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great to hear u'r oppinion abt reverb and delay, why everyone do the math and counting allover tempo or what ever it is. great video btw.
Before we had computers you actually had to do math to figure out what to set reverb and delay times too. I think that carried into the modern world without us realizing it was an old technique. And thanks for watching!
1. You cut instead of boost because all things considered, boost can create more audible ringing and artifacts (the latter from analog or analog-style EQs; sometimes you want the artifacts but if you don't, then don't boost). Also, less is not more and than in itself could be a whole video about the single worst bad mixing tip. Soothe and other spectral smoothers (although they're not EQs, the end result is similar) should've debunked this one but it still persists. You DO want fine cuts all over the place, it's just harder to do by hand (both tedious and difficult to get right). 2. Quiet is relative, and the people saying that are meaning mix quiet relative to a rock show or a club. You're not supposed to mix so quiet the equal-loudness contours start wreaking havoc. 3. I've never heard this one and I don't think it's real. It might actually be a good tip if it was; almost every modern genre has too much high-end fizz, just a sheen of noise. Also, people say amp modelers sound bad BECAUSE OF the high-end fizz, because they're used to a guitar cab speaker rolling off a huge chunk by design. This is where the notion that "digital" distortion sounds bad, because people simply are not used to what distortion actually sounds like. 4. This isn't a tip, definitionally, it's a mistake. And mostly correct, but, it depends on the context. High passing too much of everything is better than the opposite. 5. This is also not a tip, because nobody says "use too much reverb". A current BAD mixing tips would be using predelay on all your reverb. Clear predelay is a not a common thing in actual space reverberation. Things don't actually echo aside from the few instances where they do, that everybody reading them immediately thought of; the predelay can sound great but it's being used as an echo effect, not a tool to add depth and space.
Appreciate the response! Always down to discuss. 1. If boosting creates ringing I would think it’s revealing what might actually be in the track. I haven’t had any eq really add an artifact or ringing noise that wasn’t already in the track. If anything it can help reveal problems that need fixing. I think it depends on the track though. Some stuff isn’t as up front and can be fine just cutting and tucking in somewhere. Interesting thoughts on less is more. In my experience, the more I mangle my audio I end up having to just start over processing that track and I end up with something a lot cleaner and smoother. All the Eq points you add can do more than what you’re visually seeing. Soothe is interesting for me. I’ve tried it a few times and sometimes I like it, but my concern goes back to my previous statement. The more you mess with audio, you could be doing more damage. I think finding the most problematic frequency is more useful than eliminating every “bad” frequency. 2. I’ve absolutely heard people say mix at whisper levels or quiet talking levels. This is where I do agree you have to mix loud enough for certain decisions to take into account fletcher Munson curve. 3. In the rock world I see a lot of people wanting to do this one. And also some people do it on vocals then artificially boost the highs. Guitar wise I think it depends on the simulator. I’ve been trying the neural dsp stuff and they do a good job of modeling that high end fizz that real amps have. The sheen of noise I hear in modern music seems like exciters and distortion plugins people use to “saturate” everything. I think some people aren’t used to a real amps sound for sure. We are literally putting our ear up to a speaker with a microphone. 4. The video title said advice before, I experiment with titles for KZread reasons 🤷♂️ but alas I do see people recommending to high pass everything but bass and kick. Which is mostly true. But they have to be careful to listen when they do it. I prefer punchy mixes and like a well balanced thick low end. But that’s where everyone has different ears 5. This goes back to what I said in 4. I like the thought though of your what you’re saying here. I think pre delay actually helps a lot depending on the use of it though. I don’t use it on like snare for instance because it would be weird and echo like you said. But for vocals and guitars it can help eliminate some of that fog I’m talking about. Pre delay exists in some spaces more than others. Think of a super ambient space. I have an empty basketball court I go to and always make funny sounds, the reverb isn’t immediate there. I do appreciate you taking the time to write all this. I can see your point on some things. I think some of it just could be what we’ve dealt with ourselves in certain areas
Hey man, a tip for you, you bend the notes very badly , as a player of 2 decades, we can tell when the string is not bent in a comfortable way, which might bring all kinds of complications for both your fingers and your frets and strings, u gotta work on that
Little rusty as I focus on the studio side of things a lot lately. Always looking to improve myself though. Gotta get back to playing more regularly
It just becomes common sense to listen to what your guitar sounds like as your playing it.
I think it takes some people more time than others to start really listening to their own playing. I’ve noticed everyone takes their guitar journey differently
I'd never heard the "low pass everything" rule of thumb and it's so stupid I can't even comprehend why or how that gained any traction.
I’ve usually seen it to “make room for cymbals” and other stuff in that area. I’ve also seen reasoning that you just don’t need stuff there. There’s tons of cooky stuff like that
Side-chaining dynamic eq - primarily in rock mixes. Do you have an “almost always” approach to any techniques like that? Subjective I know!
I don’t personally side chain my EQs in rock mixes to be honest. I see it a lot with kick and bass. I think if you can find where the kick and bass speak the best, you don’t tend to need it. I do use dynamic EQs very often though. It’s a nice way of compressing problem frequencies in vocals and bass for me so I control them without just losing that frequency area. Side chaining always seemed like an effect for EDM stuff I would work on. That’s just me though!
@@ProducerJosh you’re a gentleman and a scholar. This channel will do great things! Keep truckin bro.
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching! 🙏
Really enjoying your videos and tips/takes on thing. Thanks for the great content!
I really appreciate that 🙏 thanks for watching!
Great video Josh we loved it! Thank you for the shoutout! 😎🔥🤘🏻
Thanks guys! 🤘😎
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Still gotta try it!
55 years in spanking the plank I can say that this gentleman here is 100% legit
Thank you kindly! 🤘
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Hey Josh! what kinda configuration / setup do you guys have with NS10s + subwoofers that you mentioned in the beginning? What's your process like mixing on this setup? I'm curious cause i have a pair of ns10 and just put a sub and am trying to learn it
So at the studio I work at. We use two subs in stereo. And run that through a dbx speaker management system to eq and adjust volumes. I also low cut the ns10s to let the subs take that over. But not by much. At my personal studio I use a subpac and the ns-10s. Recently got the ARC system for my setup and it’s night and day
banger vid
Thanks dude 🤘😎
Maybe I can be a Ipad musician now. Great video <3
Making that Imusic with an IPad 🤘
I know what I will be doing this weekend after I finish recording vocals for a new song! Thanks!
I had a blast making this one. I hope you have some fun too!
wow probably the most life changing comment section and overall info. I always got better results with big “analog” EQ but dismissed it as lack of my own personal experience in “real EQ” of the no more than 1-2 db. Thank you!
I really appreciate that 🙏 I’m glad I can help people.
I disagree with the 1-2db, everytime i check snare recordings i have to do either big dips or massive boosts because of the annoying typical dynamic mic high frequency rolloff.
@@saricubra2867 Make sense, short transient voices seems to need bigger changes for me too. I don't know if its permitted to say this in public, but for things like snares HH and etc I do use clipping a lot and very aggressively in times. Instead of massive EQing. But Im not a professional in any way. so maybe its shouldn't be done
Great advices
Thank you!
thank you guys for the good information
Thanks for watching 🙏
what do you mean? that it go first over it and then still turn green? instead of green and then go down?
Which part are you talking about to be specific? When strumming a note? Or tuning up and not down
@@ProducerJosh uhm sorry for my english.. i meant just all about the tuning Up.. you mean then tuning it that it goes beyond green but still is green?.. instead of it goes green and then under.. idk if you get what i mean with my english, i have the same round tuner. and i only play now13 weeks but i always tuned it and it went green. but then it goes down if you let it ring longer.. and i tried to tune up a bit more, that it goes over the middle, and then back green, (so because of that i thought you maybe meant this).. that its still green, but more up,then down the middle (green) and then specially with the highest 3 strings. because bending them will make it down a bit.. but i can be wrong.. i hope its a bit understandable like this what i say.
@@dabiededoo ahhhh yes I understand now. So for that problem, I try to keep strumming while I’m tuning. So I’m tuning for the strike and not the ring out. Just try not to strike it once and let it ring for a while and tune. Strum not fast but repeating and tune to that. See how that works for you
@@ProducerJosh ahhh oke i understand now.. thanks im going to try that way
@@ProducerJosh i have another question. maybe you know some more then me.. i want to buy next month a CV stratocaster (or jaguar) what is best for blues?.. Cv 50s 60s 70s or jaguar 70s?.. like jaguar to. but idk what they mean with it has a short scale
Jerry Donahue told me years ago that tuning is always a compromise. He is correct.
It really is. Can’t get it perfect, but you can get close if you meet in the middle
Back in the mid 60's when I was a kid.... TV stations would sign off air at 1:00am.... they played a continuous high pitch signal until they came back on air. You could fret the 2'nd/B string on the 3'rd fret and tune to the pitch of the sign off signal.... from there on' all you had to do was use the..... tune at the 7'th fret method. That would put you in 440 pitch tuning.
That has to be the coolest comment I’ve seen so far! Didn’t know that. Very creative way of tuning.
Clicked this just to see the blue Les Paul….
It is probably my coolest looking guitar 😎 might have to make another video with it
Stretching the strings has nothing to do with "kinks" but fully seating each wrap on the tuning peg. Once you start to having to retune every string after playing once, you should consider replacing it since the metal is starting to yield. By retuning the string each time it happens, you're stretching the string until it will invariably snap.
I would say that I meant it as a generalization as to what a string could need to settle in to its wrap. It absolutely helps seat it in the peg. If you have a string binding on the nut, it can help too. How long have you found a string to have until it needs replacement or breaks altogether?
@@ProducerJosh It's a bit hard to say, maybe 4-6 months. I don't play guitar as often as I used to. But that also depends on the brand. In my hands, Ernie Balls lose their brightness sooner than D'addarios, for example.
"INCORRECTLY" 92% of KZreadr*s* aren't using adverbs correctly.
I’ll remember that for next time. I also forgot to put guitarists instead too. I’d like to think KZreadrs think of titles like song lyrics. Sometimes grammatically correct doesn’t sound as catchy. Some probably don’t realize though 🤷♂️
@@ProducerJosh It's a really common thing, and yeah, you're absolutely correct. The other egregious one is "for cheap" as opposed to "cheaply". Can't escape the things that get the clicks, a necessary evil eh?
And this is why all albums sound in tune?Most of them?I would say 92%...
Depends on the style of music. But not everyone that plays guitar has an album. This is geared towards new guitarists wanting to get better at their craft
*guitarists
I read about the first tip 35 years ago. I thought it was common knowledge.
I used to think a lot of stuff I knew was common knowledge to be honest. But the more I talk to random people and friends I realize there are a lot of beginners that might not know. It’s kind of what makes me do these videos.
it kind of is if you title it that way. I really wish people would say " why I BELEIVE digital eq sucks" cause it sounds like your listening with your eyes. the future nis a mini pc with a few touchscreens, maybe a modular style conneciton for midi interface, sliders, etc. actually something im working on
I used to want the slate raven because of the touch screen but it really hurt my neck. I’d much rather have a midi interface type thing with knobs and faders. I just hate how pro tools works with some of those, mapping wise
the main thing i've learned from years of live shows, especially outdoors, take your guitar out of it's case and let it acclimatise to the room/outdoor conditions/stage for 1 or 2 hours, then tune just before the show. before i knew this, and used an SG, the guitar would go wildly out of tune during a song, having been tuned moments before. I never understood why.
That is a great tip. I forgot about that one ☝️ but it’s very true. The temperature and humidity can have a drastic effect on instruments. Drums too! I prefer the guitar coffin holders for this situation too. Less chance of being knocked over on traditional stands
Great advice! Letting the Instrument get used to the humidity, really helpful!
It even applies indoors too! I try not to put guitars directly under AC vents because it’ll be colder than when you’re playing it so it can change it as you record
So I used to tune pianos as a hobby. One thing I learned is that you tune hard to really set the string. By this I mean that while tuning a string up to pitch (always up as in guitar), you hit the key pretty hard and continually while tuning up. My piano tunings will last a long time, maybe with an occasional tweak on a string or two every couple of years (depends on the piano). Now I tune a lot of guitars using the same technique. With a new set of strings, I’ll stretch them and tune up, about four times. While I’m tuning up, I strike the string pretty hard, like a big strum. I find my guitars stay in tune a lot longer. Same with classical guitars, but they always go flat. Ha!
That’s awesome! How long does it take to tune a piano usually? And that makes sense, it’s kind of similar to my stretching/bending technique. I really do find once you get a string broken in it’ll stay more often. Classical guitars are just an untamed beast haha. Still love em though
@@ProducerJosh It depends on how out of tune the piano is. Sometimes you basically have to tune it twice. A good tuner can tune a piano that is not too far off in an hour or hour and a half. It used to take me a good three hours. I used what the call the Small A tuning method. You tune by flattening the fifths and sharpening the fourths.
I didn’t realize how long it could really take. Makes sense though. I’ve known there are different tunings, curious to dive into that in application to guitar. I have a Peterson strobe tuner that has different tuning options.
Thanks for the tips. It really helps.
Glad I could help. I appreciate you watching!
Lots of great tips here. I've been doing the same for years. One other thing I suggest is that when you're playing gigs, at the end of the set tune up before break and it'll be ready for your next set. If you wait till the break is over your guitar will cool down and the strings will have to heat up again to be in tune during the set
That’s always good to do for sure. Once you tune it and come back they can kind of settle in.
Good tips 👍 I always tug on the Low E, G and B string when I tune (as opposed to bending). I discovered decades ago that doing this, by the fifth or sixth time I've tuned the strings after replacing them, the guitar basically never goes out of tune. I can play my Strat for an hour and a half, put it away for a couple days and then pull it out and play it for a couple minutes. When I check the tuning, one or MAYBE two strings will be ever so slightly flat or sharp. Honestly to this day I'm surprised how well they stay in tune. *Oh, and I use pure nickel wrapped strings instead of plated wounds. I find them to have a much more stable tuning. I'm not a metallurgists so I can't tell you what's going on, just that it is. I also find that some guitars that have a little fret buzz in some spots will lose the buzz with the nickel wound. I wont say they all go away, but I've had a couple guitars with slight buzzing on one string that would go away completely with nickel strings, only to return if I used a regular set.
Thanks for watching! Yeah on the low strings it can help a lot. I hardly have to tune once I get the strings broken in. What kind of strat do you have? I also LOVE nickel over nickel. I think they also sound better than wrapped over steel strings. I’m not sure why either but I know vintage strings were nickel over nickel. So maybe they figured something out back then. I think the steel strings were just people breaking thin nickel strings
@@ProducerJosh at this point I don't know if it's a Partscaster or just a mutt, but it's the body from my 08 Eric Johnson Strat with a 2021EJ Rosewood neck. I've been using Fluence single coils for the last 8 or 9 months, but I'm going back to the stock EJ pickup. And I keep the tremolo decked against the body flush. I've been repairing guitars and amps for 20+ years. With guitars, people usually know what they need done when they bring them in: setup, refret, pickup swap, etc. Something rarer but infinitely more rewarding is when someone comes in looking for a result: make it play like this, sound like that, look like that, etc. Far and away, the most common is to make a new guitar sound old. Unless they're looking for pickups are something specific, the first thing I suggest is nickel strings. It's a very different thing. They don't have the punch or output of steel strings, but they have a now organic sound. When you strum them unplugged, it sounds like a quiet acoustic, as opposed to an unplugged electric. EDIT: now do a video letting players know that pickup height adjustment screws and tone controls actually serve a purpose, and you would have helped more than 90% of the "how to achieve a great (or at least serviceable) tone," videos.
Ahh okay, I’ve heard good things about EJ guitars. My Strat in the video is a parts caster with a chubtone harness. I think the guy made pickups for EJ. Sounds great. Fluency have been iffy for me. That’s an interesting thought. I get what you mean though. I think I run into that question more often. Not knowing exactly what they need but what they’re looking for. I love working on guitars and amps. Although my amp knowledge is still small. That could be a good video! How to adjust your tone for free. There’s a lot of minor things that can be looked at
@@ProducerJosh one of the most common complaints that has one of the easiest fixes is that "Les Paul bridge pickups sound too thin." At times it's true, I've played through thin sounding LPs. At the same time it seems like 80% of them don't have the bridge pickup angled correctly with the strings. They have them more or less running parallel or flush with the pickup rings; but the strings come down at a pretty significant angle from the bridge towards the neck.They the up sounding like P90 because one coil is significantly closer to the strings than the other. If they realized that is why there's 3 height adjustment screws, one to set the angle and two to set the height, I swear half of those complaints would vanish. That's a 3 minute video, might be worth it. Yes, the EJs are great. I wouldn't sell this particular one for 3X the price. …Admittedly part of that is because I have 2X it's value already sunk into it.
Isn’t that for older style LPs? I’ve seen some with the 3 screws but not all. I actually have a LP with very unbalanced pickups. Can’t set the amp to have them switch between nicely, whatever I’ve try. It’s hard for me to sell any guitar honestly haha
very helpful, thanks
I appreciate ya watching! Glad I could help
One trick that I learned by myself is to stretch the strings by pushing them next to the bridge and between the tuners and the nut.
Ooo that’s a cool one. I do that as an effect sometimes on the tuner and nut side
tell us, how did you come up with the 92%. lol.
I had a different title and asked my friend and he just randomly suggested it 😂 so I rolled with it
93% of all statistics are made up on the spot is an old adage
"Suttle trick"wth r u talking about fender has been telling ppl to tune up for decades
Not everyone knows that. Imagine you just got a guitar. You wouldn’t know anything about it. I worked at Sam ash and people would actually come and ask to have a guitar tuned
Great tipss, most guitarist spend half of their life tuning their instruments.
Thanks! And that’s so true 😫
I barely have to tune because I have decent guitars, with extended scale length, set up well, with DR brand guitar strings.
bro what lol what even was this
A video on how to learn eq the old school way 😂
@@ProducerJosh you shelved the lows in your hardware but not plugin, when thats all it needed what are you even doing
Ahh that’s what you mean. I think you could approach the track by cutting the lows or boosting the highs and get the same result. It’s not really a video comparing each EQ scientifically. It’s really focused on showing how crazy some of the moves can be to get the result you want. Trying to EQ intuitively not visually. Thanks for the input though! I’ll keep it in mind if I do another video with multiple types of processing
Was this a suggested topic from youtube?
Nope, recorded some guitars and thought it would be helpful to share how to get them more in tune 🎵
@@ProducerJosh the reason i asked is another youtuber keyan houshmand live put out almost exactly the same video a couple days ago
Literally just saw that as I posted mine 🤣 I watched it and it was good! But yeah I just had tuning on my mind based on projects. Haven’t tried the KZread suggestions as much yet
@5:20 Hey Josh! how do you get that sound?
That’s just guitar rig on the fender twin amp. Default setting, bridge pickup on the Les Paul!
Did you know any of these tuning tips? Got any tips of your own??
You can tune down, you just have to bend the slack out. I challenge you to a guitar duel.
Vague question- I’m curious how much you would clip a snare in a rock mix? If you do that sort of thing! Clip it as much as you can get away with? I’m using Kazrogs Kclip. Thanks Josh!
I don’t clip it too much. It gets a little clipping but also ends up in a drum buss. If anything the master buss clips it a bit more as I limit
as a SG Player I learned this early on and It Changed THE GAME. Also love that color!
It’s something people just don’t always think about. And thanks! I love this Les Paul haha 🤣
Holy crap, i instantly noticed the difference between Pro-Q3 and SSL! My go to eq is Pro-Q3, never liked SSL that much, this video showed me another point of view, thanks and amazing video
I was actually surprised going through these how different they all ended up sounding like. Thanks for watching!
Another great video! Thanks!
Thanks for watching 😁
i haven't watched yet but i already know the answer is no
Then you’ll be shocked 😮
@@ProducerJoshno we wont we all know about intonation
@@Durkhead this surprisingly isn’t about intonation. Although that’s important, it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Most guitars are just not perfect. There’s also certain aspects people don’t think about
Why u suck?