The hardest part about watching Pensado's Place is finishing an episode! I can't seem to finish in one sitting without running off and mixing because of the ideas you share. Thank you so much Dave, Herb and co.
Thank you so much guys, it means so much to me personally to be able to share in your knowledge and philosophy of mixing and music in general. I hope to be able to pass on the love to others too.
It’s the third year of me watching this and understanding. Funny how with every passing year’s experience there is a better understanding to absorb for me personally. Now these techniques make more sense in terms of feel as opposed to just the technicalities of it. I am now getting more capable of getting the emotional impact of these reverb/ delay techniques. Thank you for such valuable information. Dave is a legend. Although I am a music producer, you have inspired me enough to look at my production in terms of the mixing result of it. Thank you truly. - Manik Raina ( DOST. )
Hey i just wanted to say thank you so much for doing these Mr Pensado you are such a blessing and so humble, you are a true inspiration God Bless you !
Dave, I get inspired every time I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your hard-earned skills, and for sharing your excitement about the artistry.
Much respect Big Pen! I clicked on the pre video ad to show some love! I haven't gone to the grocery store to buy some Tillamook medium cheddar cheese yet, because i'm going to watch the video first! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
Hey Dave & Herb! Sometimes i come home from a long day at work and want to relax. But if i watch your show on my lunch break, I come home and make Music! Thanks for doing what you do! I Love You Dude
This video captured my attention intently. IMHO I’ve heard so many songs overuse reverb and delay. Dave knows where and how to set the vocal focus in relation to the song. I’ve repeatedly noticed how he often uses multiple plugins, yet each offering minor adjustments. All this makes me smile with him when he smiles at his own work saying, “That’s pretty good!” 😊
i was confused why the reverb sounds funny than i realized i read your comment and speed up the video.I have to watch it again in normal speed now.so Screw u
Dave, this is really good information. So helpful to gain an understanding of how to use these tools to place things in the mix. I've literally watched this 5 times already. Every time, I pick up something new!
i hope these in depth videos become more of a regular thing. awesome stuff. i never thought of using a gated reverb and a chamber on the same vocal. i'll try it out
As an artist it's hard to know when you are done polishing your creation. When do you have the right vocal take? When are you done with the production and arrangement? When are you done mixing? When in reality there's ALWAYS room for improvement. Answer: 15:35
It's really impressive that the oldest people have the most technical skills in music production / mastering / EQing. Those people are the ones who are responsible for the godly sounding things you hear in the radio.
Great to have these guys giving back to the community.. Also check out Michael White (former lecturer at SAE (9 yrs)) his youtube vids are masterclasses.. Big up Mr Pensado
LOL! I catch myself trying to click and drag things on the screen while I'm watching these vids. I totally just did it @15:53 so I could see the complete plug and settings. Believe it or not I've never used the C1. I'll have to check it out. I usually use the Rcomp....L2...1176....UAD Tubetechs...have recently looked at the C4. But my recent fave to manhandle unwildly sounds is the DBX160. Kind of a "run of the mill" compressor with not a ton of color that can really put things in line. Sounds like live sound kinda thing. Not real musical but totally has it's place. I've heard people say they can make a distressor sound like anything they want though so that's also on my list to check out. I'm all in the box at this point so its plugs galore. By the way...really dig the Klanghelm Mjuc you recommended. Great plug and it's CHEAP. Love cranking the "drive" knob on that baby...but.....you have to use it with something else to really dial things in. But the sound is there for sure. Anyway..love your vids Dave. The fact that this is 5 years old and I'm still here watching says something.
Who gives DP a thumbs down? Seriously? You must be mega talented and earning shit loads of wonga. And even then I would have nothing but deep respect for this man. Good luck to you!
Great insights Dave! The idea of choosing a space because of its relevance to the music, like big and small venue, was very inspiring for me, sometimes one loses perspective and just starts adding fx for no reason XD Also the drum samples tutorial is pure gold!
Dude that was really informative as I'm a musician and learning Logic, plug ins and lots other recording techniques and tools. I have two Octavias 300's and set them up to my mixer and into an interface and whoa what a sound but knew there's waaaay more to learn. Thanks.
This is really good and covers some interesting principles. Please can you look into remembering to look into doing an episode on 'Chorus' and vocals? Or recording gain structure?
NICE Thanks Man Dave are you using the New Mac Pro your using a lot of Plugins on one Vocal that is a lot of processing going on i am on a older Mac Pro i don't think i can get away with using that many plugins ( YOU SHOULD DO A ITL ON YOU COMPUTER AND PROCESSING NEEDED AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE COOL )
frank rogers You shouldn't have too much of a problem with that amount of processing on a single vocal if you increase your playback engine buffer to 1024 samples while mixing. Dave also uses UAD plugins, which utilizes an external DSP. Even with that much info, I'd love to see how much external DSP he uses.
frank rogers I try to run the buffer as high as possible when bouncing online, as this tends to reduce the chance of error during bounce. Offline bounce doesn't care about the buffer setting, because it renders the audio only as fast as your system will allow. In fact, the only time I run a low buffer is during tracking. It's only then that you can hear any latency, because you have a point of reference to work from (the sound of the instrument you are recording vs. the sound coming out of your speakers).
When you said that line about thinking it was a hallway but it's a concert hall I almost threw my computer out the window - I just learned that when you said it
Hey guys question! I know Dave goes in and out of Protools for some parts of his mixing, the 500 series or outboard effects... what converters does Dave have there at his spot? Is he just using Avid?
dave heres a good question? The vocal lick in this song is great but reminds me of a part from a movie soundtrack? Do you know what that movie is? Its killing me to remember this movie? Love your channel !!! Great!!! Keep it coming!!!
what is that piece of hardware you are dialing to affect the reverb pre-delay? And yes, more info on the immediate hardware. Computers, Pcie cards, accelerators, monitor control, etc. Thanks Dave!
Not sure I follow what you were talking about with the gated reverb at the end there. Could you do a video showing how this is done? It sounds interesting, but I can't figure it out...
Reverb and Vocals talk starts at 12:50
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The hardest part about watching Pensado's Place is finishing an episode! I can't seem to finish in one sitting without running off and mixing because of the ideas you share. Thank you so much Dave, Herb and co.
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Thank you so much guys, it means so much to me personally to be able to share in your knowledge and philosophy of mixing and music in general. I hope to be able to pass on the love to others too.
It’s the third year of me watching this and understanding. Funny how with every passing year’s experience there is a better understanding to absorb for me personally. Now these techniques make more sense in terms of feel as opposed to just the technicalities of it. I am now getting more capable of getting the emotional impact of these reverb/ delay techniques. Thank you for such valuable information. Dave is a legend. Although I am a music producer, you have inspired me enough to look at my production in terms of the mixing result of it. Thank you truly.
- Manik Raina
( DOST. )
Hey i just wanted to say thank you so much for doing these Mr Pensado you are such a blessing and so humble, you are a true inspiration God Bless you !
One of the best Episodes Ever! I can be watching 2 days of ITL with Dave easily!!
grandee!
dont be afraid to add effects to your effects!
Dave, I get inspired every time I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your hard-earned skills, and for sharing your excitement about the artistry.
That treated vocal sounded unbelievable, amazing, Dave is a true master!! Loved the sound of the Bricasti too!
Dave you are so awesome for sharing your knowledge with aspiring artists like me. Thank you sincerely.
I don’t know how amazing he is for sharing his knowledge. Thank you so much for teaching all these years.
Thank you Dave! You are such a great inspiration, so good in your craft, and so humble! You really help a lot!
Genius! So fun to watch Pensado on action.
Thank you Dave for giving such a great starting point!
I appreciate the knowledge, I never thought to put a gated reverb on a vocal.
Please so more of these in depth tutorials! So useful! I´ll watch them any day and I´m sure 90 % of the guys here will! Thanks Dave =)
Thank you SO MUCH Dave! Very helpful tips for my new album. I was looking to tweak my vocal reverb and you hit the nail right on the head.
Much respect Big Pen! I clicked on the pre video ad to show some love! I haven't gone to the grocery store to buy some Tillamook medium cheddar cheese yet, because i'm going to watch the video first! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
That half an hour flew by... Love listening to this man, makes me feel like everything's gonna be a-o-kay
Ooh this was so good! Thanks Dave!
Wow what great insights on reverb. Thanks so much Dave! You’re the man!!!!!
Hey Dave & Herb! Sometimes i come home from a long day at work and want to relax. But if i watch your show on my lunch break, I come home and make Music! Thanks for doing what you do!
I Love You Dude
Such a sweet talk at the end. Thanks for all the knowledge sharing. Helped me pick up a lot!
This video captured my attention intently. IMHO I’ve heard so many songs overuse reverb and delay. Dave knows where and how to set the vocal focus in relation to the song. I’ve repeatedly noticed how he often uses multiple plugins, yet each offering minor adjustments. All this makes me smile with him when he smiles at his own work saying, “That’s pretty good!” 😊
Thank you! Great stuff. Love you Dave!
Jill Scott "relates ALOT to my sensibilities and my tastes!" What a privilege to be entrusted with her voice.
Great ITL, thanks for taking the time to go in depth Dave!
AWESOME episode - I like the longer ITL more info ....thanks
You can watch the video at 1.25 speed.
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1.75
i was confused why the reverb sounds funny than i realized i read your comment and speed up the video.I have to watch it again in normal speed now.so Screw u
Great storehouse of knowledge in these videos! Thanks guys.
Dave, this is really good information. So helpful to gain an understanding of how to use these tools to place things in the mix. I've literally watched this 5 times already. Every time, I pick up something new!
Love you man! Thanx for sharring so much with us ,your a god send,life saver.
GREAT ITL! Really good episode!!! THX
i hope these in depth videos become more of a regular thing. awesome stuff. i never thought of using a gated reverb and a chamber on the same vocal. i'll try it out
fabulous. lots of info and a lot to think about.
As an artist it's hard to know when you are done polishing your creation. When do you have the right vocal take? When are you done with the production and arrangement? When are you done mixing? When in reality there's ALWAYS room for improvement. Answer: 15:35
That's great Dave, thanks for that.
It's really impressive that the oldest people have the most technical skills in music production / mastering / EQing. Those people are the ones who are responsible for the godly sounding things you hear in the radio.
AWESOME!!! Thank you! Great stuff Thanks Dave!
Great to have these guys giving back to the community.. Also check out Michael White (former lecturer at SAE (9 yrs)) his youtube vids are masterclasses.. Big up Mr Pensado
Just thank you dave 🙏
great episode! thank you! love the longer in-depth ITL
I learn alot from you guys! Respect.
JUST LISTEN...
BEFORE: 14:42 AFTER 37:56 (Almost) OR 39:28 (FINAL with SLAP and INSTRUMENTS)
awesome thanks
You're welcome!
Thank you Dave, you are a legend!!! Could you please make one on how to mix vocal overdubs? I would be forever grateful!
Really helpful! Vocal spaces and reverbs can be pretty difficult sometimes... ;)
Thank you Mr. Pensado
LOL! I catch myself trying to click and drag things on the screen while I'm watching these vids. I totally just did it @15:53 so I could see the complete plug and settings.
Believe it or not I've never used the C1. I'll have to check it out. I usually use the Rcomp....L2...1176....UAD Tubetechs...have recently looked at the C4. But my recent fave to manhandle unwildly sounds is the DBX160. Kind of a "run of the mill" compressor with not a ton of color that can really put things in line. Sounds like live sound kinda thing. Not real musical but totally has it's place.
I've heard people say they can make a distressor sound like anything they want though so that's also on my list to check out. I'm all in the box at this point so its plugs galore.
By the way...really dig the Klanghelm Mjuc you recommended. Great plug and it's CHEAP. Love cranking the "drive" knob on that baby...but.....you have to use it with something else to really dial things in. But the sound is there for sure. Anyway..love your vids Dave. The fact that this is 5 years old and I'm still here watching says something.
Who gives DP a thumbs down? Seriously? You must be mega talented and earning shit loads of wonga. And even then I would have nothing but deep respect for this man. Good luck to you!
Thanks for being awesome Dave. I think I'm gonna buy the BIG SKY REVERB.
Great stuff Dave! Thanks
Great video as always. Learning a lot from you Dave and friends!
-Kal M
Hey man,good to see ya again...and that's a nice new look for ya.
Dig the hair cut too...So, let's get to work...
Great video Dave. Keep up the good work!
the master at work
Wow, learned a ton thanks!!!
Great insights Dave! The idea of choosing a space because of its relevance to the music, like big and small venue, was very inspiring for me, sometimes one loses perspective and just starts adding fx for no reason XD
Also the drum samples tutorial is pure gold!
super tutorial ...thanks
Dude that was really informative as I'm a musician and learning Logic, plug ins and lots other recording techniques and tools. I have two Octavias 300's and set them up to my mixer and into an interface and whoa what a sound but knew there's waaaay more to learn. Thanks.
You are the most awesome man ever.
These guys are Godsends!!
it is impossible not to listen to you but I will use the imagination greetings from Argentina
Awesome ITL! Really helpful video! :)
This is really good and covers some interesting principles. Please can you look into remembering to look into doing an episode on 'Chorus' and vocals? Or recording gain structure?
Thank you Dave!
Forever watching pensados place and trying to take some tips and use them in ableton.
i can't thank you enough for this.
whats the reverb hes using on his desk ?
NICE Thanks Man Dave are you using the New Mac Pro your using a lot of Plugins on one Vocal that is a lot of processing going on i am on a older Mac Pro i don't think i can get away with using that many plugins ( YOU SHOULD DO A ITL ON YOU COMPUTER AND PROCESSING NEEDED AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE COOL )
frank rogers You shouldn't have too much of a problem with that amount of processing on a single vocal if you increase your playback engine buffer to 1024 samples while mixing. Dave also uses UAD plugins, which utilizes an external DSP. Even with that much info, I'd love to see how much external DSP he uses.
frank rogers I try to run the buffer as high as possible when bouncing online, as this tends to reduce the chance of error during bounce. Offline bounce doesn't care about the buffer setting, because it renders the audio only as fast as your system will allow. In fact, the only time I run a low buffer is during tracking. It's only then that you can hear any latency, because you have a point of reference to work from (the sound of the instrument you are recording vs. the sound coming out of your speakers).
Really good episode!!!
When you said that line about thinking it was a hallway but it's a concert hall I almost threw my computer out the window - I just learned that when you said it
12:40 "If i say sometimes one more time....." 2 seconds later "He likes to do that sometimes" xD
Any examples of the gated trick at 44:00?
great episode! thx
wish i had Dave as a professor back in college.
At 15:59, when you bring up the sidechain, are you just using that as a straight EQ, or is that frequency being keyed by something?
This is a great video tutorial. Very insightful.
fantastic
Jill sounds SO GOOD!! what is the song?
Thanks dave
im lovin your videos, im so glad i cam across them. Im wondering if delays and verbs on vocals "should" be mono or stereo? Thanks!
"they make about a million plugins and they are about a nickel a piece" 🤣🤣 Dave is so funny
Would like to see your reverb settings,. preferably a plugin as I don't have the mighty Bricasti.
Great Episode!
Really helpful tips in how to treat vocals, thanks Dave!
Hey guys question! I know Dave goes in and out of Protools for some parts of his mixing, the 500 series or outboard effects... what converters does Dave have there at his spot? Is he just using Avid?
After this lesson I know how to use predelay as musician. Thanks Dave!)
Where do I sign up for the 2-day reverb seminar?
can he have a 500 series rack tour? is that a new elysia compressor dave? or the nvelope or xfilter? :D
39:37 That's what mixing is all about: feel and emotion
So you are saying to add multiple reverbs to a vocal through different aux tracks ?
where he said that? i want to see it
The drum demo is in mono!
Greaaaaaaat Episode. Thanks a lot! Reaaaaally interesting. Whats the name of the Song?
dave heres a good question? The vocal lick in this song is great but reminds me of a part from a movie soundtrack? Do you know what that movie is? Its killing me to remember this movie?
Love your channel !!! Great!!! Keep it coming!!!
LEGEND
what is that piece of hardware you are dialing to affect the reverb pre-delay? And yes, more info on the immediate hardware. Computers, Pcie cards, accelerators, monitor control, etc. Thanks Dave!
Not sure I follow what you were talking about with the gated reverb at the end there. Could you do a video showing how this is done? It sounds interesting, but I can't figure it out...
I get goosebumps every time i ears jewels voice
awesome
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 14:45 Dave's face!!!!!! FUNNYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOOOOL