Welcome to my channel! I'm Caleb Denison, a musician with a long-running history of playing, recording, and producing music. I'm fortunate to have worked in or for bands like Say We Can Fly, Never Shout Never, Eat Me While I'm Hot, Carter Hulsey, Lil Dusty G, Me Like Bees, Plug-In Stereo, and Fox Royale. My journey has also brought me into collaboration with industry legends such as Butch Vig, Butch Walker, Jeff Smith, Oran Thornton, Billy Bush, and Jake Sinclair.
This channel is a space for both pupils and pros, where I share insights, tips, and behind-the-scenes stories from my career. Whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your craft, I hope you'll find valuable content that helps!
Dude you know whats funny is the stuff you like is so not in the norm. it's not UAD sonnox fab filter ect. But you are bang in they do what they do and do it well. Great stuff. And subscribed
Nice video man. I have come to find that using only the kick and snare tracks as "guides" to slice and then quantize all drum tracks works best for me. That way I can preserve a lot of the natural feel of the performance but get the downbeats nice and tight to the grid. The way to do that is to (1) bend marker detect only the snare and kick, (2) group all drum tracks, and then (3) select only kick and snare tracks as guides in the edit menu.
Alcohol works well, and also contact cleaner will do, some people use lacquer thinner on pcbs, but I don't feel comfortable doing that. Alcohol and a q-tip also will work on scratchy pots in a guitar or amp.
Yeah, the advice we found specifically warned only to use 99% alcohol, and not to even use contact cleaner. Lots of gizmos in there. That’s why we just went dry.
@calebdenisonmusic contact cleaner kind of depends on the component. I should of been more specific. Like laqyer thinner on a pot imo is particularly stupid but for a pcb I could see it working but still wouldn't use it. You're right about it being 99 percent this has to do with moisture I believe but could be wrong. I usually just use 99 percent alcohol to clean everything 🤷♂️. Have ever since I I had to clean pots on an ashdown amp combo I used to use.
I don't use Studio One and I don't edit live instruments (I'm just a voice guy :) but I enjoy seeing your process and hearing you explain the "why" behind the "what". Love you, bro!
Super interesting. Like i do drums a completely different way, and when i see "chop" in regards to music i think of sample chopping. Like maybe its because i didn't like touch a guitar and made house music out of soul and disco songs for almost 2 years till this yearish or technically 2023 sometime i guess, but i think of it more in an edm way when i see "drum chopping". Tbh i want more organic live playing if i ever do another thing, but since i doubt it will happen and drummers are hard to come by i doubt i ever do. Love seeing your process.
There’s probably a better term for it, that’s just what we have always called it. Sometimes I like more natural “loose” sounds, but sometimes you want it tight and hitting hard on the money, and that’s when I utilize this feature
@calebdenisonmusic I think the term fits what you're doing fine. It's just I've been on a music plain for so long I forget more guitar or rock music oriented terms. My brain just goes back a couple years ago when I was like programming Gameboys and playing with samplers.
I love how you make fun of the SW Missouri accent ("Dill"). hahaha. My wife is a Missouri native (I am not) and we joke all the time about her accent (it's a big dill, hahahah). She also struggles with the word "groin"... Sounds more like "growin" when she says it. Too funny. But also, great video.
These are my kind of videos. Also instead of gating the volume for that record kind of sound, which is does do imo id find a way to kind of shift the pitch back and forth. Kind of like a record warble. I mean cutting that volume does have a vintage thing going that works, but if you have a way to try to try thay with pitch i think youd like the results.
Love you, brother. Thanks for taking the time. That’s why I do it. I had a friend from me like bees tell me the backstory from one of their songs titled “Green Boots”… (check it out, for sure, so good) Anyway, the song came on the other day, and I genuinely enjoyed the song so much more than any other song, because I knew his vantage point, his heart.. I have honestly almost stopped doing these, but that gave me the shot in the arm to keep going. So! Thanks for the encouragement. I’m glad the arrows are hitting targets.
