Nice video, but i really dont see why you call it "Mixing with EZMix2" when you're not. Sure you use a few presets, but then you use Logic and other plugins to mix it. Would be cool to see a video where you actually use EZMix2 to mix a song.
+Max Oak in all seriousness, turn down the bass on the guitar for metal tones. Especially on 7/8 string songs. The lowest notes on guitar are there for overtones. Like the icing on a cake or the bass drums that sound like typewriters. Bass guitars are the meat on the bones.
+Jack Smith people like to think they are unique snowflakes. In reality with super low tunings/8 strings, you turn down the bass unless you're going for a muddy tone. it's really that simple.
***** maybe i want a muddy tone lol maybe my guitar is naturally very bright? Also i would like to add there is a general difference in taste in tone and texture between Euro and US metal/heavyness, In general (not always but as a rule of thumb) the North American stuff tend to have a smoother texture and more seperation, a lot of Euro heavy bands wants a very raw almost uncontrolled mix, Snowflakes or icicles :D and foot note i use down tuned 6 string (c -drop), it i dont think has as much importance there
Eznix 2 is definitely a good tool to use as a reference to a tone. This plugin absolutely does not solve the key to the ultimate mix. I already see comments that it's misleading but the same goes for these other amp simulators. Every amp simulator requires decent knowledge when it comes to mixing. Now I will say this. Ezmix has give me a major light bulb moment and things I never really thought of before when it came to mixing guitars and bass. I've never used the drum presets but i'll test it out soon. . I own Bias amp 2, Bias fx and Fortin and I'll be honest, I often get overwhelmed with the amount of choices I have and Ezmix has done the job well with the other plugins I use for compression, eqing, and even stereo imaging to provide better frequency range within my mix. I also use the mastering presets with adding additional tweaking with Ozone. To put it short, Ezmix is a valuable tool based on your needs, you don't have to be the biggest beginner or pro, it's merely a tool for you to use in your production.
Hey Ryan! I'm a really big fan of yours but I think your songs would sound much better with a fuller, gnarlier and more present bass guitar. Giving it some more volume and edge would make your songs come to life.
Unfortunately people always find things to complain about when it's not them doing the job, I just think it would give every instrument its place, after all the work you put into it it's a shame to cut part of it out
+Ryan Bruce (Fluff) I agree with MrGabbo97 with the fact that the bass needs more presence. But imho level is not the main problem. My main criticism is that the bass sounds floppy, lacks attack almost as if the string were really loose.
Dear mister Bruce, You've got an amazing channel and really good videos, The quality is outstanding! But, could you in the future disclose when your videos are payed or endorsed. I see all my youtube subscriptions review the same products around the same time. It feels like you guys are selling me things. For instance, every body reviewed the Positive Grid software around the same time. Are you showing me how to mix things or are you selling me EZ-mix or a bit of both? Keep the lovely videos coming dude! JvD.
+Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce What do you mean? I just think it's fair to disclose this information. If you check out "game reviews" more and more often the reviewer tells his audience on youtube that he has been payed to review the game. Like you were very open in your affiliation with Panama amps. You telling that makes me as an consumer better informed if you'd review a Panama amp.
+Joël van Dam does fluff getting paid or not paid by a certain company lessen the quality, validity or how helpful the video is???? dudes gotta eat. realistically, if he was getting paid ( prob is ) he could just mail it in like some of these other guys but instead i personally find his videos are above and beyond where others are at. kind of a loser comment bro
+Joël van Dam I agree with what you're saying. I have the opportunity to do sponsored videos for gaming companies sometimes, and even though it's obvious that it's a sponsored video, I think the viewers generally appreciate when I'm up front about it. People are giving you shit for some reason, but your request is very reasonable and transparency can do wonders for people.
+kyle grossi Because there is always a possibility of being biased for that product, especially when money has changed hands. It's not that paid reviews are a bad thing and most people dont really care if its paid or not, but disclosing the deals properly would prevent all misconception. I think it would be fair and honest to tell how things really are rether than thinking "Well they probably know and it doesnt really matter"
I've had the same experience trying to balance real amps with the EZMix2 presets, it's sometimes frustrating to go through the motions of guitar tracking only to find an EZMix2 amp preset that's within 10% of the tone I can duplicate traditionally... and that last bit usually gets solved with EQ and some mixing butter. For home studio recording artists without racks of amps to do reamping with, EZMix2 can really be a great way to diversify your guitar amp tones as well as gain access to a host of other useful presets (especially for vocals).
Im not long into a sound Production course at College, we use Protools primarily in that class. Not too keen on paying out that much, was wondering if you guys would recommend this? primarily recording guitars. Cheers.
I got amplitube, guitar rig, for bass and guitar..Arthurian v6 and serum for keys..superior drummer 3...and ozone for mastering..Can ez mix 2 still be old use to me?
Though i'm not using Ez mix this still helped me with my recording issues I have some looped parts and for some reason when recorded my looper drops in volume adding a touch of gain to it brought the volume back up and EQ'ing the mids and using a low cut thats barely on helped that situation, But my high cut and low filters even though they work they make my tone sound like trash so when i practice those songs i now just use a mid boost with a gate and a weeee bit of compression it's not "My sound" that i worked out getting but it's close enough to work.
Okay, first off, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. I love Fluff's channel and think he's an amazing and helpful guy, otherwise I wouldn't be subscribed to him. Okay, now that that's clear, I do have one concern about this video. I feel like it's slightly misleading, especially to those who are brand new to mixing (or audio engineering in general). As people who have been doing this a while, we obviously understand that you can't just throw EZmix everywhere and expect pro results. So it's no surprise to us that he's using some (slight) post- processing EQ and compression. However, I feel like the way Toontrack advertises, and the way this video is set up, there is this misconception that EZmix is a pro recording solution. In this video, Fluff even said (at least twice) that this is a mix done completely with EZmix2. But even he has to use like three different post- eq's on the rhythm tracks, and post- eq and compression on like every other track as well. I just hope that people aren't mislead into believing (as I once was) that EZmix is all you need for pro recordings, whereas even in this video designed to advertise it, there still is post- processing applied. I don't know, maybe I'm just reading too much into it. But as always Ryan, thank you for taking time to make these videos for us. We appreciate it very much.
Hi man, great video as always. What's the purpose of EZMIX2? where I must expect to get with it? I've tried to mix my songs with it in the past, and I don't think I had the best results. What could probably happening? what are the main mistakes people make using this? thanks in advance.
The main mistake people make when using this thing is believing that it's a magic pill that will suddenly male mixes sound better. It's a good tool for a starting reference point.
Is there a way to record a DI track as well as hear yourself out of a speaker or amp with some kind of distortion (even though I am not going to use this distortion anyways) just so I don’t only hear the clean dry tone of distortionless metal riffs? Lol
Fluff, there's absolutely no need to lowpass and highpass the extremes twice in a row (your guitar bus track)... You just get phase incoherence much more easily that way... Better do it with a decent amount of shelving EQ instead of full band cut!
Hey Ryan, love your videos, very knowledgeable and entertaining. I was wondering if you can DI a guitar track into your DAW then add VSTs for tone afterwards to avoid the latency some of the plug-ins can cause. Thanks, Ps: You inspired me to start studying in sound engineering, keep on the good work.
Of course. All the Amp Simulation software does is add to a signal. You can record a di without the effect if your PC can't run the plugins without having to crank your buffer and latency. I actually prefer to do this for bass guitar.
hi there great channel i was wonder if maybe i need an 10 band eq pedal to do the same as you do with the fabfilter ...i could get a beter tone on my guitar playing live or somthing like that, do you think this could be usefull?
Hi Ryan, great videos. I use an ESP EC-256 with a passive seymour duncan Dimebucker for the main pick up. When I am in in easy mix2 how would you suggest approaching the EQ's for this pick up? I notice you seemed to know exactly what to do to compensate for your guitars pick up! Another guitar of mine has an active EMG 81 main pick up - would you approach this differently? I love the presets on guitar gods 3 but I sometimes still find I get nasty noise which is hard to eliminate perfectly.... Any advice on this would be cool! My set up is Logic Pro X & Toontrack EZmix2 (with various expansion packs) only. Do you think I need an additional "Waves" plug in to achieve a professional sound or can everything be done great with logic? Cheers!
Hey fluff! I want to get a tube amp, but I wouldn't be able to afford a higher watt head--I'd probably be around the 20w range--Randall rd20, mini 6505, dark terror, etc. Would a 15 or 20 watt amp be able to hold its own in a practice setting with a full band (other guitarist has a 120 solid state amp)?
Hi Fluff! In some of your vids I have seen what looks suspiciously like a MMM1 baritone hanging on the wall behind you. I would love to hear your thoughts/impressions/demo of this beast, as it has been on my wishlist for quite some time but I haven't heard it in the flesh. Love your channel, cheers!
this has probably been asked and answered thousands of fucking times: What is the intro song? I've looked through his soundcloud but can't find it for the life of me
Hey, Fluff! I'm curious about how much varying cabs with the same speakers change to be when miced up in the very centre of the speaker and directly on the grill of the cab.
beginner question: how do you get two guitar tracks timed up so perfectly? Do you just have to keep doing takes until you get two that are super close and if so is there any tricks to help with the timing?
+Jeremy Komer There is no trick and no retakes. Just do more rehearsals, first with metronome, then with backtrack. If you are beginner - you should play song 20-50 times just to get your timing right.
There seem to be some big misconceptions about EZMix: It is NOT a DAW. It is NOT a mixing program. IT IS plugins to enhance and make mixing easier. So please stop saying.."He used Logic to mix" or "He used other plugins". By that reasoning he shouldn't have used a guitar, bass, A.I., computer or monitors/headphones either.
Sweet video on this man! I've been looking at it for ages, do you think that it takes a lot of the skill out of mixing + anyone can click a preset and get a good sound? Or do you think that you still need a good ear to get a good mix with it.. Still looks like an epic go to plugin though!!
I'm having a hell of a time getting decent mixes. I know its so much the product but more or less me still learning but I'm going nuts. anyone willing to help a brotha out?
WARNING!!!! Do not buy EZMIX2 it's advertised as a one click solution to getting a great sound, but you still need to edit the crap it to get a half decent sound. Do not waste your hard earned money on this product, you're better off just spending extra time and eq'ing etc individually tracks etc. I told you Toontrack I'm not going away.
great video i use both ez mix 2 and ezdrummer2 this helped alot thank you fluff
I gotta say, your riffs are always the highlight of the videos. Always so much groove to them.
I have no idea what any of this means but its cool
Nice video, but i really dont see why you call it "Mixing with EZMix2" when you're not. Sure you use a few presets, but then you use Logic and other plugins to mix it. Would be cool to see a video where you actually use EZMix2 to mix a song.
That's becaue EzMix 2 is a tool, not the end all be all for mixing a song. I use multiple plug-ins, different virtual instruments, etc when mixing.
nice video. The secret to metal mixing: turn down the bass
so true
Nope
+Max Oak in all seriousness, turn down the bass on the guitar for metal tones. Especially on 7/8 string songs. The lowest notes on guitar are there for overtones. Like the icing on a cake or the bass drums that sound like typewriters. Bass guitars are the meat on the bones.
+Iridescent Noise im not sure i agree, it depends what your going for, tight?, yeh maybe but wild?, maybe not
+Jack Smith people like to think they are unique snowflakes. In reality with super low tunings/8 strings, you turn down the bass unless you're going for a muddy tone. it's really that simple.
***** maybe i want a muddy tone lol maybe my guitar is naturally very bright? Also i would like to add there is a general difference in taste in tone and texture between Euro and US metal/heavyness, In general (not always but as a rule of thumb) the North American stuff tend to have a smoother texture and more seperation, a lot of Euro heavy bands wants a very raw almost uncontrolled mix, Snowflakes or icicles :D
and foot note i use down tuned 6 string (c -drop), it i dont think has as much importance there
Eznix 2 is definitely a good tool to use as a reference to a tone. This plugin absolutely does not solve the key to the ultimate mix. I already see comments that it's misleading but the same goes for these other amp simulators. Every amp simulator requires decent knowledge when it comes to mixing. Now I will say this. Ezmix has give me a major light bulb moment and things I never really thought of before when it came to mixing guitars and bass. I've never used the drum presets but i'll test it out soon. . I own Bias amp 2, Bias fx and Fortin and I'll be honest, I often get overwhelmed with the amount of choices I have and Ezmix has done the job well with the other plugins I use for compression, eqing, and even stereo imaging to provide better frequency range within my mix. I also use the mastering presets with adding additional tweaking with Ozone. To put it short, Ezmix is a valuable tool based on your needs, you don't have to be the biggest beginner or pro, it's merely a tool for you to use in your production.
FYI's Sweetwater is selling EZMix today for $29.99 - I just bought it based on Fluff's review and that price!!
Hey Ryan! I'm a really big fan of yours but I think your songs would sound much better with a fuller, gnarlier and more present bass guitar. Giving it some more volume and edge would make your songs come to life.
Unfortunately people always find things to complain about when it's not them doing the job, I just think it would give every instrument its place, after all the work you put into it it's a shame to cut part of it out
+Ryan Bruce (Fluff) I agree with MrGabbo97 with the fact that the bass needs more presence. But imho level is not the main problem. My main criticism is that the bass sounds floppy, lacks attack almost as if the string were really loose.
i just finished buying this. You sir have good timing!
Dear mister Bruce,
You've got an amazing channel and really good videos, The quality is outstanding! But, could you in the future disclose when your videos are payed or endorsed. I see all my youtube subscriptions review the same products around the same time. It feels like you guys are selling me things. For instance, every body reviewed the Positive Grid software around the same time.
Are you showing me how to mix things or are you selling me EZ-mix or a bit of both?
Keep the lovely videos coming dude!
JvD.
+Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce What do you mean?
I just think it's fair to disclose this information. If you check out "game reviews" more and more often the reviewer tells his audience on youtube that he has been payed to review the game. Like you were very open in your affiliation with Panama amps. You telling that makes me as an consumer better informed if you'd review a Panama amp.
+Joël van Dam does fluff getting paid or not paid by a certain company lessen the quality, validity or how helpful the video is???? dudes gotta eat. realistically, if he was getting paid ( prob is ) he could just mail it in like some of these other guys but instead i personally find his videos are above and beyond where others are at. kind of a loser comment bro
+Joël van Dam I agree with what you're saying. I have the opportunity to do sponsored videos for gaming companies sometimes, and even though it's obvious that it's a sponsored video, I think the viewers generally appreciate when I'm up front about it. People are giving you shit for some reason, but your request is very reasonable and transparency can do wonders for people.
+kyle grossi Because there is always a possibility of being biased for that product, especially when money has changed hands. It's not that paid reviews are a bad thing and most people dont really care if its paid or not, but disclosing the deals properly would prevent all misconception.
I think it would be fair and honest to tell how things really are rether than thinking "Well they probably know and it doesnt really matter"
+Ryan “Fluff” Bruce from what I see, it's just to clear up any conflict of interest
when do we get to talk about the MASTER CHAIN
I've had the same experience trying to balance real amps with the EZMix2 presets, it's sometimes frustrating to go through the motions of guitar tracking only to find an EZMix2 amp preset that's within 10% of the tone I can duplicate traditionally... and that last bit usually gets solved with EQ and some mixing butter. For home studio recording artists without racks of amps to do reamping with, EZMix2 can really be a great way to diversify your guitar amp tones as well as gain access to a host of other useful presets (especially for vocals).
thanks fluff! need more "how i mixed" vids!!!
Much appreciated posting these VST and VSTI videos Fluff!
Fluff, your noise floor is too high man at 1:24 . I guess you reamped that part. Is it the Two notes product?
Could you upload this logic file/project please?
I would love to see more videos like this.
Dear Bruce can you send an template for that project? thank you
THANKS FLUFF, FOR REAL!
Hello, i was wondering if you use EZmix2 sometimes now in 2020?
Im not long into a sound Production course at College, we use Protools primarily in that class. Not too keen on paying out that much, was wondering if you guys would recommend this? primarily recording guitars. Cheers.
I got amplitube, guitar rig, for bass and guitar..Arthurian v6 and serum for keys..superior drummer 3...and ozone for mastering..Can ez mix 2 still be old use to me?
Though i'm not using Ez mix this still helped me with my recording issues I have some looped parts and for some reason when recorded my looper drops in volume adding a touch of gain to it brought the volume back up and EQ'ing the mids and using a low cut thats barely on helped that situation, But my high cut and low filters even though they work they make my tone sound like trash so when i practice those songs i now just use a mid boost with a gate and a weeee bit of compression it's not "My sound" that i worked out getting but it's close enough to work.
Okay, first off, let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. I love Fluff's channel and think he's an amazing and helpful guy, otherwise I wouldn't be subscribed to him. Okay, now that that's clear, I do have one concern about this video. I feel like it's slightly misleading, especially to those who are brand new to mixing (or audio engineering in general). As people who have been doing this a while, we obviously understand that you can't just throw EZmix everywhere and expect pro results. So it's no surprise to us that he's using some (slight) post- processing EQ and compression. However, I feel like the way Toontrack advertises, and the way this video is set up, there is this misconception that EZmix is a pro recording solution. In this video, Fluff even said (at least twice) that this is a mix done completely with EZmix2. But even he has to use like three different post- eq's on the rhythm tracks, and post- eq and compression on like every other track as well. I just hope that people aren't mislead into believing (as I once was) that EZmix is all you need for pro recordings, whereas even in this video designed to advertise it, there still is post- processing applied. I don't know, maybe I'm just reading too much into it.
But as always Ryan, thank you for taking time to make these videos for us. We appreciate it very much.
What Expansion Bundle would you recommend?
Hi man, great video as always. What's the purpose of EZMIX2? where I must expect to get with it? I've tried to mix my songs with it in the past, and I don't think I had the best results. What could probably happening? what are the main mistakes people make using this? thanks in advance.
The main mistake people make when using this thing is believing that it's a magic pill that will suddenly male mixes sound better. It's a good tool for a starting reference point.
Fluff what gear did you use to make your intro riff? it sounds so orgasmic i must know!
I always get a lot of noise when i use Mtel guitar Gods.. How you do to get a perfect sound?
Is there a way to record a DI track as well as hear yourself out of a speaker or amp with some kind of distortion (even though I am not going to use this distortion anyways) just so I don’t only hear the clean dry tone of distortionless metal riffs? Lol
FLUFF! What ever happened to your '77 Gibson RD Artist? Did you sell it already or will there be a video?
Welcome back hat!
Fluff, there's absolutely no need to lowpass and highpass the extremes twice in a row (your guitar bus track)... You just get phase incoherence much more easily that way... Better do it with a decent amount of shelving EQ instead of full band cut!
This vs positive Grid Bias?
What DAW are you using?
Nice video. Good info. One question though, what theme you use on Reaper?
THIS IS SICCCCCKKK !!!!!!! I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!
Curious, I see you using Logic, any particular reason? Interested to know your thoughts on Pro tools.
Hey Ryan, love your videos, very knowledgeable and entertaining. I was wondering if you can DI a guitar track into your DAW then add VSTs for tone afterwards to avoid the latency some of the plug-ins can cause. Thanks, Ps: You inspired me to start studying in sound engineering, keep on the good work.
Of course. All the Amp Simulation software does is add to a signal. You can record a di without the effect if your PC can't run the plugins without having to crank your buffer and latency. I actually prefer to do this for bass guitar.
So...these guitar tones are from EZ Mix? I just purchased EZ Mix2 and can't find the kind of tones you have going on here.
hi there great channel i was wonder if maybe i need an 10 band eq pedal to do the same as you do with the fabfilter ...i could get a beter tone on my guitar playing live or somthing like that, do you think this could be usefull?
Nice job Bruce, keep sharing your knowledge whit us XD
9:07 The "widdly widdly" parts XD
Paranoid Android lol heard that many times before. still tickles my heart tho
Bruce,
I see you use both ez mix and the captor with wall of sound ? Any preference there?
Thanks man
Having option overload. Lol
Can I ask what the Mastodon Blood Mountain picture is, above your amp heads?
It's a picture of mastodons blood mountain. Great album, check it out
hey fluff do you program your drums or use the features in ezdrummer2 to program them?
Nice tutorial Mate. Great tool.
Cheers from Germany
Love these mixing vids Fluff, please keep making them.... and some recording vids tooo? *wink*
Hi Ryan, great videos. I use an ESP EC-256 with a passive seymour duncan Dimebucker for the main pick up. When I am in in easy mix2 how would you suggest approaching the EQ's for this pick up? I notice you seemed to know exactly what to do to compensate for your guitars pick up!
Another guitar of mine has an active EMG 81 main pick up - would you approach this differently?
I love the presets on guitar gods 3 but I sometimes still find I get nasty noise which is hard to eliminate perfectly.... Any advice on this would be cool! My set up is Logic Pro X & Toontrack EZmix2 (with various expansion packs) only. Do you think I need an additional "Waves" plug in to achieve a professional sound or can everything be done great with logic?
Cheers!
Uhm, Well. You are using other things than ez mix to do it, is it possible to mix and so without anything Else than eq and ez mix?
Hey fluff! I want to get a tube amp, but I wouldn't be able to afford a higher watt head--I'd probably be around the 20w range--Randall rd20, mini 6505, dark terror, etc. Would a 15 or 20 watt amp be able to hold its own in a practice setting with a full band (other guitarist has a 120 solid state amp)?
+Tim Crouch thank you so much!
Hi Fluff! In some of your vids I have seen what looks suspiciously like a MMM1 baritone hanging on the wall behind you. I would love to hear your thoughts/impressions/demo of this beast, as it has been on my wishlist for quite some time but I haven't heard it in the flesh. Love your channel, cheers!
hey fluff! what about the presets on the drums? what kind of snare, kick do you use?
yeah i noticed it about 2 days after i wrote to you. haha...sorry.....great video by the way!!
you get a damn good sound man
where do i get these eve plug ins? i cant find a link
*Neve. They're a company who is famous for their Pre-amps
this has probably been asked and answered thousands of fucking times: What is the intro song? I've looked through his soundcloud but can't find it for the life of me
+milky joe It's called Failed - The intro song
+milky joe No problem man!
Hey, Fluff! I'm curious about how much varying cabs with the same speakers change to be when miced up in the very centre of the speaker and directly on the grill of the cab.
**tone** not "to be"
beginner question: how do you get two guitar tracks timed up so perfectly? Do you just have to keep doing takes until you get two that are super close and if so is there any tricks to help with the timing?
You just copy and paste, if you mean doubling guitar tracks
+Jeremy Komer There is no trick and no retakes. Just do more rehearsals, first with metronome, then with backtrack. If you are beginner - you should play song 20-50 times just to get your timing right.
Well , you definitely CANT do it by copying and pasting. Just have to play it until you can!
+Max Oak I thought he meant doubling guitar tracks
The bass track got raped
There seem to be some big misconceptions about EZMix:
It is NOT a DAW.
It is NOT a mixing program.
IT IS plugins to enhance and make mixing easier.
So please stop saying.."He used Logic to mix" or "He used other plugins". By that reasoning he shouldn't have used a guitar, bass, A.I., computer or monitors/headphones either.
So its a plugin suite?
Got this over black Friday for less than £20, steal.
Sweet video on this man! I've been looking at it for ages, do you think that it takes a lot of the skill out of mixing + anyone can click a preset and get a good sound?
Or do you think that you still need a good ear to get a good mix with it..
Still looks like an epic go to plugin though!!
Cool! I've been wondering if I should check this plugin out. Can I use another amp sim such as the Fortin Nameless in front of the EZMIX2?
Why would you?
@@skippityblippity8656 I have no idea what I meant with this comment about a year ago.
song sounds like riot by 3gd
Fuck. Super informative. Thanks, Fluff!
The never ending hassle of low and highpass filters. Why dont we just call them low and high filters?
was that solo a joke?
"okay now we have the widdly widdly parts" lol
I'm having a hell of a time getting decent mixes. I know its so much the product but more or less me still learning but I'm going nuts. anyone willing to help a brotha out?
do th3 video! gogogogo :)
It's petty I know, but I'd love your channel a whole lot more if you hadn't signed up for full 20s-1min ads with skip disabled.
First comment LOVE YOU FLUFF
WARNING!!!! Do not buy EZMIX2 it's advertised as a one click solution to getting a great sound, but you still need to edit the crap it to get a half decent sound. Do not waste your hard earned money on this product, you're better off just spending extra time and eq'ing etc individually tracks etc. I told you Toontrack I'm not going away.
Is there really such a thing as a "one click" solution?
No, I found out the hard way Kyle, so live and learn
Meh wants to see you use this with vocals.