8 STRING GUITAR TONE TRICKS | Do It Better Vol. 1

[@NACHOTHEIST]

Maybe the best tone is the friends we made along the way 😊

[@leogonzalez8674]

Maaaa man 🤘

[@viiexxiii]

Bro can i give you a hug?

[@MATEAKENNY1234]

Maybe the best tone is not buying Stephen Carpenter's pickups.

[@NACHOTHEIST]

@@viiexxiii yeah 🤚

[@NoWrench]

I refuse to believe the timing of "not as bad as it was before" with the music at 22:00 was unintentional. You knew what you were doing.

[@codexstudios]

12:07 TDR Nova is a free dynamic eq that can also do this. Or, if you have Bitwig Studio, you can use the Audio Sidechain modulator on any control to make it dynamic.

[@Lucius338]

YESSS cannot recommend Nova enough. Their SlickEQ plugin is also very good for tone shaping and a bit of saturation, and their Limiter is really nice as well. All free 😎

[@maxalaintwo3578]

If you’re updated to Studio One’s latest version, there’s also a dynamic EQ included

[@gimmickmusic8827]

Yup, I used TDR Nova for years until I finally purchased Pro-Q. Definitely worth the money, but money is money and free is free. 😅

[@plaguebearermetal]

Very cool stuff! I've been learning how to ""mix"" since Covid trapped us inside, and although I'm still a dumbass and don't really know what I'm doing, these sorts of videos are so helpful.

[@augmented2nd666]

This is why I dont make music anymore, theres no way I could remember even a fraction of this crap, let alone all the other crap not in this video that people do in a DAW to make music, like quantizing and chopping stuff up and changing pitches and whatnot. Music is just insane now, everyone has to also be a sound engineer and a producer and a scientist and a doctor to figure this crap out.

[@ekojar3047]

This is more post tricks, you'll be fine, just pick sounds you like, hit record, and see what happens. There are no rules with music. This is more like advanced tricks to get ultimate guitar tones that low. I do love the tone here. I would say the most important thing to take away when it comes to mixing, is the Ducking of the Guitars to make sure the kick and snare cut through. The kick probably more important if you're playing low notes. Just remember, every instrument has its place. Make sure there is room for it! I like to play slap bass, a Korn clicky tone, but the only way I could really mix it good was to copy the bass track, 1 part I focused on the clicks, the other part I focused on actually bringing out the sub bass notes. It just sounds like keys jingling around without the actual Bass parts. But you don't even have to do that. Just play around with tones, and make some music! No wrong answer! Never be afraid to make a song!

[@shawnriffninjareacts7316]

This video just luckily showed up in my feed after buying my first 8 string. Know all about the throaty sound your talking about and I'm not even gonna try Busters insane eq tricks lol I'll try this first 😁

[@ItsDrewsif]

@@shawnriffninjareacts7316 welcome to the club and thanks for watching! Hope this video helped ya out!

[@MaximumPasta]

5:56 - "Sorry phone users, you just heard nothing" That got me haha LOL

[@knightartorias7043]

Starting the video with a Doom Eternal riff goes so fucking hard

[@sahamal_savu]

10:59 If I had to bet, I'd put my money on Buster, sorry man. He's a drummer and he's actually evil 😂 All jest aside, great video. My 8 string tone is awful and I needed some help lol

[@StyL0s_]

You could emulate the dynamic mode of Pro Q with a multiband compressor like the stock one from Ableton Live. You mute the low and high bands and aim your mid band where the "palm mutes" frequencies are and Voilà. I use that trick quite often for other purposes like "deHISSing" dialogues.

[@amethystrealm9835]

Yo!! Just came across this video (fantastic by the way) and am dying to know how you stay in tune while picking hard. I tend to pick hard in almost every other context, but with an eight string my low strings go sharp even when I dial back my picking. Tuning flat helps the attack, but the note drifts south as soon as it rings out. Any tips?

[@sadist1232]

The Murder One head is Lemmy of Motorhead..... He played his bass like a distorted rhythm guitar. Great video man. tyvm for the info.

[@IngloriousKam]

I struggle with that meshuggah bass tone, i miss the low mids tractor 250hz 500hz not the dingwall djangle 900hz, any suggestion ?

[@noahdrake2049]

drewsif ive followed your mixing videos and music (musical endeavors even) since before ctae and to see how youve been getting that sound out of your guitars recently feels like knowledge i shouldnt have. the trick with the fuzz is the exact aspect of the tone i could never emulate. after the A/B comparisons you said it was subtle but i wouldnt downplay that trick it is extremely powerful and changes everything. i used to always double track and only in the last couple years have been finding myself quad tracking more and more. props for being honest about the methods you use. a lot of people gatekeep that stuff. love your content hope youre doing well mayne✌

[@psynide]

I cannot WAIT for your future videos! I have admired your metal mixing for the past few years and am very excited for the future entries in this series!

[@stevenclyde5400]

Amazing video from start to finish, keeping the bass octave the same as the guitar octave below like F# is something I knew deep down but couldn’t confirm until this!

[@MixReady]

So many useful tips and tricks in this one! 🙌🏼 consistency and heavy playing are a must if you want an angry guitar sound 🔥

[@ErikQuiroga-fb9bp]

Could u do a vid explaining how to make bass guitar work in such low tunings plz🤝

[@Lurking_Guitarist22]

I am a phone user who heard!

[@sahamal_savu]

Lies.

[@SeekingJoshua]

I would love a discussion about double tracking vs. quad tracking. Big fan of you discussing your process! Big Love.

[@h3lio5]

My tone is now more betterer

[@dotmavriq]

" And Buster you can fight me bro ".... the die is cast

[@tylerdowd4335]

So, at what gauge would you consider a string a bass string?

[@kennethsmith5383]

The alarm sounds like a minor fart one would awkwardly release at a funeral.

[@viiexxiii]

My 8 string tone is the same as my guitar skills 😎 (shittyashell)

[@suniso370]

I might have been living under a rock, but what is it with some words not being vocalized on youtube lately? I’m also seeing workaround words for some of them.

[@ItsDrewsif]

This is a bit of an oversimplification, but essentially if youtube hears certain words theres a high likelihood of you being demonitized/age restricted on your video, and when that happens on top of obviously not being able to make any money, you are essentially booted out of the algorithm and your videos don’t get shown to anyone.

[@harveyhernandez6619]

So chances are if it sounds good to the guitarist it's bad for the mix

[@gargantula3274]

I clicked on this half expecting "Okay so the first thing you'll want to do is turn the gain ALL THE WAY UP, THEN TAKE ALL YOUR OTHER KNOBS AND TURN THEM ALL THE WAY UP! NOW GO TO YOUR MASTER BUS...."

[@lokealexander]

Drewsif, you are the man as always! If you for some reason want to explore alternative ways to get gud 8 string tone I suggest the following: Behringer SF300 Fuzz into a Behringer Heavy Metal through a crunchy kinda amp/preset. I don't have an 8 string, but I could send you a clip if it sounds fun. It's fun! Also as always thanks for being awesome!

[@fehundy]

I've been wondering why exactly everyone has forsaken the axefx when it comes to recording in general. is it just the flexibility of blending DIs and plugins with other plugins etc? I still use mine cuz it was so damn expensive but these plugins are very nice too.

[@progpogs]

14:07 would be a great soundboard- "And here is my secret for you... WERE GOING TO TRACK THE GUITAR AGAIN!"

[@JDStoneCreations]

Fucking great video. Informtertaining! Also my ride seems to be much worse than that...

[@brownsons]

Just ordered my 8 string!

[@Xenbjorn]

I’m fairly light-handed myself but have thought about doing an onboard compressor from GFS along with a Nazgûl pickup swap.

[@TheREAPERBlog]

You've probably talked about this before, but why not panning fully left-right for the guitars?

[@thatlonzoguy]

because it sounds terrible in mono unless you have a triple tracked guitar sitting center.

[@mikeskis7887]

The recording industry--you can’t get anymore creative recording metal than what we have done Hold my beer

[@MarkKlett]

Great tips and teaching. Love your honest, matter of fact style. A big fan for years!

[@michaelmckinnie]

"Metalcore bros avenue to make bad music" I feel called out

[@ItsDrewsif]

Im allowed to say it, im one of them 😂

[@rafaelcrow5942]

Great video, bro! Can you drop you EQ preset? I have this plugin!

[@KadintheGuitarDude]

Wow dude the bit at the very end where you demonstrated different levels of "hardness" in your playing was wild. I never thought about that before

[@samlukowski3562]

Watching you make great videos that you clearly absolutely hate making....

[@karolkozak64]

But... Glenn said all guitars and pickups sound the same :_)

[@IngloriousKam]

Andrew the man

[@samuelthomasengardio]

Do you recommend any pedals that can produce a good out of the box tone for 8 string in standard tuning?

[@Guitarliano]

Yes we’re on the tone HUNT together. Great video brotha. Hope to see u at NAMM again

[@aaron.durci.4444]

i'm gonna use all these tips but on my guitar tuned UP to f standard

[@slapphomet4U]

I like the fuzz suggestion. I hadn't considered quad tracking, but I'm experimenting with signal splitting in Axe FX.

[@zackarysmith2222]

Quad tracking is supreme

[@assassin1872]

considering i dont have an 8 string, my 8 string tone is forever trash

[@ColtonVanceMusic]

The Pro C move on the master reminds me of what George Lever does!

[@noahdrake2049]

21:06 me when i say the word "car" and get a discord notification shortly after

[@januszo.2180]

Doom! you got me put a like after 5 seconds

[@WittyName44]

Fantastic video. Thank you.

[@cristl1375]

calling Andrew Baena on this one

[@billwarner213]

This is a GREAT video - thanks for the info!

[@PeterCleff]

I love this series already! Sick tones.

[@adammotter7430]

Omg I need more content like this. Learned so much!

[@Durkhead]

Deadstring or dead strings is a great band name

[@PowerInOne22]

DOOM

[@psynide]

DOOM

[@baranjohn1]

Finance

[@ItsDrewsif]

FISCAL CLIFF!!

[@maxalaintwo3578]

Your information is invaluable, bro

[@kennethsmith5383]

Tone is stored in the 🏀🏀

[@JonathanHatcher]

Incredible. Do you do mixing for other people? I've got some songs, I need help!

[@AdamShepard]

I would love to interject myself into this conversation 👀

[@JonathanHatcher]

@@AdamShepard you wanna get him to mix you too?

[@marker1123]

Enjoyed this so much, thank you!

[@Obsidian-Ryan]

uac Atlantica hellz yeah

[@thesambongodragon1057]

You rock. Nice lab

[@xjoshgriffinx]

Sick tone bro! Always the best!

[@EgoPhagist]

i thought you were out of youtube and you said you are leaving ......

[@ItsDrewsif]

I said i WASN’T leaving hahaha. That video was a joke! Unfortunately you’re going to have to put up with me uploading videos for another long while 😊

[@EgoPhagist]

@ItsDrewsif I actually didn't want you to leave , because I enjoy your content ^^

[@DasKotaBear]

These are great tips - the tone journey is one that is constantly evolving. Think of how far we've come! My favorite low tuned guitar tip is that for recording, you almost always should have less gain on your amp then you would in a live setting. You get so much more clarity in a recording that way.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Yes! Finally someone who splits up bass and guitar into separate tracks for specific frequency ranges. I also love how Drewsif will make a dB move that's over/under 3 dB. I don't know how many times I've heard people say *never* make frequency moves more than a few dB. Why? If it sounds better with a bigger move, why the fubeeep not?

[@SamBrockmann]

Glad to see Umansky Bass getting love.

[@PooPooPlatterOnYourMom]

Interloper is an actual masterpiece. Gat dang drewsif 🙏