seconds... brutal. Crackin' vid again, dude!
Thanks for saving me a shitload of cash and pushing me to play again. I'm only a rhythm guitarist, make OSTs for animated features and gameplay for streams. Took a break from things due to shitty health issues nearly killing me a few times over the last few months. In April I find out if I'm still fucked or gonna be end-fucked or gonna get unfucked, so I'm back in practice every day until I almost stoke out just for the sakes of practicing.
So, more than cash, thanks for saving me the more precious fucking TIME! Much appreciated.
Glen, Greetings from the west side of the Ambassador bridge. Not only do you make sense most of the time, but you are fucking hilarious! I don't know very much about how all this sound technology works so your channel is helping this old man to learn.
I have an amp modeler. After watching your video, I split my signal into two cabinets, each with a different microphone, in the modeler (a 429, and an SM57). You said it works in the studio. It also sounds awesome live! It opens up the tone where I can hear all the good stuff I want. Thanks G!
Bookmarking this one for sharing with other recording guitar players. Spot. On.
Thank's Glenn. Just in general (for everything) thank you.
You have excellent entertaining content and deserve to have many more views that you get.
I’m a long time guitar player, 50+ years and also have an undergraduate engineering degree with multiple graduate degrees. I certainly do enjoy your take on equipment and certain peoples views that are not based on testing.
Happy to see you tackle the DI and reamp box question in more detail. I just released a video covering it which was inspired by the discussion on your video last week.
I hadn't considered the prevalence of POORLY DESIGNED instrument level inputs on audio interfaces, hah! The instrument input is basically the most important part of an interface for a guitarist, so I've always made sure to buy units with quality instrument preamps. But there are some real t*rds out there that people need to stay clear of :)
Priestcraft Beyond Babylon is a heck of a great book!
“YOUR COMMENT HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THR BUTTHURT OF THE” *commercial break* Every single time 😂.
I would love to see an entire in-depth video about signal chain. Doth direct into the interface only(With and without physical effects pedals), as well as with reamping and running a traditional amp. I am a noob with recording, but I got Reaper and a Scarlett 4i4 as birthday presents, and my tube amp took a crap recently, so I'm just stumbling through figuring this out. Appreciate all the tips man! Been watching 3-5 videos/day ever since I discovered the channel!
16:00 Great dose of wisdom, actually. Retaining the mindset of a beginner no matter how experienced you are helps you grow
Brilliant channel. Thank you for being honest.
7:36 lmfao..... You're a pro, Glenn. I never knew you could "sing" so well. Talent, man....talent.
Thanks for a great video as always. be safe and skilful. Pinge
I am a bass player , and I thnk you guys should be nicer to us. We hold the groove man 😁
You can usually tell when a guitar player picks up a bass because they play it like a guitar 😄. Guitar players can be like emotionally driven children . Bass players usually possess some stoicism .
lol. I've been bass and guitar in different bands. I wish I could clone myself...because a good bass player is SO HARD to find. Most bassist I know are all about root notes, following the guitar line. NO !! hahaha !! It's VERY hard to find someone who actually learns the proper BASS lines.
Great channel i purchased a Harley Benton 2x12 vertical cab love it man !
What impresses me about you Glenn is that you are still willing to learn in an attempt to improve. Plus that you are always striving to improve.
very interesting the experiments you do on guitar tone by keeping or shifting different amps, speakers and mics, i wonder since you are in to these kind of experiments, what about to test different cabinets as for 1x12, 2x12 and 4x12, you may already have a solid idea due your field experience, but it maay be interesting hear if the cabinet/amount of speaker really make a difference on final tone.
After Glen’s suggestion a few years ago, I tried a DI box in front of my interface and big difference in the quality of the raw sound, which led to improved re-amped amp sound and much more balanced across different instruments.
Just play to relax, but I am addicted to this channel.
Hey Glenn, just wanted to say thank you for helping us save money and reminding us to experiment to make the best sounds we can with the gear we have, and spend out the money on things that will actually impact or enhance those things.
And with regards to EQ, Mic choice and technique, you can't put back what wasn't there to begin with, take the time to capture a good sound upfront and then tweak it to best suit the mix.
Glenn, you are the unsung hero of the guitar/audio engineering world!
That's the kindest request for a subscription I've seen on UA-cam. Class noted ✅️
Glenn, another IR and amp combo you should do a demo on is the Friedman IR-X. I recently purchased one and I’m enjoying the the tone and flexibility.
I don’t know what was the secret sauce to this VC episode. But as a longtime consumer it was the smoothest and most “consumable” show. You’ve really put in so much work and it is showing. Kudos mofo!
Glenn you’re awesome
Nice shirt. Great band!
My lucky boxer shorts are the key to my tone.
I've been a fan of the Seismic Audio and Sound Town empty cabs lately. They're really good. I have an open back Seismic Audio 1x12 that I pair with an Orange Super Crush. I even used one of Seismic's own Quake12 speakers. It sounds KILLER.
i love joining in for weekly philosophy with glenn
Hey Glen, idea for a video. When you have other people playing guitars, bass, drums for you. What are you sending them? Guide tracks? Who's writing the songs/ riffs? I'd be interested in seeing what you send them and what they send you back.
Hi Glenn, great show once again - it gets better and better 🤘🏻. I see you’re still using Reaper. Did you fix that issue you had a while back? I recently moved to Luna and I’m really enjoying it. Would you consider switching to that - its free 🙂👍🏻. Again thanks a bunch for your work. Cheers from Denmark.
Just signed up for Mixing with the Masters and they have a ton of Andy Wallace content. I’ll be diving into that!
I had an issue with my UA Volt 2 where no matter where the gain was set I was clipping. A DI box with a pad solved it nicely. Yes, my guitar might have been hot, but until I got the Volt 2 it wasn't an issue.
DI boxes are fantastic!
Glennn ! Love your videos, even if I don't do straight metal, still I can learn alot ! Question on drums : Been recording live drums for 10 years, thru trial and error i've managed a decent sound. But i only have a digital interface, 16 inputs with mic preamps build in. So i record 12 mics from the drum straight thru that into my DAW. Will the sound improve if I would buy a decent board and first do moderate eq etc , and using the preamps in the board, and record those tracks, or would the result be more or less the same if I keep recording straight thru my interface, and do the same adjustments afterwards, in the box, in my DAW. Thanks !!!!
There are hot signals in your area! I would love to see a shootout of the bedroom interfaces your viewers use for metal (as most of us can only afford one). Also your DI box video (4 years ago) had the 2i2 on par with everything else, so I haven't seen a need to buy a dedicated DI when the current interfaces get the job done.
New Priest album is awesome!! My favorite of the last 3 they put out. Would love to see Glenn evaluate the Richie Faulkner signature guitar
Glenn, it would be awesome to see you review something like the Boss IR-2. It’s pretty affordable and pretty damn good. I personally think in 10 years, 90% of bands will be ampless
I think small amps will always be around for small, micless gigs/rehearsal spaces, but yeah, I agree. Better to invest in a couple nice powered mains and a small mixer than spending that money on one piece that's not exactly the most versatile.
Even though your work focuses on studio mixes, would you consider a video on live tone as well? Basics of achieving a tight sound as a full band in a live setting, adjusting tones or cab emulation to work with the venue's size, etc?
This is the second video of yours I have watched and am already shamed into subscribing
Glenn, have you heard of the Forged in Code IRs by Ghost Note Audio? They're IRs that are not snapshots of actual speaker + mic setups, but were created completely digital. I downloaded the tester pack and I think they sound incredible!
Commented before hearing you talk about us guitarists turning ourselves up way to loud. Hey! I resemble that remark in jams...
Hey Glen, I love the show! Are there noticeable differences between cabs? In a mix situation. Same speaker, same mic just different built cabs. Also, what could be some things you could do to make a cheaper cab sound better? Aside from changing speakers.
Instead of spending thousands of $$$ on guitars and humbucker swapping chasing tone, now I spend hundreds of $$$ on speakers chasing tone.
I still spend thousands of $$$ on guitars and humbuckers, but now I just do it for looks!🤣
The real question is, can solid state amps keep me warm AAAANNNND provide as much light as my tube amp?🤔
I'm gonna need both when winter comes back.😢
I don’t pay retail for anything anymore besides strings. Good deals come up from where I’m from. I bought a JCM 900 head for $50, an original 84 Kramer Barretta for $35 just to name a few… 😂
LOL Bro has more 💰 than he knows what to do with
Right I experienced that too G’🤘
I once heard it said: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." In other words: "The institution does not protect me, I protect the institution." God bless the United States of America."
10:57 I found that plectrums can have a noticable effect though, compare something like a jazz 3 or a flow to a .73 tortex
Hi Glenn. Love your channel. Any chance you could explain how loudness normalisation works on UA-cam and how to make the recordings louder? I find myself struggling to do that even when I use a limiter or reduce the Master volume significantly. Thanks!
I love all the detail you go into, and I love how you break it all down, and show the differences.
But, it makes me remember long, long, long ago, in my 1st band, we wanted to try and play live.
I rang the Pub owner, he said "sure, bring in a demo tape of half a dozen songs, and I'll see what you got"
A demo tape? F**K!
I rang the only place in town that did recording, "yeah, how many days will you need?", "Um, one..." I said. "No worries, $2200"...
F**K! $2200 (in 1994 for 4 18 and 19 year olds).
We didn't have that money. So, I got a tape recorder that had a mic plug in, put it in my lounge room (which was big thankfully), and the band played a song and we recorded it. We moved the amps, drum kit etc around, trying to get everything sounding level. And by accident more than skill, found a spot where the levels were good. But, it sounded like💩.
The bass player took an empty chip packet, pointed the mic straight up, and put the packet over the mic, and said "give that a shot". WTF?
So, we did, and, it, for some reason, sounded Much better. Not great, not good, but OK, good enough. So, we rewound the tape, hit record, and played 6 songs, 1 take. Demo tape done...
We were So ignorant, we nearly gave That tape to the Pub owner, out Only copy....
Young and Dumb...
But, we did get the gig, we played Live on stage for the First time. On a Wednesday night in front of 8 whole People!!! And it was F'n Awesome🤘(yeah, I was So nervous I nearly peed myself)
Oh, if only we had channels like this back then...
Have a good one Glenn!
I am the only one that loves how Glenn pronounces “out” ?? I watch the show waiting for it 😂😂😂
The second gen Scarlett had the DI issue too. I had one and I specifically bought a second gen because I knew about the issue with the first gen. I actually just got a UA volt 1 because I had to use the line level input on the Scarlett solo gen 2 to record at a level that wasn't way too high. Just thought I'd inform people.
love you mang
Ah man. Nice. Andrew Huang is awesome. His approach to production, and his songwriting stuff with Rob Scallon, are so freeing and great.
I would have never thought that 2 amp heads would sound so similar, but I never compared amps on the exact same signal chain. Fun fact nevertheless is that I owned over 30 years just 1 amp head and 3 different cabs with at least 6 different speakers on them. Not that I was convinced that the sound was basically in the speaker, I just liked how the amp sounded, and changing cabs and speakers gave me a lot of tonal differences.
The amp is a Mesa boogie Mark III I got very cheap when the Mark IV came out
IK Multimedia Axe I/O One is an audio interface with a dedicated reamp output and it only costs 129 bucks. Also made to work with ToneX for modeling your rig.
I can’t wait to buy my next tube amp!!!
I have just bought an all tube 15W Laney Super Cub 12. Great amp!
GLEEEEEENNNNNN. Every time you mention the importance of a DI box, I think "make a note of that specific one he keeps mentioning, and buy that!" and I keep forgetting. Then I thought, I'd love a list of "best in class according to Glenn" products from everything to DI boxes to microphones for different uses. Can you send that out on the mailing list and I will treasure it forever? Thanks, love what you do.
He's mentioned Countryman a few times I believe. They're about $120-$250. Hope this helps.
The Warm Audio WA-DI-A is super killer. It’s $200 at Sweetwater. It’s an active DI, but it also has a passive mode, so it works for anything, and it sounds great.
Beyond a compressor and looper pedal for live stuff I only own a 10w amp, a condenser mic, guitar rig 7, and I'm happy :)
When I do eventually have the space and money Ima get some more cabinets instead of wasting money on things that won't change my tone.
Also! Preamps!!!!! They help a ton.
i bought a cheap DI awhile ago but would like a better one, the countryman 85 and signal arts ones are not available, what would you suggest Glen? Also keep up the great work
Kool video and my two cents on tone. Helix it covers alot and I've dropped tubes
As a bass player ive made my rig as easy for sound guys to use and love. I currently use a Two Notes Opus and it is the best piece of gear a guitarist and especially a bassist can have. Its great live and in studio
hi glen, I love your channel, thank you for doing a great work. I saw a video where unboxed Harley Benton headless but i didn't find a review, did you like it? I'm kind of thinking buying headless and selling a full sized one since I will have to move around from time to time and I don't want to break a bank for strandberg. What do you think about EART hedless or Mooer GTRS? Thanks!
Gheeze I've been working as a PA/Monitor engineer for +40 years and I still try out new things if I have the opportunity. But I would say that there is one thing i can always rely on and that is the Shure SM57! I always use it on snaredrum and preferably on guitar although on guitars I can use other microphones depending on the stage setup. If the main desk is analog there are usually less access to gates and compressors then you really need to use the correct microphones since the spill is of outmost importance. Great videos Glenn I'm learning alot especially about high gain applications which can be tricky! But here's a question for you! How do you make the guitarist to turn down their distortion levels? Might sound ok to them on stage but thru the PA it sounds like a hornets nest being hit and no amount of eq:ing or mike placement helps!
GLLLEEEEENNNNNNN!!!! i have to thank you for your advice. I purchased the Bogren one knob plugin after watching your videos on it. And it has seriously improved my tone, without the need for me to buy a bunch of expensive shit and learn to master using it all. I now have a great tone and can focus on what i actually love doing : writing music. Its wild, you didnt make any money off it. Its almost like you are just trying to suggest better options for people to help them get great results at less cost.
Hey Glenn, love the show. Honestly I gotta say I used to hate the "Les Paul is just a coffee table" joke cause my first guitar was a suped up Epiphone my uncle got me and I have loved ever since. Unfortunately, after playing a dean ML for the better half of a year or so I picked up my Les Paul only to realize you're absolutely right... I still love it and it sounds amazing but if it had 4 legs it would be perfect for my living room 😂
So I guess we wont be seeing a video about inlay materials effecting the tone in a mix any time soon? Totally fuckin with you.
My grandmother told me "A fool never changes his mind" and I never forgot that.
The sound is in the glands. Unfortunately I pissed my tone out the other day so I'm screwed. PS Joined the Discord. Did not know about that. Sweet.
I don't gig or even jam with friends anymore, so I would LOVE to go entirely ITB and unload all these amps and cabs and pedals while there's still some semblance of a used market, but I cannot for the life of me get an even remotely acceptable sound using amp sims. Yes, I've checked/swapped out/etc the strings, pickups, cables, DI boxes, interface, headroom, gain staging, input level, monitors, room issues, etc and even with a sim's bass turned all the way down and treble all the way up my Strat bridge pickup sounds like the neck humbucker on a jazz archtop with the tone knob rolled off and two different cab IRs accidentally running at the same time. 😆 It's incredibly frustrating to say the least.
I agree, I always think I want an ampless setup until I am reminded of the annoying processed sound of digital modeling. And, yes, such a frustrating hassle for an unsatisfying tone. The buzzy midrange, ugh!!!! Give me my Marshall JCM 2000 50watt head and a 4x12 cab any day!!!
Hi Glenn,
I would be interested to hear your thoughts on which elements (if any) play a significant role in the signal chain of the bass tone.
Now for guitars, I fully agree with you that things like tone wood, pickups and even amps aren't nearly as relevant to the final result as we like to think. It all gets pushed through distortion, which - as the name suggests - DISTORTS everything that has happened to the singal so far and (com)presses it into one big chunky block. So it makes sense that what ultimately matters most for your end result is what happens to this uniform brick afterwards, i.e. speaker and mic'ing.
However, with recording bass you will often see, even in a metal context, somewhat cleaner signals with less or even no distortion, or some form of parallel processing like in your Elements plugin where the bottom end remains less processed, or a DI signal mixed in along with the amp tone. Either way I would argue that - compared to a metal guitar - there is more of your original dry bass signal ending up in the final bass tone on the recording. And while speakers and microphones (real or simulated) will obviously be equally important here, my bassist brain wants to believe that at least things like the pickups (type & configuration etc) will maintain more of their character and therefore have more of an impact to my recorded tone than would be the case on guitar, but perhaps I'm just as deluded as the guitarists...
Any thoughts on this? In your experience, does it matter/do you care? Or are all basses created equal in your eyes, as long as they come into your studio with fresh strings?
Rock on, much love from Scotland 🤘
Hi, Glenn. You mentioned audiobooks. Could you do something about recording them? Like, what would be ideal, what would be minimal good gear required? What mic, acoustic treatment would you recommend? Stuff like that. Podcaster could use this knowledge too, I think.
"Might as well shoot bullets at the sun." 🤣
I have been thinking of going the Paul Gilbert route. A pedalboard with with preamps and DI for either PA or a backline straight to return of the Loop. I have a lot of pre and post EQs and a Revv G3 and G4 preamp(and G8) and I kinda just want to use that and not worry about tube amps.... plus my Orange Rockerverb100 MKII, Dark Terror and 1980 PV Classic 50 VT kinda cover many areas and I can go to power amp from board and just bypass the Orange Preamp for the Revv pedal preamps. Thoughts you sexy bastard?
cheers m8
Hey Glenn, I really had no idea about how much speaker selection affects tone until I watched your videos that proved it. I also saw a video where Ben Eller was playing the VH 5150 riff through a Marshall 1987 amp into an Ox. The only thing he changed was the speaker on the Ox, and it sounded completely different though Creambacks, Greenbacks and Vee 30's. Now that I am not going down the new guitar rabbit hole or the new amp rabbit hole anymore, what would you suggest for someone who can't get an Ox yet? Do I go down the IR rabbit hole? Speaking of which, is it worth it to look at DSR's? Does a DSR really "reflect the attitude" of a particular speaker?
So about reamping, my band finally got around to reamping out guitars for our album, and we used the Radial X-amp, only to discover that it was horrible. The signal was so quiet that we had to run it through two overdrives just to get it close to the signal strength of a guitar directly. Then once we did that it was so horrendously noisy that it was unusable. Also, for some reason it cut out so much of the lows and highs and left only mids. Then we tried just going direct from the interface and it wasn't perfect, but it sounded 10x better. That's what we're doing because the album took so long that now it's too late to return the radial.
There has to be user error involved at some point because I see nothing but good reviews about it online. Did you reach out to their customer service?
I actually went to a Gretchen Parlato show where the opening act was a guitarist/singer on stage, alone, without looper...was long.
Hey GLEEEEENNNNN! Any advice on blending IRs? Whenever I try the result always sounds phasey or hollow.
I’m a bass player and do my best to get my lines right so personally my ego is shattered 😂 but all I hear from bands I’ve jammed with bash other dudes for not being able to play consistently. I think a lot of bass players think they can come in without practicing at home and expect to play their music perfectly. Anyways, good show, great explanation on room sound vs. mic sound when playing through a real amp!
Doesn't help that modern metal tunings are so damn low the bass is barely audible even before getting buried in the mix. Not much incentive for bads players to give a fuck.
Same. I've taken a lot of gigs from people for this reason. They usually surprised when I show up prepared. Lots of bass players don't care...and I'm all for it. I'm happy taking their gigs.
I use an ART Tube MP/C as a reamp box. It also functions as a DI box, and an outboard mic/guitar/bass preamp that you can throw in front of a power amp or PA head and just run your modeler or pedal board straight into. I used to run distortion pedals into it and then use that as my sound, setting the gain so that without the pedals, the tube is clean, and with the pedals going into the front, the tube introduces natural overdrive, straight through a rack power amp into a 4x12. I'd also run an overdrive pedal into the front of it and put a cheap modeler or something like a metal zone after... good times, lol. I always surprised myself with how good it would sound, micing the cab myself. And I'm the vocalist in my band, lol. I play guitar for fun, because I suck.
For anyone interested, the signal art boxes that Glenn recommends are great, ART has stereo DI and reamp boxes. Joyo has a combo active DI and passive reamp. Passive DI's can be run backwards to work as a reamp box if you use a TRS 1/4" to female XLR cable or a female to female adapter and a normal XLR cable in a pinch. I love the MIDAS mic pres on my interface, but I have to use a pad on the input for DI on the combo jacks, so even I prefer to use DI boxes.
I'm a bassist. Can't remember the last time I used my actual amp in the studio. I've got the dUg Pinnick tech 21 pedal and go direct. Engineers love it and my sound is set up in minutes.
P.S. speaking of the great snair sound you get, for many years i have been using snair top paned right and snair bottom paned left, i get some great sounds, does anyone else do this , OLD MAN FROM UK 🎸
I think you hit the nail on the head with a lot of what you say. I play bass (and guitar) and when I used to gig in the 80's and 90's, I always preferred using a DI. Let me play and let the sound guy nail the tone in the mix. What sounds good on stage don't necessarily sound good 30 feet in front of the stage. And as far as practice, so many people practice with a heavily scooped sound that in a "real" band situation just sounds like mud.
On a different note, if you want an interesting book, check out "Accessory to War" by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Glenn, can you do a video about "Using a Reamp Box vs Running a DI in Reverse"? I want to know if there is a discernable difference cuz i hear either one could work
GLLEEEEEENNNNN! I have a Darkglass Alpha Omege with 2 normal outputs, and a parallel output? Can I use one of these as my DI signal or am I better off getting a dedicated DI?
I just rely on Ozone 10. I get close and with the Audio Lens software I can get any tone I want by… actually changing the EQ.
So now my Gojira X sounds like Rammstein with a few clicks.
I bought a focusrite 2i2 to put between my amp sim pedal and my headphone amp. IT TOTALLY CHANGED THE TONE. Why didn't you tell me this earlier glenn?
That part around guitar tone in a mix is huge. The amount of times I've now heard an isolated track from a mix I liked just to think to myself that guitar tone sound horrid is a number I can't count. It makes me think of all the times I was a bit early to band practice and dialed in a tone I loved, just to have the rest of the band show up and all the sudden I'm tweaking out the bass and pushing the treble. What sounds good isolated will likely not sound good in a mix (unless your ears are adjusted to it, sadly my ears are still stupid and never seem to learn)?
Glenn, I don’t know if you see but “Metal Production” did his comparison between Dual Rectifier and 5150 and in his video the 2 heads sound more differents than your video. I don’t wanna make any youtubers war but maybe you can take a look and maybe talk about it and found how this two comparisons sound different.
Hey Glenn, two youtube channels made tests in response to your 5150 vs Dual Rectifier videos: Metalhead Productions and Kaddy's Jam Kave. I'd like to know if anything else made them sound different besides the settings.
A good book recommendation from me would be; “Save me from myself”- Brian Head Welch.
Guitarist from korn and his story about life and the band.
Hey Glen can you do a “how to dial in a couple great bass tones with free plugins” I’ve been trying to get a great tone to go with my guitar for recording. But every time I look up a video on how to dial in a tone it’s always that super cranky “Metal” bass tone (I like bass tones that have some distortion and are articulate for finger style players) but with mine it’s either a to low end focused (which yes I know makes the guitars sound fat as hell) Or it’s not fat enough. I’m trying to find the middle ground so that my tone sounds fat but has good note definition so that way you can tell what note im playing. thank you it would be very much appreciated.
P.S. I use both finger style and a pick depending on what I feel the song calls for. So a tone for pick and a tone for finger style would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much glorious recording god🤘