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Kontact Player/ Krimh Drums are impossible in Reaper, my drum midi tracks are ignored but when I click the notes Krimh drums play the click... wtf?

I know it's become a trend to dis EMG 81 pickups in recent years. Regardless of all the other pickups available, active or passive. The EMG 81 stills reigns supreme. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Try changing your IR, you'll find what you're looking for than changing pickups. Get it for its other features like being noiseless and aesthetic, but a speaker or IR change will always give a big change. There are midrange focused ones out there

It's good for neck pickup so you can choose if you want punchy or creamy cleans by adding single/parallel switch.

I hated my t20, gave it away to a kid. I tried a hot rail. But it didnt help

Do some blind test. The ones I've seen 99% could not tell the difference in pickups. No one could tell tell if it were a $30 musiclily pickup or a $200 demarzzio.

I've had a Chopper T in my AmSd since 2008. It was the first modification I made to it and the only one that's stuck through the 16 years I've had it. I wouldn't say it's a perfect pickup, but with some gain they sound incredible through big amps, they tame down that shrillness just enough for me.

Amazing video

bass guitar is one of those things that you just gotta fork over some cash lol. Best free stuff I've used was a sample library with the sforzando player vst.

The bass is much better, thanks. I prefer the guitare without the IR, but I use them for the bass. Did you ever check the Vital Synthesizer ? You can do lot of things with the free version. I begin just to use it, it's a bit complex but powerful. I found the tutorial "Free Vital Synth - Full Tutorial" interesting, by @In The Mix Lot of work to master, I guess ...

The High Gain examples sounded Identical. The clean examples sounded different but none of them made an attractive sound. Why use both pickups? You may wanna do that with a strat but on a tele it sounds bad

I just wish they were not so expensive.

Hello, great vid. I've been hanging on the same subject, i have a HB ST62 and i've been modding it to look like the strat from Per Eriksson on Ghost. The stock pickups are single coil ( duh) and are a bit noisy and thin, so i've been looking at a SD Hot rails or a Dimarzio Air Norton S, but the same question comes to mind, is it really worth it changing the pickups or try to get a fuller tone by using better amps/ pedals? I really dislike the thin strat sound but maybe i could get the tone i seek by using a booster pedal or even an EVH 5150 od pedal ( has noise gate and plenty of distortion ) What do you think?

These are sick man. Live the vibe. Keep posting!

u could do more panning on guitars eq a little bit more on the guitars the bass guitars sounds off its like make the sound more simpler and the stock staration plugin is also great all around the mix is abit muddy

One of my favorite guitars I’ve ever owned was an LTD Snakebyte. The only guitar with active pickups I’ve ever owned so far, but I loved the look and low noise of the EMG Het Set, and the low noise became very noticeable whenever I’d switch to something with passive pickups.

I just cant look at his face

bro i did not expect you to only have 500 subs your production qualiry is so good 😭🙏

No MODO Drums CS?

Great video. Hope your channel will get the attention it deserves! Weezer.

lots of filler content but also very useful info, thanks

You should have done the split track for the bass, compress the low end from the di and blend it in with the growler

7:00 you can just use sitala to trigger extra samples its a little bit easier

"Thing of the past"? Funny, since passive pickups are older xD

The mix: I thought it sounded rather muddy. Main culprit probably being the guitars that sound like a blanket was on top of them. The drums were pretty decent. I had to actually listen to the bass 'cos I was like "where is the bass?" 😀👀 I mean, the bass was so camouflaged I couldn't hear it at first. It would need separation. It looks like ur lowcut for guitars is too low, put it into ~100Hz, that should help some at least. Drums: Yeahh, I think ur way was too complicated using 4 different sets 😀🥴 What I would do and what I have done, is just use SSD5.5 and then use its function to add one-shot samples! U don't need the Trigger for that! OR just choose the best overall drum plugin and use Trigger with that if needed. OR at most choose 2 of the best plugins to blend and maybe Trigger if needed. Bass: I have The Growler too, but haven't actually tested it, but I thought the distortion u had with it sounded weird 😦 As if having a constant flanger on it? 🤔 Guitars: I would have never guessed u quad tracked it! 😱 Which is alarming... 'Cos if it's quad tracked and doesn't sound thick and wide AF, there's something very wrong! 🙉 It sounds rather fuzzy and like not hard panned. I noticed u had the 1st set hard panned and the 2nd mostly in the middle, that could be it... Also, u had no highcut. That can/will add all kinds of fizzzzz. Put it into 8-10kHz. Those tricks might clear it a bit. And I dunno how many IRs u used, but use at least 2 different per side if quading. U only used the Fenrir? Didn't like the Roots cabs? I would have suggested to use the Roots cabs on the 1set of guitars and Fenrir on the 2nd, that would make the sound beefier. And that synth trick sounded like something out of Jordan Valeriote's playbook 😀 I wouldn't have noticed it, unless u hadn't shown it in the mix! Not my cup of tea, but 💁‍♂ Keys: Oh, there were keys in the song? 😅 Sounded cool in ur explanation, but got very much lost in the actual mix. Maybe the highcut in the guitars will give them a lil' more room... Master: You could put all kinds of things here, but the 1st thing I'd add is a tape saturator to glue stuff up before the limiter. Or u could use the free Masterdesk Classic plugin from Plugin Alliance. That's probably all 😀 Good luck!

Heck yeah man! Lets get this guy to 500 subs!

such a great video. I am going to try some of them out for sure!

Subbed 🤘🤘 Great video man. That is a huge list of plugins, thanks for creating that list. A lot of people would say that Ableton is more for edm music but I got Ableton for creativity and their huge library and ofc to just mess around.

I know I will need time to process this video, so I don't watch it now (but I will soon). Thanks again for the last one, It helped me modify my sound.

Good stuff! Some solid options in there for sure! So a few thoughts .. firstly Submission Audio has a free version of their tuner plugin and it's really good with low tuned stuff (not surprising given they do some of the best bass guitar virtual instruments around). Secondly, the Audio Assault Amp Locker and now Bass Locker ecosystem is great .. well worth a look for how much is packed into the free versions Thirdly, there are a few great channels around for metal production .. EOL Studios / Dr Mike T and Nick Leonard's are two of my favourites (other than resington) but there are a heap of small and large channels that are great. At some stage I may try to recreate your template in Reaper, but I've got a few things on the go at the moment, so don't expect anything soon!

I recently bought a guitar that came with EMG retroactive and I loved them, they have the response and dynamics of a passive pickup but the tight and noiseless sound of an active pickup, the best of two words, the thing with Fishman is that they have 2/3 different voices so if you really need that versatility I think it makes sense, but if you don't need, EMG all day lol, Fishmans are absolutely expensive btw lol

A GUY WITH THAT FREDDY MERCURY MUSTACHE SAYING EMG'S ARE A THING OF THE PAST. 🤣 GOOD LUCK ON THE CHANNEL

14:04 that's me hehehe Awesome vid man I appreciate that you listened to the suggestions and feedback, keep it up! : )

81-85 are just unmatched imo

While I've mostly been a passive user since I began playing in the mid 80s, I have also used actives, mostly EMGs. They are fine pickups. If an ax came with EMGs I would consider that a plus and leave them. But I've mostly used the Duncan Distortion, at times the JB, Custom, Alternative 8 or Full Shred. But 90% of the time, a Duncan Distortion. EMGs are still relevant. Fishmans are fine, but EMG is here to stay. Fishmans are not that much better that EMG should be worried. Also, I don't think actives are on the decline. I think they will only become more popular. I don't think they will ever become the standard, but they will always be an option. As far as bassists are concerned, active pretty much IS the standard.

EMG’s are good pickups! However, saying that pickups don’t matter is just insanity

I have no idea why people say EMGs are a thing of the past, I cannot think of better pickups for metal that would kill EMGs in a blind test.

I don't understand the hype around Fishman Fluences. They sound way too compressed, they lack low end, I just don't like them. They are also way too expensive for what they offer. I think you can get far better results with EMG 81/85 or Seymour Duncan Blackouts.

My problems with EMG are: 1) absence of split coil (there are the TW versions of some models but I have an 8 string) and additional voicings. 2) Mid gain tones aren't that great, but I don't use them much. 3) At least on the 808, (could be because it's alnico instead of ceramic), the bass isn't tight at all, and they have an harsh frequency in the highs, needing a bit of EQ. 4) Non standard routing, at least for 6+ strings model, the 808 is built into a 4 string bass housing, making impossibile to install them in a guitar that's routed for passives. Now to the positives: 1)Excellent gain to noise ratio 2) Nice string separation in chords even at high gain. 3) Unpopular but, great cleans, especially the neck, it`s the only neck hum i've ever liked, and works great with high gain sweeps too. 4) Price, especially used is very very low, great way to upgrade a budget guitar or to change the character of any guitar. 5) Solderless is nice too.

24 volt mod 81 is basically metal perfection.

If they’re good enough for Zakk Wylde and Kirk Hammet, they’re good enough for me. Honestly, I can’t even get a pinch harmonic to sound as good on anything but an 81 in a Les Paul.

EMGs are in a completely different league than fishman, or anything else for that matter. Nothing even comes close ….nothing.

EMGs have that particular tone if you're looking for it. I don't use them because it's just annoying as hell to change out the battery every month.

I've been playing guitar for almost 30 years and I went from active to passive like 5 years ago and I'll always play passive as my preference.

Buy emgs if you want ?

Really helpful. It deserve subscribing. Done !

"nobody likes emg". Yet a lot of guitars keep coming out with emgs.

yes.

They do one thing really good, better than most other pickups: Noise reduction. They just don't care about their surroundings, not even the highly praised Fishmans come close to them. So for homerecording they are a great choice for eliminating at least one of the many reasons why your signal humms.

3 of my 5 guitars have flunece moderns, the other two will forver stay with EMGs. As much as I love the fluences and the wide range of tonal possilities I can get with them, theres just something about the growl and punch of EMGs not to mention the crystal cleans that can be had with EMG 60s.