Spectre Sound 2018 Studio Tour

[@eirikz24]

Huh.. apparently the bar has been set. I need more mics. and guitars. and amps. and longer hair. Wicked cool studio. Neat to see the comparisons between a 20+ yr pro studio and our little home studio when you talk about where you started with it. Very thankful that guys like you have run the trenches of all of this and are willing to share what you know so guys like us can make better informed bang for the buck choices.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Happy to help! Stick with it. The gear collection grows over time.

[@adamfox9651]

Just when you've thought you've bought enough gear, you realize you need to buy more gear.

[@jrrlovecraft6505]

Next time my girlfriend complains about me having "too much stuff" (she has the whole house, I just get 1 room) I'll have to put on this video

[@robwiley124]

@@SpectreSoundStudios Your videos are great lol.

[@kilgoretrout3966]

is there such a thing as enough mics?

[@chriscorbo7707]

Congrats on 10 years of no smoking!!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Thanks, Chris!

[@themetalfan3887]

How do you keep a bass player at home? Build a circular driveway.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

I quit smoking in October as well. Smoked a pack a day for ten years and just quit buying them about three years ago. Didn't get myself a present but I think that's a great idea.

[@mpwiedemann]

Would be cool to see you do a video on how you soundproofed your space.

[@Hellseeker1]

Hey Glen I sent this to Ola and wanted you to see: Hey Ola, I just wanna say all you guys from the Anderton's boys (All of them) and Glen Fricker, Stevie T, Sarah Longfield, Rob Scallon, Henning, Ryan Bruce, and Jared Dines, Thank you for all your hard work. You guys are my Inspiration.

[@hadleymanmusic]

For real man! Itsa grand spirit!!

[@ivanchernov3041]

Nameless california brand

[@sonicsaviouryouwillnotgetm6678]

what's with that? Has Mesa pissed you off somehow, Glenn?

[@HimTortons]

@@sonicsaviouryouwillnotgetm6678 Its probably the bullshit they pulled with the cab clone

[@HimTortons]

@Rumy 73 its not about the cab clone itself. Its how they tried to censor negative reviews and even blocked people who criticized it from their instagram

[@RudyAyoub]

What? About timeeeee

[@jonathanlubarsky2782]

I have no idea what half of this gear does but as a musician it's still entertaining to watch. How can you not like this channel?!

[@boerdi]

Haha, the "It Who Cannot Be Named" amp from California ;)

[@Deckie1969]

Love your videos I've learned alot from them. I grew up in your area in Clarkston, MI I went to Pine Knob a lot and saw some awesome bands. Keep it up I love watching your videos and look forward to your new ones.

[@Electricowlworks]

Hey Glenn! You may want to consider storing your Rode NTR and any ribbon mics that you have vertically. If they are stored horizontally for too long, the ribbon will sag and you'll need to get them serviced and re-tightened. Thanks for the great video!

[@hansgrueber8169]

You can also get a nice close shave with an MD-421.

[@RobRippa1]

Whats up Glenn we need a new studio tour video so we can see all the new stuff :) Thanks for making all these awesome videos for us :)

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Yeah, been cleaning the last two days!!

[@sski]

Wow! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has more gear than I know what to do with. Thanks for the tour Glenn!

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

Your desk looks almost exactly like the one I took two woodworking classes at the community college just to build. I love it!

[@johnstitt2615]

Picking up my ART PRO VLA II next Friday. One more payment. Ordered it after Glenn did a video on the unit.

[@kapnkronic8051]

Dedfinatly my favorite studio tour so far. That purple Revv is SUUWWEEEET🔥🔥🔥

[@kapnkronic8051]

THIS IS THE COOLEST VIDEO ON KZbin, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER😵

[@jonathankessler4684]

This is a video I've been waiting for for a long time! Thank you for going so in depth with it, I know a lot of guys that have done studio tours but kind of half ass them. Quite an impressive collection you've got there! Makes me excited to be getting mine started.

[@adam_wynne]

This was the perfect accompaniment to my dinner tonight thanks Glenn! I'm picking up an LCT 440 for vocals and 440 dm for guitar as part of my new set-up this Xmas so it's encouraging to hear that you're a fan! The 440 sounded fucking immense on Ola's video 🔥🔥

[@hadleymanmusic]

And you with Brandon on the live shows are fantastic ,thats got to be the new staple!!!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

I'll see if we can do another one on Sunday!

[@mattcat5668]

Really enjoyed this episode. Great collection

[@MrDude667]

I’m a jazz masters student and the Focusrite 18i20 would allow me to get studio level recordings of my different musical projects, and even start making money recording people’s recitals and small group projects. It would get so much love and use. I’m a new subscriber and am enjoying your content!

[@thewrathofraf]

Hey Glen! Definitely interested in seeing what that T Bone drum mic set is all about! Thanks for the tour. Gave me a bunch of ideas on how to keep building my home studio.

[@BARBANDIT]

Thanks for the tour Glenn love the channel, I'm going to show the wife how good I've been buying studio gear.

[@Yahoomediaclub]

The Chanel is the coolest out there...

[@piratestudiosproductions]

Hey the new logo animation at the end of the video was cool.

[@eddisonbuenano5282]

this is a badass tour, only 15 min and i like the space utilization

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

That's because I have none & had to get creative

[@matthewhewer9032]

Thanks for the tour Glenn! That is a beautiful DW kit you have there!:) Very nice studio!

[@gabrielazzopardi6037]

Do the pedal board collection vid Glenn! Cheers from Malta!

[@lodougherty]

Hey Glenn, any plans to go more in depth into analog gear and how to connect it and route things software wise? I want to get a art vla soon but I still can't find clear instructions how to marry it up with my interface. Cheers!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Yes

[@DREAMR]

Would love this exact video!!

[@lozssaddict]

Neve is the British Ward Beck. -Glenn Fricker 2018

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

I didn't come up with that, merely repeating it ! :)

[@lozssaddict]

As one Canadian to another, i like it better that its made here hahaha

[@drorshappir2950]

Hey glen, greetings from Israel!!!!!!!!! I’ve been playing drums for 10 years and everything bad u ever said about drummers in the studio helped me learn and play so much better❤️❤️❤️ Gotta recommend for u to try the Dennis Chambers sig. snare 14x6.5 I’m sure ur gonna fall in love with it like I did Sending love and support and hoping we’ll get a chance to work together someday❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌🤘🤘

[@LightBlazeMC]

just the vid i need to help me make decisions for building my own racks

[@daveyboy782]

Glenn, sell your 512s and get 2 CAPI vp26s for the price of one 512. All CAPI gear has output attenuation (sometimes even with stepped input and output pots). Best thing Ive ever done!!!!!!

[@wilbertcook5076]

Thanks Glen for going through your studio set up. It has been informative and inspiring. I am in the beginning stage with mine but hopefully with in the next two years will be where I want it. I am not looking to record bands like you do but more for my own self enjoyment. Thanks again.✌🏻

[@lukaradosavljevic5677]

Glenn can you do a tutorial on recording acoustic guitar?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

yes!

[@acidhendrix]

SpectreSoundStudios Yes please do! I make folk metal, and have a decent metal sound.. however my acoustic sound isn't where I want it. It's passable, but as you would say.. I don't want passable, I want great.

[@lukaradosavljevic5677]

Thank you @@SpectreSoundStudios

[@LincolnGiacomini]

Nice gear you have there. I'm starting out as an audio engineer in Brazil and you have no idea the cost of these things around here. Keep on rockin 'Gleen!

[@donniehill5688]

Great Set-up and Gear Glenn, Love you Bro!!!!

[@finalstagemetal]

You know Glenn has a ton of stuff when I'm in the studio several times a month - Glenn frequently gushes about his new gear - and I haven't seen a lot of this stuff!

[@rickyred001]

Great video Glen, thanks. By the way, was I the only one pausing the video and checking out and pricing up the gear as Glen went along ? Gotta get a couple of those 512c pre's !!!!

[@therickashesoloband]

this is cool

[@dowensdemos6921]

Random but fun fact: ART is a company started by the old MXR guys after they fell apart, prior to Dunlop reviving the brand.

[@gamesgearnthrash5338]

Yeah, my dad worked for them during the 90s. They used to make pedals and amps, as well as guitar preamps. They discontinued most of that stuff and now it’s just studio gear.

[@king-kore-studio]

I have the dbx 160x usa and love it, the only difference's between the 160x and the 160xt is the connections. the 160x has the 1/4 inch in and outs , and the 160xt has XLR and 1/4 in and outs. otherwise the same thing! And scored mine for $120 at a local music store.

[@RedbackRecordz]

Awesome studio brother! I’m slowly building my home studio as I can afford stuff, getting there but don’t think I’ll ever get the amount of gear you have. Thanks for sharing your setup! Great to get ideas for my own Studio Rock On Brother 🤘🤘

[@bhavindesai2347]

This is heaven for me !

[@GothicLightingQueen]

This amp shall remain nameless, seethrou thru the tape

[@Jinballify]

Oh! Nux stuff! I've recently fallen in love with the little bastards. Bought the Overdrive and Phaser from their mini core series, and couldn't be happier. The little green box of joy in particular dovetails so well with the bigger Joyo/Harley Benton American sound and California sound pedals for either lead or heavier riffing sound. Can't recommend them enough, especially for the asking price (29 bucks for the OD and 35 for the phaser) just can't go wrong.

[@dtune30]

Little Teflon tape on the threads of those drum mounts maybe? Might be enough to keep them tight. You can find it in the plumbing section of any hardware store.

[@Gatchi]

And just outside the door is a Cab Clone BEGGING to be let inside. He's been there for months Glenn, he's cold and hungry.

[@montyryan3018]

Why exactly was the Mesa logo sticky taped

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Who?

[@montyryan3018]

Okay well why exactly was the company name I know but can’t say their name sticky taped

[@hansgrueber8169]

Well it all started with that famous "cabinet simulation" device...

[@kilgoretrout3966]

Speaking of mics, Glenn...have you tried the 12 gauge mics yet? One guy in Vermont, i believe, uses empty shotgun hulls as the case, and makes really nice drum mics, electric or acoustic guitar as well. they come in 3 colors, and each color connotes what that mic does. Red is an Omni, Green is small cardioid condenser, Blue is another electret cardioid condenser, which can be used with drums with lotsa room. The BLACK is a stereo, cardioid directional microphone that has dual small diaphragm electret condenser capsules positioned in x/y. Heck now he has built a ribbon mic in a spent 20mm cannon cartridge. i know it may sound jokish, but these are well made mics. i guess he has an employee or two now, but when i got mine, he was building them at his kitchen table. He probably is still available to speak with, if you ever wanted to look into that interesting, and very nice approach to mics.

[@aaronsmith2611]

Nice tour of your gear! Thanks for letting us into your world! Any chance we could also get a tour of the space with a wide angle view of the rooms?

[@ravenshadevox]

I used Ward Beck stuff a lot in my broadcast days it sounds so good, sooooo good! Also Allen & Heath. For those inquiring minds The A&H stuff holds some nice little surprises for music production.

[@mikeatkinson2836]

Just discovered Ward-Beck and racked four M490 line input modules and have added Hammond Transformers to convert them to M470 mic pre's. And a shout out to Warren Beck, who is the son, sent me 3 vintage Hammond transformers! Great sounding units! Please check out Ward-beck preservation website! Also contact Gruning Audio for Ward-Beck stuff!

[@joerobinson2538]

Nice video Glenn especially for us gearheads!

[@CaryMillerOfficial]

@SpectreSoundStudios have you seen the Little Labs Redcloud? it's a fairly inexpensive 8 channel bank of output "fader" knobs for attenuation. You could snag one cheap used even and hook that up to your API and Focusrite pres to give them output control. =)

[@OutsideOReality]

Pretty sweet setup you’ve got goin on. Lots of stuff to play with!

[@ladyjulia4038]

Can't wait for a video on the vivo

[@hoodedbugler]

Great stuff. I don't know if anybody else mentioned this, you can use iZotope Spire with an android smartphone (there's a free app on Google play) to try it out. Apple stuff not necessary. Long time subscriber here.

[@DIYBuilds]

The video doesn't really start until 10:22 ;)

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Lol

[@thomasdesauter]

Just had a hell of a rehersal, everything just flipped,... soundcard, computer... hoped you had anything on power conditioners in your studio ... Cheers Glenn !

[@clinterz]

Sad to see your Vintech 1272 being wasted. Vintech makes awesome stuff. Don't think I agree with your taste in Pres and mics, but I love people who are gear heads, rock on!

[@bananejaune3165]

Hey Glenn ! Could you do a video on how to hook up all of your outboard gear to your computer? That would be really nice

[@morphine0000]

"Spider IV that we blew up in the Nevada desert. That was a fun shoot." I see what you did there.

[@experimetalfan8851]

Interesting video, love the channel (and the studio)

[@PonderosaSoundStudio]

Really basic but important question: what did you use (specifically) to create the labels on your patchbay (at 4:00 minutes in)? Looks very professional, and I'd like to create something like that on mine. Huge thanks!

[@jonscottacord]

huber and breeze in Roseville Michigan? Still there bud!

[@UnveiledShadows]

Damn, Glen, assuming the bassists haven't made you pick the habit up again, grats on over 12 years of giving up smokes!

[@kyfisher3662]

id be keen to see a 2020 version of this video to see whats changed

[@Jakeman90210]

you need to hire someone to run the camera. maybe you could have them dust too.

[@prisacariuvlad3579]

Hey Glenn,how would you compare the 5150 to the Generator 100p ?

[@kevinhunter5078]

Love the tour!!

[@DJGeosmin]

GLLLEEEEEENNNN! awesome gear collection just, from the looks of it, quite a gooey one! any reason for all that nasty duct tape gunking up all your mic bags to not be gaff or board tape?

[@Kevin-bw5km]

Very nice studio man. Do u think u can do a fearless gear review on jackson js 34q. I recently bought one and sounds great. It was a transparent blue with 24 frets. Sadly i had to return it since i went broke. And it would be pretty cool to see u review jackson guitars since there legendary in metal

[@janvirtanen6199]

More exciting than Netflix :)

[@squidcaps4308]

Note, on patchbays: there is a price to pay for compactness and that is: you are forever tied to getting all cables from one or two suppliers. Standard jack is larger, it takes about 4 times the space but for long term use and especially for budget, get standard, never EVER buy stuff with ANY proprietary or exotic connectors. For Glenn, it makes perfect sense. In that use he can use it for couple of months until the compactness pays off enough, it saves space and as side effect time. Basically, it is worth for Glenn to buy this kind of patchbay just for the duration the cables he bought/received/were gifted lasts, then it has already paid itself back multiple times. For basic user, old school standards ONLY. Don't think it is cool looking, you need to consider that the unit will be in use a decade from now and you need to get patchcables from your local music store in a hurry. You can't wait 2 months so you can track down a bunch of them new if the manufacturer is belly up or has stopped support..

[@flapjack413]

You have got to be kidding me. I was just looking for a recent video tour of your studio last night. Get out of my head, Glenn!

[@FateofTheFallenOFCL]

Hey Glenn! I hope to see this on the Spectre VC's! (I have a budget for complicated reasons of $150 for a mic) I'm about to be recording vocals for my solo EP soon and still don't have a mic to replace my old AT4040 I use to have but had to sell. My question is should I go with an SM58 or a budget condenser? I've been reading up and been told that the SM58 is really good for vocals on a budget and constricting the room sound which I will have some of since I'll be recording outside of a booth doing it myself and I'm not sure how to record away not having to see my computer just yet.

[@Tyrha]

Hey Glenn ! Are you going to do an honest gear review about one of the boss katana combo amp for the stage or for the studio ? I don't know if i can trust other reviews here on youtube. Cheers from Wallonia, Belgium.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Man I got the windsor studio and a head is on my list!

[@grunge2012]

glad I bought a 6505 instead of the nameless brand. they really didn't treat you right even tho that item u reviewed of theirs was actual trash and they couldn't handle that.

[@aarongabbard]

Kept pausing trying to see the room design, trying to estimate measurements and pick the best place to put my desk and monitors. My rooms 20x20, so I'm also wondering how to you heat or cool your place without additional noise?

[@charliebutcher373]

If you are still giving that 18i20 away I could deffentily use it I have a perfect sopt for it in my desk that has a homeade rack system setup but I having nothing in the rack I have a good power supply to run everything on top of the desk and below it I have another one for always powered on items!!! and it would be an awesome upgrade from the behringer Uphoria UM2, and I do like what you are mixing so I like watching and learning new things every day.

[@KyleBronkington]

Can you make a video on your Joyo Vivo vs the 5150?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

possibly!

[@Matthijs3476]

Hi Glenn, what do you think about Sovtek stuff? Got myself an old Sovtek MIG100 tube amp (I play stoner rock) and so far I'm pretty happy with it. Also love the v8 big muffs

[@scottleacox7516]

No Advanced Audio Tube mic's? Also expected a Coles 4038 however it's not very metal (Vivian from young ones) because it takes up so much musical space. And yes store ribbons vertical or at least close to vertical.

[@jasonnavz9253]

i hope someday i got an item from spectre media . best regards from the Philippines .

[@sski]

Hey Glenn! You covered everything but ur PC and how you get there directly. More info please.

[@pitaorj]

glenn, you should make a reverb store, sell some stuff to open space to new stuff. if you do some sort of ¨outlet store¨ for your views you could raise some serious money too.

[@sansocie]

Thanks Glenn! Nice tour. 2020 you and Warren interview each out about your studios? Time for GAS to build up. Peace! 2020!!

[@Mark-zi6nt]

I wonder how big is the difference between a Mesa 4x12 w/ celestion 30's and Harley Benton 4x12 with same celestions. Mesa at thomann was around 1600-1700 euro while HB was only around 400.

[@mexicanmaggot666]

Updated tour for 2021??

[@hadleymanmusic]

Glen? Equipment aside, what did it cost to build the room? Is it 20×20 size?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

it's 20X24. Not sure the cost in Today's dollars.

[@torchlord11]

Glen whats better as a direct box the Torpedo Reload or the Countryman?

[@TomMcCormickGuitar]

Glenn!! What lenses are you using with the GH5!? Panasonic stuff is fucking incredible.

[@adamfox9651]

Man, oh, man, oh, Manischewitz, you got a shitload of mic pres! But I guess you can never have enough mic pres. You got a lot of sweet gear there, Glenn. About the only thing we own in common, though, is that inexpensive Behringer mixer, although yours looks slightly different cosmetically than mine, maybe because I bought mine earlier this year. How loud does loud have to be too blow out a condenser capsule? Every time I put a condenser right up on a loud cab, I get a bit nervous, but so far, so good. As for dead dynamics from phantom power, I've accidentally left phantom power on with a dynamic plugged in, but I've never had an issue with it, fortunately. Nameless California brand? [Cough!] Mesa [cough!] You need more opaque masking tape. B&H has Black Friday sales? I thought they had to close early on Fridays for Shabbos.

[@BrianRussTVC]

We have the same patch bay!

[@JamesShore1990]

You're the first english speaking guy I heard pronouncing Diezel correctly. Nice!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

That's from hanging out with Henning

[@blackcroworchestra8824]

Really cool Bro.