Mixing Guitars Without EQ....Again

Mixing guitars without using any post EQ. For a different reason this time.
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[@thiasusmusic]

On a site full of disinfo or conflicting info on mixing, where the goal is not often to produce quality, it is so kind of you to do this for your fans and for every aspiring artist wishing to improve. Not only do you give 100% on every song in your songwriting in Sylosis and more, but you then share the equally challenging tech side to us just for the sake of spreading knowledge. It's really pretty rare these days. You're a top bloke and a top artist, Josh. We need more like ya.

[@quentins2635]

Josh can you do a Cubase tutorial on your best practices to Tracking guitars? For example, do you quad, do you double, do you have one track just for recording and you slide it down to your Left and Right Tracks? How do you do your Punch ins and punch outs.. How does your template look when starting a session, what are you must haves as in cubase settings before starting a session from scratch? etc Id love to see something like that!! thanks bro

[@Exeunt-philae]

Getting to hear solo guitar tones in the daw is extremely helpful.

[@El_Suertero]

Do you have some one universal "desired bass tone" that suit most of your tones well? What goes first for your band - guitar sound design and then bass sound design to suit guitar tones or vice versa? Could you show how different bass tones affect the same guitar tone and how much different the mix sound with different bass tones? I like soft smooth bass, almost unnoticeable that compliment guitar tone. But also I like sometimes more hard tight punchy bass tone which stands out more in a mix, especially when your bassist is very creative and plays crazy stuff (like in Mudvayne, for example, or in Blotted Science where Alex Webster's bass tone is different than in Cannibal Corps as some ppl say, or in your JMP solo album record also seems like bass saound is tighter and more focused (mid heavier?) than in Sylosis records or it's just because guitar sound isn't such gainy on JMP) that gives your compositions new flavors and is piece of the art itself.

[@thiasusmusic]

This is a very, very good question.

[@rodrisantolaria]

I need those JOSH DRUMS samples. Sounds great

[@JoshMiddletonOfficial]

Patience...I'm figuring out the final steps to get these out to the world

[@LimitlessPotential12]

I can`t tell you how much I love this channel, very similar tone to what I would go for I would just probably boost the mids a bit.

[@yamilcamacho5698]

My favorite guitarist channel currently😊

[@DalguraK1]

Josh, thanks for the cool and heavy 6-string music.

[@loganpriest6029]

Conclusion of an Age B-side perhaps? God damn that mix sounds so good though. Josh is one of the best metal mixers and has such a good trained ear. Theres guidelines we all learn to get going with mixing and EQ of all the instruments. But then what makes you stand out is taking those rules and completely messing with them based on your instinct to what sounds good to you.

[@JonTheBard]

tbh, i prefer the raw sound of the amp and the tones you get from the cabs, pure natural sounds, guitars nowadays feel so processed!

[@robledodub]

I’d like to see a video where you teach how to write juicy, melodic, heavy riffs like the ones heard here!

[@marsh0le907]

Absolutely love these videos. Learnt a lot. Appreciated dude. Question: What do you normally do with regards to blank project and levels. Do you leave everything at 0db and work from there or drop everything for headroom? Cheers in advance 🤘🏻

[@tomyedidovich8501]

I like those kind of videos so much 🔥

[@AcidEnemaBand]

This one proves once again that source is the key for a good mix and tone is in the hands! What drum libary do you use Josh ? Also,have you ever considered rerecording stuff from the first two EPs ?

[@JoshMiddletonOfficial]

These are my own drum sounds. I'll be launching the library in the coming months...Don't buy any drums until then haha

[@AcidEnemaBand]

@@JoshMiddletonOfficial I'll be waiting then.

[@SonegPanasoneg]

Hi Josh! Great playing as usual. By the way, what string gauge do you use?

[@makis7234]

Great video Josh. Just one thing. Try to increase the volume of your voice because it's really low compared to the rest. Cheers!

[@luisdado4140]

TONE IS EFIN SICK!!! 🤘😈

[@anthonynelson1699]

Are we finally getting the Middleton/Reynolds death metal project?!

[@wmxx2000]

I feel this is slightly misleading. "There's NO EQ on the guitars"... except for the EQ that are preset on the IRs.

[@mutilation7763]

The IR is more important than the amp itself, both in real life and in plugins. So if you have the right IR you can sound good even with free plugins in your daw. The idea is not to spend hours and hours using your EQ to at least sound decent, if that happens to you, it is better to change cabs and find one that already gives you a good result from the beginning.

[@djabthrash]

@@mutilation7763 You missed the point :)

[@johnddouglass]

Yeah should really be ‘the other stuff you do to guitars besides EQ’ but that’s not a catchy title

[@c0dypeng]

10-52 on drop B is wiiiiild

[@ManuSDP]

Lighter strings sound better in lower tuning

[@Durkhead]

​@ManuSDP the size of the string makes almost no difference in tone

[@ManuSDP]

@@Durkhead false

[@pashul1n]

@@Durkhead you just proved to all of us that either you dont have ears or you clearly dont know from the experience

[@Durkhead]

@pashul1n I know from experience that in high gain settings string size makes very little difference.

[@JonTheBard]

what headphones do you use for mixing?

[@carlosestebanmorenogonzale4172]

Great!

[@achraf3752]

Where do i get that iR ?

[@DalguraK1]

What song is this riff from?

[@Raghav_Sachdeva]

I don't think it's from one.

[@Angry_Russian]

Josh, what drum plugin are you using?

[@JoshMiddletonOfficial]

My own. Coming very soon. Don't buy another drum plugin just yet. It's finished, just need to get it launched asap

[@MASTERRIFFS]

⭐⭐⭐show mix⭐⭐⭐😁👍🇧🇷

[@ThyFinalPain]

How do you get your mix so loud on You Tube? Do you set your levels to +3db in the Video editing software? I for example take my audio track with -5 or -6 db rms, put it in the Video-Editor and set it to 0db, but it's nowhere near as loud as your track here in the beginning.

[@mutilation7763]

@ThyFinalPain Many times the perceived volume is only due to having the mid frequencies more present and clear. Maybe your mix lacks them, and that's why you think it needs more volume or sounds quieter.

[@ThyFinalPain]

@@mutilation7763 I know, but it's a Volume issue. Some Clips are louder than even the most professional recordings.

[@ThyFinalPain]

@@mutilation7763 And i forgot to mention, that my Clips was louder before the upload on KZbin when i played them back with my VLC-Media-Player set to 100% which should be unity gain.

[@djabthrash]

Voiceover is a tad too quiet compared to the rest.

[@jeremyshirah8293]

Maybe a small part of why the guitar sounds good is because you used slightly smaller strings. It could have automatically removed some low end build up on the chuggy parts. Otherwise you may have just EQd more out on the amp or after the fact. It could theoretically make the separation between the guitar, bass guitar, and bass drum naturally sit better in the mix. Just a thought. Nice video and playing.

[@JoshMiddletonOfficial]

Thinner strings always sound thicker to me. Usually if the strings are too thick you get a lot more scratchy/scrapey sound to the tone. I definitely like to use as thin a gage as possible when recording as I prefer the thicker low end from thinner strings. But in this case, the gage was just a bit too thin for drop B to get the tightness in there

[@jeremyshirah8293]

@@JoshMiddletonOfficial yep b is pretty low . What size were they? I don't normally play that low. Except my low string on my seven is A#. Killer tone. I forgot if you mentioned the amp or amp sim. I liked it. Sounded really good.

[@JoshMiddletonOfficial]

@@jeremyshirah8293 It's my own amp sim with STL tones www.stltones.com/products/tonality-josh-middleton

[@yogawismawan8580]

wasted riff again , too good to not be on the song