Misha Mansoor - Using writing templates to fuel creativity!
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 2020
- In this video - Misha walks you through his writing template whilst explaining why he uses one, how he has it set up and why you should make one too!
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Man, literally every time I watch such videos from Misha, I grab my instruments and start to play. Thanks for being an inspiration
Misha: doesn’t sound amazing
-it sounds amazing
Templates = invest some time to save time x10. As a programmer myself I'm in!
as Abraham Lincoln said,
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
Misha u single handedly made me pick up the guitar again about 4 years ago after stopping playing for probably a decade. Inspired me to get a daw, new rig and work on my chops/writing. I mean thank you for destroying my wallet :) but it is all awesome and now making music is back to being a main part of my life. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with us on youtube.
I read that three times before I realized it said writing template and not writing temple. 😂 I saw the surround of keyboards and got excited! Great stuff, Misha!
This type of content is priceless.
U can see nothing. It is so complicated he doesnt even say the hardware needed for running all the IR's
I love how smooth the writting process has become for you! What I'd love to see is smth simillar to your Songwritting Master Class, but with metal. I believe it's a bit different process and seeing you do it would benefit us who still learn to write. Cheers 🤘
dude has more money in axe fx's than i do entire recording setup.
I've been waffling on picking up a BOSS RV-500. Now that I've seen one in Misha's studio, I'm off to the store.
Misha writes a hit in 20min
Amazing
Inspirational as ever. I love these Misha writing and recording tutorials. Brilliant
Man i was just 3 min in and you blew me away with the monitoring channel for the guitars, you just saved my life hahaha I never thought about it, I would always bypass every plugin e v e r, just thanks
@Jun Escalona I think he's doing it this way: he has a normal guitar bus with the tracks he want to record (in this case the DI + the amp one) which is routed to the master bus as usual, but those tracks are recording only and their monitoring is muted, so he's not hearing anything from that. To hear what he's playing he created a track which is routed to another master (which you need to create as well), or it simply bypass the normal master bus going directly to the output, and in the case of another master the benefit is that this new monitoring master doesn't have anything on it, allowing the zero latency monitoring.
Yo Misha, thanks for the tip on running synths thru the AXE. Brilliant idea.
If you ever wonder if this is worth your time. Yes and thank you.
Turning on Sonarworks dark layout was definitely something I'm glad I did
It's 6 AM... great to see those videos when i wake up
i just discovered misha has this channel and oh my god thank you
I loved this video. Really helpful and insightful! Thanks guys
I always find something useful in these videos. Thanks man.
loving all this content!
are these Amphion two18 or two15 ? thanks :)
God Damnit Misha this is good, all the vids in this miniseries are absolute gold. Please don't stop..........
DUUUUUEEEE!!!!! We need more videos like this.......... I love these things. More songwriting videos would be great. Maybe focusing on writing 7 stringt stuff.
Thanks man. :)
That tape echo is so crispy.
Inspire!
Thanks Misha
This video is great! Thanks for sharing. Also made me realize there is a lot I still don't know about Cubase.
How I wish I could have that same knowledge! Props
Those synths sound so good.
This guy really is a blessing to music
Very cool and helpful, thank you for this !
First, this is a really useful video. THANK YOU
Thanks Misha that's super useful I use studio one gonna try to make templates cheers man !!!!!!! ✌✌✌🎸😎😁
Very helpful! Thanks!
Nice content, i like it.
Dude's demo drum sound is better than my album drum sound.
Thanks Misha.
Massive Karnivool vibes on this track. Love it!
Sonarworks for daysssssss ❤️❤️
really cool...
I use a template in reaper, I have everything ready to go, it definitely helps with writing and spare of the moment ideas...
Nice shinra background
Daddy meesh droppin knowledge bombs
I like writing templates.
*would be very interesting...*
Hey Misha. Would you sell this Cubase Template? Even if it doesn't work for many because they don't have the tools. But I would be interested in which plugins (slate etc.) you use and how you use them e.g. also set for the drums that they sound so incredible.
8:10 anyone know a good way to do this in Logic Pro X? Would be nice to never worry about bouncing with the headphone frequency response correction EQ plugin on
There is a simple way to do this, it is quite easy to integrate into any existing template: Select every track which has "Stereo Output" assigned as its output, and send it to a bus (any bus that you certainly haven't used before, for example Bus 100). I call this one "Mixbus" but you can call it anything you like. Normally Logic will automatically create the corresponding Aux Track in the mixer. (ctrl+t brings it to the arrange window as well) This is going to be your new "Stereo Output" track, on which you are doing all your mixbus compression,eq,limiting and all the fun stuff. This Track has "Stereo Output" assigned as an output. From this Track, you can now create as many post-fader sends at 0dB to outputs of your choice. If Logic sees the Headphone Output as a separate stereo pair of outputs, it's easy. You are going to find a second output channel, which you can call "Phones". This channel is, where you put your correction plugin. So you end up with one Stereo Out which is unaffected and one corrected Headphone Out. Option B is to send a copy of your Mixbus into an unused pair of outputs, for example the spdif's or 3 /4, which aren't connected to anything. In this case you call your second output channel "print" or "bounce" and you leave that one unaffected, while putting your plugin on the Stereo Out . The only downside of this case is, that you can't use the shortcut to bounce anymore, since it defaults to the Stereo Out. Instead, you have to click the "Bnc" Button next to the corresponding fader. There are many more ways to get creative with this, for example adding a layer on top, and sending your mixbus, together with a reference channel or two, into Bus 101, which you call "Main Bus". This allows you, using(alt+solo) to quickly check your mix, against a reference. Your send is then being sent from the Main Bus, which then acts as your "output distribution channel".Obviously, this doesn't add any latency at all. You just have to remember to put the Mixbus as the output of your audio and instrument tracks or group busses, but you quickly get used to it. Have a great day! :)
@@slunnes thank you for taking the time! i don't seem to have another output besides 'stereo out' ;/ so i guess muting the plugin is still the simplest and best option for me for now
@@darwindeeez You're very welcome! You could try adding a piece of software called "loopback" (was called soundflower in the past) inbetween your daw and your interface. It can simulate multiple outputs to your daw. Might be worth googling. And nonetheless, the use of a mix bus is good practice in mixing, it allows you to easily create multiple versions of your mix to compare it.
Cheers
@@slunnes yes i use audio hijack pro for that which would certainly be a hands-free way of handling the issue and i'd never accidentally bounce through the EQ. but that program seems to use a lot of CPU. and i do use the mix bus setup you're describing with the fake master bus as well, it is really nice, i agree!
my favorite part of the video *14:15*
That Shinra wallpaper is amazing tho
Heck yeah
i'm not alone who interest in shinra industries lol
I'm a simple studio rat. I see Misha, I click.
Don't know if this has been mentioned in the comments, but Equalizer APO is a free program that can do what he's talking about with sonarworks (though you have to set up most things manually and it's not nearly as robust). There's a github page that has profiles on basically any pair of headphones you can think of. The catch is that it can be kinda hard to get your interface working with it properly if you use ASIO, but with WASAPI it works perfectly. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it beats spending $100 lol
can you share the template please ? or make a video about how you set up the whole cubase settings please ? especially the softwar config like routing tracks, DI and mono guitars, etc please ?
Good stuff! Very informative! Completely unrelated question, what screencapture software do you use?
Misha, would you use this session for mixing, or would you create a new session and record everything again, but this time committing to the performance, so it could be used on the actual record?
Hi Misha, this videos are very useful thanks for your help. Could you create a video for people who would like to buy a PC or studio important things and know what is important to have great studio at home withou problems when we recording? thank you so much ;)
i feel that periphery is the only ones who want us to be good....giving us all their tips n tricks
I really want to know how you set up the di track like that to record separately yet simultaneously with the distorted track???
@GetGood Drums How exactly do you route your guitars to get the benefit of zero latency monitoring while recording? awesome video man!
i'd be interested in this as well. Don't know how he does it, but i just pick the zero latency monitorying on my focusrite mix control software.
@@slavesforging5361 Hey guys, Misha just explained his routing setup in a new video.
Check it out, it's called "Misha's guitar tracking tips"
Good stuff, thanks!
In Cubase: How do you affix the mixer and transport panel to the bottom of the main screen like Misha has here?
How to reduce feedback with distortion tones? I’ve tried using a few different things with very tight gates and all kinds of stuff, amps as in Nalex Crunchman, Ninja, Emissary, and even some stuff from Neural DSP, and it’s not typical high gain feedback
Does anyone here know how to set up Cubase to take guitars as mentioned at 1:25 ? It's explained very well how it works but the actual creation of the tracks and pointing them to the source signal isn't mentioned.
why don't you keep the midi track appaired with each track of synths (like you do with DI guitars and recorded material) ?
The monitoring track he briefly mentions...is he just sending all of the guitar tracks there and enabling the monitoring on that track?
I always make sure to record into two mixer channels, one for my current tone, one for di. As for "templates" I never just start a project from scratch, I always just *save as from my last project xD
👍👍this guy
Me too
@@williamdistasio9358 recently I've been using a boost in front of my interface into some LePou amp sims, or the Emissary, so I've just been saying screw recording DI and just commit to a tone XD
@@smoreshaunted huh, yeah that's what I do too. I've not used my Lapou sims in a long time, because I'm soo into the emissary. But yeah, my session chain is usually something like this; TSE 808 OR TS 999 then my noise gate,( Weirdly enough for some reason my Noise Gate works better in that spot in the chain rather than in front of everything. It seems like I don't lose the tail end of my sustain as quickly) then the Emissary, Nad IR, (mostly Kalthallen IR's), Anvil 5 amp ( I have this here in the chain as a boost, I use the clean channel but mess with the gain,bass, mid and treble. I'd suggest trying something similar, it's pretty cool for darkening a tone and making it super edgy and aggressive) then usually like TAL reverb on the end...but occasionally I'll put some delay, depending on what I'm trying to achieve. If it's a heavy chugging or technical "riffy" thing then I just use a touch of reverb and double track.
So I use mostly free plug-ins man, as you can see from what I just explained to you. The only thing I haven't found yet that I really truly like is a good compression. What do you use for compression?
@@williamdistasio9358 I've been back and forth between LePou and the emissary for a few days I actually like the Mesa voiced amp quite a bit (the Lecto) sounds good with a real boost pedal and I've been using celestion 2x12 v30 IRs(md421) as well as Glenn fricker's free IR that he gave out a few weeks ago. Sometimes after recording I use a multi-band compression plugin(FL studio stock plugins) on guitars but usually no compression. Now if you're talkin compressor pedals, sometimes I use a Seymour Duncan vise grip compressor before the instrument input/DI same with my boost pedals
Thats the thing
what do you mean by re-amping ? passing the DI through a real amp for a final version in production?
anybody know if he has all those synths plugged in with midi cables, usb's or instrument jacks? i'm good at recording but new to using midi. i've only every plugged in things using instrument cables to my interface, or usb's directly to my computer. i know he said he was routing through his axe fx (so i guess he's using that as an auxiliary interface) but he didn't say what kind of connection. I'm also unfamiliar with axe fx. i'm assuming he has some kind of axe fx hardware unit that has inputs. but i wouldn't know what kind of inputs he's using.
He is just felxing on us, mere mortals
I get it why some people dislike templates...but I couldn't live without mine. Try them! ;)
Those are usually people who barely get any work done/released.
Misha can you please collab with Ben Sharp from Cloudkicker. That's what this song reminds me of.
Shrinra from FF7? I'll just say yes and that you're my hero.
edit: noticed that the synth sounds very ff7
Misha loves FF7, he recorded several covers from the soundtrack with Mark several years back in Haunted Shores (searching Haunted Shores FF7 on youtube should bring them up).
Tarkess
He’ll yeah. Good looking out!
Your Cubase skills are off the chart too. Is your GGD and Cubase template available?
Wouldn't it be useless unless you had all the same plug ins and In/Outs as he does?
@@orlandomarinjr The template? No, the drums are MIDI mapped. Plug-ins? I have most and have followed his previous vids. Ins/outs are easily adjusted within Cubase and my UAD X6.
I have been wondering lately (having recently gotten Reference ID myself) : are you hearing your guitar sound through Reference ID as well when monitoring or is it bypassing it ?
Thank fucking god for these guys!
Strong FF7 mako reactor vibes ❤🤘
for sure, was about to write the same thing.
Hype for IR Zilla
This is a pure Cubase DemiGod set up :)
Go look at Tom Holkenborg/Junkie XL's setup. You might reconsider your opinion :)
Driving in the rain song
the video is from July 2. ? :D
Great video; very interesting.
Is GGD IR Zilla released?
I use that IR too lol
Is there such a thing as a "good envy"?
hi is the latency down to the interface you use, curious as a drummer i must have around less than five ms as can feel it, but rme take care of that and my prism titan ad, killer
Yes. The interface makes a difference
Absolutely, my drummer hated my Focusrite, loves my RME...
Does Misha use something to put midi notes into the correct scale?
Most piano rolls are tempo locked
@@erickmazur807 no no no, it's not about tempo, the notes are jumping up and down, when he draws a chord. I imagine he must have known the scale he is going to right in, and therefore preprogrammed it in some built-in Cubase plugin. I use Reaper though, so no idea how was it done.
@@L0wPressure on windows in the piano roll hold ctrl - shift - alt and cursor turns into a paintbrush. You can then paint chords. You can press 't' and from there you have more options as to what kind of chord to paint.
@@L0wPressure here is a vid that gives a great breakdown of how to dial this in for reaper
ruclips.net/video/t6Qu_Nv5Jto/видео.html
14:17
This time stamp is cursed
Cloud city headphones
What drum vst is he using?
Is that the SleeperStrat™?
what guitar is that?
Axe Fx, Fx! I laughed way to loud at the face!
😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼
What headphone is he using?
when you have an axe FX . . . . . you use it!
MAN i got an axe fx 3!!! But why do you have 3 2's and 1 3? ahahaha
How do you know all of this?
he watches video tutorials of himself on youtube
@@AngelCIto10 From the future. #paradox
Trial and error baby
Google, forums, videos like these...my orchestral template has evolved into its current form through the years!
Please sell this template :(
is there anyway to get this template for my own use ??
Make it yourself man he just outlined it. It's good practice
you're much better off learning how to make your own. whenever you accidentally create something that works well, just go to file and save as template. i've been making templates for about a year, and am just now getting to the point were i'm very comfortable and have a complete recording/editing/mixing/mastering process that's unique to me and my studio, and with complete templates. it's a beautiful thing.
True to form, recording bass gets 10 seconds of fame hahaha
use hash
Misha looks like he's playing CoD on multiplayer
Now I feel even stupider...
Lets play a game, guess how much all of that gear costs 😛😝
More than 99% of us could hope to invest in a recording setup by the time we're 75 years old focusing on only that. Just work with what you got. Hits have been written on shite setups
@@SamuelJamesVideos oh yeah im happy with the setup I have, aint worried :)
TL;DR Go listen to Good Tiger!!!!
When you're so DJ0NTY that you have an AxeFx for your synths!