The WORST Recording Advice I EVER Heard

[@happymembranophone]

You should have called me buddy. I could have given you much worse advice than this. My gear is world class and my mixes are so far ahead of their time that nobody listens to them.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Lmao!!

[@GamerToday]

​@@SpectreSoundStudiosI love your videos they are always for years on end a pickup....yes I know speaker matters most... so thank you 🎉🎉❤

[@michaellord7617]

this resonates with me heavily

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

Legend hahaha

[@DaveONeillDrums]

“That’s why the knobs turn in both directions…” 😂

[@Ron-l9d]

But.. does it go to 11 in both directions?.... A full 22 degrees of fuckery....

[@1timothy4]

If the rules get in the way… break em’ You are a breath of fresh air… -even if my daughter rolls her eyes as she walks by and hears your passion…

[@Imustscream]

My wife does the same thing as your daughter...

[@TjByers369]

"If it sounds good, it is good." Honest ears hear the most. Thank you Glen.

[@soundman1402]

The advice I heard on EQ was "Cut to fix, boost to sweeten." That advice kinda works. If I can't hear something in a mix -- be it a frequency band, or instrument, whatever -- before boosting it I listen for the reason I can't hear it. When I figure out what's too loud, I reduce it. Sometimes that brings everything into balance instead of boosting other stuff to keep up with something that's problematically loud.

[@Ron-l9d]

The ear doesn't lie... but every ear is subjective.

[@michaelcrane5070]

Dude...spot on with the only-cut comment. In a live environment, cutting will absolutely help shape tones and avoid potential feedback; but the knobs DO go both ways! So cut, boost, compress, and do whatever else to serve the song and bring the life out of the performance. Great job man!

[@DeadGirlRising395]

I found I just couldn't get the room right by only cutting

[@tauernhiker0001]

The only sign that something might be not okay is when each and every channel has some completely extreme and strange eq settings. So....turning things up has limitations.

[@BionicBurke]

My main space just got a PM3 with the RPio rack filled with Neve pre's and I find myself not even really touching the EQs anymore (aside from HPFs)... the Silk is amazing. If I need to deal with feedback, I use the PEQ notch filters to pinpoint issues and that's about it. If I want to boost some high end clarity, I slap on Red Silk. If I want to boost some low end warmth, slap on some Blue Silk. It's amazing. The speaker system is a Meyer point source setup. Galileo Callisto 616, UP1's, UPJ's, MM-4XP's, and 900-LFC's.

[@BionicBurke]

Side tangent... DaNSe is also amazing. You'll never want to use a conventional gate ever again.

[@MikVanBag]

"Thall shall only cut frequencies!" I about lost my coffee 😆

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

I’m glad you got a laugh out of it!

[@MadNoisy]

what a killer video hahaha I love it man 🤘🤘🤘

[@siamsasean]

@@SpectreSoundStudios Let's not tell them how EQ circuits do their doings. That inside the box it's always cut this and boost everything else. Their little heads would pop.

[@Ron-l9d]

Is flat cutting?

[@frozenfury009]

@@SpectreSoundStudios thanks for the incredible content as always! havent been here in awhile and read the title and about to watch the video! and had to get this out my mind lol speaking of the worst advice ever im sure it couldn't be worse than someone in the so called genre of mumble rap to give advice to a metal player to form a new genre mumble metal maybe? 😂 LOL anyways keep up the great work and dont stop sharing your content to inspire millions around the world and keep being rocking awesome my friend 🤟😎👍🎸🎶🥁🎤

[@sweetspike]

Everything is manipulated on the Internet. This video is one of the smartest videos I’ve seen in a minute. Gear slutz is a cesspool of idiocy

[@DerekFrampton]

"... and protools it's just another tool ... one you can skip entirely if you wanna keep your sanity in tact" OH man... THAT is the best comment I've EVER heard! PREACH ON GLENN!

[@AnthonyVolpe]

Being forced to master my own music was the best thing that happened to me because I learned more about how sound itself works. Mastering my own music is part of the creative process now. I haven’t really received any bad advice in regard to recording, mixing, and mastering, but I know one person who struggles with her mixes because she uses too many plug-ins that she doesn’t need. I cut my teeth on an 8-track Tascam with no plugins, somehow got decent mixes, and carried what I learned into what I do now, and it sucks seeing her struggle needlessly.

[@Ron-l9d]

But what would we do with that extra 3 or 4 thousand if we didn't spend it on mastering? I want my stuff to sound good through a 4" car dashboard speaker FFS....

[@EthanJamesMOJO]

The best approach is learning with nothing as opposed to having so much abundance you don’t know what to do with it. I started with so many high end plugins, that I wanted to include them on all my mixes. Shortly after, I realized the importance of focusing on the essence and foundation of sound, before all the plugins. Mastering the core just absolutely works wonders.

[@zwicker5585]

Meh, shell learn eventually. Weve all been there. Its what happens when you arent sure what you want to be making or how you get there. Takes time and experience and practice of course

[@jerwolf8961]

Young Glenn looks so full of hope and enthusiasm!

[@RolandDeschain1]

He looks like he just finished a tracking session with a bass player.

[@hitsonacousticguitar]

TLDW: The more you do it, the better you gonna get. Worst case scenario: Your first few attempts are going to suck and if they suck, nobody's listening anyway, so who cares. Great advice here. Glen, your videos are going better and better at the moment. Really appreciate the momentum your videos have.

[@ChainsawCoffee]

"You can't use 44.1Khz sample rate, it'll sound like shit! You've got to use at least 96KHz! It's so much better!"

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

I’ve got everything at 96khz and I can’t really give a definitive answer if it actually sounds better or not!

[@x8jason8x]

I mean... I might just be mythologizing but I swear I hear more noise in the background when I increase sample rates past 44.1kHz. 🤷‍♂

[@soundman1402]

With pristine, acoustic source material, I can hear an ever-so-slight improvement in clarity at higher sample rates on my really nice monitors with my really nice converters. It's so slight I may have imagined it.

[@bassyey]

@@SpectreSoundStudios I use 96KHz because the roundtrip time on my interface is lower on 96KHz. I saw it on Mitch's Sweetwater video, turns out it's true.

[@josefsaint]

@@SpectreSoundStudios recording a lot of timpani? at least you're set!

[@gabormata6029]

"You can't play metal on P90s!" Well, they're sure noisy as hell, but that thing barks like a dog

[@x8jason8x]

A ton of metal guitarists have a problem with even the slightest bit of nuance. The volume control being a knob is lost on them... it's full open or full closed. 🤣

[@benjaminbeard661]

Lol Jason Hook records his rhythm tracks with p90s

[@Dm3qXY]

@@benjaminbeard661 i don't even know who that guy is, but good for him..

[@sparella]

There are hum-cancelling P90s these days, and even ones that fit HB routes. Less noise is absolutely a good reason to upgrade pickups.

[@vorpalblades]

Bill Steer has played P-90's for decades. Carcass is pretty heavy.

[@andresilvasophisma]

Those converters really made my record a classic. 👀

[@cvltgoth3768]

10:58 hey now tracking drums on a full moon for better vibes sounds like great advice xd

[@TheGospelGuitarist]

Blue moon for the blues and a red moon for metal. They add that added little something.

[@SyzygyEmbrace]

I remember seeing a post about how guitar players should not be their own luthiers or do their own repairs on one of those gear forums. And 12y/o me believed it, so I was afraid to fix my own guitar for years lol

[@Thunderthal]

I did too not long ago so i bought a beater for 100 bucks and did all those scary things i was advised not to 😄 Got some knowledge and it is easier to know what setup a future guitar in my collection should have.

[@riangarianga]

I wasn't afraid, but I was still surrounded by crappy advice based on myths, like measuring neck relief with gauges, string height at the 12th fret, pickup height at some specific value, and such junk only used by factories to do an overall quick setup of a certain model they sell.

[@Ron-l9d]

Seems like something a luthier would say for job security.

[@riangarianga]

@@Ron-l9d I remember in one of his instructional videos Mary Friedman said the same piece of advice: focus on music, have others fix your instrument. Luthiers in general are happy to teach you general maintenance, though. It's not a job they can charge much for, and it's very personal anyway, there's no rule about it.

[@jamescendrowski4844]

We've been recording our own music since 2001, starting with a Fostex 4 track tape machine. We got to a point where I had to learn more, and this channel helps quite a bit. For some factory workers that record on Saturdays I think we do pretty well. Also as factory workers we know the value of continuous Improvement in everything, so thank you for that.

[@ericjenkins2737]

I wouldn't lump Logic into the expensive group. I can't even remember the last time I paid anything and I've used it since the Emagic days. I remember paying $199 to upgrade it at some point around 20 years ago and have never given them a dime since but have upgraded to the newest version ever since, for free.

[@billyvalentine4365]

Same. I paid for Logic so long ago that I can't remember when. It's been rock solid and comes with every plugin & instrument you need.

[@MSHRadio-dj5zn]

same man. But Logic keeps me tied to a freaking apple hardware.

[@doublestrokeroll]

Logic is fucking awesome. I don't mind being tied to apple hardware because it works. I bought in 2009. Got a Mac Pro 4,1. Logic 9. Was logic 10 a paid upgrade? I don't even remember. If it was it was cheap and I haven't paid again since. I upgraded my 4,1 to a 5,1 installed Opencore, and now I run Sequoia (the latest OS) and Logic 11 which again, was a free upgrade. Now, I get that opencore is "cheating" a little bit, but still...15 + years on logic and Apple has basically never made me pay anymore for the program. People whine about apple, but it's actually pretty good.

[@doublestrokeroll]

I was curious...I got on in 2009 with logic 9. So that must have cost me 200 bucks. Then Logic pro x came out in 2013 and there was no upgrade rate. You just had to buy it again like everyone else for 200 bucks. So in 15 years I've paid 400 dollars total for logic and logic 11 was a free upgrade. So that basically means my monthly payments for Logic have been about 2 dollars....lol. I suspect logic 12 will be a fully paid one after all this time, but who knows. Even if it is, I'd say users have absolutely nothing to complain about. Worst case would be subscription but I don't think I'd have much of a right to complain about even that, given how much of a great deal it's been over the years.

[@MSHRadio-dj5zn]

@@doublestrokeroll yeah it's a good deal for sure! But if I wanted to ditch Apple for some other reasons, I simply can't since I am hooked on Logic! Ableton is a freaking nightmare in my opinion. I don't understand the user interface and frankly don't want to. Also it's outrageously expensive!

[@nissekram]

That dB police thing had me bursting with laughter!!! 😆

[@friedporchetta]

I remember when I was shopping around for a DAW, some guy dismissively stated “bro, just get Pro Tools, it’s not that hard.” Oh is that all? Thank you! My life is now so much easier.

[@Ron-l9d]

I heard that 20 years ago and still can't get a good recording.

[@MSHRadio-dj5zn]

​@@Ron-l9d I bet Pro Tools does about the same job as any modern DAW including free ones

[@jamescave7102]

I was trapped with those advice too, specifically “Never Boost always Cut”, I fall for buying better “Converters”. When I try to do my own experiment. Everything sounded better. Since, I start mixing with No Rules, I started to understand everything. Great video !

[@ossbru]

I really love the improved quality of your videos over time! Added scenes with pasted face - brilliat! In the subject, as far as I remember, I could find two bad advices (bad in my opinion). 1. Less is better. If you use EQ, don't use compressor, if you used delay, don't add reverb. Today I can see, that it doesn't matter. If it sounds good, it sounds good. 2. "You have to do it this way" - its a pretty wide advise, but I'm including stuff like "cut a little mids from guitars, cut lows from snare, don't use delay sync with beat - set time manually etc". When I was young and people around was learning to record, they was saying stuff like that and holding to them no matter what. Today, I can see that the main should be: "Make it sound the way you like". There is a huge chance that your creation will find 3 or 4 listeneres. So why focus on them. Make stuff that you like to hear, at least you will have something nice to listen. Funny thing is, I made a beat tape in way different style than others - overcompresed, with drums over the top of everything and muffy bass, becouse I like it and no one was making beats that way anymore. And this is the most viewed material on my channel, so hey, it worked xD

[@anguskerr1872]

Loved this rant! Listening to recording advice from people who are legends in their own lunch time....Just make mixes that sound great. That's the objective, nothing else. Yes, there are some guidelines, but use your ears, boost / cut when you feel it's required, and trust your ears. I started in the late 90's with a Fostex D-80 hard drive recorder, and it had horrible converters that were noisy around 4-6 k. So you just have to work around that. What you can do is boost the frequencies when you track, then cut them when you mix. That brings the noise down. Also, loved your comment on signal to noise ratio of 110dB. Largely irrelevant when the tracks these days have a dynamic range of 0dB. The key is not to mix to please gear heads, and use: reverb, eq, delay, phasor, chorus, compression, de-essing, gating, whatever, to make your mix sound great. And those gear heads make tracks and mixes that sound dull and lifeless, but they are following the 'rules'. Carry on ranting.....!

[@orderd29]

I loved this video. It's really reassuring to see someone who goes for honesty and evidence tear down BS like this.

[@aleksaky]

what a great, straight to the point video! I find it super easy today to get discouraged and overwhelmed with decision paralysis as a beginner in this space, but videos like this help me get back on track (and save some cash along the way haha) thanks, Glenn!

[@georgem7374]

Hey Glen! That was all really good advice. Thank you for always being a great influence to this world. Can't wait to learn more.

[@hextatik_sound]

Great video! I love my Pro Tools and I love my Ableton and Logic Pro as well. They all are fantastic DAWs, as well as Reaper, Cubase, Nuendo, LUNA, Studio One etc.

[@tima6044]

Love the skits Glen, they're funny and short. Unintrusive. *Chef's kiss*

[@dhimasmetalking]

Thanks sir. I consider this video as a pep talk. I'm still on the process of endless learning. This brings confidence to make music as what our band really wanted and the direction of our music in the future.

[@bridgestreetdesign]

Some “bad” advice was actually reasonably good advice - 50 years ago. When I was in school for audio (admittedly over 30 years ago) I kept hearing that if you have to cut or boost any frequencies by more than say 3db then you didn’t record the track correctly in the first place and you should re-record it. Looking back I realize that many of my instructors cut their teeth in the 70s when recording was less flexible and yeah, at the time the gear just couldn’t shape the sound enough to get where it needed to be in the final mix. Even though by the time they were instructing me there were SSL channel strips, those guys were still thinking in 70s mode. Not really their fault, I’m similar, but at least I don’t say things MUST be done the old way.

[@DeadGirlRising395]

I am a live sound engineer and I heard that crap about only EQing by reducing the gain on frequencies. It was in all the magazine advice articles. I tried it and couldn't get my room right, so the mixes sounded like shit. When I first started 50 years ago up/down whatever was needed. But then I was away from music for awhile. I thought, well new developments. The magazines were wrong. Started back to eqing both directions and the complaints quit

[@marksteinemann4063]

Cut where you think the room adds, boost where you think you need more of to make the music pop. If noting happens when boosting, complain at the systems engineer. I ran into a lot of bad aligned PAs and boosting around the crossover frequencies was always a dead giveaway. I have half the years in live sound under my belt as you but I am fully on the same page. Cheers.

[@chizzulwinduh1941]

@SpectreSoundStudios You're smashing it out of the park these days Glenn

[@thebarrylurveshow5530]

Spot on! Especially the "don't master your own stuff"

[@khancolman8565]

Hi, Glen! I‘ll chime in on this one. The worst advice I got was the advice I never got: “Make your room sound good,” aka “acoustic treatment.” I toiled away on various equipment in placesvas horrible as apartment living rooms oblivious to why the mixes never worked. Live-and-learn me, I guess. Hi from Japan! 🎌🗾⛩️

[@EDMusicEnt.]

Good stuff, I’ve learned over the years via trial and error that the best bad advice is too much advice. Some days ya win, some days ya lose as there are too many variables at play depending on the tune. With that said; ear fatigue above all things remains my worst enemy along with the tinnitus I suffer from due to years of stage volume in my younger road years. An infinite yet rewarding challenge regardless, as nothing feels better than simply taking a blank canvass and creating something out of nothing. Monitors and headphones are the best investment one can make in my humble opinion. ☮️

[@ludwigbouwer1080]

Amen, amen amen. I have been earning a living out of sound engineering since 2001, and I still use Cakewalk/Sonar and a bunch of good, used gear. My award-winning clients don't seem to mind. In fact, almost none of them have ever asked what DAW I use. Great advice Glen.

[@jmoemorris4133]

Why do I find this so true! Every time I hear someone make a comment about how to mix or what to use they can't explain their facts behind it because adjustments on your tools go both ways is reason enough to use them in either manner to get the job done. Makes plenty sense to me since the fact that it works that way! Good looking out for people who need to be informed.

[@xyanide1986]

The cutting before boosting thing has been taught in SAE as well by the way, this doesn't just come from the internet. Boosting EQ wasn't banned or whatever, just encouraged to avoid and I think some folks took that too far. From a signal path perspective it does make a bit of sense since you're less likely to clip something by accident.

[@soundman1402]

It helps prevent your mix bus from overdriving. But, you know, gain staging is a thing people can do. :)

[@jk-76]

Some producers clip their mixes to the bejesus. And Justice For All was SUPER clipped. The guitars sound farty and terrible on the highest of fi systems. Some people think they can fix a bad record with the EQ. Smart EQing can make an OK sounding mix into a great sounding mix.

[@sparella]

Well, boosting EQ also noticably boosts noise, fwiw.

[@jlgonthebeat]

I always felt so ignorant for not watching tutorials or asking questions online but overtime I started to look up more and more stuff. I feel like finding the right balance between learning from other people and learning from your own mistakes is the best way to grow as a musician

[@michaelbean2478]

Hey Glenn...Your comments triggered a memory in my miniscule cranium... I was really, really into 'High End Stereo' for a long time (not as much these days) and I was a contributing member of an online forum for amateur stereo gear builders (stereo speakers, preamps, power amps, etc.) for many years. But the 'Tweaker Crowd' came to power and began promoting things like 'magic stones' 'passive noise filters' 'green markers' on the edge of CD's' and all kinds of other BS nonsense...then the 'Full Range aficionados descended from on high to decree that the only way to get pure perfect stereo sound was by listening to speaker 'systems' that had only one driver and no need for that totally evil crossover that was necessary for systems with woofers, mids and tweeters. So somehow listening to just one medium size woofer aptly misnamed as 'full range' (hint, they're not) will give a more satisfactory experience...BULL$HIT! Sure, if one is willing to accept truncated music with most of the low end frequencies weak or missing, and a total lack of high frequencies, I'm sure they sound...boring.

[@fredvahldiek738]

I totally forgot about the green markers thing!!! Thanks for reminding me! That whole one driver thing was a by-product of the Bose guys. The response to that was "no highs, no lows, must be Bose"

[@wyreduprecordingstudio4701]

Well said Glenn! Been preaching the same thing for years now. Use what you got..there's absolutely no rules. Cheers. 🍻

[@r.o1neofficial]

Great video Glenn!! 🎉🎉🎉 It's actually a discussion topic on Home studio FB page... However, idk why should be even subject to debate. Is just pure logic. 😂😂😂 Cheers Glenn

[@mikiegood]

Great video Glenn. Thanks

[@worldaswar3784]

Reaper is so underrated as a DAW. i am with Glenn at this point. no doubt. since i started learning reaper it all went way smoother than i thought it will. very user friendly piece of software. Have a great day Glenn. Thank you for everything you do

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

Great video Glenn, it was time for this type of content again! Recently on another channel's mixing video, I mentioned Mid/Side processing. Apparently, if you know how to mix properly you don't need "Tricks". 🙄 So Mid/Side is out People!!!

[@micdavis-c6l]

Thank you Glenn. I have just purchased 'Reaper' I have gone thru the donggle bit with cubase and pro'FOOLS' Thank you for this information.

[@jimbergson]

Great advice here! Mastering my own mixes made me progress so much faster! Being at the final stage and having to correct a lot of things automatically makes you revise your mixes and get better at it 🙃

[@rmselector]

I agree with you 100%! My music became way better when I started ignoring the forum junk. These people spend more time on the forum than they do making music.

[@timinglismusic6707]

"That's why the knob moves in both directions!" Greatest line ever. I don't do my own mastering however because (and I want to be clear on this) I absolutely can't be arsed. Can, just don't want to. Thanks for the awesome video, my friend. Totally loved this. By the way, I'm just about to move from Pro Tools to Reaper.

[@toxicStudios21]

I'd like to say i actually got really lucky with advice. I originally got my gear just to record a demo for my old band. I came across your channel and decided to take it further with learning. I've learned a lot of great techniques from you, Scott Elliot, and even Henning Pauly.

[@ianandrew1997]

I wish I could've heard some of this a long time ago before I had to figure it out myself. Great video, Glenn!

[@Sarsour_]

Awesome content, always with the great advice!

[@LasseHuhtala]

"Learn to trust your monitors." Some monitors just are crap, and you are hard pressed to compensate for their crapness. I was held back for years by my old monitors.

[@snickpickle]

I have some decent near-field reference monitors (+/- 2 dB across the entire range). But once I got the master where I thought it sounded best, the mix sounded AWFUL on lower-end stereos, car radios, etc.! So for that reason alone, I will test my mixes on inferior stuff. Then I discovered visual frequency analyzers. While I still check with everything from my Pioneer gear to factory car radios to $5 earbuds, I don’t have to spend hours on each device; it’s down to a few minutes now per device, and I am so much happier with my mixes now in the first place! Spoiler alert: 90% of my problems are in the overwhelming bass in my mixes. I learned the hard way that there are knobs on most receivers for treble and bass, too! Let the listener adjust his/her own knobs too, and “be a part of the mixing process” themselves (my own advice to myself), letting them believe, “Haha! That engineer didn’t put in enough bass!” Little do they know! 😬

[@LasseHuhtala]

@@snickpickle Home listeners often have everything on max, and the loudness button pressed as well. 😀

[@juanjijon]

Awesome video as always Glenn!

[@Bassguitarist1985]

Glenn I'm a newer subscriber to your channel and I'm glad I did. I'm using old school Korg DAW standalone units and I have done entire bands and drum mixes using those and to this day they sound great. Sure the workflow is a bit more clunky than working on an actual software DAW but as you mentioned if it works and gets the results done then so be it. All the best cheers!

[@smugglersunion]

This is just in general the best possible advice about music production in general.

[@theunravelers3995]

This is a great video. I have admit I went down that rabbit hole. I don’t mix, I only track. Lately I have focused on performance, I use a stellar x2 and an sm57 and a bla revolution 2x2 . Getting great results in my garage these days. Best advice, just record and make mistakes. You will eventually get it

[@PaulGillings]

Oh. My. God. Thank you, thank you, thank you for lifting the veil on the whole ‘never master your own mixes’ thing. I’ve heard from TONNES of musicians that it was a mystical magic art that shouldn’t be attempted by anyone less than a level 7 Mage and I was always made felt like a complete tw@t for daring to disagree with them. Love your channel Glen, keep up the great work.

[@toddstudio79]

The absolute BEST advice I ever got was this... (granted, this was when all gear was analog) "We learn 'the rules' so we can figure out how to break them without blowing sh!t up"

[@lilian896]

Love the rant. Great advice💎

[@kennethhughmusic]

"No one's listening, so who cares" to soon Glen! Though my streaming numbers do support your statement. Regarding cutting frequencies, I vaguely remember a discussion about why it was done previously on analog hardware and it has something to do with increasing the noise when pushing the eq gain. How true this is I don't know but it makes sense, perhaps the components were faulty. we don't have that problem any longer ITB. Need to get rid of the SSL Bus Plus, didn't realize it was against the rules. "Set me back years" - this I feel, it is all time in the saddle. The only piece of mixing advice that has made a HUGE difference is "get it right at the source". I honestly cannot believe this type of advice is still going around - keep kicking it

[@ZonkerRoberts]

Well done! Best episode in a while.

[@CarlosGabrielOfficial]

dude this was great!! so entertaining and informative ! subscribed!! 💪💪💪💪

[@J.TATTSOFFICIAL]

Thanks Glenn, another great video.

[@nigeltilbury276]

Thanks for some common sense Glenn. Agree pretty much with all you mention here, though I've used Pro Tools since the 80's. It works for me & I really can't be arsed learning anything new at this stage. I started mastering my own shit a few years ago & it's a curve, but beneficial as I'm probably the best qualified to know how I want the final product to sound.

[@nunes1907]

about mastering our own tracks, may you please go a little deeper on that, showing the difference between mastering and mixing (include also the bus compressor too)... usually I have some "finishing" on my master track, but only after I have "finished" my mix, but I keep always coming back making some adjustments...

[@drewstephenson]

I'm mostly here for the swears-per-minute ratio. :D Also, "that's why the knob turns in both directions".

[@traceysharpe6330]

I got one, Some guy on the KZbin. Told me Windows was not that good for recording, Just because he can not figure it out. If he can't understand it, Then it's no good.. And that's dumbest thing I ever heard.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Wasn’t me! I said I used it for over two decades Before giving up on it :p

[@x8jason8x]

@@SpectreSoundStudios I note that which you didn't say! Notably that you never had a professional set your PC up for recording... not to say that you did or did not, but regardless if you build it, or Acer does... lol... you need to have the machine set up for recording by a professional, if you don't know how to do it yourself. I understand why people choose Apple. It does generally just work, right out of the box. However, an appropriately set up PC gives you a much better audio stack, more UI freedom (yes, you can easily aggregate devices, in fact), and gaming! Workflow is very individual though... if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Maybe though, if/when this current Mac quits on you, consider a professionally set up PC? Meaning, build it yourself, sure, get a great laptop, whatever... but take it to a professional to have it set up for audio stack.

[@MrMegadethmike]

Awesome channel. I do have a request for a video. I know you mentioned that you’re using izotope for mastering. Is there a chance you can do a video showing what you would use in a mastering chain for someone that does not use izotope?

[@corybulpitt9506]

Hi Glen, what other options would you recommend for hardware based gear for mastering? I'm on a budget... only a couple hundred bucks if that. I'd like to avoid anything software based as my computer is older then father time. Thank you, i enjoy your channel and love the information that you provide 🙏

[@ZonkerRoberts]

Great advice about doing your own mastering. The worst that can happen is that you learn something! If you can afford to send your stuff out for mastering, feel free to do so. And in that regard, here's some bad advice to ignore: Don't send your stems to your mastering guy if he asks. What? Nonsense! If your mastering guy thinks he can do a better job if you give him some stems then go for it! You want a better final product, don't you? Don't trust your mastering guy? You hired the wrong mastering guy! If you're going with an outside service for mastering, it has to be someone you trust enough to give whatever they need to do their best.

[@BopsStudios]

Very good, converters.....I reckon perhaps the latency...never been issue for me. And the rest of the advice; you are correct as far as my approach.

[@AMBIOSIS]

PMSL. A man after my own heart sir. Totally agree with every word you say.

[@Dravensdmf]

As someone doing my first self recording and mixing on Studio One, this is the best advice I've seen so far. In short do what works. Im making music again forbthe first rime in nearly 20 years and not paying somone a fortune to barely recoup it flogging the cds endlessly at pub and club gigs across the region. I also jave never enjoyed playing more than i am now and having a more open creatove pathway.... have I magically gained some playing or creative talent? nope. Am I enjoyong making music for myself? Hell yes. If someone else likes it when its eventually finished then thats a bonus.

[@marclevesque4710]

Thanks, I really needed to hear this.

[@f2pdood56]

Someone used to ask on the comments how the pinch harmonics part of one song is being done. I told the technique where the angle on the thumb and memorizing the part where it sounded is key. Then he/she went about telling the guitar and effects being used. What the fook? Asked for a technique then bragged about gear after receiving the answer. Such logic, hehehehehe

[@fenrir.lokeson]

Hey Glenn , love your stuff. Been mixing and mastering my Band for over 2 years now , but with the way modern Metal is evolving ( producing wise ) I sleepy start to doubt the work im doing in my band. Our sound got a lot better over the last year and not even close to the pile of shite we produced two years ago. Anything you would recommend while using reaper ??

[@RegularHumanYouTuber]

I fell into the Protools trap as well. Started recording my first album on Propellerhead Reason, but wasn't totally happy with the sound (probably because I didn't know what I was doing). So then decided I NEEDED Protools to sound "professional". Then the subscription model started and the cost crept up every year. Since I wasn't actually making any money from my music, or mixing other people's music, I ditched Protools for Reaper and have never looked back.

[@confinedmutts]

Great stuff, glenny boy. I use my old studio one and ozone to master my stuff. Ditto music to send to all stores. Before sending, its important to keep some finished track for reference. I love the dead daisies mixes. After mastering, wait for 24h to cool off your mind. Listen to the song again. And then send it. Check my results. Confined Mutts.🤘🏻

[@Jellybean199611]

One time I had a friend help me track a drum cover so I could use his interface and drum microphones (I personally owned neither at the time). I start playing and he sees that his interface was clipping. Instead of turning the preamp gain knobs down, he told me to just play quieter. Just to humor him, I tried a take where I played as softly as I could. Surprise surprise, it sounded like crap.

[@x8jason8x]

😂😂😂

[@KostasHolopain]

@ 3:45 That! Not only in mixing, but in Music in general! Try things! If they work, they work!

[@monarchistdesade6989]

One of the dumbest advice I ever got was from a teacher and "professional" producer. He was showing us how to get rid of annoying frequencies. By using a precision EQ (like the fabfilter q), boosting said frequencies with the narrowest Q factor and cut it. Then repeat the process over other octaves. We thought of ourselves "WOW he's so great to show us such magic trick" until I figured all my mixes sound dull because I was actually the fondamentals of my harmonies. Not gonna lie he made a career with this style... but I knew better at that point.

[@oldaussiecoot]

Great video nd greatl advice....again!!

[@DrProgNerd]

The best advice I got when I started mixing/recording was "just download REAPER". The learning curve was drastically cut by the many great instructional videos out there (Kenny Gioia and Adam Steel, I'm looking at you).

[@htebreeder]

Thank you thank you for this advice. I just started mixing my own music a year ago. I love having somewhere to come for straightforward advice. Someone told me not to boost EQ digitally, but i was trying it and it was sounding good so it did not make sense to me.

[@niteshades_promise]

your editors are pure top shelf. 😂 🍻

[@XyløWTF]

these videos are so engaging the yelling in your face actually helps me pay attention 😭

[@audiodude]

Awesome video and so so true on every point!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Thanks so much!!

[@goblina_subpeona]

Pro Tools is the actual worst. It sounds no better than Audacity and crashes more. there is no “DAW sound” its the sound of your preamps and converters. Thanks for telling it like it is

[@danobrien3695]

@9:25 Thanks, Glenn...You're the reason I decided to buy my Reaper license. Best DAW I've ever had...and under $100 😃

[@patrickfouhy9102]

Yeah, totally agree. This is all good stuff. I will say, I stared using DAWs around 1999 or 2000. The first one I got pretty decent with was Sonar and to this day I still think it was the most intuitive DAW I ever used. But when I got to college, they had Pro Tools, so I became really good at Pro Tools. For many known reasons I got sick of Pro Tools and finally listened to you and gave Reaper a try around 2020. It took a few years to completely switch over, because I couldn't be fucking around learning a DAW on a client's dime haha. But now I'm 100% in Reaper, and have been for the last 2 years I'd say. When I first switched I put the Pro Tools skin on it so it had some familiarity, but like 6 months ago I just started using the stock layout, and a long time client of mine noticed and went "hey when did you switch from Pro Tools." To that I responded, "almost 2 years ago." haha.

[@plummetplum]

I have a 1st gen Focusrite 18i20 I've been thinking about upgrading to help me get nearer to the sound i want. After your first point im now reconsidering and will just spend more time mixing and working on my sound.

[@jazzpark9132]

Best piece of advice I got given after asking (how do I get better at guitar) being young and nieve at 14. Asking an older guy at the local model shop "You don't, you either have it or you don't!" What if I practice this aspect religiously? "Nope you're born with talent, and practicing is pointless and lame" Luckily I realised people don't want you to succeed. Especially local rockers with big ego's. Not recording related, but still gate keeping and massive douche bag vibes. Regardless it put me off for a couple of years, like I'd never achieve certain goals on guitar. I was in a cover band for 10 years playing lead guitar. And record my own stuff, with advice and lessons learned from this channel. Lots of love from the UK Michael

[@agirotto1]

"no more than 2db" - that's one that we're always hearing, regarding EQ, compression, limiting, etc.

[@SSquirrel1976]

Gearspace's NIN Synths thread is the best thing on the entire site and that is largely bc of Charlie Clouser being so completely transparent and sharing his time and information. Never spent time in the recording forum on there, mostly the Synth forum and it's ok, but yeah none of this surprises me heh

[@mydthofwim]

That eq police bit totally cracked me up😂😂

[@baronclime6423]

Glenn, love the content and you are hilariously informative. A TV show you might enjoy is Hysteria: The Satanic Panic. Bruce Campbell, is in it. Fun show.

[@StamatisKekes]

Well back in the 00's I bought bulk cable and connectors and built my own cables as it was way cheaper than buying them ready for use , of course I heard many many "advices" that the more expensive the cable is the better the sound is ... yes I know cheap connectors used to crack and damage but after all all cables have copper as conduct material after all ... ahh and I must also use $200 costing power cables for better grounding ... to avoid the hiss and the hum .. Finally borrowed cables from a friend ... those that cost a small fortune to get them, and recorded the same source ( playback song so that I will have no mic and room variables change ) and compared them in my daw with phase flip ... guess what ... no sound at all ... the rest is history :D But yes at that time converters were varying from soundcard to soundcard but since 2008 things gone well so no need to worry about those converters anymore .. and yeah expensive converters for what ? Electric guitar on steroids that in the mix you will keep some pieces and throw comp, eq and who knows what ?

[@gothjim325]

The magic I found out way early was stumbling on a Boss parametric EQ, which will let you focus like a laser. Right now I'm using UVI Shade which can handle every EQ problem and get really creative.