Can You Mix A Radio Rock Hit 100% ITB? FAQ Friday

[@Producelikeapro]

What other questions would you like me to answer? Comment them below to be featured in our next FAQ Friday video!

[@LASmith-uy3rl]

How about a run down on the beautiful equipment in that rack behind you?

[@drea7772]

Warren, have you tried or reviewed the MCDSP APB units?

[@Producelikeapro]

@@LASmith-uy3rl definitely! Studio Tour coming soon!!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@drea7772 I have one! And yes, I’ve reviewed it and used it!!

[@ardiris2715]

"Many great songs were recorded by the wrong artists." I love digging through deep cuts to find songs that should have worked. Thoughts?

[@jimbotski]

Warren, you're an inspiration to viewers and other KZbin content creators. We are very lucky to have you.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@TheOnlineBusker]

I love Warren, genuinely, for helping us all for all these years. I think we sometimes forget just what a marvelous musician he is!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@musicmanxii]

Warren you're such a great musician too. Every note is played with intention, have you ever thought of starting a secondary channel reviewing different instruments or just having a jam?

[@Producelikeapro]

I have and I might! Thanks ever so much for saying that!!

[@ichiro-ota]

"Trust your ears, your judgement." Wow, I heard something similar to this from you before, but somehow, this hit me like a lightning today. Thank you, Warren!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!

[@jimp.7286]

Playing devil's advocate Warren; some people have good judgement or ideas but they're made great by teaming up with others now or then,... or picking someone else's brain. Coming from the visual arts world, I found that happened enough that it caught my attention decades ago. That's where I learned the difference between craft and art. Yes, follow intuition. Especially if working against a clock. But conversely, sometimes, getting the opinion of others, opens doors to greatness as well. Cheers.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@jimp.7286 indeed! Even though many people have become great in isolation using their singleminded drive, there are many that had mentors helping them! I find the area between where we mentor people and empower them!

[@ardiris2715]

As a bedroom producer, if mixing isn't achieving what I want, I record everything again from scratch. A lot of stuff can be fixed between the guitar and the amp. My inspiration was Stevie Nicks once saying that she often recorded a new vocal rather than listen to Lindsey argue with everybody. (:

[@Producelikeapro]

Very well said Ardiris!

[@rome8180]

I do the same. And I find that it often solves issues in unexpected ways. For example, I'll end up choosing a slightly different guitar sound. Or I'll realize that a track I thought I needed I don't really need at all. I don't really think of recording and mixing as separate processes. As I'm recording, I'm picking out sounds that fit together. And so re-recording is essentially getting a blank slate on my mix

[@matthijshebly]

The fact that the guitar sounds great could have something to do with the excellent player ;)

[@Producelikeapro]

You’re very kind!!

[@LDdrums20]

This!

[@musicworldnow365]

Now, that's what I call a great musician.

[@Producelikeapro]

You’re very kind!!

[@TeleCustom72]

That guitar tone at the beginning - cool AF

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@tiekumark]

For me Stevie is the last living pop music genius. He music brings me to tears just through its greatness

[@Producelikeapro]

He IS definitely a genius!! Agreed, I often cry thinking about just how good he was!

[@sbanville4761]

I love the fact that you mentioned A night at the Opera. When I first heard that album in 75' my life changed towards music drastically. Songs in the Key life, Kansas Leftoverture, and others in that vein shaped my musical landscape.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it

[@adamphillips6747]

The answer is Absolutely.

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely!!!

[@alexzaviar]

Loved Summer of Soul! Along with Stevie Wonder, I also grew up around Sly and the Family Stone albums, and they tore the house down in Summer of Soul too. There was no way I wasn't going to watch that one! You were absolutely correct about the audio... I kept thinking that here is a live show, and it sounds amazing. So much talent there!

[@Producelikeapro]

It's SO Amazing! I absolutely loved it!!

[@HardwiredMusicMaker]

"What if I have bad taste?" What a great question. I feel like it's a case of getting out of your own mind and listening as if you haven't listened before, try to hear from someone else's ears. A great idea I heard was to have someone else sit with you and listen to the mix - if there's a problem it'll stick out like the proverbial sore thumb. Even if they don't say anything - just being there makes you hear differently. Similar to writing and creating art - we get attached to certain "ideas" about what it should be and let that override how we experience it. For mixing, maybe it's a tip we get here or on another channel that we're stuck on as "it should be great because so and so said it's killer." But it's not working for our song. There's an expression: "Kill our babies" - those parts that we think "should" be great, and we're convinced it must be great - but it's not working. The question I have to ask myself when making decisions about mixes, writing music, creating photos etc - "Will this come across to someone else the way I want?" and I really try to experience whatever it is from outside myself.

[@Producelikeapro]

So well said! Agreed 100%!

[@sixstring3639]

Sounds like Johnny Winter. I'm a big fan.

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! I saw Johnny Winter when I was in my late teens, amazing!

[@rossbalch]

Woah, that guitar sounds amazing and looks great too.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it

[@thore535]

When you state, mixing at the highest level is possible in the box now it's like the final official announcement of the new era. And that's a bit heavy on my heart. I think we all welcome the new technology. Lowering the barriers and leveling the playing field is a great achievement after all. Still I hope we can hold dear the old equipment and particularly pass on to the next generations of what great value the old stuff is which I think is a big challenge. Every digital box sounds exactly the same and the youngsters have already gotten used to that. But there's not one piece of analog equipment sounding the same as another. They're just like humans. Even each channel of your console sounds different - isn't that great? Isn't that essential to music, to art in general: distinctiveness, uniqueness, character? We were fools to throw that away and trade it for sameness. But will the next generations learn that?

[@butterblood]

Luckily every guitar & amp still sounds different. And every snare, cymbal, etc.

[@rome8180]

There are thousands of plugins out there. There are infinite chord and melody combinations. There are countless ways you can arrange your songs and make sounds fit together in new ways. There are a billion ways to sound different. It seems myopic to think that somehow it's the differences between consoles that matters the most.

[@neovxr]

With digital gear, there are almost no restrictions to the structure of the mix and the processing. So we must abandon all limits in our heads, that we have learned earlier, and find out what is possible right now. Some guys have a template that uses the SSL channel strip on all 100 tracks, and another that uses the Neve etc., and then the BX idea about tolerance modeling came in. But I shape the recorded stuff with any plugin that I think might do something useful, and use no channel strip at all, or totally different ones for the main tracks like lead vocals, solo guitar, drum bus etc., which in the end creates a sound that ideally depends only on me, not on a particular set of plugins.

[@drumsmut]

i say to each their own, unless you’re chasing money, then do it your way and no worries, there’s a million ways to get great results and whatever you like or what works use it..never mind what the “crowd” is doing..i use some very old equipment that, to most, is considered completely useless(old cassette recorder/old crappy mics/etc)to most people but there are things i like about these older things so i”ll use them until they prove useless to me..but im inspired so, to me, thats what counts

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

Listening to your intro made me realise I've taken huge steps in my goal to become a lead guitarist, and that I must be well on my way to becoming one! 🙂 The whole way through, I was saying over and over in my head... I can do that! I can do that!

[@shayanbakhtiari2552]

Inspiring as always ! When I want to start a new mix, I always come here to check your videos and listen to you ! Thank you sir ! Cheers from Iran 🔥🔥🔥

[@jasonvotaw5966]

It is so great - I grew up with 4 track cassette - now I can technically make a pro level mix using plug ins - It is a dream come true for me - I can't make a pro level mix - lol - But at least all the technical barriers are gone! - And it is inspiring!

[@vatsalismusic]

Amazing solo in the beginning and amazing video throughout

[@BryannaHitchcock]

Great video, Warren. I'm back into producing after a 10 year break. Learning to trust my ears and really listen has been one of the biggest challenges, but it's wonderful to have so much power right on my desktop with Ableton.

[@darrenross9168]

Hi Warren, Man, i love hearing you play, you rock dude, great FAQ Friday as usual, have a wonderful day, all the best.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Darren!

[@splashesin8]

I have fallen in love with that guitar. Of course you are magic on it❣️

[@OldBoans]

Another brilliant lesson & musical observation Warren! Ta.

[@meekoloco]

Great vid as always, Warren. Glad you mentioned Summer of Soul! Brilliant film! So many great performances. Nina Simone’s performance gave me chills! Cheers!

[@briankingart]

Just wonderful, Sir Warren. Tyvm

[@AlexeySolovievMusic]

What a wonderful FAQ video! I love all of your FAQ video always learning something new from them. And this time I'm 100% agree that you can mix radio rock mixes in the box. After buying all courses on Pro Mix Academy and starting watching them one by one I've realized now that yes you can do really professional mixes in the box. Especially i love Darrel Thorp and Ulrich Wild's course how they mixed really great rock and metal music in the box and their mixes sound phenomenal! Thank you so much for all of your great and very knowledgeable answers Warren! It's a huge privilege and honor to learn from you!

[@alexwhiteesp]

What a great tone at the top there! Awesome.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Alex!

[@alexwhiteesp]

@@Producelikeapro Brother, thank YOU for all these amazing videos and fabulous attitude and inspiration. Been watching a heck of a lot of them recently and they are all excellent - essential even. Thank you for everything you do.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@alexwhiteesp you're very kind my friend! Thanks ever so much!

[@robertkerr8601]

I love your approach towards guitars, you have moved me to getting the Revstar, such a cool guitar, the guitarin this video looks and SOUNDS awesome! Thank you Warren! And yes you can mix in the box. I recall only having a four track for many years and now here I am - and on my computer is the ability, with the proper mixing skills, to produce not just a high class demo, but...a song that can be played on radio, how epic is that Warren? How amazing is that? I am super grateful for all the wonderful technology in the music industry today, it's a wonderful time for creating music.

[@realraven2000]

love the new hair look. and the Jaguar!

[@HitTheRoadMusicStudio]

haha love the question "What if I have bad taste"!!! And what a tasty creamy sounding guitar 🤘

[@ElectromagneDikk]

I love when a really good producer can play the absolute fucking shit out of a guitar

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha thanks ever so much!

[@nichttuntun3364]

"what if I got bad taste?" Awesome question 🤗 I think it's possible to do very good sounding mixes completely ITB. With such great stuff like Kelvin from Tone Projects or the exceptionally excellent non linear P42 Climax Line Amp plugin from Pulsar Modular, I feel since a long time some guys eventually achieved to get into hardware sounding and acting ITB quality. Cheers and tschüss. Warren, you are doing so great stuff here. A joy.

[@TopherHolland]

The guitar sounds fantastic. But I can’t help but think that any guitar in your hands is going to sound great!

[@Producelikeapro]

You're far too kind my friend! I hope you're well!

[@GrexKhusan]

Summer of Soul is on Disney+ About to watch it now. Thanks for the tip!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Amazing! You'll love it!

[@Funkybassuk]

Warren, where have you been hiding those chops? Bloody hell, mate. 👍🏽👏🏽

[@jensharald9091]

The ol' "dempanic" 😆 love that

[@bobbykanemusictube]

I would still love to work with a real SSL from time to time. Only got to try it once. But I love the ease of working in the box. It's all about the ear. You taught me most about that.

[@MarcBecker_Music]

Great FAQ Friday. What a beautiful guitar. I love offset guitars. This beauty sounds great and looks awesome.

[@CrushingAxes]

Nice Warren ! Your such a great guitar player dude! Really nice tone too!

[@Producelikeapro]

You're very kind! Thanks ever so much!

[@Push-Pull]

Inspiring, keep it up😊

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@antcall6779]

You rock Warren

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@Beatledave7]

What a beautiful looking & sounding guitar! as was the playing! Gotta love the look of a double bound guitar & while a guitar has to sound good it always helps if it looks cool too!

[@drea7772]

With premium converters and one or more MCDSP APB-16, you will find the best hybrid combo available today. The MCDSP APB-16 gives you EQ, Compression and saturation in analog heaven!

[@AMB666]

Great points as usual warren! In my opinion the nonlinearity character of the ssl and the outboard gear is incomparable. However, the emulation plugins are really good specially for the price! But at the end of the day, the creative approache is the obvious winner whatever you use!

[@willemmoller6736]

That's a gorgeous sounding guitar!

[@jeffrydon419]

Damned gorgeous guitar. Sounds exactly how it looks. Fuckin' solid playing as well....Marvelous!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! And yes, wonderful guitar

[@sebbityseb]

OOooo...I did not know about The Summer of Soul. On it!

[@wadeburgan1574]

Love your playing Warren. Weren't you working on some songs a while back? Did I miss the release?

[@GeoZero]

I went from out of the box to in the box and back to out of the box.

[@Producelikeapro]

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

[@GeoZero]

@@Producelikeapro Your vids are the best Warren!!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@GeoZero you rock!

[@skaboosh]

you are a brilliant man, i repetit: you are a brilliant man, i repetitit: you are a brilliant man, i repetititit: you are a brilliant man, i repetitititit: you are a brilliant man, i repetititititit: you are a brilliant man.... hopital now please, but you've taught us so much, merci

[@Producelikeapro]

You're far too kind!

[@musicmore5169]

love that guitar, jaguer like, the sparkle paint and what pick-ups are those.

[@Producelikeapro]

It’s a stock Jaguar from Fender! I love it

[@pauljonesesquire]

Thanks for the answer regarding Stevie Wonder, I mentioned it because I do the same thing myself and happened to have Music Of My Mind up on the shelf. Right now its Santana Moonflower, the gatefold sleeve is inspiration enough and the music in the grooves is mind blowing. Maybe a question for a future FAQ Friday, how often and how long do you practice guitar, do you have a routine? Your chops are well together.

[@KenMyrheim]

I asked the question about having bad taste, and I see some, including Warren, think I was being funny. I wasn't really trying to be funny, though. There are instances where a certain type of sound seems to be commmonly accepted as "good", and I just don't hear it. Take snare drums in heavy music, for example. I will listen to a song here on KZbin, and see comments about the snare sounding "killer", and all I can hear is this overly processed "whack" that doesn't sound like any snare drum I've ever played. In pop music you have vocals that have been tuned to perfection, and I just think it sounds lifeless and artificial. I know I'm starting to sound like a luddite here, but I swear I'm not! Warren mentions impostor syndrome, and that could of course be a factor for me here. It just feels sometimes that I'm completely out of step with other music lovers, hence my question about having bad taste. I do appreciate your answer, Warren, some food for thought there!

[@erikkroll2154]

I know what you mean. I have the same problem. People liking the sound of a snare or toms and I think they sound horrible.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hi Ken, great question! Thanks for asking it and I do fully understand what you mean! I think everyone I know and respect believes that overturned vocals sound terrible!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@erikkroll2154 indeed! My question would be do you like music that others love and find popular? If not then of course it’s not about not hearing successful sounds people love, it’s more about loving things that aren’t popular, which of course is ok, but necessarily good for someone wishing to make money as a Producer and a engineer. I’m talking about Pop music, it can be Metal or Indie music that maybe 100”s of thousands of fans. If only love music and sounds that 5 people like them of course that’s very different! My question is what do you like and does have a very small catchment of people who also like it?

[@erikkroll2154]

@@Producelikeapro I understand what you are saying and yes, I like death metal which is not super popular but, even the new recordings sound horrible to me because, mostly the drums, don't sound like drums. I hate pop music. Always did. Even in the 70's when they used real people playing real instruments. But with that said, I love classic rock, jazz, funk and blues. I guess I don't like fake sounds. I am a drummer and I never use samples on my drumset. I like the sound of a real drumset. I know how a drum sounds. If a recording makes the drums sound different, I don't like it. The same could be said for all instruments and voice. I realize pretty much all music today is fake. That is why I don't like it. I am probably 1 in a million people with that reaction so, I guess it doesn't matter what I think. I am the one that has bad taste, lol!

[@Joey-rp5vg]

Great faq video. The trust thing is difficult and sometimes when you get a good comment from someone of your stature Warren it can jump-start that need to listen more and doubt less. For song writing it could be different. Less doubt but more self-indulgent

[@oskarmattsson2031]

Which amp did you pair the guitar with? It sounded beautiful

[@Producelikeapro]

It's my Fender Tonemaster!

[@oskarmattsson2031]

@@Producelikeapro magic!

[@jamielailey4594]

That guitar is unreal...

[@PooNinja]

Stevie is all you said and so much more!!

[@MarkTaylorCanfield]

What happened to your Echoplex? Was it in need of repair? I'm trying to remember what you said about it. What a great vintage piece of equipment!

[@rudeboys28712]

that is so true about mixing in the box. I have mixed songs that really sound better than songs mixed in the '90s or early '20s. I was listening to the radio just now in a parking lot waiting on my pizza order. I haven't listened to the radio in 20 plus years, lol. I was on the HD rock radio station playing some guns and roses stuff plus other rocks songs with eq on flat. I notice some errors in the song's highs I never noticed back when I was younger. I compared all those mixes to what I'm doing in the box and pretty much sounds better or the same without that harsh highs. by the way, the stereo in my car is not a stock system but 10k custom-tuned with active eq. I won a lot of sound quality awards with this system when everyone was into car stereo systems, so it has all the dyno mats in the doors and ceiling plus other places in the cabin. my point is you can mix in the box and no one will ever notice it period. if you can mix on a console, you can mix in the box.

[@1JPK00]

in 2001 (20 years ago(!)), Creed's "My Sacrifice" & the entire Weathered album was mixed 100% in the box (Pro Tools, no analog hybrid) with 2001 plug-ins....... it may have been the first platinum rock record 100% mixed in the box.(?)

[@philu4621]

Really you can get by with decent preamps and a good DAW with 500 to 700 bucks of the right plugins....and of course some mixing wisdom from Mr Huart...man the things we can do nowadays...

[@waynebutler7432]

Really enjoy your FAQs. Love the Summer of Soul doc. Gives me goosebumps. I wish someone would do a take on WattStax as well. Maybe in the works based on success of Summer of Soul.

[@MarkTaylorCanfield]

BTW Personally I like to use a combination of plug-ins, outboard gear and a mixing console. My DAW is my main tool, of course. I definitely prefer the real instruments to samples whenever possible! I can't imagine ever using an electric guitar simulator becasue I love playing a good instrument. And you can't replace the feel of playing a real piano by using a digital source even if it sounds nice in the mix... An acoustic piano reverberates and vibrates as you play it so you can feel the sound, much like a guitar or other acoustic instruments. That is one of the things I love about playing real instruments.

[@gregmann5687]

Wow that's a pretty guitar!

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, it's rather special indeed!

[@richardjamesmusictech6838]

I have a question… I’ve been trying to get my head around templates and how they could work for me. Occasionally I’ll mix stuff that someone else recorded, but for the most part I’m mixing stuff that I also recorded. Which is about half client work and half my own music. I’ve dabbled with mix templates, but I’ve failed to really implement them into my work flow, in part because I like the idea of starting a recording with a clean slate and (quote) “using the DAW as a tape machine” at least to start a production. I more or less “mix as I go” and usually end up with too many effects to run sessions with a buffer rate suitable for recording. I suppose there are numerous questions here… Do you have just one template for both recording and mixing? If so, do I just need a better computer to run packed sessions at the lowest buffer? Or, do you have a recording template and a mixing template… or like me, a clean slate for recording… but then go to a mixing template? If so, when do you jump from the recording session into the mix template? Many other questions, but I’ll leave it at that for now. Thanks for what you do Warren. You’re the best source for this stuff. Many thanks and blessings to you!

[@versatile0276]

You could mix it on Mars and no one would know or care where it was mixed if it sounded great and was a great song.

[@officialWWM]

That’s an awesome guitar. Reminds me of a Reverend Jetstream.

[@MarkTaylorCanfield]

I agree that you don't need a super mixing console or thousands of dollars in pro outboard gear. I would refer to that as the "old school" way of recording and mixing/producing. I know some electronic music artists here in Seattle who use only a laptop and a pair of good headphones. Personally, when mixing rock I'd rather hear the sound through some open space instead of so close to my ear drums. I've mixed my rock music using studio monitoring headphones and later had to redo the mix to make it sound good on my studio monitor speakers - even though it sounded great in headphones or earbuds! Why is that?

[@peterthornton1568]

I have. Shinedown's "45"

[@theeouapolal7262]

5:15

[@nickywilson2009]

I was kinda hoping you would let me know after listening to my album. 😊

[@jemwand2530]

Oh Wow, in referencing 'Songs in the key of life', just a cursory listen to 'Love's in need' highlight's how influenced by Stevie, Terence Trent D'Arby/ Sananda Maytreya is. the interval changes in the vocal melodies are so clearly obvious. I feel that Sananda has such a great vocal tonality and elegance that he should be up with the greats...at least of his generation.. and probably beyond. Symphony Or Damn should be in every rock fans collection, even if just for the final three songs, which follow through to such a beautiful conclusion. That said, it is an album that should be listened to from start to finish.

[@davetbassbos]

Does anyone remember that 90s one hit wonder "Your Woman"? I believe it was produced in the guys bedroom and straight to CD?

[@OldBoans]

I honestly think were all able to make amazing tracks but for me I will always refer back to the ability to make a melody & being able to sing that over a guitar or piano - or even a beat? That to me is what's being lost - True Genius (of which I'm working on) and in my story I want to tell everyone watching - On my journey I have got lost in plugins , the perfect compressor technique, EQ etc . . . . Please just sing and play with very little computing power and we may find our way back to Stevie Wonder / Prince / Peter Gabriel / David Byrne / Chrissy Hynd - name any one of many. See you at the Grammys 🎲

[@RandyWillcox]

Andrew Schepps says, yes! All day long!

[@MaxFury_Official]

Not gonna lie Warren i'm a bit scared watching this video considering that clicky title of yours! I am indeed working on an attempt at a "Radio Rock hit" ITB! But since i love you, i'll watch the video anyway. Amplitube 5 right now! I hope it does the trick, i used 4 in my other tracks, haha! Edit: "Younger Generation" here. (36), ha ha ha.

[@jan_07]

Dude I saw you rip some virtuoso licks while demoing PRS S2 with Phil McKnight, you are so underrated man, and now this video reminded me of that! You could easily hang with the guitar legends without problems!

[@cwtrain]

Underrated? So there's a group of people who say Warren sucks? Or did you mean he deserves more recognition?

[@jan_07]

@@cwtrain yeah more recognition in the guitar communities.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Januel! Yes, Phil is wonderful!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@jan_07 thanks ever so much!

[@rorycreates]

Scheps mixed Rival Sons latest, so that must have been ITB? Summer of Soul was brilliant!

[@bobbeals2893]

I wish I could trust my ears. I had a producer (Paul Zaleski) tell me early on that I had no bass in my mixes and I thought they were good. So ever since then, I never know if there’s enough bass. Now I’m wondering if there’s too much or if there’s too much build up at 90 hz or if there’s enough weight on the kick drum AAAAHHHHH!!!

[@mrmorpheus9707]

I think you can do it ITB totally if you have great convertors !

[@d3vp131]

There are no bad converters these days. Even the low end is much better than the tons of billboard songs recorded with old Digi converters. It’s the driver of the train. No excuses these days.

[@HardwiredMusicMaker]

I would think that truly great converters are super important if you're sending to outboard gear and bringing it back in - every time they go through the converters there would the chance for degradation so they need to be better quality. But if you're "in the box" the convert only needs to be "really good" because the sound only travels through it once. And the converters in all the modern interfaces are really good - and possibly great when you get into the higher levels of gear like Antelope, Apollo, etc.

[@mrmorpheus9707]

@@d3vp131 i beg to differ..i have a scarlet focusrite.. an apollo and a burl audio b2..& THERE IS A DIFF IN THE SOUND ITB OR OUT!

[@JTguitarlessons]

@@mrmorpheus9707 Lol no, you just don't know how to mix. You think gear makes the mixer. You need to learn how to process tracks.

[@steveburchfield5576]

HOW ABOUT ALLEN HOLDWORTH FOR HAMMER ON AND PULL OFFS?

[@shawnwaldron8912]

I was wondering what is the most effective way to pull off a delay or reverb distorted effect for vocals

[@petterskerfving2910]

I have a question for you. Is there a difference in how you should think about masking when working with transient sounds, like drums, and more constant sounds, like pads, distorted guitars or vocals? I guess ducking frequencies with a sidechain works best when sounds are getting out of the way of transient bursts? Any general rules of thumb that might apply?

[@stijnvanrijsbergen8255]

Oh man, I know the guy who asked the question said it as a joke, but I loooooaaaaathe the whole 'but I have bad taste' idea. Friends telling me they like my music 'but they don't know a thing about music so pay me no mind'. I read in I believe Daniel Levitin's or Oliver Sacks' books that this notion, that music (or art in general) is subject to this delineation of 'experts' who are 'allowed' to do it and/or have opinions about it and 'laymen' who are only there to consume and applaud like cattle, is/was a uniquely Western thing. (Or, and this is my own conjecture, with decades of rapid urbanization in lots of non-Western parts of the globe, at the very least a late-capitalist attention-economy thing - the notion that you have to be good at something and/or make money off it, otherwise it's a 'waste of time', instead of just being a human expressing themselves, to connect with others and give joy and meaning to life.) This idea was illustrated by an anecdote (if my memory serves) of an anthropologist traveling to an indigenous people in sub-Saharan Africa, who invited the guy to join in singing and dancing; but were very surprised by the guy's reaction of 'Oh no sorry, I can't sing or dance'. The prevailing sentiment was something like 'what do you mean you can't sing/dance, you can speak/move, can't you?' - The idea of 'needing to be good at it' isn't even a factor, it's just a means of expressing yourself and connecting with others. Or how so many kids sing and make up rhymes and silly songs and dances, just for the sheer joy of it, but at a certain age that just ...stops. I know for me it was high school social pressure to 'act normal' and 'don't stand out', until I was 'good enough' as a musician to be tolerated. Lots of people never got there, they just stopped dancing and singing because they might look dumb or whatever. We're really good at peer pressuring ourselves out of enjoying life to the fullest, and I haaaaate it. Please everyone dance and sing and write and draw, even if you're terrible at it, because who effing cares. X

[@Technoriety]

FAQ Question: Will there still be a place for vintage analog hardware for mixing when the music streaming services offer Dolby Atmos?

[@LodvarDude]

Spoilers: Yes, they can. Can YOU? Maybe. But GO FOR IT!

[@artysanmobile]

If you’ll forgive my unhinged enthusiasm for the subject, the answer to your question is “abso-f*cking-lutely yes!!” Due in part to my age, my career, as I’m getting the impression is yours, spans the period of ‘700lb behemoth tape recorders dragging priceless tape across heads feeding a transformer-laden monolith mixer costing more than my house’ to today’s ‘MacPro with control surface and monitor screens you can get at BestBuy.’ It was once only through the combined efforts of many assistants, a front office, and a maintenance team that I was able to eke out over the course of 30-40 hours a demonstrably successful record. The difference to today’s process is palpable, with the one familiar ingredient being the 30-40 hours. In fact, the most sorely missed ingredient between the two is those assistants’ very presence in the room. Working alone can be very dispiriting.

[@jonathanrichard6881]

Hey Warren , what kind of Console make and model do you have and what is your favorite 24 ch. Board analog or digital

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

I am trying to figure out mastering, done lots of reading and watching. I make my own masters and compare them to AI machines that supposed do that for you. Quite honestly AI may have me beat for my own simple genre. I try to keep things simple a compressor, limiter and dynamic EQ and sometimes a transient shaper . Of the many youtubers I listen and subscribe to, Id say Dan Woralls videos are the most pleasing to me to listen to . Its more the content I figure or he just knows way too much about how youtube treats streaming sound. So my question is what do you think of AI mastering? I think its far from perfect, but at the same time along my auditory adventures, the technology has the added ability to understand taste and genre. On many occaisions its already given me a better idea of the genre I am in and what to shoot towards as far as recomendations. I loved your videos about Atmos and Dolby. Back in the day , one went to particular theatres, and laseriums to hear big surround sound. Even for live community or amateur theatre and plays its truly bonus. One cant do much about how far away an audience is from the stage, but now you can customize the space for sound to be more equally experienced.

[@austinbridge]

Andrew Scheps has done it every day for the last decade.

[@Producelikeapro]

Not quite! But yes, Andrew mixes in the box now and with headphones as well

[@patkelly8309]

Hi Warren. Would it be viable to use a single NS10 in mono for referencing? I've heard all the stories about how difficult the NS10's are to sound good on. ( I've got access to a single speaker not a pair, hence the Q. ) Thanks

[@steveburchfield5576]

LEFT S OUT OF HOLDSWORTH

[@David-ik9yn]

Do you use a master clock to slave the digital equipment in your studio? Do you consider this a must have for video production?

[@usernameihavechosen289]

Any idea whether Josh Wilbur could've been ITB on any of the Korn records? His workplace looks quite ITB, might have used studio consoles though. Sound-wise, the last album sounds ITB to me, while the second to last OTB, of course this is very subjective. Thanks.

[@MarkTaylorCanfield]

How do we enter to win a giveaway?

[@peterdunne612]

Without question 100%. Beautiful bluesy and jazzy tone on that axe Warren. Love to see you enjoying it. Accurate information as always 👌 Top community. 👍, sub, 🛎 What you waiting for?

[@frankcoffey]

Target audience - what's a radio?

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha indeed! However, what labels aim for mix wise that goes on the radio is exactly the same as what goers on Spotify's Pop Charts, so it's one in the same.

[@frankcoffey]

@@Producelikeapro I’m 57 and even I don’t have a radio in my home. The only reason I own one at all is because they are still included with cars. For decades my home stereo had a radio but no turntable, now it has a turntable but no radio 😀

[@Producelikeapro]

@@frankcoffey haha nice!!

[@ashrefaraby8299]

Hi

[@Producelikeapro]

Hello!