Hi friend, I've just uploaded a new video! I got to visit the great Greg Collins over at his studio and had a blast! We talked about his journey, working with Ace Frehley and KISS, checked out his gear, and all things music! I love going over to new studios and hanging with like-minded individuals chatting about music! It is always inspiring to me and I hope it will be to you as well! Please check out the video and leave lots of comments! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Hi Warren! Much to the detriment of my own productivity, I've binge watched a whole bunch of these interviews over the last few days, and this is by far my favourite! I've been battling with the idea of upgrading my mediocre motu convertors for a while, and it's great to be reminded to just focus on putting the best music I possibly can into them. Kind regards, Jacob.
Great conversation, and great studio. My favorite thing about this interview/studio tour is that it shows how Greg deals with constraints (space, mostly). It's illuminating. Thanks Greg and Warren!
Warren, not dogs! Haha. "Don't be obsessive about the little things, don't be over obsessive" - so much wisdom in that. Perhaps the one piece of ideology I haven't mastered that holds me back from my full potential. Much love for what you do Warren. My best to you and your family.
Brilliant! I just love learning how others achieve the sound quality they are looking for. There are some obvious cross-overs from engineer to engineer, but lots of things that just idiosyncratic. No 'right' way to do anything I guess. Thanks for letting us listen in on this conversation.
UAD PLUGINS Latency can be greatly reduced if you click on the tiny Microphone icon in the bottom left of every plugin (low Latency mode).....It should turn red when selected.... Your welcome! ;-) And thanks for creating such an awesome resource Warren. Props!
Your discussion about the availability or options esentially everybody can have is interesting. I think prioritizing and having a limited selection has its value, at least for me. I use what I have, I come up with unusual ways to use it and that can lead to interesting sounds I can use creatively. I remember the time I bought my TC G-Major when it came out. Suddenly I had an incredible range of effects and could achieve these over the top lead sounds with reverb, delay and chorus. Today when I record something, I want to create a sense of something by combining sounds rather than slapping an effect on everything. An icredible wide and spacious background keyboard creates this sense of ambience very well without having to put an effect on a lot of other instruments. Having restricted availability of options isn't a bad thing.
I love your videos. This is such a wonderful RUclips channel. I'm not new at this, but I am still able to learn more because of your videos. Greg Collins seems like such a great guy to work with as are many of the people featured in your videos. You really make a excellent host as well. I have been recommending your videos to all of my friends in any music or production field. Well done and thank you!
Hi Grady, wow thank you very much indeed!! Yes, Greg is a great guy, extremely talented and has an amazing studio!! Thanks for your extremely kind words!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Hey Warren, Would love to see how Greg uses his parallel snare chain and his thought process while using the 3 mics on the amps. Thanks for the great interview.
It's interesting what you said about being late to the beat and stuff, there's a similar thing with jazz with the emphasis on the and of 4 rather than one to give the song momentum ;)
Wow, this is an amazing interview. My mind was blown that this guy uses alot of the same gear that I use in my home studio. For example I love my ua710, distressor, and I am purchasing an ADL 1500. My question is how much does he love that ADL 1500? You never really see them in many videos, but when you see them in a person's studio they always have a big smile on their face talking about them. Dose it give a better flavor than going into a UA la2a?
Nice place, nice gear, good interview, as usual! On a side note, you know what would be awesome? If you went and record the same 30 seconds basic drum, bass, gtr track in every studio you visit for us. I know that it would probably be quite a bit more complicated to produce but still, that would add so much more to our experience to hear how every place, it's gear and producer/engineer affects the sound. Just a though! Have a great day!
I like that you auto-corrected yourself when you said "kids". It always annoys me when bands I like refers to their fans as kids since I'm in my 40s. hahaha Good interview as always!
Hi Warren! Thank you for this interview. What a great, humble, knowledgeable music lover. I'd love to plant another seed and ask if you could follow up with an interview with Kevin Kehew. Two wonderful guys with much to share. Thanks so much.
That sounds cool! Do you have Brian's info? Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the video! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Ha! No! You're the guru! It sure sounds as if Greg Collins knows how to reach him though. Also, FANTASTIC episode with Simon Phillips. Mesmerizing. Genuine, humble, astonishing resume and so willing to share insights, experience and attention to detail. Thanks so much!
Thanks very much!! Yes Simon is AMAZING! Great guy and I had a wonderful time with him! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Does Greg use the UA Console App? You can track with near 0 latency with up to 4 UA plugins on all of your record tracks, and commit them to your DAW. You also have the option to "Monitor Only" so your tracks come in clean to your DAW. The only catch is that you have to monitor through the Console App. It makes punch recording a little more work, but it gives you a plethora of gear to track with and have no latency issues.
I should also say, you need a UA Apollo interface to use the Console App, so maybe that's where Greg runs into latency issues, if he doesn't have an Apollo.
Looks like he's using a UAD satellite along with the pro tools hd converters. No console app unless you use Apollo converters. My workaround for overdub recording in a session with UAD plugs- direct monitoring. As long as your interface offers a direct monitoring option (my apogee symphony does) , just run your record track through that and leave your playback buffer high for the rest of the session. Or use a sub mixer and monitor from that before hitting a/d conversion.
So talking about the UAD stuff. UAD are claiming at the UAD Arrow is zero latency. I'm not sure If that's true, but I've just bought one and waiting for it to arrive, I'll let people know how it is. I'm guess that the zero latency is down to the fact it's a thunderbolt3 cable which can process information very quickly. That's just my thought, but when I get my hands on the Arrow I'll let you guys know... p.s. I'm a bassist so it will be based on my bass playing hahah :)
I have two questions. I noticed the large monitors have the bass speakers on the outside. I've heard it's best to have the bass on the inside of speakers that lay on their side because the bottom frequencies are mono, or centered, so having the bass closer to the middle is desired. Is this the case? Also, I've seen several videos where there's more than one audio interface - this guy has three? What purpose does that serve? Is that because each interface has 8 ins and three interfaces will allow 24 channels to record simultaneously? Are they chained together via firewire to each other or multiple firewire adapter cards?
Great vid! These interviews, while awesome and informative and much appreciated, are always like foreplay for the gear porn that lies ahead, especially when it can vaguely be seen in the background! :D
Hi David, thanks very much! Ok I'm going to have to go back the video to find that reference! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Another great tour! Do you know that mixer/control surface is in front of the Neve 5432? I'm hoping it's for controlling faders in the computer, that would be so much better than clicking things with a mouse.
Probably a problem with the setting of the auto delay compensation in PT on the UAD. I think it's in the playback engine settings. Haven't used it in years. I use Studio One on a PC and Aurdour/MixBus on another PC. With the pipeline in Studio One I can connect and use effects on the other computer. I can track live, from Studio One, through Guitarix in Linux on a USB through the SPDIF and back to Studio One with 10-15ms latency. Pipeline has compensation setting for each instance. Maybe Avid should just call it Tools....lol.
Hi Rabi, thanks for your insight! I really appreciate your comment! I know that there are different manufacturers that have different results, I have read a 1.1ms delay for a different manufacturer, so that might be the biggest variable. Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
I had a '68 Bassman when I played guitar, coupled with a single greenback in a DIY cab, fantastic sounding is right! Speaking of Ace: I'm guessing you must have mentioned The Stooges to him, because he talks about his sloppy playing in the latest Guitar World interview and says "It's not like the Stooges though" and laughs about it .. haha....
Hi Steve, Haha Yes I'm sure he knows I love The Stooges!! Ace is very humble and loves a lot of amazing music!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
The Bassman is a 68. The dripedge were the first "silverface" models. Before that were the "Blackface" models. I think the dripedge 68 is the same as the blackface models except for aesthetics.
Thanks Warren for all your great videos!! Always informative, always helping me develop as a producer. There is a friend of mine his name is Michael Lattanzi, he is a fantastic engineer/producer and he has an amazing studio in Nashville, Lattitude Studio South. It would be awesome if you can do a show with him. Please check out his place LattitudeStudio.com one of the most beautiful studios I have ever seen. Have a fabulous day brotha!!
hey thanks to YOU for all the amazing videos and your humble attitude, also having my comments answered by you directly is rather maaaaarvelous, so hope you have a great day recording and mixing and wish u a jolly good time (maaarvelous even)
Hi friend, I've just uploaded a new video! I got to visit the great Greg Collins over at his studio and had a blast! We talked about his journey, working with Ace Frehley and KISS, checked out his gear, and all things music! I love going over to new studios and hanging with like-minded individuals chatting about music! It is always inspiring to me and I hope it will be to you as well! Please check out the video and leave lots of comments! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Hi Warren! Much to the detriment of my own productivity, I've binge watched a whole bunch of these interviews over the last few days, and this is by far my favourite! I've been battling with the idea of upgrading my mediocre motu convertors for a while, and it's great to be reminded to just focus on putting the best music I possibly can into them. Kind regards, Jacob.
Great conversation, and great studio. My favorite thing about this interview/studio tour is that it shows how Greg deals with constraints (space, mostly). It's illuminating. Thanks Greg and Warren!
Yes agreed! Amazing use of space!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Warren, not dogs! Haha. "Don't be obsessive about the little things, don't be over obsessive" - so much wisdom in that. Perhaps the one piece of ideology I haven't mastered that holds me back from my full potential.
Much love for what you do Warren. My best to you and your family.
Brilliant! I just love learning how others achieve the sound quality they are looking for. There are some obvious cross-overs from engineer to engineer, but lots of things that just idiosyncratic. No 'right' way to do anything I guess. Thanks for letting us listen in on this conversation.
Another excellent interview, Warren, this time with Greg. I'm picking up a lot watching your studio "chats."
UAD PLUGINS Latency can be greatly reduced if you click on the tiny Microphone icon in the bottom left of every plugin (low Latency mode).....It should turn red when selected.... Your welcome! ;-)
And thanks for creating such an awesome resource Warren. Props!
Thanks for the great tip! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
It's always a great hang at Produce Like A Pro! Thanks Warren for another great & insightful interview.
Thanks very much fro watching!! You Rock!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Your discussion about the availability or options esentially everybody can have is interesting. I think prioritizing and having a limited selection has its value, at least for me. I use what I have, I come up with unusual ways to use it and that can lead to interesting sounds I can use creatively.
I remember the time I bought my TC G-Major when it came out. Suddenly I had an incredible range of effects and could achieve these over the top lead sounds with reverb, delay and chorus.
Today when I record something, I want to create a sense of something by combining sounds rather than slapping an effect on everything. An icredible wide and spacious background keyboard creates this sense of ambience very well without having to put an effect on a lot of other instruments.
Having restricted availability of options isn't a bad thing.
Absolutely! I agree limiting your options can be a great way to help keep your focus! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Great video. I like when engineers talk about their approach towards mixing and recording.
Great interview. You both seem to have so much common ground. Beautiful!
I love your videos. This is such a wonderful RUclips channel. I'm not new at this, but I am still able to learn more because of your videos. Greg Collins seems like such a great guy to work with as are many of the people featured in your videos. You really make a excellent host as well. I have been recommending your videos to all of my friends in any music or production field. Well done and thank you!
Hi Grady, wow thank you very much indeed!! Yes, Greg is a great guy, extremely talented and has an amazing studio!! Thanks for your extremely kind words!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
What a great setup! And great guy with an amazing list of albums made. Cheers!
Hi Juan, Yes Greg is a wonderful guy and has made so many amazing albums!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
That was great. What a lovely bloke! All the best from Bonny Scotland
Hi there in Bonny Scotland!! Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes Greg is a great guy!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Hey Warren, Would love to see how Greg uses his parallel snare chain and his thought process while using the 3 mics on the amps.
Thanks for the great interview.
Agreed 100% Patrick!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
It's interesting what you said about being late to the beat and stuff, there's a similar thing with jazz with the emphasis on the and of 4 rather than one to give the song momentum ;)
Thanks Tiege for that info and sight!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Good stuff as always. And I agree 100% regarding The Bends.
Thanks very much! Yes The Bends is such an amazing album!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Wow, this is an amazing interview. My mind was blown that this guy uses alot of the same gear that I use in my home studio. For example I love my ua710, distressor, and I am purchasing an ADL 1500.
My question is how much does he love that ADL 1500? You never really see them in many videos, but when you see them in a person's studio they always have a big smile on their face talking about them. Dose it give a better flavor than going into a UA la2a?
Nice place, nice gear, good interview, as usual! On a side note, you know what would be awesome? If you went and record the same 30 seconds basic drum, bass, gtr track in every studio you visit for us. I know that it would probably be quite a bit more complicated to produce but still, that would add so much more to our experience to hear how every place, it's gear and producer/engineer affects the sound. Just a though! Have a great day!
Hi Simon, that's an amazing idea!! You've got me thinking!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
I might've just pressed watch because of the pupper, great episode m8
Thanks ever so much my friend!!
I like that you auto-corrected yourself when you said "kids". It always annoys me when bands I like refers to their fans as kids since I'm in my 40s. hahaha Good interview as always!
Haha yes it's been quite a long time since I've been a kid!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Thanks for another great video!!!
Hi Warren! Thank you for this interview. What a great, humble, knowledgeable music lover. I'd love to plant another seed and ask if you could follow up with an interview with Kevin Kehew. Two wonderful guys with much to share. Thanks so much.
I meant Brian Kehew! Pass another pint, mate...
That sounds cool! Do you have Brian's info? Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the video! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Haha it's ok I knew what you meant! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Ha! No! You're the guru! It sure sounds as if Greg Collins knows how to reach him though. Also, FANTASTIC episode with Simon Phillips. Mesmerizing. Genuine, humble, astonishing resume and so willing to share insights, experience and attention to detail. Thanks so much!
Thanks very much!! Yes Simon is AMAZING! Great guy and I had a wonderful time with him! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Does Greg use the UA Console App? You can track with near 0 latency with up to 4 UA plugins on all of your record tracks, and commit them to your DAW. You also have the option to "Monitor Only" so your tracks come in clean to your DAW. The only catch is that you have to monitor through the Console App. It makes punch recording a little more work, but it gives you a plethora of gear to track with and have no latency issues.
I should also say, you need a UA Apollo interface to use the Console App, so maybe that's where Greg runs into latency issues, if he doesn't have an Apollo.
Looks like he's using a UAD satellite along with the pro tools hd converters. No console app unless you use Apollo converters. My workaround for overdub recording in a session with UAD plugs- direct monitoring. As long as your interface offers a direct monitoring option (my apogee symphony does) , just run your record track through that and leave your playback buffer high for the rest of the session. Or use a sub mixer and monitor from that before hitting a/d conversion.
Thanks Brian and John for this info! I really appreciate it! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
So talking about the UAD stuff. UAD are claiming at the UAD Arrow is zero latency. I'm not sure If that's true, but I've just bought one and waiting for it to arrive, I'll let people know how it is. I'm guess that the zero latency is down to the fact it's a thunderbolt3 cable which can process information very quickly. That's just my thought, but when I get my hands on the Arrow I'll let you guys know... p.s. I'm a bassist so it will be based on my bass playing hahah :)
I have two questions. I noticed the large monitors have the bass speakers on the outside. I've heard it's best to have the bass on the inside of speakers that lay on their side because the bottom frequencies are mono, or centered, so having the bass closer to the middle is desired. Is this the case? Also, I've seen several videos where there's more than one audio interface - this guy has three? What purpose does that serve? Is that because each interface has 8 ins and three interfaces will allow 24 channels to record simultaneously? Are they chained together via firewire to each other or multiple firewire adapter cards?
Great vid! These interviews, while awesome and informative and much appreciated, are always like foreplay for the gear porn that lies ahead, especially when it can vaguely be seen in the background! :D
Haha yes gear porn is very dangerous!! haha Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
awesome & superb interview.. So much fun!! what was the record he said he still uses as a reference of what a kick should sound like?
Hi David, thanks very much! Ok I'm going to have to go back the video to find that reference! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
I have that 4710d! Awesome vid guys, and a cat from rochester!
Hi Josh, thanks very much!! The 4710d!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Please, I ask you if it can be, that you activate the subtitles of this video for non-English speakers, I would be very grateful. Thank you.
Great video Warren..
Thanks very much!! I really appreciate it! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Should I put a Fairchild on every channel Haha LOL. Nice interview talented engineer like to find out more about him.Thank you.
Wow!! Of course of you have them use them! Hahaha Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Another great tour! Do you know that mixer/control surface is in front of the Neve 5432? I'm hoping it's for controlling faders in the computer, that would be so much better than clicking things with a mouse.
Hi Robert, thanks very much! Hmm great question! I will have to find out!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Avid Artist Mix. Midi controllers with motorized faders. Expensive (around 1k$ each). This dude has two of them...
haha I'll keep trying to get my 50 dollar korg nanokontrol to work as a midi mixer with my mac then! Thanks for letting me know.
Wow Robert, I didn't know they were so expensive! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Probably a problem with the setting of the auto delay compensation in PT on the UAD. I think it's in the playback engine settings. Haven't used it in years. I use Studio One on a PC and Aurdour/MixBus on another PC. With the pipeline in Studio One I can connect and use effects on the other computer. I can track live, from Studio One, through Guitarix in Linux on a USB through the SPDIF and back to Studio One with 10-15ms latency. Pipeline has compensation setting for each instance. Maybe Avid should just call it Tools....lol.
Hi Rabi, thanks for your insight! I really appreciate your comment! I know that there are different manufacturers that have different results, I have read a 1.1ms delay for a different manufacturer, so that might be the biggest variable. Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Cool gear another cool vid.
Hi Steve, thanks very much!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Great greta interview! cheers
Thanks very much! I really appreciate it! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
please do 606 studio tour. please..
Awesome studio..
HI Marc, yes indeed it is!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
+Produce Like A Pro shame we never got to see the 'American mic' that was mentioned.
Hi Marc, I know!!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
I had a '68 Bassman when I played guitar, coupled with a single greenback in a DIY cab, fantastic sounding is right!
Speaking of Ace: I'm guessing you must have mentioned The Stooges to him, because he talks about his sloppy playing in the latest Guitar World interview and says "It's not like the Stooges though" and laughs about it .. haha....
Hi Steve, Haha Yes I'm sure he knows I love The Stooges!! Ace is very humble and loves a lot of amazing music!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Californication was the last good record, i am huge fan of John Frusciante. Great Interview big THX!
Hi Mikel, yes Frusciante is a great guitarist!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Ahem... Burl Audio is by far the Best Sounding converters on the Planet. They are analog circuit, discreet analog into AKM chips.
The Bassman is a 68. The dripedge were the first "silverface" models. Before that were the "Blackface" models. I think the dripedge 68 is the same as the blackface models except for aesthetics.
Thanks very much for clarifying that! I really appreciate it! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
bassdrum depht is maximum 16"
1:08:00 best part.
Agreed Gregory! Dogs RULE!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Thanks Warren for all your great videos!! Always informative, always helping me develop as a producer. There is a friend of mine his name is Michael Lattanzi, he is a fantastic engineer/producer and he has an amazing studio in Nashville, Lattitude Studio South. It would be awesome if you can do a show with him. Please check out his place LattitudeStudio.com one of the most beautiful studios I have ever seen. Have a fabulous day brotha!!
Thanks very much for the very kind words!! So glad to be able to help!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
look at them getting all romantic in the guitar part
Haha yes I love guitars and guitar playing!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
awesome! nice moments in there, with the drums too, today basically all day i just watched ur videos lol
Hi Ehsan, aw shucks thanks very much! Glad you are enjoying the videos!! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
hey thanks to YOU for all the amazing videos and your humble attitude, also having my comments answered by you directly is rather maaaaarvelous, so hope you have a great day recording and mixing and wish u a jolly good time (maaarvelous even)
Hi Ehsan, thank ever so much! So glad to be able to help!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Oktava MK-012
Yes great affordable mics!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Just a correction, you called them something else in the interview. Great work as always Warren! :-)
Haha I see! Yes I certainly am not an expert! Have a marvelous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
When he brought out his dog. Worst part. Just kidding.
Haha yes, I LOVE my Dog!! Dogs rule! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren