I should quit Youtube and get a REAL job.
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- Ok, then! I should just QUIT!
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Of course, the answer from 99% of RUclips viewers, for the building a bigger studio, would be 'yes', because they don't have to spend the money, time and effort.
tbh i would say yes if he actually wants more space. It is his place of work, so, fitting his needs would always be best.
I’ll agree with having more space. But the thing is to still have it be practical. If you have a ton of space and don’t use it… going big won’t pay off.
The man did suggest getting a bigger space but the man wasn’t specific. Even adding in a few more square meters wouldn’t hurt.
Yea I need at least 30×30 for a broadcast studio
Montserrat was kinda tiny but everyone still went there. Admittedly though, after the hurricane it didn't get rebuilt, everyone knew the place wasn't up to the job any more.
how do you know it's 99 percent? it could be maybe 92 percent, or even 71 percent. How about 12? Could be as low as 12 percent. Or as high as 99.9999!
Indonesia and South Korea makes absolute banger guitars, love them
So does Japan... Yamaha basses are great
Agreed.
But overall... considering absolutely everything.....Japan is the winner of guitar manufacturing.
I have a Charvel that cost the same as my Gibson (and plays way better). The Charvel came out of South Korea. Insane instrument!
Garbage guitars
My 2 favorite Basses an Ibanez 4 and a Schecter Elite 5 are both Korean.😊
"RUclips isn't a real job!!!"
When I was a full-time performer, I busted my ass.....
Between writing the songs, learning the songs, rehearsing the songs, planning the shows, booking the shows, setting up the shows, playing the shows, tearing down tje shows, and keeping my ass awake on the way home, lather/rinse/repeat.....
It was 10 hours of prep for 4 hours of fun.....
These bozos don't see the behind the camera
I remember every time I finished a contract as a full time touring musician, my dad would ask if I was actually going to get a job yet. I've just done 9 months straight with no days off. This 3 weeks is my holiday then I have another 6 months booked after that. How is this not a real job!?
@@NickWebbSax Yep.
My father finally got off my ass when a local luthier trying to start a bass company gave me three basses, and another small-time company gave me a half-deal for strings.
It's amazing how people's perceptions changevwhen you get free stuff like the "real" musicians
lol
I've said almost the same damn thing to my friends. Anybody who thinks making a living from music is for slackers, dreamers, and losers has no fucking idea what a HARD job this is. It's all work, very little money and I hope like hell if you decide this is what you want to do, please develop a taste for Ramen pre-emptively, because you most likely are going to be eating lots of it. Unless your dad is a rock star.
I did music full time for over 20 years, toured the world, played with big name famous musicians (including some who were my dad's favourite artists), appeared on TV (including the playing on the theme tune for my dad's favourite show) and still my dad until his very end wanted me to get a real job, haha.
It is not that being a youtuber is not hard work. It is that all your hard work may be for nothing if YT, like Darth Vader, alters the deal and demonitizes you. Or shadowbans you. Or that some dillweed who hates you, or a record label copyright claims your video(s). At least when Glenn still worked for Chrysler he had a secure income. YT may be more fun, but it is not secure income. As long as you depend on a 3rd party platform you will always be subject to their whims, without the securities that come from a job under contract.
As an old musician/mechanic let me give you a slightly different take on expensive versus cheap gear. If buy some really high end gear AND TAKE CARE OF IT !!!!! It can be money in the bank on a rainy day. This only works if you don’t destroy your shit.
For a guitar to appreciate or even hold its value modernly, it needs a history. Standard product from high end makers depreciates modernly, and quite a bit so.
it really is one of the working rules: take care of your shit, and it'll take care of you
If you're worried about your gear having resale value then you are a collector not a musician.
@@CBoxStudios Bingo, and if you're living on what you make as a musician odds are you can't afford much high end gear. I got paid for it for a decade and I had one pricey guitar and one not. I've still got the "not" one, 40 years later.
A new, more calculated take on this:
If re-selling is a planned option, only buy expensive if the value depreciation is going to be less than the value of a cheap guitar.
If you buy an expensive guitar for like 3k and 5 years later sell it for $2500 you might as well could be getting a $800 guitar and re-sell it for $300, if you can find one that's about equal in quality (which you most likely can). The net loss is exactly the same.
Though in actuality you could easily sell your $800 guitar for closer to $500 so your net-loss would be only $300 instead of $500, plus you've still got more cash in the bank while you use it.
Expensive guitars are really only worth it if you can be sure you can re-sell them at close to or above the buying price. If the net loss from value depreciation is enough to cover an entire cheap guitar you might as well just get a cheap guitar instead and spare yourself some headache.
From what I remember "Carry on wayward son" by Kansas was recorded as a last song on the album and as a last effort to break through with their music. They've made one take, without metronome, and apparently You can hear the tempo changing constantly. And I couldn't care less, because this song is pure perfection to me.
You heading over to Sweden, you better hit up the one and only, Ola Englund 🙂.
He should be on Coffee with Ola!!!
@@metalinyourhead3604 Now that is an excellent idea.
As he already have some of Olas guitars, I'm pretty sure that discussion has been had.
@@theruthlessfish hit him up doesn't mean discussion. Don't be so negative and smile more.
@@mmiller6873 ...I'm not negative? And I smile a lot. He recently did yet another Solar guitar video, and if he's going to Sweden -- I'm pretty sure that conversations and planning and so on has been already had. If it was not clear enough, I'm assuming there will be a video or three with Ola if time and geography and so on matches.
Hello Glen. Here in Brazil there is a studio that only works with analogue and tape, without a computer. It is perhaps the largest analogue studio on the planet, ForestLab studio. The owner creates equipment based on equipment from the 50s and 60s.
He has this philosophy of a big studio with everyone in the band recording together and everything is processed before going to tape. You can really feel a very significant difference with this entire process.
large room, everything processed in analogue when recording and exploring the tape's timbre.
The tape's 'timbre"? C'mon man, it's tiny metallic particles stuck to plastic tape, it does not and CANNOT have "timbre"...
@@ChristopherHallettA speaker is just a magnet and a coil attached to a paper cone, would you say speakers don't have a specific sound profile?
If you like the "I am Ozzy book", I can wholeheartedly say that you'll love "I'm the man", it's Scott's from anthrax's book and it's got some great stories in it. He made another one called "access: all areas" which is just a bunch of stories that he's got compiled in audio book form.
Used to be that an American guitar & British amp was the go to Rock n' Roll, PB&J standard combo. But empires rise & fall.
Greed!!!
@@mikeg6666 yup
A shootout on Element Bass vs Paralax could be an interesting video
Made in Korea is something I want in a guitar, Indonesia also slams out some great guitars
Your unequalled comment has changed the internet forever.
Like Hondo
Great job as always, Glenn!
One word of caution: Don't fall for the "I'm gonna quit" clickbait.
I unsub 3 youtubers I used to follow over that because there's nothing I find more irritating than the "fake quitting"' trope.
That's defnitely not the case here but your title was just a reminder on how much I hated when others did it.
Good content gets clicks. No need to resort to dishonesty and stupid thumbnails/titles.
I think he meant that as more of a question back to the commenter. Like the thumbnail has him scratching his head in confusion.
I don’t think Glenn is the type to quit without giving us warning and a set date.
Either way it’s his choice though. What’s one sub?
I know its not much, but Id love to see how a studios set up by ya! If it can't happen, it's no worries though. Im a long time lurker to your channel (subbed too!), and have learned so many things by ya, you majestical man!
But thanks for the your honesty, seems like thats becoming more of a rare commodity nowadays. Keep on rockin, and all your fans and myself included appreciate everything youve been doing for the community and the world overall!
It's amazing just how good cheap guitars have gotten. I went ot my local guitar center yesterday to pick up some drumheads and I played on 2 budget Ibanez guitars. They were both amazing finishes and one of them even had a roasted maple neck, ON A $300 GUITAR! INSANE!
My band plays shows around once a month, and I've spent alot on my gear, but that's just because I prefer to use what I like. It doesn't mean I "need it", just I want to use the suff that will get my point across. Love the Channel bro! Keep up the great work 🤘
I bought my self a Bugera TrirRec off gear exchange from a sweetwater sales engineer, and I FUCKING LOVE IT. Thanks for helping me realize I don't need to spend bookoo bucks to get a good tone.
I got a 1990 it does good at what it does I retubed too
Would love to see a video on how you sound proof your home studio I'm just getting started with mine got the computer and interface and amp and everything I need but I really don't know how the best way to soundproof it
look through his channel, I've seen this video already from Glen.
There’s a good video of his called “15 mistakes every home studio makes” !
Look at the channel "Home Renovision DIY" and search for "soundproof"... Canadian general contractor who discusses a few different methods of sound proofing a room.
I just watched an amplifier history video on Rob Arnold's channel. He was the lead guitarist of Chimera, and he talked about going through Peavey JSX and XXX amplifiers, and even getting sent ENGL Powerball and Savage amps and between him and the other guitarist they decided to just stick with the 6505s they were using because all the other amps basically sounded the same. This was done back in the 2010s and prior, which just goes to show that some people have been using their brains for a while now.
So, in addition to working the EQ on your amp, your second step - cheaper even that trying new speakers - is an EQ pedal in your effects loop. It lets you give the amp controls a bit more welly and make a more precise control in certain frequency bands that the amp's EQ just doesn't give you.
Well if the amp only goes down to 40hz. Your not gonna get 30 hz. Or 20 hz. Regardless what pedal
@@hadleymanmusic If you want those low frequencies, play bass.
@@hadleymanmusic they weren't talking about EQ giving you more frequencies in the amp, only about controlling them in a way the tonestack won't be able to because of their values and center frequency (also, your amp's potentiometers interact with one another, but that's getting too nerdy)
Don't take this personally but my Fiance (a hairdresser) took one look at you and said, "I want to do that guys hair.' LOL So let me now if you want a free hair cut.
With a No.1 cut a bottle of shampoo lasts a couple of years! 😂
Shipping container studio build? Would need to cement it down so a trucker doesn't drive off with it though, haha.
-clean electricity(no splicing into the pool pump power, etc)
-soundproofing
-hvac ac through soundproofing
-sprung drum floor?
-how to put it on mobile home wheels for when your town dries up.
He's across the bridge from detroit
I remember the story when the Squier JV series came out.
Luthiers at fender cried because it was such good a guitar...
Long story short, after all the shit I've been through in my life I'm finally getting to build my own studio soon. Would love to see and learn about a studio build. I've learned (and had a lot confirmed) from watching the channel over the past while I've been watching. Always great to see knowledge being spread instead of bullshit. If you want to spread shit, be a farmer. At least it's honest work.
Indonesian guitars seem from my limited experience to have more quality control issues; I needed to do a fair bit of work on my LTD M1007, after which it's been a great guitar , but not perfect out of the box like my older LTD H307 or my Made in Japan. My Gibson's build quality was probably closer to the standard of that Indonesian guitar, by contrast.
Audient iD4 mk2 is my poor man's golden channel. ($140 new in Europe)
Love that I Am Ozzy book. When it came down to being able to put 1 item in my dad's ashes. I thought burning a copy of it with him would have been so fitting. He was a huge Ozzy fan for ever. The 1st Sabbath album was definitely one of my favorites when I was 2 or 3 years old.
Hope you could just do an add on to the building and make another room. Or rooms. Sounds like another million miles of fresh cable would be needed.
I do not own an American made guitar and I’m okay with that. China, Indonesia, Korea. They all make good guitars. My cheapest guitar is a 1992 Samick SV60 made in Korea that I picked up for $100. The neck, she plays like butter.
Hey Glenn! Would LOVE to see your thoughts on building out a studio. Specifically around both the mix space and also some kind of "isolation" scenario. I've been playing with ISO cabs and now starting to think about larger "iso closet" type of space, but feel like there isn't a lot of info out there for making a space like that. In any case, keep up the awesome work!
RUclips got the man a neve regardless if you like what he does with it or not.
Take Glenn for what its worth. He is an engineer first IMO. You had to have material to work with 20-30 years ago to learn mixing, many of us learned other instruments enough everything to make it work. The tone doesn't come out of his fingers, I think he would admit that, and its why most of the demos are other people playing.
I'd love to see it dude. Anything from you is awesome and the honesty is why I subscribe :D
I don't really care where a piece of equipment is made, I simply care if it works and is built well. if it sounds like it should and doesn't break I'm happy. I have two Gibson's a studio and a classic, they sit in a cases, I have fender squier that is heavily modified, a few Ibanez's and a few Schecters which I play every day, I have a few Epiphone's that I use every now and then. I also have two Taylor's but love the sound of my Blueridge's and old Epiphone Masterbuilt. I use to think that if I made a $300 dollar guitar sound great with mods, that a $2500 dollar guitar would be amazing but I was wrong.
Going to Chicago in September to see Powerwolf @ the Riviera. Your content is amazing. Keep up the good work.
About recording without metronome - I don’t think someone has an issue with it, I always say to bands “as long as it in the groove”, there are recording techniques to get it as good as possible but it’s usually depends on the band.
However- there are few styles that I will prefer to do “on the grid”.
Friday releases gave me something to look forward to all week, Sunday releases gave me something to start the week I guess. I prefer the former but if this little experiment works out for you I'd rather you make more money and be able to deliver better content as a result.
Took you advice on speakers and did not get V30s!! Instead I went with dv-77s made in the USA and absolutely love them. The other guitar player in my band has v30s and they sound really really good together. Thank you for your channel.
I love watching gear restoration videos. I would also use the information you share for some purchases in a few years.
I like watching reaction videos of people listening to my favorite music for the first time (allows me to relive that moment). Last week I found a Gen Z music producer that had never heard The Beatles or Pink Floyd. He did a full listen through of Dark Side of the Moon and he mentioned that it "felt weird" that the tempo floated a bit and wasn't tied to a grid. So yeah, some producers are totally in on the quantized metronome. It's actually his preference for music. I assume he is not the only one and we have a generation of people brought up on video game music and techno, EDM that is fundamentally altering the way they prefer music to sound.
"Get a real job." Stevie T has a house and my fridge is empty. Define: "Real Job."
Be careful over here in England Glenn, it’s all kicking off big time.
I personally use a Soundcraft Series Five 48 channel console and it only cost me £2345GBP it has dual input channels, 12 Auxes, 8 busses, 10 matrix and 12 VCA groups! It’s amazing!
Love your videos! The "on air" being blocked by a guitar right behind you and your reflection in the monitor drive me nuts, though, LOL Good work!
If you make money and you can support yourself, it’s a real job.
Hope to get the chance to catch up when you’re in Sweden, man! 🤘
Love the intro and outro riffs
I have the presonus bluetube two channel preamp and I love it. It can be transparent or a bit saturated if you crank the tube. For the money I feel like it is a great unit. Am planning on getting one of the golden age preamps soon as well as a slightly nicer one so that I can compare the differences in person 🤘
As far as the ELE preset sharing, I think an interesting (and maybe even easy) content idea would be to live stream you using ELE to match some other drum sounds or something, then you could share the preset with us
most us musos have to have a job nowadays : ) the old dream died but we still all here doing our thing and glad you do these vids glen!! \m/
I would be shit out of luck without your youtube channel, you definitely deserve what you are doing and then some, thank you for all the help!
Maybe building a separate garage space can get you more space assuming your property has the space for it. Then maybe your current space can return to a car garage or for you and the family to use. At least that would be my method to expand, since you'd have to gamble if anyone is sensitive to your noise if you try to build elsewhere.
Yeah, definitely would be awesome to see the process of building a bigger studio. \m/
I would love to throw out the metronome but I run a tiny tiny little studio. I have invested in a 35m stage reel so I can put the drummer down the corridor and the guitar/bass in with me. Just waiting for a band to say that’s how they want to do it!!!
Even the mix for your opening music is killer in my ears. I don't know why anyone would say your mixes aren't stellar unless they are just plain mean...
I just purchased Element Bass. As a guitar player this is such a great tool! Great sounding bass tones at your fingertips. Your plug in is going to save me hours of frustration! its so amazingly simple to use. Thank you! Now I have more time to focus on recording 13 minutes of shredding on my Made in the USA Dean RC7 LOL.
I've got a Ramsa WR-T820 and I love it. Mainly use it as 20 channels of Neve style EQ's
I took a shit the other day and it tore my arse open. Blood came out, the pain was incredible. If that does deserve butt hurt of the week I don't know what does. 😳💩
As far as the "bigger studio" question that you asked us, while I would personally like to see what goes into building one, I think that YOU are the one who should answer that. Not the viewers (who would definitely not finance such an endeavor), but you. Do YOU need a bigger studio, because your content is awesome and informative as it is, despite complaining about lack of room due to surplus of gear.
P.S. Is my English okay? ;)
Eric Rutan may still own Morrisound's old tape machine. Some of my all time faves were put down on that very machine. Granted, Eric may command a decent pricetag these days, if he even has time to record away from CC ....but if you're seriously shopping for a real studio, and looking for somebody who's willing to go off-grid ....It wouldn't hurt to ask.
Have you seen the Tascam Model 2400 and co yet? Analogue mixer, but with a digital recorder in it. You can run a click, sync to a DAW, or just run it like a modern tape-style recorder and record a whole band live playing their track in one take.
Wow was surprised to hear a PINAC shout out. Carlos Miller did good work.
Couple of thoughts about the new studio diary thing.
1) You own the space in which your current studio is. Elsewhere you either get a loan to buy and pay interest, or rent and risk eviction.
2) YT is full of mediocre studio build diaries. To make it useful (=show the *actual* steps and how to make it soundproof etc, not only an overview), you'd need to make it so detailed that it very likely is not worth your time.
3) Do you need a new studio? You've said you have less and less physical clients over, so most likely you're better off renting another space when you need it for drums etc.
Good luck. Of course I'd watch a good quality studio building series.
GLENNNN!!!!! IF YOU BUILD IT WE WILL WATCH!!!
Camera work looking especially fine in this one, Glenn!
And, the reason guitarists don't care about buying made in USA for cabinet speakers is because you can't see them, so they can't brag about how they're better than you for buying them.
When are you coming to the Netherlands?
Love the bloopers at the end 🤘🤘🤘
I'm a tape guy. Not for every session, but I love getting my tape machines involved for a bit of flavor
Hey glenn I think it would be awesome for you to expand your studio! I'd totally help invest into future expansion if you ultimately decide to go through with it, hell I'm only a couple hours away in Michigan and will even offer an extra hand to help with the build and setup should you need it.
I think when it comes to engineers dropping the metronome I have a philosophy on this. In the mid to late 1800s when the first recordings took place, they were designed to capture live performance, which let's face it, at that time, all music was "live" with no records to listen to at will. When recording started in earnest, it was always capturing a live performance to be played at will via a record. Nowadays, we've gone full circle where we are now trying to emulate studio recordings in a live environment, which for me is kind of arse-about-face. Sure, some bands will record "live" in the studio but they're the exception rather than the rule and in a time of accessible technology, home studios are just waaay too convenient. I think this is why we are now inundated with polished performances, sterile sounding recordings and not much in the way of quality song writing, certainly for punk and metal. Nobody wants to break out of that mould nowadays and engineers certainly don't want to make their lives more difficult with recording a live band in the studio.
Nicely done. 😎
Would I be interested in watching you build another studio? Not really...
Perhaps just start with tips and tricks for those folks willing to ruin their basement?
I think the thing to remember with a show like yours Glennis that it’s aspirational channel. I’d bet that most people watching either don’t actually record or only have time every now and then. We watch you as a way of doing what you do without actually having to do it. So go expand your real estate and run old consoles, cause I’m never gonna do it and want to see it.
I definitely apply the last 5% matters to anything I do musically, including my choice in gear. When not doing that I feel like I'm doing a lousy job.
if I don't use proper technique because the sound is in the speaker it's objectively gonna be lousy, if I don't choose the right amp or guitar for a gig I myself will feel like I'm lousy even if many people will tell me otherwise.
The thing is that we should agknowledge that it's 5% and not something like 50% or whatever. There's a difference between choosing based on your own awareness and priorities vs choosing based on misinformation.
Yes. Hi,to the studio… get the suppliers involved sound proofing, cabling etc.
I think all of your viewers would love to see you build a new studio from the dirt up.🤘😜👌
I think it would be cool to talk about using analog mixers in the studio and what we would need to configure that with the computer or any interfacing needed. I have a Tascam Model 24 which acts as the interface and I like using that so far, and Tascam just updated the Mixer to the 2400 which accommodates more insert points for outboard gear but is quite pricey but below that $3000 threshold.
Oh and yes! Would love to see more about the Seventh Circle Audio stuff, I heard great things about them.
When doing rec engineering I don't mind throwing out the metronome AND doing overdubs so long as I'm paid by the hour. I won't do fixed rate without a metronome anymore, it just isn't worth it.
Im an amateur guitar player and bassist with a very small youtube channel where I mostly do covers. I've been thinking about stepping up the quality of my videos. I'd need a camera, a mic, and a method of putting the audio and video together. Just wondering what I could get for cheap with decent enough quality. Keep up the great content Glenn.
Hey Glen! Are you taking a trip to sunny Ashton Under Lyne again?
I would love a chance to tell you the importance of great clean tones in the greatest heavy songs!
what if you took a some beginner amps and guitars (under 300 dollars) and see how good of a mix out of you can get
P,S. The new Harley Benton Tele twin humbucker sounds and looks quite a nice bit of kit , I just wish it had locking nuts .
Glenn, regards to the "build a bigger studio", I would urge caution.
Sure, I'd personally love to see from a viewer point of view, you go through creating it. But the cost and effort involved, I would say don't do it unless you NEED it.
I'm always an advocate of using the tech you have to get the results, and not go frenzied on getting stuff just because it's there.
I have a small basement studio and I'm using a Presonus StudioLive Serie 3 mixer. What I really need to do is figure out just how the hell do i get it to work with Cubase so thatIi can do hands on mixing instead of mouse mixing. Right now it's my input interface which works just great for me. My room is very small and I can't get any more than 1 other person in here without it being stupidly crowded.
I remember going to my 1st proper recording session with a band. We won a 1 day session from a botb. We played with no click, live off the floor and got 4 or 5 tracks done in the day session. We measured them to a click after the fact and the whole thing was so close ot was crazy. Our drummer was a walking clock.
Also did a session on tape. That was definitely one that I remember. Had to bring the A game. Part of a scratch horn section for that one. Good times.
My take on the "Made in USA" thing is that it mostly is from the 70s/80s when Japanese car companies were kicking US manufacturer's assses. They sold high-quality cheap cars at a loss to capture market share and US companies simply couldn't compete.
"Made in USA" wasn't so much about getting a better car, it was about keeping the business within US borders. Bullsh*t either way.
I did a speech in high school in 1983 about how refusing to buy crappy merchandise was patriotic if it send the message to MFG. You see, because I was a teenager, I literally understood everything there was to know about economics and manufacturing. Plus my older brother was a "Do I get a Toyota or a Datsun" guy, so I didn't have a choice really.
Would love a studio set up video/series
Made in America doesn't always have the "weight" it used to. We're finding that things like pots and pans made in American outlast other stuff by a large factor. When it comes to other stuff, especially electronics, it's a completely crapshoot, even with reputable American brands. I'm in favor of "Buy American", but I'm not a fan of "buy garbage". If a product made elsewhere is equal and less expensive, that's where I'm likely going to go.
As far as that Neve, or rather computers in general, you need to do backups. You can image your drive and push the image back so your downtime is reduced. You can also have backup drives with your image on it so you can just swap drives and go. I recently had a server fail, and while I didn't lose any data, I lost all the shares and other stuff configured. Thank goodness I had my back-up image. I just purchased a new drive, installed it, pushed the image to it and picked up where I left off. Of course, having 2 servers helps(primary and backup). We need to think backup plans because all drives and media fail. This is a matter of "when", not "if". If you're rocking a drive for more than 5 years, you're on borrowed time. If its more than 3 years, consider replacing after backing up. If it's "new to 3 years", just hope it's not an early fatality. In other words: trust nothing and make multiple backups and don't trust those either.
I love this man, just found the channel and subscribed. Tell me I'm not the first to say he looks like Quentin Tarantino's evil Metal cousin.
5:57 - For "how to design a studio from scratch", would really love that. As you mentioned, it's very expensive to pull off. As cool as that is though, I'd imagine most of us viewers play in whatever space we find tucked away in our homes. A video on just basics we can do in our restricted space to get started would go a long way for a lot of us.
But if you find someone else, trying to make a studio from scratch but don't know where to start, it might be a good opportunity to help that person build their studio and document it.
Colt Capperune really started ticking up for. folks 4 years ago when he was doing a walkthrough of his new studio and showing some of the build behind it. More recently he tore his old studio apart and redid teh whole thing to do an ATMOS setup. Lots of discussion about sound proofing, showing a lot of different work being done. Wouldn't be opposed to seeing similar. videos from Glenn, bc everyone does things differently
3:02 give it to me. I only have one guitar, a Les Paul custom. You can have it back in one year. We will see how well the guitar holds up to playing every day.
GLENNN!!! Regarding tone, cabs, speakers, IRs for bass and guitar. Can you review Celestion BN12-300S:
Celestion recommend these for BOTH guitar and bass, their support (signed as Dr Decibel) just warn that using them in a semi-open guitar cab will lose some bottom end, though it's totally safe even to play bass through a setup like that.
Some big names in boutique cabs market use them (Zilla, Barefaced, Quilter), and some people use them with a poweramp instead of FRFR for modellers.
I'm thinking to load my H&K 100W 2x12 combo with these for capturing "moving air" with a mic, and blending that with tracks with IRs using Captor X or similar, both bass and guitar.
I wonder how these would work for guitar/bass metal tones for someone who knows what they're doing, and how much using these in different types of cabs (2x12 vs 4x12, open vs closed, etc.) and/or using EQ at the end of the signal chain in effects loop would affect the tone.
I live in Central California and im trying really hard to get out of my rented space and get a house that i can put together a really cool studio space. Theres a house for sale that is basically 2 houses and a massive garage space that would be amazing to turn into a studio. Its just so hard and expensive that i cant get it on my own.
Busting ass out here delivering boxes and guitars 🎸 with speed holes!
I learned tracking on a Studer a800 and try to think the same way when recording in a DAW. The less is more approach helps with option paralysis while working in a DAW means less variables and faster work flow. Also I prefer a count-in with the click track off. I like when the drums are in time and the rest of the band works off that. The end result sounds more like a real performance
Welcome to Slowpike land Mr Glen! 🙋 To bad i live like a eternity away in the north to the places your probably visit in Sweden. But welcome here anyway, hope they take good care of you ✌️
Love to see you build a studio I'm very interested
Made in America used to mean something, sadly these days not so much. I would love to see it make a come back. Gonna check out those Mojo Tone speakers you recommended. Thanks for all you do as always much love and mad respect
The sad reality now, too, is that "made in America" doesn't necessarily mean "made by Americans." A lot of companies now are doing "in-shoring"; importing cheap labor from overseas.
I think you could potentially move the studio and focus on filming the entire construction process. Exploring cost-effective methods for building and acoustically treating the space could be really interesting. There's a lot of great content potential there if you decide to go that route.
Also, I believe room treatment is just as important for mixing as changing speakers is for guitar. That's where the real difference lies.
Hey Glenn,
Got a question or a request, I guess.
I've noticed you've had the same version of The Eagle Has Landed as the channel theme for nearly 10 years now! Just wondering if you'd ever consider releasing the multitracks to let the views remix it as a competition or something. The winner could end up being the new version maybe?
Just an idea.
Take Care!
9:40 Glenn just called me out.
I have the presonus 1810c and it works and sounds great! Also got it used for only 200!
thanks for recommending "the Amtrak Wars" I read the first two books on a 5 country tour of Europe. Now I have to buy the rest of the books. If you like, try "The shadow and Bone" trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. good hero's quest and interesting world building. thanks.
I'd guess the difference between having a console like the neve and just using a daw is the fact is has to cut your work time in half maybe even more since you're working with everything in a more physical workspace and you can micro manage little tasks a lot easier and faster than trying to manage everything with a mouse or god forbid a track pad. Is it worth $100k to most people? Obviously not most people don't have the space for one. However the fact you can record a band off the floor and directly isolate everything straight onto the console you are recording with is the difference between a 3 hour recording session and a 30 minute recording session. Time is money
With regard to virtual drums. I once went to see a friend play a gig in a tiny venue, his bass drum broke mid set and they had to carry on without it. A side effect of this was much of the other sound cleaned up significantly. I'm assuming that's the lack of bass vibrations bouncing around, affecting the bass guitar, guitars and mics. My question is, would there be an advantage in running a virtual bass drum, straight to the PA desk, to alleviate problems of bass vibrations bleeding into other instruments? I'm not a musician, just an interested fan.