Any tips on when to use a delay vs reverb. And when to use a short vs long verb Thanks

SIngle best piece of advice I have ever taught about how to get your low end right is.................FIX YOUR ROOM. I have always held the opinion that outside of the actual performance itself, after we all know how easy it is to mix a GREAT band compared to a terrible one the single biggest 'trick' (although I do not believe tricks exist just good habits and technique) is to sort out the space you are mixing in. And no, headphones are NOT a substitute when it comes to mixing (imho). If you have 400 quid to spend on speakers, spend 200 on something 2nd hand and trustworthy and 200 quid on getting as much bass trapping as you can (build it if you have to, it's not rocket science). So many people trying to mix in tiny spaces. Often with speakers far too big for the room. And the room simply not being treated in any meaningful manner. Get the room working first. Then worry about your speakers. The rest will come. No plugin or outboard can fix a lowend that you are not hearing correctly in the first place. So many videos about how to fix X or Y or this one trick!!!!!!!!!!! And hardly anyone talks about the room and the interactions between speakers and the space in which they sit. If you can't hear it you can't mix it, but more likely in these cases what you are hearing is totally wrong and swamped by the room modes that you can't fix it either. It might be fixed in your room, but it won't translate. FIX YOUR ROOM. The rest will come. Please don't take this as a dig or an attack, I was not singling out you with my comment about this one trick!!!!! It was just something I've been thinking about a lot recently as KZfaq reccomends me so many shorts with clickbait titles.

Hi Warren. For a long time I was using a utility plug on all individual tracks or sometimes just the Two-buss to mono all elements below 120Hz for clarity but recently I've been told this is a terrible idea as it will destroy my low end. Is it a good or bad idea? Can you please share your thoughts on this. Thanks

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Hey Warren, your red monitors have the bassports on the inside of the setup. Did you ever try the other way around? The ports are extensions of the bass, so in my mind you want that on the outside of the sound image ?

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Because warren is a pro and not some KZfaqr claiming to be such

@@cured_bacon647 you're very kind. I am blessed to be able to make music for a living!

I watched so many Videio before I joined, Warrens's methods and explanations spoke to me.

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It's a very common trick to use a multiband compressor on the low-mids in metal music. Really, it's a good idea for any rhythm guitars, but especially ones with palm mutes.

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Yes, that's me on guitar and bass and Matt Starr on drums!

Roar from Katy Perry might be a better example

Yes, Maxxbass is actually more flexible, I just like the dumbness of RBass!

RBass I believe, (I could be wrong!) is a simplified version of MaxxBass, at least that’s how I think of it! Haha

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It's the amazing Audient ASP4816

@@Producelikeapro , I came of age in the 80s! I owned a fairly high end, recording studio in Midtown Manhattan, Chelsea to be exact. When we first opened, I did what most young adults would do, I went up to Mannys, which is a classic. New York, institution the best salesman and I am really sad that they no longer exist . Bought out by Sam’s.Ass!!🤣 Anyway, it was a soundcraft ghost . VCA automation, etc. but honestly the board sounded really great. classic British EQ ! At the time for the money, you couldn’t beat it . At least that’s my opinion .I started with the black face Adats, 3 of them linked with a BRZ, then eventually I upgraded to the M20’s 20 bit, you know what the hell I’m talking about. Had a brief stint with the DA-88. Some people say they sounded better. I know they were more popular on the West Coast obviously for film reasons. Then I moved rebuilt the real way, room inside of a room probably about 22 inches of proper soundproofing, and a air gap of another 5 inches beams, floor ceiling, etc. were floated on neoprene pucks . There is a store on Canal Street in Chinatown Manhattan , called Mr. Plastic. I bought 35 , 4/8 sheets of neoprene at a inch and a half thick. I cut the shit with my bare hands, . Thank God halfway through I took my mothers consumer grade electric knives. My mother had one literally burnt it out at the last sheet that I cut, no bullshit !!!!!Then I upgraded to an, Amek TAC scorpion. I’ve heard you mention that you owned one yourself. Then rebuilt again in the mid/ late 90s! They gave me a 15 year lease. That never happens anywhere in New York City five boroughs for commercial and residential leases So I went balls deep on this build! Three control rooms, For isolation rooms . One of them had my Yamaha G6 baby grand. oddly enough, my ear always told me that the piano is very bright!! Which I know they’re known for. You can darken a piano with packing blankets. I’m sure you know what I’m speaking of, but it’s very hard to brighten up a dark piano/steinway, etc. The main room had a Amek, Langley BIG desk. I went nuts with that thing!!! Put an Neve center section in with a step attenuator. This was around the time of the, 9098! When, Rupert was building desks for Amek!! I know you remember those days! I actually met him at CES, and when I told him I put a 9098i in the Langley big. He thought I was crazy.!! he continued to talk to me about how it was possible to fit one of those cards in that desk. My whole bus system plus the first 8 channels, were 9098! Cards. The man had a Brilliant mind very humble and one of the most amazing people I ever had the privilege to met. He was talking shit that I didn’t even get at the time of my young life. But when he asked me how I made it fit., I looked at him and I said, Rupert you should know better than to ask me that question!!! 😜 I have beat teck in the city. and he’s a phenomenal fabricator as well. He laughed and said stupid comment kid, I don’t know what the hell I’m thinking. I quickly learned that a commercial studio unless you’re getting totally vintage, it’s best to lease a desk. If it breaks just send it back. Now I’v been doing everything in the box. I ended up boxing Up 8 channels of the 98i before that was the norm. Because, like I mentioned, before my tech is a motherfucking monster. He actually made a Mackie meter bridge fit in the Langley big, when the lights started burning out! I know you’re familiar with that shit. Anyway, I wanna go back to my roots and get a desk as my front end. I’m not super familiar with, Audient desks. I am a UA, audio guy, forever!! a couple of 610s as well 1186’s. I had the old purple faced apogee converters. The big Ben is one of the best clocks I’ve ever worked with. I dare say that, black lion is a newer brand with similar characteristics. I was thinking of maybe a trident, but I need to have individual cards. There is no goddamn way I’m going to , pull the whole top of a desk off to replace a feeder, a capacitor, etc. !!!! I did it with my ghost , never again!! I would get one of those small API’s , but I know myself and I’ll go down the 500 Siri’s rabbit hole of outdoor gear!! at that point I’m just an audio junkie!! that’s exactly why I chose not to fuck with it. So I really want to know your opinion, on a front end analog desk??? If I were buying used, the most I could come up with is maybe 26K. I am more likely going to lease. my apologies for the long winded response. I really love your fucking channel and I’ve been in the game my entire life. Duke Ellington is my godfather. My father had me when he was 62 years old with a 37-year-old mother. We were poor, but I always had instruments, those were my toys. We had a humongous Hammond organ in the living room of the apartment with my folks. Mind you, we lived in the projects. Your side of the pond would refer to it as an estate. 🤣 He was on the road playing tennis sax at 15 with Count Basie then He went to Ellington. Also Went to Cab Calloway.. His name was Skip Williams, tennis sax!! They were drinkers they smoked reefer, and none of those swing cats fucked with powder!!! That came with bebop!! So if you can ponder for me when you have the time of course, what you would do if you were in my situation. One more thing I failed to mention, I recently signed a deal with DFI ( LCD Soundsystem) James Murphy’s label . Fantastic cat /dude, we have the same first name ironically. I’m working out of my home, I don’t need more than 16 inputs. 24 at the most if acquired used. I also don’t wanna deal with huge power supplies. you know that most cats leave their desk on. I am blessed to have clean electric.!!!!! thank goodness!! Apologies for the long winded question. We are from the same era and blessed to work in a creative professional situation, and loving every minute of it!! I’m actually going to be in LA during next pilot season, I do a little scoring for TV. Would love to come through the studio and get a chance to meet you, face-to-face. Sorry for any typos, Blessings from L.E.S / N.Y.C. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated Give thanks!! JIM Williams. PS. The studio was called Night Owl.. there still a bunch of stuff on the net about, the spot, an the artists we worked with 🤟🏼

It’s an ESP guitar!

He’s a huge Metallica fan!

His sound system could be built for more low end or his personal EQ on his radio was tuned weird.

That's wonderful to hear!

Glad to be able to help!

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Haha I’ll have to find the videos! Quite comical now!

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