Behind the Mix: Andy Sneap
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ย. 2022
- Andy Sneap is arguably the #1 metal producer on the planet. Here's an exclusive interview with the man and a look at his studio in England! Get my FREE 2022v30 impulse here: spectredigital.com/smg-2022-v...
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Sneap forever! Absolutely humbled to be mentioned here.
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I remember when recabinet was a game changer, i hated my pod hd cab so much 🤣 i wished it sounded like recabinet
Absolute fucking legend and one of the nicest guys you can meet.
Always helps out whenever I’ve got some dumb question.
Humbled to be mentioned here.
Cheers
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Imagine not only helping to produce some of the greatest albums of our time AND touring with judas priest...
To then have a kid on your forum tell you you're wrong xD
What a fun interview. You look like a kid in a candy store. I got to meet Andy at a conference in Calgary (of all places) over a decade ago--super sweet guy, very generous with his time and genuinely wanted to have a blast and interact with the people who came out to see him speak. You can see why he brings the best out of the bands he works with.
His testament the gathering mix is LEGENDARY!!!
Cool! Andy is great. His multiband comp trick for guitars is epic. Watching now!
Its become a standard in modern metal mixing.
Never clicked on a video so fast mate 🤘🏻
I love Andy’s work❗️
13:30 I’ve got my 545! Pro tip- get one of the transformerless ones because they’re cheaper, and put the Crimson Audio Orange mod on it. Instant great tone! I’ve got a huge sm57 video in the works
I always appreciate, enjoy, and learn something with these interviews. Thanks, Glenn and Andy!
Been waiting for this video for a while! good stuff Glenn/Andy!
Oh the old Sneap Forum days! That was the glory days. Great to see Andy here since we all obsessed over him and Colins mixes. Is Colin up next? Cheers!
Those were fun times :)
I love his production on guitars. Great interview. Rising!
This is absolutely awesome hearing Andy's stories on where it all started for his career. He is definitely a true legend in the music industry for the albums his name will always be known for as a iconic recording engineer!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Awesome interview, to say he’s prolific is an understatement 🤘🏽
Damn, this channel is awesome. Love the behind the mix interviews.
Andy Sneap, Terry Date, Fleming Rasmussen and Andy Wallace are my favorite hard rock/metal producers of all time. They have all been a part of some real amazing masterpieces for metal albums.
Man, this truly is coming full circle, isn't it? Cool interview!
Thanks for the interview great job!
Just a genuinely decent and honest guy when it comes to his advice, no snobbery or "I know best" too many people online selling you "you are doing it wrong" can totally relate to his comments regarding the internet, facebook ect...one word legendary!!
Glad the forum got a mention! :D Great watch and info in the video \m/
Great interview!!
Absolute Legend, Sabbat is essential listening. Hell's Human Remains also. The albums he's produced are another story, what can be said that hasn't been said already.
SABBAT is killer
I loved Sabbat. Dreamweaver is a modern classic.
great interview, thanks!
Great interview with the mighty Sneap!
Great interview!!! THANX!!!!!
Great interview !! Love the work he did with Nevermore and Testament !
Remember asking questions to Andy through Johan when they recorded there. 😂 There is more than one time his mixes went through the monitors at Jens place back in the days. I remember i got some Rob settings from Roy when he was in my studio. To me that is pure magic. All these humble guys sharing info. Great interview!
I saw him play for Judas Priest two times, not just a great producer, a great guitarist as well!
This is awesome! nice job Glenn!
I love the way albums by Andy sound, especially the guitar tone. My favorite one is Dead Heart in a Dead World by Nevermore. I was absolutely blown away by the tone on that one!
Liked before I watched it. Glenn is top notch and I know this will be great.
Finally you got to interview him. Fucking awesome!!!
absolute badass. Andy is a fucking legend and without a doubt one of the best people for creating modern metal
THANK YOU GLENN!!! Andy Sneap! WOW! 🤘💪
Sneap deserves all his success - nice guy, always very friendly/down to earth. Up the Notts metal massive.
That forum literally changed my life. Thank you Andy. Truly
He’s got a great attitude toward recording, and this was a great watch!
Awesome interview with Andy Snap Glen👍🤘
Andy looks so much different on here from on stage with PRIEST. Saw them on the FIREPOWER tour in Atlanta Ga. Andy FREAKING KILLED IT!!! I cant imagine going from sitting behind a mixing board to tour with the METAL MACHINE PRIEST. Oh and with DEEP PURPLE as a co- headlining act.
Thank you Mr. Andy Sneap. Oh and you too Glen for doing this video¡¡¡¡
Awesome interview!
Incredible episode
Great episode!
Andy's the man!! 🤘 Nice t-shirt too😉
Love seeing that Audioscape gear in the background!
As a 33 year old Im happy to grown up with recording demos on 4-track tape recorders and even 8-tracks.
However digital computer recording is just complete heaven on earth for every home recorder.
It has teached me to value great takes without "ctrl-z" and not rely on "fix it in the mix" mindset at all times.
Theres a lot of good have in the endless possiblities of digital realm as well. The challenge is to not fall into the quantize/autotune rabbithole.
We’re about the same age, and I totally agree. And while I’m not one to quantize everything to death, I do find it great that you can fix an otherwise perfect take, if you mistime a note, or how easy it is to punch it in and preserve the feel.
We really are in an amazing time to be a home recording enthusiast/amateur. I still remember being amazing by Pro Tools back in the early 2000s, and how cool BFD from FXpansion was for digital drums. The current offerings from Toontrack and GGD blow it out of the water, but it was phenomenal for the time period.
I must say that im a bit surpriced that someone of your generation used 4 track tape recorders, i did do that myself back in the 80´s when there was nothing else that was remotely affordable but im 50 and i also started recording with a DAW in 1996. Recording to analog can certainly be a good experience especially as a musician since you cant edit the crap out of it like you can with a DAW, you actually must be able to play it the way its supposed to be mainly perhaps with a few punch ins, i recorded a few times in a professional 24 track tape studio in the 90´s myself.
I do agree that digital recording and DAWs is heaven, in the 80´s i dreamed of owning a real studio and with the technology (and cost) of the day it would probably never have happened, fast forward to these days and i have what i want, nothing fancy really by todays standards but i can record 16 channels at once in my DAW and make an album that sounds professional, its really fantastic and it was just sci fi back when i started out.
I completely agree. Being able to adjust tones after you have recorded them and not having to retrack everything is a whole new aspect on recording that is amazing. I switched over to digital recording about 5 years ago and its absolutely wonderful the stuff I can alter after the fact.
A very very valuable conversation!
Aside the great interview, I love the Broll Bearmantle's figurine in the middle of the shot. x'D
My friend recently did some recording at his studio and I managed to buy one of Andy’s japanese Flying V copies through him and I am obsessed with it. I just wish I could have gone to his studio myself 😅
This might be my favorite TH-cam video this year.
What a great video, so much honesty from a legend. I agree with 100% of everything he said, my man spoke the truth.
Forever appreciate what he did with Nevermore. Changed my expectations for metal.
Great info from Andy Sneap!
Absolute class act here, and I'm not even talking about his audio skills.
Andy makes a killer record! Pretty great on stage too!
Thx Glen for this video. Hi is my favorite!
Yeah I think I did, as best I can recall.... not proud of it, LOL but it was the only cab I had at the time, and not even sure how i ended up with it. Andy made it sound good on the album, so all's well that ends well. Before tour I got some more 4x12 cabs. Beyond that i don't remember much, as that tumor that nearly took me out back then was already growing and effecting my memory and decision making. Great to see this, Glenn, you're doing great things with your channel! Andy IS the man, and a great guy as well.
Nice! Finally
Andy Sneap's work with Accept has been amazing.
What an absolute legend!!!
that was great!
Surely an inspiration 🤘⚡
I have a 1988 Marshall 1960A 4x12 with the original white label T75's. They sound incredibly different to modern T75's and are fantastic for 80s hair metal in standard tuning. I normally play in Drop C and can just get a decent sound out of the modern T75's, but have to push the mids in the 5150 (compared to a V30), but I can't use the 1988 version with Drop C.
I have made an IR of the '88 if anyone one wants it.
I want it
'You won't find me anywhere' what a legend : )
Total respect. Andy rules.
What a great interview with super nice guy and just a great talent. Andy was nice enough to reply to me when we ( Hydra Vein ) were trying to trace the history of Mike Keen before he died. Mike supposedly auditioned for Sabbat.
Like I said, Andy is such a nice guy.
Big ups to Gower Amplification, he made some custom modded JMP's for Josh Middleton of Sylosis and they sounded awesome. Certainly helps that Josh is a crazy good guitar player.
Love this guy's mixing, most recently did an excellent job on Dream Theater's newest album. Great video!
That´s right! The latest DT record made my shitty car speakers sound like they were 20 x more expensive! I hope they continue working with Andy.
@@kristianm.6946 I have been listening to A View From The Top Of The World so much since its release and I'm still not sick of it. I agree, hopefully they work with Andy again in the future.
Legend! Miss ya Glenn!
Hey Joel!!
This Godless Endeavour by Nevermore ( and Mr Sneap) was my awakening to the power of good production. Still love that album.
Good get. Always great to sit down with someone far better than you.
LEGEND
Awesome 😎
It’s late here in Greece so I’ll watch it tomorrow morning but I insta-liked the video anyway
Seen him play live with Sabbat and Hell.Used to see him on nights out too at Rock City and in The Rig.Never had the nerve to speak to him but he seems down to earth.Miss the good old days.
Best interview yet! I think you should put these recent European videos together in a playlist called "Fricker does Europe". THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNKKKKK YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNN! 💚
I was obsessed with Sabbat. (Well, still am probably!) And have a lot of respect for Andy. Even met him once in Nottingham at a Sabbat reunion thing a while ago. Only really said hello, how are you kinda thing but I was in fan boy mode I guess! Got a photo somewhere.
Very cool.
This is gold
Wacko waiting to happen lol... Awesome interview, very educational too
This is very wholesome.
oh hi Ermz! Nice work on taming the TOP G Chiron Pur Sport, and also DJENT IS NOT A GENRE.
Awesome interview. And Glenn was well prepared and shampood and conditioned his hair for this 🤣
YES! SNEAP!
Didn't realize he also did Dead Heart in a Dead World! That album is amazing
Sneap forum lurker reporting in. Golden days indeed. 🤘
Great interview Glenn. Lol , I always thought you were saying Sneed not Sneep.
nice glenn. good job man
"God " spoken 😄😄👍👌🤟 . One of the best without any doubt in our time .
You need to bring Andy Wallace in here, it would be awesome
the legend himself, mr sneap.
These kinds of videos are always enjoyable to watch. Would be really cool if you could get someone like Arthur Rizk on, he's been producing a lot of up and coming bands and ofc he plays with the awesome Eternal Champion.
Andys re- mix of nevermores . Enemies of reality is magic!!
Talk about polishing a turd.. but he did it!
Friggin brilliant sound!
Whaaaaaaaaat?!?! Dude sick!!!
Great interview you lucky SOAB
Kickass you got to hang out and talk shop with an idol of yours!
My mum used to cut his hair back in the Sabbat days, he had ridiculously long hair down to his waist and mum loved it 😂
Andy 🤘
Colin was always super nice and approachable on the forum.
Well I never, he’s from 10 minutes up the road from me. Learn something every day on this channel!
Totally a class act guy
Up to 4:40, our story is surprisingly similar... but I suppose that is true of everyone in our age range. I was the tech guy in the band, 4 track cassette, reel to reel, then jumped up to adat xt, band broke up, built a recording studio, could just produce by my self, didn't need to get 4 people together four times a week to write and practice songs... just all ME! Only difference between Andy and me is Andy is talented and succeeded in just about everything, while I've managed to work myself into failure at just about everything I've done.
Thing is, after all these years of producing solo (electronic music, not guitar music), I really miss working with other people, I miss a situation where I'll focus just on the bass, work as much value into the bass section as I can, and someone else can invest everything into the guitar, another to bring all their expertise to drums, etc... rather than having it all come from me! I'm flogged, and I know fnck all about drum patterns, after decades of writing them!
I do electronic music. I have a studio in a spare bedroom. I love doing it all myself. There is a certain pride and joy in sharing music where every part was done by me. It's also nice to not have to pay anyone to record, mix, and master for me. It's great to be messing about and going "that's pretty cool; I should record that" and being able to fire up Reaper and record right then and there. My recordings these days tend to be live jams mixed on a 24 channel console and recorded and mastered in Reaper.