Mixing And Mastering A Home Recording - Polished Home Studio Production PT. 3

[@FrightboxRecording]

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[@tomix1970pl1]

Friend, do you have maybe some kick and snare samples to give away?That would be fantastic.

[@CarlosCastro-eb1gg]

Its amazing how professional you are by making a great song using nothing. I'll love to see your channel go bigger because you are helping a lot of people with this videos! Huge hug from Argentina bro!

[@BukanIbuMu]

20:52 I really enjoy the song so much

[@melihgurkan5451]

This band can make it you should consider taking it seriously Bobby :) Cheers from Istanbul Turkey !!!

[@Markito908]

if I may add at 9:04 for whoever cannot afford Waves C4 plugin...a perfect free alternative is TDR Nova plugin by Tokyo Dawn Records. Amazing free combination between a multiband compressor and an EQ. I swear by that plugin.

[@mimix2331]

Its a great plugin. I used it and got similar results for years before I finally got the C4

[@theperiidot]

I use it on every track lmao

[@mattmedeiros9531]

Killer performances of great material, captured properly at the source. Hi and low pass filtered to unclutter the spectrum, and seasoned with a small number of stock send effect. Bobby Frightbox is just styling on everyone.

[@tristanchord2445]

This is actually a fantastic song, is it not released anywhere?

[@orenfisher8948]

Premium in every aspect. Brought a tear to my frickin' eye. Then, the SM57 and your mastering set-up got me blubbering uncontrollably.

[@FrightboxRecording]

Lmao thanks for watching, Oren!

[@DaveTaste]

Gae

[@RiverwoodOfficial]

Exactly what I've been waiting for❤

[@AlienorchestraNetoslo]

every video helps here, thank you for polishing this time...

[@RiverwoodOfficial]

Amazing song btw

[@FrightboxRecording]

Thanks my man!

[@SelfPoisonBand]

Man I couldnt figure out what i was doing wrong with my mixes until I watched this video. I misunderstood the sheet you have, but now i get it. On vocals, i kept leaving so much unneeded low end, and i accidentally cut out a lot of mid, oops! I didnt fully understand the EQ cut you had there bit have managed with everything else. I went back on a mix that i just couldnt get right and followed everything i saw here that it called for. Now my mix sounds full and the way i wanted it to in my head. Thank you fright box even though this video is old, your information is alwags golden,

[@bushello]

i love longer videos!

[@brianschmidt4482]

Great song and great production! Should be released as a single. 🤘

[@nilanshgaur]

This video inspired me to use my SM57 for Vocals on my ongoing project and i was blown away by the result. Its a really versatile and an underrated microphone. Recently discovered your channel. Amazing stuff. Lastly, What a kickass song!!

[@Tinyrick90]

for the past years I've been home recording myself and some projects ... and these videos are one of the best i have ever seen ! good job ! these video made me realize you don't need all that fancy gear ! stock plugins and a hand full of plugins. i would love to see more mixing videos or even your routing more in details in protools !

[@mimix2331]

Thank you for this, what a kick ass (and might I add FREE) series.

[@PowPresents]

I come back to this video so often just to listen to that song. It's so good.

[@CrushingAxes]

Dude, the song sounds amazing ! Very nice tones! Very nice touch with the acoustic guitar!

[@dyonight]

This is all priceless. I'd like to add, regarding the transient designer on the snare, Izotope make the Neutron channel strip, which contain a three band transient designer (to focus on the bleed frequencies) and everything needed for a complete mix. It is truly a one stop shop and even if you can do everything with separate and free plugins, I highly suggest those who want to invest in a plugin to check this one out. Not too pricey, stay as simple as needed or goes as deep as asked to, all in one integrated plugin. Sorry if it sounds like a paid comment ahah but I don't understand why people don't talk more about this! Cheers!

[@johnsnyder4949]

Thanks!

[@kevinhall2069]

Extremely helpful as always. Your videos are clear and to the point. It's also very cool to see that you can play instruments and you're not just a studio knob fiddler. Much respect to you and look forward to more helpful tutorials🤘

[@thehouseofautumnspells258]

My condolences to Jep & Ramona. 😟

[@carlostambunga8469]

Thank you so much brotha!! Been waiting for you to cover this area!

[@royc.3961]

Man -thank you SO much for putting out this 3-part series. You have no idea how helpful this is to many of us out there who have a hard time putting it all together from beginning -to-end like this. You’re tutorial from tracking to mastering is rare gift on KZbin - most would only give this stuff away for a price. Your videos are so well laid out, organized and just a pleasure to watch! You’re a true help. Thanks again and keep it coming! We WILL watch and support!

[@GarrettTurneyMrTremelo]

Loving the intro! And I'm excited to dive into this (just started the video). I have been upping my mastering game over the last few days, so this video couldn't have been more timely.

[@bdemagall]

Dude... took it out to the car just to get some perspective, holy fuck... bad ass recording.. Crystal clear, everthing fit where it should be... 🤘outstanding mix and production...

[@momonthemove365]

This is so great! Thank you for sharing!

[@AravKrishnan]

Thank you so much for this series dude , it was awesome to see how you went about getting this kind of mix and recording with a minimal setup , and the song you wrote sounds killer as well. Please put up a link of the final track once it's released , so that some of us can have a listen. Cheers dude!

[@metalinsights9664]

Great job all around. You showed us that high-end gear is not required for recording and producing a great, commercial-quality song.

[@kylecalandrelle7209]

Nice work man. Sounds great! Great to see you showing off some guitar and bass chops💪🤘

[@ugurakdag7930]

Great song and great performers. Thanks for turning this project of yours a valuable training material and opportunity for us to see simple and effective proccess behind it.

[@JBauerProject]

BIG... SLOW.... GOLF.... CLAP! unreal how great this sounds.

[@767bob]

Bobby, great video and Steve sounds great....same with you and Greg!

[@FrightboxRecording]

Thank you!!

[@quantumofburningsteel5881]

I watched a number of your videos and love how you give straight advice, very useful! 🤟🏻🔥

[@mateuszbok4466]

I'm glad I've found this channel, your videos are excellent, this series in aprticular! I'm struggling for a long while to home record some guitars and it's motivating to see someone get a great sound with basic setup and gear. And the song itself is amazing, the chorus will be stuck in my head for a while.

[@deerco1]

Loved the videos. Would be awesome if there was a video on how you work on and help build your songs.

[@mattxoverbey]

Great series Bobby. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@joerock33]

Yea we need an EP.....

[@lunernova69]

Bobby you are too BADASS. That song was ultra BADASS, as well

[@johnnyroberts8641]

Can't explain in words how empowering it feels that ive had 2 distinctly different amp settings for 5150 II amps/ampsims ... and your tone here has been shown on other vids of yours and is my main/go to settings down to within a half hour if you use clock face numbers to call out tonestack settings (pre gain, 1pm, post gain 11pm) I KNEW that shit was metal as fuck! Love ya Bobby, you're the last bastion of useful info for metal tracking and mixing around, and by far the best. Wish you success from Ohio, hope we end up collabing one day or declaring war on each other in a professional and business like manner. Either way is the shit

[@MatthewBagar]

I wouldn't comment it but I feel like I should point it out :D You said that with EZ Drummer "you need to" export audio files in order to control each channel individually. But that's not true actually. You can build multichannel routing and then set outputs in EZ Drummer mixer to play on specific track in your DAW mixer. Don't know if you just don't know about it or Pro Tools cannot do it, but it's possible :)

[@FrightboxRecording]

Very true, but it's heavier on CPU since the plugin would be live. Also, the randomization in EZdrummer wouldn't be 100% the same with each pass which isn't ideal for pro mixing (in my opinion). That's why most pro mixers print their virtual instruments before mixing begins.

[@MatthewBagar]

@@FrightboxRecording Right :) I'm thiking about this the same way. When I worked in Cubase I definitely printed my tracks because Cubase is bad at handling VSTi's and amp sims (at least in my case). So I went back to Reaper because it never lets me down and Reaper can handle many VSTi's at once without any problems :D I saw you also work in Reaper so you know what I'm talking about :D

[@tomwombacher9258]

Bobby, that was frickin awesome! Thanks so much for putting this together and giving novices like me insight on how to do it the right way. Mind blown!!!

[@FrightboxRecording]

Thanks for watching, Tom!

[@RenardBergson]

This song made feel amazingly nice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Cheers from Brazil 🔥

[@jaceychan7099]

Wow! I really dig this song and the arrangement I like the pads that you put into the song it added a very nice touch but all of the guitar, bass and drums fit together nicely I originally clicked on this video because I to have a recording studio in my basement and I watch videos on KZbin on a regular basis to get tips and tricks but I got a bonus surprise from the live clip of the band I am also a bass player by trade but the drummer kicked ass I had to rewind the last segment at least five times damn!

[@leearmitage]

another awesome video, I see so many of us bedroom/home producers paying for expensive plugins and still sounding bad, and especially when they use midi drums and don't take that extra coupe of mins to print them down to audio and over process them

[@FrightboxRecording]

Exactly!!

[@leventokur4094]

great series ! and the title of the track kicks ass 😀

[@BasedCringe]

What an absolutely killer snare sound!!!

[@Alterwill]

This is just perfect! Pure awesomeness of a mix and track! Thank you very much for this! 🤘

[@FrightboxRecording]

My pleasure!

[@davidasher22]

Great song! Learned a lot from this series. Thank you so much.

[@LeoHajder]

cool series, cool song, and you got a music video as a bonus :)

[@575motocross4]

Amazing production! Im about to start working on my first paid projects and your videos (especially this series) have really helped me believe in myself and that i can do it with only the bare bones budget gear that i can afford, thank you so much!

[@FrightboxRecording]

So happy to have been a help! Keep me posted on your project 🤘

[@guitar_nerd]

This is a killer song! Great guitar playing there!

[@eduardotepoxteca9171]

Really nice knowledge through this series you deserve way more subs

[@correametal]

Amazing Bobby, simply amazing!!! Thank you so much for all the info and inspiration!!!

[@davidfernandez506]

I have been using your impulse reponse since the first time i watch your channel.... it just make my guitar sit better in the mix almost doing any eq movement in the amp.... it just works perfectly

[@FrightboxRecording]

HELLZ YESS!! Love hearing that.

[@SilvermainMusic]

It's like a heavier 'Porcupine Tree' with the vocal style like that! Fantastic creation all around :)

[@mattcarey861]

Sounds great. Good song too. Killer guitar playing!

[@ghostwryteranonymous4910]

Where can we find this song online besides this video? It's really good.

[@bradylasserre9320]

Thank you for this series. Almost criminal this info is free. Cheers!

[@jorrickthole6505]

Awesome song! Cool guitar details happening. Really liking the bassguitar sound 🤘💀🤘

[@a1paradox19]

Dude I’m just now discovering this but hot damn that track was nice! Great job man

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

any recommendations on budget closed headphones? I only have Senheiser HD203 and they feel useless for mixing also can you compare the Peavey with Engl emulations inside TSE? I only hear Peavey on demos

[@R74-b7p]

Great FN tune man! Love all the tips, but that is a awesome song! Killer solo, so much emotion in the vocals. Excellent

[@FrightboxRecording]

Thanks so much!

[@KANDUR]

I'm so glad that KZbin algorithm showed the part 2 about an hour ago and I just finished watching all three parts. I'd like to see the whole editing process (especially the drums) and how did you approach vocal doubles. Subtle processing, printing the plugins, high passing dynamic mic vocals are my takeaways from the whole thing, cant wait to try them on my demos

[@FrightboxRecording]

If you're on my email list, check your inbox on Monday...I think you're gonna dig it :)

[@indecentchords]

@@FrightboxRecording I’ve been having trouble getting the email for the cab impulse response. I get everything else... anyway I could get a direct send or a download link? I’m already on the mailing list.

[@FrightboxRecording]

@@indecentchords Sure thing! Check your spam and promotions folders and if they're not there, shoot me an email at [e-mail] and I'll make sure you get it.

[@randomorbitalechoes8377]

Thank you for this series. Very helpful

[@FrightboxRecording]

My pleasure!

[@GarrettTurneyMrTremelo]

Also, where may I find that track? Is there a purchase or download? It's catchy af.

[@FrightboxRecording]

We're currently working on it 🤘

[@GarrettTurneyMrTremelo]

@@FrightboxRecording awesome, can't wait! Thanks for providing these killer videos, my dude.

[@BukanIbuMu]

Still waiting

[@joerock33]

Great song, Great Musicians, Great Mix..Ty

[@ZebraStandards]

Do you use automation at all? On a different note, it would be really cool to see you repeat this process for your next recoding, maybe in a more condensed format, but using both high end "industry standard" gear and your inexpensive setup, comparing the results. I'm just curious what the difference would be, but it might also be useful for people who are making the best of their cheaper gear and are thinking of upgrading, etc. Great series, extremely helpful.

[@AdamYoudell]

Great job. Very good song as well. Really enjoyed this series

[@FrightboxRecording]

Happy to hear that, Adam!

[@jeromesimon8916]

Nice song and great informative content deserves more views! The song sounds like circ earlu 2000s emo/indie bands like further seems forever... nice

[@kunglejat]

so you didnt add any compression to the vocals except in the master bus to the whole mix?

[@FrightboxRecording]

Yes, the vocals are compressed on a per-track basis as well.

[@333arceus9]

dude, your channel NEEDS to blow up

[@blakehibberd5631]

Such a great KZbin channel. Learn so much from your videos!!

[@Luixkorrea]

¡Excelente los tres videos!

[@downthemountain2611]

Thanks for the awesome vid, Love the eq tips 👍

[@mattcarey861]

Also, the transient designer is just an expander or sonic maximizer right? Which basically does the opposite of a compressor by lowering the quieter noise while bringing up the louder sound.

[@FrightboxRecording]

Hello Matt! The transient designer is more like a compressor. It shapes the actual transient in a very particular way that's sort of like compression, but much more transparent. As far as latency, I've never head an issue. Even when using my Digi002 and 2006 Macbook Pro, latency wasn't an issue if I used a small buffer size. Also, all plugin in my tracking template are really light on CPU.

[@jeffbridges6110]

Awesome. Idk if anyone has ever asked you , but.....What LUFS do you aim for? -14 , -12 , -9? And do you set that target in your DAW before starting anything?

[@jerryarmitage8904]

Beautiful man.

[@rottenapplebeats5594]

Super dope and educational vid bro....🙏🙏🙏

[@ckowalski1029]

Great work! Super comprehensive. On the guitar multiband compressor to tame the palm mutes, what was your ratio? and was there any makeup gain?

[@NoorhakimMohamedNoor]

Will the song be released on streaming platform? Looking forward to hear it.! Pretty cool result from prep production to mastering.

[@FrightboxRecording]

Definitely soon...we're currently working on a new EP at the moment and will be releasing our entire back catalog on streaming platforms when it's done.

[@johnwurm1985]

Fantastic job!

[@castleultra1082]

I have those same speakers haha awesome for the price! Would you recommend getting the little sub woofer they have or is that not necessary? Awesome vid and can’t wait to see what you have to offer on Monday!

[@FrightboxRecording]

Nah, not necessary. I haven't used a sub in years.

[@castleultra1082]

Update: Just bought the Polished Production Anywhere course! Can’t wait to dive in there’s a ton of info and videos and to go through 👍🏽

[@bushello]

Great song!!! Great sound!!

[@1siriuswolf]

Most excellent

[@mickeybarajas4865]

Great song !

[@knuckleslamwich6068]

Yessssss it's hereeeeeeee!!! Gonna go make a coffee sit back and enjoy this little beauty! Thanks brotha!

[@haventone2295]

Awesome video!

[@CityInTheDark1]

How did you get each tom to print for EZ Drummer? I only get a stereo out with all 3 toms, not individual outputs for each tom. It makes me almost want to just upgrade to Superior because it’s so frustrating. Every other sampler gives you a direct out for each mic but not EZD 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@FrightboxRecording]

EZ drummer does give you a direct out. You can change the channel from "channel 1" to one of the other stereo outputs which can be routed to tracks within your DAW. I've never needed to upgrade to Superior for this exact reason.

[@FrightboxRecording]

Just pan each of the individual drums hard left or right and route them accordingly to mono tracks in your dAW.

[@AlexeySolovievMusic]

Wonderful video Bobby! Thank you so much!

[@FrightboxRecording]

Thanks for watching, Alexey!

[@BrandonofRedemption]

Can you upload this to streaming services?

[@JimSajMusic]

I think it added significant harshness to the cymbals. I'd do this with the programmed "drum shells"...with the cymbals on a separate bus track.

[@Eurodrummer666]

That´s excellent! Could you do it with more "violent" metal genres as well?

[@x6x745]

Again great video thanks men...

[@emilianofrancavilla8801]

Amazing results and nice videos! How do you did to get the live drums into ezdrummer? Thanks for all this material you shared on your channel! I have suscribed to it. Regards!

[@FrightboxRecording]

The EZdrummer tracks were programmed in pre production. The real drums were recorded after-the-fact. Thanks for watching!

[@alexjamesrecording3980]

Loved this series man, the song sounds wicked. Perfect for kicking back with a good bourbon! You gonna make the multitracks available so we can have a play around with them?

[@bigkid757]

Great stuff, Bobby! I learn more from your channel than any other channels on KZbin. Your free IR is awesome, it converted my guitar tracks into something very usable. Do you have any plans to do a video on programming drum midi to get a realistic drum sound? I’m From Nj as well! Cheers!

[@FrightboxRecording]

So stoked to hear that man!

[@indecentchords]

Have you considered creating a flow chart for your routing? I think it could be very helpful to some of your viewers. How do you route so many items to one FX channel and get it to the stem?

[@ivanfelipechavez2693]

Awesome! thanks!