GetGoodDrums : Misha's Guitar Tracking Tips!

[@Max_Payn3]

“Doesn’t sound good huh?” Sounds better than any tome I’ve ever gotten

[@xisotopex]

you beat me to it.... doesnt sound very good right? no.

[@KasbashPlays]

Fam. Same!

[@KeyanHoushmandLive]

Recording a seperate input without the cab so you can re-cab it later makes so much sense, how have I never thought of that before.

[@verstamp]

You can also set up the Axe to send the tone without a cabinet to another output so you can capture both the cab and no-cab tones at the same time. P.S. Looking forward to your Jetpack Was Yes video!

[@AlexH8280]

Recording without cab has been the life of Eleven Rack users for years now (can't load IRs, and stock IRs are...not great lol)

[@claytonamero]

@@verstamp could I trouble you to the link to where it is you learned how to set that up? I remember looking a while ago and couldn't find anything with useful information, if you could send my way what you're referring to I'd be super appreciative!

[@DwayneGretzky99]

Recently started doing that with Two Notes Torpedo + Wall of Sound plugin. Super convenient. #NotAPlug

[@verstamp]

@@claytonamero Hey there, if you're using USB the way you do this is by making an "Output 2" in the row below your normal row and then connect it to the "Amp" block to it. This will send your processed signal to output 1/2 and the signal without the cab to output 3/4. Additionally, the DI will be on output 5/6 automatically. So you can set three channels to record the complete tone, non-cab tone and the DI tone all at once. Let me know if you need any more information!

[@joaoldmedeiros]

2:19 OUCH 🥺

[@junkawakami3193]

ouchie!

[@stephenguitarist9726]

how the hell did you catch that? LOL

[@JaneDoe-yj1ki]

Damn, shoulda expected someone else to catch it, but I definitely didn't expect it to be you lol

[@andrew777spencer]

that’s how i always sit - with guitar on my lap even if i don’t record it

[@RudyAyoub]

ah yes, enslaved music

[@RaffaeleSansone]

That's an appropriate description for recording

[@jensenparker5504]

get a better pfp nerd

[@aiyka_music]

the vibe changed really quick with the cab changes. Interesting ! thanks for the video !

[@valerecoignet]

I'd like to see a video about Gain Staging from you guys, everyone is telling everything and its opposite all over the internet..

[@tierankarb]

id love to see a more in-depth video on the monitor routing, as i find latency to be the biggest thing for me over time

[@FrankyPayne]

Try Low Latency Mode on your Daw.

[@myyoutubeprofile-c3u]

@@FrankyPayne Yep or turn off Delay Compensation.

[@nicktshredz]

Your DAW should have a latency compensation. Logic Pro X mostly does this automatically but DAWs like Reaper, Cubase, and Pro-Tools might need you to set it up.

[@udderhippo]

Cubase has “constrain delay compensation” that temporarily turns off plugins that introduce delay. Also, you can use a smaller buffer size on your soundcard when tracking to reduce latency. When you’re done tracking, you can go back to a bigger buffer and turn off “constrain delay compensation”. This is better for mixing. If your computer is powerful enough, you may not need to adjust much. If you get cracks and glitches in audio that’s a sign the buffer size is too small, and computer is working too hard. Turning off some plugins temporarily will help.

[@Rob_Ethereal]

What audio interface do you use? I use focurite solo and I dont have an issue with latency .

[@drummerguyron]

As a fellow Cubaser.. Thanks for these tips! Very helpful.

[@jeffdunne9602]

I'd recommend recording the DI/Amp track to a single stereo track where left is DI and right is Amp. You can use a couple different plugins to solo one side or the other; bx_solo is free. This would reduce a ton of setup/visual clutter in your session, and you won't run into issues with forgetting to have group editing enabled or not.

[@MishaMansoor]

That's really damn clever!

[@andrewwojtowicz4956]

Sweet!

[@blankspace0000]

A better way to manage editing the DI imo is to record into a stereo file where one side is your DI box and the other is the amplified tone. That way you only have to edit one clip instead of two simultaneously. Once it's edited you can just pan between them to select DI vs amp.

[@TamesAndrei]

I always had problems with volume changes and latency but monitoring through a different channel that goes straight out, that’s an amazing tip! Thank you, sir!

[@kadenstevens8213]

Tames Andrei maybe you understand what he means by this, but I’m having a hard time grasping the concept. Would you care to try and explain it more simply? Much appreciated.

[@dannyl297]

Great video man. More Misha tutorials!

[@MusingMuso]

Now THAT is a top tier thumbnail

[@thrownawaythoughts]

thanks for doing these, it's awesome to have a steady way to learn new tips especially while stuck in quarantine!

[@Hairyloft]

Great vid, DI all the way from now on.

[@giscardrasquin4793]

Yes! Complete time saver having the DI-track record-arm at the same time as the normal track. Thanks for that 💪👍 Got really tired of arming both tracks again after each fuck-up 🤓

[@bilalmalikguitarist]

man I cant get this song out of my head ever since I heard it in the other vid. I hope we get to hear it soon!

[@oriyus]

I guess Misha owns pretty powerful PC or a Mac but for me a pleb what I do is I freeze tracks when I'm somewhat happy with how they sound. this makes new wav files but keeps DI in case you change your mind later and free up memory and cpu.

[@MarianaGuitarx]

was thinking the same, a lot of storage

[@kyle.looney]

Good idea. Yeah I watched misha’s livestream going through the “reptile” demo session and he mentioned that he is using an iMac pro. So yes he has a bit of a beastly machine

[@joshford60]

Dude i just figured out how to freeze tracks the other day 😂

[@lonnyhandwork422]

My config is much the same as Misha and I'm running a moderate 4-5 yr old home-built PC. Storage is cheap.

[@synastikki]

@Kirby Kore storage is easy... Just get an external SSD drive... CPU can be saved by freezing or turning off some of the plugins that aren't so crucial for the creative stage. Memory is stuff especially if you're using lot of samples since everything loads to RAM... Freezing helps kind of but in some DAWs it only frees the CPU but keeps the samples loaded

[@JamieSlays]

Oooooh I need to watch this

[@Zeig7190]

Great tips Misha; you're the best! Can't wait to apply this stuff.

[@ribbyT408]

That monitor buss is brilliant

[@TheBackline]

That heavy part sounds like Darkest Hour! Sounds awesome.

[@jxcn]

This was amazingly informative. Thanks for the tips!

[@Haekki]

Hey Misha, thank you very much for your steady output on YT, I really appreciated your live stream a few days ago. One question - in another video where you talk about your recording setup, you used direct monitoring over your Focusrite Scarlett straight to your monitor speakers without going through Cubase because of the latency. Here in this video it seems you have no problem with latency, so what are your buffer settings and latency measurements shown in Cubase itself? I just ask because I have a very similar setup to yours and I would love to monitor through my MIKKO plugin, but even with buffer settings at 64 and input-output latency combined at around 7,6 ms it feels very distracting. Do you have any tips? Cheers and thanks for your time!

[@stringsofchaos5312]

More videos like this in the future. Great stuff.

[@guillaumefo]

Thank you Misha for those tips ! very useful ! I'd love to see more about your routings etc as well, that would really help me

[@tylerwells614]

Super informative. You GGD guys rule.

[@stephenguitarist9726]

Misha... another great video and thank you for sharing your wisdom brother. Wonder... would you be willing to take us on a tour of your home studio in terms of your set up for sound dampening/reflection and/or your experience with live sound on your stage set-up, etc...? I see some red panels back there in all your videos. I know you record direct.. but many of us still throw an SM-57 up to a cab and admire your experience. Would love to hear your take on a great live tone for all instruments in the band.

[@iansate]

I'm kinda sad there was nothing new for me but great info for sure lol. Sending to some of my guitar buddies new to production, Misha sums it up in like the first 7 minutes better than I can. Great tips, I think most guitar players will eventually be seeking out these to solve problems and it's just so much better to not learn the hard way about not tracking a DI lol

[@korn788]

what if you just had an interface and amp sims wouldn't that do the same thing because its clean sound direct from the guitar to the interface?

[@MixReady]

That thumbnail haha 🤣 Thank you once again for the awesome tips and tricks misha & GGD!

[@udderhippo]

Hey Misha, any particular reason for using the Radial over using an extra output on the Axe set to dry (say SPDIF)? Loving the stream/walkthrough vids lately. Thanks!

[@andrewc4860]

This is incredibly helpful! Anyone have any idea how to group tracks like Misha does at the beginning of the video in Ableton? Been trying to figure out how to do this, but can't find anything.

[@You-ud2fp]

You just right click and make group, then you can drag in whatever and edit the group on a bus

[@thegodparticleband]

Thanks for doing this, I’m a Cubase user too and I’m always fighting with DIs and recorded tracks. Most of the time I forget to edit the DI or enable record so I honestly hate DIs haha. Gonna try this routing!

[@richwags1189]

Misha what do you have your buffers set too? Hope to hear from you and thanks for the awesome tutorials.

[@primarypenguin]

Hey Misha, do you ever run into the situation where you want to use AxeFX effects (delays, reverbs, etc.) post-cab but you can't apply them because you're applying the cab IR in Cubase? Does this mean you can only use DAW plugins for post-cab effects? Thanks!

[@czar7717]

How did he re-route the DI signal? 1:43

[@Officially_Unburdened]

You're the man, thank you

[@Soloist1983]

Curious why you need an actual DI box these days. Doesn't every interface have a high-Z input? Or is it more for getting the isolated "through" jack? Also, rad chords, that C#m7add2 "shape", on the 3rd fret is sooo nice

[@fathuman]

I have the same question. What's even the point of DI boxes anymore? Anybody?

[@Soloist1983]

@@fathuman maybe for getting a switchable signal pad, in the case that the interface doesn't have one? Or again, getting a buffered "through" jack to feed outboard gear, that's all I got and that is a very rare use case; most interfaces have those functions nowadays

[@verstamp]

Hi Misha - is there any technical reason why you use a DI box instead of the DI output of the AxeFX 3?

[@junkawakami3193]

Safeguard... many reputable engineers like Nolly uses DI Box too also, it's to split your amp and DI signal without affecting your DI sound

[@verstamp]

@@junkawakami3193 I understand what a DI box does - my question is why Misha uses a box when the AxeFX 3 has a completely dry DI output on channels 5 and 6 that provides the exact same signal as using a DI box. I'm guessing the answer is because Misha is routing the AxeFX 3 through his other audio gear and isn't capturing audio from the AxeFx 3 via USB, but figured I would ask.

[@junkawakami3193]

@@verstamp ...and that, i think

[@shrinjayghosh4633]

@@verstamp Yeah most likely thats the reason. Your main device would have to be the axe fx if you want to record both dry and wet from it through usb

[@BigFatCock0]

@@junkawakami3193 You are literally no help.

[@jfo3000]

Glad I bought a Radial and started tracking both DI and also amp a couple years ago, because a web colaborator wanted only DI guitar tracks from me. After this video those Radial boxes will probably sell out.

[@ABCD27814]

Thanks for the video ! How about if you're doing multiple takes and then comping them though ? Can you comp takes on 2 different tracks at the same time ?

[@Khunvyel]

What is your roundtrip latency and how many samples do you use as buffer at which sample recording rate? Do you ever run into latency sync issues while having one signal be processed by the scarlett and the other by the AxFX, especially in a reamp situation? Considering you're using two pieces instead of one. I mean, with the pricetag of the AxFX you would hope they provide you with a solid recording interface but I've heard issues in every version where there is crackling and stutter when the CPU is pegged to max in one scene and using really low latency samples, apparently affecting the processing chain negatively. So that would explain why you'd use a dedicated input for the DI instead just to be on the safe side.

[@WeNeededThis]

i just watched the old Misha guitar tracking tips video yesterday... talk about timing

[@mobilemetal4554]

rb 28 haha. Me too

[@i_have_crippling._.depress4630]

"the reason I'm doing that..." Misha Mansoor on every video he's in.

[@aloneatlast_official]

I'd like to hear a little more about the monitoring routing. Is this only possible because of Cubase's control room feature? Doesn't seem to work with Reaper.

[@pintola1]

I have a M-Audio Fast Track USB, and I use on Windows 8 with 128 sample rate. Got 3.3/3.3ms on Reaper using ASIO4all and I am still bothered with that. I am using now the Direct Monitoring button, but unfortunately I can't listen to my plugins on recording.

[@piercemerrill]

How is this being routed? Is he going from the Ax Fx into his interface and then into Cubase? Or Ax Fx straight to Cubase via USB out from the Ax Fx. I can’t figure out how this is set up...

[@iseeu-fp9po]

How does one get the mixer to sit along the bottom of the screen like that?

[@rubolf2153]

How can that Monitor output be a different latency compensation than the Main Out? I tried it and it doesn’t seem to work. Anyways, using the direct monitor of your Axe or Quad Cortex or Helix is better anyways imo

[@MrKRUBERLICK]

What about having delays/reverbs in the AXE FX patch? do you record parts using them or you always use delays/reverbs in the daw?

[@axelabc5823]

could you give us insight in how to set up the octave guitar sound on the axefx?

[@jochanxwretch]

Saw this in the other video and was like, "oOo, that's a good idea that I'm stealing," and I did. 🤔 But I guess everyone's stealing it now... The system works!

[@alexiz.7569]

We want in depth monitors explanation and routing a bit confusing when one cant see the routing process

[@ryken_]

you are the best

[@alecschwertfeger]

I have this exact setup but I’m using the line 6 helix instead of the axe fx and I can hear the direct input guitar sound in Cubase but for some reason can’t hear the helix tones/presets. Does anyone have an idea what I’m doing wrong??

[@bharathj63]

Okay I need another explanation of the no latency setup! The guitars are always monitored via control room?

[@bharathj63]

For this to work your buffer size has to be like 64 or 128 samples correct?

[@mattwelch8524]

Does anyone know how to link/group audio tracks like Misha does but in Logic?

[@sunnymittal1906]

I would also love to know if this is possible...after watching all Misha's videos, I'm tempted to just spring for Cubase but I've invested so much time into learning logic...ugh

[@boyapollo808]

group tracks as a Summing stack

[@AlexH8280]

Got a question good people - when using a drum sampler like any GGD, and you're tracking guitar/bass/keys, is the sampler already routed out and mixed in multiple tracks and buses? OR, do you keep it in stereo until its time to actually mix? I ask because its a pretty intensive sampler. I like to track at a sample rate of

[@colourwavestudios]

I am pretty sure he is just using GGD in stereo and not fully mixed in this example since I don't see any drum groups and it sounds like just stock mixing in Kontakt. I don't think you can have a full drum mix and record at a low latency unless you have a beast mode computer.

[@jakeschemin]

nice intro music

[@unclejohn8520]

What kind of delay and reverb plugin do you like to use ？

[@samuelyoung1529]

In a live stream on his channel the other day he talked about using delays and reverbs from Valhalla, Eventide, and Soundtoys. Those are all pretty expensive, but there are good plugins for cheap or free that you can find all over the internet.

[@sluggdiddyyddidgguls]

any tips for mixing really long tracks? I typically have 10 to 20 minute long songs with guitar bass and drums mainly... But I never mix them as I usually just move on since the music is mostly for me. The problem is.. I do it in such a way where I have 100 or so tracks and.. it just is overwhelming to think about trying to mix the songs.. I realize I am just thinking outloud here. but kind of desperate for some tips on managing these songs to get them to sound bet ter.

[@idontcare_wtf]

Group everything into buses. Then submix every bus. After that mix the buses.

[@mukherjee22]

What are those PIECES of HARDWARE called which are placed right besides the computer?

[@YutsiAion]

those are modular synths

[@mukherjee22]

@@YutsiAion Thank you so much!

[@CeesoTLKR]

That Zenith on his wrist though

[@Rovira2920]

SICCCC!!!!!!!

[@dennislacroix9962]

Cubase, of course. What else?

[@fairuzhussaini7301]

2005: Alright djenty bois lets set out to be the best band ever! 2020: Been there done that, now let's be the best plugin company ever.

[@SirUncleCid]

Wait, but you're Misha from Periphery

[@trapOrdoom]

Cubase is so obscure, no? I’ve still yet to meet another Cubase user. Back in like ‘08 I’d hear about it more.

[@JaneDoe-yj1ki]

2:19

[@caseymclane1972]

Top Secret Audio 2.0

[@crummockiphail9720]

Lol Misha's had so many side projects over the years.

[@raihanhusain]

Can you export the IR from Zilla Cabs and load it on to the axe fx to get it sounding like the track you are recording on and perform with it live? Will it sound the same or will it change if loaded on the Axe fx?

[@raihanhusain]

And if you can load it do you have to load each cab as an individual IR or do they all get exported as one IR Combo?

[@MishaMansoor]

Yup you can export your exact sound as a file which you can then load on your Axefx!

[@junkawakami3193]

he sounds like Misha from Sweetwater

[@HevyDevy101]

I'd love for the 5 clowns who down voted this to genuinely justify themselves

[@PearHellforge]

no, u're from horizon devices