I REALLY screwed up this one!
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- Despite my best efforts, I had a serious screw up with this episode & had to re-shoot it at Trey Xavier's place. (Thanks Trey, you're a lifesver!). However, Pro Toos had other ideas. Watch me try to keep my sanity while trying to keep you entertained!
Many thanks to @treyxaviermusic for saving the show!
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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.
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"Nobody cares what it sounds like when you're playing with yourself."
That's a new t-shirt design right there :)
Agreed!
so, one is not nobody though... logic.
Yes, this needs to be a T-shirt!
@@morbidmanmusic they are a "nobody" when no one cares...
Seriously.
Do the next viewers comments while wearing a blood pressure monitor
😂
Actually, the biggest contributor to guitar tone is whether you're wearing cotton, blend, or polyester shirts.
Dang, I thought it was my knee high boots. Well, every day's a school day!
Actually, it's the leather pants
What if I'm wearing no shirt and just a Kilt?
Depends on where you have the kilt
Also the stuff you eat the day before affects tone as well
"3 day waiting period?!! But I'm mad now!" would be a great T-shirt ( I know, not music related).
Legitimately angry Glenn is so much funnier than average angry Glenn.
Thanks for making sure this weeks episode got out Glenn, I sincerely appreciate it! Must've been a hassle to do it twice.
*thrice
Glenn! Maybe you could do an entire signal chain episode, from guitar all the way to the studio monitors. Thanks for everything you’ve given us so far.
I've been asking for this one as well!
Agreed
It looks like the AI running UA-cam, has a since of humor! Each week, right after you announce the ButHurt of the Week, UA-cam puts a commercial! This weeks ButHurt was, Harbor Freight!🤣
Robert, with his "tone is the pick" comment, is a massive troll. Well-played. 🤣
Haha, Glenn is so full of shit, he can't even recognize a troll anymore, lol.
With the amount of stupid comments on the internet, it's not too far a stretch for someone to really believe that
@@aphelionmk1 I'm pretty sure this is the first time anyone has said that the tone is in the pick, lol. Anyone with a brain would read that and know that he isn't serious.
I'm more giving credit to the guy for a well-played troll than being critical for Glenn having one pulled on him so well.
It *is* classic "Poe's Law" though. I mean, he even included the winky face. LOL
@@travisspaulding2222 "Tone is in the pick" does kinda scream TROLL though doesn't it? LOL
So funny.
I bought some sound treatment for our rehearsal space, even with our amateur job the difference was substantial. I'm writing this so you know some of us actually follow your sound treatment advice. There's more to this channel than "the sound is on the speaker" and "F Gibson" if you actually watch it.
Dude, I’ve learned so much from this channel. This guy is damn helpful.
I was the guy that Glenn quoted who posted the question if it would make a difference. So what did you do exactly?
I actually took a DSP music course while I was at uni, and one day the prof was demoing something on his laptop and all of a sudden got this pop up saying "ProTools does not allow [what he wanted to do]." It happened several more times through the course to where it became a running joke to say "ProTools doesn't allow that either" whenever something would go wrong. Reaper for life, baby!
I don't know why Glenn was usung ProTools in the first place. When I returned to home recording in 2018 I got Reaper. If anything, I think Reaper is under rated.
@@gedcowburn2371 He's probably doing it for cross-compatibility is my guess.
I've only been mixing/recording for a couple of years now. When people asked me in the very beginning what DAW I was using, I would sheepishly mutter...."uh.....reaper".
After spending time with it - and watching the workflows of people recording on other DAWs - I'm so glad I started with REAPER. Now, I respond "REAPER, BEYOTCH".
(okay, I don't actually say 'beyotch')
I have a pick that has an adjustable EQ on it. It's pretty awesome. Rock on!
Thanks a lot. I was trying to quit viewer's comments. Now my rehab is wrecked.
You, sir, are an enabler.
I am sorry for all the trouble and frustration this episode was for you... BUT... It was highly entertaining. Thanks for slogging through it.
Much more than a Fricker speaker, I’d love to see a Fricker cab with a hot-swappable speaker bracket system. Studios could sell tracking/reamping services with a trophy room full of unique speakers just as they do with fancy microphones and outboard gear
Plot twist: Glenn's signature speaker will be an FRFR with some weird IR loader that connects on the speaker output.
Well, sounds like a good idea to me! Why not try to do this yourself? Get a descent cab and build some kind of bracket holder? Than just screw your speakers to one of those brackets, put it in the holder and connect the wire? 👍
@@MrMoonl1te But in a few varieties, from open through oversized closed to compact closed, for different response curve of the same speaker depending on the cab's construction. The cab construction matters just as much as the speaker itself (although the material it's made of is not nearly as important as some claim) and even Glenn says that in some of his vids. I wish he went back to exploring this topic instead of just settling on "the material of the cab is not that important, good plywood sounds better but the difference is minute and not worth it if you don't have cash" and showed more how 2x12 vs 4x12 and open vs closed and the internal volume of closed and some structural tricks inside change how the speaker behaves and hence how it sounds. But I guess it's a much more expensive topic to address than just swapping speakers and Glenn is trying to give advice to those on a budget most importantly so playing around speakers in whatever cab you have is a more viable thing than playing around different cabs with the same speakers...
If: Evidence Or STFU isn't a t-shirt design yet, it should be.
I'm not into funny t-shirts but I'd wear that.
Between you,Sir, and Mr Gioia, i can actually get a 4 track down. Now thats not bad for never knowing about a DAW or plugins use. Rock on🤘🤘
Glenn, I love that all your tests and even the products you're creating are primarily so you can be better at recording. Refreshing change from big business that is aimed at profit first.
ProTools: industry substandard!
I once saw someone refer to Abelton studio as "Disableton" and i havent been the same since
I loved how Glenn was actually pissed off this time. I laughed my ass off 😂
Love your videos Glen! I am not a metal guy but understand your context and still learn a lot from your channel
It's nice to see Glenn relaxing on his trip .
So I'm proud to say I've tried a ton of different pickups, listened to videos sampling pickups and ran the audio of the videos and me playing to see the sound graphs and the biggest difference i came to and seen is ceramics have a bit more low end and sound like every other ceramic pickup. Alnico has less low end and sounds like every other alnico. The difference of "hotness" between alnico 2 and 5 can be made up for with the gain knob. Gj Glenn.
I settled on a JB and 59 because I like the black powder covers and think they look sick lol.
Since you asked: I only have a cheap little Korg NanoKontrol 2 control surface. It's not the best thing on the market, but it is also significantly better than nothing with the way that I work.
The lack of motorized faders and the low-quality pots that are in it mean that it's not really great for automation, but I LOVE it for rough mixes and for controlling my effects and virtual instruments when I do livestreams. It gets me 80% of the way there, and then I have to run the last 20% on the mouse and keyboard.
One of these days, I'm gonna rent a real nice one and see if it makes the back half of my mixes any smoother.
Massive, literal LOL at 7:56. I love that guy.
Addendum, bigger LOL at 9:05. Thank you for that, and yes, Avid succcccks. Truly terrible company.
Keep up the great work!
10:03 Whahahaha.. Change your EQ with a pick ... hahahah LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love your show, Glenn!
I have the opportunity to see how this channel just gets better and better throughout the years, and man... all the things I have learned from you. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Is there any piece of advice you can give a noob that just acquired his first tube amp (Marshall JCM 2000 - TSL100) with a 4x12 Laney cabinet regarding tone experimentation, saturation, care, etc?
Keep it up! I'm here to support you.
Greetings from Colombia.
"NOPE!" "NOT TRUE!" "NOT EVEN CLOSE!" HAHAHA
Reaper: It gets the job done right the first time.
This is the best Pro Tools ad I've ever seen !!
6:38 thank you!!! I'm always having this discussion with momoes on my channel.
The Butthurt Of The Week cut to an ad with Pump Up The Jam for its song. That was hilarious.
Yes thank you for your dedication and providing my Glenn fix, amen.
Thanks for pressing on and releasing this episode despite all the circumstances!
Not perfectly related to the pick debate in question here, but last night I was "doing my lab work" on my acoustic with a piezo for a live gig, and part of my standard procedure is to listen in context to the band I'll be playing with.
(Live multi-track recording from a rehearsal) and selecting my EQ and equipment based on where I can fit in the mix.
Part of that process is deciding which pick to use as, with acoustic guitars at least, the difference between a .53 and a .73 pick is huge... I can only imagine how those 1.5mm jazz picks that people rave about sound because I consider .73 to be a thick pick for cowboy chording.
I'm getting off into the anecdotal weeds here, but in summary, record everything and listen in context.
(My acoustic sounds terrible and tinny alone, but those are the frequencies that people can hear in a mix, so it sounds good in context, and adding more mids just middies the mix. Remember, if you are an acoustic guitar player, you are basically playing a high hat with chords in a full mix)
The sound guy I learned the trade from, on a mixing desk with the ability to EQ the highs, high mids, low mids and lows, he would just cut all the low mids and lows from an acoustic guitar. In the mix it did sound perfectly fine.
lol best VC episode in a long time!
I have a Godin LG from the mid/late 90s. Served me well back in the day but it's about 20 years overdue for a service.
I FOUND OUT THE SECRET TO TONE!!!
If you press down on the strings with the hand that isn’t picking, then it sounds completely different! IT EVEN WORKS WHEN THE GUITAR ISN’T PLUGGED IN!
Woah, after that protools shirade, Glenn was really primed to be pissed, lol
Gleeeeenn! I've seen a lot of tutorials about combining several guitar amps for a fuller sound (e.g. In Flames). But since you demonstrated there's way more difference in swapping speakers, would reamping through several cabinets have a similar effect to blending amps? Or is it worth while doing both?
Either or both, why not?
Glenn on the verge of having a breakdown is my favourite 😂
Gods I love to see you in full enraged form, great job on such short notice lol
12:19 I use an Avid Artist Mix + Artist Control + Artist Transport with Tools. A couple of years ago, I bought a 48 channel Digidesign Pro Control + Edit Pack (because it's pretty cheap back then), but since I was coming from a keyboard + mouse workflow/setup, I discovered I mainly used the faders/pan knobs/scrub wheel/solo-mute buttons and on the Edit Pack I only used the save project/bounce to disc; etc buttons and also the coloured Tools keyboard that's in built, so back in 2018, Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation) was selling his Euphonix MC Mix (now branded as Avid Artist Mix) so I bought it from him and only used that so I sold my huge Pro Contol. What was I even thinking... It's not like I'm recording/mixing an orchestra in here. 98% Of the time I work alone and I've only got 10 fingers, haha. Shortly after getting Ruud's MC Mix, I bought an MC Control as well and I've gotta say: Eucon's a pretty neat protocol, which's invented by Euphonix. Avid would've never thought of something like that, so on it's little touchscreen, I installed all of the buttons I used to use on the Pro Control, got myself a coloured Editor's Keys Tools keyboard to replace the keyboard that's in built on the Pro Control's Edit Pack and called it a day. I don't miss my Pro Control at all and now I've got sorta hybrid setup. Mainly keyboard+mouse, which I was used to anyway with the additional faders/pan knobs; etc on my now Avid Artist series controllers (unfortunately, my Euphonix control surfaces died last year).
Oh and what you're saying about Tools is 100% true!! There's nothing Pro about it. They should call it Pro Error, because it's errors galore!! I'm used to this DAW, so I'm gonna keep on using it and also my controllers are dedicated to it, so... but, if I could go back in time to 2011, I would've gone with Cubase or whatever. :)
I had the older version of the Behringer X touch compact controller which was easy to use and did help with work flow when you got your head around it.
I've got a technical question about ELE, where would I get the best reply? I'm having difficulties getting automation for reverb sends to work in kontakt player 7. It assigns but the host parameter simply isn't available to choose in the automation list in Reaper.
Fricker busted a blood vessel with poor ol Wobbert 😂
Testing matters. A lot. Thanks, Glenn!
My desk controller I use day-to-day is the Behringer XTouch and it does help with workflow for me.
Glenn, I hope you find the chill you so desperately need after recording this.
Hey Glenn.
Love watching your content every week! I’m wondering as a bass player, do pickups matter when it comes to bass guitars more than for guitars or would it be exactly the same when you hear it back on your monitors?
Thanks from New Jersey!
Glen!!!! Could you help me with some tips on guitar tone. I recorded the DI of guitars and trying different amps, EQs and cabinets. I find something that I am happy with then next morning it sounds like crap or when I play it with other instruments it sounds awful. Think my problem is option paralysis, there are just too many options and makes me feel overwhelmed. To help mitigate that I am trying to stick with the same IRs lately to minimize options. Either my guitars sound muddy or boxy. Do you have any tips and tricks how to train my ears when shaping the guitar tone so it sits better in the mix?
That background sure looks familiar. How is Trey's studio treating you?
I'd love for you to do a scientific pick comparison as I do hear a big difference between picks in the transients. I will fairly often re-record a track using the back of my fingernail as it sounds very different to me. Fully open to having my belief system dashed upon the jagged rocks of science.
*insert regurgitation of the same point that no one seems to get x300* ...."That is, until you plug it in, then it takes the sound of the amp, and then it gets filtered by the speaker". This, folks, is the summary of every... fricking... experiment, point, test, etc, that Fricker did and has been trying to show y'all since pretty much the inception of this channel. You need to give us the folks that did "get it" a heads up to videos aside from the holy cause. Jokes aside. Thank you for saving many of us years of frustration. Myself included. And yes, I've also been working on recording metal with DAWs since the Cakewalk days (circa 2001) and also yes, I have missed the point for years until I came across your channel. So again, thank you.
I miss Cakewalk. I could use Cakewalk. i knew all the keyboard shortcuts, it had all my stupid demos and snippets... Sigh
I love this recording setup
Dude … the redder your face gets the better my commute! 😂😂 Thanks Pro Tools😂🤘
Yeah, I used Pro Tools for 15 years and finally switched to Reaper when I was beyond tired of it crashing. I actually chose Reaper because of you, Glenn. Thanks and cheers, man! Keep up the great work!
Best rant yet, i thought your head was going to explode.
Hey glen what are your thoughts on ceramic vs alnico? That has to have an effect on tone doesn’t it or is it more about pickup placement?
Which then brings up the question of the acoustic properties of the
guitar
Great rant. You have amazing work ethic.
I appreciate that!
kek, "3 day waiting period.. i'm mad now" lol
A signature speaker... interesting!
Dude, i am just glad i got to see the Gunpla at 00:06. Anyone know which model that is? It looks like it might be HGBF, HGCE, or maybe some obscure p-bandai HGUC.
For a control surface, I use a Faderport 16 with Studio One. I think its great. Speeds up my workflow and helps writing automation with faders. They have a single and 8 version if 16 is too much for you.
LOL at the title. Have a good day Glenn.
Hi Glenn, I have to use headphones when I practice guitar most of the time. Is there something like FRFR-headphones on the market? At the moment I am using a PodGO with AKG K240 Studio. For me the headphones sound decent when I just simulate an amp. When I add a box (IR) I really feel what you meant with the fried asshole thing. Thanks and keep up the great work.
10:04 Epic troll move
I wpuld say in my own research, amps decide gain, and 5-10% eq, speakers decide the final EQ of the tone
Glenn!!!!!!! We took your advice and purchased new speakers for a 4x12 cab. Its a Hartke cab and is built well. It came with Hartke speakers that were designed by Celestion. They were basically the 12g speakers 80 watts. yes they have the celestion labels on the magnets but they did not sound really good no matter what amp we used. SO.... we got a mojotone british 30, a celestion v30, an eminence cv75 and a celestion hemp back. All around 60 watts and all 16 ohm. dropped them in the cabinet that has a selectable mono or stereo input jacks. You guys need to listen to Glenn. All four speaker sound much better then the originals but give me a different sound miked up through the recording console. Wow we have options on guitar tones now. The difference coming back from tape is remarkable. So guys just get one speaker and give it try recorded. You will hear the difference then. Buy the way, i am the engineer and studio owner, and the drummer. So if the drummer can hear the difference, so can the bass player.. Thanks Glenn keep up the good work.
Many many years ago, I was recording a metal solo, we swapped out a light gray match pick, with one of those thicker dark blue/purple Dunlop pics. It was to accentuate a triple sweep in the song. We did this to give the sound more of an attack and it worked for the purposes we were shooting for. On rhythm guitar is I don’t think it makes a difference, but what the fuck would I know I’m not a scientician.
Glenn, thank you for the Harley Benton 2x12 cab you recommended a few months ago...love, my neighbors hate it, but fuck em!
Someone has made a great Pro Tools VS Reaper comparison. I think he was called Glenn Fricker from SpectreSoundStudios or something... And the video was pure gold!!!
Good work!
Thanks for the episode, Glenn!
I never know what I'm going to do. Only what I plan to do. I might know what probably will happen.
BTW, the show may have been improved by having to record it twice. I mean, on the first take you were probably all gentle and chill but this final take you were Full Fricker!
5:59 It's the opposite xD
Remember when Chapman said that the more gain you put on, the MORE difference from tonewood you will hear? :D
I am reading some of these comments and I can't help myself. There is a term we coined for bands (Guitar Players, guitar players and axe wielders) who come into the studio with THEIR "crushing brown sound mega erection tone". They have it in their head that what they sound like is how they want to hear it tracked. This is known as Studio Stupid. You just oblige them and run a direct signal then reamp when they leave. God forbid someone be willing to swap their fender Mustang modeling an AC30 for AN ACTUAL AC30! How this is an argument EVERY time amazes me. Love you Glenn!
this episode is amongst my favourites lol.
In an acoustic guitar.. the body IS the speaker, what's pushing air... almost all the sound comes from that... as such the design, size and materiel of that speaker does make a difference. When mic that, it's still the speaker, mic choice, technique and placement makes similar difference. So makes sense electric guitar, speaker cab it's design, size and materiel (and micing) is most important.
Interesting similar type of testing. Use a bridge piezo PU, on Acoustic guitar, or violin... no matter how expensive vintage, old wood... more less takes the body (as speaker) out of equation... it's mostly just the tonewood of bridge sound being amplified; so the speaker cab if playing live makes a big difference.
The whole thing "We're all just making it up as we go along" is something I've joked in the past as being "The great secret of adults". Cos if our kids ever figured out adults are not omniscient and omnipresent, and are infact indeed making shit up as we go and nobody REALLY knows what they are doing, well those kids would probably rise up and overthrow us lol
These guys not believing you on speakers have probably never been to a boutique music shop. You can literally put the same amp model with different speakers side by side and hear an audible difference. Funny thing is, you can use multiple different guitars of similar quality and hear only the smallest of differences. A far as picks go, the only thing a harder pick ever did for me was increase playing speed. I seriously doubt it affects the “EQ curve” in the way that one guy is stating. Always a pleasure to watch your videos, learn something new nearly every time.🤘🏻❤️🎶
Holy shit the pro tools bit caught me off guard 😅
"Three day waiting period? But I'm mad now!"
"...I'd record you only once if I had my DAW"
Pro Tools: "Yeah, well, you don't"
If there was such a thing as pop-metal that would be me.
Hey Glenn, love your videos. I’ve been playing guitar for 7 years and I have a fender mustang gt100, amazing amplifier and I’ve ran it for 6 years. But I want to step up. Should I get a new speaker? New pedals? Or should I graduate and get a cabinet setup?
I don’t know enough about the Mustang to give useful advice, my apologies!
GLENN! You ever thought about trying the new line 6 Catalyst CX amps, they’re based off helix models now or something like that
Glenn... I absolutely love your content... It has really opened my eyes... My question is would it make a difference if the cabinet has some insulation... Sort of a thin type of material on half the cabinet (bottom, one side and bottom) also would it make a difference if you were to truly seal the cab? Just wondering is all
I purchased the SSL UF8 and UC1 so I could mix with my ears instead of my eyes. I hate using a mouse to click and drag virtual knobs buttons and faders. It took a moment to get used to the workflow, nut now I can physically grab a knob or fader, close my eyes and listen which really sped up my mix times.
Hey Glenn, what would you recommend for a speaker similar to a Celestion G12T-75?
Hey Glenn what are you're thoughts on the spark amps
LOL I love when this guy rants😂😂😂😂😂😂 8:50
Have you tried Ableton?
Good video. Have a good trip.
What up Glenn!?!? Can't wait for the Monday Reviews! (Its May!) I hope Japan or Germany or your Heavy Metal Cruise or wherever you are is going well you rockin' jetsetter you! And FU Glenn! Miss ya
Waveform crashed on me tonight while exporting, which pissed me off, but the temporary files available are always at about 30 seconds before it crashed, so it's never a big drama thankfully! It's 'auto save' function is excellent.
Time to make a video full of using wildly different picks on the same guitar and amp setup. Cheapest A/B test video you'll ever do!
I dunno, with speakers you can reuse the same guitar track with a reamp box. With picks you'd have to record every pick play separately. Which means you can get differences in performance. He would have to find a player that is as tight and solid as a machine every play through.
@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 If a pick is causing you to play very different, resulting in a measurable difference in tone, that's still a pretty cool topic to explore.
@@Deris87 Oh, I don't disagree. Just that it will be harder to objectively measure.
For the modeling guy that needs flat speakers, maybe the speakers on the katana 2x12.
“Evidence, or shut the fuck up. That’s the name of the game!” LMAO 🤘
In the old days of the internet we used to say pics or get the f*** out. And back then hosting pics or videos on forums was....., quite a shore.
I don't understand how people don't get that this is a metal channel and metal tones are what we want.
I like alder because it’s a pretty tough wood that can take a knock. A nice alder Tele can be a good self defense tool too.
Epic! Loved it.