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  • pro tools what a pain in the ass

  • Steve Vai...the man who turns music into maths. Yawn!

  • lame ass audio !!!

  • i came here to see how Vai mike up a guitar cabinet, and it ended up with protools beat detective on a disco drum o.O

  • ah ha! so that's the key, just wing it!!!!!!

  • HE looks a little bit like tom morello

  • pretty cool STEVE!

  • "I'm just gonna wing it man because... That's what you do. Legend."

  • "I am uh poseur from the 80's ya know."

  • Dear steve teach me guitar and ur camera man how to mix lol

  • Man this Pro Tools is thin sounding garbage .... Please give it some Analog vibe... or better yet record it real time to tape... or start with a good mic great pre... and a speaker that moves back and forth... Plugins and software has come a long way since 2008... pro tools has always sounded thin... I am glad to see them step out of their box with pro tools 9 .... and logic 9 has some cool guitar sounds.... but would not use that for good ole RockNRoll.... Vai u r great B.. loop sucks

  • @AUdioHipster try guitar rig 4

  • I don't think it's an added delay. The author probably wanted to reduce the video file size and he also reduced the audio quality.

  • God that man makes a horrible racket with a guitar.

  • What the hell is upp with the freakin delay???

  • vai rules!

  • yeah great and everything, BUT THE TITLE SAYS GUITAR LESSON.

  • Well damn, Vai sure can 'wing it'

  • thats pretty simple

  • good video but the effects on his voice are pretty dumb

  • hell yea....I think i hate aducity now.... O_o

  • I don't see how this is a guitar lesson, it's all Pro Tools.

  • what's up with the crazy reverb?

  • "I'm just going to wing it man... Because thats what you do." :D

  • why have you taken this video from someone else and put an echo and your own advert to it?

  • cool

  • is the delay meant to make him sound "allmighty godlike"???FAIL!!

  • i love how this video is about pro tools, and you guys are still being Dildo's and just talking about his guitar playing. i doubt Vai gives a damn either way. And maybe we can all learn something about delay compensation. ha ha the videos bad with it, haha.

  • They are exactly that though.. opinions, and whether or not you agree with my point of view will link up to whether you find them annoying, irrelevant or cool / relevant.

  • Well, I agree with you tbh.. I don't practice at all and it shows in my playing, but at the same time I've never claimed to be a perfectionist or rather capable of playing perfectly.. and considering I play guitar once a week and always have done.. I think in 4 years of playing I've done pretty well.. I dislike Vai's guitar playing and he also has about 30 years on myself. and when did I say Improvisation is a bad thing? I said that I believed in making a recording in one take..

  • i think SilverEvolver is missing the point of what vai was showcasing.. this can make your inner creative juices flow more freely with the added(major)benifits of not loosing previous takes, thus alowing an unexpected evloution or song progression that all home / professional artists were unable to tap into without the henious costs involved with studio time.. i have also recorded with cradle of filth and believe me.. this is NOT how you become death metal.. lmao

  • Well now that you say that I have to take my opinion back.. I do completly understand what your saying and I agree... so yeah man I guess I did miss the point of what he was showcasing.

  • @SilverEvolver

    If you think that Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin etc. were not able to fix and edit their tracks, you obviously have no concept of how music was recorded then.

  • It wasn't a matter of not being able to.. sometimes pride becomes an aspect... some people like to hit it all in one take just for the sake of being able to know you nailed it in one take.. I'm saying that they did that.. but they always give the impression that this was the case.. and indeed "the old school way"

  • I'm NOT saying that they did that*

  • hah..what a dumb comment. "A melody should already be in your head...yada yada..."

    It's called experimentation moron. Here's the Score for ya....Vai is a world renouned critically acclaimed guitar player / composer that has sold millions of records making the music he wants to make and not being a complete sell out....you're just a nobody on youtube with a keyboard crying about it.

    If you dont get anything out of him or like him, why are watching this? lol...

  • @CreamofDirkDiggler ..LOL !! this comment makes a lot of sense !! I agree.

  • whats with the echo?

  • @axemenrob

    you need to read that again, he obviously was asking why there is an echo in the video's audio.

  • on speech though? that's really annoying to be blunt.@axemenrob

  • @axemenrob He's not talking about the music alone, the feedback from the video.

  • @axemenrob yeah but his voice has an echo idiot 

  • Somebody didn't record it right or something.

  • @vanight

    its coz its recorded of the tv.. and its not an lcd coz you can see the curves at the corners

  • @vanight he actually has an echo on his natural voice cause hes not from this planet

  • yeah music is perrty much buttons now a days like the akai areally coolpc 40

  • You're in a death metal band and you don't see the point of editing and mixing solos from multiple cuts? Listen to a band like Necrophagist and tell me they don't do that. Noob.

  • baahahaha.. I'm in a death metal band? Get your research done kid.. and I'm all for multitakes if you don't have the time to do one take right. But I've always chosen pride and emotion over machines and editing... Judas Priest and Maiden didn't have the ability to cut n fix shit back in the day, neither did Zep...

  • I looked at your profile and your myspace page because I was bored and wanted to know what kind of penis hair would diss a guy like Vai. Are you saying Vai doesn't play with pride an emotion? He plays the songs live just the way they are. WTF are you talking about? Priest and Maiden couldn't touch Vai back in the day. Lick balls.

  • it also took them 16 months to make a record

  • AND on top of that I'd rather write a solo and record it, rather than play 15 solos and pick n choose the best bits of each.. if you can't "feel" or "hear" the solo or melody then there shouldn't be one.. it's like going, ok there has to be a solo here.. hmm lets randomly slice shit together til it sounds good.

  • Hey, yeah I understand this...I mean, it should be written before recorded and put out there. However, I'm sure Vai knows what he's doing, and he could dominate both of us, so this is pointless.

  • Well... thats a matter of opinion. Technical ability means fuck all to myself if there is no soul or emotion behind it. I personally do not get anything what so ever from this man.

  • technical ability is the only thing that allows you to express soul or emotion

    the better your technical ability the easier it is to convey whats in your head

  • "Priest and Maiden couldn't touch Vai back in the day".. forget everything I've said so far.. this comment proves to me that us 4 guys are on a compeltely different ship of opinions.. if you dislike something I've said you would go on my page and pick at me.. why wouldn't you? But yeah I came here to learn some studio tips.. didn;t get anything I didn't already know so whatever, sorry I offended you guys or whatever.. we're just different people with different views, deal with it.

  • what's with the crappy echo?

  • ya the delay is shitty

  • lame pro tools commercial. and hes using a mac lol.

  • @LordHines420 The vast majority of audio engineers use macs, but i prefer logic over pro tools.

  • I've actually NEVER been to a pro audio facility (music or post) where it wasn't mac based.

  • why

  • because the industry standard exists for a reason - Stability and compatibility. In many cases, people who use pro tools on a PC use cracks since they can get away with it.That alone creates compatibility issues cross platform. Also, it is well known that the operating system of a pc can be flakey with drivers etc.. I've used pro tools on both a PC and a mac. I've only ever had issues (crashes, incompatibility, driver madness and the like on the PC).

  • oh. i use sonar on vista. rare crashes. i save a lot anyway...

  • It can be used with Windows too but with limited functionality.

  • @axemenrob Limited functionality? the software is identical on Windows and Mac. I run Pro tools on a PC and it runs flawlessly.

  • He's such a legend!

  • sounds like porno music

  • loll

  • AWESOME

  • Who is the idiot who drowned the audio in delay? You can't hear a goddamned word he's saying.

  • @TurkBack2 what

  • @TurkBack2 i guess he was going for an Elvis slapback sound haha

  • you have to consider the fact that vai is a solo artist and megadeth is a group the way songs are put together are completly different.

  • Well, I would agree for Marty compared to Vai, but Cris... Marty can actually eat him alive. There is new album out there, Endgame, I did not hear anything that would caught my attention like Marty's solos.

  • steve vai is a genius! i love him and he is an inspiration! hes not my favorite guitarist but definately one of my favorite.

  • This was really helpful!

    Megadeth and Vai are BOTH great! Too different to compare, lets not argue, eh? ;)

  • @Joshurawr777 Megadeth? Ok...

  • i think vai is one of the world's best,

  • haha i m a poser from the eighties lol i like that

  • STEVE VAI SHOULD MAKE MORE METAL SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with the lydian style

  • whatsup with the stupid reverb :-(

  • thats just what happens when gods talk

  • Thanks for great video Beat Detective is Awesome for recording

  • man theres some dumb ass comments on here STEVE VAI IS THE BEST GUITARIST EVER deal with it

  • Nobody..Is the best...But u can learn a little something from each one of them...Steve vai,Greg Howe,Frank Gambale,anyways ..A bunch..XD

  • yeah your right.its just down to personal taste

  • seems very old footage...

    the software he uses seems so old

  • Holy crap, I'm not listening to that with the stupid echo. Who's dumb idea was that?

  • Wow, horrible slapback delay on the entire video, which ruins the whole thing... it should be reuploaded without effects.

    By the way, whoever thinks Steve Vai sucks... he's a self made millionaire from investing $5000 in himself, building his own home studio and distributing his debut album before the internet existed, using the money he got playing with Frank Zappa.

    Go listen to it, he's definitely not a clone of anyone, although he is obviously influenced by his favorite artists. Who isn't?

  • You probably know. But he's ofcoursed influenced by satriani too! He taught him!!!!!

  • Is my PC broken or is there a "slapback-echo" on the video?

  • i thought that was my mixer too.

  • I love how he jokes "I am a poser from the eighties you know."

  • 1decent thing from him, now i have little more respect for him hahahaha

  • Steve vai is the best

  • Nice descending run at the start!! Just when I thought he'd lost his alternate picking chops.

  • i wish i had a home studio

  • scary voice ste vai.check anethmusic

  • hey brother.........¿¿¿¿como lo llevas...tronco??chachi piruli

  • ableton live can do this much easier

  • i like ableton live too, I have it

  • it's not about the program, it's how you use it. There are many things ableton does better, but many PT does better. I use both.

  • i agree best tool for the job... but then id say 99.9% of the time ableton handles things better than pro tools the only thing it has going for it is the hardware that is built around it. same goes for logic, cubase and any other of the hundreds of daws out there... saying that there are some really fun things like renoise? which hae a completely different approach than the standard mixing desk layout.

    Peace

    Brian

  • petrucci? dude, petrucci is nowhere near vai or satriani when it comes to making a guitar talk, sorry but he's not at this level

  • Petrucci is awesome, but yeah, I agree with you. I find it funny when people say he destroys Vai. No way.

  • Been playing for almost 6 years WOW!!!

  • what the hell is wrong with the sound on this? some weird reverb effect. blah!

  • correction: steve vai's voice reverb will never be as good as chuck norris's

  • That's a bold statement.

  • fuck that norris is done

  • i like logic 8 more than protools :P

  • yeah man.. I think the same.. so many plugins and and amazing recording system.. I've tried pro-tools once.. but too complex for me.

  • pro tools... yeah right

  • What the hell is that echo on the entire recording? :(

  • lolwut...

  • Fuck you.

  • Nah it's just this video ya tit.

  • he does use a shitload of effects

    hes exactly the same as joe satriani and the rest of the G3 "musicians"

    same old shit, different tones

  • Are you a complete spastic, i was referring to his voice. Can you not understand.

    As for your simple mind comparing him to Joe Satriani explains your complete ignorance and lack of knowledge about him and the fact you made the comment "G3 Musicians" shows you truly don't know what you are talking about and just generalising.

  • Yeah but i was mocking him because he uses too many effects in his guitar work because he thinks it makes it sound good and now it looks as though he has applied the same thing to his own voice

    fuck vai, fuck satch, fuck gilbert, fuck petrucci, fuck malmsteen and fuck johnson

  • lol so what if he uses effects? he has the playing to back it up and it does sound good. You sound a little bitter :(

  • Nah man he dont have the playing to back it up what they do is create a corny as fuck backing track then have try to shred over it

    if he didnt use effects then every single song would sound the same

    the only exception in that list is yngwie he is actually a very good guitarist but a ridiculous man

  • lol it's futile continuing this, you clearly are a chld and dont know what you're talking about.

  • suck my dick

    i voice an opinion that may or may not have been mocking this video and you start some kind of battle over Steve Vai not being a complete shit head

    how do you know i dont know what im talking about fool for your information ive been playing guitar for nearly 6 years and at one point in time was interested in these fuckers then i wised up and got some real music

  • did i hit a nerve? :(

  • hey man if you're gonna call me a child and defend your poor choice in music, whatever man

  • So what do you consider  "real" music?

  • you dont play any instrument at all do you?

  • LOL steve vai is dogshit? HAHAH!

  • Stick to listening to The Spice Girls you little spec of shit.

  • How witty. Well done you.

    Let me guess.....you were bullied at school right? And because you didnt have the backbone to do anything about it you turned to metal to get your anger out???

  • Hahahhaha! You really do have a room temperature IQ dont ya?

    "Fucked and killed your mum" lololol.

    How old are you 12? You're like sooooo funny dude! Well done retard.

  • You're not continuing this? Why did you just reply then?again???

    And why were you even on this page to begin with? Divorce your sister & go & lie down.

  • You're a moron. You know nothing about music.

  • Fuck, i sure know how to get the Steve Vai fans pissed off. The man is a guitarist to be sure, he has been playing for a long time and no doubt has a lot more musical knowledge than me. But the fact of the matter is i see very little skill involved in what he does, anyone can lay down a chord sequence on a loop station, hell they can even program drums and bass to make it sound better, and solo for ten minutes.

    As for your accusations of me being a moron, get bent.

  • You ARE a moron. I guess ALL of Steve Vai's songs are him playing over a cheesy chord progression. You really know what you're talking about...lol. Just use your ear and listen better. You will understand some day. Don't worry.

  • hahaha ur shit and ur ignorance of music amazes me

  • Do you play guitar?

  • For a guy that doesnt care you sure do put alot of time in your comment.

  • If fools put the time in to leave a comment, then I might as well do the same.

  • I don't even get why anyone cares about what this 13 year old kid has to say. If you go on his page he has videos of grindcore music and megadeth favorited. If you just ignore music elitists like this moron and let him go back to his shitty tremolo picking over stupid ass blast beats then he will eventually go away. Steve Vai has more musical talent than anyone you like. Hes composed works for symphonies. What has Carcass done? Oh yeah thats right, tremolo picking over shit blast beats.

  • Carcass, they pioneered the Melodic element of Death Metal. Megadeth are the best thrash metal band around. As you may have read in one of my other comments, I like metal, hence there being metal band videos on my page. Also who the fuck cares that Steve Vai writes Symphonies, he is just extending the same shitty formula he uses for everything he records except adding one thing >chords>rhythm section>UNNECESSARY ORCHESTRA>shitty ten minute long solos.

    Also Carcass&Megadeth not the same subgenre

  • apparently, you dont get it. I am not a MAJOR Steve Vai, nor have i ever been, but i am a fan. I have a lot of respect for the man because he made something of himself. Yes, it is true that anyone can lay down a backing track and solo, but steve vai puts a lot of feeling into his work. Its not the fact that he plays guitar that people like him, but its the style he chooses. He uses the whammy bar in a unique way, he's mastered the use of legato and tapping, and uses exotic types of guitars.

  • dave mustain would be embarrest if he heard sutch a dumb as comment from 1 of hes fans

  • Sorry mate, I can't understand you. I don't speak retard.

  • he may not be known for it but steve vai has done way more with his life than anyone in carcass and megadeath

  • Also, I'm not entirely sure how my favored music came into this at all. You don't know fuck all about the music I listen to.

    I see all your videos are you playing Steve Vai songs. Well done, for learning them, but seriously, now all you can say is that you know how to play some Steve Vai solos whereas if you took the time to look at as many different genres of music as possible you would expand your influences. I'm not saying anything you should take offense to at all here.

  • Do you like Beethoven?

  • Oh, this question is for the Psycho. But, youtube's comment style sucks.

  • ooo awesome beethoven, fuck off u music snob.

  • Is there something wrong with liking Beethoven?

  • you don't need pro tools

    pro tools LE is NOT industry standard, just the consumer bait.

  • haha steve vai sounds like god with that reverb on his speech

  • correction: is a god even without the cool reverb.