Sounds nasty. I remember how hyped I was when this came out after such a long wait from Dormant Heart. The ending of the song is one of your greatest moments.
You are amazing, Josh! A lot of new albums are coming with this retro vibes, thats awesome! Thank you for sharing that! I saw on your meters you are going like 7 LUFS on your master. I would like to know: for you what is a respectful level for loudness nowadays?
I prefer to mix a few guitar tracks with full studio eq, comp, etc....and then having a raw track unmolested blended into the main tracks with the volumes down 6-10 db. Sound sick. I think over production kills so many songs and even major released songs
You can do this more easily with a plugin loader like the Bluecat one, so you can load all the plugins you want there and then blend the master mix to have the same result but with less tracks and no phase problems.
You always put the high pass filter to like 64 hz as in this video? It's very gentle slope as well. Surprising as in most tutorials they put it around 100 hz. I myself put it to around 80 and I always thought it might be too low😊
Yeah. I just remember Andy Sneap talking about doing it to around 60. I tend to scoop out a bit around 170 and therefor leave in a bit more of the subbier low end. Whenever I AB against my favourite tones, there's usually loads more of that 60-80 in there. I remember hearing Colin Richardson absolutely cranked 80hz on guitars on a record like +10db or something. Definitely depends on the tuning the band is in or the type of mix you're going for
Can we get an isolated guitar track ? I rlly like listening to them [Edit] : i kept watching, and i saw you talking about providing stemp files for patreon members, if i had a way to sighn up i would have (no paypal where i live)
@@Durkhead This has been remixed. And I should mention, this is not my approach to the mix on the record. There was definitely EQ on the guitars on the album. Figured I'd do a new mix and try it without EQing the guitars
@@JoshMiddletonOfficialfor some reason I thought you’d be 12’s. I think it’s your old vid that you told me thicker was better hah. I may give that gauge a shot myself.
Do you know of any good drum software? I'm currently using Addictive Drums and it's a struggle to figure out how to do anything other than generic prerecorded beat without fills.
Some good free ones are Krim Drums and ML Drums, but some really good ones are Soundblind Drums Counterkit, GetGoodDrums, Superior Drummer, Easy Drummer 3, RobotDog Drums, Extinction Level Drums....the trick is if you dont know how to program drums to good is to look for midi drum packs...you can find alot of free ones out there but there usually 20 bucks a pack...i use Drum Now...they charge 10bucks a month but they have sooo many drum packs from kick ass drummers and they update new ones monthly...i hope this helps Jon
Sounds better than my EQ’d guitars 😂. Not sure what I’m doing wrong by guitars sound great thru STL Tonehub alone, but as soon as I record them in reaper they sound completely different and…well terrible😂
@@MeTuLHeD yea I’ve been searching for answers for a long time now beyond frustrated. I’m new to the whole recording thing too. I’m sure it’s something dumb I’m doing but I just can’t fix it 😂
I think it's more so to demonstrate how good the tone is on it's own without any processing. Ideally, a little bit of EQ is helpful to polish things up and help it sit better in the mix, but it shouldn't be used to "fix" the tone. Get your tone sounding as good as possible without any EQ, then it won't need as much post processing, and EQ will just be the "icing on the cake".
There's an argument that the more you process something, the more the tone degrades. The closer you can get something to how you want it in the mix at the source, the better it will sound usually. Generally speaking though with guitars, I'd always prefer a tone to be slightly too dark than too bright. Having the ability to boost high end sounds better to me than trying to remove a lot of cab fizz
idk what is more insane, the riffs in general or no eq. absolute mad lad
Sounds nasty. I remember how hyped I was when this came out after such a long wait from Dormant Heart. The ending of the song is one of your greatest moments.
I still love that album
I remember how this song came out and I was nerding out everything about the this albums tone :D
great video thx!....would be great to see how you dial in the Sepultura Arise guitar tone with your STL plug-in.
This is do dope , cant wait to see you guys in Belfast in april 🎉
Best riffing I've heard since Nevermore.
Love this song and this album!
You are amazing, Josh! A lot of new albums are coming with this retro vibes, thats awesome! Thank you for sharing that! I saw on your meters you are going like 7 LUFS on your master. I would like to know: for you what is a respectful level for loudness nowadays?
I prefer to mix a few guitar tracks with full studio eq, comp, etc....and then having a raw track unmolested blended into the main tracks with the volumes down 6-10 db. Sound sick. I think over production kills so many songs and even major released songs
How do you prevent phase shift while doing this?
You can do this more easily with a plugin loader like the Bluecat one, so you can load all the plugins you want there and then blend the master mix to have the same result but with less tracks and no phase problems.
@@aheadofmetalits multiple guitar takes he'd be doing instead of copy paste
Hey Josh, love the direction your channel is going. What Keper Profile Pack has your Go-To Rhythm 5150 Head in it? Thanks
One of, if not the best metal guitarists playing today 🦍🦍
This is so helpful Josh! Thank you so much!
I like turning the mic placement on the cab to a 45 degree angle that is perpendicular to the cone, it seems to catch a nice fat dose of air
When are we getting a taste of some bonus tracks
You always put the high pass filter to like 64 hz as in this video? It's very gentle slope as well. Surprising as in most tutorials they put it around 100 hz. I myself put it to around 80 and I always thought it might be too low😊
Yeah. I just remember Andy Sneap talking about doing it to around 60. I tend to scoop out a bit around 170 and therefor leave in a bit more of the subbier low end. Whenever I AB against my favourite tones, there's usually loads more of that 60-80 in there. I remember hearing Colin Richardson absolutely cranked 80hz on guitars on a record like +10db or something. Definitely depends on the tuning the band is in or the type of mix you're going for
so clean with the picking
I would love to see something like this but with Immovable Stone. The guitar tone on that single is amazing
Can we get an isolated guitar track ? I rlly like listening to them
[Edit] : i kept watching, and i saw you talking about providing stemp files for patreon members, if i had a way to sighn up i would have (no paypal where i live)
I think youv successfully recreated the "in the room tone"
I know this is Random but what do think about the guitar tone on the new kittie song?
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Nice tone.
Sounds heavier than on the record, maybe because it seems louder because it's just the guitars without vocals and volume automation?
I like how his playthroughs sound better than the regular song
@@Durkhead This has been remixed. And I should mention, this is not my approach to the mix on the record. There was definitely EQ on the guitars on the album. Figured I'd do a new mix and try it without EQing the guitars
@JoshMiddletonOfficial I understand, it just just sounds really good 👍.
Sounds heavy as hell to me. I just started following your channel recently. You're an incredible guitar player.
Would you go about eqing guitars tracked in A or lower the same? Does it make it more difficult being tuned lower?
Sounds great. Well done. Which guitar is this?
LTD JM-II... His signature guitar
After listening to that, I vote for no EQ on all your guitars from now on haha.
Are you rocking 12-54 for D standard? I did get this song down after a while took me ages! Taught me a lot thanks buddy.
10-52 for D standard and C# standard in the studio. I use 11-56 in C# standard live
@@JoshMiddletonOfficialfor some reason I thought you’d be 12’s. I think it’s your old vid that you told me thicker was better hah.
I may give that gauge a shot myself.
Sounds so excellent. I find when i blend amp plugins i get phase issues, does this happen to you?
Are you using the same guitar performance? If you quad track guitars that shouldn’t really happen
@@JoshMiddletonOfficial yes same double duplicated.
Thats not quad tracking. Quad tracking would be recording 4 different rhythm guitar tracks. Nothing duplicated
@@JoshMiddletonOfficial yes understood will try that. Want to try your IRs, any particular one is a good starting point?
Do you know of any good drum software? I'm currently using Addictive Drums and it's a struggle to figure out how to do anything other than generic prerecorded beat without fills.
Some good free ones are Krim Drums and ML Drums, but some really good ones are Soundblind Drums Counterkit, GetGoodDrums, Superior Drummer, Easy Drummer 3, RobotDog Drums, Extinction Level Drums....the trick is if you dont know how to program drums to good is to look for midi drum packs...you can find alot of free ones out there but there usually 20 bucks a pack...i use Drum Now...they charge 10bucks a month but they have sooo many drum packs from kick ass drummers and they update new ones monthly...i hope this helps
Jon
Just wait! I will have something coming out in the near future that will be a game changer
@@JoshMiddletonOfficial Will do. Thanks!
Sounds better than my EQ’d guitars 😂. Not sure what I’m doing wrong by guitars sound great thru STL Tonehub alone, but as soon as I record them in reaper they sound completely different and…well terrible😂
His rhythm and technique is perfect almost doesn't matter what tone his using its gona sound good
Sounds like maybe a gain structure issue. My tracks recorded in Reaper sound exactly like what I put in.
@@MeTuLHeD yea I’ve been searching for answers for a long time now beyond frustrated. I’m new to the whole recording thing too. I’m sure it’s something dumb I’m doing but I just can’t fix it 😂
@@Jt7166 have you tried editing your guitar tracks for timing?
@@Durkhead I’ve tried, I don’t think that’s the issue. Even when it’s just solo’d guitars it sounds like an overly distorted mess 😂
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Are you quad tracking or just using two amps on the same take?
quad tracking
I don't think there's a cleaner strumming hand in metal.
i think you need one more peavey amp ;)
Riffmaster
Is there any benefit to not using eq?
I think it's more so to demonstrate how good the tone is on it's own without any processing. Ideally, a little bit of EQ is helpful to polish things up and help it sit better in the mix, but it shouldn't be used to "fix" the tone. Get your tone sounding as good as possible without any EQ, then it won't need as much post processing, and EQ will just be the "icing on the cake".
There's an argument that the more you process something, the more the tone degrades. The closer you can get something to how you want it in the mix at the source, the better it will sound usually. Generally speaking though with guitars, I'd always prefer a tone to be slightly too dark than too bright. Having the ability to boost high end sounds better to me than trying to remove a lot of cab fizz
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