Dialing in a RIDICULOUSLY HEAVY guitar tone! (w/ Humanity's Last Breath)

[@FrozenSparky]

"Just fuck with the frequencies" - Buster Odeholm 2020

[@axelvelazquez183]

“That sounds fucking disgusting” thank you dude. Only in this genre hahahaha.

[@TrainOfDarkness]

I've watched this about 3 times and that riff never gets old it's so gnarly

[@Thronumgoroth]

"This sounds fucking disgusting" Me: nods. "Thanks, dude!" Me: nods even harder.

[@highpsi7463]

That bass tone is beyond crushing. Damn!

[@Gregoses]

bass sounds great but we cant hear it soloed it this vid or did i miss it?

[@serginhosena]

@@Gregoses only by a sec at 13:05.

[@KeepTheGates]

The volume issue wasn't a bug. The knob that says "PULL GAIN" gives the volume a huge boost and it was in the other position.

[@_nuclearnoodle_5757]

"That sounds fucking disgusting." Best compliment ever.

[@mylesstrickler8164]

This video is really cool! That being said, I don’t understand any of it.

[@juanvazquez5836]

same, nothing matches my dry ass guitar tone

[@xCantrax]

@@juanvazquez5836 DI is everything, New strings, played cleanly and edited well. Sometimes it takes hours and sometimes you get it in a few takes. And hit the strings hard if you're playing metal

[@completionofanexorcism1195]

@@xCantraxI've been recording and playing my own brutal death metal for over 10 years, went from mixcraft from age 14-17 to reaper at age 18-22 and so on to studio one. I've watched numerous mixing and mastering videos and still have never nailed a mix, so i really don't know what wizardry people have, but after following multiple tutorials from top end engineers there must be a huge secret and Im not stupid i know what Im working with after all these years

[@xCantrax]

@@completionofanexorcism1195 The DAW you use doesn't matter. There's no wizardry. It's years of experience and doing things over and over again, learning what tools will be best suited for what situation, what room you're recording and/or mixing in, etc... I'm not tryin to put down what you said because I definitely get where you're coming from. Sometimes it does seem like there's some big secret. But perfect performances, the right instruments/amps and nailing all the takes, understanding that source tone is basically everything and just having the dedication to get the best takes no matter how long it will take is the secret. You can't really change the way things sound. You can really just accentuate the good parts. So if the tone you're recording with isn't good then pick another one that is because you truly can't polish a turd. In my opinion anyway.

[@completionofanexorcism1195]

@@xCantrax Thanks for not lashing at me! haha. I can get a decent mix and master but ya nothing as brutal as this. Really what pisses me off is how long I have used the tools after all these years and i always seems back to square one. Thanks for the reply it's giving me a bit of motivation. i feel i will be watching this vid for the next couple months learning.

[@Ledjent]

Magician... I'd kill for his ears and being able to hear the way he does!

[@NemertinesOfficial]

Try my tracks on my channel

[@lorddgoldd]

I followed this Nail The Mix the other day on my KRK's and it was difficult for me to hear certain things that Buster was doing. I just got a pair of Sennheiser HD660s (the same headphones he's using in the video) also corrected by Sonarworks. The difference is insane!!! I can hear everything he is doing! My mixes have instanty changed and become waaaaaay better!!

[@SpokenFlesh]

@@NemertinesOfficial Holy shit that's you)

[@nathanielcava4128]

@@lorddgoldd I hate mixing on my krks I’ve switched to the headphone route myself.

[@kekkek7888]

umm, hd660 are mid even with eq. Dt 990 /8 770 pro 80ohm and k371 are much better but still need eq. If you want best sounding earphones you'll have to go in ear. Something like monarch mk2, ej07m or kiwi ears quintet are up there.

[@wakjob961]

Some of those 10 year old FREE VST's and plug-ins still compete/compare today.

[@angryktulhu]

why shouldn't they? :) The algorithms behind all these effects are pretty simple and well-known. New software doesn't always make it better, it comes out to make money for their owners not to make things really better

[@the_legendary_gojira9514]

They are great...but the response from using my new captor x and my tube amp (with a few plugins like compressor/limiters) sounds unmatched imo. 🤘🏻

[@NetHacker100]

@@the_legendary_gojira9514 what the actual fuck are you talking about. who buys such garbage let alone play them geez

[@chiefindisguise]

That Saturn trick wow

[@gregoryfinn2714]

chiefindisguise Maybe a stupid question but what Saturn trick? So much of this goes over my head.

[@obdrum6821]

@@gregoryfinn2714 he's talking about the Fabfilter Saturn VST used at 14:25 till the end of the video. which is used to creat controled distortion/saturation

[@obdrum6821]

@@liamphillips2918 you use it as you like as long as you understand what you're doing

[@blakepennycook8952]

@@liamphillips2918 Guitars are tuned so low they basically are bass guitars haha

[@grasabalagbag]

he cut the mid with pro q. then boost that portion with the saturn and add saturation to it. that's new to me.

[@Pedrhard]

Tone was so heavy I got a panic attack and shat myself

[@scottshepke669]

Pedrhard brown note???

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Line 6 Spider "INSANE" setting replica.

[@courtnrysalamone7677]

I have a line 6 spider and i havent found any way to get that sound in a software yet but my god thats my favorite sound in an amp ever

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@courtnrysalamone7677 Probably a drastic high-pass filter and massive amount of gain.

[@courtnrysalamone7677]

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE yeah, thats what my basis usually is but im still trying to dial in the fine details. One day ill get it haha

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@courtnrysalamone7677 Line 6 have a Helix Native VST plugin... not sure if it has an "INSANE" preset but might be the easiest way to get that tone.

[@courtnrysalamone7677]

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE ill have to check that out

[@cmd_f5]

Wizard with those pre-EQ cuts and interesting technique with Bluecat in parallel. That's what makes a unique tone these days thinking outside the box. Good stuff, and that's a ridiculously heavy tone.

[@mikedixon8830]

10:33 perfect

[@mvyper]

I had a friend who used to write and produce his own brutal metal tracks. People listened to them and said : "Man, that's so rotten. You are rotten". And he was all like : "Really?! THANK YOU!!" 😁

[@noelmccormick3202]

"Please work" - Buster lmfao we've all been there

[@XiyuYang]

Gotta say the parallel processing via the Blue Cat plugin is eye opening, I usually just dup tracks and use different plugins on different layers, I need to try this approach.

[@peterrovaniemi138]

live I use a boss LS-2 for that, it is a great way to boost metal tones without killing the original character. Damn good video this one, need to get the full session!

[@demondrive147]

+1

[@MZFKLoose]

+1

[@serginhosena]

Don't duplicate tracks.overdub them.it will sound fuller.if i misunderstood what you wrote sorry.

[@lucasgerow1221]

Duplicating w different plugins on each track is exactly the same as having a plugin split it for you. Parallel processing is parallel processing.

[@TheRealWanderingMan]

If anyone is wondering, the song is Abyssal Mouth.

[@Simon5ez]

Thank you!

[@DanielSmith-pw9ws]

"That sounds fucking disgusting" "Thanks dude" 😂

[@thatlonzoguy]

probably the best buster video on here, his tone is insane for what they are going for... fucking love humanitys last breath

[@SynysterGates70]

Please God do a Nail the Mix for Car Bomb's album 'Mordial'. Nolly is a wizard.

[@matthewmacdonaldchannel1]

This. All day.

[@DDFYO]

learning guitar tone with henry of kingdom come deliverance

[@codyvanhoozen275]

Hahaha can't unseeee

[@codexnecro]

lol now that you mention it

[@cyanideanima]

Very innovative stuff. Both music and production style. Got all of us production nerds in awe here.

[@patchbaycowboy]

A similar technique was used at fred nordstroms studio 10 years before this. You can get similar tones like these from his fredman amp plugin.

[@mattlathandrums]

That tone is criminal. Going to have to buy a couple VSTs to get there but I wanna try writing with this and just let the evil pour out lmao

[@michaelklym7043]

Is he mixing with open back headphones AND studio monitors at the same time? I've got to try that...

[@Ghost17110]

Good to see he's still using the same cab, I remember being recommended by Brian Hood to use that cab years ago Also nice to see someone else doing the same processing I do with Saturn, it's seriously a fantastic plugin

[@Scias]

Stems

[@Ghost17110]

@@Scias give

[@Scias]

@@Ghost17110 bro you want windflower stems in animal crossing

[@goatsurgeon]

It was cool to see this live - I do very little to guitars compared to Buster, it taught me a few things I could try from a producer standpoint, though I’m no producer

[@Schwaaaang]

10:06.... And THAT boys and girls, is why we record left and right guitars separately holy FUUUCK

[@tylersiddiqui1132]

My mind and ears just exploded, that sounds insanely awesome!

[@hogblockula9335]

That Saturn trick was hella nice

[@georgyj111111]

What I learned is, that Pro Tools semms to be pain in the ass

[@Patrick-857]

It is. There's little reason to use it today imo.

[@Goose21]

@@Patrick-857all my homies evaluate their reaper license

[@Patrick-857]

@Goose21 Yeah I need to get to grips with it. I've realised my pirated FL is annoying af to record into.

[@jacobjefferies-mfam]

Next you need to show mixing the bass tone from when you played the track with the whole mix.

[@jasongreen5360]

Its so cool seeing that the pros use all the same tools as us, we just suck at it. Then again, the fab filter has a multiband compressor built in? wth?

[@pianoatthirty]

this video is BRILLIANT... what a masterclass in guitar tone production

[@heavenly2k]

Okay explain it to me then please, I didn't understand half of it haha

[@richmit7154]

i learned more things in this video than the other hundred videos i've ever seen, good job

[@alrecks619]

i'm guessing that little bit duck boost at around 1 to 2kHz is very important due to speaker designs tend to cutting em a little bit, maybe?

[@MCNOISE666]

I find it gets rid of some harshness.

[@xintong792]

The important point I am focus on is the DI source. The process after the DI recording is a mystery.

[@taunokekkonen5733]

10:10 finally!

[@TornByThornss]

Was the Fortin Nameless Suite tone used on the final version of the song? If so that is disgustingly heavy sounding! I use the same plugin and I absolutely love it.

[@ATurnerC]

A bit late as a reply but I think it may have been TSE for amp and cab on the actual album. For Nail the Mix and in the album Valde though he for sure used Nameless.

[@monxstiglitz08]

@0:41 You can turn it off just by right-clicking the pedal,amp and cab section 😁

[@SynysterGates70]

Wow, that Saturn is what I'm missing.

[@Martin.Szorad]

Best guitar tone ive heard in my 16 years of playing guitar

[@BrianWright-mi3lc]

The joy of knowing there is an entire subculture that knows exactly what s-preshigh is and why it's perfect.

[@MarkToast99]

I have never seen someone make such massive cuts and boosts on an EQ, but it totally works. sometimes you just gotta get unconventional if you wany a good sound

[@michaelclark7456]

For someone using Reaper as their DAW using this same process. When you created the second round of Pro Q3 and Saturn, did you add it to the Master FX, did you create a Guitar Submix for the DI's or did you buss the DI's to a separate track? I cannot for the life of me figure out exactly which diffraction you took them.

[@KABINASTUDIOS]

Guitar submix, so q3 and saturn effect both left and right guitar. Di's are on separate trakcs which go into eq then into amp on both.

[@michaelclark7456]

@Artyom Mosin short of Blue Cat Oatchwork (I found a cracked version) and the CLA 76 (I'm using Fab Filter hPro C) I noticed I got the tone down but every once in a while it comes through SUPER sick for like a quick second then goes away. Not sure if you'd know what that could be from? I tried to get the Ats3 x50 to "learn" but it didn't fix the issue I'm having.

[@KABINASTUDIOS]

@@michaelclark7456 First idea that comes to mind is that the attack on CLA is to slow, so sometimes it lets through to much dB into the amp.

[@michaelclark7456]

@Artyom Mosin sadly I'm using Fab Filter Pro C instead of the CLA because I haven't had funds to buy the CLA yet. But it's super weird. It still sounds good but I'll be playing a riff and for a split second it sounds ridiculously good then goes back again. I'll invest in the CLA and see if that makes a difference but I just wanted to say I appreciate you trying to diagnose this with me.

[@884dan]

Id listen to a whole song of pretty much just that

[@ilu9033]

10:34 "that sounds fucking disgusting" "thanks dude".

[@andreadelisio8937]

Sounds grizzly, Buster is awesome.

[@WokeUpScreaming]

I've been waiting for this!!!!

[@chrisp.14]

Holy moly gotta try...

[@xjeffxkia]

So that low end dynamic cut is basically the same as the Andy Sneap multiband trick. 👍🏻

[@dawidgrden2227]

either mm comp or dyn eq will do, the difference is that the comp cuts right through the treshorld and the dyamic eq just subtracts some db's, I guess that the DI was already processed in some way that's why he chosen dyn eq, maybe it's just preference

[@tim-pascallau9228]

@@dawidgrden2227 I wish i would know how these DI-quality is made. My god!

[@xGIJewx]

That Saturn trick, fuck...

[@jeshuggah7325]

I would love to hear Buster mix Meshuggah at some point. Not to recreate the original mix but to make it his own!

[@brandonreihana]

Dammmm son! Sounds so insane!

[@binzianer]

Gotta love this craft

[@denisherry]

WOW the slap in our face!

[@nestycb6702]

How tf does the lowering the mids and then rising them work?

[@andrew777spencer]

in this case the bass is in the same octave as the guitars?

[@3101max]

first time ive seen someone else use an eq before the amp to treat the DI. ive been doing that and using an eq boost instead of an OD

[@regdenee]

Same here! I usually combine it with a tube screamer for extra cream.

[@jfo3000]

I do that as well. For me it was to reproduce using EQ pedal into drive pedal on a real pedal board into a real amp, which I've done since the early 80's...the Randy Rhodes trick that became the norm. But yeah, if just the EQ into the amp accomplishes the goal why use up more of the processor by adding in the drive pedal plug in?

[@3101max]

@@jfo3000 exactly. i use juggernaut and ragnarok pickups so they are already fairly mid boosted. i dont need the extra gain or volume boost from a tubescreamer just the eq curve which i copied from a maxed fortin grind pedal. really tightens everything up

[@NemertinesOfficial]

I do that. Di has to be corrected sometimes

[@JLP-333]

So basically just fuck with shit is what I'm getting out of this

[@darklight4815]

All these plugins say how great they sound but you buy them and realize you have to add 5 other plugins to it to get that good tone...I haven't found one yet that really sounds satisfactory using it alone...I also am not really great at dialing in tones for recording but it shouldn't be that hard honestly...I can dial in a real amp in a matter of seconds with no other hardware...you are really good at making these plugins work,good brutal tone... hopefully I can get there one day.

[@matthewbratton5003]

Dialing in an amp on it’s own is a completely different thing from dialing in tones for a mix. Dialing in tones to record distorted guitars is hard, because distorted guitars are the opposite of what you want in a good mix hahah. It’s even harder when you tune down.

[@proddreamatnight]

His ear is the most impressive thing here. Things like 8:24, how long does a skill like that take to learn

[@oleskiyashko2901]

Yesterday I buy Fortin Nameless and trying this chain. But I have so many low at my ditrack. I'm using ltd ec1000 - dibox - pream - audio interface. I have to use the minimum -16db 80-110 Hz on the low range before the amp to have a frequencies image, as yours. Is this normal? Thanks for what you doing and sorry for my English.

[@rickjames5684]

Does anybody know where I can find a copy of TSE x50 for mac? The website does not support purchases anymore.

[@enigma1247]

So no ones gunna acknowledge that digital fart at 3:17 ok. Ill be that guy. 😂

[@itspravus]

Sounds brutal, Buster is amazing!

[@vicnest]

Right click on the Namelss Cab section or pedal section actual quickly disable it. Pre-EQ rules!

[@maximmiller8739]

This sounds dope!!!

[@KeepTheGates]

Does Pro Tools not have a mix knob for plugins?

[@theopentable3132]

it does not

[@turboesther36]

The EQ for the “djent tone” is at 1k exactly my dude

[@Korneo54]

Sound monstruous !!!

[@storyovleandro]

Gorgeous!

[@BertrandCroq]

"sounds a bit too low end heavy" hoooo, just a little bit

[@prestonh4348]

Saturn was my favorite planet, but now it’s become more of my favorite planet. That shit just turned my world upside down.

[@savagliani]

His DI is the raw clean guitar? Comes direct from guitar or is coming from an real Amp ? Thers's akways a Fortin amp behind him is his videos. I did not hear his pure DI, please clerify that. Thank you

[@TheCampbell254bme]

Why not just download the tse tube screamer pedal vst rather than loading the entire tse suite?

[@antisocialnetworking3856]

Why have multiple guitars instead of just one? Why have multiple instruments that fill up similar frequencies to guitar instead of just guitar? Sure, he only needs the tube screamer here in this specific instance, but there's not really any point to NOT having more options, and they can always come in handy, especially on other projects :P

[@TheCampbell254bme]

Antisocial Networking not really the same as having two guitars lol it’s a waste of memory running the entire suite instead of the much smaller single pedal. If he was running 3-4 guitar busses it doesn’t make sense to run the full suite on each. Unless as you said he wants the other options...but those other options are: the amp sim (which pales to the fortin by miles), effects which are so-so from tse, and more IRs which he doesn’t need so I don’t really know what other options you’re buying. It’s simply inefficient imo.

[@augustdesmond6443]

I think he's doing it in parallel, so he has like 50% clean DI, 50% with the pedal, and he doesn't have to do anything else to the signal chain to get that

[@TheCampbell254bme]

August Desmond oh really? Didn’t catch that he was trying to use 50% clean...is that common for heavy (using heavy loosely in this context; just not clean/ambient) to run a partially clean signal? I thought people mostly did that for bass guitars?

[@brunotortorello8530]

@@TheCampbell254bme I know this is 8 months old but, no it's not that common, honestly this is the first time I see someone doing it, I would do the same as you did with the TSE pedal directly on the track instead of the full cab on parallel

[@rockboy360]

Those riffs sounded like KoRn trying deathcore.

[@Tyrant_King666]

love reamping techs with tlc \m/ and dsp

[@MrBazz420]

is he mixing with headphones?

[@hogblockula9335]

he does have headphones on when mixing, so take a guess lmao

[@camo_8903]

Buster "the creator" Odeholm

[@MrDEFORCER]

Who has tried this in the analog world?? Getting a 10 band eq, boost 1 khz and kill some low and high mids ??

[@NoName-jr6yl]

Dude, does someone know how their pitch shifter works? I always wanted to know, but I can't find any video or site anywhere

[@jordanbuechler5143]

Digitech whammy DT controlled in the DAW via MIDI!

[@bradhargis2261]

I dont understand the point of cranking the mids on the amp up to 10 but then turning around and slapping an eq on and cutting out mids and high mids.

[@federicogarufi479]

Brad Hargis 'cause the amp will react in a different way

[@gustanoid]

amp knobs sculpt the preamp distortion tone. All post eq affects cab's tone

[@Patrick-857]

That's how you get the chug. It means the mids (the part you hear the most) are super distorted, but the bass is less distorted, and the very low bass that flubs out your amp is rolled right off. The highs are also less distorted, giving more definition. Then the tone is mid scooped afterwards because metal. The result is the tight thumping chugs, insane amounts of distortion and relatively clear definition of a modern metal tone.

[@bradhargis2261]

I understand how eq works and how amps work. Why not just back the mids off the amp setting so you have less EQ'ing to do? Wouldnt you want to get the best sound up front so you have less processing to do in the signal chain? Just seems counterproductive to do all the stuff hes doing. It sounds great for sure afterwards, so I suppose the ends justify the means. Just seems like theres gotta be an easier way. Lol

[@xRiseAgainstx]

I’m sure there’s more to it but i watched the live mix and it’s kind of his style to slam something and tweak it after. Also like the Saturn, he slams the drive to 100% then tweaks the volume of it down

[@aripekkarepo]

Ahhhh good old Ryan Harve impulses! Used to bang s-preshigh to the oblivion back in the Andy Sneap Ultimate Metal Forum times! I wonder if i have those exact impulses? Anybody know where to get them?

[@businessdealer2930]

great changed very modulated and controlled sound level i like it

[@Jayremedy]

Sounds like 8-bit charmander

[@thisguy2973]

God, Pro tools looks ancient

[@dangledangleton]

fucking gnarly

[@MrFusion101]

sounds like those old Behringer modelling amps from mid 2000s

[@snowandcoal]

Saturn trick was tasty one

[@IanBundy_art10Zen]

Amazing sounds massive and tight...great to see..

[@irodallah]

It sounds really cool and heavy, i tried to get the same, but i couldn't

[@davie5104]

Ok sick ass tone, BUT, what the hell is the guitar doing at 13:10? Not the dissonant high pitch-petal notes but those growling low notes, is that seriously just open 0’s!? Or is there special processing on the DI’s for that? Ive been chasing that sound for a week straight and made no progress

[@themightymcb7310]

The DI is pitched down via a DigiTech whammy

[@j-fquevillon8134]

Bruuutal !!

[@factnotfiction3861]

Ultimate Rahab Mitzvah

[@shuggabizkit3269]

What tuning is that ?

[@dis.infectant]

E B E A Ab A He's left-handed on a righty guitar so high to low I'd imagine. Ha

[@joaoldmedeiros]

thicc

[@NathanielBTM]

Hacker

[@breathevolume164]

João Medeiros bro you gave me info on ignite emissary a wile back and I couldn’t get it to sound like you do. I bought this plug in after. It’s forkin sick. Good to see you here lolol. Cover this song, it’d be a hoot.

[@mo2nz97]

God job.. I learn a lot from this video

[@lukeklober]

Anyone knows the song name? I want to hear the result badly!!! Thanks

[@JakeSaravay]

I'm pretty sure this one is Abyssal Mouth

[@lukeklober]

@@JakeSaravay yes that is! Around 2.50 is the part he mixes. Thanks Jake!

[@powerhitter033]

Sick