Hey Eric I have to tell you Thank You so damn much for this! My 20 year old son Ian past away on 08/13/19 and watching your videos really have been helping me. Music (especially that new Tool album), humor and these “behind the scenes” videos are a life savor (literally) for me. So I hope you see this and know that what may seem trivial to you has really meant so much to me these past few weeks, Thank you Eric.
I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. As a new father I couldn’t even start imagine what it would be like to lose my son. It seems so unnatural to outlive your child. I lost my father very unexpectedly 12 years ago. It was my first experience with REAL loss. It was my first experience with pain that I couldn’t simply rationalize away. The only cure for me was time. It took time for me to get to a place where wasn’t ONLY feeling the loss when I thought about my father. I am now at place where where I feel joy and gratitude for the amazing time we did have together. I will always miss him and, at times, still wish he was here, but those feelings are wrapped in the happiness and warmth of knowing that I was lucky enough to be his son. I don’t know you but I know you will find your way to that place. It just takes time. If these videos are making the journey through this time any easier, then I know they are worth something. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Hey Eric, two years into my youtube university music production degree. I was introduced to you by Warren's interview not sure how long ago, but I just found your channel and you are a great chill session. I really enjoy your work and expertise.
I'm not watching your videos in any particular order, but this is another great one. Thanks so much, Eric. Also thanks for wearing that shirt, I just stole the idea and ordered the same thing for my mom! (She's a big NASA fan)
Eric, your videos are so insightful to ppl like me. Thank you for taking time in your life to do this. Awesome work! And I love your sense of humour too.
Nice nuggets of info..I love how you broke things down, and even shared your workflow docs. That is HUGE for aspiring mixers! Very insightful. Thanks! Btw, I would love anything you can share about the Joe Satriani sessions. Thanks again
OK yeah I thought about that but I wasn't sure that people would be able to download/copy them to make use of them if I did that. Maybe I'll experiment with that if there is another round of this. Thanks for mentioning it!
@@mrwev Google Drive does allow you to make a copy of a file that is shared with you that is read only (I just double checked), so that is not an issue.
Would love to see a Lostprophets Production Breakdown episode (minus vocals 😬) thats is probably my all time favourite record! I think I would be content and die happy if there was an episode on that album 😂 thanks Eric for all your efforts!
This is amazingly valuable. Thank you. I’d love to see a video about how you run a session, e.g. recording drum takes for a song. I’d bet you have tricks and tips that would never cross my mind. There are so many videos about this sort of thing but I would so love to see a respected professional’s workflow.
Thanks you Eric for sharing your knowledge this way !! You are one of my reference regarding mixing and I do reference my mixes with yours and you know that ? You win everytimes 😣😂😂😂🤘 thanks again
Eric, I love your shirt, and your videos, awesome! Would it be possible to do a drum tuning vid? I know the world doesn't need another drum tuning video but I'm sure if you did one it would be coveted.
Loved rewatching this with the visuals! So helpful. You’ve given me a lot of ideas 💡 thank you. What external HD do you using for the recording process as well as the delivery drives?
I'm experimenting with that new site called filepass that's being developed by mixer brian hood. You can upload a mix there that you can choose to be downloadable or not and different people can add markers for revisions along the song with their names attached and then you can update with a new iteration of the mix etc. So far it seems very promising.
Who knew rock n roll was so organized! Was Glynn johns as thorough as you sir? I would guess not! I thought this episode would be boring but no. Valentine day is always a good day! 😁
Those are shortcut links to the two plugin folders that are used by pro tools. One holds all of the axx versions and one holds the dpm versions. I keep em handy so I dont have to dig around for them whenever I need to change something with the plugins :)
MAKING RECORDS with ERIC VALENTINE that ‘s what I was thinking. Great idea. Thank you! This is honestly one of my favorite of all the videos you’ve released. Coming up with decent and efficient documentation can be a life saver. That drum mix on Mexican Fender is amazing by the way. There’s so few mixers who put the drums really up front in the mix without drowning them in that generic “huge room” with reverb rock sound.
Josua Palmanshofer I do! I use Dropbox. My active sessions live in 3 places. The working drive, a backup drive (sync’d with syncx every night ) and Dropbox. Good question!!
eric if you were working on a soundgarden record and could only use 5 hardware units what would they be to top king animal, that snare yum, talking saturation, eq, two comps and one effects unit, we will dream of rooms mics and tape machine and console, curious to hear your thoughts, crispy saturated thoughts :)
I think I would go for A Distressor, UnFairchild, MPEQ-1, Chandler Tube Driver and J37 Tape Machine. I think I could everything done with those 5 items :)
@@mrwev right on, i have complete faith in your toolbox, if i get the money sorted my band ssyne will bring the map and you have the sonic compass, the songs are in the pipe, i m sure soundgarden would approve, there lay the bar, will hopefully be in touch one day, the only thing is it can only be 5 mics too :) 5 outboard 5 mics five songs may 2020 the fifteenth of the 5th, you good in england somewhere :)
Super helpful!! I am going to have to go thru all my multitracks and label everything for an upcoming fan website project and I will definitely have to keep these tips and tricks in mind in the future!
Hey Eric I have to tell you Thank You so damn much for this! My 20 year old son Ian past away on 08/13/19 and watching your videos really have been helping me. Music (especially that new Tool album), humor and these “behind the scenes” videos are a life savor (literally) for me. So I hope you see this and know that what may seem trivial to you has really meant so much to me these past few weeks, Thank you Eric.
I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. As a new father I couldn’t even start imagine what it would be like to lose my son. It seems so unnatural to outlive your child. I lost my father very unexpectedly 12 years ago. It was my first experience with REAL loss. It was my first experience with pain that I couldn’t simply rationalize away. The only cure for me was time. It took time for me to get to a place where wasn’t ONLY feeling the loss when I thought about my father. I am now at place where where I feel joy and gratitude for the amazing time we did have together. I will always miss him and, at times, still wish he was here, but those feelings are wrapped in the happiness and warmth of knowing that I was lucky enough to be his son. I don’t know you but I know you will find your way to that place. It just takes time. If these videos are making the journey through this time any easier, then I know they are worth something. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Hey Eric, two years into my youtube university music production degree. I was introduced to you by Warren's interview not sure how long ago, but I just found your channel and you are a great chill session. I really enjoy your work and expertise.
I'm not watching your videos in any particular order, but this is another great one. Thanks so much, Eric. Also thanks for wearing that shirt, I just stole the idea and ordered the same thing for my mom! (She's a big NASA fan)
Eric, your videos are so insightful to ppl like me. Thank you for taking time in your life to do this. Awesome work! And I love your sense of humour too.
Nice nuggets of info..I love how you broke things down, and even shared your workflow docs. That is HUGE for aspiring mixers! Very insightful. Thanks! Btw, I would love anything you can share about the Joe Satriani sessions. Thanks again
this is one of the nerdiest, and helpfull places on the internet, I love it, thank you Eric!
Often overlooked but very useful information. Thanks Eric!
Thanks for the share Eric great stuff! Also QOTSA teaser OMG I cant wait :)
OH this is so m
uch nicer with the other camera view! haha. LOVE THIS. Thanks so much for your generosity!
Now we're talking! Thanks for fixing this so fast!!! :) Love your channel!
EV: You can make Google Docs you share "read only" so no one can mess with them.
OK yeah I thought about that but I wasn't sure that people would be able to download/copy them to make use of them if I did that. Maybe I'll experiment with that if there is another round of this. Thanks for mentioning it!
@@mrwev Google Drive does allow you to make a copy of a file that is shared with you that is read only (I just double checked), so that is not an issue.
Appreciate this info into your ''personal'' life !! Really put me on the right track to keep stuff in order and efficient! Thanks!
Brilliant channel, Eric! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
wow, really looking forward to a video about the t-ride music, still one of my favorite albums.
Would love to see a Lostprophets Production Breakdown episode (minus vocals 😬) thats is probably my all time favourite record!
I think I would be content and die happy if there was an episode on that album 😂
thanks Eric for all your efforts!
This is amazingly valuable. Thank you. I’d love to see a video about how you run a session, e.g. recording drum takes for a song. I’d bet you have tricks and tips that would never cross my mind. There are so many videos about this sort of thing but I would so love to see a respected professional’s workflow.
Thanks you Eric for sharing your knowledge this way !! You are one of my reference regarding mixing and I do reference my mixes with yours and you know that ? You win everytimes 😣😂😂😂🤘 thanks again
Excellent advice for mix notes! Thank you for providing these!
Eric, I love your shirt, and your videos, awesome! Would it be possible to do a drum tuning vid? I know the world doesn't need another drum tuning video but I'm sure if you did one it would be coveted.
This episode is so helpful! Definitely going to be implementing some of your ideas into my own workflow.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
Great episode and thanks so much for sharing all those documents with us!
I remember riding my skateboard around that sound huge room. Good times!
Its all useful information. Really grateful that you do this.
Loved rewatching this with the visuals! So helpful. You’ve given me a lot of ideas 💡 thank you.
What external HD do you using for the recording process as well as the delivery drives?
Damn. Your archive folder is HOT.
I Can’t wait for the T-ride video
Thanks for all this info. so great!
I'm experimenting with that new site called filepass that's being developed by mixer brian hood. You can upload a mix there that you can choose to be downloadable or not and different people can add markers for revisions along the song with their names attached and then you can update with a new iteration of the mix etc. So far it seems very promising.
T-RIDE episode? Yes! Please!
Who knew rock n roll was so organized! Was Glynn johns as thorough as you sir? I would guess not! I thought this episode would be boring but no. Valentine day is always a good day! 😁
Awesome! That was quick!
The dream studio ... !!!!
What are those two plug-in’s folders for?
Great stuff by the way. I just started making my own spreadsheets for tracking.
Those are shortcut links to the two plugin folders that are used by pro tools. One holds all of the axx versions and one holds the dpm versions. I keep em handy so I dont have to dig around for them whenever I need to change something with the plugins :)
MAKING RECORDS with ERIC VALENTINE that ‘s what I was thinking. Great idea. Thank you!
This is honestly one of my favorite of all the videos you’ve released. Coming up with decent and efficient documentation can be a life saver.
That drum mix on Mexican Fender is amazing by the way. There’s so few mixers who put the drums really up front in the mix without drowning them in that generic “huge room” with reverb rock sound.
Thanks man, super helpful!
do you use cloud as backup solutions as well?
Josua Palmanshofer I do! I use Dropbox. My active sessions live in 3 places. The working drive, a backup drive (sync’d with syncx every night ) and Dropbox. Good question!!
I vote Eric for engineer of the year!
03:01 is the best part :D
Thanks Eric watching now :)
Mindblowing
Cool shirt!
eric if you were working on a soundgarden record and could only use 5 hardware units what would they be to top king animal, that snare yum, talking saturation, eq, two comps and one effects unit, we will dream of rooms mics and tape machine and console, curious to hear your thoughts, crispy saturated thoughts :)
I think I would go for A Distressor, UnFairchild, MPEQ-1, Chandler Tube Driver and J37 Tape Machine. I think I could everything done with those 5 items :)
@@mrwev right on, i have complete faith in your toolbox, if i get the money sorted my band ssyne will bring the map and you have the sonic compass, the songs are in the pipe, i m sure soundgarden would approve, there lay the bar, will hopefully be in touch one day, the only thing is it can only be 5 mics too :) 5 outboard 5 mics five songs may 2020 the fifteenth of the 5th, you good in england somewhere :)
Not the sexiest topic but an important one!
Keyboards are like guitar strings, the dirtier the better! It's his one secret he's never shared to get that fat, warm EV sound...
Haha!
QOTSA !!!!
Clean your keyboard EV!
Super helpful!! I am going to have to go thru all my multitracks and label everything for an upcoming fan website project and I will definitely have to keep these tips and tricks in mind in the future!