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@jjjppx Күн бұрын
I'm having an issue with my Zoom 24 multitrack recorder. No sound on playback altho there is sound when I play it on Audacity or other programs. Earlier recordings have sound on the Zoom 24. any suggestions?
@ChadEtchison Күн бұрын
Sometimes the faders will stick. Move the faders up ad down quickly on the tracks you're trying to hear; this sort of 'activates' the track. Go over to the master and make sure that it is at 100. Go to PAN/EQ and make sure that the tracks that you want to hear are up at 100.
@jjjppx Күн бұрын
@@ChadEtchison Thank you for responding! I will try this.
@Kmayzer 3 күн бұрын
Really liking the song and watching your effort to get it right. Have a good week working with your bandmates. Keep rockin!
@ChadEtchison 3 күн бұрын
Oh man, KM, I have had an experience so far. He has helped me with Hell Yes to the point that it is a different song -- and much better! I cannot wait to see what happens next!!!
@DaveStuff 3 күн бұрын
You are seriously fun to just listen to.😂 I've owned 3 of the Deacon versions of the Breadwinner. Anyone that ever says that it's weird to operate, hand'em ANY Les Paul.
@ChadEtchison 3 күн бұрын
Thank you so much, Dave! I know those Deacon's sound good, they got the pickups right! I love the neck and the design aesthetics. I hope you continue to enjoy yours!
@thecentralscrutinizerr 11 күн бұрын
Only 56 more years to go! I plan on living forever - even if it kills me.
@ChadEtchison 10 күн бұрын
Haha! Yes!
@tricorn1776 12 күн бұрын
Hey man looks great!! Love your video. Ihave a shellac guitar project going right now. I started with an acrylic painted body in the style of Jimmy Pages dragon caster. The guitar I got for 100 bucks on reverb is a squier affinity tele. Getting the Page design exact became too challenging so i was gonna scrap the idea but thought what thevhell I'll make it my own dragon!! So off I went. It came out pretty good and everyone is telling me you got to lacquer finish it but I git no place to safely do it so instead of killing the cats and my family and myself I turned to shellac as a finish. I got about 4 real thin coats on it right now and it could be a bit smoother so I was going to lightly sand but I don't want to mess up what I got. So Zi am at a crossroads with the project. Should I sand lightly? Should I keep adding more dewaxed zinsheer spray coats? Should I put oul on. My gut tells me to stay with shellac but still not sure how many coats to do. Oh an I can't thank you enough for telling the story about taking time with the project. This project has been going close to 3 months an for once in my life I haven't rushed things along and its good for my well being. Any help advice you got for me would be greatly appreciated. And thanks tor the awesome video and look inside your projects and life. Live well
@ChadEtchison 12 күн бұрын
Sounds like a killer project! I love the dragon idea was well, and I like the idea of adding your own flair. Try mixing shellac with denatured alcohol at 505/50 and see if applying new shellac releases the old shellac bubbles. Or you could try olive oil and a light sanding with 0000steel wool. Like you said, you have to be careful sanding. I hope it works out! I left my in a bit of a relic state. It has aged nicely and was never perf3ct, which gave me a lot of freedom.
@tricorn1776 12 күн бұрын
Thanks I might go for olive oil with 0000. After should I wipe excess off the body?
@tricorn1776 12 күн бұрын
Wanted to send you a photo where this project is currently at. Couldn't figure out if I could do on KZbin
@ChadEtchison 12 күн бұрын
@@tricorn1776 This should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJWblIxmbZx0q5Y
@ChadEtchison 12 күн бұрын
@@tricorn1776 Yes, the olive oil keeps the shellac from sticking and getting clumpy.
@Kmayzer 18 күн бұрын
Good to see your recording insights. BTW Picked up my own version of Red. Your description of the raw nature of the older squier pickups is spot on. There is just something about them. Keep rockin!
@ChadEtchison 15 күн бұрын
Alright! that's great news. They are so cheap, and they make a good back-up. I need to get Red more functional again. Have fun with her, KM!
@Kmayzer 15 күн бұрын
You got that right. $50 and in great shape.
@ChadEtchison 15 күн бұрын
@@Kmayzer Woah
@johncochrane2707 19 күн бұрын
Excellent tips on stacking drums there Chad. The energy on this version is really great, many bands have preferred their demo or original version of songs to ones that were later rerecorded. Nice one mate.
@ChadEtchison 19 күн бұрын
You're so right, John -- the energy is where it's at with this track. I definitely couldn't beat it, and it turned into somewhat of a fool's errand, but it was more time in the saddle and I didn't have the other one ready yet, so it was not wasted time, but I did decide: no reecordes!
@andredelange4737 27 күн бұрын
If you are a player in a band without a bassist a 4x12 is better. With a good bass player you don’t need that bass. In recordings it’s very bad to have 3 bass sounds like a kick a bass and a guitar with basssounds. I accidentally com a cross this vid . I got a 4x10 cab it got more a bleuss sound that cut through a mix of instruments with a more mid tone. It accentuates more the tube tone of a tube amp. Or maybe too much. Some time it pis me off some times I like it.
@ChadEtchison 27 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience. The more time that goes by, and people I learn from, I begin to see and hear these things in practice!
@fiddlinero 28 күн бұрын
So right about rolling back the bass gain, I'm also guilty of that on drums! And the info on using the bass presets! It's sometimes hard not to want to make do with a track and waste a lot of time trying to massage it into being "good enough" Try another take or two, it's inspiring to see you not hesitate to dig back in! And when you do you frequently pull off something even better... Great job!
@SheilaBarrie Ай бұрын
Hi chad ,amazing story I'm in the uk and have been waiting 45 years to get to new york to find james Dean's apartment, places he hung out a massive fan !I got there last friday It was like he was watching over me I got NYC dumped my bags and went to look for his place ,I went the wrong way ,my sister fell over who was with me so she wanted to go back to the hotel, no one was stopping me, and I ran straight in to the guy who now lives in jd's apartment he took us up for a tour ,it's still exactly the same as it was in the 50's when james dean was there, we went back the next day had lunch and a bbq and hung out there for hours it was amazing ,took loads of photos, Russell who lives there said jd has a influence of who who gets to go there he seems to let only real fans to connect with him some how just thought I'd share my experience with you theres loads of pictures and vlogs on KZbin of this apartment x
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
That is an incredible anecdote! After 45 years and it's just happened, wow! I can almost picture what that room must look like! What an incredible story and experience. Thank you for sharing!!!!
@Kmayzer Ай бұрын
Sounding good! The .addition of bass always give it the little something extra. Keep rocking!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
It really helps glue it together, somehow.
@Kmayzer Ай бұрын
Happy Birthday youngster!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
You are the grooviest, KM!
@hollyetable Ай бұрын
Love you!!❤
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Love you back!
@fiddlinero Ай бұрын
Happy Birthday! All so true... Keep it coming!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you very much, fiddlinero!!!
@Robert_Ferrell-music_ Ай бұрын
Happy B day bro..
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you very much, Robert!
@samsschool3639 Ай бұрын
Happy birthday brotha! I hope I look half as good at 56!!!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you, man! I know you'll look great!
@johncochrane2707 Ай бұрын
Happy Birthday Chad Still really enjoying the channel.
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you, John! That means a lot!
@paulknowles569 Ай бұрын
That is a great guitar sound!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you, Paul! I'm glad it's coming across. The tone quest is real!
@paulknowles569 Ай бұрын
Nice!
@tukoramirez8478 Ай бұрын
Hi Chad, cool to learn from your process. What is your take on guitar effect pedals, do you ever use them or always go straight to the amp?
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Great question! I have had a history of using them when I was younger. I used a Distortion +, a Little Big Muff, a Phaser 90 and a MXR compressor. They all sounded cool, but I had a really cheap Peavey Bandit amp, haha! The pedals made that amp sound better, but when I started playing out and touring, I moved up to a Marshall 25/50 combo amp, and it's like a JCM 800 and has built-in overdrive in the circuit. I stopped using pedals due to hating the stress of worrying about the connecting cables, batteries, and other technical glitches. I tend to go to simple, and when I wired this GDS Marshall 18 watt copy, it sounded so good that every pedal I put in front of it makes it sound worse. The same gos for by Deluxe -- very pure tone without pedals. There are a lot of extra connections, circuitry, and what-not introduced with a pedal board. There is something beautiful about plugging straight in!
@tukoramirez8478 Ай бұрын
@@ChadEtchison Awesome, you have great amps in your arsenal. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience.
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
@@tukoramirez8478 Of course! I'm just glad it helped.
@Kmayzer Ай бұрын
Really liking this one. Especially the intro dive and the use of feedback at the end. Keep rockin!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you, KM!!! I'm happy about the take, it replicates the original and has a way better tone and sound/noise ratio than the original. The solo I recorded last night is way better than before. Whew! Feels good to improve. Hope all is well in your world.
@wayne9934 Ай бұрын
You can run a 8 ohm head to a 16 ohms cab but not the other way around.
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you, Wayne!
@rickmullins7170 Ай бұрын
I need to change my volume pot, but there is no identification on the pot. What are the stock pots, 250K or 500K?
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
With Squier's it's 500k, (on the old ones), they may have 250 now, but older Affinity's have 500k. If I were to rewire today, I would use 250k. Good luck!
@samvincent-kilbride5986 Ай бұрын
Never stop
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@fiddlinero Ай бұрын
Great tips! Love the idea of exporting the drums, adjusting and bringing them back to double up on the tracks! Thanks Chad...
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
I'm super glad it helped, fiddlinero! The doubling really does help, it's like night and day. With 24 tracks at your disposal, why not? Thanks for watching and bringing up excellent topics to discuss!
@Andy_1964 Ай бұрын
Hi Chad.. nice stuff... I was a drummer in various bands in Ireland for about 30 years, I was never much good but I was paid regularly and wracked up hundreds of gigs in all sorts of venues playing all sorts of styles.. the main thing I learned about drumming was keep it simple and steady, play within yourself.. then the song and musicians playing it can " breathe" .. So my point.. what you did there on this video is a great example of those things.. simple , steady with just the right level of excitement or drive.. cool dude well done.. i look forward to hearing the finished song and yeah i agree with you about the getting nervous half way through the song overthinking it really.. but you nailed it second time around. . Nice one. I must say though, I much prefer playing guitar and singing now, songwriting and recording too.. after all those years behind the drums it's very liberating plus I don't have to haul around as much equipment to gigs 🤓🤣 And .. what's that trick you learned from Steve albini about the drum heads?.. I'd be interested to know it.. Keep up the good work, I always enjoy the channel.. 🎸🥁🤘🤘✌️✌️
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
Oh, thank you, Andy for this wonderful anecdote! That is always welcome and desired, as I love rock and roll stories! Thank you for your ongoing contribution. I fully agree with all of your drumming advice, simple is all I'm capable right now, and I don't think I would be a good, real drummer -- recording only! The stress of being either a drummer or a singer is real! They both have upsides and downs. The heat gun trick is the coolest. When we recorded with Steve, he had a set there iwth some rough looking heads and we thought we were going to need to change them. He got his heat gun and heated up the top of the heads and they all snapped back into place! I'll do a vid showing how it works, and it works great. Just turn it on high and move it around the dents until they pop back up.
@Kmayzer 2 ай бұрын
Hope the track works for you. Sounding good as always. This recording stuff is interesting to watch. Keep rockin!
@ChadEtchison Ай бұрын
This one should wrap soon, Km. I can get the guitars in one day and the bass and vocals should also be straightforward. Back at it on Sunday.
@AlexLaptschenko 2 ай бұрын
Hi Dude, it seems to be an everlasting Story about that timeless tool R24 of ZOOM,isn't it 😂
@ChadEtchison 2 ай бұрын
Yes!!! The heat gun has endless possibilities! This one really works, I don't know how many times you can do it before it melts the heads, haha!
@AlexLaptschenko 2 ай бұрын
@@ChadEtchison yeah right
@AlexLaptschenko 2 ай бұрын
Sounds good. Thanks dude🎉🎉
@ChadEtchison 2 ай бұрын
Thank You! I'm glad it helped.
@paulknowles569 2 ай бұрын
Nice playing! Really solid. This is going to be a great song.
@ChadEtchison 2 ай бұрын
Aw, thanks Paul!
@Kmayzer 2 ай бұрын
Really liking this track. Sounding good as always.
@ChadEtchison 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, KM! It's 4/4, very easy, and straight forward.
@fiddlinero 2 ай бұрын
Hey Chad, pretty much what I do using the R24, do you ever use the scratch track and blend it with your final guitar track? Sounds like a good one!
@ChadEtchison 2 ай бұрын
Yes, Nero you could definitely use that track. It could be lower in the mix or even split out with another track. Another thing I;ve done is to layer an acoustic track and then have that low in the mix to just provide texture and a percussive feeling. I'm hoping that the amp sounds great on this track, because that is one of the main problems with the original recording. The pickups were noisy and I dropped the ball on the miking.
@christopherdouglas512 2 ай бұрын
Thanks man
@ChadEtchison 2 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@chrish7 2 ай бұрын
James Dean will go down as the most overrated human being in history. It's pathetically ridiculous. Why don't all you crazy fans go and exhume his body and see how great he is now. Oh that's right your god is nothing but dust.
@Kmayzer 3 ай бұрын
Me like. Very raw sounding rhythm. Agree with you that the Marshall is the way to go on this one. Gives it that something extra! Over thinking can be a big obstacle to moving forward. Sometimes times you got to let it rip. Keep rockin!
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, KM! Yes, no over thinking on this one!!!
@Kmayzer 3 ай бұрын
Another piece to the puzzle. Sounding Good!
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, KM! Back in the saddle again!
@Wasteoftime10 3 ай бұрын
Note to self: Dont let this guy borrow my gear! 🤣
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
haha! It's very true!
@krusher74 3 ай бұрын
What in the name of the baby jusus is going on with those toms! (and that snare)
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Haha, those are "square" toms that are featured in the Slingerland Magnum kit. This one is from 1985. The snare is a '70 COB Gene Krupa, also a Slingerland. They are set-up goofy because I wasn't using them on this track.
@drummer4hire12 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Highly appreciated!!! I use 4 lapel mics inside the drums and 2 overheads.
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Woah! That sounds really cool!
@drummer4hire12 3 ай бұрын
@@ChadEtchison They end up sounding like the MAY internal miking system, akin to Alex's sound on the live album 'Right Here, Right Now'........And the mics are over 24 years old.......hard to find Radio Shack models. They have a certain frequency response that current lapels do not have. I just play a 4 piece, so I had enough mics to fit the bill. The bass drum hits very hard in the mix.
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
@@drummer4hire12 Oh man, I think I get what you're going for. The immediate fast attack of one of the gods: AVH. His tone is so recognizable, maybe more than any other big time, famous drummer. I'm assuming the RS mics capture attack, and stick dynamics really well. There are so many magical RS products. I really lament their closing. I once hit up the RS down the street on a regular basis to get carbon comp resistors and silver sold. That solder was so good and really cheap! I think I appreciate Alex's drumming more now that I did back in the 80's, even though I loved the band. I now realize what his musical connection with his brother really meant for their music.
@NeverGiveUpYo 3 ай бұрын
Great video bro. Great guitar collection. What's that Flash Gordon thing? P.S. I need something..
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Haha! Thanks! It's a an old Flash Gordon record. Thanks for commenting!.
@nedronez 3 ай бұрын
Once the bridge is locked can you adjust the action via the thumb wheels or do you need to unlock it again?
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
You have to unlock it by turning the little allen screw, and then you adjust. After adjustment, you tighten back up. Good luck!
@regsymes1377 3 ай бұрын
GREAT documentary. Rocks first. idol and one who helped. to open. the doors for. everything that was to follow. From elvis to bowie. Bob Dylan Iggy pop and beyond dean has been a continuing influence on them all
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
So true, regsymes! He was the first teenager and as you have stated, he opened up the lane for expression and influenced everything to come afterwards. I wonder what he would have thought of all he wrought? Thank you or watching and commenting.
@johncochrane2707 3 ай бұрын
Yaeh move on to something new and when you come back it will kick arse! Great track.
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Exactly! You're support means the WORLD!
@johncochrane2707 3 ай бұрын
Love the outro part on this one , tone sounds great, Keep rocking!
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, John! I'm excited to move on!!!
@Kmayzer 3 ай бұрын
The building blocks of a song coming together.
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
I'm glad ot have this recorded. I will have fresh ears and know where to place everything after some time. This one got annoying. Whenever I try something ambitious, it hurts a lot more, then when I do something more familiar. This feels like uncharted territory for me. I wouldn't have made it without your support!
@Kmayzer 3 ай бұрын
Love me some in between tones! Works really well here, especially the last part. Keep rockin!
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Inspired by your advice! I finally get the quack. I think I needed to hear it in the context of one of my tunes, because I always love it in other material, but it always sounded weird when I treid. It really helps the part stand out. The Strat is like a built in effects machine!
@fiddlinero 3 ай бұрын
I think a great choice on the guitar parts! Brings it all together nicely...
@ChadEtchison 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, fiddlinero! Your positive commentary on this really help get me through!!
@AlexLaptschenko 4 ай бұрын
@mr_floydst Hello mate. Pardon for Offtooic. Question about R24, why do synthesizers when using this interface - when connecting separate L+R channels at the output on monitors - give disgusting MONO? And how to deal with this? Thank you.
@ChadEtchison 4 ай бұрын
This may be too obvious, but have you tried stereo linking the two tracks in PAN/EQ?
@AlexLaptschenko 4 ай бұрын
@@ChadEtchison yes I did it via PAN / EQ)))
@ChadEtchison 4 ай бұрын
@@AlexLaptschenko What a relief! Happy Day!!!
@AlexLaptschenko 4 ай бұрын
@@ChadEtchison thanks, i did it already and everething is alright. And the next issue, do you know how to control the quolity of frequences on the output? Thanks!
@ChadEtchison 4 ай бұрын
@@AlexLaptschenko I use Audacity after I record, just to do a high pass, amplification, and/or whatever you would want to do. It's free!
@Kmayzer 4 ай бұрын
Been out of town for some R&R. Also appreciate watching your process.
@ChadEtchison 4 ай бұрын
This has been a tough one, KM. I have redone it several times since this vid. It sounds pretty good and I feel like I can move on to a new one! I hope your R&R time was good.
@Kmayzer 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your memories.
@ChadEtchison 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to watch. You are the kind of guy that helps build people up, just like Albiz.