So funny, I've been recording and mixing in Logic for years, and I do that same gain reduction on my master fader every single time. I've always thought it's probably not the best thing to do, but it seems to work FOR ME. I've produced and mixed loads of albums and singles and ALWAYS use this method. I've never had a complaint from a mastering engineer. You have set my mind at ease, thanks!

This is probably a stupid question but do I need two separate computers for this setup to work? One for MainStage and another for Logic?

If you’re mixing in the sweet spot and you are close micin then I agree there’s no point to treat the room

First off, wow, thanks for the explanation. If I may be so bold as to ask, if I have inserts on my audio interface, which I do, is it ok to run out to a wa73-eq and then from the insert on that out to a wa76 and then from there back to the interface? Or would the 2 pre amps (the interface pre + the wa73 pre) in a row be a big no no?

I appreciate this video. Do you do any tutorial videos on mixing in atmos?

Actually interfaces now are averaging 70db of gain, no external needed with that for home recording imo.

My "Home Studio" is a table in the kitchen, with zero treatment, just shove some old cloth in your monitors' ports and kill the reflections, mix and record at lower volume, use headphones to double check things, you do get paranoid once you go down the acoustics rabbit hole, much more fun to focus on the music

Very useful info! I have 3 desks in my room, so no physics on that! No one even really talks about it. I have speakers on stands along with ISO acoustic stands I'm about 3' away with a small tv dinner desk in front of me a desk on the right and my gear box on the right. I have a bed at the end of my rectangular room 96 x 235. I have some treatment, on the ceiling and made 3 bass traps with a 4th half size. I just started setting this up. My right wall is exterior with essentially zero insulation (bad build) and closet doors to my left = FUBAR! Wish me luck!

Please tell me those yams are not still laid sideways 😢

ahhhhgg how do you get a good lead guitar tone for metal though??

Thanks! Pretty logical...when you know it xD Good stuff!

You look absolutely different in every video. You should be a spy.

Bullshit 😂

This is 💯 the best video on gain staging in Logic I’ve ever come across. Thank you so much for putting this out. It’s been very helpful!

If you buy it and they change things, you'll get pushback.

Why do you need an audio interface when the preamp will connect to the Line In of a computer's sound card, using a 1/4" to 1/8" cable?

No need for these shot “funny” video scenes… boring, pointless, unnesesery

Yep you’ve nailed it for me. So simple and clear. Sometimes we get lost in the technicalities, this is brilliant. Thanks.

Get a black lion power cleanup. I sweet spot for me is 113v anything over that doesn’t sound good to me.

Is it possible to use Logic in tge same manber ,as Mainstage?

Left out one big thing... You want everything you are using plugged into the same power conditioner to avoid noise loops... Even having your monitors powered from a different outlet can create them... Even the computer you use for recording needs to powered from the same source as the rest of the components you are using... I'm sure you know this, but I think it's very important to mention when discussing powering your setup...

Thanks so much for this tutorial. Ive been trying to use my SSL BUS+ with my Apollo 8xp for some drum compression and your video was the only video that worked for me. You saved me a lot of time and frustration. Thanks again so much very much appreciated!

Hello i have a question. How do you stream an iTunes track through logic for reference. I recently purchased a track to drag and drop but of course apple wont let you do that and i havent been able to figure how to get the actual audio into my session. Can you help with that please. I have an apple silicon M3 Mac.

this is the best explanation of this I've seen, potentially very complicated so you make it so simple

Best video on the internet for Gain Staging brotha thanks!!

I think with I/O on you can still use BIP it would do that in real time as well and possibly use less computing power? Don’t quote me on that, would need to do more testing to see if there was any differences in sound BIP vs recording in a new track, but in theory it should provide the same result.

I think the fear of home-studio taking over music and resulting to the closure of music studios that are paying taxes and also leading to the reduction of employments are the reason these people are trying to save the hardware markets. That's all. Can a hardware EQ perform a dynamic purpose of a dynamic Eq? For instrument or sounds, they were already hardware made, and using plugin doesn't stop you from playing life instruments if you have knowledge of music instruments. For Compressor and EQ which are the main reasons of this hardware vs plugin: I wonder what hardware EQ and compressor can do right that Plugins can't if the Engineer knows what he/she is doing. The same way they fighting over DAWs, this is crap and this is not, meanwhile the person making the judgment doesn't know how to professionally use the others but just one or two, and so he concluded the rest are craps, yet hardware or plugins and regardless of the DAWs, hits after hits are coming out everyday, it all depends on who is in charge because these whole thing can't use themselves

What is a good audio interface for that microphone 107 or 103 on Windows? Is there any advantage over the audio interface(s)? Have you owned the MOTU MK5?

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Great video!

hi , can you help me out, how can i put a limiter after the atmos renderer in Pro Tools?

Great analysis.

Sounds good to me. Pun intended

I’m late but I need help where to put my desk , my room is a rectangle, but on the width walls, there’s a door on one and a big window on the other than takes up about half of the wall, meaning I can either put the desk on the length walls, but I don’t know 🤦‍♂️ the walls are made out of brick too if that makes any difference

And my roof is not flat

How would you go about printing audio with outboard gear? I have a Art pro channel strip 1. with a build in pre amp. And I want the audio from my daw (pro tools) to send audio to my Apollo twin and then into my outboard gear then back into pro tools😅? Any help would be appreciated!

Guthrie Govan started doing all this nowadays !! 😮

Yes. Yes, it is.

This was great, thanks brother just subscribed !

The only draw back i have is my ten watt amp looks so small with over drive on fantastic for loudness i have bought 20 watt amp 40 watt amp but my ten watt amp overdrive is the best thanks for your information one question could i put a 100 watt in to my ten watt amp

Ah yeah, I see a ton of rectangular control rooms his top studios with speakers firing from the lenght.... no. There are ZERO of those, because rectangular rooms still suck, not as bad as square rooms but still sck IF the ceiling is parallel to the floor - look a major studios's control rooms... What you need at home is a room like THIS that is non-parallel room, where one of the corners is shaped like a L to act as a bass trap and to break STANDING WAVES. It's all about standing waves. The ONLY reason why someone would "benefit" from putting their speakers in front of the narrower side of the wall is if they have a subwoofer because of the length of the waves produced by it; but then it would come back to them reflected fully from the backwall instead of being diffused to corner, creating a delay and fcking up the phase even more. I haven't move the desk a iota since I walked in and put my speakers on it, there are two curtains either side of me and my dad who have 50 years of experience in studio said, "Damn those are really in phase!"... nuff said

Have you noticed or there isn't a single major studio in the world who worry about treating the control room window behind the nearfields speakers?... And mostly rely on NS-10s (I've always seen them on the side... can't blame anyone for that, the tweeters are so harsh!!!), Genelecs or Tannoys, more than custom in-wall systems... because it's easier this way and closer to the average stereo system! One thing I noticed about the internet is that people gather an immense amount of audio theory knowledge - some good, some not so good, and some downright frighteningly false, like the idea that vinyl is a higher quality format than CD with has close to twice the dynamic range and virtually no noise.... - while next to zero real-world experience on how to do those things. Granted, I too like to watch a bunch of videos on topics of interest without getting experienced in them first hand, but I noticed this trend a lot more when it comes to audio because it's my living. When you're a sound engineer, you do the things you do because you got a JOB to do. Period. 99% of purchases aren't emotional, decisions are made as a mean to an end, which is minimizing technical issues and maximizing the FUN of mixing. Therefore, amateurs tend to completely obsess over things they turn into a big problem in their heads. Pros are the shooting team at the Olympics who both won with no special gear at all : they don't need it. Your instinct becomes better than ANY piece of gear could EVER be.

Your Sound's like Dax Shepard

The story is that there was a photo shoot in a major studio and the Yamaha NS-10s were in their proper upright position on top of the console. They happened to be blocking the view into the live room from behind the console. The photographer decided to put the speakers on their sides so they would not block the view into the live room. After it was published, it became a sort of fashionable thing to do... So much so that Yamaha started putting the logo on sideways as an option.

I've been doing engineering and producing since the late 70's, when I built my first studio........The tweeters should always be properly aligned with your ears. In most studios, the engineer's ears are at about the 48" height..............If I design a studio for someone, I measure the height of their ears from the ground, when using their preferred chair, I make sure that the tweeters of the near field monitors will be at that height, so that can most accurately hear the top end, 'on axis).

One of the big name Grammy winning engineers whose KZbins I watch a lot I just notice the other day his monitors are upside down. I thought might be a gag, but then noticed that putting them upside down the tweeters are ear lever for how his sits behind is console.

Excited to see your perspective on Atmos!! Would love to connect with you on the topic of immersive audio. Feel free to send an email sometime!!

Very underrated short video here!! My Atmos Studio has Kali Audio IN-8's/IN-5's, and I did the same thing for stability to lay them on their sides for the surround channels. I compared a before and after for being upright, sideways, and even upside down. My main goal was to get better resolution in my heights, since I can't get them to a full 8 foot to Dolby's Spec. I compensated and just lowered my other speakers but putting them sideways and upside down, so the coaxial mid-woofer and tweeter ended up having more distance between the surrounds and heights. Another significant detail for Atmos, especially if you're in a 7+ surround layout, the resolution of panning gets less accurate between speakers when laying all of them on the side (in my opinion). So I kept them upside down. Looks very odd, but it sounds phenomenal. Super excited for your build!! Would love to see a studio transformation video :)

You are correct...just focusing on Vocals, tracking and being able to master your own mix, first....is a really good start...I agree....

Extremely, extremely helpful