4 Useful Recording Techniques You've Never Heard of
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Here are some recording techniques that no ones told u before because I'm sick of production influencer bros telling u about obvious stuff like how to EQ a vocal. THAT'S. NOT. A. TRICK. THAT'S. JUST. MIXING.
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All right then, keep your secrets
Dammit Ricky 😂
Can you do a video on thee sacred souls please 🥺
You had one job, Ricky
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This channel really made me more confident in making good music with the available equipment i have, and i find myself rewatching several videos from this channel regularly
That makes me SO happy to hear, I couldn't have hoped for a better outcome :)
Same!
Tell me about it. I produced my first album this year and took quite a bit of inspiration from the creative license he’s promoting.
That's the magic! A real mix-god can work with anything to make something good! (Or at least decent)
Hey, man. I've been here for about a year now, and I just wanted to say it's insane how much influence you've have on me in such a short amount of time. I think you're definitely one of if not the most important/helpful creators in the space in regards to this stuff right now. Keep up the great work! I appreciate you!
Dude this is so kinda and incredibly motivating, thank you so much!! So grateful you chose to stick around over the last year :)
@@AudioHaze I'm glad! You rock my guy!!!
I have done a deep dive on this channel lately and I can’t express how much I enjoy the content. As someone who is an outsider to production, your videos offer such an insightful and digestible approach to making music. Also I’m sure this has already been requested but I’d love to see a Bon Iver production video. Keep up the good work!
Ricky - can you think of any graphics/animations
you want to add for this section?
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These videos have been so useful for home recording, thank you so much AudioHaze!
Yayyyy thanks so much, great to hear that!!
Number 4 reminded me of Brauer technique of mixing. You create return tracks and group all the instrument tracks by their transient information. Usually transients are very important for bass and drums, somewhat important for guitars, and not really important for atmospheric pads, etc. Every return track has a similar chain of compressors, if i remember correctly.
Great video per usual! ♥
Great idea as an iteration to the mix bus! I may actually try this technique on a mix I'm working on right now :)
Also seen a parallel for the entire mix used to hit a chorus harder before the 2 bus
jesus christ how does this guy not have at the very least a million subscribers yet
ahhh thanks dude, maybe one day :)
Man I love your channel, I’ve learned so much! Keep it up ❤
I’m really glad I found your channel. What you’re presenting is a great match for where I am in my experience level and I love the way the information is presented. I particularly enjoy the videos where you emulate the setups of different groups. Thanks for doing what you do, and keep it up!
Thanks so much! Glad I could be of help in come way :)
Some fantastic tips on creating different sounds you can play around with. Really pleased to see your channel continue to grow as the videos have been excellent.
Thanks so much Mark!!
Cool ideas! Thanks for the heads up on Analog Obsession. Will check those out today.
most people on yt show how it has been done by many others. you actually inspire to try new paths. this is so great dude
I use the hell out of parallel compression, but that rear bus idea is next level. It's going to come in handy on an upcoming mix.
A similar tip for the mastering phase is to duplicate the mixed song and use a transient shaper/compression to "get rid" of all the peaks, leaving only sustained sounds in the duplicate. Mix the "sustain" track up behind the original peaky mixdown. Maybe do gentle eq boosts in the "energy" bands the mix needs. Perceived loudness, detail, "glue" are all affected before you even start the mastering moves that take you to your lufs target.
That rear bus trick is a great idea! I've been using parallel compression forever but I never thought about only sending some of the tracks to a parallel compression channel! Thanks for sharing this technique !!!
that rear bus trick is something I love doing, usually with a lil bit of sidechain from the drums depending on the track. your vids are amazing
Those neutral milk hotel inspired guitars sound lush! Great video mate, thanks for the shout out :)
Ofc my friend :)
Finally someone who uses Ableton to track and mix! Just subbed.
the backing vocal trick is so awesome
My next album is going to be so much of an improvement from my last one because of what I’ve learned from this channel that I’m gonna have to split royalties with you.
HAHAHA dude that is insanely kind thank you, I will only accept royalties in the form of food and drink lol
Your content makes the impossible seem within reach, I mean it. I don't think there is a better channel about music production out there, you are an inspiration, truly.
wowwww that is SO NICE im gonna tear up!! Thank you thank you so much
Man, it feels like music production is the closest thing we have to alchemy in modern times.
When I see how producers take the same inputs and make *totally different* things out of it, it's both another level of creativity and just, kind of like you said, it's like Pandora's box. Anything and everything could happen it feels like.
I'm yet to take the plunge, haven't bought any gear yet but I'm tempted to try to study this properly and learn it. This kind of information in your recent videos is really giving me a lot more of those tools of the trade to thin about and understand what I might be getting into, so thanks for that!
And the more I learn about how the back end of things works, the more I come to appreciate the performers. It just seems like the number of things you can do starting from a good raw take is almost infinite, whereas a less ideal take and input kind of limits what you can do.
Anyway, rambling a bit, but I really appreciate your stuff about producing.
Wow, as a teen I was always experimenting with my acoustic guitar to get different sounds. As far as back in the 1970s I was placing items under or around the strings to alter their vibration -- rags underneath, or a piece of paper woven across the strings (which gave kind of a banjo sound). Who would have known my crazy ideas would someday be in style??!!
I look forward to more of your videos!
I really really appreciate how hard you work to show us the way to get good sound for less green in every possible way!!! I wish more content creators understood so many of us are broke ass musicians trying to make music and still need to eat and pay rent
Yeah I mean I've been there for the last 10 years my friend!! Anything I can do to show techniques and strategies on a budget I'll make sure to do :)
It’s crazy how much your channel has grown. I think I remember you mentioning in one of your videos you were from NC originally? I’m from NC as well. At any rate, you inspired me to get an RE 20, so thanks 😊
Yeah originally from the Chapel Hill area!! And congrats man, enjoy the RE20!!
that rear bus trick is changing my life i love you thank you for never missing
Dude happy to help!! Its an incredibly helpful too :)
MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS! This is awesome ❤
Really great ideas, gonna give these a try and check out your other videos too, thank you for sharing👍💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I got that tennis racket string device 4 months ago - legit! good going man!
The idea with the acoustic guitar is just insanely interesting. I will definitely try it soon. Thanks for the video and inspirations!
Yeah give it a shot! Its fun to play around with for indy textures :)
Amazing vid as always
Thank you so much!!
Very inspiring as usual !
Thanks so much!!
Damn man- I just bought one of those vibrakillers. I LOVE cheap hacks to try. And the other tips you shared are great! I'm blown away Neutral Milk Hotel guitars are acoustic! How did I not know that until now?
You’re channel is going in the right direction I can’t stop watching.
Thanks so much!
Great stuff! No nonsense and to the point! 😊
I can’t say I personally liked the sound of Number 1 or Number 3, but the other two points are definitely going to be ones I look into. Thanks for the video!
Glad I could help! Yeah some of these tones are bit niches, the goal was to show some stuff you may never have thought of before :)
@@AudioHaze And indeed it worked! Thanks! 🙂
that beat following reverb trail chop would be cool as hell for boosty cymbal washy room mics a la microphones glow pt 2 wall of white noise layered drums. kind of in the same family of what you're doing with gained out acoustics, too.
also you've detailed flats on acoustics/rubber saddles/etc, i think you'll love adding gain to nylon string plunky shortscale classical guitars. the instrument itself is quite dead unless you tell it to sustain as a player, but it can decay quickly, so adding dirt is very nice. this can be done with piezo or micing, live i've used piezo nylons a lot, but it works great just miced up.
I instantly bought this after your Garden Song video!
Thanks, you're amazing
Glad its been useful my friend!!
that demo you showed around 5:00 sounds a lot like grouper. cool stuff
This rubber bridge guitar trick is sick. Thank you !!
You bought the Lossy pedal! Made me smile.
Possibly the best kind of producer entertainment
omg that is so kind thank you my friend :)
@@AudioHaze loved the Radiohead video.
I think Mark Linkous just might have used that first technique at times as well, especially thinking of Piano Fire that kind of has that sound. Oh, and I bought a Vibrakill a couple of months ago (might just have been after watching your Phoebe-video), it's ridiculously good! And great video as always man! :)
I'll have to check out the Mark Linkous stuff!! Glad the babolat's working out for ya :)
I'm in love with the production quality of your videos. also can you pleassseeee do a bedroom sound video for sufjan stevens? his sound has always mystified me.
Potentially!! I’ll leave to see if I can find enough info on him :) I can realistically make a video essay on him at the very least 😁 thank you so much for the super like as well!!
Inspiring ideas!
Only issue with the rear bus is that when you mute the aux, it generates a noticeable volume drop, and so it always sound better with it. Whereas it is usually just louder.
Muting the plugins on the aux, if they are level matched, will show you more of what it is really doing (and sometimes it can add confusion and blurriness because of the over compression and saturation) ✌️.
You're TOTALLY right and that's my bad!! I should have level matched in this scenario it noted for the future!
@@AudioHaze No problem my dude. I love your videos btw!
This channel is underrated
Very cool stuff thank you
ayo the tennis racquet trick from the Phoebe video is one of my favourite screenshots ever, thank you sm!
Yeah dude enjoy!!
yo i also love your hair, this channel is a treasure
Dude I want to make music with you some day. I love your personal and musical vibe, man.
Hell yeah man!! Who knows maybe sometime in the future the world will work something out :)
I see u with that Lossy pedal and Apollo upgrade. That song sounds exactly like Sigur Rós' Svefn-G-Englar.
Hahaha yeah I'm rocking these for now, but its a constantly rotating cast of gear :) Not going to always use the same interface and more $$$ gear all the time
The stopping reverb trick sounds really good but I think I would prefer it to fade in back slowly only to be cut off again.
Very interesting Ricky. If I had more training in mixing (Logic Pro X) and audio engineering I’d probably try all four of these techniques. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks TC!! Maybe sometime soon I'll pick up logic and do my best to work in other daws, maybe I'll make a game out of it idk lol
@@AudioHaze I’d be game for that game! 😂
Yes please, more on Logic!
Hey, dude. So I'm not sure you've covered this, but I have been struggling to mic my amp properly. I have a couple SM57's and a couple condenser mics. Your acoustic video was pretty helpful, but what about amps and getting a "big" sound without a ton of gain. I'm a 90's rock guy so I fluctuate between a fuzzy and and slightly dirty ala The Posies or Soundgarden. Got any videos for that?
I ran my acoustic-electric through distortion before I owned an electric so I know the sound of distorted acoustics very well! It sounds better when that's not the only tone you can get lol.
Do you have a video on what youre doing to process talking voices? Your stuff has a nice sound, and wanted to know what youre doing.
Thanks !
The rubber bridge mute can be easily and cheaply made out of a hot glue gun stick. Use a dry white board marker on the area of the strings you want the mute to sit, and transfer the ink to the glue stick. Then use a utility knife to cut into the stick to the desired depth and thickness to accommodate the strings.
mixing is my weak point and I'm learning so much from your content
That bit of guitar at 8:12 suddenly reminded me of the first three His Name Is Alive albums - have you ever heard "Mouth by Mouth" or their 2 previous albums? They're a treasure trove of bizarre indie mixing, both from the artist, and from the label, who had a deal with their early albums where they remixed his songs and ordered them as they liked to release. If you haven't heard, I think you'd love them. Plus, Karin Oliver's voice is amazing.
Holy shit that rear bus is gonna change the game for me.
In the rear bus example, you say the 1176 emulation is just there to catch the transient peaks, but it appears the attack was at its slowest setting. Does the Slate emulation have the same quirk as the original unit (slowest = furthest counter clockwise)? Not sure how much of the peak you’re catching if yes.
I think it’d be helpful to do more level match comparisons. It’s hard to hear the real difference when it’s so much louder than the uncompressed signal.
Damn it Ricky!
How I get a neutral milk hotel sound.. I don't use a pedal although I imagine for most people that would be the best and easiest way to do it. What I do is I have 2 4 track tape recorders and an 8 track one and I put my acoustic through it and crank the trim knob.
Great vid as all was.
Just got my first Rode nt1 it sounds great, but has intense handling noise is that normal?
Thanks. Happy holidays.
Thanks man! Yeah the NT1 can be pretty sensitive to handling noise, best to only use it in the shock mount without holding it :)
@@AudioHaze thanks.
Rear bus, that is a damn neat idea
I'll sometimes use the rear buss to help the vox stick out. So I'll pretty much send the same amount of all things (sans drums) but send more (+5db to 8db depending) of the lead vocals. I'm certain I've seen Scheps or someone do this but its can be magic.
Yeah Scheps does that for sure! He had the vocals poke out a bit more in the rear bus on the course I watched of his :)
@@AudioHaze Awesome. I was losing my mind trying to think if it was him or some random tiktok i seen it on. It feels much more valid knowing it came from him lol
You look like Anthony Fantano with hozier hair
Love your vids
Btw we need a hair routine video 😏
HAHAHA you've successfully combined the two people everyone says I look like lol hair routine is just Pantene and matte pomade!
Fender makes a cool acoustic overdrive that lets you blend the clean and the distorted sound. It's pretty awesome.
OH shoot I had no idea!! I'll check it out
A lot of bass overdrive pedals have this feature as well
could you do a video on clairo?
thanks mr. haze!!! very cool!!!
Thanks so much!!
I feel like every time I watch a video my experience bar levels up a bit more.
I am wondering very much... The thing with the distorted acoustic guitars... It is exactly what we did in the 90s... We all had pedals and experimented with them as much as possible because we couldn't afford expensive gear and there were no recording studios for us etc. I discovered lots of channels that say "groundbreaking new way of treating your signal... " and it's always that what we did back then 🤔 so much "knowledge" seems to got lost over time and the younger generation is astonished as they "discover" those techniques anew 🤷♂️
In 1981 I bought my first fostex cassette 4 track. I didn't own an electric guitar or processing pedal's. I had a 1952 martin acoustic. The sound from those distorted guitars were the ones you are trying to replicate. I worked for years to be able to remove that from my songs. No one thought it was good or a genius move. This is upside down world. I say go for it. nothing is off limits in music but I personally don't hear that as a good sound or even a useful sound.
Never heard of neutral milk hotel, but i always use my acoustic to record distorted guitar tones amd have been for years. It just comes out better sounding.
Honestly think you might be better off with something like the jhs color box for the NMH tone, emulates the pushed mixing boards they used to create the original sound.
Perhaps yeah! This my way of making a tone that's a bit more universal to what everyone has available though :)
Another W from haze.
just so I understand better for the first technique. if i record DI dont i already use analog preamps in my interface that i can crank up or u dont count these ? :)
Preamps on interfaces typicallyy won't behave like true analog pre's that go into an A/D converter. I would download the analog obsession plugins and try to remake it digitally :)
Dude you are awesome
Ahh thanks Luke!
The mad man got the Lossy pedal! How does it translate compared to the plug-in? Awesome stuff
imo its actually super different!! Idk if its just the control layout prompting me to make different tones but the pedal is much more textural and strong and the plugin feels more like a creative mixing tool, a bit more subtle....if that makes sense
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13:07 how does your 1176 cut transients if the attack is set to the longest?
Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
That has nothing to do with it, I wanted to know if you had the opportunity to know an artist named Ren.
His songs and music videos have received huge success in Europe. For a good start, I recommend 3 of his songs:
1. Hi Ren
2. Jenny & Screetch's tale 3. Money Game Part I, II, III.
His (sad) story is interesting to discover, his clips are shot in a single take and he breaks a few rules, such as using a Lavalier microphone...
I think you might like his creativity.
I'll check it out!
This is random but dude the kick sounds SO GOOD in the reverb trick track. How’d u get that sound?
Thanks dude!! The trick for that one was some focusing EQ's by Softube and the Vulfcompressor by Goodhertz :)
@@AudioHaze thank you so much!
On the reverb trails trick: wouldn't it be easier to automate a dedicated effect bus?
I used that "cut the reverb" effect - in 1979 - the producer did not agree...he was wrong LOL!
I heard that Ball Park Music padded there guitar with paper or card to give more of a classical guitar sound in some parts
I looked at the tennis dampener on Amazon and laughed so much - someone gave it a 1 star review because it 'added too much mid-range honk' to their guitar 😅
Don't even necessarily need to automate for the verb tail trick; just render the actual verb send and cut it up.
Dammit Ricky!!! 🥲😂🥲
where is the link for the tennis racket hack??
So when you run a stereo signal into a 1176(like in rear buss) it comes out stereo?
Yes as long as you're running a stereo compressor :) you can also unlink the stereo compressor and compress L and R at different ratios if you have an asymmetrical mix
I could kiss you. Thank you mate. FWIW, my music has almost 3 billion streams and you are by far the most legit music tuber out there. This is all real world stuff and you do it amazingly well. Big love x
I was just gifted that same Taylor (mine is a 2021) after my guitar was stolen and it is the best guitar I have ever played.
Goddamnit Ricky.
1. Neutral Milk Hotel-Inspired Guitar Tones :: @0:27 - @2:48
2. St. Vincent Reverb Tails :: @3:02 - @6:17
3. $15 Rubber Bridge for Guitar. :: @6:40 - @9:26
4. Andrew Scheps' Rear Bus Technique. :: @9:28 - @14:45
Just got my Babolat today after waiting for a month for delivery.
2:49 I understand the channel name now
For number 2-- if you have a reverb with a freeze function like Raum you can make the drop out sound a lot more pronounced by freezing the note before you cut it off 😎
Great to know!! I'll out Raum a bit more :)
@@AudioHaze I didn't love it at first but the more I use it the more I like it. It generates some pretty cool harmonics if you mess with the feedback/predelay too if you're into that stuff
first acoustic distortion sound I know of was on becks mellow gold, the song "mutherf##KER"
Can you make a video about Dijon’s Absolutely
Yeah I've been looking into Dijon a lot lately! There's a good chance we do a vid on them :)