BlackBox HG2 - My Favorite Low End Technique 

That's a great tip, thank you!

It's def one of my favorites. Thanks Paul!

@@WeissAdvice Ahhhh I didn't think I wanted the updated black box plugin but I think this video has changed my mind. Thankfully my subscription will give me a nice coupon right away 👍 thanks for the tips!

Was fire... should be on fire... who's to judge LOL

Thanks Monarch!

Thanks OH.K!

Awesome! Thanks Red!

Thank you so much Luigi!

Thank you CHS!

Thanks DM! That's a JZV67. Great mic!

Right on! Thanks Doug!

OMG... I know. Rappers were like superheroes with their own super powers. I dig the autotune vibe, but what I don't like is a lot of people sound too similar with it. Feels like some of the identity of the genre got lost. Or maybe that's just me being old.

How'd you get the plugin for free? As a freebie with another purchase?

Hi Steve! In my opinion, if I'm going to lean one way or another, I'd prefer to slightly overdo it than under do it. A lot of the time the end listener doesn't really respond to subtlety. But, ideally, we get that exact sweet spot!

We all do! I pump saturation straight into my veins it's how I get through the day 🤣

Thank you KC!

Me to

I don't have an endorsement with plugin alliance, but I happen to like many of their plugins. The only company I actively endorse is Slate, and I do get paid to teach how to use their plugins. And Ariamastering.com ; but I don't get paid anything for that endorsement, I just get to use it for free.

Welcome to the channel! The sweater is definitely more about vibe than show LOL

LOL - my sweater is what you get when you over use saturation

yeah, you can do it as a parallel process. Just have to be more assertive with it on the parallel return channel.

Thanks Drums!

Thanks Luke!

Thank you!

I do. I don't use the channels to often, but I do use the Mix Bus from time to time.

Right on! Thanks for finding me!

@@WeissAdvice Yes Sir! You should definitely have a lot more subscribers.

It's true - the secret is in the sweater.

Very colorful! VERY

Thanks Nick!

I think we're about due for some drum tutorials. Thanks Walter!

I mean... who doesn't need a gold and diamond encrusted Jesus head on a chain, really. Thank you for the sub!

That's a good question. I don't really do this in rock records because I usually the entire kit to glue together - whereas in Pop/Hip Hop/ etc I usually like the entire low end to glue together. Different goals.

I dunno - I don't think I would want to give this sweater any MORE color, yikes!

@@WeissAdvice Then maybe bypass the black box that's already on there..hahaha..

LOL - I had a flat brim fitted with the sticker at one point.

@@WeissAdvice I wore my knock-off Cross Color pants backwards to school one day when Kriss Kross was on the charts. So, no judgement.

These other sweater wearers have nothing on me!

I actually DO use Studio One. I just tend to use Pro Tools more. I like Studio One better, but because I know PT like the back of my hand and I don't have a ton of time it's usually better for me to be using PT.

I’m a studio one user since 2014 I love it

@@emanuelwhitehead6039 I was a PT user for about 12 years or so and made the jump to Studio One 5 about 2 months ago. I love it.

LOL - thanks Thabiso!

They go to their own bus - which may or may not get saturation depending on how they already sound.

VSM-3 is on my Drum Crush Bus in my production template because of the M/S aspect (note i'm a unreleased newb - so no weight to this opinion!).

Hi Johnny! I haven't experimented much with the VSM-3. The personality strikes me as a more aggressive saturator/distortion. I reckon you could get something similar going if you tweaked it thoughtfully enough.

Hi Matthew, thanks for the reply and great applications in your videos!

I don’t know own it but something about it seems very robust and different. Sounds like I’d be awesome just any bus so I believe it! I’ve had it on my radar for some time

It is!

LOL - thanks Mike!

Thanks Poorhouz!

Thanks for commenting Terry!

@@WeissAdvice you got it

Thanks Robert!

You couldn't really get the same result on just using it on the kick. The purpose is to create that saturated tone on every element of the low end and to get everything reacting together. You certainly can use Blackbox on just the kick as a softclipper though, which can be a great technique to get a big boofy kick sound.

love the detail of wearing the Coogi (style) sweater when discussing something 90ies hip hop. haha, well done!

I remember your dog, thats the same dog from like 7 years ago. LOL. I forgot his name tho. I thought he was a statue at the start of the video though. LOL

Yes? LOL

Nah that sweater is fye

Nah i love your sweater bro

LOL - thanks Angel!

"contrary to your sweater" LOLOLOL. I use this plugin on all sorts of sources for all sorts of genres. Rap vocals that are just a little too "friendly". Delay returns. 808 snares that are all spike no meat.

@@WeissAdvice Awesome tips! Thanks!!!

Hi Julien! I'm glad, because it's very difficult for me to get all of my thoughts together in 5-10min. I just generally aim for that mark because I don't want to make anything too long winded.

It is not - but I really appreciate the vote of confidence LOL

I've heard this before. Some people have talked about the BBEs but I never really liked those.

@@WeissAdvice yuck those harsh and cold BBE's

Your grandma had both style and taste

I try to be the best egg I can be. LOL. Thanks Esteban!

The saturation is at 25% and it's in, so I'm not sure what you're referring to here.

@@WeissAdvice My mistake..apologies

You might kinda hate this answer but: no, not really. Unfortunately, the only way to know how much low end you need three things: decent monitoring, understanding that monitoring, and a good feel for the record you're working on.

@@WeissAdvice Thank you 🙏

Hi Marcelo, I'll look into making my cursor bigger - that's a great idea! I'm not sure I follow your question. Could you rephrase?

@@WeissAdvice Thank you for answering me! I started to watch your videos recently and I like them more and more... I'll try to explain, but you'll see it was a simple and expected question... We can split (slicing the sound, dividing by frequency range, etc.) the material and treat the low end separately, right? So, why to keep the kick transient and the first portion of the kick just after the transient (I call it "punch") and before de sustain among the lower frequencies treatment like EQ, compression, harmonics, "mono-ing" (in the lack of a better term)??? Transients and the punchy portion of kicks are always on higher frequencies. AFAIK, kicks are made by very fast frequency decay, so we could treat the tale, when needed, as part of the bottom end. Not the start of the kick sound. It seems that Black Vox HG2 is used to change everything at the same time. Maybe, treating frequency ranges separately can be a better approach. What do you think? Am I wrong? I'm trying to learn. But if you made it and I did even notice that, I'm sorry. If that's the case, please, ignore me.

I haven't used Nomad Factory that often, because they were exclusively VST for so long. Some very interesting plugins.

@@WeissAdvice it's hard to describe but out of all my harmonic sub bass Saturation plugins that one tends to have the most magic out of all the others and I got most of the ones everybody uses. It's crazy because I never really gave it a try and I've owned it for a while from a bundle I picked up and let me tell you I'm kicking myself for not using it all this time. So good on sub basses and or anything under 250

True

Could never forget about the sp1200!

But you were THINKING it!

Good. Because if I'm going to have a sweater THIS ugly, I really want to be able to say it is truly the ugliest. Second ugliest doesn't even get a title. Yuck.

Oh, let's find another name for this sweater....

Oh yikes! Those must have been UGLY

Sounds like you're volunteering to edit! I appreciate that!

@@WeissAdvice haha! You wouldn't want me to do that. You'd loose viewers!!

I was going for the title belt, but I'll take runner up.

All good - my videos aren't for everyone. Hope you had a nice rest!