What's your favorite saturation plug-in? I have many faves but check out the mixing portion of this vid for THE one I love for this particular vibe. Also, isn't Sean just slaying it so hard throughout this entire video? Such a beast!
The Soundtoys Level Loc is classic, also the upgraded version Devil Loc is perfect. It gives you more controls. I´ve recently tried the Locness from Tone Empire but I think the Level Loc plugins from Soundtoys are simply better and cleaner.
Woke up this morning with this tune in my head but couldn't figure out what song it was...😢had to scratch my brain for a bit... but then I remembered! Such a good simple yet vibey track. Currently sitting outside listening and watching Chicago land get covered with snow ❄️
I just want to say these videos and this series are so valuable to small-time session people like myself. I think I love you Mr. Moustache and Mr Bassman ❤️💜
@@JakeReedmusic may I ask: I'm TOTALLY for the song performed on the first episode: any way to have it? And any way to have the drum base for a bassist to practice? ♥️
My first bass was a 76 Mustang I got for like $200 in 88'. It lived in a closet after I upgraded to a full size modern bass. Fast forward, and I see J.T. Cure nabbed one and was super excited about it. Looked it up and it turns out my first bass is one of the Belle's of my stable and I had no idea lol. Never loved the tone back then. I dug the bright 90's modern RHCP tone and that ain't the Mustang. Pulled it out about a year ago, set it up and damn it sounds good. I actually wound up tracking with it a week later and have used it a few times since then haha. Funny how things come round like that.
Here we go again, awesome sound! Took me a while before i got that joke tame impala/wild antelope though... noice. Maybe its the language barrier :) MORE MORE MORE
Jake, I find that playing to a click is easier when you’re always on beat. Would like to hear how you handle click on songs that have a swing to the beat, where the 2 and 4 aren’t always exactly midway between the 1 and the 3. Thanks, the music and videos rock.
Totally! It all depends on the song, of course, but most modern pop music is so programmed/gridded these days there's not much room for pushing or laying back on the snare. I think it's a bit easier when there's more swing because there's more room to be human ... the tiny discrepancies in the spaces between the notes or playing "in the cracks" make it easier somehow, because it's not so straight up and down.
Great video. Love your stuff. Tuned in for your drumming and got some excellent plugin info too. PS… I love your Super Dead Drums sample pack vol 1 & 2. Excellent work!
Great video dude. I love not having cymbals on the set for these kind of vibes, because once they're on the set, people can't just not hit them:) And I have this bad habit of playing 4 on the floor bass drum on these songs, how you did it (just playing the bass drum on 1 and 3) sounds so much better.
I started practicing without cymbals after watching a B.B. King tv performance of The Thrill Is Gone. He had hi-hats of course. It really works when you want to compress the snot out of the drums.
Totally! And, yes, there's always a fine line between "to play 1 and 3 or four on the floor" ... it's either Billie Jean or full on disco. Just depends on how the song wants to sit groove wise. I'm a big fan of trying things out, so even just recording a chorus and listening back can reveal a lot about what groove is needed for the song to dance!
Hey Jake! Congrats again for a great IN SESSION video :) // I have a couple of questions: Do you run the whole drum set through the neve pre amps? // do you use Distressor for the drums? :D
What snare is that? and how did you tune it?? Its just the sound im looking for. I would love to see a video just dediacted to that snare sound and how you tuned it!
It’s a newer Gretsch chrome over brass with a coated ambassador tuned medium with some cloth muffling taped up by the mic. Then, there’s a heavy amount of compression and saturation doing the rest.
That snare sounds seriously tight! I saw in another comment you said it was tuned medium. Is it the compression + gate that gives it that sort of higher-pitched decay? Sorry if that doesn't make sense 😂
A lot of it is the compression/saturation but also the room plug-in I’m using. Check out the mix rundown in the last part of the vid to hear it solo’d.
When I first started recording myself I wanted to use the same click they almost always use in the studios here in LA, which is the UREI click, to be able to practice hearing that sound and getting comfortable with it. That way I would hopefully somehow be a little less nervous when I was actually in a bigger studio. Haha! Maybe it helped a little but it’s part of my template now so I always use it.
Do you have anything on getting a good sound / recording / processing on snare-off snare drumming? I like the ringing and overtone but adding eq, saturation and compression gets tricky; doesn’t take distortion basically as well as a snared snare.
Thanks! Yes, believe it or not taping the shell worked lol ... probably b/c it's chrome over brass? Snare is tuned medium. It's important for it not to be too low for this vibe. Then, saturate to taste!
the EV 635 dick mic, i saw you do this once way back and i have been using it from time to time, it really adds a lot to snare and kick ambience because of the omni pattern
How do you have so little hihat bleed? In my recordings the hihat is so loud and annoying, and when i try to gate, the loud hihat still comes through on snare hits. Is it the room? Recording in a concrete basement with treating above kit and a carpet.
It might be reflections from your concrete room. A couple of things I do: make sure the snare mic is placed so that it’s rejecting the hihat as much as possible, and play the hihat quieter.
Hey man, in this you are kind of channeling Ed Greene's energy from his magnificant take on The Second Arrangement by Steely Dan. Very similar feel, fills and sound. /watch?v=v0MLTiL40YA
If that is just a regular old mustang bass I’m buying one right now. Someone tell me. Sean has to be playing something pricey right? Custom million dollar job?
@@JakeReedmusic Just shows how insanely tight you two play. Both of you inspire me like crazy with your feel and your ability to play exactly what's needed for the song, no more no less.
@@JakeReedmusic oh for sure, which might I add, you've nailed here. idk about you but i've always found that mushy, gritty, blasted bit-reduced sound of the first two albums to be much more elusive - but i think its honestly 70% a mixing thing. pretty sure he re-tracked them into the crappy preamps of an old boss digital interface to give it a 16 bit crushed flavour, then level locked and dba 165. it is the perfect soup.
