Sending drums through tape - Shawn Everett

[@mixwiththemasters]

Full video available exclusively on mwtm.org/se-stay-high

[@notkleptoe]

This guy is def the guy I thought that’d be explaining tape

[@MIHAO]

Lmaooo

[@Sondaze]

still funny as fuck months later

[@matthogan4905]

That EQ match trick was pretty sick. I always added more highs before sending through tape but that takes it to another level

[@juliantaylor5956]

“Press conferency vibe”. Never heard that one before lmao

[@bogdanavramuta2748]

the video is very much out of context. in the full video he explains how he was specifically looking for that old 70s like press conference sound that is given by the old tape recorders. hence why the press conference vibe line. it's still pretty random but not as random when you see the whole thing :D

[@juliantaylor5956]

@@bogdanavramuta2748 Oh I hope I didn't come off negative or aggressive! I just meant that I had never heard anyone use that term to describe a sound, I thought it was neat :P very insight comment though, thank you

[@bogdanavramuta2748]

@@juliantaylor5956 not at all mate. just wanted to give you the full story

[@davidbarton5177]

@@bogdanavramuta2748 thank you for explaining. I was a little concerned about the dude.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

Bogdan Avramuta even without the explanation, I think I accurately got what he meant by that. I love the way interviews sound in some of that old footage. It somehow how sounds both a bit muted and yet somehow more present that later, “clearer” recordings.

[@julienchaput8396]

I don't remember this episode of Portlandia.

[@49ersrock]

i’m dead

[@ISREHL]

😂😂

[@samxday]

So true

[@scottmasson3039]

Omg! Amazing 😂

[@GM-dr8dg]

You nailed it!

[@GPauley]

One of the best engineers currently. Really cool techniques. I’m going to try this on my cassette deck.

[@toomuchfandango]

Most the time I love the sound of purely just recorded instruments, but there is a place for this tape reamping, most important to recognise where it will serve the song, rather than wack it everywhere all the time. Thanks so much for the knowledge especially the eq tip was masterful!

[@avigyavegashunyata1108]

perfect outfit for explaining tape.. proper 60s hippie vibe who went to india!

[@ikolivelongafter]

This is the guy who made Alabama shakes sound and color. Amazing album, you can really hear the production skills

[@rj_ramon]

For reallys???? Yeah. That record had some delicious tasty sauce. Damn

[@galleryofrogues]

He added a lot of *colour* to their *sound* lol

[@raggedrec]

Shawn just mixed it Blake Mills produced.

[@marquezvanroeschen5340]

super helpful workflow by the masters!

[@axel.lessio]

I didn't know he mixed the "Jaime" album, that record is simply brilliant from the sound engineering perspective, it sounds incredible.

[@mixxndj]

I love how he experiments.. the mad scientist of sound. Love it!

[@TTSetters]

I like to run my mixes out to my old sony tapedeck that uses 'metal' or whatever. Thing is, the same tape has been in there for YEARS AND YEARS. I'll record the 'loop' then just run it back into logic pro x and trim it up. It's a good technique that's served me well.

[@udopiarecords]

This was a for sure gem, nice little trick here

[@Xtn1Insecticide]

I love him, reminds me of my favourite peps, how dope, I love finding people like this. I also love recording drums on tape, first pass straight to tape always sounds the best & reamped on the way to digital to give it that extra before it even hits the computer, it creates some problems though but in many ways is worth it

[@mblyster649]

...That’s great Kevin...but when I told you it would be okay to crash on the couch in the back of my Pawn shop you promised me it would only be temporary..Can u return this gear to the front now? I have a customer interested in the laptop.. also where is the leopard print skirt the mannequin was wearing yesterday?

[@starskystar]

priceless

[@Barncore]

Gotta see this episode. Seems like a true artist

[@No-sx6ub]

If Portland and Brooklyn gentrification society had a chairman, this guy would be it.

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Lol

[@Mr.Facebox]

The accuracy of this comment

[@abletonclipper16]

I'd be happy with half of this guy's swag

[@Paqqqman]

I'd be happy if he'd take a shower.

[@EtcEtcAndEtc]

buy a leather jacket that doesn't fit, for starters

[@HojoSinclair]

Im pretty happy with none of this guy's swag

[@paulwood4142]

And my tape deck arrives today, can't wait to try these techniques out myself.

[@yungyeshua.]

damn this man produced tyranny by the voidz, i know some people either love or hate that but it's one of my favorite records from the past few years. highly recommend if you like that blown out tape sound

[@chesterf5946]

You know -- I've always had human sadness as a "liked" song on spotify due to its' strange and unique production -- I'm now listening to the album and wow I'm quickly agreeing with you-- Next level engineering and mixing here!

[@yungyeshua.]

@@chesterf5946 hell yeah man, i recommend checking out the whole album. it's kinda bloated at times but the production fits the songs perfectly. virtue is another great album by them, though they start to move away from that lofi sound a bit there.

[@eugene.francis]

@@yungyeshua. I thought Virtue was like Tyranny Lite...as in, not good. But Tyranny is like God tier.

[@macdietz]

Just checked it out. pretty sweet actually. The guy still looks like he only puts on clothes to make people stare at him. And you absolutely do not need a rack of 40 year old, virtually obsolete gear to achieve results like this...

[@stupidacontent4794]

@@eugene.francis For me we can't compare Tyranny and Virtue, they're juste totally different and it's not the same story, the same vibe

[@chihvb]

Should have used rc-20 IMO

[@brandonandalexander]

Underated comment

[@pipedup]

LOL

[@LedgerLiner]

Noobs

[@nexusobserve]

Yeah and OTT

[@mineralt]

Love this guy...he is so in the zone

[@barneymiller5488]

Love his records, but for those of us without Studers, patchbays & expensive fab filter plugins, I suggest the plugin “Sketch cassette”. I put it on almost every drum track. Makes loops sound real.

[@floraldreamasaurs4388]

Thanks for that. I'll check that plugin out.

[@Mr.MagnumDong]

The J37 from waves is a pretty neat one too if you want that reel to reel tape emulation. And if you really want the closest thing to Studers or Ampex, UAD has the plugins for both and they both sound phenomenal. Ampex sounds great on the master bus and Studer is great for tracking tracks!

[@EmeraldWoodArchives]

@@Mr.MagnumDong I put that J37 on everything and then bounce them in place. I sure miss my 388, though. I sold it back when 1/4 tape was $80 a reel. Now you can get new tape for 30 bucks on Amazon. Sigh...

[@Windovaca]

Yo, just checked who produced The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understading, came here to express my admiration for this guy.

[@DanielCastro-vz2vy]

i’ve never seen this guy before, but upon seeing him for the first time i want to know him, he seems so cool, like who i want to be when i get older (also, this was a great tutorial)

[@scottmasson3039]

If you smoke a ton of weed and do a bunch of psychedelics, you’ll be this guy someday

[@artrock101]

Aim higher...

[@hazelelcamino7453]

@@artrock101 dude has won six grammy’s...what have you done?

[@artrock101]

@@hazelelcamino7453 ask your mother

[@BrendanMiranda]

My right ear loves that tape colored beat

[@schipbreukeling3]

Good one, that Fabfilter eq trick.

[@SEARCHandRESEARCH]

Here for the vibes!

[@campbell1175]

Even more tapier. Excellent.

[@vervor]

Hell yes to videos to this

[@benwittman3431]

Shawn! Genius with sound.

[@jason.martin]

this is brilliant!

[@GASH_one]

Very inspiring dude

[@shadygroves8252]

dude has produced amazing albums

[@Steelking83]

This guy really is a master

[@morgue_file]

Def got a chill vibe

[@realSethMeyers]

i like to take my mixtape and run it through izotope vinyl, then direct out into a 1994 Sony Walkman cassette player, then I mic the speaker on that and finally send the signal over AM radio to my studio 400 miles away, really provides that Analog Warmth. it's s u c c u l e n t

[@favouritethings11]

Here have a pretzel 🥨

[@kensurrency2564]

❤️

[@kezzywestbeats8742]

This is amazing

[@edmundmcwilliams9538]

Sounds like a ring binder snapping closed, through a tape machine :)

[@jukesjointOG]

Not that there’s anything wrong with that...

[@edmundmcwilliams9538]

Gregg Juke It’s nice

[@moerahman6749]

This guy is very knowledgeable.

[@artifexpro-000]

Are those Leopard print daisy dukes? Nice!

[@lincolnmmitchell]

Such Vibey!

[@chperrone]

won't the tape return have latency? how does one correct for that in a practical way

[@shaneharrington3655]

His hair is vibey

[@Diax1324]

This guy is a genius. Brittany Howard's album sounds amazing.

[@hazelelcamino7453]

Absolutely disgusting comment section. A bunch of losers with bedroom studios talking about a six time Grammy winning producer’s fashion and creative choices. I don’t even like The War on Drugs but that record through good monitors/headphones is incredible sounding. Shawn literally never misses and brings out the best of whoever he’s working with.

[@evanmcgregor3758]

‘Press-conferency vibe’ should be a standard preset in all EQs

[@danielcoppens5684]

OMG what a secret sauce epiphany. The match EQ to pre EQ tape = mondo trickeration

[@eph_kni]

You can kind of do the same thing with dynamics aka companding

[@HIGHHOPES]

This video should be titled "A Really Complicated Way of Adding Hiss To Your Tracks"

[@guitardude0909]

Bagpipe Studios?

[@coyoteserranomusic]

I don't remember this episode of Home Improvement

[@Superdelphinus]

Bank manager in a Halloween costume

[@MT-sw7bh]

Is he recording the drum tracks to tape then playing back and recording into pro tools? I had this idea to get real tape saturation but haven’t tried it yet

[@kebbinator]

M T I think he is recording the playback head back into Pro Tools as he is sending Pro Tools out to the tape machine. That is the way I use my tape machines, I find it results in less pitch and timing fluctuation.

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

That way is actually better than what he’s doing here

[@TheMorgueLA]

is this concept really that hard to figure out? Of course he is doing that. It's not rocket science. Ever heard of a send?

[@RealHomeRecording]

I like vibes.

[@lepureur4657]

Dope and clever

[@od_muziki]

Swag with the Masters

[@LuisGMusic661]

Take a shot everytime he says "Tape"

[@rogermiyagi4076]

This guy looks like he's had a bush dragged through him backwards

[@KevinStCroix]

What he is doing has technical results, as he showed with the fab filter but he is motivated by the visceral feeling which informs his decision to compliment the technical.

[@samchoate1719]

I love that explanation. Yes

[@veerchasm1]

Nightclubbing, we’re nightclubbing...

[@paingenerator8338]

You get me closer to god...

[@CYB3RC0RP]

I feel like this is bound to create time alignment issues, anyone have tips on how to avoid that?

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

Just drag it in post till the waveforms line up as best you can then mute the original source if there is too much flanging. Or keep it in if you like the effect or drag it behind the beat and pan it to make it wide. Try within or beyond Haas and see which sounds cooler. There's so much stuff you can do. Keep the tape one dry and send the original 100% to the reverb for a bright tail or the reverse. Just experiment.

[@CYB3RC0RP]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist Thanks for the tips!

[@meroinheroin]

​@@CYB3RC0RPI know I'm way late. But some Daws let you delay track playback to adjust for timing

[@favouritethings11]

Gold

[@pablomyfather8064]

what’s those pants ?

[@Penthox]

Take a shot whenever he says tape machine

[@harrisfrankou2368]

His studio is like Loki's In that Vampire flick with The Ancient One.

[@robloyst4514]

Whoooah. Bob Harper after a mental break!

[@evanmartin2416]

v i b e y

[@mynnmusic]

so Tape = Vibe, gottit

[@urchoice9559]

Homie needs to send some clippers through his hair

[@watertower1]

Hahah ahahah why is this so funny

[@mattirwin6089]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[@XiaoLongGungFu]

I ran through some tracks through a cassette and back into the computer and it sounded like garbage.

[@EthanWithACrowbar]

try that fab filter trick he mentions. or buy a better deck. or dont.

[@mariousvoods]

Nice

[@christeuma]

Do it again with a distortion pedal.

[@scottmasson3039]

Put it through a Boss Metal Zone. Thank me later.

[@jimorgain63]

happens to have huge tape machine in corner omg

[@smeltnight2002]

big incel vibes in this comment section... these peoples' heads would literally explode if they saw who he's married to

[@reacherstudio]

What is the A6 plugin that controls the mute of tape machine?

[@aidancunningham2052]

That is the Analogue send / return insert from Pro Tools going on Output 6 or 'Analogue 6' to the tape machine in this case and back in to the Pro Tools Channel

[@rarecordings5934]

Slate do a decent tape plugin if you're broke like me and want to experiment!

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

What monitors are those

[@jakobole]

Yamah HS8 I think

[@timotheoleszkolivernois9826]

@@jakobole yamah ns10m

[@jakobole]

@@timotheoleszkolivernois9826 Looks too large for those....

[@jiat_spacejams]

I swear these top shelf mixers are born with elf ears. Picking up a mosquito fart from 200 yards easy.

[@sweetfoampunishment3286]

running things through things

[@Tkivo]

Was this recorded in walmart?

[@davido3109]

Yes yes yes thats audio porn!!! Wowo you know i LOVE It!!

[@dazegone]

Dope

[@AshRavens]

that's a snare sound?

[@kronk358]

How can you make it that far while not knowing the difference between a snare and a kick?

[@jsnell126]

He's just calling it snare for shorthand. If you listen to Brittany Howard's Sound Exploder interview about this song, she explains that he set up the drums in this bizarre way.

[@karasulas1546]

That ain't a kick! Sound like a big/loose snare to me

[@soymamm99]

He must be the king of swag

[@johncollins5552]

Weird how so many dudes are commenting on fashion instead of

[@johncollins5552]

Music Production techniques. When you listen to music it's not gonna make a jot of difference. If you think you have a better production style, post it on KZbin so we can all hear it.

[@troyfranklin9349]

Impressive vocabulary

[@hakanmavruk9822]

Vibe

[@hb6249]

Amazing video. Guys a genius. Clothing is a war crime.

[@musicmanxii]

If I had a quarter the fashion sense this guy has I'd be set

[@scottmasson3039]

I wanna party with this guy.

[@unoaotroa]

What’s wrong with all these people joking on his appearance? He looks sensational!

[@TheeSmoochieWallace]

His monitors are sitting on the desk?

[@nomorel7884]

Let's talk about that outfit.

[@christopherchang6378]

tape machine can be perfectly remodled in software. Yes it would be more fun and enjoyable to do it with tapes, but not everyone can afford the time and money to do so.

[@final_animal]

Unfortunately not true. Check out some blind tests on KZbin, the plugins sound better than with no processing, but nowhere close to the real thing at all.

[@mikelo303]

But why?

[@YellowSynth]

HE'S HIGH RIGHT

[@GreyMatterPlatter]

he's dressed funny

[@jesua301]

It sounds more like two plastic containers, than drums.

[@kenclarke5966]

lol he looks like the voidz

[@pappyprimetime7510]

And, in the end, most people listening to this song used iPhones and earbuds. They couldn’t tell if this was a snare drum or a trash can.