How to Make an Abasi THALL | Riff Salad Bar Ep 1

[@michaelgerhart8494]

All my mixes still sound like a muddy mess but I'm improving thanks to you! Months ago, they sounded like an underwater mouse fart, but I've since upgraded to something that sounds like it could come from a large cat of some sort.

[@D4vDguitR]

this should have at least 1million views. your work is crazy !! greetings from Germany

[@Tamajyn69]

Your production is out of this world! I subbed a week ago and you're easily my fave metal youtube production channel now. I've already gotten so many great tips and ideas from your vids.

[@shanemharris]

I love your modern production and mix approach. I cannot wait for the next video

[@yeserguitar]

It was so great and detailed, thanks for sharing!!

[@vicozambon]

Sick video, as usual! And I really love the salad bar art direction haha

[@ltzhk]

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

[@pwdlw]

would like to see information about the master section in the future

[@paperinosubliminalsbackupc1216]

Mixing is crazy,definitely gotta try these steps

[@escapegulag4317]

absolutely slaps

[@Justin-ax]

Are you Nolly's lost twin? Seriously amazing content 🔥

[@tinchodonte2720]

come on!!!! this sound!!!!! you are the boss!!!!

[@RodrigoCGiacon]

That's amazing. How much LUFs are you aiming to get in your mixes? Thanks.

[@MOMetalProductions]

Don't care about that 🤷‍♂️ I have my limiters output set to -1,1 db to avoid distortion in lossy formats but that's it

[@RodrigoCGiacon]

@@MOMetalProductions thank you. I feel that there's a loudness war nowadays, so as long as it sounds good without getting distorted, there's no limit haha.

[@aiRxShop]

How to make a thall breakdown? Use $2500 worth of plugins. Haha. It does sound pretty awesome, though. Nice work! I love the SpitfireAudio sounds. Been using some of those myself. Would love to get some of the Hans Zimmer packs.

[@michaelgordon8491]

Amazing content man, I always learn something new when I watch your stuff! Do you have any tips for creating those crunchy synth sounds? I don't have the plugins you use, but I do have one called TuneFish 4 that seems to have a ton of the same parameters (shaping, delays, glide etc). Thanks in advance!

[@filipeviana8442]

hi , realy big fan , is there any way we can get your presets ? On each plug in u use ? great job m8

[@viktorviktor2543]

Crazy 😎🤘

[@antonm_]

5:23 So it acts like a gate? Instead of complete silence, what you get is a high end that is attenuated by the shelf, but it expands to 0db every time the pick attack comes in. Did I understand that correctly? Initially I was confused because it is an "expander" but it was meant to "reduce the noise", and felt the idea was at odds with each other. I thought the audio that passed through the expander needed to have the polarity flipped so it cancels out what it is expanding. 😅

[@MOMetalProductions]

Essentially it's a gate, yes! The gain is turned down all the way and the expander engages only on the pick attack peaks in the audio. The polarity flip I think is only if you run it in parallell and want to remove what is passing through. In this case I only want to keep what is passing through 🙂

[@antonm_]

@@MOMetalProductions Thank you for the clarification! That's a cool trick indeed. I wonder though... you're doing quite a lot to bring out the picking sound (automation, parallel pick sounds, spiff, expander trick). Is the idea to stack all these techniques inching to get the desired sound or can I get away with just 1 or 2 of these? What are you looking for?

[@MOMetalProductions]

@antonm_ I'm just looking for added pick attack, one of these techniques could probably achieve something close to what I'm looking for just with a more exaggerated effect

[@scentia_est]

@@MOMetalProductions cool trick. it's exactly what the Horizon Gate in Helix does.

[@antonm_]

@@MOMetalProductions Ok, got it. Thank you. I really appreciate the insight.

[@CourierPA]

Hey Mattias! Any chance you have a detailed review of your signal chains featured in this video on your Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee??

[@sebastianviuf]

Would you ever consider making a video on mixing a guitar tone with few plug ins? Like EQ and the essentiels. I get that you get very cool results with what you do. But to a person who might not have that or cannot afford all that. it can come across as unattainable. *edit* i know you have the beginners guide which i have not finished watching yet. But a video closing in on mixing a guitar tone would still be super cool.

[@MOMetalProductions]

Maybe, yes! As you said, in the beginner video I'd say those are the essentials. I think I am only using tape saturation and EQ on the guitar tone there. Most of the plugins are just because they do something fast. Like Bassmint ans Soothe, you could probably get similar results by just using EQ.

[@sebastianviuf]

@@MOMetalProductions Well i just realized that you did put a guitar walkthrough in it as well. My bad!! Im sure they are great plug ins. And im sure i will end up buying them one day as well lol

[@mileshurst9823]

where do you get all that snare room

[@MOMetalProductions]

You mean the room sound of the snare? That's GGD all the way 😄 I'm also adding a snare room sample on certain hits to emphasize

[@KingCharles-o6z]

Mo, when you say Bassmint removes “rumble”, what exactly does rumble mean?

[@MOMetalProductions]

It's dynamically removing muddy frequencies around 100-250 hz. It makes the sound more clear and bass area more defined.

[@fraktal9]

how do you perform those reverse chugs live? I've always had these kinds of doubts about playing thall in a live set

[@MOMetalProductions]

I guess bounced backing track would be the only way for that particular effect

[@mileshurst9823]

volume pedal could be an option

[@KingCharles-o6z]

Wait did I see that right, you’re using Hydra AND real guitar?

[@MOMetalProductions]

Yeah! Real guitar is 90% of the tone maybe, Hydra is just for reinforcement because it sounded cool.

[@SpinForeverSoundmix]

thanx !