Awesome knowledge thank you! I use that same interface love it. I utilize an iPad and use GarageBand. Since I’m a full time RV, I don’t have the room for a desk top, but I really dig Studio One Pro. The only con I find with GarageBand is you can’t change the tempo throughout the composition. I found a plug in that analyzes your volume and gives you penalty’s points for when you want to add your music to platforms. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2QVoQCD3oA8.html
for the beginners, garage band is the one to use ! Amazing drummer (not metal) amazing synth, ,brass, bass, horns, organs etc. great drum fills who really wants to have a complicated screen like reaper or other ? G band is the best
Same here. I didn't live in the US so everything here is super expensive. I kinda decided to buy cheap but also worked. For example, for the audio interface, I just went with Behringer UM2 since it's the cheapest and it worked. Tho, need a bit of time to set it up properly which I don't mind. My guitar doesn't even pass the 50-dollar price tag.
u gotta save that money😂 buying cheap/ affordable equipment only leads to being very quickly dissatisfied once you realize the difference in tone. There’s a reason this stuff costs the money that it does. It produces professional level quality, cheap sh will sound cheap. Compare the soundcloud bandlab freaks to mainstream artists cheap equipment should only exist for beginners/ intermediates, used to gain essential knowledge and experience you’ll need to make the expensive equipment sound it’s best. u don’t gotta drop 5k on a setup, but don’t search for bargains, there’s an obvious reason they’re bargains
not trying to be rude, just being real. no sugar coating. it’s a brutal scene, if it wasn’t then everyone would be a guitarist. Not a profession for the weak, or the cheap😂 the ones who have the drive to bridge that gap, spend that money, are the badasses we know as guitarists, if it were cheap and easy we wouldn’t be badasses
but also don’t let that shit limit you, every guitarist was at one point dog shit and broke. it’s a right of passage to learn, improve and upgrade. just tough love young buck. ur already doing better than 99% of people just by seeking the information ur seeking, now obsess over it and before long you’ll have a setup and be recording bangers
@@Lif3OfAMVeveryone is a guitarist haha 😉 also I’d recommend just getting a four track and learning your instrument. I’ve spent over 20 years learning the saxophone and still always improving. Don’t be in a rush to release music, learn what it means to be a musician and when you have something to say it won’t really matter what it’s recorded on. Recording, mixing are different disciplines than performing or writing, they all take time. You have to decide where do I want to put my effort and where do I want to excel. Best of luck to everyone.
Your videos are some of the best available on RU-vid for guitarists at any level. You’re a great teacher! I’ve just ordered EZMix 2 and set it up on my laptop along with my Focusrite 2i2 and Reaper
So cool! I’ve been out of the music business for years now, but in the 80’s I set up my recording studio with an 8-track Tascam multitracker. (Cassette tape). It was lots of work. I played the rhythm, lead, and bass guitar on separate tracks and was lucky enough to have a drummer in my band. I mixed a few nice demos but because of the inherent human-error factor, we of course had to overdub tracks until we got it right. That’s obviously all changed now. Computers. I wish we would have had them back then. Very cool studio you have there and thanks for bringing me up to speed on the latest studio technology.
This is the best video to explain recording 101... you are not just a good guitarist but a genuine person!! I stop playing guitar for a long time and just picked it back up this January and built a studio in my house... always looking for good tips and you are just nice person who explains things simply and effectively. Thank you
Lol same here it’s been a good while since I played but this past winter/February I bought a guitar & bass to get back into playing and I was even thinking about buying a electric drum set bc I want to record my own music but seeing this I don’t need to buy the drums set lol I’m so ready to record
I bought an electric drum set and midi up the set to my daw...some of the drums I play on the few bars to get what's on my head.. you don't need it but worth having it
This was not only super informative, but really entertaining and insightful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Content like this is invaluable! Love your channel Bernth!
It’s always a good day when you post. 🤘can’t wait to start my home studio! I just need: audio interface, mics, cables, stands, labtop and DAW. Lol I know, seems like a lot but I have come a long way to gathering the big pillars in my studio such as; drums, cymbals, amps, my acoustic guitar , keyboard and foam. In time ! Thanks for all the lessons! Hope I become a patreon soon! Hope you’re doing well!
Love this video! I can't wait to get a home studio set up myself. The tisch is gorgeous and I really love Bernth's taste in setting up his room! I'd love to see even more insight in the cable organization. I always wonder what an efficient way would be to organize/conceal them.
Payday can't come soon enough. I've been playing guitar wrong for 30 years. I've made so much progress so fast just from fixing my technique and finally integrating a metronome into my routine. And you make instructional videos on recording. Prost Bernth!!! Dude you have no idea how awesome you are bro. Take my money now!
Thanks Bernth! Great video! I use Logic Pro X with stock plug-ins. EZ drummer 2 and Guitar Rig. For mastering I use Ozone 8. I have the Scarlet 2i2 into my laptop and Mackie monitors.
Cool video! It's always fun to see how others work. In my studio im using the Focusrite i1820 and an RME 9652 when doing full bands. I'm a Protools guy, been using since 6.4. I use JBL LSR305 monitors. I reference check on some Advent 3" speakers that have a 5' subwoofer. My work flow is similar to yours, though I track guitars with a Helix rack. I have a patch setup where I use a model that gets the right vibe, then I also have two DI paths setup. I record 3 tracks simultaneously - model (center), DI (L), DI (R). For the DI tracks I use Brainworx amp plugins. Then I repeat for the next take, if needed. I also use EZDrummer, EZBass, and EZKeys. I will often record bass live, DI, then use Overloud Mark Studio, Helix Native. Or Brainworx plugins to get my bass tones. Often the bass will be duplicated across three tracks. In those instances I keep the dry DI, then a cleaner bass tone followed by something with more drive. I blend to taste. With drums I'll build my tracks in EZDrummer. I'll keep them stereo, but utlize two AUX channels - one for parallel compression, the other for reverb. Those are controlled by a VCA master and then sent to a buss track. I turn off the reverb and compression in the EZDrummer mixer. With EZKeys I tend to use it to write my own chord progressions, then I apply a playing style from the MIDI libraries. I save the track in Ezkeys as a MIDI file and drop it back in Protools. Then I'll use Arturia's V Collection 7 or something from my East/West sound libraries for an instrument. When tsljing drums, I mentioned using VCA masters and buss channels. I do this with all my instrument groups. It allows me to use less overall processing and makes mixing with automation easier. For mastering, I use the Plugin Alliance Mix & Master bundle. I'll add saturation then the bx Mastering Desk plugin.
Jo Bernth, ich kann dir gar nicht genug danken für deine ganze Hilfe, bin jz schon seit Längerem am Start und hab echt viel mitgenommen. Leider ist die letzte Challenge etwas an mir vorbeigeflogen, aber naja beim nächsten Mal bin ich auf jeden Fall dabei. Grüße aus Berlin !
This helps me a lot, I recently got a GAMING PC to do this. The issue is, I do not know how to do anything of this especially mixing video and audio. Time to do this to expand my content in the future.
Bernth, very informative video, very helpful information. I am too far along in years to ever learn to understand all this equipment or how to use it, but one can dream. Right now as I am learning to play my acoustic electric guitar I am trying to set up the effects on a Tonewood amplifier that I have connected to it. It's all fun so it's all good 😉. Very nice TISCH you set up for yourself ✔.
Great tips. That tisch looks great 🙂 I'm using Cubase too and find it very straightforward to quickly get ideas down. I usually pick a stock Amp Rack preset to get the idea down with the intention of revisiting the tone later. Great channel/content. Danke!😃
@BERNTH your so Inspirational and thank you for teaching us about mixing, recording, and equipment I'm Sure in a few years I'll Catch up Your expertise Just Wait I'll Train Hard🔥🔥
My mistake is already eqing and mastering before recording for low spec pc it will start lagging when recording so try to only use plugins that you need for the meantime before polishing and mastering
Hello Bernth. As always, a pleasure viewing your content! On my studio Tisch, I have a Scarlett 4i4 plugged into a PC laptop with KRK Rokit monitors. My primary DAW is Abelton Live 10 and I've recently started experimenting with the Toneforge Jeff Loomis Plugin from Joey Sturgis Tones. Sometimes I work on a Mac and use Logic Pro X. Thank you for sharing your guitar/shredding knowledge and experience with us!
@@Danboi. You will be limited to a Mac if you plan to use Logic Pro X and a mini would be fine for that use case. I recommend looking at the requirements of the DAW you plan to use and compare it with the specs of a machine in your price range.
Another awesome video as expected! Hehe I ought to save up for the good plugins hahaha If you don't mind, I'd love to see a video on your biggest idols and influences
Hmmm, personally I own two simple practice amps, the Peavey VIP30 and Spark. I basically choose a good preset on either one (the VIP, has become my default guitar amp while the Spark is my default Bass amp). Then I use a direct box, recording the amp via an SM57, and my direct guitar. Ive found that mixing the amps signal with a virtual amp is pretty satisfying. On one hand my amp was close enough so its a good reference tone but really by coloring my virtual amp I retain the nuance from my original amp. I havent been working that quickly though, so I have more songs written than recorded so I have some time to think ahead about the kind of setting Ill use on my amp (if none of the presets is good enough, which most of the time will do)
I want to say thanks my main takeaway is using the ez mix to get started with for me is a lot because like you said in the beginning I get caught up with tine settings way too much because I don't like how it sounds usually.
gotta say, I've grown pretty near and dear to my audiobox interface and studio one came with it. But I've been learning off ableton. And for some reason I've just migrated completely to studio one 5.4. I've built up a sick guitar and bass configuration template selection using the mixing effects and j just use ampire for a volume boost but all my sound id ran through mixing racks. Thanks bearnth!
One thing I've noticed is I seem to have to use a gate more often than I should for my guitar plug-in. This is true for multiple guitars, all high end. I don't think my playing is that messy, so I'm curious what all causes that and ways to reduce it?
Thank you very much bc I’ve been wanting to do this for so long now bc I’m use to my ild school days late 90s using my boombox or 4 track lol I’ve been wanting to get back into playing abs recording for a good bit now but didn’t understand how to do it all and what I needed but with this video I now know what I need to hook up and also need a DAW I hear KW is good & free so i may try that out at first then eventually check out the one you recommended.. seriously thank you
when panning L/F i can just copy paste the First recording? then adjust it . Lets say first recording panned in left. then copy paste to track 2 pan it to right
Is your signal chain like so? Guitar → USB interface → PC USB port → DAW software → PC sound card → PC speakers/monitors Or are you outputting to external amplifier → monitors ? My question, how do you hear yourself play with realistic sound without using your actual guitar amp?
All you have to do is turn on "Monitoring" on the armed track with your guitar set as the input. The output will be whatever your default PC speakers are (or headphones) unless you have a specific output set in your DAW audio settings.
This video is a huge help for anyone (like myself) who has never had any kind of touch with this type of softwares thank you a lot! By the way, how do you mix the records you made with the videos of yourself playing?
This is great! My sis and I have a RU-vid channel we've been recording on acoustic guitar since last year and we got 218 subs, but the problem is I wanted to cover electric guitar music like Avenged Sevenfold, Archenemy and Metallica and I don't have audio interface but a YAMAHA mixer, Lyra recording microphone and Ableton 10 live DAW. I tried to cover one of Metallica songs last year it didn't go well because every time I hit my strings along with the backing track it's not on the timing at my DAW EVEN THOUGH I was playing along and listening to it in my headphones it just delays and the worst experience I had last year.
I do hope that you record dry signals guitars as well and that they are not clipping... Because than you can re-design your guitarsound endlessly. Not bashing was just wondering! Great video's as always!
That's the pont .. get away from "endlessly" ... this is about getting quick decent results for sketching ideas, composing, about being a musician not a technician.
Great video! The best thing I did to make my songwriting idea recording work was creating templates that I can open when I want to do a quick recording to get my riff or song part idea down on tape. I have presets called Songwriter in my DAW Studio One- when I open it my guitar/bass software presets for Amplitube ,STL and Bias are open- same w EZ Drummer 3, EZ Mix, and Sampletank____ everything is ready to record something using my Axe io interface. Gonna check out your recording course.. new inspiration is always needed. Thanks
Great video thank you, I had a question. Over the years playing on and off I’ve had the same issues about losing inspiration because of all the adjustments and plug ins etc. I’m just a basement musician and I want to record my actual setup. In the past I used protools and it’s not fun to use. Here’s my question. I love my analog setup I have, I want to keep it simple. I’m considering just buying a Mac mini and using garage band. Can I just use a microphone to record my amp OR run my pedals into an input and just use garage band to record? I just want to make songs and record them not master them. I was looking to buy a Mac mini down the line and I see they offer Logic Pro. What’s the easiest way for at home musician to compose for fun? A guitarist who likes his actual amps and pedals doesn’t want to mess around with plug-ins too much? Thanks
