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Yep, that's important. I was just covering the simple side of it for those that don't necessarily need to understand CMRR, impedance, and anything like that.

Thought I'd heartshape my own comment, too. Why the heck not. 😊

Thanks for the compliment. :)

I think it is overdubbed, meaning he did two takes and they were overlayed on top of eachother. That would be pretty interesting though, because I was under the impression that overdubbing wasn't common until the late 50s or 60s

Thanks for your tip about Twin 3! I've not really used it much since I bought it but your tip will come in very handy. I did notice something I didn't like on Twin 3, the fact the output gain control is pre-compressor, not post, so turning it up/down drives the compressor more/less rather than simply controlling the overall output level. Poor design and something they should've thought about before releasing it.

Thanks man! ❤️

Thank for listening! 😊

Thanks very much! 😊

Thanks. 😊

Thanks so much! Good luck in the contest man. :)

Ooh, not heard of that tape plugin before! I'm all for saturation plugins. The more the better! <3 Thanks! Good luck, too!

@@PrincipalAudioSatin tape plugin and kiive.They re the best tape plugins.🫡

Thanks man!

This mix sounds fantastic to my ears. I've listened to quite a few and this is definitely my favourite so far! Which saturation plugin do you use? Everything sounds so powerful and clear. Great work! 🤘👌

Thanks! I use quite a few saturation plugins but tend to go easy on them most of the time, unless doing parallel saturation. FabFilter Saturn if I want to add presence by doing multiband saturation. I also use SSL X-Saturator on some things. That one sounds amazing! Newfangled Saturate is another good one. Shape and bias features on that are great. Voxengo Tube Amp is also great, especially since it can be run in linear phase mode. Great for parallel saturation. Also Waves Kramer Tape has occasional use. One of the best tape ones I've found (need to use more often) is Chow Tape, and it's FREE, which is a huge bonus. 👌 I have many more (too many 😂).

@@PrincipalAudio Haha sounds like you plenty of options when it comes to saturation plugins. I recently picked up the Waves MAGMA TUBES channel strip which includes a nice saturation effect. Think I'll try using it on this project. Thanks for the recommendation of the free Chow Tape. I'll take a look. Good luck with your entry for the competition!

@@audiomixexpert3175 Nice! I've not heard the Waves MAGMA Tubes yet. Might have to add it to my collection. :) Thanks, and good luck, too!

Thanks! :)

Thanks man!

Thanks very much. I've pinned your comment so it clarifies it for people. 👍

@@PrincipalAudioKudos to you. Sign of self-confidence!

I'm afraid it's a while since I took it apart, but I remember it being a right fiddle to get to the lights. But I don't remember them being glued in, just held in place by being soldered on both the left and right sides (I think).

@@PrincipalAudio thank you

Thanks! Glad it helped. :)

Thanks! :)

Thanks Dave!

Thanks! 😊

You can but it's not perfect. The best method (so far as I know) is to have the wires coaxial - the ground surrounds the signal wire, like with TV antenna cables. This provides shielding to the inner wire but only to a certain extent. The longer the cable, the more susceptible to EMI it will be.

Thanks very much! Ok, so unbalanced headphones have two signals and one current return (TRS). Balanced can have either 4 for basic functionality or 5 for extra shielding of the signal cables (TRRRS): Tip: Left + Ring: Left - Ring: Right + Ring: Right - Sleeve: Ground (for shielding the other 4). Unbalanced would be: Tip: Left Ring: Right Sleeve: Ground (acting as current return). With the balanced ones, the currents go back and forth between the + and - wires of each channel. The ground simply acts as an RFI shield, not a current return.

@@PrincipalAudio Thank you. could not find this explanation anywhere else. So that's what's meant when you need to look for 3 black rings? or no

For balanced, look for either 3 or 4 black rings (which is 4 or 5 electrical contacts). Normal unbalanced are two black rings (3 electrical contacts). If you buy balanced headphones, you'll need a balanced amp for them, but I'm sure you already know this. :)

The gain really depends on the output and input circuits. It's impossible to directly compare balanced with unbalanced in the way of how much gain there is, since you can set up the circuits whichever way you want. But... +4dBu (Decibels "unterminated") is a standard used for balanced outputs/inputs which specifies the level of a signal in both balanced or unbalanced cables for professional gear. Both +4dBu unbalanced and balanced should exhibit the same loudness since they're using the same spec, but balanced will obviously have the benefit of noise rejection from external sources.

Oh don't start all that nonsense. You probably bought a Monster mains cable made from rare metal from space and said it made everything sound good, or a piece of granite to sit a turntable on to reduce cosmic rays, or maybe the April Fools joke of drawing around the edge of a CD with a marker pen - a special expensive one sold in HiFi Magazines. All nonsense.

Hi there. Thanks for watching and thanks for the sub! :) Really appreciate it. In terms of a guitar phase shifter, what they do is mixing the original signal with a copy of the signal, but they delay the copy slightly and modulate the time delay up and down. This causes addition and subtraction of the waveform at different frequencies, making an effect called "comb filtering". Because the time delay is being modulated up and down, the comb filtering nulls move up and down the audio spectrum, giving the classic phaser sound. When you do this with a single frequency (sine wave), it'll just go up and down in volume as it's either adding to itself or cancelling itself out based upon how shifted in time it is. If you think about different frequencies being different wavelengths, you can see how some will cancel out before others with a specific time delay. Lower frequencies (longer wavelengths) will need more time delay before they are shifted enough to cancel themselves out. Higher frequencies (shorter wavelengths) will cancel out with just a short time delay. Hope this helps a little to understand phasers. It's a little different than what I talk about with balanced cables, as it's just using an "inverted" copy of the signal on the cold wire, not phase shifting it. The term "phase shift" is really a frequency specific term, but sound engineers use the term "phase flip" or "inverting the phase" to mean flipping the audio waveform upside down. It is a little confusing as it's technically not the correct term to use, but we do anyway!

@@PrincipalAudio Thanks for the detailed and thorough explanation! This is very interesting! Thanks again!

You're welcome. :)

Thanks! :)

You're right, but I didn't want to confuse people by getting into impedance. It's a whole other subject that complicates things for people who are just beginners in the audio world (who don't necessarily need to understand impedance straight off the bat). Perhaps I should make a video explaining it in more depth. Thanks for your comment. 👍

Thanks for the kind comment!

Thanks so much for the kind words. :)

Thanks for watching. :)

Not really, as 3.5mm jacks aren't really designed for balanced signals. If you purposefully designed a piece of gear to use 3.5mm jacks with hot/cold/ground, then yes it would work, but usually most gear that uses 3.5mm jacks are consumer level and use unbalanced signalling.

@@PrincipalAudio tqvm..

No probs. :)

No probs. 😃

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment. 😊

You're welcome. I glad the video helped. 😊

Спасибо! That's a very good idea actually. I should have probably thought a bit more before making the video. Hindsight ideas are always the best ideas. :)

Thanks. :)