How to Record & Mix a ROCK Song with Presonus Studio One | Absolute Beginner Tutorial

Recording Your First ROCK Song with Presonus Studio One | Absolute Beginner Tutorial
In this video, I’ll show you how to get up and running with Presonus Studio One version 6 and recording a rock song! I’ll be recording Electric Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, and Vocals.
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My name is Chris Green, and on this channel, you'll find practical tips to help you master every aspect of playing and recording music with Presonus Studio One. 👨‍💻
Whether you're a beginner setting up your DAW for the first time, or a seasoned musician looking to refine your recording workflow, I've got you covered. 🫡
Here's what you can expect from me:
1️⃣ Step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow, no matter your skill level.
2️⃣ Pro tips and tricks to take your music to the next level.
3️⃣ Clear explanations that make complex concepts easier to understand.
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Let's make some music! 🎧💪
⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 What We’re Doing
1:53 Presonus Studio One
2:28 Home Screen
3:40 Brand New Session
3:50 Setting Tempo & Click
4:56 Headphones
6:17 Adding Tracks
7:20 Record Enable Button
8:23 Recording Electric Guitar
8:51 Listening to Guitar
9:27 Adding Drum Tracks
14:42 Recording Drums
16:33 Loading Drum Takes
17:15 Listening to Drums
18:53 Zooming In
20:10 Adding More Guitar Tracks
21:26 Technical Difficulty
24:14 Double Tracked Guitars
26:06 Inspector View
27:38 Recording Bass Guitar
28:22 Adjusting Track Volume
30:09 Clip Gain
31:47 Recording Vocals
34:12 Mixing
34:47 Navigation
37:53 Bus Setup
40:00 Gain Staging
43:50 Drum Mixing
54:41 Bass Mixing
56:06 Guitar Mixing
59:48 Vocal Mixing
1:08:00 Overall Mix Tweaks
1:09:55 Closing Thoughts
1:10:13 Final Song

[@heychrisgreen]

Want more help? Watch the Presonus Studio One playlist of videos on my channel for more: kzbin.info/aero/PLAN12c6eXaW4-w7b7Aw_s5rarrWMK77uU

[@williamoliveira1409]

Terrific Job mate. i'm just having fun on studio one and you guy helped me a lot!

[@lwd_music]

Nice work! Appreciate your time...

[@bikof81]

Was a very helpful video. Kudos to you. And just liked and subscribed the channel after listening to your subscriber appeal song😅😅...

[@Ray-um3if]

Hi Chris, great video thanks for all the hard work you put into this 🎸🍻

[@heychrisgreen]

Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@baroccsmoker]

Great video learned a lot .

[@heychrisgreen]

Thanks for watching! 🙏 Glad it helped! 🙂

[@steviev2504]

Great video!

[@heychrisgreen]

Thanks for watching! 😁

[@LuddeBeats]

Well done video!

[@heychrisgreen]

Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@oldschoolgeek4199]

Very good video to learn fast the essential. Was though a bit surprised you didn't apply a bit of reverb on snare and voices.

[@heychrisgreen]

Thanks for watching!! In retrospect, it would have been nice to add some reverb 😅 the “recording your first song” series is mostly just showing people how to get up and running in Studio One, but maybe in the next one I’ll go with more fx!

[@davidcooper9432]

Terrific video Chris. Give yourself a pat on the back.

[@heychrisgreen]

Thank you! 🙏 😁

[@rajivmodha3693]

Ver helpful. Any advice if one to get a decent electric guitar plugged directly into an interface that is noisier than RME? Strymon essentially gave a sufficiently hot signal to record. Thanks.

[@heychrisgreen]

Sorry I’m not sure what you’re asking for but if you’re looking for a good audio interface I always recommend something very affordable like the Audiobox or Scarlett 2i2 at first, then when you have saved up a good chunk of change you should look for a used UAD Apollo or something from RME if you can. There’s a ton of interfaces that will be cheap but that’s not always a good thing and the quality across the board is very similar at the low prices

[@AbirTarafdar]

1:01:05 hahahahahahaha. Brilliant! Oh man, you made me laugh and laugh. When you recorded the first guitar, I thought oh this is going to be bad. Dude was I wrong. Sub-fuckn-scribed!

[@heychrisgreen]

Thank you! 🙏😅

[@MikaelKonradsson]

This is really helpful. I actually started my journey with making music in 2015 ( i bought studio one pro back then) but to be honest, i havent really gotten into it because it seemed too overwhelming. But I recently felt really inspired and motivated to actually make music and record. And theese sort of beginner videos cover alot of the stuff ive felt unsure of. Just a question, what level (dB) should I aim for when recording guitar? Im planning on running my Zoom multi-fx straight into my interface and use that pedal as my amp sim and for other effects as well. Does that seem like a decent way of recording?

[@heychrisgreen]

That sounds great! Just make sure you’re not clipping your signal. I always say aim for -18. On Studio One they have input meters that will show what’s coming in. Anything between -24 and -12 is good. You can always increase the volume later. Using pedals and amp sims like you’ve got you can get away with recording louder signals because they’re very consistent

[@MikaelKonradsson]

@@heychrisgreenAwesome! So I the signal shouldnt be hotter than -12db going into studio one? And which end do I gain stage, do I set the Zoom pedal amp sim as loud as -12 or do I adjust the input gain on my scarlett interface? :) Maybe it doesnt matter which way?

[@heychrisgreen]

@@MikaelKonradsson Depends on which you prefer. My AudioBox USB interface has a lot of noise if I turn it up too much. Each preamp will have its own noise floor so if you turn up the Zoom first and keep your interface low, that should be fine. If you hear any noise, then turn up the interface and turn down the zoom thing 😁

[@MikaelKonradsson]

@@heychrisgreen that makes alot of sense! Thanks alot! I have subscribed, it feels like im going to learn alot from your videos

[@Gracebeliever077]

This was great. I need to ditch Acid Pro10.

[@heychrisgreen]

Oh wow! Blast from the past I don’t know Acid Pro was still a thing 😅 my wife had that on her laptop back in the day.. you go with what you’ll be most comfortable using! Studio One does have a free version that has limited functionality but it’d be a good way to try it out.. look for Studio One Prime

[@Gracebeliever077]

@heychrisgreen Clearly the plugin with S.1. are superior to Acid. I'll look into the limited version. Thanks for your videos and the reply.

[@Gracebeliever077]

@heychrisgreen I subscribed to the Studio One+ today. Gotta figure this thing out.

[@wcs39204]

Learned alot, thank you. But... After listening to this song... I feel the need to like and subscribe... Did you send subliminal messaging in a hidden track or something? LOL

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

Your recording levels are very low. Crack up your interface gain input!