This EQ trick Rules on Metal Guitar!
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Күн бұрынI learned a super cool trick for thickening metal guitars, and it even works with a free plugin!
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@KeithMerrow 4 жыл бұрын
I've done this with the UAD Pultec on my guitars and bass for the past decade or more. I agree, it rules. I also had a pair of Warm Audio EQP clones but found the plugins to get the job done way faster with mostly the same result. Good video, dude!
@SpectreSoundStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for chiming in, Keith! Love your work!
@mathurincoupal-jette6939 4 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! Getting closer to Keith's awesome tones 😏
@stevenstabile4379 3 жыл бұрын
I've was taught this by an assistant engineer at the time who worked with Eddie Kramer when he was working I believe on Hendrix's Electric Ladyland!! He also told me one miking process for a cabinet by using an Shure SM57 paired with an Electrovoice RE20!!!! Great guitar sound paired with a Neuman U47 as a room mic!!!
@ysteinberg5084 3 жыл бұрын
I like the bottom and mid, but the high frequency noise from crashing overtones I don't. Few recordings are in control up there, probably because few people can hear any high frequencies after a few decades of beating eardrums..
@deandredario2797 2 жыл бұрын
instablaster.
@beneath_the_woods 4 жыл бұрын
A little tip for comparing plugins more effectively: When opening the plugin chain window you can control-select the plugins in the list you want to compare and then toggle them via CTRL+B. CTRL+B inverts the bypass state so inactive effects become active and vice-versa. This way you can compare them directly, without having the dry sound in between. Really helps picking up very small differences.
@davidasher22 4 жыл бұрын
Has anyone ever mentioned how much this guitar part sounds like “Wherever I May Roam”?
@jomesias 4 жыл бұрын
I thought that too as soon as I’ve heard it!
@CHIMPOaGOGO 4 жыл бұрын
I'm under the impression that it's a test file to dial in the Metallica sound considering the riff and reference to the snare on the Black Album.
@SuperDeadRooster 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's pretty blatant It must be on purpose
@davidasher22 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard this song a few times recently on this channel. I didn’t see the original video when they tracked it though. I’ll have to go back and find that video and see if they mention Metallica at all.
@davidasher22 4 жыл бұрын
B. Gregory Oh.. I missed that part! I was probably busy writing my comment. Lol.
@mindscrub 4 жыл бұрын
Just tried this on one of my mixes and, WOW, the improvement is incredible! Great tip, Glenn, thanks!
@falseprophecy666 3 жыл бұрын
Dude! That just changed everything for me. I'm going to do this on my mixes from now on. It really thickens the guitars but also cleans them up. I'm blown away. Thanks Glenn!
@SpectreSoundStudios 3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@apolloerebus7331 3 жыл бұрын
this is a life changer , immediately tried it on a mix i'm working on and it's pure magic thank you glenn
@smilleur 2 жыл бұрын
Its fun to see you get actually genuinely excited about working, engineering and tech. I like this side of you it seems like you were having fun making this vid
@johnhorne925 4 жыл бұрын
This is the best tip Ive seen in a while. Applied it to some home mixes with some minor adj to freq and it was amazing! Thanks Glen
@jaytarantino 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your knowledge Glenn! I've been playing guitar for 25 years but I'm still a novice when it comes to production and this tutorial has been a huge help in improving my guitar tones
@arthurnunez970 3 жыл бұрын
In a whole mix, the combo of bass picking sound, bass natural low end, and with the chunky guitar together has a great relationship. That mix sounded cool because of the two balancing good tones together for that BIG sound. Awesome work Glenn!
@stageleftguitar5887 3 жыл бұрын
wow - that is very cool, it really adds some nice bite/clarity to the guitar - cant wait to go try this this week
@ademmemili7423 3 жыл бұрын
I always smile when I watch your videos. Thank you Glen! Love from Australia
@gregshark751 4 жыл бұрын
My band mates and I have been watching your videos every week and I love the enthusiasm and energy you bring to everything while still maintaining a commitment to educating your audience. I’m relatively new to your channel but I have officially subscribed! Please keep on keeping on.
@SpectreSoundStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard, Greg!
@Levitheaudioengineer 4 жыл бұрын
What day did he say? I’m a bass player, what is 2s day? Someone help me my number knowledge goes up to 1. Brb saw a red dot gotta go chase it
@gilbertspader7974 4 жыл бұрын
Silence The System I have a friend Lefty Tues , it’s his day .
@ohnonotlikethis2239 4 жыл бұрын
So that's where all of our bass players went
@peehandshihtzu 4 жыл бұрын
I'm still wondering why they call it a forklift when it clearly only has two forks... Yes I too play bass sometimes. :)
@DatBoi-mo9vc 4 жыл бұрын
@@gilbertspader7974 hey lefty here, yeah it'll be june 18th bud, yall missed it by a month
@gilbertspader7974 4 жыл бұрын
Ghiman the guy Damm I thought it was August ????? This is June ??????
@Millo1868 4 жыл бұрын
I love them straight from the mic, even. That capture sounds great.
@flyguy8787 4 жыл бұрын
Dude, when you’re at the board working you have a totally rad vibe of happiness compared to the sitting and talking head agro. I actually love it and love seeing you in your element.
@MarkLumsley 4 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you constantly have your ear to the ground with all of these new tricks and plugins. Keep it up dude! :D
@johnmonroney8614 4 жыл бұрын
Glen is a mad genius
@joeblow1229 3 жыл бұрын
Lmao... yea... “new “ tricks
@518freakshow4 4 жыл бұрын
Holy fuck, I paused the video and did this as soon as I knew what you were doing. This is like the answer to my prayers!!! What a tone saver!
@ChadKirk 4 жыл бұрын
Rock on, Glenn! This trick really works! Thanks!
@sbanville4761 2 жыл бұрын
Man!! That makes a huge difference!! Thanks for the tip!!
@CarltonMelson 4 жыл бұрын
I just tried this with the Puig Tec and got immediate results. Its so subtle and huge at the same time. I have friends who have recorded with Andy and I never knew about this. Glad I watched this vid.
@Progtronic 4 жыл бұрын
Great trick. Really like the gritty sound of the Puig Tec.
@newamerikangospel 4 жыл бұрын
This was the trick for kick drums for years, and I feel the old slipperman forum threads had a bunch of this stuff in it about this. I believe It creates a resonance peak at twice the frequency selected. The Waves HLS will do it by selecting the low end at 60 and leaving it flat and my hardware neve style preamp highpass has a great resonance peak too for this. Try the same settings with 60 and 100hz for snare drums and toms.
@newamerikangospel 4 жыл бұрын
dale rican Cool?
@Mikey__R 3 жыл бұрын
So, if you didn't have a Pultec clone, you could fake one up with a shelf at 30hz +6dB and a peak at 60hz -6dB? I'll have to try it a bit later. To my ears, the cut seems like it's more in the low mids than the bass, maybe an octave higher around 120hz? I'll experiment and see.
@newamerikangospel 3 жыл бұрын
@@Mikey__R it seems that the hardware creates a phase related shift I am not sure you would get if you copy the stated frequency settings with a digital eq. The Manley store has a nice little graph of the boost/cuts at the same time. www.milkaudiostore.com/en/shop/manley-stereo-pultec-eq/
@gisellechacon7081 Жыл бұрын
Best demonstration of the Pultec trick I've seen- I think I get the idea. The Puigtec definitely has something magic in the low end, but you motivated me to dig out my PTEq-X! Thanks! And yeah, that is one *MONSTER* metal anthem guitar tone. Monster.
@guibollini6141 4 жыл бұрын
Glenn.. just can't thank you enough! Used the PuigTec on a "mastodon" type tone/song and loved it! It's never going to leave my gtrs buss from now on!
@germinal_ok 4 жыл бұрын
Terrific sound, I would like to say that the bass sound really contributes in creating that huge guitar tone. Great work !!!
@devbagsmusic 3 жыл бұрын
Dude I don’t know how I haven’t found your channel before today. Instantly subbed. You’re great!
@alaincloutier8534 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the trick. Useful as always
@timbushong4387 4 жыл бұрын
Love, love, LOVE the riff at 15:17. Very cool. Great stuff here Glenn.
@OrgChromer 3 жыл бұрын
I just used this technique on the rhythm guitars of a heavy post-punk chorus using the Ignite Amps emulation and... OMG, so perfect! Thanks for the tip, Glen!
@JJ-mp7rg Жыл бұрын
2 years in and I still put that shit on EVERYTHING!!!! Seriously, I love this trick. I've been placing 1 on the guitar bus for all of my heavy guitars but I recently started putting it on the DI before the amp sims, too. SOOOOO gooooooood!
@Gearhart_Music 4 жыл бұрын
Tried this last night, and DUUUUUUUUDE!!! I ended up going back through some of my other projects and doing this to all the guitars! Thanks for this tip!
@SpectreSoundStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@ShadowMantraSteve 4 жыл бұрын
Had the ignite PTEq-X for a long time and never quite understood it but gave this a go and it definetly made a difference! Need to dive a bit more into the plugin but it's an interesting concept I had never thought about and I can see it has some helpful uses. Thanks for the advice!
@BrentJJ 4 жыл бұрын
Thx much Glenn. You have good tutorial delivery.
@ScttSt_vocals 4 жыл бұрын
That was actually super helpful, I was just having some trouble with one strange rock-ish mix. Very useful trick, thanks! And I do actually use PTEq-X. Killer freeware, if you ask me. Love using it for more heavy EQ tweaks.
@charlesrocks 2 жыл бұрын
Really glad this came up in my search results.
@CKDz 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
@namehimhuman5500 4 жыл бұрын
Just trierd the trick that you described and OMG the guitars now sound just awesome!
@docdeens4030 3 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome trick. I can't wait to try it
@garygatti-guitarist777 4 жыл бұрын
Great Video Glenn! Grabbed your course and Scott's Guitar Tone Mastery....Going thru them now...Loads of useful info...Thanks again and Love Tutorial Tuesday!
@SpectreSoundStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Glad it’s working out, Gary!
@johnsguitarmusicanddemos 2 жыл бұрын
Dude 🎸🎶⚡️🎵 That is *one sick tone!* I’m having trouble making my own mixes not muddy or sludgy but currently experimenting with the high and low pass filters as well as different guitar and bass EQ settings.
@jhonathanvillamizar2262 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing and very useful tutorial! Many thanks
@gamma_noize 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I have the PuigTec sitting around for some time now and mainly used it to enhance the highs, because it gives a really nice sheen with its character. But that low frequ trick is really neat. I tried it on some synthesizers, as lead or low mid bass sounds made with those also occupy roughly the same range as distorted guitar does and it works pretty well! So, even if you're not a metal producer, but watch the channel for the mixing technique tips. This one also applies well in electronic music! It's so worth to look beyond your own genres to learn some awesome stuff, that also works with your music, even if it's a completely different genre.
@jayroy7043 4 жыл бұрын
Analog Obsession has a Pultec clone...and so much more. And they recently made all of their plugins free!
@solosabbath8940 4 жыл бұрын
And he's back. New plugin in 3 weeks!
@jayroy7043 4 жыл бұрын
@@solosabbath8940 Right on, man! Thanks for the info.
@Greenmantislives 4 жыл бұрын
Yup, good stuff but no AAX support so PT users are exempt from the party unless using a wrapper.
@chrisbingham5665 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip, I installed a few and put the Pultec on with Glenns settings and it really makes the IR cabs come alive. Cheers!
@jayroy7043 4 жыл бұрын
@@chrisbingham5665 You bet! Pretty great plugins for free.
@ProducerRyan Жыл бұрын
Super helpful! Sounds huge.
@philippgrunert8776 4 жыл бұрын
Nice Tone, man! Have to try this Out immediately
@jerryarmitage8904 4 жыл бұрын
OMG!!! Just tried this and WOW!!! What a difference.
@MrPetter1000 4 жыл бұрын
You’re looking good Glenn. Thanks for the great content.
@Alien-qw5ks 4 жыл бұрын
Wait!?, What!?, so let me get this right, @30hz you turn the boost up to 6, you turn the attenuate op to 6 and then you turn 16khz up to 6, so the the settings are 666 and your guitars will immediately sound more evil? That is the most metal thing ever!!!! \m/ \m/ Love the show Glenn keep up the good work :-)
@apoplexiamusic 4 жыл бұрын
really an awesome trick! sounds huge!
@yoashuain1 Жыл бұрын
F*"%$# Yeah! Killer tone and variability. Great job Glenn. 🤘
@liamphillips2918 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I have seen the pultec trick used on kicks and bass alot and never got around to trying it on guitars. Glad to find yet another use for one plugin :D
@lifeinsaltlakecity4001 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best guitar tones I've ever heard next to the HM2 Chainsaw. Bravo!
@SpectreSoundStudios 3 жыл бұрын
Ty!
@rudolfbaethge282 3 жыл бұрын
Great technique! Tks
@robmcclelland6793 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks you for this tip, it works great!
@Tomater768 3 жыл бұрын
Cool info, Glenn! I was digging that snare tone as well!!!
@SpectreSoundStudios 3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@Aldorelaxingguitar 4 жыл бұрын
Glenn, Very timely video as for a fun project I'm working on a few old school hard rock - metal style original guitar tunes (they not so relaxing but I used to love cranking up my JCM 800 50 watt with 1960 4x12 cab, lol), I have the Waves JP version so I grabbed a screenshot and going to test out with BE100 plugin! Ciao, ALDO
@TravisHY 4 жыл бұрын
The contradictory hi-pass/bass boost a cool trick I've been doing for a few years courtesy of Andy Schepps. It works on a bunch of sources (toms, vocals and shakers) but it works amazingly well on heavy electric guitars. You can move that frequency up much higher than 30hz with different style EQ's besides the Pultec and get some great results depending on the mix. Personally, I dig it around 100hz to get the guitars and bass to gel together in those overlapping frequencies, with the bass having more low end poop around 50-75hz. LOVE YA, GLENN!
@A.J.99 4 жыл бұрын
That looks totally sick, but it f*cking wicked! Those harmonics make tighter and punchy sound, without enhancing the low end, killer trick!
@apothecide.1 4 жыл бұрын
That sounds so good!
@SpartanLaserCanon Жыл бұрын
With a lot of tones I have made removing a bit of frequencies a little to the left of the treble side actually worked for me cleaning up stuff even with clean tones. Compression can also effect tone and might make me eq some things differently.
@bainmack 3 жыл бұрын
neat trick Glenn. I need to give it a try
@LightCyrus 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds awesome!
@williamphilpot4260 4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Love ya Glenn
@adamnienke3633 3 жыл бұрын
I like the angry character you do sometimes, but I much prefer this genuine way of talking. It's clear you love doing this stuff and it's a pleasure getting great advice!
@acommon 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is some of that insider voodoo magic. Thanks for sharing! Edit - episode suggestion. I'd love to hear about your songwriting and recording process for all these riffs you produce every week.
@jayroy7043 4 жыл бұрын
Whoa! That sounds killer!
@thedrunkenfish5855 3 жыл бұрын
Dam changing my perception of how to mix guitars since I’ve always been a fan of a gentle roll off at 100 hz for most guitars !
@yaverodriguez5567 3 жыл бұрын
Dude thank you!!!!! I didn't know this one
@ruiner101 3 жыл бұрын
Nice job, man! I have a line6 pocket pod and there's a sound like that in there. Keeping up with the pros! Nice!
@nikht0 4 жыл бұрын
I did this eq move to pink noise and analyzed it. I found that it boosts the lows while scooping the low mids, which totally makes sense. The free bx_subfilter may do similar things to a guitar signal without adding subs.
@JenMajuraOfficial 4 жыл бұрын
Nice! 🤘🏼 watching and paying attention 😬
@LongshanMusic 4 жыл бұрын
Cool trick. Thanks.
@hadleymanmusic 4 жыл бұрын
Glen its punchin this yamahaha reciever in the livin room goldwood 1558's just perfect
@johnnylifeson 4 жыл бұрын
Really digging the Vid's !!
@DavidSJ_DAP 4 жыл бұрын
I fucking LOVE the Puigtec...and now I love it even more...
@rune288 4 жыл бұрын
I have a pair of warm audio Pultecs, can't wait to try this out
@tylorkenniston1192 4 жыл бұрын
That’s a neat little trick. Very nifty.
@freddan78 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome tip! Really beefs up the guitars 🤘🤘🤘
@outofdinero 4 жыл бұрын
I liked the Waves version way more. Sounds sick!
@method2madnessofficial366 3 жыл бұрын
Killer snare sound i love it
@sansocie 4 жыл бұрын
Great sound Glenn
@Spider._.dust_music 3 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing tip! Just tried this and what a huge difference in tone. Thx🤘 and love the 666 reference, that sold me
@rickblackers88 4 жыл бұрын
Cool!!!Pultecs are the toolbox for everything
@jonathanwade8313 4 жыл бұрын
I've been having some issues tightening up the tone on some 8 string stuff I'm currently mixing. Gonna give this a try
@SoundBoss5150 4 жыл бұрын
Funny that you mention the Black album because I was trying to figure out what song that main guitar riff reminded me of... Wherever I May Roam!!
@jeffkay1977 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir! This has brought my muddy crap noob recordings out of the dark! invaluable! 666 30 even on a stock logic X vintage tube EQ makes all the difference!
@geraldbullardjr 4 жыл бұрын
GREAT Tip Glenn! TY :)
@sixstringrevolver6742 3 жыл бұрын
Dude, you're f*ckin' AWESOME! I've been a musician for 15+ years now, I took college theory classes, classical guitar master class (with a GREAT! guitar instructor!), sang/performed in one of the college choirs (with two amazing conductors/teachers) -- as well as -- ProTools 101 and 110 certification courses from my personal guitar instructor (who is an adjunct professor at the university, and just an aweosome, skilled, talented guy who really taught me a lot. Really, can never thank him enough for teaching me all that he did). Anyway, even with all my practice, knowledge, great teachers, great experience, band mates (who have taught me SO! much, as well), a lot of this stuff is STILL like understanding Chinese to me. Haha So, thanks man! For bringing FREE courses/ edutainment to the masses! Love the channel so far, and I know where to go to figure out this "Chinese" studio stuff. Haha So, thanks for helping all of us understand the "chinese" technical talk! Lol Will definitely be watching/referring to your videos because: You're f*ckin' Awesome!
@luckelle1 4 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@WillieSurvive1 3 жыл бұрын
Monster bass guitar sound is what gets my attention here the most.
@DingDongDaddyFromDumas 4 жыл бұрын
This might just be the best guitar tone I've ever heard on your channel 🧐 Edit: Well, maybe that's because of the layered higher guitar.. Either way, sounds awesome!
@MikeBaum 3 жыл бұрын
The problem with doing these kinds of videos is that the algorithm that youtube uses to compress these videos trashes the fidelity. I'm sitting here with Neumann monitors and the difference is subtle at best. I'm sure there are people watching who cannot detect a difference on their listening systems. When I do this trick on my physical Pultek style eqs the effect is pretty profound. What I'm saying is that even if you can't hear it, try it because Glenn is spot on with this one. It just makes guitar sit where you want it, yet cut through really nicely.
@ARaesWorld 7 ай бұрын
You are the best!!!.. and honest which is most important!!!
@rentblop8070 4 жыл бұрын
Cool trick, I didn't know about that. Thanks! Another free Pultec style EQ alternative is "AnalogObsession RareSE".
@themetalicarus0284 4 жыл бұрын
likely one Andy Sneap has nicked from Colin Richardson, it definitely adds some bigness, handy to have up your sleeve if you're working with recordings of thin guitars.
@TyphonKrazilec 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this tip.
@jeffbridges6110 4 жыл бұрын
There are quite a few good FREE pultec style EQ's on vst4free. This is an awesome trick though. Thanks for sharing.
@Eggy-bp6pj 4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastically interesting technique, and what a great effect!! Thanks for sharing Glen. And can I just say to those who keep saying "stop shilling, stop promoting you course and pro mix academy courses all the time." I bought a couple courses when they were on sale (before Glen had even announced his course), and they have been quite possibly the best purchases I've made for improving my mixes. Seriously do yourself a favour and check out the courses, see what grabs you, and take the plunge, you'll thank yourself later, and you will notice a huge difference!
@6Flesh6Feast6 4 жыл бұрын
5:12 is my favorite part. Nice tips.
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