Periphery Ragnarok Alex Markides FOH Playthrough Oct 19 2014

Periphery Ragnarok Alex Markides FOH Playthrough, live in Tokyo at Saitima Arena at Loud Park 2014
Live Board Audio with Audience Mics.
The Audio is a Left and Right feed from the Avid Profile i was using. The PA was 12 Clair i-5 and 12 i-5B's perside plus 8 BT218's Perside.
Audio was tracked using Protools HDX
October 19, 2014

[@robertfennis6088]

Seriously Alex, I hope you realize you are so incredibly important to this band. I remember during PNAS14 the first night when AAL and The Safety Fire played I could almost feel my eardrums tear. Standing bass frequencies of AAL specifically perfectly fitten in the room and you could hear the ceiling plates vibrate. Then when periphery played you did the audio and omg, not to hard but not too silent, just perfect. I had such an amazing blast. The same thing goes for their performance in Holland, the sound was insane. You are an amazingly important part of this band! Amazing job!

[@ryanhuntergp]

One thing to keep in mind in regards to the vocals-these guys had just traveled all the way from the East Coast to Japan. That's easily a day's worth of traveling and a 13-hour time difference. It's bound to do a number on anyone's voice. All things considered, I think it's a really solid performance.

[@CapnnKrunch3]

This is so awesome, man you're like a 7th member!

[@jmbakermusic]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Loved hearing a board mix for a change, too. Thanks for sharing. Hoping for more in the future.

[@darkides]

Will be doing Icarus as well! I think muramasa or Masamune from the same show!

[@jmbakermusic]

Good deal! Can't wait to see em. Thanks again for sharing!

[@NarvieIsADrumma]

Alex Markides Subscribed! hopefully much Periphery in the future :D

[@grantoehmler7951]

For this being the end of the tour, I think Spencer did an amazing job given the circumstances

[@bewarethebear6262]

Came for the sound engingeering, stayed for the light show - Both awesome performances!

[@rf-chains-fr4698]

Well done Mr. Front of House man. You and the men of monitor world deserve much more credit.

[@MrPeerts]

this is so awesome. You're one of my idols when it comes to audio engineering in a live setting. ;)

[@Nektheritos]

These are goddamn deadly, huge thanks for doing these Alex! Would love to see more of them when you can.

[@big5227]

this is my dream.. you're killing it dude.

[@loko__mcd]

Brilliant Alex! would love to see more of these!!

[@IlluminatusNZ]

This was really choice man, definitely look forward to watching some more.

[@svartsjokolade]

Nice Ghost tattoo :) Thanks for the insight on the mixing !

[@danielcalderon7483]

Damn... I wish I could download the high quality audio (or the real live audio) for this performance, Good job Alex !!!

[@Oshyyfabb]

Wow Alex, That's a great job you got there! I wish I have a talent like yours.

[@aaronh01]

Sounds amazing, love these guys!

[@JackMcDonnell91]

wicked stuff man, really great to see into how you're thinking and how that translates to the bands sound. more of these please!

[@AlexBuckMaurer]

Duuuuude - We need more of these!!!

[@gabi.florestar]

Great video! Most of the people forget about the ones who make everything possible from the FOH and the back. You should tell Jeff to make a video while he's in the lighting console, or when he creates the cues and chases. It'd be awesome!

[@MoNsTa4DuB]

God poor Spencer 😯 4:08

[@ThomasDiognardi]

awesome! it would be sweet if there were little pop-ups that described exactly what you're doing

[@darkides]

Maybe I'll do that! I'm gonna post Icarus lives as well!

[@ThomasDiognardi]

yesss

[@musicforDRUMIES]

Alex Markides Please do that man. It would be so amazing

[@darkides]

musicforDRUMIES Thomas Diognardi just did the bubbles on my other video for icarus kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6PXZ3ujjtZ7ibM ill do it for this video now! :)

[@musicforDRUMIES]

Thanks man! I really appreciate it

[@baedrummer]

Amazing lml, Great Job Alex !

[@MrRBALLZ13]

Whoa that's really wild hehe! It's_robballz from VL

[@MikeTS13]

Ha! mixing on a Profile / Mixrack! I loved the layout of this console.

[@Chronologo]

Nice,it would be awesome if you could make a video of the soundcheck next time to see the way you apply compressors and stuff to reach the prime sound for the band

[@LoserNO13]

Great video, awesome quality. Spencer sounds fucking album perfect by the way.

[@SolitaryLight]

Spencer's vox sound kinda fucked. Is this like a late song in the set or just a bad day? Maybe wear-and-tear from touring? It is cool to see what you do for the band though! So many dials, knobs and sliders. o.O

[@FairlyUnknown]

He was probably tired/ jetlagged from travelling to Japan. He also gives his 110% each time he steps on the stage so that could do it too.

[@XxTRIPPINGxxGUITARxX]

When they were in Lancaster, PA he sounded great but ended up having to stop before they played Masamune because he was sick and his voice went down the shitter.

[@Washaswashy]

He got sick on the tour , meh

[@sunnyb5409]

Do you have any fucking idea about going live on stage and that too what spencer sotello does with his magical voice ??Go and try it out for sometime with a full band setup while touring and then listen to your voice (if u knw how to sing ).Btw touring as well as maintaining voice is not a matter of joke so better stop posting trash words and don`t try to put your logic in every fucking thing .

[@sunnyb5409]

Ian Smith Do think for a couple of times before writing your shit .I am not offended BTW.

[@Fixxer87]

Hey Alex! Make more vids like this pleaseeee!!!

[@AaHo0102]

Dude, if you got vids of this and icarus, I know you got Psychosphere too! Don't hold out on us man, I GOTTA SEE IT!

[@cesarr2349]

More please!

[@cesarr2349]

+Fabio Cesar Subscribed also

[@Ampullae]

Pretty cool demonstration, but I noticed that the guitarists should pay closer attention to the intonation on those high notes during the main riff. 2:17 its hard to hear what key its in anymore... minor gripe for such a beastly song I guess, and the head banging is pretty sweet.

[@ls17fanboy94]

can anyone tell me a channel that uploads more videos like this

[@micheleperrone90]

Poor Spencer.

[@jamesmanney2510]

Perfect musicianship. It is incredibly difficult to sound that tight with three guitarist.

[@FranciscoGarcia-xx7tn]

question. at any given rhythm part, where do you pan the guitars? asking cause with two you would do one on either side. not sure how you would do it with 3

[@videoizer]

Good work

[@adamv2158]

What exactly is wrong with the crowd? I saw them at a much smaller venue and everyone was going nuts, even the security guards were jamming!

[@vandercaselli6242]

great vid, good mix, dude \m/ i like the vocals within the efx, sounds huuuuge, feedback and release in the right point. i don't have a good headphone now, but...maybe i miss some toms, and i would say the kick drum is too "clicky", quite out of tune, above all the mix. was the room too bassy? what about that hole in 100hz,125hz in the rta?

[@richardreney2846]

Thier almost at the end of tour. Of course his vocals are going to be shotty.

[@Fenrirspike]

Make more!!!!! please :)

[@KNGxARK]

Can you give us caption on what's going on? And your peocess?

[@antnyneveruploads]

I feel like the dB counter on your right screen can't be right... isn't 90ish dB relatively quiet for a concert? or is it because you're so far back from the stage? I really enjoyed this perspective though, I've always been super intrigued by the mixing side of music and it's really cool to see how it's done in a live setting. Hope you post more!

[@lizziedanger4271]

Anthony Cisneros its probably just because its so far away. its probably right at 103 in the middle.

[@OdindeSa]

Hey Alex , on your right the analyzer shows the highs curled a lot. Do you feel you need to keep them like that ? or was this venue such that it required them cut? Thanks !

[@alanulrich666]

I was looking in the comments if somebody asks to you what RTA you use but I didnt find anything. Is it the SMAART? Thanks bro!

[@Absolutelynotthat]

How does someone do what you are doing for a career? I want to get into this field more than anything in the world. I currently have lots of experience using DAW's but nothing really like what you are doing. Also is it just me or does the band tune down for live shows?

[@InASpiralState]

John Bartley there are schools that offer courses for live audio engineering. for us in canada something like that is 17,000

[@Hellion6325]

is that spencer doing pig squeals the fuck

[@Thardus616]

I think most of the recordings are done with frys for harsh but from personal experience, false chording treats your clean vocals a little better, so it's a better idea live imo

[@Hellion6325]

***** I mean just before the "Night will bring..." part... he does the really high pitched squeal thing lol

[@Thardus616]

I know what you mean haha, but it's awesome. Just a bit of a different flavour is cool!

[@Hellion6325]

***** I'm not saying it's bad, just wasn't expecting it lol x)

[@Thardus616]

Nah I trust that ^.^

[@thecolouroutofspacee]

Where is the toms?

[@agenggiri2424]

wow..you sick!

[@devilduc]

90% of live I've seen in my life is runing by the poor sound ingenering. Too much Kick drum and bass (causing the "I cannot hear the rythme guitar at all" effect), and too loud in general (I dream about Live without Ear protection all along) But sometimes you may have great surprise like this 14/12/15 at Lyon with Periphery ! Great balance, great tone, awsome work !

[@thesunexplodes]

1.54 what the HELL is that?!

[@andresbloo]

How did you record the show? sound really good!!!

[@darkides]

a 2 track recording directly from the console

[@NuttStock]

I was just wondering, do you do anything for ear protection?

[@BrownBear96]

im sure he does...

[@darkides]

i do indeed, i have a pair of ACS custom In Ears that i wear for reference and for protection.

[@NuttStock]

BrownBear96 Yeah man, it's the obvious thing to do, I'm only curious because you can hardly see any ear protection. Also, I often see sound guys during local gigs that don't use protection (which scares me :) )

[@flyingclint589]

what song is this?

[@peterpunk2895]

check out my band The Omniscientist

[@tehpeasant]

I don't really like the bassdrum tbh

[@Lobotobilbo]

Its a trend in bass drum sounds, i hate the clicky-ness of it, Infant Annihilator do it a lot, eh

[@H0022]

its a bass drum trigger, every band does this live so the sound cuts through all the noise, it doesnt sound good recorded on vid but if you were there it would sound a lot better.

[@Adamski986]

H0022 The dynamics aren't consistent enough to be a trigger surely?

[@darkides]

H0022 Adam Lewin It most certainly is not a trigger. The microphones being used is a Beta 91A and D6. Only time ive mixed triggers are for bands like Whitechapel and The Faceless

[@H0022]

oh myb

[@Mestray_]

What is the point of this video?

[@imit]

You missed it.

[@H1tman47]

Wow Spencer kinda sucks live

[@BeeBeeCJr]

Lol it's not fair to judge how someone is live based on one show. He sounds gassed IMO but he is absolutely KILLER live everytime I've seen them and they always sound massive courtesy of this guy!

[@NuttStock]

check out some more recent live vids or go see them live, Spencer sounds much better there. Anyway, it seems like his voice is very tired and beaten-up here.

[@billbankert0929]

He was really sick at the last show on their escape from the studio tour that had finished up a few days prior to leaving for Japan.

[@XxTRIPPINGxxGUITARxX]

He sounded great when I saw him. He started to get sick though and couldn't finish so they played Masamune as an instrumental.

[@H1tman47]

Whitest White I've seen Periphery live, Spencer ripped it. He was very chill too, he and the rest of the crew were headbanging in the crowd while BTBAM and Safety Fire were on stage - I loved it! What set me off though was the fact that this video was shared on their official FB page - You just expect slightly higher quality. Doesn't change the fact that Periphery is one of my favorites, ketchup FTW!

[@alavarddfn]

Vocals sound terrible

[@ostankovalex1176]

Maybe I'll be hated, but the band sounds like sh.... It is pretty overrated, the vocals are the main fail. My are people producing the music they can't play live?

[@autistic-man-]

peak spencer screams