Making Mixing Easier: Scheps Omni Channel | Spectre Sound Studios DEMO

[@patrickfouhy9102]

Been using the Omni Channel for quite a while, it's killer! What I love about Waves is that if you're patient, you'll be able to get a vast majority of their plugins for $29.

[@musicmanxii]

I got their Horizon bundle for 250. 85 plugins! An amazing deal

[@TerenceKearns]

8:20 hold down the ALT or CTRL key while adjusting any of the frequency knobs and you can preview the isolated frquency of what you're adjusting. No need to seek and scan if you prefer to work that way.

[@lukehart1642]

Hi Glenn, thanks for letting us watch over your shoulder. It was very insightful to see another engineer work. I really like the guitar De-essing technique to control the mud. Brilliant! I love using this plugin on bass too. Thanks again for your video, your hard work is much appreciated. Cheers!

[@PhillyWatts]

Scheps is the mud killer! Love it! That bass is blowing up and clear as day, even on my cell phone

[@acommon]

That guitar tone is absolutely stellar... would love to hear about your rig on that! 🤩

[@shaunlivingstonmusic]

what i love about this video is that Glenn didn't even scratch the surface of this plugin. AWESOME channel strip.

[@Synic42]

Waves is like the drug dealer of plugins. I got those PRS amp sims a few weeks ago and now I already own a dozen or so of their plugins.

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

Finally! A review that actually makes me want to buy this thing! :D Nice work man!

[@chrismonaut]

For people who don't have a lot of third party plugins: just start with this. it covers so many of your needs. together with your stock plugins it's somewhere between 80 and 99% of what you need. Since you like the omni on bass, you should try to use the low "de-ess" on bass sidechained by the kick. works fantastic and you dont have to sidechain compress all of the bass guitar from top to bottom!

[@jeffwilliams9205]

The Schepp's Omnichannel has been my secret weapon lately. Glenn, I want to just say thanks for showing your whole process with the plug in organically on these tracks. I was glad to see that even though I'm involved with mixing songs that are very different from metal, we both use very similar processes. I love your channel, and I have learned a hell of a lot from it.

[@jaytaanh8234]

Only one night of owning this plugin and it’s already made a HUGE impact on my mixes. Thanks Glen!

[@scottydogg278]

You know, one of the more understated things about vids like this is how we get to hear perfect examples of mixing terms you regularly hear such as "honk" on a snare. It's great getting context of what things like "honk", "boxy" and "muddy" frequencies actually sound like (especially if you 'solo' the frequencies you're cutting out so we hear it perfectly)

[@clintonmaher6930]

Excellent plugin I got a while ago on sale too. Definitely a lot of coverage today and I don't think it's just because it's on sale....waves clearly handing out something to get the coverage. Glenn says it's been one of his favourites lately but this video is clearly the first time he's used it. Just wish people would be more transparent with this stuff if there is an element of paid promo about it.

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

Clinton Maher people ha r to make a buck. It still sounds great. Isn’t this the plug in from the guy who mixes in the box on headphones ??

[@JunkyardSam]

It's such a powerful channel strip. A must-own, in my opinion. Once you use it for a while it becomes incredibly fast to dial in solutions, simple as that. If I could only own a single plugin it would be this one.

[@1224Rooster]

I almost bought this today and I noped out. So glad you put this video out. As soon as you tweaked the drums I paused your video and went to buy it. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@KeepTheGates]

Omni channel is very powerful, you'll love it.

[@1224Rooster]

Thanks brother

[@UnearthlyViking]

The video I was hoping for! Been loving this pluggin since it came out.

[@marcorock101]

Daaaamn, sure brought balls to that mix. Even at full price it seems to be cheap for what it does. Great demo Glenn, keep up the great work

[@ericholmesmusic771]

Not the biggest of metal fans but I really enjoy your videos sir. You have a great ear and a cool personality. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

[@Dmaccabees]

💥💯💥 a fave of mine 💥🥊🥊

[@ellisthed1609]

god I love that plugin, got it when it was 29 bucks like a year ago. that thing has been on every single track I have recorded since then. You can't make it sound bad! It was the sound of my first album and the sound of every song I mixed since.

[@SlinkyT82]

Love actually hearing the bass in heavier music. Makes it so much better. Great demo!

[@CoolGreenApple]

that bass sounds killer in the mix!

[@johnstitt2615]

The Omni. Channel is a tasty plugin. Glad to see you love it as much as one of your fans. 👌✌️🎸😎☕️

[@JMRSplatt]

One of my favorite features is holding the 'Control' key and touching a frequency knob.. it solos that frequency. Now I want every plug-in to do this!

[@BassMeister17]

I bought this on the spot! I've been looking for a "swiss-army knife" channel strip like this, and I loved the sound you got from it. For $29, this is indeed a steal.

[@TerenceKearns]

The perfect companion plugin for this when mixing drums is Waves TORQUE (as suggested by Mr Scheps). You can use it to TUNE individual drum instruments without upsetting the timbre. Load it onto the insert module inside the omnichannel.

[@KyleSevenoaks]

I swear this is my desert island plugin. I've mixed a song from top to bottom using only this and it sounded pretty great! Thanks for the video.

[@Awhitehar]

Sounds amazing! They also have another sale on it today and tomorrow for Tax Day.

[@JaredGunstonTV]

Bought this last year when it was on sale. First plug in I got for my new laptop. Use it on almost everything.

[@prussitotoiprussitotoi4713]

Nice run down on this plugin - I like and use it myself also for one or the other item in almost all the mixes since I first got this when it first came out. This is such a complete and full featured plugin and it really is killer. However, for a channel strip, I use the Brainworx bx_console_4000 SSL E and G - because it simulates 72 individual tracks just like a real full console - the width, depth, tone and warmth are simply unrivaled to date. This goes on all tracks, bus and mixbus - period. The only beef I have had with the bx_console_SSL4000E is that the compressor is not exactly like the hardware console. But back to the ShepsOmni - I really like that there are 2 de-essers in sequence which let you de-ess and/or control any trouble frequencies - that is just great.

[@BrofUJu]

This thing rules. It's fantastic on drums especially so you can adjust everything all on one screen, old school style.

[@AndyTunstall]

Well you and Warren convinced me to buy it! Great video Glenn!

[@Anvilshock]

I frickin' love bass guitar sound that's as gnarly as drumming on the metal handrails in a multi-storey staircase!

[@iamsparta96]

Just picked my very own as i type! Thanks Glenn!!

[@nickstone3042]

Great video Glenn , I literally got this plugin yesterday and was planning to start messing around with it this afternoon

[@jaytyler5741]

Very nice! I'm sold.

[@chrispygingerpie]

I got this when the PRS ARCHON came out also, this video is gold! Especially on cleaning up palmmutes :D

[@stringerheavymetal8283]

Hi Glenn, thanks for all of your great advice, trying to implement it into my next song, which is already sounding 50x better than my previous efforts. your advice is so useful man :)

[@johnnyrazor4365]

I’ve been using this for a while, it’s really great for having everything there, like the Slate VMR. Speaking of which, I would really like to see your take on the new Slate Drum Gate.

[@paulallen6849]

Holding the ctrl button to solo the function/module you are tweaking is a cool feature of the omni. The thump is a lot like when you engage the 60hz cut on the wave helios.

[@jacksonwarddrummer]

Just bought it this morning. It's so good!

[@L.A.W.Studios]

Thanks for the head's up on this for 29 bucks, looks very promising. Cool Demo. As someone else mentioned, I'd like to see a breakdown/chain of that guitar tone (understand about the cheap Behringer mixer) but you're approaching 'Evil' Joe tone here ...MOARR!!

[@handlewithoutsuitcase]

That's my channel strip #1! Awesome stuff!

[@oscarcamey8]

It's on sale today and tomorrow too! For tax day. Thank you for sharing! I'm going to buy right now!

[@owendurkin6292]

Great demo. Sold!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@gamma_noize]

I grabed it in the sale today. Really nice plugin!

[@androidanderson1710]

Great vid, Glenn! thanks

[@van403]

Hey Glenn, great work! It's so handy having an all rounder like this in the bag. With regards to your Audio Basics series, please do a review of the ART Channel II. It seems like it has the same compressor as the VLA-II but a channel strip would seem more useful for someone starting out with limited budget for outboard gear than stereo compressor. 🤘🏻😁

[@Normala-music]

It's a great plugin, but damn is Waves pushing it. All the channels I follow just released a review of this thing.

[@buhimoth]

The best way to use the EQ and the DS, is to hold ctrl while turning the freq dial, it allows you to hear exactly what you’re doing!

[@codyvenne2416]

Just picked this up today. Wicked plugin!

[@kevingregoire2764]

Just got this yesterday super cool.

[@stupidusername38]

Tip, you can control click the frequency in the Eq to solo the band. Makes it easier to hear the frequency as you sweep through

[@Bobby_Uterus]

Probably one of the most over looked features.

[@plumbummusic2051]

Metallica should hire/give Glenn the raw tracks for AJFA album! He could improve it 1000x with this plugin alone. (I know I'm dreaming of the impossible, but I like to imagine okay?)

[@jssycamore]

If you do enough googling you can find some AJFA stems that were used for Guitar Hero & Rock Band games, I'd also like to see Glenn's take on them.

[@plumbummusic2051]

@@jssycamore I'm aware of those. I just wish he could get his hands on the tracks of each mic to mix as he pleases, that'd certainly yield interesting results

[@samaudioyt]

i tried to remix them and i made them sound better even if i am the most trash home mixing amateur

[@deadalonethe1]

It's awesome, you convinced me to instabuy. I grabbed the Abbey Road mastering chain too, there is a coupon code that pushes it down to $29 as well, plus you'll get an extra $7 (25%) discount for buying 2 plugins. That's 2 awesome plugins for 50 bucks, ridiculous prices, geez, I had to focus heavily not to burn all my money on awesome plugins.

[@JimijaymesProductions]

Never would I ever think you'd endorse a Waves plugin. I'd love to know your feelings on Slate especially some of the newer stuff such as the Plates and the new Gates (which i used effectively on my last release to do some cool drum tricks).

[@Skarmillion]

bought it in a heartbeat!!

[@billkelly773]

Love this plug. Been using it since just after it's release. A cool trick to try is to push the input faders up to +10 and pull down the outputs by the same amount. An excellent extra source of sat/dirt. Believe I saw Andrew do this in a demo, but can't remember.

[@mattastic247]

yes. that bass! luckily i picked up this plugin while it was on sale.

[@richiesainz5906]

Hell yeah! Went straight to sweetwater after this video and grabbed my own copy. Waves Maserati vocal enhancer was only 30 bucks to. I'd like to hear your opinion on that plug in

[@johnboyle3297]

Cymbal chokes sounded great

[@Hellseeker1]

Ok I picked it up on sale just now, I think just in time. 😅 Was mic up the 2 x12 I built with v30’s and Engl Invader 2 and was playing around with the demo, I was like damn it I freaking need this. It’s all good! Mics are Sm57 and a MD 421 ii

[@mckevrock]

Badass demo!

[@MadayMaday]

Glenn, please do one on the new CLA MixHub. I'm really curious to see what you think. Thanks for doing this one. I'm definitely adding Omni Channel to my collection. That gate and desser alone are worth the price of admission. I could have used that for a project I had just finished two weeks ago.

[@TerenceKearns]

11:05 "Wow" FUCK YEAH! the economics of sonic energy. Trim the fat, balance the budget, spend it on the good shit :)

[@GROCMUSICCO]

I bought it when it first came out. Its awesome.

[@BrianBower]

I think I am gonna pick this up today.

[@DirkBelig]

I got this last July (2018) when they had a flash sale for $29 (they do these a lot) and it's so comprehensive in providing modules it's overwhelming to a novice as you try to suss out what knob and buttons to manipulate to get the desired effect. Fortunately, it comes with a good base of presets to get you in the ballpark. While recording a radio spot, I tried one for bass (IIRC it was something like "Direct Bass"; don't quote me) and the tone was so rich and punchy I didn't need to use an amp sim for the track. It sounded that fat.

[@darylbond3899]

ALWAYS dig your videos Glenn, nice one man ;)

[@666Ekinox]

I'm dreaming of the day you'll have something to mix that is not downtuned chugging. Plugins seems greaat, bought it!

[@oibattery3198]

This sounds awesome

[@The-Urviech]

Glenn, I'm sorry but you need to level match to actually hear what you are doing. Just look at the meters for how much louder you make things. Turn down that output fader, there even is a nice visualization!

[@BlackenedNL]

Holy shit that guitar tone! Do a video on that!

[@elgamerico]

Not sure if you mentioned it, but you can add other Waves plugins through the insert section.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Ok, that’s pretty cool!

[@gilbertspader7974]

Is that in Reaper ?

[@elgamerico]

@@SpectreSoundStudios I'll be honest with ya, I've had this plugin for nearly 4 months and only found that out last week. But it's a really cool feature.

[@elgamerico]

@@gilbertspader7974 Nah, it's within the plugin. There's a section that says insert. Insert Waves plugin, baby 😁

[@gilbertspader7974]

@@elgamerico Thanks man great tip !!

[@erikduijs2723]

So it's Scheps Omni Channel promotion week I suppose. But I'd recommend it to anyone. It's my nr. 1 channel strip plugin.

[@gilbertspader7974]

Man these basic videos really help people with my experience level AKA low level !!!!!

[@anthonyc4033]

That plugin is great. Myself and many podcasters use it.

[@jerryarmitage8904]

Hey Glenn. Can you describe side chaining and when it should be used. Love the Channel. Learned so much. Subscriber for years.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Yes. Video already made. Look in my “recording basics” series.

[@yannimetaxas9839]

Just bought it, all I can say is: Holy fuck, its insane.

[@massapower]

Admire Mr. SCHEPS OMNI.. Now to to use it on some real creative Memorable MeTaL tunes 😁🤟

[@adamfox9651]

Ah, yes, the Beard Channel. I've had it for several months. It's pretty versatile. I notice it's been getting a lot of praise on YT today. Coincidence?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Yeah, it’s on sale!

[@adamfox9651]

Yeah, it was on sale for $29 or $39 when I picked it up a while back. It seems to be on sale often. That's why I check the Waves site regularly. You never know when the plugin you want is gonna be on sale for $29 or $39.

[@prussitotoiprussitotoi4713]

@Glenn - have you tried the Brainworx bx_console_SSL4000E channel strip plugin ? Would love to see you do a review.

[@bcain5823]

I notice you use Reaper. So do I but I'm new to using plug-ins, other than the built-ins that came with Reaper. Do you, or can you make a video on how to download this plug-in to Reaper? The best way? Maybe a beginners tutorial for the Schep plug-in would be great too.

[@jasonaspy6322]

I have it. It’s awesome. I use it on all sorts of things. End communication.

[@TerenceKearns]

HA HA HA HA... I just watched Mr Scheps demonstrate this thing, then I come over here and Gelnn is DEMONSTRATING THE SHIT OUT OF IT! "Gets pretty rude, pretty quick" HA HA HA.... LOVE IT! Honestly, I was straining to hear the subtle nuances to see what the plugin was really doing... but now I know FOR SURE cause I heard the shit out of it... I had to turn down my hearing aids.

[@espenstoro]

This plugin is way better than it has any business being. Also, holy crap, drummer!

[@scottydogg278]

Jackson Ward is a machine. Awesome drummer with a great setup

[@lerrynhawke3375]

The best money spent on any piece of gear in years.. buy it now! And look at Andrew's other video with Warren on the more in depth functions...

[@jameshisted]

Hey Glenn, you've mentioned several times that tape is very expensive & that most bands aren't good enough to get it right...I was wondering would it work/be worth recording the raw tracks into your DAW, then when they're right output them individually to the tape? Probably a new starter question (I'm taking my first steps away from multi-trackers) but I was curious. Cheers & great video to come home from work to as always!

[@joshwheeler4228]

Recording to tape and exporting to tape will give you different results. Think of it like starting off with a high quality FLAC audio file vs converting a low quality mp3 to FLAC. There is a ton of extra information in the native FLAC file that won't be there if it's converted from a lesser source. In the same way if it's recorded digitally, it's going to sound digital. If you're really going for the analog tape sound, there are a number of great tape emulator plugins that will get you close enough to fool most people.

[@jameshisted]

@@joshwheeler4228 Thanks for the reply man. Makes sense.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Sold me again, Glenn!

[@wongsanggar]

Is it planned? Graham Cochrane from Recording Revolution also review it. Anyway, great plugins for speed mixing.

[@maurizioviera]

Yeah, and Warren Huart did a cool Interview with Andrew Scheps. Useful tips there.

[@wongsanggar]

@@maurizioviera ow yeah i haven't check it. I subscribe produce like a pro but haven't watched it. Thanks!

[@FrankiorMusic]

The Scheps is just great. I got it a while back when it was pretty new and on sale because I just didn't have any third party channel strip plugins at all. So I thought "why the f not?!" and it actually made mixing easier for me. Seeing how you use it gives me some fresh impulses for my workflow as well. Thanks! \m/ By the way: how do you decide on which type of compression you choose? Is it completely by how it sounds in the moment or do you have go-to types for different applications and just change it up if it doesn't work as expected?

[@lodougherty]

the new slate drum gate is the best gate ever for drums.

[@ZethKeeper]

What do you think on reviewing/demoing Waves' CLA bundle (guitars/bass/drums/keys/etc)? Want to try to mix just with those (maybe a little bit of extra eq on something different for the mastering. CLA bundle is obviously just for mixing stage)?

[@YukiK]

Holy shit that bass

[@jadedshade]

Hey Glenn, do you measure LUFS when mixing and mastering? If so what tools do you use? Seems useful to get an understanding of as it seems to be the new standard since the loudness war happened.

[@OrionHellraiser]

would love to know which song is it!! sounds fucking killer and I love the arrangement!!

[@joeshmoe9994]

Hey Glenn, I have an interesting topic for you. I'm thinking of starting a studio up eventually, but I'm a poor collage kid and don't have a lot of free cash. I'm working two jobs (one at guitar center), but between bills, gas, and student loans there's simply not enough money to flush out the huge equipment. Plus, because I'm so young I don't have enough credit built up for a business loan. If you were starting out with nothing and a tight budget, what equipment would you recommend and what would you need/cut out? Cheers and one big middle finger from the states!

[@JBauerProject]

How is it on your PC resources on this mix? Curious because Waves are usually a little harder on processing power than stock plugins. Also, do you prefer the Cubase stock Strip or Scheps Omni?

[@Crowbar11115]

9:41...When you accidentally step on the Whammy Pedal of Life.

[@newrockorder]

I mix with Slate and it‘s great 🤩

[@aragorn767]

What's the benefit of using a single "multi-tool" plugin like this as opposed to separate preamps, gates, eqs, and compressors in the signal chain?