Dude Big Z you are the best. I remember the stoner days! I was one of those commentors giving you shit for that! hahaha.

slimming down I see brother. Keep up the great work!

Damn, this may be the most relatable music production video I've watched in a while.

@Officialzanky

10 сағат бұрын

Big a is a genuine dude

So cool that you moved to NYC! We want more personal/business insight videos from you!

Studio looks great, Z! You’ve poured a lot of knowledge into us, you deserve to have a great spot, man. Also, on a random note, you also look really healthy too! Your face is looking really defined. Seems like you’re leveling up on all capacities. I love to see it.

Yoo Big Z, just wanted to say that you've helped so much with my production. I just started a month ago and I've gained so much knowledge and now back to watching the studio tour.

@BigZMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching man, appreciate you!

As always your videos speak to the heart and soul of your viewers and subscribers. Sharing your 15+ year journey is a real testament to perseverance. Thanks for always "keeping it real" with yourself and us. That speaks volumes about your character and the love you have for what you do and share.

just noticed how much of a glow up you have made dude, you look andsome, keep it up!

Well deserved! Enjoy your new space!

In a couple of rental places I've been, I managed to flip the door frames around so that the doors opened the other way. This allowed me to hang absorption panels on the door. When I moved out, I just flipped the frames back. Worked like a charm!

Big Z is my spirit animal

Bro, so much respect! Love your work and vibes!

You can hang heavy drapes, to dampen the sound over the doors when mixing. Then pull them away for daily use.

@BigZMusic

4 күн бұрын

Yeah I was looking into getting something like that, I’m trying to find something that won’t make it look too bad

@6Litz_

3 күн бұрын

​@@BigZMusicWe use multiple 3M large designer hooks to hang our acoustic panels on our doors. The sticky strips they come with remove away cleanly and easily

Awesome setup. Its perfect

Couple of questions for you 1. Where’d you purchase the panels? 2. How heavy of a load do you drop on MacBook? Are you using a lot of kontakt like plugins? Is it handling it well? 3. Have you tried using AirPods with the MacBook? Is there a latency? Can you actually work with them?

Big Z you’re the man glad to see the come up!!

Congratulations and all the best!! 😊😊😊😊

Looking good, sounding good. Everything is good! Good for you!

Congratulations Z… am so happy for you. Thanks for all that you do. Keep going.

Great work Big Z, keep going!

Good stuff man. Looks great. Thanks!

Why don't you setup an affilliate shop already at somewhere like Amazon? That will be great for whoever wants to buy the exact gears.

@BigZMusic

4 күн бұрын

I kind of feel scammy setting up affiliate links for some reason. I’ll make sure to put a list of all the gear in this video description tomorrow though

@musicbysazid

4 күн бұрын

@@BigZMusic I think it's alright to do it. We trust you

You're an inspiration man 🙌🏻

Inspiring! Congrats!

Awesome setup Big Z.

Sweet setup!!

Love the minimal setup, so fresh. You had a Traktor S8 in the early days!! Still have mine front and center. Cheers to your music journey.

laptop, headphones and ... passion !!

Love the setup ❤

Love your setup! Thanks for a complete cost breakdown!

Well done Zach👏🏾🔥really inspiring stuff

Learned so much from you over the last couple of years, man!! Love your videos and music. This setup looks so nice and is certainly well-deserved. Keep up the good work and being awesome!🙏🏼

you are amazing big bro, always been an inspiration for me. So happy for you ✊

Congrats, you deserve it.

You and your studio look great! :-)

Been following you since you were at like 3k followers...stoked for you this is so dope.

just i can say your job is great everywhere i learned alot from your master classes thanks 💙

I have one of my tracks on that hard drive that you Mastered for me 4 years ago...hehe

Great journey bro! Studio looks pretty awesome...

Well done 👍 !!

You deserve this beautiful studio, big time! May you become truely inspired in every moment you spend in your new digs!!! And also, so glad you did some of those great mixes on headphones! I made a comment on another KZreadr's mixing channel about how the novice engineer should not be spending money on studio monitors in a room not properly acoustically treated, and to get a good pair of mixing headphones instead. He told me to stop spreading nonsense! So, knowing that you did those great mixes on headphones, well, that makes me feel vindicated. Enjoy and keep the great music and inspiring videos coming! Best, Guthrie.

@BigZMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, appreciate you watching!

Mixed on headphones! - so true!!

Congs Z ❤

Impressive!

Big Z le boss ! 😎Peace !✌

Make a video of how easy is to make a living from music production, how many hours of experience do you need to start, which sources of income are the money come from , etc !

You're a G dude!

Sick setup!

cool studio!

Been watching you since you were sub 5K subs; so insane to see how far you've come, Big Z! Keep it up!

Man like big z uno!

Dude i gotta say, i also used samson and i still use Volumeshaper 4!. i really do think that this is one of the best channels on youtube. ive been making music for 22 years and im in a rut for like 4 years. after stumbling upon this channel i gotta say, this is some of the best knowledge on YT, Thank you BZ.

Big W

These screens are amazing ! I own one myself and i don´t regret a single cent. And the resolution is SO good for Ableton, 3D Print Slicer and CAD stuff .. as well as Max4Live !! I cant live without my Studiodisplay these days- honestly ! Even MORE important than my M1Max with 64gb ram. I could even live with a properly spected Macbook Air .. but not without the display XD

Hey, good for you. I don't have a super studio, but after buying the Abbey Road Studio 3, I realized that good headphones are enough for me at this point. All the best.

Man, if you made a course on how to make KZread-videos, I would buy it without hesitating!

great video, love the apple monitors :P

I’m in the process of going maximalist. Upgraded to studio space with a live room. Sticking my kit in there and a piano. In fact I’m doing the exact opposite. This is because I’m a little older and only now have the resources to build out my fantasy studio of 25 plus years. Wish your new set up brings you luck.

Been loving your content and music since the beginning. I had to stop the video to see if I was one of the comments about you looking high from back in the day 😂. Great stuff man!

Also you can replace the doors. Just switch them back when you move out.

wish you all the best :D

Like the old saying goes , Less is more .. Keep up the good work friend

Greetings from Germany Berlin Broski! I enjoy your Logic Pro content.

Man, you've lost weight . Looking good. And congratulations for your new studio.

*OK* Looking good, Z.

big respect for minimalism your music sounds very very good consider being all software based .its so easy slip into GAS issue as i did and find it to be counter productive.

Great setup! If there's one thing i would change, it's those monitors ;) Change them with an Ultrawide Screen. These days, you have a lot of options at a reasonable price. We have the HP e45c. It looks better, but most important of all, it works so much faster!!

I'm so happy for you. I like your videos and the way you explain. I really hope you get real famous one day.

@BigZMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thanks man!

Would love to see you talk about MID-SIDE eq.

Love this, no fluffing yourself up or having some useless $150,000 studio for making demos or mixing a normal persons song. Thanks for always being transparent and for letting your work do the talking for you. Always learn a ton from you bro. Thanks for all you do 🙌🏼

No fancy equipments but great great music and quality 💪🏻

Hi, looking good with the weightloss ! 1:What did you study at college ? 2: When you mixed in headphones - did you use any VST room simulator ? Like NX etc 3: Your website only mentions mixing services but you referred to yourself as earning as a producer - can you expand pls

Yeah, I assumed you were absolutely baked on camera …. until a few moments ago. Nevertheless the content quality of your videos is peerless. As a mainly PT guy I use your videos as reference when hopping on LPX with the added bonus of learning something new about a particular technique as it evolves. Thank you for your service , Captain Hemp

dope video man. Would love to go into the business side of it more and explain your process, like how to get clients, sources of income ,etc. Keep up the good work!

Bro you lost some weight haha! Love seeing you grow, well deserved

love the new studio and a bit different vibe of the video. Could you link us the gear?

having a sound proof room does not = a amazing sounding studio it just means people cant hear whats going on inside the room and you cant hear whats going on outside the room

What do you need to make a living of music ? A decent computer, studio heaphones, interface, maybe a mic, an Iphone to make videos (60$ Iphone 6S make 4K video) Thats all you need essentially

keep up bro we are waiting for new hits much love best regards dj bill

Abelton Live 12. The browser alone puts Logic to shame. M4L devices galore and you can get into building your own devices.

Exactly what i thought! You don't need much to make good music. Everything looks practical. However, I would add some wheels for the door panels

Great! Really nice to have such a slim and portable studio setup. My situation is the opposite, like 20 analog synths, full rack units, etc. Do you have contact with any "pro" studio in NYC where you can listen, final mix and master songs?

Really awesome studio setup! Thanks for the cost breakdown. Totally worth it for what you do. What city did you move to? Back to Philly? (and yea haha, I was one of those, though never mentioned it, that thought you looked kind of high in the old vids, but the content was always so good)

The setup looks super clean and professional man. Enjoy your new space! By the way, what lights are you using to record the video?

Awesome Champ Looks Great. You Still Located in NYC Or Relocated. Iam In Woodhaven Queens.

Dope! What are this lights on the back of the display monitors?

Congrats! Do you do any measurement test before purchase those acoustic panels?

What cloud system you use for backup?

The gate on your audio sounds really distracting. You should try waves clarity vx, way more natural

Nice setup,,,I think you could move the panel on the window more fowardly. In this way it would not only absorb more low end but even out the surface a little bit. They look like panels from GIK. If so I am wondering if you feel the room a bit overdamped since you have a lot of absorptions or did you use the ones with the scatter plates?

do you actually hold your mouse in your left hand? thats craziness for sure but the studio is looking dope, keep doing you man. always excellent videos!

How do you calculate the place you need to place the absorber, how do you know how thick they are.

How did you hang your acoustic panels in a rental property? Did you drill holes?

Big up Big Z, love your videos man. How many TB SSD did you go for on your M1? I'm gonna get an M4 when they come out and wondering if I should (like you) put all my samples + current projects etc on the MacBook internal hard drive and just use extrernals for back up. How much free space do you like to keep on your internal SSD?

can u talk about how u choose your music genre ? and how u make money in engineering with no gear?

I mean skrillex has a 10m dollar studio and you ask the majority of the people in his circle and it’s mostly him on his laptop sitting at a table or on the couch playing out of his laptop speakers.

@opticalman6417

4 күн бұрын

don't be fooled by that when he doing serous work trust me he will be in the studio not on his couch when it comes to making music your only as good as the room your working in its not what gear you got but how you use it but the room plays a very big part in the process

@ArtyShat

4 күн бұрын

as opticalman pointed out above me, he is 100% right, sure he does initial demos and ideas on his MBP speakers or headphones but once he have a rough idea of where the song is going or if he really considers the idea/demo to become an actual song and finish it, you can be sure he will plug his MBP to his expensive audio interface and start listening in his studio with a proper setup, that's the BIGGEST difference why all this musicians songs sound so good

But how much was the plant?

Yooooo Z!! Love the setup homie!! Quick question - for the HS8s and the HS8 sub, what do you set the crossover to in the sub? Do you have it handle like 0 -100Hz and then the HS8 monitors for all frequencies above 100? I have a pair of HS5s and the HS8 sub. I used to do 0 - 120Hz w the sub and have the HS5s reproduce all other frequencies. Also, do you think it is 100% necessary to have the sub?

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what's the name of the lights behind the monitors dude?