Questions & Comments 8/16/23 + Next Episode Announcement!

[@antoniorobbins6768]

Would love to do a 5 day retreat to learn how to make records with Mr. Valentine. Sign me up.

[@caleykelly]

As always, so generous of you Eric. Thank you!

[@studiodude1]

Hang tight, Atmos gonna fizzle.

[@DanielGlenTimms]

Another good discussion. I agree totally about Carl Sagan. Being a geologist, I am a science nerd, as well. Contact is still one of my favorite novels and was his first and only fictional story. I especially enjoyed the spiritual aspect of the story, as well, which was surprising at the time that I first read it, but I have no problem resolving my beliefs with scientific data from the visible and invisible universe.

[@paulsmith1843]

Yeah man, very generous and helpful. Love you guys.

[@bdunn315]

How to marry the vintage world and Atmos is a mountain to climb. There’s a tasteful way to do it I’m sure.

[@Journeymanlive]

Thanks for the reply Eric! not late at all, I haven't done the cork floor yet, glad it work for you! curious to try it. looking forward to the watch all the next deconstruction vid! cheers

[@buhlir]

Your making plugins!!!! Omg my god I about fell out of my seat when you said “that process.. has started!” Ahh tape tape tape tubes and more tubes, and soft high end pleasers! haha 😂

[@Richard_P_James]

Hey Eric - would be a cool idea to occasionally have bands in for a ‘Live at Eric’s’ session that’s steamed and then deconstructed afterwards in terms of recording approach and subsequent mix.

[@JohnMarshall-NI]

Your approach for RX noise reduction is really clever. Thank you for sharing that!

[@elimgerman]

I would sell a kidney and lung to see more mix breakdowns of Astro Lounge. Such a big album for me when I was a kid and still some of my favorite rock mixes.

[@tortugulaproductions]

duuude i forgot i asked a question. thank you so much for your answer and pulling it up in the moment. so far ive only used Rx as a the standalone app, but i’ll definitely have to try it as a plugin as you described. thanks eric!

[@PeterBracrella-bk1dh]

This should be fantastic!! Just loving what I've heard so far!! You and Grace are such an amazing team

[@RipperFromYT]

Thanks Eric as always! Question/comment for you..... it would be amazing since you already have the studio rigged with cameras if perhaps in the future you'd allow us into one of your actual recording sessions to watch you work in real time with an artist? We'd learn so much being a fly on the wall watching how you as a producer/engineer actually works, how your make sessions flow, how you deal with issues or setbacks,etc. I realize the recording process can tend to be a "personal, close yourself off from the world moment" but maybe the right project will come along. Just putting the bug in your ear. Thanks again!

[@yoyolebatteur]

There could be a crowdfunding for x days at Eric's studio and he could choose a band to record a track and video/document it.

[@RipperFromYT]

@@yoyolebatteur That would be nice too but Im not really talking about a seminar type situation. Im talking more fly on the wall with a real artist. Big difference on how one would approach those two as a producer.

[@chrismorrison5497]

Just started the video but I am super excited for a live stream! Will be a lot of fun. Excited to hear Grace's new album!

[@AdamGotheridge]

Please schedule the live thing so that people can see it and set a reminder from that. If you don't, it's really hit or miss as to who may be sitting at the device at that time, and they have the time right at that moment. Really a lot more miss than hit. Also, thanks so much for the in depth (understatement) on your journey in tuning your room. Sort of reminded me of the Bruce Sweden thing where he just put a ton of those tube traps in his room. I'm sure he did that all by ear, but kind of wound up at the same result. And always nice to hear from Grace. She seems like a wise old nice soul. AND... glad you glad you came out the other end of the bike debacle ok. Just really can't thank you enough, and your efforts are not in vain. 🙏

[@nikht0]

Valentine plugins? Cool. My guess for the first release: Josh Homme's Top Secret, Unauthorized, Songs for the Deaf Guitar Amp Simulator :P

[@bluematrix5001]

It is insane how amazing that room sounds.....I can hear your voice in my studio literally in front of me.

[@macrobeastie2923]

43:43 I thought I was alone having that impression. The whole experience with Acustica is very nebulous and odd.

[@simccaffrey]

Hi Eric, I haven't used Fuzzmeasure in years but in REW you go file, export, export IR as wav...trim, then load into space designer or whatever...i'd imagine FM has a similar feature?...@34:20

[@pageyjjj]

If you wait long enough, they'll stop asking for Atmos. Hold on.

[@elevateaudioengineering4892]

EV plugins!!! 100000+👍

[@CarstenGoeke]

Thanks very much. Its always very interesting ✌🏼

[@simccaffrey]

...re Trinnov/Dirac, you could roll your own correction with something like the BSS Soundweb, and REW and FIR Designer...latency on the BLU160 is about 1ms I+O for 96k...I have a few presets, minimum phase (no extra latency), and the one FIR preset that completely flattens the phase down to 50Hz (about 10ms)...works great...

[@Daan_P.]

Looking forward to friday!

[@Taz_Kim_]

From memory, FuzzMeasure has the capability to store impulse responses - at least, that was the case about 10 years ago. They may have removed that function. It could be worth checking out seeing as though you already know your way around the software. Can’t wait for the live stream!!!

[@amphlett7]

Yes! So excited for another Q&A

[@skinnybreakfast]

UTA Plugins, Cannot Wait. Take ma money.

[@yoyolebatteur]

Being the developer and getting a final approval of Eric Valentine about something audio related, not a easy task I guess :D

[@skinnybreakfast]

@@yoyolebatteur haha. Can you imagine the number of QA rounds.

[@bdunn315]

Sweet!

[@Richard_P_James]

Eric - what sounds are you still chasing today? Any particular recordings / albums you could mention?

[@bluematrix5001]

Eric, having a smaller Room for mixing what are the smallest tube Traps in Diameter tat you recommend? thanks so much for you amazing information and help.

[@williamallenerickson]

Question: how do you deal with tape drift when going back and forth so much with Pro Tools? In another video recently you mentioned you didn't like the CLASP system, so I'm curious what you do to manage that. I'm new to using tape (I come from the digital world) and am struggling to understand how to deal with all the timing shifts, especially when wanting to run things back out to tape for "color" and/or tracking to tape and then editing digitally. Any thoughts are appreciated! Absoultely love the channel and have learned so much. It's incredible these are free (and thank you for making them so)!

[@paul771]

Eric, you're awesome! Looking forward to a Nickel Creek mix/recording breakdown...

[@oldguitars]

+1000000 on the polarity in headphone mix stuff!!! Essential trick...

[@matthewbrabender1421]

Hi Eric. Regarding the Pyra-Sum, how do you handle panning if you want a mono instrument in-between hard panned and centre? (would love to see more videos in the tracking room about mic placement, concepts of tone etc) . Congrats on Mother Road! ... this one definitely goes to 11

[@gregedenfield1080]

UNFAIRCHILD PLUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in😁

[@pyrysuomala1887]

I have been looking in to building similar tube traps on the budget and I have to ask since there's an issue I still havent solved: How have you or how will you solve the issue of dust particles/fibers coming of the tubetraps. Exposure to glass and rock wool fibers can be dangerous especially with continous exposure.

[@jaredbertram930]

Just listening to Mother Road now....WOW. Sounds so open so much space and unprocessed. Graces vocal just cuts through everything....was there much editing of performances,,? Apologies if U covered this in the lady vagabond breakdown. Fantastic result to all involved...❤

[@tylereckhart562]

Definitely appreciate the mention of phase/timing in monitoring, particularly in live sound where I work. I have gotten eye-opening results in a pinch even on a monitor wedge ~5’ from a performer’s head simply flipping polarity between wedge and main PA, but in other instances (acoustics spaces) had it make no beneficial difference. Delaying monitoring to the source can actually help some people reconcile headphones/in-ears when they’re used to the natural delay of an amp 6-8’ away, drummer 15’ away, etc

[@butterblood]

Curious if you tested the control room with and without Max’s bed? 😂

[@joshmckay7304]

The headphone polarity thing makes so much sense… I’m a drummer that self-engineers much of the time. I feel like I’m really chasing my tail sometimes reconciling what I’m hearing during tracking vs playback.

[@krspodshow]

Decades ago, when analog was the only option, do you think engineers realized what they had? Or was it when digital started to be more of the standard way, they could hear the difference and appreciate the sounds they were getting more?

[@kelvinfunkner]

wow!...headphone polarity!!! why on earth didn't I even think of that before!!! and now you got me reaallly curious as to what plugin company you're going with...wondering if it might be BlackSalt lol...? stating intention for shifting gears and being present for family was a great takeaway for me too. The summing/distortion/color segment made me think of the first time I heard a raw professional bass guitar or "clean" electric guitar track and thought "Whoa!!!! there's like a TON of saturation in there!!!!!!" and realized that what we perceive as "clean" actually isn't...and what we really love is the harmonic goodness that saturation gives :-) I'm a huge fan of RX too and can't live without it...same for the Slate VTM...which is my all time favourite plugin of all time with CraneSong Phoenix in second place 🙂 I have to be at a wedding rehearsal on Friday, but I'm looking forward to seeing the stream later if it's posted!

[@buhlir]

Oh and Acustica is getting better, the plugs are actually producing real saturation, with the new ultra mode, they are getting more responsive, and installing is a little easier. There is also a list and videos on what’s what. Ha, cuz ya I went through everything you talked about too! But I’m really diggin them now! The Taupe is really good at getting the “picture” of of what the chain was, becasue they use mainly IR to capture the picture frame if you will, but doesn’t saturate too much so I get the actual audible sat with ua tape stuff, basically the paint. Or at least that’s how I look at it. until they add that Ultra feature to everything, which I just assume is more modeling alga-rhythms.

[@nativeVS]

Regarding Mic Pres in the Room, I believe Deutsche Grammophon did have V72 close to the mics on their "mobile" recording rigs (with a million V72 more in the console) and their 90s custom designed pres are digitally remote controlled.

[@skinnybreakfast]

same experience with Acustica, but I couldn't live without Lemon verb/echo now...

[@adambowers7482]

Logic X has IR creation software buried in its package contents. 'Impulse Utility' I think it's called.

[@TyroneSlothrop33609]

Hi Eric, I've heard you say a few times that if you worked on a record but didn't mix it, you can't stand to listen to it, even if it was mixed well, because you have such a specific idea of how you want to hear it, and anything deviating from that vision grates on your ears. What do you do when the artist you're mixing for has a different vision for the mix than you, and doing it their way would be unlistenable for you in the way you describe? A simpler version of the same question: what do you do when you don't agree with the artist's mix notes? Thank you so much!

[@idrum.iproduce]

❤

[@curtisburns]

Sign me up for the Making Records Retreat!

[@camshash]

Eric is the Carl Sagan of music production

[@chrisdover8507]

Can you imagine the technology advancements they will have made with sound treatments in say 50 years? Everyone will have a miracle flat room.

[@ce727]

52:00 for the fly landing on eric's face

[@lmrecorders]

Regarding the trinnov latency, how much latency were you experiencing? I have an st2 unit that 16.8 ms of latency. That us unusable for tracking through the trinnov but definitely in the ballpark for getting sounds. There's an argument for writing automation with a controller that could be an issue with that latency but for the most part, hitting bypass for some real time operations is workable. On a different but related situation, do you ever notice a difference between bands that record together in a room without headphones and bands that track only with headphones? I've always wondered about the real world latency of being 16 feet from a snare or kick drum vs hearing a mic that's inches away via headphones right by my ears. If I'm not specifically watching the drummer where their motion is visible at the speed of light, I will be reacting to that sound some milliseconds later. I'm curious if you have any thoughts on that.

[@Candyman_Young]

Have you ever thought of reviewing mixes ?

[@twwalsh]

You can capture impulse responses with FuzzMeasure

[@MartinMartin-yi9to]

How can ATMOS survive when the end listener still, after 60 something years, cannot figure out the proper placement for 2 speakers? Now imagine with 12 speakers and acoustic treament.

[@chrisdover8507]

Sheetrock is ok in such a massive room imo, but the smaller the room, well it really has a terrible sound I’ve found. I get tracks to mix that were recorded in homes, the Sheetrock small rooms sound terrible

[@bluematrix5001]

I Think Eric V. should experiment with plant Medicine,,, tat really change you in so many levels, oven your self to a new reality within and with the universe and mother earth,

[@skinnybreakfast]

no consumers want or use atmos. cannot see how it's going to be a thing when the consumers ultimately dictate the market. just my noob 2cents. sound bars bouncing the sound suck, even surround sound is very niche. unless some killer headphones become popular I don't see the uptake on consumer level... which makes me wonder if this is an attempt to close off the engineering market in an elitist way.

[@bonzology322]

Ask me how I know...., in a medium to small room, the only thing that sounds worse than sheetrock or carpet is sheetrock AND carpet, the room final character is the sonic sum of the materials it's built from, your room would sound better with wood on the walls, stone in places, and concrete sounds great as well, it's easy to tame with area rugs and curtains, but it is a fact that drywall sounds like shit otherwise everyone would record in their own living room with wild success

[@jimmygigga6819]

please