My Approach to Guitar Layers

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Joey walks you through his approach to layering guitars for a clean yet impactful result. What tricks do you use to glue your guitar layers together? Let us know in the comments!
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0:00 Introduction
0:18 Preparation
1:51 Rhythm
5:28 Leads
7:24 Cleans
8:36 Thoughts
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  • @thetylersherman
    @thetylersherman2 жыл бұрын

    My GUY, growing up listening to your god-tier post-hardcore mixes I never thought I'd get this insight straight from the source. At this point, I will admit that I have picked up a lot of these tips either through hours of tutorial digging or hours of experimentation, but the sauce is all here, and clear, and from the man himself. Thanks Joey.

  • @naiomicampbell99

    @naiomicampbell99

    2 жыл бұрын

    melodic death core

  • @naiomicampbell99

    @naiomicampbell99

    2 жыл бұрын

    melodic death core

  • @grantahart

    @grantahart

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty much exactly what I thought when I found out he had tutorials on KZread!

  • @Mikeyprs21
    @Mikeyprs212 жыл бұрын

    This is the information I needed in my life. Always wanted to figure out how to layer rhythm guitars properly!

  • @danizha212

    @danizha212

    2 жыл бұрын

    ikr, it's very hard to find these stuff for metal music around internet. That mono compatibility trick is what I needed

  • @josephmartinez9988

    @josephmartinez9988

    2 жыл бұрын

    very hard to find anything metal and modern 😂💀

  • @samhardaker7698
    @samhardaker76982 жыл бұрын

    I would love to watch a live stream of Joey editing/mixing a song

  • @jacee8094

    @jacee8094

    2 жыл бұрын

    He did on nail the mix a bunch. He even did a more recent one with attack attack’s new song

  • @smash_adams

    @smash_adams

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nail the mix or Creative Live

  • @henriqueferreira2155

    @henriqueferreira2155

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've seen it before

  • @sanimoze31

    @sanimoze31

    2 жыл бұрын

    Count me in!

  • @limi.

    @limi.

    2 жыл бұрын

    second that 🙌🏻

  • @jmwicked
    @jmwicked2 жыл бұрын

    Reaper "licensed for personal/small business use", eh ? 😅

  • @luisendymion9080

    @luisendymion9080

    2 ай бұрын

    Good catch lol

  • @videogamecoverss

    @videogamecoverss

    2 ай бұрын

    shhhhhh ;)

  • @ded_kishoved
    @ded_kishoved2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Joey! Very informative video!👏

  • @steinnbjorn7627
    @steinnbjorn76272 жыл бұрын

    That's a treasure chest of information, thank you for sharing!

  • @denisherry
    @denisherry2 жыл бұрын

    Always usefull tips, thanks JST!

  • @Carryusaway_
    @Carryusaway_2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds amazing Joey thanks

  • @frostik0303
    @frostik03032 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips Joey!

  • @nathanstatham
    @nathanstatham Жыл бұрын

    This video is a wealth of knowledge! Probably one of the best channels out here!

  • @yellowdudewithedibleshorts
    @yellowdudewithedibleshorts2 жыл бұрын

    This is pure gold man

  • @nikitalebedev6264
    @nikitalebedev62642 жыл бұрын

    This was very helpful. Noticed my mistakes right away. Thank you!!!

  • @Marin-nn1bg
    @Marin-nn1bg Жыл бұрын

    Great hints. Thanks

  • @dvddymusic
    @dvddymusic2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic Video! Thank you!

  • @carlhands4686
    @carlhands46869 ай бұрын

    Awesome tips. Thanks man.

  • @LucasMoscardini
    @LucasMoscardini2 жыл бұрын

    So many great tips in just one video! Amazing as always!

  • @soundleague
    @soundleague Жыл бұрын

    The song you featured in this video is BANGER! Very Scandinavian melodic style, love it.

  • @musicinsession
    @musicinsession2 жыл бұрын

    Mann I just found this channel by chance... This is hands down my favourite mixing/producing channel! It's like watching a TV show and it is everything Nail the Mix should have been! Focused and to the point!!

  • @voronOsphere
    @voronOsphere2 жыл бұрын

    Helpful Lesson! Thanks!!!

  • @cagapaisso
    @cagapaisso2 жыл бұрын

    On a quad track recording I particularly like the blend between 2 tracks recorded on a bridge humbucker and 2 recorded on neck+bridge splited coils. Great blend with the seymor ducan sentient/nazgul.

  • @user-dq7oh1ih3b
    @user-dq7oh1ih3b3 ай бұрын

    I learn more in the 9 minutes your video last, than in years trying wrong ideas, SUPER GREAT VIDEO.

  • @wyrlismike
    @wyrlismike2 жыл бұрын

    Great channel, my new favorite place to check out with a cup of joe

  • @TheGlitterMovement
    @TheGlitterMovement2 жыл бұрын

    Please make more of these. Like... so many. I'll give you a hug and a free song.

  • @queentantrumofficial
    @queentantrumofficial Жыл бұрын

    Your channel is helping me with my guitar production so much, thank you.

  • @joeymusic

    @joeymusic

    Жыл бұрын

    That's awesome! Keep rockin!

  • @unknownkreator1295
    @unknownkreator12952 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Very helpful 👌👌

  • @domigrin4886
    @domigrin4886 Жыл бұрын

    You‘re awesome! Thank you!

  • @pogo_369
    @pogo_3697 ай бұрын

    Great Video!! Thank You!

  • @thelostboymusic
    @thelostboymusic Жыл бұрын

    Excellent - thank you

  • @yaoguangtang1759
    @yaoguangtang17596 ай бұрын

    So good tutorial video.

  • @metalheadblues
    @metalheadblues2 жыл бұрын

    This is AMAZING!

  • @TheWizardArtist
    @TheWizardArtist2 жыл бұрын

    I love the tone you achieve with the guitar, it reminds me a lot of Cathedral! Cheers!

  • @RussellFeatherstone
    @RussellFeatherstone4 күн бұрын

    Lots of good tips here!

  • @aiRxShop
    @aiRxShop2 жыл бұрын

    Some of my favorite guitar layering is what Ken Andrew’s did on Failure’s Fantastic Planet… so good.

  • @shredseeker8420
    @shredseeker84202 жыл бұрын

    Man, Sturgis is the frikkin god of metal mixing and tone. Toneforge Jeff Loomis changed my life. And this video was a game changer for my guitar sound, not just the double/quad tracking but also the use of atmospheric cleans and the use of effects to create texture. We bow in awe.

  • @throughmists
    @throughmists2 жыл бұрын

    Great info here, for sure

  • @MelaMindfreak13
    @MelaMindfreak132 жыл бұрын

    REALLY COOL VIDEO!

  • @gitarman666
    @gitarman666 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid one of the best I’ve seen regarding multiple guitar tracking! As a studio and touring guitarist first from the late 70s hard rock 80s glam,metal and virtuoso and still playing I have always struggled with getting that big sound with separation definition and clarity God knows I have everything from radial for RE-amping, axe Fx and every plug-in emulator available, Ox box, Torpedo, tons of vintage heads and cabs some great mics But no goddamn patience! I’m also very interested in this Mutt Lange technique Thanks

  • @carriefingsolomon
    @carriefingsolomon4 ай бұрын

    This was so helpful. I was wondering about quadruple layering in choruses too, and now I’m excited to do it and alter the tone a bit. Thanks!

  • @joeymusic

    @joeymusic

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @BJPriceMusic

    @BJPriceMusic

    Күн бұрын

    Do you hard pan all the tracks? Do you ever do like 80% left and right for specific stuff? Always was curious about that.

  • @pauliedibbs9028
    @pauliedibbs90286 ай бұрын

    I never thought of processing my FX post-record on the DI... Thank you!

  • @kshitijk14
    @kshitijk142 жыл бұрын

    These were some cool tips!!

  • @KiraPlaysGuitar
    @KiraPlaysGuitar Жыл бұрын

    Thanks dude.

  • @ZeroaddoneMusic
    @ZeroaddoneMusic2 жыл бұрын

    The lead guitar section was SUPER useful - thanks Joey! I'd been struggling with lead guitars so this helps give me a little bit of a foundation to come up with something unique. Thanks again!

  • @joseferro1432
    @joseferro14329 ай бұрын

    Wow! Thank you for this GREAT video! This opened my ears to create better-sounding guitars in my songs. Mucho Thanks!!

  • @manugentoodrums
    @manugentoodrums2 жыл бұрын

    Joey the Legend!

  • @PooNinja
    @PooNinja2 жыл бұрын

    The thickening 🤘🏽

  • @timmy_team_6285
    @timmy_team_6285 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Trying to break into metal production and this helps alot. There are plenty of techniques I've used dozens and dozens of times before but its nice to see them being repeated here. Thanks!

  • @joeymusic

    @joeymusic

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @majesticpbjcat7707
    @majesticpbjcat77072 жыл бұрын

    Using that high end Gio. Nice👌

  • @amidcossio3508
    @amidcossio35082 жыл бұрын

    a goldmine!

  • @tobiaswhelan20
    @tobiaswhelan202 жыл бұрын

    I totally forgot that the amount of layers affect the size of the overall mix. I feel dumb after that one but this will help me so much!

  • @Palm9797
    @Palm979710 ай бұрын

    the song itself is amazing

  • @AhmetWinchester
    @AhmetWinchester2 жыл бұрын

    What would I do without these videos... But Joey, could you maybe do a video about the important balance between the Bass and guitars (especially in the more heavy-ish genres)? "The key to a great guitar tone, is the bass" is a quote I think I once heard in one of the many URM Academy videos on YT

  • @djskab3800
    @djskab38002 жыл бұрын

    Dat kul man 👌🏻

  • @brianleechee
    @brianleechee2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the info! When quad tracking, do you hard pan guitars 3 and 4? Or do you bring them inward more? Maybe even expanded further out? Or do they sit on top of the already hard panned guitars 1 and 2? Thank you!

  • @papageorgio
    @papageorgio8 ай бұрын

    sweet thank ya

  • @Afurthyclays
    @Afurthyclays Жыл бұрын

    This man speaks fcking truth to power! 🤘

  • @sadip_st
    @sadip_st4 ай бұрын

    Hey man,really loved your way. Could you please explain that rhythm section chop in a brief. Thanks.

  • @yoursecretadmirer4116
    @yoursecretadmirer41162 жыл бұрын

    I love u joey !

  • @Momointvland
    @Momointvland2 жыл бұрын

    I’d be interested to see how you would mix a indie rock band.

  • @Kryptonian.oficial
    @Kryptonian.oficial2 жыл бұрын

    The master of production ! Thanks for all.

  • @carterbryantbanks
    @carterbryantbanks Жыл бұрын

    Man, I really gotta stop watching your videos while I’m on a timeline…now I gotta go quad-track a chorus 😢

  • @proddreamatnight
    @proddreamatnight2 жыл бұрын

    The single note chord building, insaneeee

  • @boarderking133

    @boarderking133

    2 жыл бұрын

    Read: lazy guitar technique

  • @samuelbassani1845
    @samuelbassani18452 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! Btw, how do you do that mouse selection around 1:45?

  • @Mylastday666
    @Mylastday6665 ай бұрын

    I love guitar left high end thinner, right guitar high end like thinner, duplicate left and right then make the guitars more thick mid range and blend them in all together. 100/100 high end 76/76 thick end. 🤘

  • @luxuriousfir
    @luxuriousfir2 жыл бұрын

    Gold

  • @jedigarrett142
    @jedigarrett1422 жыл бұрын

    I always quad track my rythem guitar tracks for the chorus and then double track in the verse

  • @Landeux
    @Landeux4 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Quick question! If you have 2 guitarist doing different riffs, do you double them, hard pan? Then merge and Pan those 2 performances L R?

  • @user-hr1rw7zy4i
    @user-hr1rw7zy4i Жыл бұрын

    great video especially about the tape/foam - any products on the market for this?

  • @stateofchrysalis5483

    @stateofchrysalis5483

    Жыл бұрын

    Gruv gear sells stuff for $20 or more, but I've found that a velcro cable tie with the loop side on the strings does the same job, and you can get a huge roll of them for the same price. But the specialized products are more aesthetically pleasing. Don't forget the tremolo springs as well.

  • @80Facepalm08
    @80Facepalm08 Жыл бұрын

    The man the legend the vst plug-in...

  • @charlesrocks
    @charlesrocks2 жыл бұрын

    Joey giving away all the secrets.

  • @glenmcenroe1873
    @glenmcenroe18732 жыл бұрын

    When do you decide to track mono and track sterio ? Does it depend on the project / song your working on or is there another aspect to it ?

  • @SilverDaysFail
    @SilverDaysFail2 жыл бұрын

    Dope

  • @captainhaydenpeterson
    @captainhaydenpeterson Жыл бұрын

    Wait, was that “All My Life” by Attack Attack! I heard?? 👀

  • @grantahart
    @grantahart Жыл бұрын

    Please make Toneforge available on the M1 chips! 😫

  • @ZacharyDial
    @ZacharyDial2 жыл бұрын

    8:57 - That man right there is a God among men

  • @MATIX720
    @MATIX7202 жыл бұрын

    This is gold! 🤘😁 and... that's reaper? What skin? 😯

  • @brianbaugusmusic
    @brianbaugusmusic2 жыл бұрын

    Do you pan the quad track guitars hard L and R or are you off setting a pair to like 75% or something?

  • @peteroxx
    @peteroxx Жыл бұрын

    Do you double track at once or in separate takes?? Or phase cancel issue?

  • @lusiouse
    @lusiouse2 жыл бұрын

    are all of the pannings hard left and right ? for leads also?? thanks

  • @JayOneAlumni
    @JayOneAlumni2 жыл бұрын

    How did you get reaper to look like that? I have the same theme I think but your colours are more vibrant

  • @acklin83
    @acklin832 жыл бұрын

    I'd like a tutorial on how you setup reaper to be so pretty!

  • @EnvisionedBlindness
    @EnvisionedBlindness2 жыл бұрын

    I would pay money for a start to finish recording and mixing/editing tutorial from joey. Is that already a thing anywhere..?

  • @joeymusic

    @joeymusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes look up Studio Pass on Creative Live

  • @stephenfell4338
    @stephenfell4338 Жыл бұрын

    The double track performance dropping back a few ms with different mics were to I buy this from?

  • @Whamesl0l
    @Whamesl0lАй бұрын

    How would you go about panning the guitars where there is 2 distinct guitar parts? Such as harmony guitar riffs etc? I get the double track each guitar and pan L+R but how would this work for harmonies that are panned L+R without having both parts of the harmony in both ears? Hopefully I've explained this well enough 😅

  • @chubbynut_0g
    @chubbynut_0g2 жыл бұрын

    I heard that Attack Attack riff ;)))

  • @armfourteen
    @armfourteen2 жыл бұрын

    Thank u Joey for this! I'm just starting out to this whole recording thing and I would like to ask if the DAW being used here is Reaper?

  • @itsokaytobenormal3695

    @itsokaytobenormal3695

    Жыл бұрын

    It is, reaper is dope

  • @armfourteen

    @armfourteen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsokaytobenormal3695 thank u!

  • @CFox.7
    @CFox.72 жыл бұрын

    Anyone know what Reaper theme this is ?

  • @Windiguana
    @Windiguana2 жыл бұрын

    What theme are you using in Reaper?

  • @fjd_666
    @fjd_6662 жыл бұрын

    What reaper pitch algorithm are you using for stretching the DIs?

  • @RedSheap

    @RedSheap

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reapitch

  • @DommoDommo
    @DommoDommo2 жыл бұрын

    The quad tracking sounded so good, every time I try it, it seems to thin out the sound significantly. I noticed yours were called OCTAVE L/R are they just pushed up 12 semitones or are they actually played an octave above?

  • @Rendydany

    @Rendydany

    2 жыл бұрын

    you can use the exact same DI and lower it by 1 octave then apply the same fx chain with a bit of variation

  • @Ottoni174
    @Ottoni1748 күн бұрын

    2:47 is this attack attack? sounds like a riff from the newer ep

  • @stephenfell4338
    @stephenfell4338 Жыл бұрын

    What is the name of the mic SIM unit did you say tunforge

  • @humbertosaccol6441
    @humbertosaccol64412 жыл бұрын

    How do you make this gradient color tracks???

  • @bboymac84
    @bboymac842 жыл бұрын

    Hey Joey! How you been?

  • @armfourteen
    @armfourteen2 жыл бұрын

    yo the CHON homies! we're still waiting for their new music!

  • @jose.a.r.1031
    @jose.a.r.1031 Жыл бұрын

    Anybody know the song around 7:58? Melodic stuff!

  • @fuzzypanocha
    @fuzzypanocha3 ай бұрын

    Man i cant find it anywhere and i dont know.where i heard it but if you record at center and then pan after doesnt that cause a loss in definition. Shouldnt you record at 100 percent left and after that record again at 100.percent right

  • @chrise229
    @chrise2292 жыл бұрын

    For me the biggest challenge when it comes to double tracked guitars is mono compatibility. For some reason my guitars seem to disappear in mono, even when they sound very different. I know I'm not alone with this, many people seem to have the same issue on forums. When I switch to mono, suddenly the snare and the vocals jump out waaay too much. Any advice?

  • @ajs787

    @ajs787

    2 жыл бұрын

    My understanding is it's kind of the nature of the beast. Panloss settings can affect this from what I've heard. But a surprising amount of professional tracks disappear in mono. Listen to your favorite metal tracks and see how they do in mono. It's actually quite surprising. Another thing you can do is switch out what cabinet you're using for each track, which is really only possible if you're doing it with amp sims like Joey. Another thing to keep in mind: the vast majority of people are going to be listening to the song stereo.

  • @ajs787

    @ajs787

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pan law was what I meant

  • @ozzynotwood
    @ozzynotwood5 ай бұрын

    Is there a link to the song @ 8:29?

  • @csati
    @csati2 жыл бұрын

    What DAW are you using?

  • @guitarcleveland
    @guitarcleveland Жыл бұрын

    How come when I record guitars they sound terrible and quiet hard panned left and right, but sound good when panned like 75% or less?

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