Really good advice. I learned recording with tape machines a long time ago and now that I'm retired I've decided to learn to use Garageband just for enjoyment. Lot of same principles apply but one huge difference is having basically unlimited tracks. I had a Tascam 3440 1/4" 4 track at home and did some recording with the Tascam 80-8 1/2" 8 track and bouncing was a seriously challenging task :)
I would describe effective use of reverb as using it with a good taste. You should use it on the "center-located" tracks like vocal and drums, and with a low level, like you do not want to ruin your soup with too much salt, right?
The ringing out is so important, especially for live acoustic instruments. Ideally the entire song should be played in one take to there is continuity and consistency between sections allowing the natural ringing-out or resonance of the instrument between verse and chorus etc. Great video 🔥🙌🏾😎💫
Watching this video after making my first recording and I can honestly say that I made EVERY one of these mistakes along the way 😊 Thanks for the help, don't think I would've known to value every word until I learned the hard way but now I surely know that you speak absolute truth! 🔇
Scott, I'm really happy that you have learned from the videos!! It's been a lot of work, but I believe in the mission. You CAN record pro sounding music at home! If you'd ever like to support the channel here's how you can! patreon.com/garagebandandbeyond There are some good rewards on there! Thank you!!
HI bro, thanks for your guiding videos!!!! I'm soon to release my music channel here on my birthday and soon to release my 1st song cover and you really helps me a lot on this. Though i am done and satisfied on my first and currently working on my 2nd song, I am having a hard time on it's drums part and I ended up on a mixing question. In garageband interface there is 2 volume rockers (1 in the left for each track and 1 on top which is the main). Im confused but Im sure when each of them turns from green to red it means that its clipping right? and it means that it is too loud right? Should I match the volumes in the right to the volume at the top so it will sound better or its not necessary? :) still a newbie, still a lot to learn :) thanks!!!!!
Hey Lewin, great stuff as always. Question, I recently lost access to my email in garage band. Is there a place you would suggest I go for some help as I need to send files.
top down mixing is a common technique a bit of light eq and compression and a bit of tape saturation is common to have on the master bus when mixing. not tracking so much though
Great video! Huge help! I've been wondering about testing your audio tracks after export in all different stages. Do you want to avoid software equalizers? Do you want to A/B test those? For instance, I felt great about mixing a track. Sounded great on my laptop through headphones then took it into my car and...not too much, too thick of a bass sound. Any tricks, videos or thoughts on that?
I'd just add to the reverb comment that reverb is often lost (hard to hear) when all the instruments are going. I find this especially in live rock bands: you test each mic (one-two, one-two) and the reverb sounds fine. Bring in some bass, drums and guitar, and suddenly it's gone. I suppose I'm guilty of over-compensating and pushing it quite high in the vocals. I rarely use it on bass or most of the kit. Guitarists quite often have in in their pedals, and you'll have the devil of a job getting them not to use their pedal boards. Snare can sound great with some tasteful reverb.
Lewin love your videos, been great help. Just wondering, I've downloaded Melodyne for my Mac and can't figure out how to get a vocal track over to Melodyne. I'm struggling as I feel all the help starts on page 10 but I'm still on page one. lol can you help?
How would I see the input levels on a software track? I do A LOT of software instruments (I record synthwave) and I want to make sure he levels are perfect
TheActualCanadian Typically software instruments have preset levels which are pretty much ideal. However if you are using GarageBand I understand your predicament. If you check out one of my newest videos about “free plug-ins” I recommend one in there that will give you actual decibel increments.
Thank you for the signal to noise ratio rrminder. 2hat about Does when recording a midi piano part for example, does midi get affect3d by signal to noise ratior? Sorry this is a begginer question.
Lmao I mixed according to yr tutorials and the band loved it but yeah #1 was their only critique. I can’t believe that’s even considered an issue the song is fucking over! Thanks fr the help tho, you the man
I got question regarding what you said about don't connect the the mic to front of the interface butt as an in put in the back. my question is the Phantom power V48 is on front of the interface n u have to apply it for the condenser mic.
Thank you so much for the info!! I have a stupid question, how do you only edit just 1 single, individual track and not influence the other tracks in Garage Band? This has always been my problem. I would edit my lead vocal and then next thing I know all of my other tracks are edited the same way, which is not what I wanted to do! So frustrated...
+Rosie Ng Pham that is a strange problem… If you are running garage band 10, I would recommend deleting it and then reinstalling it. Don't worry it is a painless process, you will not lose anything important.
I get beats off the Internet. So really im just looking to mix my vocals since the instrumental is already done. So then when I record, I cant really hear my voice very well without increasing the gain. Do you have any idea of how to fix this?
I did it a while ago! ruclips.net/video/SeRN4Io5snY/видео.html Well... it wasn't a "how to sign up" because that's not hard to figure out, but I do talk about the indie bible a lot.
Thanks for the info! I have a question I can't get an answer to though; after I record a song, and I go back into it, more and more, the tracks that I reopen ONLY has the TOP part of the recording on the stem. The recording, the 'life line' sequence going up & down signaling the vocals being recorded, when I pull the tracks up later, its only going up, there's no down, and everything sounds like its comin from the left ear, none on the right. I don't know how to bring it back or restore it to the full sound, no one has an answer. Can you help?
I want to record my voice over a karaoke MP3 track and use headphones (to listen to the mp3) and the built-in mic (to record my voice). When I record my voice, you can hear the music playing in the background on the voice track. I don't understand why it is so, because it seems impossible that the mic would pick up the music into the recording vocal track, since I am listening to the music over headphones. I can't find any solution for this on the net, please help! I want to be able to listen to the music while I sing (record), but have a clean recorded audio track with my voice only, without the background music.
Is there Anyway you could send me some free Vsts ? Not sure if that's right but I use a 2016 Mac Air with Garage band ... Jus looking for a couple more tools to mix with ... Also thanks for all the videos they really help...
Cory There really isn’t any way for me to do that, sorry! However I do highly recommend signing up for the “everything bundled” from Slate Digital. It is very affordable and very powerful stuff.
GaragebandandBeyond any sites you recommend for plugins ? An yea I'll definitely check them out ... I'm jus new to garage band... Was using mix craft on PC till bout a month ago ..now I'm on Mac... slowly learning....
Once again your videos are filled with such useful content
Thanks man! Glad I could help!
Really good advice. I learned recording with tape machines a long time ago and now that I'm retired I've decided to learn to use Garageband just for enjoyment. Lot of same principles apply but one huge difference is having basically unlimited tracks. I had a Tascam 3440 1/4" 4 track at home and did some recording with the Tascam 80-8 1/2" 8 track and bouncing was a seriously challenging task :)
Thanks Lewin! Very useful and informative as always.
Great channel! Thanks so much for the time you’ve taken to share all this info
I would like to see a video on how to use reverb effectively.
I would describe effective use of reverb as using it with a good taste. You should use it on the "center-located" tracks like vocal and drums, and with a low level, like you do not want to ruin your soup with too much salt, right?
The ringing out is so important, especially for live acoustic instruments. Ideally the entire song should be played in one take to there is continuity and consistency between sections allowing the natural ringing-out or resonance of the instrument between verse and chorus etc. Great video 🔥🙌🏾😎💫
Watching this video after making my first recording and I can honestly say that I made EVERY one of these mistakes along the way 😊
Thanks for the help, don't think I would've known to value every word until I learned the hard way but now I surely know that you speak absolute truth! 🔇
Well..... I hope you subscribed for next time!
Thank you for the very helpful tips. Just getting my veteran band started with the recording process. What to watch next?
Thank you so much for all the advice. It has really helped my overall recording.
Blessings
Scott, I'm really happy that you have learned from the videos!! It's been a lot of work, but I believe in the mission. You CAN record pro sounding music at home!
If you'd ever like to support the channel here's how you can! patreon.com/garagebandandbeyond There are some good rewards on there!
Thank you!!
Very useful!
very useful, thanks Lewin!
Thanks for helping out the helpless, like myself!
Thanks, great info
In my previous version of GarageBand I could fade individual tracks.. but this version either makes me fade as a whole or doesn't have that option?
Super NICE! Thanks!
HI bro, thanks for your guiding videos!!!! I'm soon to release my music channel here on my birthday and soon to release my 1st song cover and you really helps me a lot on this. Though i am done and satisfied on my first and currently working on my 2nd song, I am having a hard time on it's drums part and I ended up on a mixing question. In garageband interface there is 2 volume rockers (1 in the left for each track and 1 on top which is the main). Im confused but Im sure when each of them turns from green to red it means that its clipping right? and it means that it is too loud right? Should I match the volumes in the right to the volume at the top so it will sound better or its not necessary? :) still a newbie, still a lot to learn :) thanks!!!!!
Hey Lewin, great stuff as always. Question, I recently lost access to my email in garage band. Is there a place you would suggest I go for some help as I need to send files.
top down mixing is a common technique a bit of light eq and compression and a bit of tape saturation is common to have on the master bus when mixing. not tracking so much though
Here’s an idea for a segment...Logic Remote. Do you use it? What are your thoughts on it? Thanks again!
Thank you man!
Thank you
Great video! Huge help! I've been wondering about testing your audio tracks after export in all different stages. Do you want to avoid software equalizers? Do you want to A/B test those? For instance, I felt great about mixing a track. Sounded great on my laptop through headphones then took it into my car and...not too much, too thick of a bass sound. Any tricks, videos or thoughts on that?
Here's the latest version of the track, if you'd like to hear it: soundcloud.com/swingforthefences/false-alarm-004-second-vocal
I'd just add to the reverb comment that reverb is often lost (hard to hear) when all the instruments are going. I find this especially in live rock bands: you test each mic (one-two, one-two) and the reverb sounds fine. Bring in some bass, drums and guitar, and suddenly it's gone. I suppose I'm guilty of over-compensating and pushing it quite high in the vocals. I rarely use it on bass or most of the kit. Guitarists quite often have in in their pedals, and you'll have the devil of a job getting them not to use their pedal boards. Snare can sound great with some tasteful reverb.
Lewin love your videos, been great help. Just wondering, I've downloaded Melodyne for my Mac and can't figure out how to get a vocal track over to Melodyne. I'm struggling as I feel all the help starts on page 10 but I'm still on page one. lol can you help?
Are you using it with GB?
GaragebandandBeyond Yes
How would I see the input levels on a software track? I do A LOT of software instruments (I record synthwave) and I want to make sure he levels are perfect
TheActualCanadian Typically software instruments have preset levels which are pretty much ideal.
However if you are using GarageBand I understand your predicament. If you check out one of my newest videos about “free plug-ins” I recommend one in there that will give you actual decibel increments.
GaragebandandBeyond awesome, thanks for the reply
Thank you for the signal to noise ratio rrminder. 2hat about Does when recording a midi piano part for example, does midi get affect3d by signal to noise ratior? Sorry this is a begginer question.
5:25 all of a sudden, shit got real yo.
Lmao I mixed according to yr tutorials and the band loved it but yeah #1 was their only critique. I can’t believe that’s even considered an issue the song is fucking over! Thanks fr the help tho, you the man
The ending of a song is as important as the beginning & middle parts! Always let them ring out! You'll get it next time.
I got question regarding what you said about don't connect the the mic to front of the interface butt as an in put in the back. my question is the Phantom power V48 is on front of the interface n u have to apply it for the condenser mic.
When did I say that?
Some of your video
Mixing and Mastering includes making a voice sound better?
Thank you so much for the info!! I have a stupid question, how do you only edit just 1 single, individual track and not influence the other tracks in Garage Band? This has always been my problem. I would edit my lead vocal and then next thing I know all of my other tracks are edited the same way, which is not what I wanted to do! So frustrated...
+Rosie Ng Pham that is a strange problem… If you are running garage band 10, I would recommend deleting it and then reinstalling it. Don't worry it is a painless process, you will not lose anything important.
I will definitely try that! Thank youuu :)
What if you cant hear your recording with out putting compression on??!!
Then that is weird!!
I get beats off the Internet. So really im just looking to mix my vocals since the instrumental is already done. So then when I record, I cant really hear my voice very well without increasing the gain. Do you have any idea of how to fix this?
Im using a decent mic I think its the blue - yeti
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hey it would mean a lot if you could make a video on "How To Sign up with Indie Bible" I will subscribe if you do
I did it a while ago! ruclips.net/video/SeRN4Io5snY/видео.html
Well... it wasn't a "how to sign up" because that's not hard to figure out, but I do talk about the indie bible a lot.
Thanks for the info! I have a question I can't get an answer to though; after I record a song, and I go back into it, more and more, the tracks that I reopen ONLY has the TOP part of the recording on the stem. The recording, the 'life line' sequence going up & down signaling the vocals being recorded, when I pull the tracks up later, its only going up, there's no down, and everything sounds like its comin from the left ear, none on the right. I don't know how to bring it back or restore it to the full sound, no one has an answer. Can you help?
Do you mix EDM?
Yes I do!
i don't know how to installing and using Plug-ins out from garageband cuz i am using garage band as a beginner..
Read the installation instructions given by the designers of the plugins!
I want to record my voice over a karaoke MP3 track and use headphones (to listen to the mp3) and the built-in mic (to record my voice). When I record my voice, you can hear the music playing in the background on the voice track. I don't understand why it is so, because it seems impossible that the mic would pick up the music into the recording vocal track, since I am listening to the music over headphones. I can't find any solution for this on the net, please help! I want to be able to listen to the music while I sing (record), but have a clean recorded audio track with my voice only, without the background music.
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1.You can use special headphones, that don't let any noise out.
2. You can lower the volume of the mp3
Is there Anyway you could send me some free Vsts ? Not sure if that's right but I use a 2016 Mac Air with Garage band ... Jus looking for a couple more tools to mix with ... Also thanks for all the videos they really help...
Cory There really isn’t any way for me to do that, sorry! However I do highly recommend signing up for the “everything bundled” from Slate Digital. It is very affordable and very powerful stuff.
GaragebandandBeyond any sites you recommend for plugins ? An yea I'll definitely check them out ... I'm jus new to garage band... Was using mix craft on PC till bout a month ago ..now I'm on Mac... slowly learning....
Also will the Digital slate bundle be safe to put on my MacBook Air ?
Depending on how much Power your processor has, definitely read the system requirements on their website.
Thank you bro !
You're welcome!!