Producer / Mixer / Engineer, Joe Barresi (Tool, Slipknot) PART 1 - Pensado's Place

[@devinbuchhorn]

3:03 the interview starts

[@frankthebutcher6679]

I think Danny Carey's drums have never sounded better than on the Fear Inoculum album. The entire album has a clarity that they have never had before.... I'm in love with it..

[@andreasleonlandgren3092]

Franky The Butcher i agree the sound is just wow

[@farsea1542]

Not that it's supposed to sound like it did; but I find their previous records more intense and hard hitting.

[@Hatrimn]

Joe is not a good fit with Tool. David Bottrill gave their music depth and allure, Joe made their music loud and generic rock sounding.

[@liambruso6307]

Hatrimn joe was the engineer for 10,000 and FI, not the producer. He would have set the levels in production but any compression or loudness you hear in those mixes would have happened in post and would ultimately have very little (very likely nothing) to do with him. Even if you prefer the sound of Lateralus to FI, there’s really no denying the jump in quality from an engineering stance between the two.

[@KyleGushue]

Man Joe seems like a great dude. Awesome that someone so successful can be down to earh too. Thanks pensados place and joe!!

[@adamcoe]

A very similar guitar cab technique was used by Butch Vig in the 90s in terms of using hiss and cancellation, very cool. Joe Barresi is an absolute master.

[@shorerocks]

I wonder when they are re-naming the show Herb's Place. Then again, when they deliver content, its really good.

[@hidusty8182]

There are instances where Tool sounds better than ever on Fear Inoculum but there’s audible clipping on almost every song (not from instruments going from stereo to mono) 7:13-7:40 on Invincible is particularly distracting.

[@fadedsun303]

The bass solo? What am I listening for? I feel like this is only stuff sound engineers can notice, honestly.

[@hidusty8182]

fadedsun303 listen for crispy static during that bass solo.

[@civiliansol2824]

@@hidusty8182 Yeah I've heard that clipping on the bass solo part. I always thought it might have been a driven piece of kit, but I agree. sounds unbelievably good thought on most of the mix. maybe a master issue?

[@hidusty8182]

@civilian sol I think the drum levels are the issue and I think the clipping occurred during tracking. It's frustrating because the drums sound incredible on most of the record but I think they're the biggest reason for the clipping.

[@artnurm]

What is the source you are listening? KZbin, spotify etc have clipping as a result of maximizing/normalizing loudness.

[@coldprojectofficial]

Evil Joe.. Please get yourself on Produce like a pro with a Tool deconstruction...

[@bigkickleo]

Warren Huart has visited with Joe previously - but that was before he started doing the deep dives. Great idea!!

[@itzdm0r3]

He has done videos on tool breakdowns. Check out his video on Pneuma.

[@c3ntury1337]

In a different way, I learn as much from these interviews as from tips videos.

[@L.A.W.Studios]

This is so great..Joe's so hip and on it! Bravo!!

[@smoqreefer]

I was nodding in agreement the whole length of this interview pretending I know what they are talking about. Whatever Joe did to FI, it's beautiful

[@elpadresuerte]

Hell yes!!! Was waiting for this!!!

[@billyhughes9776]

Evil Joe! Love this guy. The only thing that sucked about this is that it wasn't 3-4 times longer.

[@the_newvoice]

Congratulations to the winners! :)

[@nicklogsdon9182]

What song is Joe talking about where Danny used a different drum set???

[@omairsh8]

He mixed the upcoming (Nov) Fates Warning album!

[@mellobotstudio]

"Hi hat being a little in the red" i hear ya Dave.. youtube has everyone scared of the red, and focusing on meters. Then, they wonder why they have weak mixes. People are parroting -14lufs when record companies are requiring -9lufs from mastering engineers. It reminds me of Schwarzenegger in "Pumping Iron" when he said: "they ask me for advices and i can just give them the wrong advices". I mastered a song to -8lufs yesterday, with zero distortion. Haha, it's almost like the "use your ears" and "it depends on the song" advice, is good advices.😊

[@yobhsiFehT]

Don’t white balance to cream card stock, kids 👍🏻 lol SO glad to see a couple segments with a mixer I’m really interested in, tho, fr! Thanks always!

[@thereignofdando]

It's obscene to me that this only has ~13000 views (At this stage). Joe is personally my dream producer - if I/my band could be produced by one producer, it would be Joe. (Followed by Sylvia Massy).

[@maheshkankanige]

Great interview! Thanks

[@snapascrew]

I never knew he had a nickname lol... been loosely following him for like 6 years haha

[@dafingaz]

Great interview!

[@BenGurskyMusic]

"mixing is horrible" - Joe Barresi totally get it - tracking is always more fun

[@chaz32]

I'm the opposite, being halfway through a live take and knowing that one person dropping the ball will derail the whole thing is much more stressful for me than tinkering with a mix and sculpting tones before and after tracking. Different strokes!

[@BenGurskyMusic]

@@chaz32 mixing is cool too, tracking is just fun to do in the studio. You can take a million takes if you need to

[@urielgiovanni1854]

Chevelle albums sound great!

[@danmeme7740]

20:25 he never compresses guitars, same with me.

[@BenGurskyMusic]

dannnng it makes sense. what about bass guitar?

[@danmeme7740]

With bass I compress when mixing but I run it through bass amp emulators, and those have compression built in. No effects on bass, muddy's the mix.

[@RIP_Milhouse]

Man, my dog has spent the last 9 years in my studio. Mix is good if he sits out and behind me. Mix is bad if he lays under the desk 😅🤣

[@davidgardell5488]

When does pt. 2 usually get posted?

[@granthoover9045]

I believe next week

[@cyranogrier6705]

“FTG”!!!

[@MrCMHUDDY]

Wanna know how good this guy is, in a nutshell? Pneuma.

[@Vunsunta]

Using persuasion skills to get the Place using persuasion skills to get Mutt Lange inside the Place!

[@Samantabhadra]

But how is the guitar in my head? Wtf

[@ExELCiS777]

FTG!!! Hail Barresi!!!!!

[@FredericDelchambre]

« Mixîng is an Horrible thing ». Evil Joe Barresi ;)

[@thehitter2708]

Second!

[@KINGBLITZ]

First!

[@michaellandstander7255]

First off TV is over b/c nobody gives a damn about commercials OR, and this is important, "To be continued" b.s. there is a brand new fresh off the press technology called "On Demand". Secondly and this is more to the music than production. If my 65 yr old mother who doesn't like rock music wrote a Rock record, it couldn't possibly be as boring as the Tool turd that Joe polished.

[@Distance2Jupiter]

Funny you should mention turds. Clearly there's an audience. Your five subscribers (your four alt accounts, plus your mom's) is proof of that.

[@smoqreefer]

@@Distance2Jupiter Shaaaaaade. You deserve a beer.

[@benjaminneumann6201]

It is amazing to me that this guy is well known at all considering his chimp-like style of mixing. The production of Tool's Fear Inoculum and 10,000 Days was an absolute shit show. 100% thanks to Joe. Of course, people love the albums (because they are masterpieces), but this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the production. Of course, people who don't know what to listen for in terms of production think they are hearing a phenomenal mix, but they are hearing good composition...with rudimentary panning techniques. Good composition is everything...but bad production nearly destroys it. Thankfully, not completely. Man...it just really bugs me. All that hardware...all that money, and Joe Baressi still shits together something that would be out shined by the work of any high school kid with Protools or Cooledit/Audition, a laptop, and a few decent microphones.

[@Mango-cw4tm]

Finally someone who gets it!!!

[@dimitriward1449]

I just listened to ‘pneuma’ by Tool. What the f*ck are you talking about?