Thanks so much for doing this. I've been playing music for decades, but I just started trying to record and mix full songs at home. I use Logic. I'm still not totally satisfied with the results. So I'm trying to learn how other people approach it and accumulate as many tips and tricks as possible. I would love to see breakdowns of your other songs. I also wouldn't mind seeing some of the tracking stage -- what mics you use, how you position the mics, what settings you use on your guitar amp, and so on.

Do I want more of this stuff? YES

@bristolzoo845

3 жыл бұрын

The Bends)

Oh fuck, I've always wanted this, and in-depth long video on your covers, they're just sooo accurate and good.

Here we are, the top of the list, the top of the list. THE WOOOOOH!

You like those choir parts for good reason, they’re gorgeous!

YES JOE

dude this is power thanks

Joe Edelmann.....youre my hero! seriouslly. Youre very smart and talented. Sweet hair, too! I love your Jonny "tickyness"

This is really great, thank you!

thank you so much

So helpful.. thank you so very much

I just discovered your channel last night with your band's ok computer, and in rainbows covers, and they are amazing! This song is one of my favorites from the album, and it's so cool to see you talk about it. Keep up the good work!

This is my favourite track off AMSP thank you for this one!!

This is what I’ve been waiting for!!

You have no idea how talented you are. I always admire your work. Great video!

Is it just me or is Joe becoming Ed O’Brien?

Great work 😊

Woww big video in length and relevance

YES

Thank you so much for the video! It would be really great to see more stuff like this. Keep it up! :)

Seems like we got the hour long video :o

IT'S HAPPENING

@mrmogford8117

3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING HAP-PPE-NING

Brilliant work, very inspiring- Thank You Joe!

Awesome! More of these mix breakdowns from Radiohead please!

Well done) Keep goin'

MONUMENTAL WORK! Hope we get more videos of this kind in the future! Cheers you absolute master

Absolutely going to steal all your techniques for my own music.... But seriously your videos rock and this is awesome! Thank you!

@jacobperleoni8549

3 жыл бұрын

You already loved my comment! Well I’ve got one question. When talking about the two 57’s as a snare mic you said flip the phase? What do you mean? I know the concept of in phase but how do you flip it like you say?

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobperleoni8549 good question! There are often phase invert switches on mic preamps or mixer/interfaces (they are usually labeled ø ). I tend to flip using my Universal Audio preamp. But Logic’s stock “gain” plug-in and almost all the Waves channel strip plugins will have a phase button as well so you can also do it post recording! And the reason is I believe because of minute timing differences between the signals hitting the two different mic capsules, which means their peaks and valleys of amplitude will be misaligned leading to phase cancellation and a thinner sound.

@jacobperleoni8549

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 Thank you for the reply! Unfortunately mine doesn't have that, but now I know! You're educating me and I appreciate it.

GOLD

Such a well structured video, great work.

finally

This was so amazing! Thank you so much! I'm getting ready to record some original music and Radiohead covers over the summer by myself and I've never recorded anything before. This video was so helpful. Please just keep making more of all of your videos.

Awesome video's (new subscriber) Love all your covers although was a tad disappointed to find you had not done the greatest Radiohead track of all time (imo) 'Street Spirit' Its an oldie but I'd love to see you guys do that. Great content btw.

Hey Joe, great vid my man. If you were ever wanting to do a tinker tailor soldier sailor cover that would be sick. The synth on that is the stock patch 333 of an oberheim matrix 1000 so it would be pretty easy to get a super close synth sound. Keep up the great content!

Love your videos. Would love to see you cover Anywhere, Same Town New Story or My Desire from Interpol's "El Pintor". You got me into recording my own music, so thank you for sharing your talent with us!

if you had your ssl bus comp set to do +4dB of makeup gain, but -2dB of gain reduction, you're really just turning the drums up, the effect of the compression is pretty negligible

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

Fair point! Although it does seem to color and react a little bit different than a straight 2db boost. In other contexts/song, I will do a lot more compressing (especially parallel compression) on the drums as well.

gracias por compartir esto, es oro!!

never clicked faster hahaha

I need something like this on electronic music, not just rock/band stuff..

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll definitely think about doing a more electronic based example in the future! But basic audio principles (gain staging, EQ, compression, etc) should still apply.

@user-ob9zo9cr4c

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 thx, best

@ 49:53 hahaha

Thanks so much Joe! How did you learn to mix like that???? Any book/course?

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! I’ve picked up tips and tricks from some friends along the way, plus I read Bobby Owsinskis mixing/recording engineers handbook, watched the RecordingRevolution on KZread and other channels/producers videos as well!

i want to plug guitar into an interface, process through daw with pedals, and then run to a bass amp . any tips, insight, accessory recs ? cheers

@JoeEdelmann3

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly possible, although latency may become an issue (the milliseconds of time it takes your computer to process the plugins and output the sound back out of your interface). A small interface like a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 may do the trick!

I subbed on patreon but can't access the files for this song :(

@JoeEdelmann3

Жыл бұрын

Oh no! Send me a direct message on Patreon and I’ll help you get to them

@Fidelity_Investments

Жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 I'll do have to do that this afternoon, thank you Joe!

So much production work goes into your tracks, how long do you reckon you would spend in total on each song?

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

I usually spend roughly 3 hrs of 5 to 7 total days per song, including the initial prep work and the mixing as I go along. Depends on if I’m collaborating w Taka though since we share tasks and he does a lot of the editing. So maybe something like 20 hours a song? It’s fun though so I often lose track of time!

Do you ever get certain notes that resonate louder than others when recording bass? Like so bad that a compressor won’t catch it? My P Bass does it, I’ve heard that miking an amp will fix this, instead of recording DI

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, 100%.... that’s exactly what I mean. Yeah, the compressor won’t completely solve this. There are also multi-band compressors where you can compress each of frequency groups differently, I’ve had some success with those. But yeah part of it is just how the bass resonates. I definitely spend time paying attention to the fret and string choices Colin or other bassists use since each string on the bass can sound so different. Same with guitar chord voicing too.

@rome8180

3 жыл бұрын

Volume automation can help with this. You can also automate your EQ to cut certain frequencies at certain moments.

@IamSooConstipated

3 жыл бұрын

@@rome8180 that sounds way too tedious for my level of patience, lol. I’m probably just going to pick up a decent combo amp and throw whatever mic I own with the lowest freq response in front of it, see if that changes things in a good way. The Beatles used to mic Paul’s amp and I really like the result. If I can get within a mile of that tone using plugins and a P Bass in a spare bedroom, I’ll be stoked kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2ltytJ9mtbgeJc.html

@jimbaaab

3 жыл бұрын

I just bought a bass and this was the first thing I noticed. Going to give it a good set up as I’m getting some phasing too, which might be the intonation, but the uneven resonance was definitely an eye opener (having never played bass before).

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

@@rome8180 also true! Automation is your best friend!

Is your mic recording stereo? I can feel your position where you’re sitting based on your vocals.

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

For the voiceover? Just my iPhone mic, I don’t think it’s stereo though!

@kebab_boi

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeEdelmann3 that’s crazy I could feel that you’re more on my right. It felt super 3D. Or maybe the joint was too strong.

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

@@kebab_boi 😆

@JoeEdelmann3

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I should start one of them binaural ASMR channels. Or I guess monaural? 😆

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It's ducking fapenin