Guy Michelmore's Studio Makeover!

[@BrianWhitmerMusic]

I want to live in a world where every musician can say, “My other studio is in the garden of my home.”

[@SLEEP-236]

Brian Whitmer my only studio is in my garden👍

[@BrianWhitmerMusic]

Then you are one full studio behind, BC. Get to work on that!

[@valentinivanov1679]

Just "my" and "studio" does it for me😂

[@M3DD]

I don’t have a garden😞

[@omnipop4936]

My garden is in my studio.

[@michelevisser6811]

I wish more KZbin’s included the part where they go “I’m just gonna sit in the corner, talk to my little camera” 😂

[@CARLTONMOXLEYUnknownpianist]

I'll be discouraged we all have to graduate and he continue to push on

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I love when people say, "I"m very lucky." It shows appreciation for what they have, and in most cases it is simply because they've worked hard to earn what they have. Well done.

[@erragabeljanhaoui4660]

I love you Guy.. You inspire me everyday to make music.. I eat every meal watching your videos. keep up the beautiful work..

[@JPDC624]

27:18 "I won't shoot him, can't speak for the rest of the family" ~ROFL!!

[@albertlinkenhof2006]

I discovered you this week on KZbin Guy! Fantastic videos! I'm going to watch all your videos in the coming period. I get inspiration from this and especially your positive and cheerful energy makes me happy. 👍

[@petersvan7880]

It's easy to understand why there's a smile on your face after entering the airy garden studio. Would also prefer it over the concrete box, treated or not!

[@reeblesnarfle5443]

Location, location, location!

[@BluemountScore]

This channel is great for both, knowledge and entertainment!

[@hejdhejhdjxxuje403]

"I used to have lots of slaves", Guy Michelmore 2020.

[@adidan9173]

he use a software Vienna Ensemble Pro for libraries and combine power of procesors and ram of multiple computers with a bit of latency . in this software one of computer has to be main and rest of them are slaves . it's their terminology for all other computers on the network. sa you can use also 32 bit plugins instruments or efects and 64 bit versions simultaneous.

[@melvinhodzic5993]

This guy could do a video of himself on the toilet and I'd still watch it.

[@sansocie]

I think I need therapy now.

Hey! you've taken that too far!

[@dougsmith9679]

Symphony No. 2...

[@enigmasounds]

Thanks, Guy for taking the time to do this - it takes so long to get the nuts and bolts right, and this will help loads of people I am sure, so many Gold Finches.

[@officialExcerpt]

New word of the day "bedruggled"

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

One suggestion. If possible have the back panel lights act like a VU meter of sorts. When they go red, you're peaking.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Oh Yes! Great idea!

[@julian.morgan]

A few years ago I lived in a house where the only place I could put all my gear was in a conservatory with three glass walls and a twin-wall polycarbonate roof. It's very hard to imagine a worse space in terms of pure acoustics, but I was surrounded by nature and, on late spring nights, I had tawny owl chicks hooting to their parents for food directly over me on the roof, and sliding down the twin-wall to the guttering when they (invariably) lost their grip on the apex. If anyone ever complains about the sound of fingernails down a blackboard I tell them about owlet talons on polycarbonate! Anyway, it was my idea of heaven, acoustics be damned.

[@leepshin]

Whatever you do Guy FFS "DON'T" upgrade from Windows 7 to 10. It'll fuck your machine right up. Trust me, I've been there. lol

[@frostyfingers9282]

This is delightful. I will hopefully be buying a house with my partner in the future and I was just telling her I'm dreaming of a home studio space. I've never had one. Your shed office is wonderful and I hope I can get something like it myself one day ❤️

[@LindaMissad]

I have windows in my studio as well, and even though I've been told they aren't good for the sound, I can't give them up. It makes me happy to look out them at the trees. Thanks for the mixing headphone recommendation -- that sounds like a great alternative to having no windows.

[@davmar9923]

You could hang heavy curtains that could be pulled over the glass when making live recordings and pulled back otherwise.

[@stellarstudio5495]

Happy for you, Guy! You're a big inspiration. I just started your How To Write Music course and I'm looking forward to getting started on it tonight

[@RobertRodriguezMusic]

This is possibly one of my favorite TSE videos on KZbin. It not only shows the ThinkSpace studio but we get to see what inspires Guy at home in the garden. Very much appreciated and inspiring

[@WeebLabs]

Have you considered room correction for the garden studio, Guy? It certainly won't help with the decays but will greatly improve the peaks and nulls.

[@dacris_world]

Many greetings from Germany Guy, you are simply awesome! I love your videos!

[@nedjohnson6510]

Very useful, Guy, as is almost everyting else you post.

[@EdwinvandenAkker]

So, you have wonderful mixing setups. How do you master the audio on your video's? I must say, it sounds great. At least you use a compressor, I hear. And I wish more youtubers would do that.

[@JureJerebic]

Haha, had so many laughs on this one. Cheers Larry *clonk clonk*

[@Hincharts]

Great video as always! By the way, you can can map the faders on the APC mini. I have faders mapped to to 11, 17 etc for Spitfire's most used midi controllers.. All you need is a little shareware app called MidiPipe (do a Google search). It's cheap and very easy to setup.

[@mick_hyde]

Thank you, very entertaining and informative.

[@philmarsh5593]

If I was good at scoring and a bit less self conscious (!) I like to think I’d do vids exactly like this. Love it. Moved to rural south Ayrshire and still learning to identify the birds we get in the garden. I love and understand the “good for the soul” thing. Fascinating to see the setup too. And the “boys toys” lights! 😉

[@madwez]

you are a wonderful person and a great composer. thank you for the studios touring :)

[@PopoyLegume]

I discovered your channel a few days ago and completely fell in love. You are charming, knowledgeable, witty... I'm starting to make music again thanks to you, cheers! Long live Harry the pheasant!

[@ajiyahya]

Sir, get some Shelly rgbw2 devices and plug it with the LED's, this way you will not need the Remote Controls anymore. You can control the LED's with App/Wifi, Browser ,etc..

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Super cool studios. I completely agree on the it-makes-you-feel-good > acoustically-pristine argument. Always working in a sealed box is not good neither for your health nor for your creativity; do whatever you can to break away from it every now and then. Granted I'm not a pro but just a hobbyst but, apart from a good pair of headphones, another solution for situations like your shed can be movable panels. I live in a small flat and have tall, amost to the ceiling windows and a huge wall closet behing my desk with mirror doors! LOL! An acoustic nightmares, easily solved with selfmade rockwool panels which complement the fixed ones already in place when I need some 'serious' mixing time. An engineer might get a stroke from only thinking about that but, as you said, it's the quality of the music that really matters - Bach's air on the G string still is remarkable and sounds phenomenal even when played on a rubberband, and a crappy tune is still a crappy tune even after spending a month at Abbey Road Studios ;) Cheers!

[@chriswerner5169]

Your studio at home is great, with all the birds around you.. have you ever made field recordings of your garden, the birds ? Do it, import them in Kontakt, set the root key somewehre and play the birds three or four octaves below... I'm sure it will inspire you to something :)

[@andrewreynolds2647]

Thank you so much for showing me your world and how you work on your music, it has been a delight to watch your energy and enthusiasm for what you do is infectious, thoroughly enjoyable every second of it, i have subbed content as good as yours has to be supported. Thank you once again this has been the best 28m and 19 seconds i have experienced in a long time. Cheers. Andy.

[@GenuineHeather]

It's so inspiring to be invited into your workspace in such an intimate and candid way. I'm also very fortunate to have a beautiful and inspiring musical workspace, thanks very much to my incredibly supportive spouse. But I'm nowhere near as prolific as you've been. Your videos are helping me become more productive and encouraging me to use my talents to their best effect. The enthusiasm you have for your music and your life is infectious. Thank you very much for sharing your charming world with the unworthy masses. :)

[@EricTViking]

@26:25 "This came from my Mother in law's house..." *plays sombre chord sequence in minor key* 😂

[@tomatengarage5608]

24:27 ...Chimney smokes backwards... :-) Great Video and - as always - interesting information & insights of how you approach everything. Great, and just a pleasure to watch... Getting from Germany. Michael

[@owaisrehman9930]

Sir you and your studio number one in the world amazing. ..Maasha'ALLAH

[@igorsenayoutube]

Congratulations on the new look, Guy. Very happy for you. When i get to your age, i hope to be as cool as you are and also lucky to have a studio in my garden =) Keep up the amazing work.

[@RKSarathy]

Is your camera drunk

[@adrimathlener8008]

Thank you Guy for a marvellous tour around both your studios. Give my love to Larry. I for one was very curious about the separate slider box. Now you revealed the big secret :-)

[@robertwisden7202]

Guy: Have you ever posted a video of you working on a commissioned project? If not it would be nice to see that behemoth studio in full flight on a big movie score!

[@RichardBoyer]

You are a very lovely human being I new from the get go that you should be a internet friend of mine You will be visited by me often I have played music in my youth and evern did CD's and a 45 hahahahaha I was also a counsellor for handicap person for 25 years Now that I am retired I am back into music FOR FUN I really enjoy composing which I did all my life FOR FUN hahaha I am not a serious musician but I am seriously composing music because I need to . Thank you for all your free video I really appreciate your generosity Your internet friend Richard Boyer(Ricashanty) from Ontario Canada

[@broadcastabeat3014]

Hi Guy, Could I ask what spec is your PC and where could I buy this from. Thank you Shaun

[@chillwalker]

I got a trinity of monitors and the side ones got also in the way of the speakers...I just placed the monitors higher...and now I am standing when I mix. Sounds odd...but my Back loves it. Im a composer...not an engineer ;-)

[@drdecco1]

Really, I should NOT be spending hours watching you Guy - the enthusiasm, fun and natural good humour are [I find] magnetic..... even tho’ It’s all away above my station - i.e. a 100٪ lapsed child pianist who ‘fell off the horse’ the night before his first music exam and NEVER recovered/got back on the saddle/piano stool ever again. A sad story but, I suspect, probably common enough for the less musically gifted. You have inspired me and I plan to dabble again [“play with it” in the literal sense of the word] once my current CoVid work allows me home in next few months. Would you suggest or recommend a particular keyboard brand/model versus 2nd-hand acoustic? - PS my kids are at least ten years older if that might clarify the 5 decades of piano truancy.🤫

[@DonBonin]

Why switch back and forth between Cubase and ProTools? I'm not a PT fan boy, but if you NEED things in PT, why not just use that all the time? Or is that simply not that big a deal?

[@Dave-nm8uk]

I’m completely baffled. What are the CC21, CC22 etc features marked on the keyboard? Are these standard controls in the music/film recording industry, or are they specific to software such as the Spitfire audio pack often used? I’d really like to know. Otherwise a really interesting and helpful video. PS: Ah - found what CC means - Control Change - for Midi - as in here nickfever.com/music/midi-cc-list Some numbers are manufacturer specific - difference between PRN and NPRN. Presumably the ones shown in the video are significant for the software.

[@reggiemullis4779]

Quick question, Guy. Do you also have a master/slave setup in the shed where you utilize the KK S88 MK2? I really want to move in that direction (i.e. using multiple computers with VEPro), but have read where the S88 loses some of the functionality with plugins across the network environment. Has that been your experience as well? Love your stuff, man! Thanks for inspiring us all.

[@bobcarwell9172]

I could swear I have seen you change instruments (not just keyswitched articulations) without a mouse by punching buttons like maybe your AKAI APC MINI controller. Am I wrong, and if not, how do you do that ? Is there some way to make programmable pad button messages cause Cubase to change tracks or instruments within a VSTi ? I am mystified. GREAT tutorial series BTW !! Thanks and keep them coming ! Much appreciated.

[@Helenvader_]

Hi Guy, I use the FINALE program to compose music. The BBC Symphony orchestra libraries and the project SAM the free orchestra library are only used with the CUBASE program?

[@stevenretroworkshop2113]

It's a very nice music studio setup. My music studio setup is in the basement have an Yamaaha Portable Grand DGX-650, Controllers, Studio Monitors, and few other digital keyboard. The basement is not the best place for a music studio setup do to the noise acoustics. The little music studio workstation worked out very well. 🎹🎼🎶🎵

[@uselessoldman7964]

I am amazed gobsmacked even, that you have not moved over to the Native Instruments S88. Although I only own the S49 (I already own a Nektar Impact 88+ which it sits above in a rack) it does what I want and has the octave change buttons should I need anything more. It is an unbelievable tool it is a midi controller, nks controller and will control your DAWs most important functions the screens are small but totally adequate for the job and since you own the Raven touchscreen, they are made for each other. The Fatar keys are like your old M Audio Pro 88, superb I never fancied the Oxygen it felt more like a downgrade from the former Pro 88 which is still a great keyboard and holds its price well for good reasons. Yes I know the S88 is somewhat expensive but there is a thing called writing off computer equipment against tax so let THEM pay why wait?

[@KlemenKotar]

Guy "Two Sheds" Michelmore :) (ok, almost) Btw, you said your shed is 12something by 12 something or so? How many square meters is that? It looks like roughly 4mx4m but I could be very wrong.

[@steve5073]

Hi. I already commented but got no response so hoping you see this comment/question with this being a new video. OK so I have subscribed and could watch you all day long. I really want to take your music writing course but I am a complete beginner and wonder if I need to learn piano/keyboard/music theory first? Also, if I do need to learn keyboard first, can you recommend an online course? I would love to be good enough to "improvise" like you do (not wanting to be a classical amazing player :)) and lastly, I know you are producing orchestral for TV etc but is it OK to produce Orchestral for music, instead of, for example POP music as I can't sing ha. Hope that makes sense and hoping for a response as really would love to take your course!

[@pimbouwens9049]

Hello sir, Q: i am interesting in buying a new keyboard. My current piano is a bit old and worn out.. :) especialy the noise of the keys clicking...it is distracting a lot!! So i want to buy the M-audio oxygen 88... Can you tell me if the keys are a bit quiet? and are the controls satisfying enough...if these would be the only controls for the spitfire sofware? i like the setup of your studio... a room i never wanna getr out of...exept for the yard best regards from Holland.

[@jamstudiostheshed1]

mmm Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll mmmm i have no chance hahaha back to the 400 year old shed Egge boxed loll FAB and a few doggie Guitars and Kids with behavioural problems aaawwwww their lovely Great Video ATB

[@DJMikeron]

Where is your bed :)))))))

[@Nianiabe]

I would be the one sitting in front of the window in the orange chair just watching the birds and Larry while drinking hot chocolate and learning Japanese from one of my books. On a side note, 128gb of RAM made my gaming heart flutter haha! Do you know how many things I can run simultaneously with these specs. Rhetorical question.

[@DivineMisterAdVentures]

My great attainment this month is an Oxygen Pro 61 keyboard, free and clear, some free engines and libraries and maybe a $20 subscription to Hollywood horns and voices (I will drool for a long time until hybrid chorus can join us,) a lot of information and knowledge even from the comments, it looks like Reaper over anything else for any reason, with currently 16 gigabytes of ram that should work, and a whole bunch of cameras I guess I can shoot in the style of naturist and collect my files, but you have switched to tethering with a switch to reduce the most amateurish aspect, and of course this channel.

[@thysmusic]

Why is it that we prefer playing on real pianos? Our ears are more sensitive than what 2 speakers can reproduce. For mixing it doesn't matter whether it's real or sampled, because we'll mix it down to 2 c or 5 channels anyway. But our ears are incredibily sensitive to spatial information, which all but gets taken away when pianos get sampled. When writing that added depth of sound (the sound is coming from a resonating cabinet right in front of you) can make quite a difference. I think everyone should research psycho-acoustics more than they already have. Much of our spatial processing is completely subsconscious, which means we're not aware of it. But it can make big differences :)

[@RafaelCastilloE]

You are lucky to have so much space haha

[@johan_maximus]

I'm always amazed by the work you do with aaaaalll your cameras. Congratulations!!!

[@CARLTONMOXLEYUnknownpianist]

You're a very cool old dude the young people don't have anything on you I just got the open back headphones They are phenomenal you're super cool I wanna be like you when I grow up I'm 64

[@RaysTrack]

Very enjoyable Guy. I'm surprised you don't get any damp in your garden studio - I'd be very nervous of keeping instruments in there. Any relation to Cliff Michelmore by the way?

[@LeCVSUVL]

A lot of good points as to why you feel better composing in the shed but let's be real, Larry was the ultimate one.

[@Video-yc9hb]

Hi Guy, Is the Clarett audio interface a USB one? Do you get any latency problems? Looking at setting up a studi soon, just wondered what was the best audio interface.

[@Scotlanz]

I bet you're Paul MacCartney's neighbour. 😉

[@keithlancaster7471]

You use a headset in your teaching videos. Can I ask what model/brand that is? Also, we have talked about putting up a work shed. Was this one a kit of some sort or custom built? LOVE the videos, btw, and am going through the orchestration course right now.

[@thysmusic]

Working on a main monitor positioned that low can result in a bad posture, which in time can result in physical problems. Not saying this will happen, you know best, but best to keep it in the back of your head that headaches/back pains/all kinds of things could be caused by your head pointing down more. The top of the (main) screen should be at eye height, is the rule I was always taught.

[@D20Music]

I love the idea of backlighting the boards... you can set the lighting to help match the mood of your work. Thanks for the show and tell, Guy. (Chair unveil next vid please) 👍😁

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Chair finally arrived late this afternoon!

[@danmillward7969]

Haha take the man out of broadcasting but you can't take broadcasting out of the man....I love your enthusiastic knock breaking spins to camera two they make me chuckle everytime

[@HowardSmithSounds]

For the monitors you can use monitor arms clamped to the desk. The monitors can then be easily moved out of the way when you are mixing.

[@claudep.1926]

Keep the great content coming! The "new" studio looks awesome!

[@reeblesnarfle5443]

AND SOUNDS EVEN BETTER!!!!🤪👍

[@SecretMailBand]

Your videos are better than Dallas or Quincy :) I would even like to see them if I were not a musician too - unfortuately my english is not good enough to explain how lucky I am looking at your work...

[@sansocie]

I want "A BRAD" looks great. Best wishes to Larry!

[@2shytalk]

Hi Guy love your posts , Do you use windows 7 in preference to 10 I have nothing but problems with 10. Thanks.

[@DivineMisterAdVentures]

Ah yes, the secret of academia aspired and the height of culture hidden in tucks and folds of crafts and arts, in the garden, without a lot of shit piled about, because you have to sleep, and cook, and do all your hourly and daily needs and fussing about, in the same amount of space, and you're wondering where to put those latest contributions from the giant bin outside, two 4x6 panels that are worth a bundle, if you can figure out where to put them, and how to make this studio, work.

[@sluggdiddyyddidgguls]

Just have a set up in my apartment..but I have to open the sliding glass balcony door when I record or else it gets to hot because I have to have the ac or heat off (even in the winter it'll get hot in my place) but.. the issue with that.. or well one of them.. is that.. the fucking birds are loud as fuck and show up on all of my recordings. They seem to even like respond to my guitar playing by trying to be louder than me. its insane.

[@ricardoposada211]

Me gustan mucho tus vídeos... felicitaciones y muchas gracias.

[@tonysansom]

I'm glad your chair looks like that, mine does too. Gives me hope 😂

[@edouardameganvi7249]

Hey Guy! How you doin? Massive respect for the cora and the valiha. Congratulations!

[@EricBalcon]

well the surround 2489 is only 780£, not so exxxxpensive ...

[@dbmusicproductions9181]

Those birds will make your music better than any acoustic treatments. And let's face it, virtual instruments don't need acoustic treatment. Live recording is another thing.

[@NowyouknowMusic]

Thank you for not shooting Larry. Perhaps he is just a fan? lol.

[@16914]

very real nice cheers.. we should me at the pub.. not really do any music but watch birds and swim. i understand bird talk. they love me

[@patrikbaboumian]

Thanks for putting these videos out Guy! I enjoy watching them very much :)

[@daveyjay46]

Hey love your channel, I’m a musician myself, feel like I have known for years, was trying to find your gear reviews please ad a link 👍

[@naturalrestingface4909]

Agreed, you need to be inspired by the nature around you. Better music with a decent mix wins every time over crap but mixed well! Any way you can get Larry to make a guest appearance on a tune?

[@jamstudiostheshed1]

Brill i like your 15 teen year old yuks gits bit of dust and a Piano to die for , Phesant Tarein hahahahaha who did i just eat loll agin BRILL

[@mtech1961]

No sound deadening panels above your head? Friends of mine have found them to work very well?

[@equiliser]

I Asked and i got...my weekend is now complete.

[@TGP_AUS]

Vienna ensemble pro = 87Gb of ram..... holy crap!

[@LeeGee]

Oh, I miss England! Sussex is such a beautiful county!

[@MrGalassi]

I need to travel to portsmouth again and sit in that cafe hoping you'll get it so that i get a chance to meet you. You are amazing! :D

[@guitarz99]

treatment is critical, your expensive monitors are essentially useless if your room is full of nodes ruining the listening environment.

[@EZBaccarat]

Would you ever consider using Reaper.fm instead of Cubase?

[@bleesal]

I had to sign in just so that I could say how much I enjoy these videos that Guy makes, and that's saying a lot because I hate signing in. Thanks Guy, for being a goofball like me, and for sharing your knowledge and work with us.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you much appreciated

[@StopchangingMyHandlePunk]

hahahahahahaha very funny...dope presentation...I have a reason or many reaosns to stay on this Chanel. Thanks

[@jetslade]

Apologies Guy... Not Michael 🙏

[@TheNuovaman]

Give the Pheasants guns and you could get rid of the noisey neighbours.