Toontrack EZ Mix 2 - Metal mix in 5 minutes
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2012
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So I got a chance to try out EZ Mix 2. I used the Raw files from a Feared song called Four and started from scratch. For drums I'm using Superior 2.0
Contents:
Unprocessed Mix -
Rhythm Guitars -
Bass Guitar -
Clean Guitar -
Lead Guitar -
Vocals -
Drums -
Master Output -
Thanks to Toontrack for letting me try their product.
And thanks to Scott Griggs for the amazing voice!
Find EZ Mix 2 at www.toontrack.com
OMG Ola's voice has changed a lot through these years
That’s just the almighty power of EZMix. Normally his voice is panned hard right. He EZMix’d it to the left this time and cut the lows.
The accent too...
Presets used:
Guitars: 51 DVM (EZMix 2)
Bass 1: Bass (EZMix 1)
Bass 2: 51 VH
Clean Guitars: Jazz Guitar Chorus (EZMix 2)
Lead Guitar: Lead Guitar (EZMix 2)
Vocals: Hard Metal Vocals (EZMIx 2)
Clean Vocals 1: Clear Up Vocals (EZMix 2)
Clean Vocals 2: Ambient Vocal (EZMix 1)
Drum: Drum Room 44% (EZMix 2)
Master: Master Limiter (EZMix 2)
I don't see where all the hate comes from. EZMix2 can be an invaluable tool regardless of what your recording needs are. I'm self-recording a metal EP right now, and while I definitely prefer all analog signals, for an amateur recording engineer like myself, getting a punchy and beefy metal tone that I'm 100% satisfied with takes A LOT of hard work. Metal is not like hard rock where you can stick a single SM57 in front of a Vintage 30 and be done with it. If you want to do metal guitar recording right, you need to throw 2~4 mics at a 4x12 simply to get everything you hear from it. In some cases this just isn't possible for most people, especially since you need to be recording at volumes that will "disturb the peace". With EZMix2, you can simply browse a library of tones that get you close to what you want... and then if you don't like it... it won't kill your tracks to add some additional EQ to get it "right". If it's properly mixed and all your other tracks sound good too, who cares at the end of the day if it gets your head banging and raises your blood pressure like good metal should?
Oh, and for those of you that want a solid amp-less direct-in recording option that is still all-analog: I recommend the new Yamaha THRs or use an ADA GCS-3 Cabinet Emulator with your favorite distortion pedal. Both will make you happy.
Agreed.. it is a solid mix and the guitars sound big and detailed enough. The lead guitar wasn't the best but hell, with some tweaking I bet i could find a sound i liked.
Also, it's great for people like myself who have no drummer
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
I'm never going to master* izotope or any programs like that, so this is invaluable to me. *see what I did there...
Is Matthew McConaughey from Dazed & Confused narrating?
I personally bought this because of Ola, and I can say that if your recordings being DI are channeled strong with a decent preamp, you can match the sound EXACTLY as shown, but it all starts with a decent setup. Take Ola's word, he knows what real men use.
Didn't know that mater was a producer :P
Ha. It IS Mater!
love your voice..you also convinced me to remix all of my old stuff
This is the most amazing plugin ive ever seen!!!!
Just got EZ Mix 2 recently and I have been impressed with the quality. This was a great example! You have earned a subscriber sir!
And i was disappointed. You got couple presets and almost no option for tweaking them
I usually just use other effects in my DAW to dial it in. Mainly the equalizer. @@mlody969
You're right bro :) I've finished a recording and a mixing course, but still sometimes I just don't have time to fiddle around and experiment with mixing, I just put these EZMix plugins and have a decent sound in (really) 5 minutes. Thanks, Toontrack! (And also thanks for EZDrummer, my best friend drummer for 5 years :D)
Why does the same guitar preset sound so solid state for me but so great here?
WooooooOOooo! That's was a mighty fine pickin' an-a mixin'!
i like ezmix so im excited to try number 2!
This is absolutely insane!
Man I'm gonna get this when it comes out!
Very nice, I'm impressed. Keep up the good work dude!
love it dude, nice track
funniest and best tutorial of ezmix 2 ever!
Thanks for the video, I see now how EZMIX2 is good for DI more than anything else. I give it a try today, seems promising specially the double bass trick
Amazing drums sound
@jaredbroider You're welcome. Another solution is to plug straight in and run insert an amp sim, but this is only advisable if you have next to no latency when it plays back the affected sound. The reason I say mixer instead of DAW is because most studios I use have the inputs running into a big console to record to the DAW.
Nice job dude! I like your style \m/
EXMIX2 sounding awesome.
@fearedse Are you using deesser or EQ to remove "dirty" high frequencies?
I've tried EZ Mix 2 same presets as you and on my Guitar with X2N in bridge the sound is angry and thin, sounds like old "Death" albums.
I can't get a fat sound.
Good to see Matthew Mcconaughey still getting some work.
Best narrator ever!
@itowedin just see it as a great tool for people who is new to mixing and don't know ehere to start!
GREAT video !
His voice is madly hilarious!
Raw guitar tracks sounded very harsh and digital in the begining but they sounded pretty good in the mexed end result. Great job.
@rockrenegade thank you very much man! im trying to get into production so im gathering all the knowledge i can. thank you!
If you're asking about EZMix expansions specifically, it looks like he doesn't have anything besides EZMix 1 and EZMix 2. You can tell by the far right column with the label "Preset Packs" when he pulls the EZMix 2 screen up.
i love ezmix!
Any preamp are being used ? The "clean" guitar (dry), it is only the guitar put on the interface and played? Thanks.
use a m-audio fast track or something like that :) works great. What I do is run it in through the fast track, process it with Logic and then use the headphones out to send it back to my amp. Means it pretty much bypasses my amp head!
Ola, how do you make the Midi drum tracks? you write it or you use patterns form groovemonkee, EZdrummer, etc, etc
the voice cracked me up so hard
another great video! Where can I dawnload your EZ superior drummer preset you use?
Ola, are you using any expansion packs for this, or are all the presets in this video in the standard package of EZ Mix 2?
ola how do u make the guitars sound so wide, ive been trying using the tse 50 but i cant seem to get it to sound wide enough, 3 tracks 1l,1r 100% and 1 dead center
way to go man!
AWESOMEEEEEE !
I didn't know 1800's prospectors wrote metal tunes. You left out a "consarnit" though. :) I bought this product. It's actually quite helpful for people who want to focus their time on writing and recording, rather than toiling with the rigors and frustrations of mixing. I was quite impressed with a lot of the presets in this thing. It's kind of drag that you only have at most two parameters to play with at any given time. But I guess that plays into the whole cutting down on decisions thing.
That's the best Scott Griggs impersonation I've ever heard
Im a bit confused, does this mixer really contain all theese cool things used in the video?
Im new to recording my music in cubase and looking for a bunch of tools like voice distortions and bass effects. This thing here looks like it has a lot of everything?
The bass effect and voice distortion are on the "to buy" list so to speak. I allready use Guitar Rig, but this here neat tool seems to even contain some decent sound effects.
Is it as awesome as it seems? :o
How did you get your preset amps to sound like that? Mind sound nothing like yours for some reason.
I wonder what kind of processing did the drums had before applying ezmix to it? did it had the processing on your drums tutorial? Can you tell us Ola?
At first before you add anything thing with the ez mixer are the distorted guitars just clean ?
@jaredbroider Yes, the DAW. Let's put it this way. If you were to record your guitar part straight into the DAW completely clean without amp whatsoever and then applied the sims later, it would sound bad. This is because you're playing changes under distortion, even on a subconscious level. The way reamping works is that you're plugged in to an amp for reference. That doesn't always get recorded. The completely dry guitar does though so you are technically right.
The voice is classic.
You've already got quite a bit of stuff in Cubase (how much depending on what version) and you don't need anything to distort vocies or put effects on the bass. But EZ Mix seems to be a quite good and easy thing to use to get some nice sounds (haven't tried EZ Mix myself though).
how did you get that fast vibrato on that lead guitar what had a harmony addition?
@fearedse Wow! Thanks man! =D
Was this with the metal essentials or just ezmix 2, I'm considering buying it .
Hey ola! just wondering in this mix, did you put any effects on post the ez mix? like any eq at all or?
ola what pickups do you use??
the di singal sounds preety tight :)
how do you get so clear mix..
i used the same setting it sounds muddy :S
@itowedin Soon it's going to be 32bit sound standart (Audio DVD) and mixing for 32bit 192kHz quality will be difficult.
So we all will listen to awesome music with awesome quality.
Hi. as you achieve the effect you use the voice , 2 minutes into : 41 ??? thanks
@fearedse ...and it will be a great tool. Eventually as tools like this evolve on both the amateur and professional levels respectively, I'm worried about homogenization in heavy music. Not unlike what happened with electronic music with Reason and to some degree, Ableton. Like EZ Mix, both of those programs are great tools as well.
I would rather have these tools than not have them, but it's totally ok to have these concerns and hope people use these tools in a forward thinking way.
Damn, sounds awesome considering the guitar and bass amps are simulated!
Hey Ola! Is that the panning of your guitars, -64,+63? I'm not too familiar with Logic
Would you recommend this for someone that just started into recording?
Can you zoom in when you open up a sub menu.
We can't see the setting or effects you're selecting.
Did you buy any of the expansion packs for this ?
ola, what do you use to change your voice like that?
that was totally amusing, Thanks
@rockrenegade so technically that's a yes..right? and by mixer do you me his DAW?
Do all the amps and so on come stock with EZmix 2??
yes you have to record it clean and then add the amp sim from ez track
Is there a way for me to listen carefully to the results? Can you put the track...or a part of the track online?
2018 hiphop producer.. this is awesome.. i also love metal.. i make screamo trap
what program are you using to recording your instruments? Greetings from Mexico!
Now what do you use to record the clean guitar and bass initially??
Can anyone help me? I'm wondering if you have to manually set the volume for each track, or does EZ Mix do that for you?
haha.. How did you get Scott Griggs to do this?? haha.. he's awesome! Always got a kick out of his videos.
you get a lot, but there are expansion packs like the metal guitar gods that give you even more options. i just got ezmix2 with the metal bundle(6 pack) and it's awesome! also, i think all of the presets he uses in this video come with the base ezmix2 if that helps you out. \m/
How did you record the di guitar
Was it just using an audio interface or was a di box used??
@jaredbroider No. That would be insanely messy. He would play through an amp as a reference but reamp a DI of the guitar into the mixer, so it records it unamped.
Please tell us what sd2 snare you´re using. Thanks!
I tried ezmix 2...though the amps sounds really weak and no-gain...any idea?
hello, can you send me the template of the session just for the settings?
Question...sorry if it`s a dumb one...So, you will need to record (bass /guitar) without any type of effects..meaning clean guitars, clean bass and then add the effects (say distortion) with EZ Mix...OR...record my guitars with my favorite distortion (mic cab amp) as usual???....sorry again..I`m fairly new to this cool stuff...and I would love to learn more
Did you use the expansion pack or just the original bundle of EZ mix 2? Sounds great btw!
Are you just inserting midi tracks to your DAW and then using EZ Mix to mix it?
nice!
I dont know why lot of people saying that these presets sound bad with their cheap guitar.I have a cheapest schecter basswood omen with duncan distortion on bridge and full shred on neck (weird combo i know) but i get pretty sick tones .I dont have di box even.guitar goes straight to my focusrite to reaper. If anyone wants to check I can post a song here.Or may be what i think is good is not actually that good or even pretty bad compared to standard tones.
Can anyone tell me if both volume levels for the bass tracks should be the same or should one be higher than the other
what do you use for drums? superior? nice voice xd
where can i download the song mixed by ez mix 2 ?
Okay, so when he is done recording his guitar, he can edit the guitar sound to another amp?
can you load 3rd party impulses into it? like redwirez and stuff?
Very useful soft.
@fearedse I'm so confused right now, who's voice is that on the video then? ;_;
I have enriched the sound of my drums with EZ mix beyond comparison with what I had before,guitars also have some cool distorsions but you'd have to tweak it a bit to get where you want to.
I like the approach Ola took although it didn't work for because of the difference in equipment but EZ mix is certainly a tool that can,with a little patience and effort,help you with mixes ^^
dude i luv the sound of your voice hahahaha your awesome by the way! how do u record that clean?
miguel lopez "his voice" lol ok
any chance to get the Superior Preset for Avatar?
Sounds like Not Falling from Mudvayne.
Javo Roma it absolutely does.
I'm assuming you've installed Ex Mix 2 as a VSTi? Try installing it as an RTAS for Pro Tools, let me know.
Hi can you show me how ezmix2 work in standalone version? Thank
@BeyondtheEndMetal People who have watched all my videos have heard me talk... it's not mystery ;)
so does this mean that you initially recorded guitars on clean?