Awesome! My brother and I know Tchad through a family member and we were fortunate to have lunch with him when he was touring with the Latin Playboys and came through Colorado. A few years later, he was nice enough to invite us to visit him at Sunset Studios in Hollywood. He gave us a tour and played some tracks for us that he was working on from the Pearl Jam album, "Binaural". My brother caught with him at NAMM earlier this year. Great guy with a really unique sound.
It would be cool if you could feed the audio (from Pro sTools) directly to the video instead of going through the mic. Nice videos though. Thanks for taking the time.
Fave engineer of all time. I love that in contrast with other's you've covered Rick, who find a holy grail and milk it forever… while Tchad has some trademarks (sansamp etc) he's constantly experimenting, there's so much variety. I enjoy most his work with female artists - Susan Vega and especially Sam Philips, but also from here in New Zealand Neil Finn / Crowded House. Fun fact: I believe had the same doctor as Mr Blake while in he was NZ. Just that one degree of separation… Thanks Rick for managing to explain what Tchad does better than he does himself - no easy feat!
I worked quite bit with your fellow Kiwi Steve Kearney, who was friends with Tchad I believe. Had some nice studio stories. Love Tchad's work with all your above, and some interesting Japanese artists as well. One degree.
The drums sound so clear,live and up front. Without dominating over the vocals and the rest of the instruments. Thats the hard part it seems like to get them all mixed right sounding proper and clear enough without dominating other parts unduely.
Using distortion on instruments other than guitar used to happen naturally with old gear, now do it however you can....pedals, plugins, comps...distortion is life
One of my favourite producers / mixers is Peter Katis. He doesn't necessarily produce metal or alt metal bands, it's usually indie-esk bands such as The National, The Twilight Sad, Interpol, Frightened Rabbit. I would love / hope to hear you dissect his wonderful production & mixing skills someday. Peace bro.
I'm not sure if you are still into this stuff on your channel, but I'd love to hear you do a breakdown of Jon Brion. His drum sounds are absolutely incredible, much like Tchad Blake, but with this lucidity to them that I don't really hear anywhere else.
At first, I didn't like his mix of the album, "No Wow" by The Kills. It didn't feel lo-fi enough compared to the original release. But, after a few times of spinning the record, it grew on me.
Sorry for posting random comments on random videos but I keep seeing this subject so I did the searching and the 311 Producer that's so good is none other than Ron Saint Germain, who also mixed Undertow, worked w Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Youth, etc etc etc. Would love to see a video on his work!
Once again..Well Done. Great analysis and insight! Chris Lord Alge, Michael Brauer? Andrew Schepps?... maybe? Keep on droppin those Jewels on us! Yuda Man!
Fantastic videos Rick! That's great! It would be great if you could put the links of audio examples in description, it's bit hard to focus on elements in the mix with the audio quality of the camera. Thanks again Rick !
Great video Rick! Thanks for showing us the cool technique with flipping the phase on distorted mult tracks and tuning with HP/LP. I'm going to be trying that out for sure! :-)
Rick have you done Part 2 to this? If so can you add a link? THANKS! I also had an idea today to try this with guitar LIVE, not recording. Haven't tried it yet, but gonna split my guitar signal in two before the amp input, add a OD box and eq, and blend to taste. I have a scope so I can find a pedal that will flip the phase if need be... or build an inverting op-amp buffer box.
Awesome and thanks for posting. Question...when you're flipping the phase for that great hollow sound...what track or bus are you flipping? Can describe in detail how this is happening? I ask because if you're just flipping phase on one source I wouldnt think you'd hear it. Is it a aux send or a series bus? thanks!
Put a SansAmp on a mono aux with an EQ after it. The Distortion will change the phase and flipping the phase on the EQ will change it again but not perfectly. If you high pass it, you will find places that will add a ton off bottom end. Play with it until it sounds great.
rick, these videos are super insightful! thanks a lot! but the audio quality isnt really up there. it's hard to tell the subtle differences especially in the low end. cheers
playboy1103 I can add the computer audio in but can't play the Tchad tracks because they will take it down. I think I need to have a separate rig to my right to track the output of the computer and my voice at the same time. The thing is the concepts. If you only got one thing of this video it would be easing hey sans amp on an ox track with an EQ following it. Flip the phase in the EQ and play with the high and low pass filter's. Also move the level of the send up-and-down and see how it changes the bottom end of the kick. Then do that with the Snare. This is a conceptual or technical video because you're going to be using different tracks than I am. I wanted to share the plug-ins that are used in the order of them along with how you would set them up in a session.
Hi Rick, don't you think he might be addind distortion to the hi hat as well? And it seems he has something compressing the whole kit with an attack and release setting in the groove of the song. Are you sure all he uses is the ML4000? Thanks for the vid.
Listening to those Los Lobos drum sounds I was trying to figure out why they sounded familiar. And then I saw this comment and realized he produced the Soul Coughing records.
tchad the mangler, I like that he warps the instruments into the mix, really opposite to a lot of producers. Distortion instead of reverb and compression, just do it - you will make a lot of money between 1995 -2015 ...and maybe beyond
I wouldn't say the musician sounds great but it's definitely loud as hell. A lot of metal slamming on metal if that's your thing. Actually it sounds like one of those street player groups that bang on garbage cans and slam things around as percussion. Surprised they got a record contract but I guess they did.
Way too much boxy mids for my taste. Love the drums on the black keys stuff though. Don't think that sound is Tchad's. Don't like the distortion he uses on drums sometimes. Unnatural. Using the noise floor as 'air' = yuck. The air in a nice room mic recording though. Yes please.
I think the black keys sound bad even with Blake's help, so I couldn't imagine how bad they would sound without all his samples and stuff. I shudder to think.
You know this how? Tchad's a great guy and super talented, but nobody I know knows who he is unless they are over 40 and in the music business. The recording world is minuscule that's why most engineers and producers are broke and out of work. Are you bugged because I worked on a project with Tchad? Look it up bro the band was Needtobreathe. He mixed a record called The Reckoning. We didn't use all the mixes because of an A&R decision but we worked on it for a month together. Do you know Tchad personally?
How about you post of some videos of you in YOUR studio, speaking on real experiences you've had in the field with world class mixers/engineers over your long career? Oh wait, its because you cant because you haven't done anything. You wouldn't have the guts to even post one video of yourself in your studio trying to contribute anything of substance.
Awesome! My brother and I know Tchad through a family member and we were fortunate to have lunch with him when he was touring with the Latin Playboys and came through Colorado. A few years later, he was nice enough to invite us to visit him at Sunset Studios in Hollywood. He gave us a tour and played some tracks for us that he was working on from the Pearl Jam album, "Binaural". My brother caught with him at NAMM earlier this year. Great guy with a really unique sound.
It would be cool if you could feed the audio (from Pro sTools) directly to the video instead of going through the mic. Nice videos though. Thanks for taking the time.
Great video Rick! Really looking forward to Part 2 ;)
Where did Part 2 go??? Was specifically looking for the chorus effect on bass part😢
Really cool! Please, part 2 :)
Thanks Rick!
Snake Charmer is awesome !! Shades is another fantastic album Tchad did with Doyal years later.
Thank You very much. Fantastic Video! Again! Very informative and entertaining. I can´t wait for Part 2!!!
pls do a Dave Fridmann episode! that would be awesome
yeaaaah seconded
Do it
Fave engineer of all time. I love that in contrast with other's you've covered Rick, who find a holy grail and milk it forever… while Tchad has some trademarks (sansamp etc) he's constantly experimenting, there's so much variety. I enjoy most his work with female artists - Susan Vega and especially Sam Philips, but also from here in New Zealand Neil Finn / Crowded House. Fun fact: I believe had the same doctor as Mr Blake while in he was NZ. Just that one degree of separation… Thanks Rick for managing to explain what Tchad does better than he does himself - no easy feat!
I worked quite bit with your fellow Kiwi Steve Kearney, who was friends with Tchad I believe. Had some nice studio stories. Love Tchad's work with all your above, and some interesting Japanese artists as well. One degree.
The drums sound so clear,live and up front. Without dominating over the vocals and the rest of the instruments. Thats the hard part it seems like to get them all mixed right sounding proper and clear enough without dominating other parts unduely.
I am impatiently waiting for Part 2 :)
2 years later and still no pt 2 :(
He'll probably make it eventually
Colossal head gotta be one of the most underrated albums of the 90s. has a there’s a riot going on sly stone vibe
I totally agree!!!
When you play the parts, your listening face is hilarious. I like to rewatch without sound sometimes. It's awesome!
Using distortion on instruments other than guitar used to happen naturally with old gear, now do it however you can....pedals, plugins, comps...distortion is life
One of my favourite producers / mixers is Peter Katis. He doesn't necessarily produce metal or alt metal bands, it's usually indie-esk bands such as The National, The Twilight Sad, Interpol, Frightened Rabbit. I would love / hope to hear you dissect his wonderful production & mixing skills someday. Peace bro.
This is an amazing masterclass, I got so much inspiration after watching it and I can't wait to try some of this stuff in my mixes...thanks mr. Beato!
Great video, Rick ! Thanks for sharing!
I'm not sure if you are still into this stuff on your channel, but I'd love to hear you do a breakdown of Jon Brion. His drum sounds are absolutely incredible, much like Tchad Blake, but with this lucidity to them that I don't really hear anywhere else.
Amazing vídeo, saw that other one on Andy Wallace... having lots of fun on your channel and learning many things, thanks! :)
Love your channel, and particularly these analysis. Also a massive Tchad fan. Great stuff. Thanks heaps.
Thanx for that man! Tchad is my favorite mixer.
Hey Rick. Super educational. I loved it, thanks man
awesome videos rick, you are gonna be a legend
Thanks Rick you reminded me how much I love that colossus album!
Hey Geoff, could you do me a favor and write the albums full name? I can't seem to find it.
@@alejandronavarro6306 it's Colossal Head by Los Lobos... i'm probably too late
At first, I didn't like his mix of the album, "No Wow" by The Kills. It didn't feel lo-fi enough compared to the original release. But, after a few times of spinning the record, it grew on me.
Love your production videos!
Really an inspiring video, thanks for sharing!
THANK YOU. plz do more vids about mixing. I learned a lot from you..
Very cool! I don’t here much about Dave Hill Phoenix plug-in anymore but I always slap one on my mixbus as well.
I think Brothers might have been done on Radar. Great video, thank you :)
Did part 2 come out? I can't find it. Thanks Rick
keep on the good work Rick, Big fa here from Brazil, thanks a lot!
Sorry for posting random comments on random videos but I keep seeing this subject so I did the searching and the 311 Producer that's so good is none other than Ron Saint Germain, who also mixed Undertow, worked w Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Youth, etc etc etc. Would love to see a video on his work!
Love what your doing here!
Once again..Well Done. Great analysis and insight! Chris Lord Alge, Michael Brauer? Andrew Schepps?... maybe? Keep on droppin those Jewels on us! Yuda Man!
Just finished your amazing Brenden O'Brien interview, had to look up my other favorite
This video is AWESOME.
*You need to do one of these on John Leckie! I'm a big Stone Roses fan so yeah ;)*
Just great lessons right there
Fantastic videos Rick! That's great!
It would be great if you could put the links of audio examples in description, it's bit hard to focus on elements in the mix with the audio quality of the camera.
Thanks again Rick !
Great video Rick! Thanks for showing us the cool technique with flipping the phase on distorted mult tracks and tuning with HP/LP. I'm going to be trying that out for sure! :-)
Please do an episode on whoever mixed in rainbows by radiohead. Please please please.
Rick have you done Part 2 to this? If so can you add a link? THANKS! I also had an idea today to try this with guitar LIVE, not recording. Haven't tried it yet, but gonna split my guitar signal in two before the amp input, add a OD box and eq, and blend to taste. I have a scope so I can find a pedal that will flip the phase if need be... or build an inverting op-amp buffer box.
Wainting for part 2 too...
Part 2 please?
Could you do Brian Eno, or Daniel Lanious, please?
Awesome and thanks for posting. Question...when you're flipping the phase for that great hollow sound...what track or bus are you flipping? Can describe in detail how this is happening? I ask because if you're just flipping phase on one source I wouldnt think you'd hear it. Is it a aux send or a series bus? thanks!
Put a SansAmp on a mono aux with an EQ after it. The Distortion will change the phase and flipping the phase on the EQ will change it again but not perfectly. If you high pass it, you will find places that will add a ton off bottom end. Play with it until it sounds great.
Rick Beato thanks!!
Nice deconstruction! Your results sounded very close to what Mr. Blake did.
Which studio in Muscle Shoals Rick? There are 1/2 dozen including mine. Come over some time and I'll give you the grand tour through all of them.
rick, these videos are super insightful! thanks a lot! but the audio quality isnt really up there. it's hard to tell the subtle differences especially in the low end. cheers
playboy1103 I can add the computer audio in but can't play the Tchad tracks because they will take it down. I think I need to have a separate rig to my right to track the output of the computer and my voice at the same time. The thing is the concepts. If you only got one thing of this video it would be easing hey sans amp on an ox track with an EQ following it. Flip the phase in the EQ and play with the high and low pass filter's. Also move the level of the send up-and-down and see how it changes the bottom end of the kick. Then do that with the Snare. This is a conceptual or technical video because you're going to be using different tracks than I am. I wanted to share the plug-ins that are used in the order of them along with how you would set them up in a session.
Thank you Rick! Awesome look into Tchads process. What kind of settings do you use on the ML4? Any insight into how Tchad uses the ML? Thank you!
Hello Rick, great channel, I really enjoy your videos. Can you tell us what studio monitors are you using?
Thanks, Great job! is there part 2 available? greetings from Chile
DBII - Jellycream! YESSS!!!!!
Great Channel! did you thought about making series about mixing orchestral music?
Hi Rick, don't you think he might be addind distortion to the hi hat as well? And it seems he has something compressing the whole kit with an attack and release setting in the groove of the song. Are you sure all he uses is the ML4000? Thanks for the vid.
Soul Coughning, EL OSO.
Listening to those Los Lobos drum sounds I was trying to figure out why they sounded familiar. And then I saw this comment and realized he produced the Soul Coughing records.
In fact, all the tracks Rick plays at 4:40 could be out of a Soul Coughing song. Just need to swap out the vocals.
what monitors are these
Yes Dave Fridmann next pleeease!
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Does anyone have any recommended videos explaining "in and out" of phase? Reading material is welcome too.
I have a video called tracking a band to tape. It’s into parts and it talks about phase quite a bit
Rick Beato wow! The man himself. Thanks Rick. Love your videos.
.. whats a drum sub?? in all my years of mixing iv never heard that term .. bus? im confused :/
the sub frequency of the bass drum is what he's referring to most likely.
thank you
Nigel Godrich!!!
sansamp, metaflnger, momondo :-) resampling with drumagog
Please,Please ,Please Andrew Scheps Mixing Techniques
Maaaaan. Rick..You are awesome. Cool as fuck the sh** you and how you pass it on and share it. Alot of great knowledge of value in your vids. 👍👊✌
tchad the mangler, I like that he warps the instruments into the mix, really opposite to a lot of producers. Distortion instead of reverb and compression, just do it - you will make a lot of money between 1995 -2015 ...and maybe beyond
Where is pt2?
I wouldn't say the musician sounds great but it's definitely loud as hell. A lot of metal slamming on metal if that's your thing. Actually it sounds like one of those street player groups that bang on garbage cans and slam things around as percussion. Surprised they got a record contract but I guess they did.
Your mix sounds better
No Part 2, Rick?
Those drums sound awful- sorry rick. I don’t get it.
I wouldn't say the musician sounds great but it's definitely loud as hell. A lot of metal slamming on metal if that's your thing.
Way too much boxy mids for my taste. Love the drums on the black keys stuff though. Don't think that sound is Tchad's. Don't like the distortion he uses on drums sometimes. Unnatural. Using the noise floor as 'air' = yuck. The air in a nice room mic recording though. Yes please.
God is speaking
I think the black keys sound bad even with Blake's help, so I couldn't imagine how bad they would sound without all his samples and stuff. I shudder to think.
"I think he told me this..." History will remember Tchad Blake but not Rick Beato...
You know this how? Tchad's a great guy and super talented, but nobody I know knows who he is unless they are over 40 and in the music business. The recording world is minuscule that's why most engineers and producers are broke and out of work. Are you bugged because I worked on a project with Tchad? Look it up bro the band was Needtobreathe. He mixed a record called The Reckoning. We didn't use all the mixes because of an A&R decision but we worked on it for a month together. Do you know Tchad personally?
Hella disrespect..
You little rat.
History wont remember 99% of us, but who the fuck are you? loser.
How about you post of some videos of you in YOUR studio, speaking on real experiences you've had in the field with world class mixers/engineers over your long career? Oh wait, its because you cant because you haven't done anything. You wouldn't have the guts to even post one video of yourself in your studio trying to contribute anything of substance.