I was mega hyped for a re-recording of clayman since it’s one of my favorite albums by the band. I got through the song one time and thought “boy they really snipped the balls off of a really good song.” Listened to it again and had the epiphany that modern recording techniques really castrate the energy of metal. We need to really bring back that raw energy to metal again, not just with songwriting but with recording it. How do we do this? Glenn lay down your wisdom.
I used to record drums with a single condenser over the snare, right above the drummer’s head and a kick mic. Not ideal but you can get a decent sound. Mike Johnston does all his drum lesson videos with a 2 mic setup. Anything is possible.
Something similar we did in 2009. We had only two cheap mics, we tried them both on bass drum and as an overhead (above the drummer). And we recorded some pretty decent demos. Still better than samples. \m/
get some ups'es I have one for 850~watts continuous for 10 minutes on a full power out, those things kick over to battery very fast with even setable sensitivity, to the point I notice the brownout due to led lighting after its already kicked over (mine is just keeping my monitor and pc going at all times, I have 3 more slots I could fill with it) I don't know if it would make audio flawless they make smaller ones in the 300 watt range you could get for 60-100$ and test out, but I had a power out happen due to drunk guy wrapping himself around a pole that ended up corrupting sectors of an ssd I use, had no idea power off events like that would effect them so bad, but it took a 60gb database with it... I was able to recover and now keep everything backed up good enough I won't miss what little I loose. always make sure you have a good psu, and always make sure its backed by a ups, and always make sure to power down gracefully if its an option.
This comment about Mona Lisa is really spot on, actually. You said a perfect answer which is so bulletproof there is practically no way to shut that argument down. That being said, I would be ready to use sampled drums but you are completely right about sampled and real thing.
I like your no bullshit attitude mate. And your attitude towards recording and guitars, "if it sounds good it is good" is great. You earned a sub from me.
There's still some redeeming things about their modern work... mostly the unintentional comedy. I mean, how can you not listen to Anders whine "But the whole world can just go to hell/This life is killing me" on Siren Charms and not burst into laughter?
@@erikrandan7294 I can only assume that is a burnt/burned comment since may/might is used interchangeably in this instance. Burned is the past tense of burn as a verb. "The fire burned itself out." "The boy burned his finger." Burnt is the past participle of a adjective. "Look at this burnt log" "In Flames is a burnt out." In the original example burned out is what they did, not how they ended up. There Glenn (it's two Ns BTW) saved ya the work.
Yeah, old things should be left alone, no remixes, re-recodings etc, its like these constant crap remakes that Hollywood churns out. FFS come up with something new !
Re-recording a song is more like a hit or miss thing. What the band did to their songs is to apply their current sound to their classic ones which ends up bad IMO
Keep on keeping on glenn. I love your channel. Your " how to record heavy drums " series , really helped me feel more confident going into the studio with my band for the first time. I feel like I waisted allot less time than I expected to. Thanks man. You rock.
Love this album personally. The swim riff with the wah trick blow my mind when I was kid and it still work on me. Owever love the massive wall of sound this album as, not like the remaster that sound like you just put of all the fun of the original
I've heard mastering contrasted to mixing like this: mixing is how you get your song to sound good on its own. Mastering is how you get your song to sound good with all the others. (note - this is why putting a Waves L1 on your master bus in a mix session ISN'T mastering) Tonal stuff is really only half of it though. The other half of mastering is getting your music to a distribution-ready form (file format, sample rate, etc), as well as including metadata (artist, composer, album name, etc). Check out iZotope's series "Are You Listening," or read Bob Katz's "Mastering Audio: the Art and Science."
Whoa Glenn! Nice Carnis Immortalis shirt! I'm really good personal friends with all the guys. In fact, Erik and I used to be in a band together. Awesome! 🤘🤘🤘
Hey Glenn, I've been tuning into your channel here and there over the years. I have to say, I have seen you evolve from a kinda grumpy old metal head to a kinda happy old metal head. Lol. =) Losing weight, successful youtube channel etc. Good for you! Keep up the good work! keep it Metal! \m/ \m/
That Mix review video would be awesome! Currently using the 4 ban EQ free plug in you mentioned from either your 2018 or your 2019 free plug ins video.. Love the outcomes, but I feel like I can maximize my mixes with something a little more sophisticated and with more range modifications.
Honestly, the first time i heard Glenn rant about the Clayman re-recording, i thought that he probably just doesn't like it, because they made it sound more modern. Then i actually listend to the re-recording. :D Seriously, was this stuff even mixed at all? It just sounds like all the tracks were left completely raw; only adjusting the levels, no eq, no compression, no nothing. How something like this could be publicly released is absolutely beyond me.....
I only listened to the remasters at first so I didn't know what he was talking about... But damn, listening to the re-recordings made me cringe. Anyone in their bedroom could mix better than this. Also the new vocals feel off.
CLA did the mix and this is a perfect example of why i dislike CLA, but honestly i think it’s just as much the recording engineer’s fault as it was CLA’s
Creative Minds i know cla mixed it, but seriously, this doesn’t sound like a cla mix at all. not sure if he was on drugs or whatever, but the dude usually knows his shit.
@@wesborlandfan9453 does he though? I think he knows certain things, but I never thought he did metal good. Rock, pop (master here), etc sure, but metal? Nope.
To the kid using 2 mics in a small house, I used to use a live mix board, into my 2 channel interface. It allowed me to split the signal for the drums to stereo and get decent recording. Get a couple more mics
The rerecordings on the Clayman 2020 anniversary album lacked much of what made the original album stand out. I was very hyped to see one of my favorite albums of all time get remastered but listening to it felt like a rude slap to the face. I can see what they were trying to go for, but it fell short especially when you compare to the originals. They can do better. I hope the criticisms reach the band and that they take it into consideration if they decide to do this with other albums (please don't). Meanwhile, Dark Tranquility put out the new Phantom Days single today and it sounds AMAZING in every regard.
The comment about the 2i2, I know it's more expensive but I held out for the 8i6 which has 6 analogue inputs and a digital input too. I've not regretted the extra outlay as it has been fantastic and I can add a 8 channel adat at a later date and get 8 more inputs. I'm not a metal head but love your channel, Glenn. Cheers from Scotland
Hey glenn i bought an v3 carvin 50 wattts 6 years ago for 156 dlls it was sitting collecting dust recently i bought an 4x12 acoustic cab i run my metal zone on the effects loops clean channel whit a yamaha rgz612 fkng unbelievable great tone
Regarding the 2-channel drum sound: If there are online 2 mikes available, thats a problem, but if you have hardware mixer & effects, you can hardware mix your drums and record it from the mixer output in 2 channels. It's not the best thing but I've done it to the satisfaction of me and my customers when I started out. Tip here: if possible record the drums last not first, so you can iteratively hardware-mix a played drum region to the rest of the pre-mixed instruments, and when the sound is balanced, then do the actual drum recording. Not a thing you'd want in general, but not impossible either!
Not watched you in a while, looks like you’re keeping the weight off and that’s great. Fantastic informative and entertaining content as usual - even if I’m a bass player that's using Superior Drummer on their band’s mixes and releases.
An answer to Gi Cool about the two inputs and recording real drums. Check out the Yamaha EAD10 drum mic. It sits on your kick drum basically in “die wurst” position. It’s a stereo pair of mic’s and a kick trigger if you want to use some of the kick samples in the unit to help with your kick sound. The two mic’s pickup about a 4-5 foot radius (second floor Tom gets quieter) and sound ok. Not as good as single mic-ing everything and the drummer has to know how to mix themselves. But it is only two outputs. Perfect for the home studio with a 2i2. Check it out if you can. They are a bit pricey though. Hope this helps.
For the guy wanting to do drum recording on a budget I’d say swap the focusrite out for a cheap behringer interface with more inputs. Try and go for a 4 mic setup if you can. Kick, snare and stereo overheads. At least gives a bit more control over the sound and if you can’t afford all the mics at once it can be expanded in the future. Feel like the 2i2 isn’t up to the task of what you need and will end up hamstringing you going forward. Get as many inputs as you can afford or make sure there’s a light pipe input so it can be expanded in the future, even something with cheap preamps will be good enough for a good long time.
Loving this new editing style Glenn!! Been subscribed since 2013 so glad to see you are always working to get better, much love from Wallaceburg ontario!
6:46 If you've only got two inputs and still want to record live drums I recommend focusing on getting a good overhead recording and blending that with sampled shells. A Glyn Johns setup without the kick still does a decent job of capturing the toms and snare, so you'll have a lot of real drums to work with and won't have to rely too heavily on the samples. Cymbals are usually the weakest part of programmed drums, in my opinion, and capturing them well helps a lot. It's also good practice for when you can expand and get more inputs.
The moment i heared Clayman 2020, i right away understood what Glenn was saying all this time. Kinda want to hear his re-recorded version of clayman. Only for the weak, did sound very very good to me although nowhere near the same feel it used to have.
In my opinion, the best example about the bass and a drum that helps the guitar sounds heavier is the super famous song "Zombie", from the Cranberries. Even if not Metal, that song sounds super heavy but, when you listen carefully, the guitar sounds super thin and very scratchy.
Hey Glenn. Like you, I am also getting tired of how digitized and sterile today's metal mixes sound. Everybody sounds the same!! That being said, I am also a bedroom guitarist that uses Superior Drummer 3 and amp sims for my guitars and bass when I write/record. I just do this for fun, but I still really like learning about producing and mixing. My question is: how would you recommend recording songs using modern technology (like sampled drums and amp sims) to get a more "old school" sound? What mixing methods would you use without over-editing the shit out of everything? I have no idea how records were produced back in the 80s and 90s but that might be a cool idea for a segment. Thanks Glenn. Stay safe out there.
Speaking of unique guitar sounds, I was contacted by a US technical death metal band because they loved the guitar sound I made for Fractal Universe's 2nd Album. The dude was in utter shock when I told him a big part of that sound was thanks to a freeware Lepou amp sim from 10 years ago :D
As far as unique guitar tones for their style, Fuming Mouth has a standout guitar tone among all their peers, as well as being heavy as hell highly recommended, its deathcore in the most literal sense death metal with hardcore influences super sick stuff
I’d be interested in hearing a full explanation of why you think the 2020 re-recorded version of “Clayman” sounds worse. The meme you showed begins to explain what you might think, but I’m still curious to know what are the exact reasons you think it’s worse. I think both versions are good, and I actually prefer the newer one mainly because it sounds much cleaner (the instruments blend together but in a way where notes are more easily distinguishable).
I had some of the In Flames new "mix" videos in my feed and listened to it, and it screamed board room marketing level idea from people who had no clue.
I definitely agree that the 5150 and TS9 tone became overused. I recorded all my music (1 ep and 1 album) with a Mooer Micro Preamp US Gold 100 with its built in IR, which is based on a Friedman BE amp, and I boost that pedal with a compressor, and I get a super tight tone with a pretty interesting midrange. Bring back the experimentation! Let's discover some new cool shit!
Yay, I got an answer! Reason I asked, we don't really have those 5150 /w V30s around here, we make do with Peavey/Fender/Marshall/whatever combos. I have gotten some pretty decent tonez with my Valveking 212 and a Rode NT1a. Maybe not that brootalz but nice heavy rock type stuff. Maybe even classic metal. I do prefer that to amp sims and impulses, even though those are way easier to work with. They just make everything sound the same. Which is okay sometimes, but....
I think one of the reasons mixes are becoming more watered down is what people are listening to music on. A lot of people just play out of there phone speakers, or listen on earbuds. If the mix is good and tight it’ll come through the best on those.
in regards to "cookie cutter" tones, nowadays its all plugins, edited, drum tracks and everyone sounds the same now. i see/hear it alot on instagram.. all sounds the same to me
Hey Glenn! Got a question: are there guitar tones you find are bad (or at least questionable) themselves, but sound awesome in the mix? An example that comes to my mind would be the guitar tone on Painkiller (don't get me wrong, it's still one of my favorite albums ever) Cheers from Switzerland
Glenn, have Audio Assault reached out to you about Reamp Studio? With proper EQ and when you blend two amps, it’s incredible. It should be out soon. I’ve got the beta and I’m in love. I’ve tried demos for most amp sims except for Fractal and so far it’s my favorite.
I’ve mixed with tape before in my undergrad. First, you have to spend the $20,000 to get an old studio tape player because no normal tape machine is going to give you a good experience with the amount of self noise most of them have (extra fluff built into the budget for when you inevitably have to get the thing re-capped by shipping it across the country to one of the 4 living people that know how to re-cap an old tape machine). After that you figure out which tape yours is meant to read then find a dealer for that specific tape (assuming one exists) and trust me it’s easier to find someone capable of dealing you weed by the ounce than to find a manufacturer for tapes who won’t absolutely fuck your brains out over a table financially speaking ($150 minimum for a single 17-18 minute reel). Now the best process I’ve seen for using tape in a modern studio is to do all of your mixing in the DAW of choice and use the tape as a glorified print track. Obviously you’re going to need a little bit more flexible I/O solution to get the signal both out and back into the DAW, but if you have a giant pile of infinite money to burn like my audio engineering teacher had, then buy into it! For the rest of us there’s plugins that do the SAME EXACT THING for literally hundredths of the price.
I'm no sound engineer, but a thought for the dude from The Phillipines about recording drums with only 2 mics... If you can, record each part separately. It's a major pain, but it can work. Set up mics and tracks for multiple passes at the same song, i.e. record kick and snare in pass 1, then move the mics and record toms and overheads in pass 2, then room mics in pass 3. Then you can either mix all 3 tracks down, or have them all in your DAW as a part of the overall mix. You just need to play the song the same way 3 times. And don't hit anything in each pass that you don't want recorded. I can't remember what record it was, but I read an article years and years ago about a drummer who recorded his drums separately from his cymbals using a technique like this.
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Glenn: specialises in metal music
Also Glenn: wonders why he deals exclusively with idiots
As a metal musician, I can concur with this statement, we can be pretty stupid.
Am metalhead, can confirm. We dum
Confirmed
I'm a diehard metalhead and whenever I hear someone claiming metal is for superior intellects I die a little more inside from the cringe
@@aleskdc3808 well, prog metal maybe... but for the majority yeah I agree XD
If it aint broke dont fix
if only the modern music industry thought of that!
Fix it till it breaks...brute force and ignorance
Yep
Maybe Clayman 2020 is for an entry into Eurovision.
I love the blooper reel! Please keep that as a permanent feature!
I was mega hyped for a re-recording of clayman since it’s one of my favorite albums by the band. I got through the song one time and thought “boy they really snipped the balls off of a really good song.” Listened to it again and had the epiphany that modern recording techniques really castrate the energy of metal. We need to really bring back that raw energy to metal again, not just with songwriting but with recording it. How do we do this? Glenn lay down your wisdom.
I don't think it was the modern production. Just whoever did it really fucked it up
If you think modern productions aren't heavy, you're listening to the wrong music.
For some bands I prefer the demo over the “official album” because it actually has real drums
All of my releases made before breaking in that have samples will always be called demos
I used to record drums with a single condenser over the snare, right above the drummer’s head and a kick mic. Not ideal but you can get a decent sound. Mike Johnston does all his drum lesson videos with a 2 mic setup. Anything is possible.
Something similar we did in 2009. We had only two cheap mics, we tried them both on bass drum and as an overhead (above the drummer). And we recorded some pretty decent demos.
Still better than samples. \m/
5:54 woah! Never heard any mic clipping happening in your videos, damn near blew up that mic!
That was a power brownout. I have absolutely no control over that!
get some ups'es I have one for 850~watts continuous for 10 minutes on a full power out, those things kick over to battery very fast with even setable sensitivity, to the point I notice the brownout due to led lighting after its already kicked over (mine is just keeping my monitor and pc going at all times, I have 3 more slots I could fill with it)
I don't know if it would make audio flawless they make smaller ones in the 300 watt range you could get for 60-100$ and test out, but I had a power out happen due to drunk guy wrapping himself around a pole that ended up corrupting sectors of an ssd I use, had no idea power off events like that would effect them so bad, but it took a 60gb database with it... I was able to recover and now keep everything backed up good enough I won't miss what little I loose.
always make sure you have a good psu, and always make sure its backed by a ups, and always make sure to power down gracefully if its an option.
@@SpectreSoundStudios I must be a bass player because i have no clue what a power brown out is, Lol
Lol, fantastic. No fluff honest responses. Why is that so rare these days?! Love ya dude 🤘
This comment about Mona Lisa is really spot on, actually. You said a perfect answer which is so bulletproof there is practically no way to shut that argument down. That being said, I would be ready to use sampled drums but you are completely right about sampled and real thing.
I like your no bullshit attitude mate. And your attitude towards recording and guitars, "if it sounds good it is good" is great. You earned a sub from me.
Enjoyed The Daily Reeeee! as well as the bloopers.
Might as well just rename them End Flames because they burned out years ago.
Waiting for Glen to finally break down and do a grammar lesson.
LOL
That sucks...
There's still some redeeming things about their modern work... mostly the unintentional comedy. I mean, how can you not listen to Anders whine "But the whole world can just go to hell/This life is killing me" on Siren Charms and not burst into laughter?
@@erikrandan7294 I can only assume that is a burnt/burned comment since may/might is used interchangeably in this instance.
Burned is the past tense of burn as a verb.
"The fire burned itself out."
"The boy burned his finger."
Burnt is the past participle of a adjective.
"Look at this burnt log"
"In Flames is a burnt out."
In the original example burned out is what they did, not how they ended up.
There Glenn (it's two Ns BTW) saved ya the work.
In Flames went up In Smoke
There are some things that is too good that it doesn't need to re-recorded. Majority of the fans loved the production and the album itself.
Something that was done so well that it doesn’t need to be redone? So exactly like the drum samples everyone constantly derides? ;)
Yeah, old things should be left alone, no remixes, re-recodings etc, its like these constant crap remakes that Hollywood churns out. FFS come up with something new !
Couldn't agree more. Remember when Dave remastered Rust and added new vocals on some tracks? Truly awful.
SHOOTOUT!
Re-recording a song is more like a hit or miss thing. What the band did to their songs is to apply their current sound to their classic ones which ends up bad IMO
Keep on keeping on glenn. I love your channel. Your " how to record heavy drums " series , really helped me feel more confident going into the studio with my band for the first time. I feel like I waisted allot less time than I expected to. Thanks man. You rock.
Love this album personally.
The swim riff with the wah trick blow my mind when I was kid and it still work on me. Owever love the massive wall of sound this album as, not like the remaster that sound like you just put of all the fun of the original
Old Blood sounds pretty darned good. I’ve added Acid Doom to my collection. Thanks for the recommendation.
Dear Glenn please never ever get rid of the daily REEEEEE it caught me off guard and had me laughing for the rest of the day
5:54 “OBVIOUSLY”
5:11 And that is why I subscribed this channel. Glenn is constantly inspiring me, to be better bass player. Thanks dude!
I've heard mastering contrasted to mixing like this: mixing is how you get your song to sound good on its own. Mastering is how you get your song to sound good with all the others. (note - this is why putting a Waves L1 on your master bus in a mix session ISN'T mastering)
Tonal stuff is really only half of it though. The other half of mastering is getting your music to a distribution-ready form (file format, sample rate, etc), as well as including metadata (artist, composer, album name, etc).
Check out iZotope's series "Are You Listening," or read Bob Katz's "Mastering Audio: the Art and Science."
That plug in comparison would be really cool, love the channel 🤘😎
Looking forward to those videos on Mastering, Glenn! Thanks!
Whoa Glenn! Nice Carnis Immortalis shirt! I'm really good personal friends with all the guys. In fact, Erik and I used to be in a band together. Awesome! 🤘🤘🤘
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Hey Glenn, I've been tuning into your channel here and there over the years. I have to say, I have seen you evolve from a kinda grumpy old metal head to a kinda happy old metal head. Lol. =) Losing weight, successful youtube channel etc. Good for you! Keep up the good work! keep it Metal! \m/ \m/
That Mix review video would be awesome! Currently using the 4 ban EQ free plug in you mentioned from either your 2018 or your 2019 free plug ins video.. Love the outcomes, but I feel like I can maximize my mixes with something a little more sophisticated and with more range modifications.
Honestly, the first time i heard Glenn rant about the Clayman re-recording, i thought that he probably just doesn't like it, because they made it sound more modern. Then i actually listend to the re-recording. :D
Seriously, was this stuff even mixed at all? It just sounds like all the tracks were left completely raw; only adjusting the levels, no eq, no compression, no nothing.
How something like this could be publicly released is absolutely beyond me.....
I only listened to the remasters at first so I didn't know what he was talking about...
But damn, listening to the re-recordings made me cringe. Anyone in their bedroom could mix better than this. Also the new vocals feel off.
CLA did the mix and this is a perfect example of why i dislike CLA, but honestly i think it’s just as much the recording engineer’s fault as it was CLA’s
Creative Minds i know cla mixed it, but seriously, this doesn’t sound like a cla mix at all. not sure if he was on drugs or whatever, but the dude usually knows his shit.
I refuse to believe CLA had anything to do with the new version. Sounds like an intern-fest
@@wesborlandfan9453 does he though? I think he knows certain things, but I never thought he did metal good. Rock, pop (master here), etc sure, but metal? Nope.
To the kid using 2 mics in a small house, I used to use a live mix board, into my 2 channel interface. It allowed me to split the signal for the drums to stereo and get decent recording. Get a couple more mics
Bullet Ride 2020 sounds like a demo for the 2000 record.
this layout of VC is the best one yet glen!
You're awesome dude. And now I have more bands to check out!
The rerecordings on the Clayman 2020 anniversary album lacked much of what made the original album stand out. I was very hyped to see one of my favorite albums of all time get remastered but listening to it felt like a rude slap to the face. I can see what they were trying to go for, but it fell short especially when you compare to the originals. They can do better. I hope the criticisms reach the band and that they take it into consideration if they decide to do this with other albums (please don't).
Meanwhile, Dark Tranquility put out the new Phantom Days single today and it sounds AMAZING in every regard.
11:17 Dude, it's a trap!
Oh no, he fell for it...
The comment about the 2i2, I know it's more expensive but I held out for the 8i6 which has 6 analogue inputs and a digital input too. I've not regretted the extra outlay as it has been fantastic and I can add a 8 channel adat at a later date and get 8 more inputs.
I'm not a metal head but love your channel, Glenn.
Cheers from Scotland
Hey Glenn! Thanks for sharing your years of experience and knowledge with the world! You rock!
Hey Glenn!, thank you for the foam behind the nut of the guitar trick, it is a large improvment in the tone while recording, have a great day!!
Dude, don't ever change. Watching you sound off is goddamn therapeutic.
Thanks man!
Hey glenn i bought an v3 carvin 50 wattts 6 years ago for 156 dlls it was sitting collecting dust recently i bought an 4x12 acoustic cab i run my metal zone on the effects loops clean channel whit a yamaha rgz612 fkng unbelievable great tone
Regarding the 2-channel drum sound: If there are online 2 mikes available, thats a problem, but if you have hardware mixer & effects, you can hardware mix your drums and record it from the mixer output in 2 channels. It's not the best thing but I've done it to the satisfaction of me and my customers when I started out. Tip here: if possible record the drums last not first, so you can iteratively hardware-mix a played drum region to the rest of the pre-mixed instruments, and when the sound is balanced, then do the actual drum recording. Not a thing you'd want in general, but not impossible either!
As Chiodos so elegantly put it, No hardcore dancing in the living room
Hey glen, I don't know if that side camera angle is working man. Just my 2 cents
Same opinion here.
I think it works when he looks at it
Yea it should be a cam specifically for mean muggin'
Not watched you in a while, looks like you’re keeping the weight off and that’s great. Fantastic informative and entertaining content as usual - even if I’m a bass player that's using Superior Drummer on their band’s mixes and releases.
Thanks very much!!
An answer to Gi Cool about the two inputs and recording real drums. Check out the Yamaha EAD10 drum mic. It sits on your kick drum basically in “die wurst” position. It’s a stereo pair of mic’s and a kick trigger if you want to use some of the kick samples in the unit to help with your kick sound. The two mic’s pickup about a 4-5 foot radius (second floor Tom gets quieter) and sound ok. Not as good as single mic-ing everything and the drummer has to know how to mix themselves. But it is only two outputs. Perfect for the home studio with a 2i2. Check it out if you can. They are a bit pricey though. Hope this helps.
Haven’t watched a Glenn video in awhile, was a little discouraged to find that he’s no longer fatter than me. 🤣
Hahahah - so true, now I'm also fatter than Glenn :D
Well.. you got some work to do it seems :p
For the guy wanting to do drum recording on a budget I’d say swap the focusrite out for a cheap behringer interface with more inputs. Try and go for a 4 mic setup if you can. Kick, snare and stereo overheads. At least gives a bit more control over the sound and if you can’t afford all the mics at once it can be expanded in the future. Feel like the 2i2 isn’t up to the task of what you need and will end up hamstringing you going forward. Get as many inputs as you can afford or make sure there’s a light pipe input so it can be expanded in the future, even something with cheap preamps will be good enough for a good long time.
You are a master.. Thank you for the inspiration.
annnnnddd lol the painting analogy is perfect
Loving this new editing style Glenn!! Been subscribed since 2013 so glad to see you are always working to get better, much love from Wallaceburg ontario!
Yes to the plugin set comparison!
Damn Glenn! Lookin healthy playa! Keep it up n stay safe out there \m/
Been a while since I watched your content. You have lost some weight and look much healthier mate keep up the good work.
6:46 If you've only got two inputs and still want to record live drums I recommend focusing on getting a good overhead recording and blending that with sampled shells. A Glyn Johns setup without the kick still does a decent job of capturing the toms and snare, so you'll have a lot of real drums to work with and won't have to rely too heavily on the samples. Cymbals are usually the weakest part of programmed drums, in my opinion, and capturing them well helps a lot. It's also good practice for when you can expand and get more inputs.
The moment i heared Clayman 2020, i right away understood what Glenn was saying all this time. Kinda want to hear his re-recorded version of clayman.
Only for the weak, did sound very very good to me although nowhere near the same feel it used to have.
And he closes with a GWAR quote! 🤘🏻
Those guys Rule!
In my opinion, the best example about the bass and a drum that helps the guitar sounds heavier is the super famous song "Zombie", from the Cranberries. Even if not Metal, that song sounds super heavy but, when you listen carefully, the guitar sounds super thin and very scratchy.
Taking a picture of the Mona Lisa...... perfect 👍
"oh fuck this im not doing this" i can imagine how many times you actually say that while doing these vc episodes🤣🤣
Love to see that shoot out between all the plug ins!!!
Totally down to hear that shoot out between the plugins!
Loved the end... "oh fuck this...I'm not doing this.." 🤣🤣🤣🇦🇷👍
Old Blood is awesome. And as far as doom goes, my good friend Victor Griffin possesses one of the most gigantic guitar tones ever.
Channel strip/rack comparison! Hells yes please!
Hey Glenn. Like you, I am also getting tired of how digitized and sterile today's metal mixes sound. Everybody sounds the same!! That being said, I am also a bedroom guitarist that uses Superior Drummer 3 and amp sims for my guitars and bass when I write/record. I just do this for fun, but I still really like learning about producing and mixing. My question is: how would you recommend recording songs using modern technology (like sampled drums and amp sims) to get a more "old school" sound? What mixing methods would you use without over-editing the shit out of everything? I have no idea how records were produced back in the 80s and 90s but that might be a cool idea for a segment. Thanks Glenn. Stay safe out there.
Outtakes?! YES!
I love the mona lisa analogy
Glenn you are my spirit animal.
Speaking of unique guitar sounds, I was contacted by a US technical death metal band because they loved the guitar sound I made for Fractal Universe's 2nd Album. The dude was in utter shock when I told him a big part of that sound was thanks to a freeware Lepou amp sim from 10 years ago :D
As far as unique guitar tones for their style, Fuming Mouth has a standout guitar tone among all their peers, as well as being heavy as hell
highly recommended, its deathcore in the most literal sense
death metal with hardcore influences super sick stuff
First time I've tuned in a while, you look completely different! Keep up the weight loss dude you're killin it!
I’d be interested in hearing a full explanation of why you think the 2020 re-recorded version of “Clayman” sounds worse. The meme you showed begins to explain what you might think, but I’m still curious to know what are the exact reasons you think it’s worse.
I think both versions are good, and I actually prefer the newer one mainly because it sounds much cleaner (the instruments blend together but in a way where notes are more easily distinguishable).
Hell yes to Orange Goblin! Those dudes shred!
I'd love to hear your opinion on Weedeater!
I had some of the In Flames new "mix" videos in my feed and listened to it, and it screamed board room marketing level idea from people who had no clue.
Speaking of speakers. Orange speakers are pretty juicy imo. Played the shit out of my 212, loving it!
The orange loaded, not with vintage 30s
I definitely agree that the 5150 and TS9 tone became overused.
I recorded all my music (1 ep and 1 album) with a Mooer Micro Preamp US Gold 100 with its built in IR, which is based on a Friedman BE amp, and I boost that pedal with a compressor, and I get a super tight tone with a pretty interesting midrange.
Bring back the experimentation! Let's discover some new cool shit!
Yay, I got an answer! Reason I asked, we don't really have those 5150 /w V30s around here, we make do with Peavey/Fender/Marshall/whatever combos. I have gotten some pretty decent tonez with my Valveking 212 and a Rode NT1a. Maybe not that brootalz but nice heavy rock type stuff. Maybe even classic metal. I do prefer that to amp sims and impulses, even though those are way easier to work with. They just make everything sound the same. Which is okay sometimes, but....
I think one of the reasons mixes are becoming more watered down is what people are listening to music on. A lot of people just play out of there phone speakers, or listen on earbuds. If the mix is good and tight it’ll come through the best on those.
Yup. Interested in that plugin shootout.
in regards to "cookie cutter" tones, nowadays its all plugins, edited, drum tracks and everyone sounds the same now. i see/hear it alot on instagram.. all sounds the same to me
Have you tried the Waves "Scheps Omni Channel" plugin strip? Would love to see how it stacks up with the other favourites.
He has, but I’d love to see it in the mix of those other plugins.
Just checked out that Old Blood album. Really cool stuff🤘
Always listen with your ears
That was the smoothest intro shoutout I’ve ever seen. Respect!
Glenn, you're looking great 👍 Keep up the amazing work.
I was laughing through the whole video!! Thanks Glenn. And yes a comparison video would be cool. \m/ Peace \m/
Hey Glenn! Got a question: are there guitar tones you find are bad (or at least questionable) themselves, but sound awesome in the mix?
An example that comes to my mind would be the guitar tone on Painkiller (don't get me wrong, it's still one of my favorite albums ever)
Cheers from Switzerland
Glen, I love the shootouts. Its all contributes to original tone.
The new side shots are kinda cool.
Thank you for the great videos
Look kids! Proper mic technique!
I would love that DSP shoot out video. It would be really helpful
Glenn, have Audio Assault reached out to you about Reamp Studio? With proper EQ and when you blend two amps, it’s incredible. It should be out soon. I’ve got the beta and I’m in love. I’ve tried demos for most amp sims except for Fractal and so far it’s my favorite.
i really really felt entertained by this
Yes to all kinds of plugin shootouts please
I’ve mixed with tape before in my undergrad. First, you have to spend the $20,000 to get an old studio tape player because no normal tape machine is going to give you a good experience with the amount of self noise most of them have (extra fluff built into the budget for when you inevitably have to get the thing re-capped by shipping it across the country to one of the 4 living people that know how to re-cap an old tape machine). After that you figure out which tape yours is meant to read then find a dealer for that specific tape (assuming one exists) and trust me it’s easier to find someone capable of dealing you weed by the ounce than to find a manufacturer for tapes who won’t absolutely fuck your brains out over a table financially speaking ($150 minimum for a single 17-18 minute reel). Now the best process I’ve seen for using tape in a modern studio is to do all of your mixing in the DAW of choice and use the tape as a glorified print track. Obviously you’re going to need a little bit more flexible I/O solution to get the signal both out and back into the DAW, but if you have a giant pile of infinite money to burn like my audio engineering teacher had, then buy into it! For the rest of us there’s plugins that do the SAME EXACT THING for literally hundredths of the price.
You really did tore them a new one. I was laughing my ass off while walking through the city :)) cheers for all you do and ...Fuck, you, Glen! 😉🤘
Clayman 2020? did you mean Clay[REDACTED] 2020?
Don't change a thing Glenn-give 'em hell!!
saw one of your old videos before this, you were hardly recognizable! good for you Glenn \m/ (stoner metal band here BTW) cheers, FU
I'm no sound engineer, but a thought for the dude from The Phillipines about recording drums with only 2 mics...
If you can, record each part separately. It's a major pain, but it can work. Set up mics and tracks for multiple passes at the same song, i.e. record kick and snare in pass 1, then move the mics and record toms and overheads in pass 2, then room mics in pass 3. Then you can either mix all 3 tracks down, or have them all in your DAW as a part of the overall mix. You just need to play the song the same way 3 times. And don't hit anything in each pass that you don't want recorded. I can't remember what record it was, but I read an article years and years ago about a drummer who recorded his drums separately from his cymbals using a technique like this.