Andrew Scheps on Jay-Z, Recording Vocals and Adele | Red Bull Music Academy
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2015
- Grammy-winning engineer Andrew Scheps imparts decades of recording knowledge, discussing everything from parallel compression and the intricacies of recording vocals to his work with Adele in his 2015 RBMA Lecture. #RBMA #engineering
TOPICS:
0:16 - Jay-Z
8:55 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
21:36 - Parallel compression
1:07:30 - Recording vocals
55:48 - The loudness war
1:25:44 - Adele
MUSIC:
09:15 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Dani California” • Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
30:10 - Low Roar - “Phantoms” • Low Roar - "Phantoms"
1:25:35 - Adele - “Love Song” • Adele Lovesong 2004 Ly...
A Grammy winner for his work with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele and Ziggy Marley, Andrew Scheps has had an extensive career behind the boards engineering and mixing records for some of the world’s biggest rock bands, including Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day and U2. A former employee of Synclavier, Scheps spent time on the road with a pair of certifiable legends, touring as Stevie Wonder’s keyboard tech and mixing live sound for Michael Jackson before working on Jackson’s HIStory. Scheps currently runs his own studio Punkerpad West as well as the Tonequake record label.
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Title: Andrew Scheps on Jay-Z
Andrew Scheps: 1:00 I have no Jay-Z stories
Awesome bit about parallel compression from 21:40 to 25:25 !!!
Not sure why people are dissing the interviewer? He kept the momentum going & didn't make it about him.
Really enjoyed it!
I think the interviewer was perfect, funny how he reacts to the more blunt comments, like Scheps is the crazy uncle, lol. And this interview has TONS of useful information, way more than a lot of tutorials!
Learned so much from this interview I had run my head under a cold tap and then go for a walk. Awesome stuff. Best explanation of parallel compression I have ever heard.
Paul Suska Me too!!!!!! Andrew is the man!!!!!! Audiophile God!!!!!
25:26 That was the BEST answer to compression ever answered!!! Sheps is my hero now!
You mean reverb?
After he answered the headphone question - I fell in love with his approach. So down to earth.
When he said the part about his mix being at +8 i just about lost it! Legit the funniest thing Ive heard all month
Andrew is audio wisdom. Love his smart way of talking
I LOVE this dude. His insight really got me over the hump with my mixing approach. The man gets it. It's MUSIC. Not METERS.
Scheps is the most inspiring guy in the world. So humble!
Just pure awesomeness, treating all the people in the audience with so much respect.
And great answers to all the questions.
The information density of this interview is incredible. Finally, an explanation of parallel compression that I understand and can use! But a ton of other info too. Outstanding. Scheps is King.
This is my 3rd time (first time was like 5 years ago) watching this and damn...still learning tons of things. I could listen to Andrew for hours
Could ... do ... meh! I'm thinking about signing up for Puremix, just to get all the dope.
Sony MDR 7506 are the headphones he mentioned that he used to mix tracks. On Amazon for $79 🔥😍
I hate them. They're way too bright and their bass sucks. Not flat at all. You can use anything though if you know how they sound and compensate. I prefer Sennheiser HD280, the other affordable studio staple headphones. Much better bass from a good seal on your ears, and not hyped natural highs. Much more like a pair of good flat monitor speakers to me. 7506s are like the Ns10s of headphones. Quick to hear problems, bad for frequency balance.
best compression breakdown i've ever heard. thanks!
Caleb Latreille for real
I didn't realize mixing as low as possible was a thing until I noticed that when mixing at 2am when everyone was sleeping I had to turn the volume down to the lowest setting and the next day when I would turn it up I had a great mix. I guess if you can hear everything on volume level 1 then every instrument will stand out along with the bass when you turn it up. I kinda just stumbled upon that due to circumstances.
Dude blew my mind with the "They dont care" bit.
What a fantastic intervju with Andrew Scheps. One of the most educating videos I've seen for a long time :D
The man, The legend, The BEARD!
I waited too long to sit down and watch this lecture. It was so worth it! A goldmine of ideas.
Scheps is just plain cool. Great interview.
So much useable knowledge! Thanks a lot for this very pleasant interview.
33:30 AWESOME advice...!!! Thanks
What if those Genelecs are actually normal table size and everyone has been shrunk
You're the true artist here.
Lol
I know I'm late, but this comment distracted me from 5m onward lol. Every time it switched to the slider camera I couldn't focus on anything but everyone being tiny.
@@thechannelitrollwith1645 you know the cure, buy huge speakers
Hahah 💪😂❤️
Wow! What a fantastic interview with Andrew. His advice and approach to mixing is so impressive. I’m truly inspired by this video :)
Fantastic video! I really dig Andrew's philosophy about music and mixing process.
Damir
That was the best discussion about side chain compression I’ve ever heard
Andrew is a master, with a history. Words of wisdom indeed. Respect.
Love the Synclavier story! I used to do a lot of sessions with Chuck Hammer. Originally, the room was at Synch Sound. I’m thinking that you probably knew of it. ✌️
some of the best insight into the production process, subtle but golden! cheers
I remember the time when I first listened to Death Magnetic and was actually excited without knowing its particularly because of the loudness and would listen to it for it was more than expected out of my cheap mp3 player. Now i completely understand why mixing is an art after listening to this guy. Great artist.
A ferocious look but this chap may be the friendliest man I’ve ever encountered.
Common sense and down to earth. Andrew seems like a great guy. I've gleaned so much incredible info from the few videos I've seen him do mixes in.. amazing.
Looove Andrew! Great interview!
"The loudness war is over. Not only is it over but I won it" THAT is an achievement.
Lmaoo so good
Not something to brag about in my opnion.
@@EDAPE lol ok
@@morganwright1131 i'm not alone. It's a widely help opinion that the loudness war has had a negative effect on music. Dynamic range is enjoyable.
@@EDAPE ok lol
Andrew is right and also he doesn't care if its too loud or doesn't sound good in mono. The most modest mixing engineer, BUT: with biggest ballz :)
"I won the Loudness War"
standing ovation
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Inspiring, great talk.
Scheps kept it very real!
Only wisdom from this gentleman!!
THANK YOU FOR THIS!
Andrew Scheps x Mastering Engineers OTP fanfic
Those speakers behind them are out of this world, I want some of them in my front room :P
Look at the price tag and come back here to tell us if you want those speakers OR your living room. I definitely can't have both..
48:08 is anyboday speaking about Sevdaliza being there?
Andrew Scheps is so cool!
Thanks !
"all I need to do is transfer it". Nothing but love A.
43:48 Pitch Shift on the Vocals? Are they "warped"?
48:09 @sevdaliza !!! Crazy!... Wow...
great interview.. 🎶
Thank you!
so good!!
All these guys are so weird. :D It's like a Comic-Con for Music Producers.
:D
My people!
What song has this square wave distorted solo by the chili peppers!!! i wanna hear it!!! he talks about it in 2 interviews ive watched
Scheps genial sempre!
Yo that was some compression sauce he gave away for free! Somewhere around the 20:00 Mark. Added to playlist
Great fucking video the knawledge is melting my brainspace
I Love This.
Amazing interview, love Andrew Scheps!! Is this dude sleeping at 1:12:18 ? :D
48:08 Anyone else notice SEVDALIZA??
I was just sitting here wondering "Who IS that beautiful lady?" Thanks!
Andrew you're awesome
It is true that I love all aspects of
Alexandros Zymvragoudakis
to the kids young and old : "you always think your'e something and most people don't realize you think you're that" -Andrew Scheps
Oh man, All my focus is on those #Genelecs!!! They're so secsay!
What is the name of the album he said that was mixed entirely with headphones?
That sounds amazing 9:15
i rather listen al day then to watch him mix i learn more listen
Cool clear speaking here ;)
Wow! Wisdom for a newbie
bro. please help! i have fl studio and there seems to be a problem with the sound. i have conected my speakers proberly. it goes threw my focusrite. in fl studio when i turn anything to the left i cant hear nothing on the speakers, but when i turn it to the middle or in center i can hear in both speakers. what can the problems be`sorry my bad english man
Evan Sutton there? lol
I almost died laughing, two of the guys I like the most in the same room
@ 12:25 - 13:23 My Renewed Philosophy. When I first started I honestly didn't give a thought... then I started getting too technical... I'm now back to saying fuk it! #djrtnyc
Those are some monster monitors. What are they? 12s?
Which of John Frusciante's guitar solo is he talking about? That he says was a square wave and totally distorted and whatnot?
The Sony 7506 are 100$ or less. He may be talking about others if they were 200-300$ try BeyerDynamic 770s and up.
I love it. 2 or 3 hundred dollar headphones are cheap headphones. Just a different world.
they're actually ~$80
Those mics sound terrible, but the interview is great.
Does it ever make sense to learn the “rules” of anything when whenever I’ve ever ventured into learning anything, what has looked or sounded the best has been what had been created totally by how it came to be by a feeling, despite any or all of the rules that had been broken.
does it start skipping and getting jank for everyone else too when the guy asks about headphones?
well said. No one cares what daw you used, how long it took for the whole composition etc. Especially, in a era where new music is consumed.
The interviewer looks like he needs a redbull.
Hahahah for sure, and I love how he didn't make it about himself though
oh shit!!!!!
anyone managed to find the mono version of Lady Madonna?
Been in rhe box for 14 yrs! They said I was crazy then..
ha ha ha
so, Im NEW on parallel tracks, as he describes... so do you place a duplicate track next to one you're working on? OR bus track for ea one? Im lost on it..
Also, when does one know what plug in to use where and why? Is it subjective, trial and error..?
Do certain plug ins only go best on bus channels, or what about at the end on the master bus, versus on parallel channels to begin with before being sent to busses?
To do parallel compression you send the signal of the track you want to compress to a send bus that has the compressor on it that you created as a send. You then compress the signal on the send bus that was created and use the fader to blend the compressed signal with the the uncompressed original channel. How much of the compressed signal you want to to add is solely on the sound you are trying to achieve. The compressor used to apply the compression is up to you and what you have available in your plugin arsenal. Each compressor sounds and reacts differently but you as the mixer can choose the one you feel is right to you and does the job you are trying to get done. There is no right or wrong compressor. Even the stock DAW compressors work just as well. Most of the plugins now come with a mix knob on the compressor where you can blend the signal of the raw track with the compressed sound saving you the steps of routing to a parallel channel. So in this case you can add the compressor to the channel of the original signal with no routing or bussing and slam the compressor really hard until the signal is completely squashed and sounds distorted then pull the mix knob down until you get the perfect balance between the original and compressed signals. Most of the plugins are now coming with the mix knob so if you have a 3rd party compressor you will have this option and save your self a step of creating and routing new busses. Unless you like the method of having a separate bus in which you can send individual channels to that bus to do parallel compression. Example sending a kick snare and hi hats to the parallel bus and compressing together instead of slapping 3 compressors on each channel of the drum kit and using mix knobs. But say and individual vocal you may want to not route and just add one compressor on the original channel and use the mix knob to achieve the parallel compression. Plenty of videos on both ways to do this. Just look up parallel compression or New York compression and you can get the visuals. Slate Digital explains the mix knob doing parallel compression in his videos for the compressors in the everything bundle you can see that there also.
@@ThaRealWillowBeatz Wow...thank you immensely for taking the time to write all that . An engineer friend told me to share the knowledge and help the other guy n girl...I'll be sure to mark this for myself later.
Indicated by my lack of concepts for pfx, I've been placing indiv comp. on the FX trax and bussing those... Yikes. no wonder some of my stuff sounds so bad. Lessons learned. Thank you so much!!!
AlienAir we all have to start somewhere
48:09 SEVDALIZA?
What is the name of his label? Andrew is the man!!!!
Tonequake Records
43:00
49:31
one of the best interviews ...but please remove hiss and sibilance ...
Does the industry reward artisans like Scheps who contribute so much go the end product? Seems like everyone else makes millions from these big name hits.
21:36
“Sometimes people are just dicks...so you just ignore them!😂😂😂. Awesome!
sounds good through laptop speakers? that's a great sentiment if you care only enough to cater to the lo-fi crowd, but what about when it's impossible to listen to his mixes through a decent playback system that reveals distortion and other not-so-good stuff? Should I be damned because I happen to like music and invested in a decent playback system? His mixes (and all the other products of the loudness wars) are unlistenable through a good stereo system. Andrew's mix of the last Black Sabbath record is a great example of that - a recording that induces listener fatigue quickly because everything is just, loud. Andrew seems like a great guy, but his mixes have me bewildered and wondering if he wants to sabotage the projects (and music) he works on...seriously, if I want it loud, what's so hard about turning up the volume on my amplifier?
I'm definitely a fan of albums that sound better the more you turn them up whereas many modern albums just get harsh and nasty the louder you turn them up. Plus, why mix/master for shifty speakers when no matter what it's going to sound shitty? I make weird enough music that's mainly for other musicians so I don't have to worry about appealing to my fans base of high school kids.
I bet you're fun at parties.
Pretty sure Black Sabbath doesn't really give a shit and they paid him to do what he does because they liked the results.
I love him but I agree on that. Revolution Radio by Green Day is very very "dense" wich is why label choose Andrew. he's the king of Loud/dense and that's a trend. but that sometimes results are dead, harsh album. that Green Day album is dead, too loud but when you turn a little down it's suddenly too far. you can't dive in the mix, not dynamic. He often talks about a record supposed to "feel good", but it's so dense even before mastering that it's unlistenable in a normal manner ( average 2 ways , cars playback systems). But maybe that world is gone and those mixes feel good on headphones, and iPads for 90% of people wich is only what seems to matter.
@@Journeymanlive I agree with you on the green day album, though I feel that the sound is rather an issue of mastering, getting a record loud to the really hot levels like American Idiot or Death Magnetic takes quite a lot of serious skills, it ain't a piece of cake for every third engineer to louden up things, I think that's what happened to Revolution Radio, had they hired Ted Jensen(despite the death magnetic thing), I bet the album would've sounded awesome, dense yet had the dynamic impact.
maaaaan I'm like, really thirsty for a redbull all of a sudden 😋
1:05:38 story of my fuckin life
4:32 money money moneyy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
I'm i the only one that think Death Magnetic album sounds awesome?
+Fredrik Johansson
It sounds awesome to you because of the meaty guitars. It's less Metallica and more Korn in that respect. Also it was probably a very uplifting experience to you after the St.Anger experiment fiasco (oh god the snare...)
“2 or 300 dollar chepo headphones..” i know nothing..
The interviewer could have a little more personality, but the interview itself is good.
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