Recording Metal Guitars at Home - Ola Englund

[@stevencarithers6254]

Thanks Matt Damon!

[@chantsofyore1943]

xDD

[@Cpmnk]

that "fucking brutal" at the end killed me

[@apileofbeans]

This shit is tight, fucking awesome!

[@menteur4444]

Cpmnk XD OMFG!!! THAT'S WHAT I CALL METAL XD

[@menteur4444]

sammichaelfisher1 bASS XD

[@xavierazad]

Same lmfao

[@DRJTUBECHANNEL]

I owe so much to this video…thanks Ola for helping me start my recording journey! Almost 8 years ago.

[@vigneshkarthikeyan8174]

Very true. I still love coming back here from time to time.

[@Rachamacha]

"Fah-king Broodal. That's what I call middle." XD

[@kidder83]

“Hi I’m Matt Damon” I forgot you didn’t speak in these older vids and holy FUCK I died I love your humor, Ola

[@bshian]

LMAO watching a video which is 9 years old.

[@JosephScholefield]

I died when I heard the robot voice say fucking brutal

[@SplinteredCompany]

The perfect sound, comes from all knobs turned to max!

[@albertoverdugo9560]

HM-2 Right?

[@AlexH4774]

No mids! ALL THE GAIN!!!

[@tientje98]

Ivan Lunev HELL YEAH!!!

[@nomore570]

Yes \m/

[@ianhastings3711]

Works for weedeater.

[@OlaEnglund]

@ac23AQ when bands record 4 tracks(quadtracking) you usually pan 2 of them 100% left and right. The other two are brought more into the center so say 60-80% panned left and right.

[@OTCRock4one]

"Fucking Brutal, that's what I call Metal"

[@OlaEnglund]

@Borges1091 yeah you have to have input monitoring on in your program. So you can monitor the signal without having to record.

[@svartsjokolade]

This video is now a classic! (Also, Ola had such a baby face back then)

[@OlaEnglund]

@neo69hk if you copy the tracks and pan them you'll only get an increase in volume as well as phasing problems.

[@Samtar]

"hi I'm Matt Daemon." hahahah

[@OlaEnglund]

@CLayneFarr I plug it in to the Apogee one as shown in 0:26. That's a soundcard/preamp

[@OlaEnglund]

@GOUDIE12 "to let the tubes color the town" :D

[@OlaEnglund]

@ModernProductionss If you get noise, get a noise gate and check all cables. Problem solved. I usually put on a noise gate in logic.

[@darkriff777]

"To mick my speaker"

[@OlaEnglund]

@ModernProductionss if you get a lot of noise while playing you're either using WAY to much gain, or have a shielding problem either with your cables or the electronics in your guitar. And the amp is not supposed to buzz, better check it!

[@MetalBeastShred]

I laughed my @ss off at the end: "F*cking Brutal, that's what I call metal." Gold. Great Vid.

[@OlaEnglund]

@codyysb420 to the Apogee One interface. It's a USB sound card.

[@stepitupandgo67]

I can't believe this is 10 yrs old....

[@will_stevens]

*9.5 hrs old

[@OlaEnglund]

@noWandthENnnn that's a dynamic shure sm57. I'm using Logic 9 for recording.

[@winterisland9953]

Hello, When does the " Move in and live with Ola for life contest end?

[@OlaEnglund]

@Borges1091 but you can controll that with your interface. Just back off the gain on your audio interface and you'll be fine.

[@MagikMikeOFFICIAL]

Are you sure it's not a fake?

[@arbazann]

Yes

[@OlaEnglund]

@pesciro Yes I own metal foundry as well. I'm probably going to do a preset for that as well.

[@samdesousa1667]

Im new at all this... Id like to see where the wire from the mic is connected to... A PA system?

[@OlaEnglund]

@pinky5586 You'll be fine with Logic Express. All the plugins I use here are available in the express.

[@MonsterBuddy10]

For EPIC POWER I use 7 guitars in each ear.

[@OlaEnglund]

@TheMrShiNoDax I don't do that but a common way of doing it is 2 tracks 100% left/right panned and two tracks panned 60% left/right

[@kellymredd_]

Hey thanks for the video, are you doing any other EQ'ing or compressing or are you really only working with those tracks specifically? For instance, what does your master bus look like?

[@kellymredd_]

woops, nm, just rewatched and saw your stereo out :)

[@OlaEnglund]

@Sean1547 Logic 9 but that's because that's what I've been using for the last 10 years. If I started of with protools I would probably still be using that.

[@broondjongen]

Ola without a beard is like Ozzy with short hair

[@emperorofthenorth5]

I like your "tweaking the EQ to find perfect sound" just crank everything up- very nice!!

[@trevorsimpson3339]

Hey Matt. Eddie V H always recorded with rusty strings. He never sounded that bad. What gives Matt? X

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

you are not EVH

[@trevorsimpson3339]

Hey Max. Eddie VH always recorded with rusty strings. He never sounded that bad. What gives Max? X

[@OlaEnglund]

@xena778 uhm don't know to many, Ibanez RGA7? at least you can buy one and upgrade the pickups when you get more cash.

[@KshitijKumar5595]

How did you make Matt Damon speak on your video? :O

[@OlaEnglund]

@JuulYT As it says in the video. Logic 9. If you meant the video then iMovie HD

[@brianpatrick6102]

I always thought Matt Damon was kind of a wuss, but he's rockin it here. Who knew? Ha

[@OlaEnglund]

@fazbotguitarguy I think for this one I used a cheap Kodak Z8i camera. I've updated though to a Nikon D7000

[@johnmotherfuckincoltrane1242]

Can't you just duplicate 2 guitar tracks and then have it be guitar left and guitar right?

[@AR-mq5oz]

what you can do is move the duplicated track to start a few milliseconds after the other, that way it makes a stereo effect. it's not the same as recording 2 guitar tracks but it's a cool effect you can try with a lot of different instrument that have a mono sound

[@eltonsoaress]

You'll get a volume boost if you duplicate. Playing twice is never exactly and then you'll have a boost on the "body" of the riff rather than an increase in volume.

[@7James77]

No, because it will not add depth to the guitar track. Another thing to take into consideration is that the guitar tracks should be recorded with different guitars/pickups/amp so as to not sound too identical.

[@homevalueglass3809]

Just for anybody reading this for the future, duping and panning the same track even delalaying it a little will not fatten up to sound, it'll most likely cancel some the original signal out because of identical wave forms and it'll sound even weaker or you'll get a chorusing effect. No substitute for multiple tracks.

[@OlaEnglund]

@kevenbelangerharbour don't know to much about what interfaces are good or not. I recently bought a Tascam US122 mkII and I think that sounded awesome!

[@XSFlanger]

Which text-to-speech soft did you use for this tut? :)

[@AgusGonzalez1998]

It's Matt Damon

[@marcoa.cortezano5214]

text-to-speech???? wtf bro, its Matt Damon voice, he did this video

[@OlaEnglund]

@Ellinarkkari As it says in the video. Logic 9

[@StephenAvery93]

You don't want completely new strings on the guitar either... Break them in first...

[@StephenAvery93]

AGPMandavel there's various reasons. Depending on your guitar, you can have tuning issues until the tension system hits steady state. I also don't like the tone as much. This is subjective and is also probably due to the fact I dial in my tone for the majority of the play time and not just the first hour or so of play time before the strings are broken in. You should really change strings before a recording project though.

[@mosesgutierrez6897]

Stephen Avery New strings can be broken in almost immediately by stretching them thoroughly during the string changing process. Even with locking trems, before locking of course. Tune up, stretch or bend your strings like you would while playing, tune stretch tune stretch, and tune. It's also important to add some pull or tension while you are.

[@mosesgutierrez6897]

Moses Gutierrez well you are first stringing or turning the tuning pegs with the slack on the strings. You want them to wrapped tight around the peg

[@StephenAvery93]

Not necessarily... Especially if you have a floating floyd rose tremolo bridge. The coating needs to be broken in a little bit to get the usual tone as well, unless you have your tone setup for rand new strings so you have to change your strings every hour of play to get the same tone.

[@AgusGonzalez1998]

Stephen Avery But you are not supposed to record instantly after you put them, it's a little time after (a week, a few days) having 5 months old strings makes the guitar sound like shit

[@OlaEnglund]

@Thousandyearsofchaos yes, don't underestimate the SM57. Thanks dude

[@AcAce427]

Love the comment at the end! F%&¤#)# BRUTAL :-D

[@mrnathanmist]

I've been looking for videos on how to record distorted guitar, and by far the best i've seen, very informative.

[@OlaEnglund]

@IgnasKuizinas I'm just about to upload how to record bass guitar. But mixing is a totally different story. There are to many parts of mixing, when to use what etc. That would be hours worth of tutorial and I frankly see no fun in that. Check other how to vids on youtube for mixing.

[@OlaEnglund]

@Borges1091 That's why you need a guitarplaying friend with you :D But I usually sit with headphones, picking a low E and chugg with my right hand. Then move around the microphone with the other.

[@OlaEnglund]

@Greenwithevil check my other tutorial!

[@OlaEnglund]

@xMETALLICAROCKERx With Superior 2.0. A tutorial using Superior 2.0 is coming next week!

[@OlaEnglund]

@ReganRage27 no they are Mac only...

[@devilboywillown]

I use d'addario 12-60 and then throw the 60 away and strap on a 64. The larger bottom string really compensate for the dropped C string. The 60 is good for C standard but because the dropped C string is lower in tuning in relation to the others it really equals out the tension. P.S I'm aware that C and C dropped are different tunings completely.

[@OlaEnglund]

@rikardocarvalho yeah I found one at google. Just search for text to speech

[@meatbicycle4470]

Still my fav Ola video. Found it years ago before the coffee.

[@OlaEnglund]

@eddieboy1234 yes I am... NO man i'm just a gear nerd :D

[@VincenzoAvallone]

@LambOfGod4Life888 hi..no you cant connect your amp to the audiocard directly since there must be always a load connected to the power section of the amp..if you connect the amp direcly, an high voltage signal will blow your audiocard and the output transformer of your head!!..you can get an external resistence(the same of your cab 4,8 or 16 ohm but most of the times gets really hot and its hand-made)i prefer my method(no sounds from the cab) and keep the cab connected..its cheap and quick

[@OlaEnglund]

@reaghan55metallica borrowed!

[@OlaEnglund]

@jpstudio21 Apogee One interface.

[@OlaEnglund]

@ChernobylXChild dude, check any of my other videos, I'm a SM57-addict :D

[@OlaEnglund]

@RingoFreakingStarr Superior 2.0!

[@bobobaoohd]

4 minute tutorial and I learned more than watching other tutorials. I love you ola

[@AdamRainStopper]

I got a used Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic for 100 bucks. Unlike other "tube" pedals, it's a full-voltage ALL tube preamp. It's only a "pedal" because you can put it on the floor and step on it. I have a lot of low-power EL-84 based amps, the main one I record with is the Peavey Classic-30. Not exactly a "modern" high-gain amp. However, with the TT Classic on a clean-boost setting, it absolutely scorches. Bass down treble up on the TT Classic, bass up treble down to compensate on the amp.

[@Harrysound]

man you good at everything. Advice, Tone, Playing, Making videos fun to watch and something ive never...heard before with the voice thing. thumbs up and respect

[@BurnThePriestDead]

I've watched alot on recording guitars but this one of the best thanks Matt Damon..

[@OlaEnglund]

@jwan148 Kodak Z8i. Crap camera but works :D

[@JoeyRec]

@Heineken1712 Always turn the amp up more. You get more bottom end, more tube saturation (if your using a tube amp), and a more powerful sound cause you really get those speakers moving and pushing air. A cranked amp sounds louder when recorded similar to it sounding louder in the room, make sense? Then after following his advice on here, your recording level, or your preamp level, should never be clipping, or "in the red" that will cause digital distortion and fuck everything up. 75-80% is cool

[@mike.ashton]

hey bro the compressor settings are PERFECT. i screen shot the settings and applied them on the audio suite compressor in Pro tools, and it was perfect. it evened the levels without neutering the tone. thanks bro

[@OlaEnglund]

@Thousandyearsofchaos You should be fine with a Mbox2. But it's all about having pro-equipment. Cheap stuff sound cheap 90% of the times.

[@OlaEnglund]

@lowwwman GHS 7 string set

[@VincenzoAvallone]

@LambOfGod4Life888 yep so you get the raw distorted tone to pc and no audio from the cab..you have to use impulses to model your raw distorted sound and youre done..basically you turned your head into a preamp and you have a digital cab+mic power section..sounds 80% as good as the actual gear(you know,real mesa cab with real mics ) but it costs nothing to you and you can use it at home even at midnight :) cheers

[@fuser018]

@punker7970 the mic is plugged into an interface, not to the computer directly, it can be usb or firewire (better than usb)

[@P4nzerk93]

Im not really into your kind of music but I love your gear and mixing tutorials and rewies. Respect man : )

[@mathewwallis2863]

GREAT video! Simple. Straight to the point. Informative with a touch of comic relief! Nicely done!

[@OlaEnglund]

@kersedsaint just the way you like it baby! :D

[@OlaEnglund]

@djrewind5 Apogee One

[@Theologic]

Very nice tutorial! You helped me out alot! Btw, your songs sound great, ( Not just the riffs, your tones kick ass too! ) Keep up the good work! Greets from Belgium

[@SolInanem]

@FreddyFromHell Yeah, Sound depend on a lot of thing. Finger,guitars, pickups, cable,amp, cabs, mic placement, mic, room, recording device, etc.

[@Marsell88]

@xena778 i got a Schecter Damien 7, planning on getting active bridge pickup... the guitar is good, nice neck, with a new active pickup its gonna be fine. and its not too expensive! cheers!

[@InVerum]

Not generally, it can be used in solos, though I would recommend a delay to achieve that affect. And never with bass. Watch Feared's video on bass recording with that. It would turn to mud if you tried to double those low frequencies.

[@Jakubris]

Hey Ola, I've been your subscriber and watcher for a long time and I've got to say, your vids are just getting better and better (and also really cool and funny). Keep up the great work and have a lot of success in music! Jakub (btw. I've been to Sweden this summer and I've really loved it there =)

[@Crunchifyable2]

The best way imo to get the speaker sweet spot is to record a guitar part with a looper, let it loop, and listen to what your interface is hearing on noise canceling / nose suppressing headphones / safety ear muffs, or get into another room if you can. All that matters is what the microphone is recording.

[@snapascrew]

@fearedse on a better note... almost everyone of my favorite records was done with 2 mics. and they all feature the 57 and the 2nd mic is usually a condesner that barely makes the mix.

[@dewycatt2112]

Yeah I think your right on that about useing a good tube pedal. i was thinking real hard about sound and just what I'm looking for. I was thinking the EH English Muff'n or something else good like that to give the "SUSTAIN" I'm looking for. I did watch the Semour duncan Demos and very impressed. am going to check them out. they make good stuff! thanks!

[@givemeajackson]

@jacolmes you can do that if your amp has a headphone/line out. will not sound as good as with a properly miced speaker, but MUCH better than with a webcam or similar,

[@silentboy85]

this is 1st ola video that i watched. still watching until right now

[@natazer]

Record 2 hi gain guitars panned 100% L and R. The do 2 more with less gain, slightly different EQ 50% L and R and drop the vol by about half. Great way to fatten the tone.

[@zeal6742]

Thank you for this very nice tutorial At least one guy is really showing the differences between the mic positions

[@SolInanem]

@FreddyFromHell Crispy sound normally occur when you don't have enough mids or too much high or both. Try to mic up you're speaker more in the center, or maybe with a little more mids and less presence or high will maybe solve your problem. I know you can sound pretty decent with a peavey 6505+ and sm57 and a fast track pro. Oh, by the way you don't need compressor if you play evenly, it will not make you sound better, in theory. Personally i don't use compressor on guitars.

[@0oxXNobleSinsXxo0]

0:11 What's the name of that Monster? 0.o??Is that a Framus Cobra Amplifier?

[@OlaEnglund]

@snapascrew matt says: yes.

[@ultimatemetalguitartones]

Excellent demonstration! This is the result recording a mesa boogie mark III - 2 guitars using audacity

[@OlaEnglund]

@grazianism Logic 9

[@thexwildxguitarist]

Thanks a lot man. You made me go out and buy a recording interface, sm57, and now logic pro.

[@MrMusicopath]

2020 here, never gets old

[@SRDTX]

@RuchirVallabh well you could go straight into the audio interface and use an amp plug in such as the toon track EZ mix softwares. Its way easier than using a loud tube amplifier but you may not get the exact sound your looking for with the presets on the software. Hope this helps :D

[@SRDTX]

@11thDemensionOfficial He is using logic pro 9. Its an apple program works great only for Mac though.

[@TheGamersChronicles2]

Good tip for Tube amp recording! Get some of them Laundry cage looking things put them in front of the cab! then get some thick towels or blankets and place them on the Laundry cage things! then of course position the mic and set that up etc but then the sounds from the loud amp will be drowned out pretty much but enough that you can still hear it if not a little muffled!

[@TheFlyingDanish]

@Sarrgas You need to record them individualy, to get a true stereo effect. Copy-Paste sounds flat and can screw up the phase..