EPIC MIXES with SATURATION

[@ColtCapperrune]

What’s your favorite thing to saturate in a mix??

[@ELLIOT8209]

Newflanged Audio Saturate

[@fytakytemusic]

Parallel drum shells (mainly kick and snare) run through UAD Fatso. Just got the Black Box recently, so I’ll definitely be playing with that. I loved that bass tone you got. I tend to duplicate a bass DI & run it through a Marshall Style amp sim for some grind and colour.

[@hummarstraful]

I love to saturate lead vocals, kick and snare. I use Decapitator. The best kick and snare sounds I have gotten are using Decapitator followed by Smack Attack (or your preferred transient shaper.) If you haven't you gotta try those two plugins in sequence.

[@KITPlugins]

All the everything, always. And then we saturate the saturation 😈

[@eigojiyouzu]

@@KITPlugins the real deal right here. A man of culture

[@KITPlugins]

Thanks for rocking N105, Colt! Sounding savage on that bass ⚡ Great track as well, congrats to you and Mr. Shay on that one!

[@ColtCapperrune]

Thanks for making a killer plug!!

[@LiamDriver]

Cool tricks in here! My go to saturation plug-in lately has been isotope Trash2, it’s got lots of variations and it’s very versatile

[@justbartee]

As a photographer, saturation actually has some of the same qualities. Also the placement in the chain is VERY interesting, GREAT Video !!!

[@brianvillage5]

If you haven’t yet, check out the SSL native saturation plugin and elevate saturate. Both are great and I use them a lot. But really the uad tape plugins are my favorite “saturation” plugins.

[@JMSDyt]

Thanks Colt! I spend a good time with you and lerned very good stuff!

[@charlienelson2395]

Great info!!!! And great timing, you gave me some ideas for a current project, thank you Colt!

[@90dzcohmzter09]

I mix allot of metal and my go to lately for saturation on kicks has been Cymatics Diablo. A whole lot of fun with it!

[@marclewism]

I love how tape saturation feel makes my mix complete

[@michaeltablet8577]

Thank you again for all your videos and thank you Sweetwater for sponsoring this channel. One of the reasons I am a lifetime customer!

[@KITPlugins]

Sweetwater rules!

[@anthonycunningham4598]

I started watching this video after I shut down all my gear and now I wanna turn it back on! Thanks Colt!!🤔

[@tuneshouse]

Hey Colt! I've been watching your videos for sometime now. Cool ones. btw, tbh, this video didn’t make much difference compared to all the videos out there until what you said at 13:44 Thanks man! ❤

[@thrillerboyrecords]

Working on my 500 series thanks for the tips sounds great, love it!

[@JedWunderli]

Great stuff as usual, Colt. Thanks for your time and keep up the good work.

[@mhathungodyuoify]

Always enjoy your videos brother💪💪💪🙏🙏

[@davidhayman9330]

Thanks Colt, Im just a Nube and Ive not really known what you use saturation for apart from full on distortion on a guitar...i thought this was a great explanation.

[@mikepena8388]

Hey colt could you explain a little more in depth how you route the hardware inserts in pro tools?

[@EricRabb]

I love the Black Box! I’ll try after compression. Great video by the way!

[@justinknollenberg8120]

Thanks Colt

[@PHELCAN]

I feel like saturation is what's mixing from 95% of mixes these days, they sound surgically clean and usually have zero character. Not saturating your tracks is like cooking with no salt. Vance uses extreme saturation because that's very popular to do in rock. The Beatles Revolution guitar sound is literally a preamp ran into another preamp.

[@MrPeter924]

Good video awesome so sounds audio great music. Great show

[@ColtCapperrune]

Thanks for watching!

[@cheekbone4554]

Just letting ya know I pulled the trigger on the trio 6's. They'll arrive any day now! Thanks for the videos!

[@ColtCapperrune]

AMAZING!! CONGRATS!!

[@ericmattinen4728]

The guitar pedal on the vocals almost sounds like some of the old condenser mics with that crunchy sound, epic!

[@AnAmericanGuitarist]

That was really informative! Thanks! I have just begun using saturation more in the last 4 months and recently got the Black Box software as well. I love the Brainworx and Plug in Alliance plugins. They seem to let me do what I want to do quicker and easier than some others, generally speaking. I thought that maybe I was going down a bad path by wanting distortion on multiple sources in a mix or on a mix bus, but you just cleared that up for me. If it sounds great, do it. Another thing that I have never been clear on is that, as someone who grew up in the tape and hardware days and knowing how to use the gear into the red, I never knew if the new digital "stay out of the red" rules apply to plugin emulations of old hardware. Since the hardware could be pushed into the red, can the emulations be pushed into the red or am I just creating clipping problems down the line? For the most part I use my ears. I never heard that question discussed though.

[@ColtCapperrune]

So it really depends on the piece of gear itself. Some interfaces, plug-ins, pieces of hardware sound terrible going into the red, and some sound incredible. Best bet is to always use your ears like you said. On my Apollo I will commonly push the hardware inserts so they just begin touching the red, especially on drum bus. Some really subtle clipping can sound good on the right thing

[@AnAmericanGuitarist]

@@ColtCapperrune Thanks.

[@johnpocketpowell]

Man this was great. Very eye opening.

[@davidbmixing]

Vance is a beast

[@ColtCapperrune]

Yes he is!

[@EdwinDekker71]

I like Radiator, VSM-3, big Al, Isotope trash 2 and various tape emulations. Oh and head crusher from audio assault is prettt good

[@thesolutionband]

I've got the Moog 500 series delay. I'll have to try that trick! And yes, the Radial EXTC is awesome.

[@ColtCapperrune]

I have almost picked up that delay so many times after that night, it sounds so good!

[@thesolutionband]

@@ColtCapperrune They go for so much now. It was a bit painful. 😀 I’ve also got the Moog delay pedal. I like to run the 2 stereo on different settings. Sounds so phat.

[@DanBires]

Hey colt ? I have looked into the radial ext 500 series before. Does that run the effects in stereo or mono? I have a couple strymons that run in stereo like the big sky and timeline.

[@joshmahan2587]

This was a really really good one

[@lukerandolph7482]

loving your stuff bro. SUBBED WITH THE BELL YES you know how we do

[@arturomarroquin7]

Could you also make a (Music I’ve Worked On) playlist for Spotify as well? Thanks!

[@ColtCapperrune]

I need to do that!!

[@lukerandolph7482]

Also Colt - at what stage in a mix/produce career would you advice getting a lot of these little outboard extras that aren't strictly *necessary* but can add to your arsenal?

[@Firetracks]

Colt we need a video on how tube saturation affects a mix fam!🤟🏾

[@simonlacerte5467]

I'm completely out of subject but I'd really love you to do a video comparing Apple Music Lossless quality vs Tidal Master. It's important to gather inspiration when you work in music and I'd like to know with of this platform is the most accurate !!! :D Thank you :D

[@danymalsound]

Sweet! Have you ever done this scenario in stereo? I'm assuming not (on this rig) since you only have one unit to do so? Cheers!

[@MannyXO]

The Neve from Kit on the bass gtr. I was laughing through! Such an amazing plugin

[@ColtCapperrune]

It sounds so good!

[@MannyXO]

@@ColtCapperrune Dude! Wild! Haha! Loved it

[@KITPlugins]

Thanks, Manny!

[@charlienelson2395]

@@ColtCapperrune Someone is trying to scam people in your comments. For instance look at my comment on this video and they replied to that trying to look like you, saying I won a prize. just wanted to let you know. Thanks for all of your hard work!

[@lmrecorders]

By "copyright strike" do you mean having the video de-monitized? There's a difference. Generally copyright strikes block a video. De-monitized just means you don't get ad money but the content still plays. I think there are subjective amounts of time for playing a song and being de-monitized.

[@ColtCapperrune]

So you can play a song up to four seconds without getting demonetized, but there’s different levels and I never know which is going to happen. Yes I could just get demonetized, which I’d like to avoid anyway, but they can also mute sections of the video, which would render the video completely useless. I’ve had this happen before and had to pull the video down. It does it count as a community guideline strike which actually goes against my account, but you can get a copyright strike in addition to being demonetized.

[@gustavopeters227]

Hey Colt! Great video, quick question. Coudl you not route a Guitar pedal with the output on an apollo twin for example and then just bump it back into the second channel or something and get the same effect?

[@ColtCapperrune]

Personally Ive not had the best luck with that, but you should certainly try it!

[@gustavopeters227]

@@ColtCapperrune I'll give it a shot. Cheers.

[@ianfurnell8032]

Hey Gustavo, the only issue you’re gonna have there is the Apollo will be outputting a line level signal and those pedals are only designed to take an instrument level input.

[@gustavopeters227]

@@ianfurnell8032 oh I see kinda like going direct to reamp instead of getting an actual reamp box to do so? that actually makes a lot of sense.

[@jossuecastaneda8135]

Hey Colt, any opinion on Drawmer 1976?

[@ColtCapperrune]

I have very limited experience with it, but the couple times I have used it I really liked it! I think it punches above its price point, and is a solid option for bus compression

[@yanossnicklefritz7064]

It sounds good on bass at times and adding to some overly clean guitar, but I don't like saturation on the vocals except for the smallest amount. Anything that hampers the clarity of the vocals needs to be used cautiously to me.

[@robertp1651]

Great video. Although I don't have the radial unit just yet. What I do have is a Fractal unit hooked up, for delays and reverbs. What are your thoughts on using it to add saturation on a track. Have you ever tried it? I've found it a pretty cool tool to have on hand. With a plethora of effects to choose from. Thoughts please. Again a great video.

[@robertp1651]

By the way yeah, that song rocks. Great mix..

[@kieranmacfeely]

Hi Colt, how do you find the Kit BB105 v2 compared to the earlier v1? I know people had issues with v1 but I still find myself reaching for it over v2 everytime I use it. I feel something has been lost in the saturation side of things with the switch to V2. The saturation on v1 is really special I think. Would love to know your thoughts so I know I'm not going mad!

[@ColtCapperrune]

Interesting! I’ve never used the V 1, so I can’t really comment to that, but the V2 is one of my favorite plug-ins I have at the moment!

[@Rgdonaire_07]

V2 sounds as good or better as V1, there is zero need to reach out for the older version unless you can’t run v2. I own both.

[@KITPlugins]

@@Rgdonaire_07 thanks, Rafael!

[@redbarradio]

Any chance you can tell us what lens and camera you used for this video?

[@ColtCapperrune]

Links in description 😉

[@jordisonjr1]

Great mate thank you.

[@whisperingsolace]

Colt, love your tutorials and the vibe you bring. Truly inspiring. Have you ever mixed something in a bedroom pop style? Like Billie Eilish? Would love to see something related to that genre and how you would approach it.

[@ColtCapperrune]

Thanks! I have done a fair amount of pop, but not really in the specific Billie Eilish style

[@whisperingsolace]

@@ColtCapperrune Nice! I'm sure if you get the chance you'd kill it, as per usual. Keep up the great content bro 🤘

[@jongriffin2608]

Hey Colt, I’m wondering why use the Radial and not just setup an insert point on a patchbay for pedals? In Studio One you effectively get the features of mix blend with their Pipeline plugin. Can you tell I have an empty slot on my 500 rack!

[@Justanothermusicproducer]

Hi, that's because guitar pedals have different impedance/input/output levels than a standard interface line input and output. So, that's just to get the levels right going into guitar pedals.

[@jongriffin2608]

@@Justanothermusicproducer ah, ok interesting - does it make a big difference in sound quality?

[@ELLIOT8209]

Have you checked out the Clip To Zero method by Baphometrix?

[@ColtCapperrune]

I have not, I’ll check it out, thanks!

[@ELLIOT8209]

@@ColtCapperrune it's an amazing Playlist of clipping and saturation

[@clintyoung9902]

Um sir, I see some new 500 gear there...we're gonna need a new gear vid soon ;-)

[@Firetracks]

🎯💯

[@sourcefor]

The copyright thing is stupid, why wouldn’t any artist want their song to be played as much as possible, utterly ridiculous!

[@ColtCapperrune]

It’s not coming from the artist, the distributor is the one who enforces it, and it’s a total cluster F to get somebody like distro kid, or CD baby to release the copyright claim. Takes months sometimes. And by then the video has lost all steam and traction. The artist themselves even get hit with copyright claims from time to time from their own distributors.

[@golbeatspro]

'Louder but closer' 🤔🤔🤔 'Louder but further away' would be impossible 🙄🙄🙄

[@hectorvieyra1403]

deamn

[@viralempire1986]

Put your hat back on. Weirding me out.

[@kazvt]

sorry to say this but this is all kinda useless when ur not level matching. you’re a talented person but the “i wanna ruin my mix” bit was not your best moment imo. surely you know u can save a project under another name for the sake of fair comparison. this video is just not my cup of tea but good luck!

[@user-fl8qk3xs7p]

Little idea cheap popularity , Vst I have use in combination over 2years.. I wonder why people can't use there intelligence or intellectual knowledge to focus on there work and be a renowned person.. rather than all this KZbin craziness..We your viewer might be more advanced than you think.. and we just look at your little efforts. And just look.

[@danymalsound]

Who hurt you? If you don't care for it, don't watch it. Someone coming up ITB, might be a killer mixer but never heard of this technique, so here it is in application. You can't argue with Colt's content/presentation, no matter who you are. Hope you feel better : )