Episode 12 - Crow's Eye - Part 1 

For real tho.

i know it is kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good place to watch new series online?

@Tatum Leonidas Flixportal :P

@Jamal Shepherd Thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!!

@Tatum Leonidas no problem =)

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much!

absolutely! as hard as this year has been, somehow music still brings me joy.

He really is a "simple is usually best" guy.

Wow, thank you for this comment! Its so good to know that these videos are connecting, much appreciated.

@@KenAndrewsMusic May I ask you what is the brand of pedalboard you are using on live ? I saw some videos of one in aluminium perfored and really thin ... thx for your help

My pleasure!

It's a SD '59 in the bridge and I think a custom in the neck

Its a seymour duncan custom classic in the bridge. I habevthat pickup...its so nice and chunky.

That's right!

Lol, I love when people ask me what my interests are and I get to see the funny look on their face when I say "I'm a long-time fan of failure."

When I get a strange look when wearing a Failure shirt, I generally say, "It's a band, not a personal motto." Heh.

Yep, I mix the bleed to taste, for crows eye I wanted everything really dry and separate. Have not played with the humanizing feature enough yet. Thanks!

Glad you liked it!

I'm not using any included grooves. I usually can hear the pattern I want in my head so its just faster to finger-drum it into ProTools and then edit further. Yes Quantizing, most of the time, usually not 100% though and sometimes leave the hi-hat less quantized. I do try and make sure the down beat of each section is right on the grid or a bit after, because if its before, it makes editing the kit later kind of a pain.

@@KenAndrewsMusic outstanding. Thanks for the insight.

Thanks! not desk mounted. its a floor stand: K&M Performer Walk Up Guitar Stand - Electric.

I think it's a Jeff Beck? Neck pu was in the guitar when I bought it, although I don't think it's OG. All I know is they both sound really good and I have no interest in changing the sound of this guitar.

@@KenAndrewsMusic Sounds great,I was looking and I think the neck pick up is an older model seymour duncan before they started writing the "sd" signature on them...and yea, please don't change them. You wrote my favorite albums on them.lol🤘👍Have a good one Ken,take care.

Good question. Listening in the next room sometimes help reveal problems that really good speakers or nice headphones can smooth over. Step out of the room for a few minutes. Listen to something else, like news.

@@KenAndrewsMusic that’s great advice. Thanks for a quick response and I wish you a merry holiday season! -Z

Hmm, I do edit the midi tracks in PT. I don't use any of the composing or groove tools in SD3 at all. I play my midi tracks in, or sometimes draw them if that's faster. I just use SD3 as a sample host. Now if you mean how do I PRINT the SD3 sounds to AUDIO tracks, yes I do that 99% of the time. I usually print out each component of the kit separately into stereo tracks with the amount of ambient mics I want blended in. So Kick, Snare, Rack, Floor, Hat, etc. However, I generally lean more towards slightly dryer sounds when I print them out so I have some room to add more ambience in the mix.

Ninjam is zero latency.... well kinda ;)

@@blahuhm6782 cool, I'll check it out! Of course there's going to some degree of latency with everything but just looking for the best option at this point :)

Roger Waters performed "Mother" live with his current band during the initial lock-down where they were all in different locations, and it was synced up perfectly. Of course, Waters has financial resources well beyond what is available to just about anyone else, but it shows such a thing is possible.

greg I saw that on Facebook. I hope your recovery is smooth man. I had full ACL replacement last year. Yes the stand I'm using is designed for bass guitar and electric guitar, not acoustic guitar, but they make that variant as well. K&M Performer Walk Up Guitar Stand - Electric.

Thank you so much for pushing on this. Shifting Skin: At this point it's less about the rights and more about the unfortunate fact that I'm having trouble accessing the multitrack files because it was made so long ago. Long story but I used a tape based back solution back then and while I have the tape, restoring those files is turning into major nightmare because the software has been re-written several times, and oh no I've gone cross-eyed... But seriously I really want to get the multitracks for that album before I re-release it.

No, I think my tech just made that as a reminder to himself. If you could defeat those knobs I would. Not needed in our application and if one gets bumped all hell breaks loose.

Hmm, not sure I want to wade into becoming a music critic, but I will say I have listened to it a lot and enjoy it.

In 2014 I took the top Kemper and the top Fractal into my studio and evaluated them for 10 days. At that point I preferred the Fractal both sonically and functionally. While I have not auditioned every modeler that has come since then I have investigated most of them, and functionally they don't really compete with the Fractal IMHO. It can be simple or really complex and customizeable. It also encourages a lot of experimentation which I enjoy. But honestly, from strictly a sound perspective, none of the main players in the amp-modeling space sound bad. I'm sure I could get sounds I liked from all of them.

@@KenAndrewsMusic Ty very much!

Yes I have been mixing albums, although since they are for touring bands the release dates have not been locked in. I think there are a lot of albums that are finished and people are waiting to see what the best time to release them is going to be based on touring possibilities and the pandemic. I've been really lucky that since Fantastic Planet came out I've had a fairly steady stream of artists inquiring about me as a producer or mixer. At this point, over 100 albums mixed, I am getting most of my work based off a specific album I have mixed in the past. Some people still reference FP, but a lot of people have heard my electronic mixing work, or my work with female singers, so its kind of a mixed bag these days genre wise. Recording gear is so cheap now, there's really no excuse to not be out there recording/mixing music in some form. Find unsigned artists you like and record and mix them for free. Hone your craft. But of course, to make a career out of it, you eventually need to be a part of something that a bunch of people really like. Which is obviously luck. But I have noticed that luck tends to favor those who show up and do the work!

@@KenAndrewsMusic I don't remember the exact quote, but Picasso once said something like, "Inspiration will find you, but she must find you at work."

Duncan 1/4 pound for p bass. Thanks!

I recommend pretty much any decent modeler or even plug-in for home recording because recording a loud guitar amp in a domestic space is fraught with big problems. Main one being its really hard to be sonically isolated from a loud guitar amp in a house. And that bleed can really hinder you in evaluating what you're recording unless you're willing to record some and play it back every time you make a change to the sound. 2nd big problem is roommates and neighbors! I think high quality guitar modelling is one of the BIGGEST boons to home recording ever. The only drawback is getting feedback, but my monitoring system is capable of getting loud enough to vibrate the guitar body, which is harder with smaller speakers.

@@KenAndrewsMusic can you recommend one modeler over another? Subjective opinion of course. Thanks

Hmm... I interpreted it as, "Yeah, I went there, and it was glorious."

Not at all. I directed it! Just laughing at all the negative responses it got.

@@KenAndrewsMusic Ah! Got it. Thanks!

Yes I do, one is exactly like my Signature model, and the other has different electronics. No piezo system, but the neck and bridge pickups come out two separate outputs.

@@KenAndrewsMusic so you actually have 3 of them? Wow. They look killer! Wish I had one! Man I would love to see a lil tour of all your guitars. See what all is in your guit-arsenal! That would be an epic video. Love your channel man! And your comments are epic!