Drums, bass, vocals, guitars mixing techniques for John Mayer

[Steph4Xmen]

So much bottons O_O. can't believe someone knows how to touch that. I'd be lost

[jorgepeterbarton]

leaving things alone is a good tip. when people start recording, usually their playing too, and then they just concentrate on learning all the 'recording' and forget the actual song arrangement and playing. most the time the aim of recording is to be as unintrusive as possible. and sticking a mic infront is just a way of getting sound to your desk, so control sounds on your amp and guitar instead and leave it alone after.

[loborneta]

4:44 burp!?!? wtf? :D

[Oneness100]

I don't know how to say this, but why can't music be recorded with just plain old fashion good miking techniques in a good room and just have sound good without any modifications whatsoever? they didn't have all of these fancy plug-ins when the Beatles did their best albums did they?

[mgsg50]

@Oneness100 but they had the rooms. i can probably speak for a lot of us when i say that the places we are stuck recording in are not the greatest. i try to put foam all around the things im recording but i am not allowed to alter the room im in at all. im still stuck having to travel to my parents house to record anything since my apartment is so small. i have to deal with being in a basement with a furnace running and a load of laundry going 10 feet away from me.

[znerol1]

brilliant sound engineer, nevertheless I feel his verbal output in this video is little more than incoherent rambling... well, probably what most engineers would do if put on the spot about their mixes..

[jawsrock1]

...so what does this sound like in concert?

[mcseusa]

do this and do that ????

[WilliamHGBray]

you rule dude. :)

[danielshlomo123]

4:30 wtf?!

[Grusum1only]

I'm trying to pick up as much info as I can, put it altogether and do my thing,

thanks

[ryanolsen13]

love this track, thanks for the insight into its creation

[RHCPFitz]

I see a Fulltone TTE in the background... mm mm good

[BouvrieMax]

this video has saved my mixes. leaving shit alone in the long run makes EVERY thing sound better. thank you.

[SergioWW1WW2]

@BouvrieMax Sometimes we put a lot of work and fx in one thing just thinking what a professional would do, but when I saw this video I had the answer I was looking for a long time. "Sometimes you have to leave things alone"

[AdamW69612]

Wow great ideas and a great view on mixing.

[soundcreation]

Very cool vid

Lots of passion in your mix ideas, and look forward to learning from your work Manny Cheers Scott

[oowetwillyoo]

These guys are the reason most artists sound 50% the way they do.

[ThuSkyline]

@oowetwillyoo

Of course. As a band, you gotta have a good engineer. Like, you can write the greatest song in the world, but if you have an engineer that cuts the low frequencies and max's out the hi's, and doesn't know anything about how to properly mix drums, you're not gonna be sounding that great. Basically, a Les Paul can sound like crud being played through a 5 watt practice amp.

[MrToobyy]

@ThuSkyline

Word!

It's like if you would meet scarlett johansson as an homeless... I don't think she'll be that hot.

Things must have the cream on top of the cake to be great.

[Tommygrules]

@ThuSkyline a Les Paul sounds like crud most of the time :-P

[KEYiENenWAY]

@Tommygrules I pity you lol replace your ears asap

[particularlylazy]

@ThuSkyline I totally agree aside from the 5 watt amp thing, 5 watt amps are a beast for recording. Tube amps, that is.

[IamHymn75]

The way the bass rides the kick and snare is a throwback to Al Green's rhythm. I would call John Mayer a thief but I think he honestly digs music and is a student of it...so we'll give him more of a pass that say Elvis (thief) Lol!

Good stuff! Manny is the truth!

Hymn

[seriousitztrue]

@IamHymn75

It's not about when to make and do things but it's about knowing when not to make a comment. (lost) Lol!

[maestro723]

@IamHymn75 I dont get calling Mayer a "thief" part. Elaborate?

[OwensMusic1]

how'd you get all the tracks seperate?

[matty80]

@OwensMusic1

looool.... he mixed the track. Therefore, they recorded all the parts in the studio and gave him the seperate tracks to mix..... how it always works.

[wado1942]

@OwensMusic1

Probably from the band and their producer.

[wildhard]

what effect is the lead vocals passing through giving it this flanger/Auto tune effect?

[JayBartSimpson]

I'm not doing anything & nothing happened... now what !!!

[Aiden057]

The Waves products are just so damn GOOD.

[Liquidfotografie1]

What is the name of the song?

Great song

[Liquidfotografie1]

Great Video, great song, what is the name of the singer?

lg

Frank

[sheebshag]

says at the beginning.....................

[holuc08]

John Mayer. Great musician!

[mateolewismusic]

THANK YOU!!!!

[Liquidfotografie1]

What is the name of this song?

LG

Frank

[Liquidfotografie1]

What is the name of the song?

Great song

[Timzsk8]

What kind of Console is That? How is it Connected to pro Tools?

[MystiK570]

This guy knows his shit makes me feel like super dumb like i could never make a great recording. But he's been doing this for ever and had to go to school for it i didnt. Awsum vid tho.

[calismusical]

Love this!!!! Thnks so much!!! i wanna be THAT good!

[MerrildH]

Reeally interesting. Great video