How to get Great Acoustic Guitar and Vocal Tone

[soadthedude]

I love how simple you put everything haha, your humour reminds me a bit of Cosmo Jarvis :)

[predator92lol007]

Hahahaha don't buy acid. Great video gonna concider buying some off that stuff.

[Amotaraso]

Thx ^^ Nice video. I learned some for sure :-)

[jammmon]

this is shit

[salarkhan94salrox]

Thank you for your video. It was very helpful. However, i want to ask you one thing.. Is it possible that by a decent portable voice recorder i get good sound quality for an acoustic guitar using a microphone after which i can transfer the data to my computer and use a software to edit the sound? And can i use a normal Dynamic microphone for recording the acoustic guitar? Thank you :)

[jcomp21]

at 2:16 you say hi mids and low mids.... that is NOT what those to knobs are for... the one you called hi mids is the mid boost/cut (volume) which is linked to the knob below it (the one you called the low mid) which is actually the frequency selection knob (for choosing which specific frequency (Hz.) you will be affecting). Good passion, but keep learning!

[TheHumanEquations]

As an audio engineer this hurts me inside

[TokinPhillips]

@TheHumanEquations Look you fuckin troll, these techniques saved my ass more then once. I can only say nice things about this 10 dollar studio.

[derekmccreanor]

@TheHumanEquations I know that feeling. Engineers like this should listen not talk

[derekmccreanor]

@TheHumanEquations I know that feeling. Engineers like this should listen not talk. Also being an engineer i thought you were meant to pay attention to get the best quality, so why all the interference. The more this guy speaks the worse he gets

[cleocool]

LMFAO 0:25 - 0:35 cracked me up bro

[JonnyTheWaffle]

you act like everybody has the same crappy mixer as you.

[JemtheBullfrog]

Shut up! That was funny. In fact the whole thing was funny because I had to shut you up after you said that the auxillary sends were useless and that it didn't matter if a channel's EQ section had a parametric section or not. Jokes...

Great enthusiasm though, so keep going with the learning and sharing the knowledge.

[smittybang]

you are an idiot

[cheeselord27]

So where is this great sound ? all i can hear is some ego maniac who thinks he knows what he's on about ?..i didn't hear any guitar or vocals ? nor did i hear any mention of how it depends on what kinda guitar you're playing ? and what kinda sound you're aiming to get ?

Typical music technology course bullshit ! this 'IS' how it's done !

[eekamoose]

Just for info, a plosive is a sound made when you build up air pressure behind your lips or behind your tongue and various parts of the roof of your mouth, and then suddenly release it in a little 'explosion' that tends to cause mike 'popping'. The English language includes the plosives P, B, T, D, K and T among others. An S sound is a sibilant, which is not so likely to cause popping.

[mrjimistix]

I hate slating people but this dude is clueless. Please learn what you are talking about before instructing people. BTW you only have a three band eq. The top pot is gain and the bottom one is a sweep-able frequency selector. to say 1 setting works for both vocals and guitar is dumb, they'll end up fighting for the same part of the mix and it will end up sounding really muddy.. Anybody wanting to learn about recording move on to another video and let's hope that this one gets deleted!

[Tinari1020]

hey, i own a condenser mic and i am trying to set it up to record acoustic and vocals at the same time. i kno this is possible. any advice please get back to me

[JemtheBullfrog]

@Tinari1020 Just record the guitar first and then when you've got a good take of the guitar. Then monitor the recording of the guitar in headphones and sing over the top with the vocal. Don't add any EQ during the recording, as you can fix it all in the mix later. Just make sure you have a really good signal into your recorder that isn't distorted or too weak. This will get you started. What are you using to record with? PC, tape or something else?

[Lextant]

You can not get a terrible, terrible mic to ever sound absolutely amazing. you should learn about what ur talking about befor you make an instructional video.

[thisaintron]

@Lextant Okay, so I'll just tell all my viewers to go out and buy $3,000 professional microphones! I'm sure that'll fit their budget!

[Lextant]

@thisaintron You can use a relatively cheap mic $200+ but its not gonna sound very good with mics less then that.

[Weslo2]

@Lextant he knows what he's talking about

cause people that are just learning aren't gonna spend more than $1,000 on a microphone alone

[CriticsConfession]

@Lextant I've been an audio engineer for years...so I know what I'm saying when I say "yes you can, faggot."

[Lextant]

@CriticsConfession you must be a very shitty audio engineer in that case.

[Lextant]

@CriticsConfession and you look like your 17 so dont be such a fuck

[joshuanaconda]

"shut up" , best part of the video

[thisaintron]

i never said radioshack is worse than behringer, im saying choose one that doesnt suck and it SHOULD be a good place for a BEGINNER to start. i dont think itll work for everyone, but like i said, its just to get people moving, covering the basics... etc... the only place ill put your name is 15 year old kid that tries to be a troll and fails epically

[transmitsignal]

Without reading the other comments, I'd like to add; u don't really know what your talking about. Saying that a behringer mixer is better then radioshacks, is like comparing Mcdonalds to Burger King. As for that fader setting; u have no headroom to work worth, and (this also goes for everything else on this video) how can u think that one setting is going to work for everyone? The only place I'll put your name is in my book of jokes!

[aliwhitwell]

Excellent job. Thanks for this. I'm going to try and get my hands on some of the stuff you mentioned. Thanks from Scotland.

[thisaintron]

@aliwhitwell thank you for the kind words! im glad i could help :) best of luck with your endeavor and let me know when you have tracks laid down and ready for listening!

[six6sicmaggot]

lmfao. nice video dude

[mrp123123123]

Guitars always have nasty plosive sounds when they say words that start with "p". that's why we (never) use a windscreen to record a guitar, boys and girls, like @ 5:20.

[thisaintron]

@mrp123123123 lol sorry im in class and cant listen to check my mistake in the video, but if youre right, good catch and sorry about that! I meant with vocals lol

[KeithMMeldrum]

ok i will put your name in the books! lol

[evronmusic]

awesome video

[lilseggy]

just get Reason 5 and a midi controller!

[robsmith000]

holy shit this s helpfull!

[pathosattrition]

I'm sorry, but I had to stop watching, because for a "how-to," you aren't quite grasping what your parametric EQ knobs do. The top one was correctly cited as highs, but the second is not "high-mids," its the gain level for your mids. The next, (low mids, as you called it) is actually the frequency that the gain knob is affecting. I hope this makes sense and helps you and all your viewers.

[thisaintron]

@pathosattrition I'm aware of the fact that they are gain controls for the mids, but I'm putting it the most comprehensively that I possibly can. On a 3 band EQ board, I would have said gain for the mids because there would be only one mid knob, but I didn't say that because there are two knobs and one controls the gain on a higher plane of mids and the other controls the gain of a lower plane of mids. Thanks for letting me know though

[pathosattrition]

@thisaintron Still not accurate. They both control one frequency band of mids, but the second knob determines where that band is. Usually its selectable between about 400Hz to 8kHz. The first knob controls the gain at the frequency selected by the second knob.

[thisaintron]

@pathosattrition Ahhhh I understand what you're saying. Thank you for the correction, and when I do the drum video, I'll correct that

[Janzah]

you're so funny. lolz

[HaythamHzee]

Great job. Can I record guitar with singing with one mic? Thanks in advance!

[thisaintron]

@HaythamHzee Absolutely you can. I do it all the time. Now that I've got a couple extra bucks, I bought a separate mic for the guitar, but for all intents and purposes, you can record both with the same mic, you should just EQ them a little differently to avoid things like frequency overlay.

[HaythamHzee]

dude you are struggeling to look cool! You really dont have to. You are doing a good job here. That´s all we are expecting from a good video! Respect though!

[garyhicks789]

Cheers bud

[tirithon147]

Seriously.

NEVER EVEN TOUCH 0DB at the fader.

You schould stay at -5

The only mixers that will allow a good sound with over 0 are SSL, Neve and so on

And they cost over 30.000$

[Warhorse22]

Great stuff thanks for posting.

[Topdoginuk]

Well presented tutorial and very informative. I have aUSB conneting Yamaha MW10C mixing desk and I didn't actually know how to use it! Instructions were appalling. I've got a better idea after watching this.

I use Mixcraft DAW and that's very good. I keep getting clicks on playback and I'm now wondering if this is because my Samson Mic doesn't have one of those pop filters, although it seems to have one built in.

I'm interested to see if I can get a better reverb on the mixing desk now.

[thisaintron]

@Topdoginuk I wish you luck with your endeavor, let me know how it goes or post a link for the community to check out!

[thisaintron]

@Topdoginuk What is probably causing the pops is the electrical signal. If you look at the waveform after you record it and see little spikes in random places, it's the electricity. Try this: record silence, with the mic on. If you see spikes, it's the electricity. If you only experience pops during vocal recordings, those are called plosives and they're annoying as hell. They come from bursts of air hitting the diaphragm when you speak. You can kill them with a pop filter or a sock over the mic

[Topdoginuk]

@thisaintron Thank you for your great advice and the time you've been kind enough to write me your comment. I will definitely try this.

I recently bought the Presonus USB Audio Interface but should have got the firewire version. Anyway I'll be giving it a go.

Cheers, Tony

[JamZumel]

do you think you could do that audacity tut? :D

[thisaintron]

@JamZumel I shall, if you are still interested. Just let me know good sir

[TheSoound]

hi thanks for the info . i really have no idea how to record myself playing the guitar and singing .... can someone tell me do i need to mics to do this at the same time ? or what do i do?

[Travispicker]

Ron - very much enjoyed your informative tutorial. Any information on which DI boxes you favor? I'm curious. Getting a clean but rich and full acoustic guitar sound is important to me; and, I think I'm getting a better signal through an XLR out and a DI box rather than the standard 1/4 inch guitar cable hooked to an amp or the PA. I'm curious about your thoughts. Best wishes and continued success... Travis

[rawrgrr4298]

Because you've done pre EQ do you post EQ it again say in Logic? What about for mix down and mastering, do you play with EQs at that point too?

[MrSoladam]

Thanks ! post more .

[IrishDogg007]

what tuning do you use for acoustic guitar? im tryin to find a good acoustic guitar tuning to match with my vocals any tips?

[ScarlettStreet]

@IrishDogg007 Mess around with a capo. Its a little clamp where you can alter your open-notes, find your perfect key and youre set

[c2coledaddy]

cool, thanks man

[JoshwaBurke]

Nice video and very helpful. Thinking up bringing my youtube videos up a new level on the tech side. Macbook microphone just isn't doing the job. I may buy the Behringer XENYX and microphone for a start. Thanks again =)

[Scion904]

ur funny

[thisaintron]

@xXJoshuaBarfieldXx thank you SO much for the kind words, i do what i can for people. anyways man, internal card works very well for me, they arent hard to install, but the only reason i use internal is because i record out of my house and i usually dont move my setup. this one is up to you, but i do recommend internal just to save yourself from more confusing wires and you can override every other sound coming out of your computer from anywhere else, so itll be coming out of the soundcard

[TheGangagangsta]

this guys a fag

[wolfgang2k9]

Thx for the tutorial. was just wondering whats the best software to use to record your music and video at the same time.

I heard of audacity but that only lets me record music and not any video via webcam.

[thisaintron]

@wolfgang2k9 no problem sir, the best software for video and audio would probably be protools, its expensive but you may end up saving yourself a lot of frustration, other than that, there are other programs that will work, but protools would do it best

[morgenr83]

Thanks! That did help me a lot.

[crouchingPIG]

Ego lol. But thanks for the tips though

[BlackMonkey24]

lol acid

[skaylars]

Hey man, this helped me a lot..

Anyways, what's the mixingboard called?

Peacee

[thisaintron]

the mixing board is called a behringer 2222 fx-pro, thanks for letting me know it helped!

[thisaintron]

@skaylars the mixer that i use now is a behringer SX2442FX, its more of a live desk than anything, and its not an interface, but i love it, its got two effects panels and a nine band eq

[lilnroz]

ok 2 things, ur song "hear me out" is awsome and how did mic ur drumset, like how many mics and wer did u put them?

[thisaintron]

thank you so much :) that was like a milestone for me, i found out how i like to sound on that song! and as far as drums go, ill post a video tomorrow or the day after showing my mics and where they are

[lilnroz]

ok cool, that will help me alot:D

[thisaintron]

its coming! im sorry! i accidentally deleted the comment off my main page, but i took the video, i just havent cut it yet, homework has consumed most of my time, college kind of sucks sometimes, but within the week it will be up and ready to watch

[utfsal]

it's nice when people share like this. one thing I didn't hear, maybe I missed it, and that is TRIM. after setting your fader to 0db, play and adjust the level with the trim :)

[RiversNj]

awesome video, very helpful for me at least! I love my akg 200 perception mic i got it on ebay for 150.00 and it came with 2 other mics! good stuff man!

[SPOOKYTRACKS]

Hey Ron, work with a band called Antiqcool sometimes, they said you had some useful tips. If you go to my page and listen to the first vid (dazed and confused Indian summer) I'm sure they would like to hear what you think.....cheers.

[thisaintron]

hey! sorry i havent checked this page in a long time! i will check them out as soon as i get home! thanks for the heads up

[thisaintron]

@SPOOKYTRACKS I know this was a year ago, but I will check them out as soon as I get home today... expect comments!

[ninjastar1866]

thanks man you helped me a lot

[bluetche]

Hey dude!!

Thanks!

[funnybone215]

What kind of mixer are you using?

[BELLA40692]

im using a behringer 2222 fx pro, absolutely amazing, but im moving up to an allen and heath zed24

[howtoLIVEyourLIFE]

whoa thats trippy, im getting and allen and heath zed24 too! they are soooo amazing, and then ill post a video for how to use that one if anyone needs it

[JoesRedGuitar]

hmm... That's a wind screen... not a pop filter... but very helpful vid

[thisaintron]

true, but when it comes down to it they both basically do the same thing, pop filters are directional and restrict plosives and wind screens are for anything else from any direction and they help prevent small almost unnoticeable movement in the diaphragm which could cause feedback

[ugarmada]

This works great for my vocals. YOU THE DUDE!

[thisaintron]

never a problem my good sir :)

[mgcowuuch]

ron, I downloaded audacity, but wondered if it includes a tutorial? Good info man! I'm an pld dude who's been playing fuitar for 50 years, and I needed your ideas to help me put together an affordable home studio setup for thoose of us on social secutiry. Thanks for yuour effort. M. Couch

[deedersss]

Ron, you sound so ridiculously New Yorker in this video.

-Dee

[sametmovies]

I used your eq settings when i recorded my song in my featured video. check it out

[thisaintron]

hahaha i actually got a kick out of it, i know its five months later and im not sure which one you meant but i watched a few and the mix is sounding really good

[stevevox1]

Hi mate, great tutorial and I need a mic for reacding so I'll look at the one you sujested, there was one thing you missed that is sooo important "compressor limiter" for keepng everything more equalyl leveled, there is a good compressor in cubase though I use an outboard compressor-limiter phonic, check my stuff and let me know what you think, cheers

[thisaintron]

youre right about what you said, and im listening to your stuff now and i really dig it, your mix is great, and your voice fits what youre doing SO well

[madeyes4u]

Man, this was VERY helpful. Yeah you should post a tutorial about Audacity, I have no clue how to use it...

[thisaintron]

ill start work on that very soon, im just revamping the studio right and i hope to have something up by the fall

[thisisobviously]

thanks

[XxstuckinajarxX]

this video was great, humor and intelligence

[thisaintron]

i appreciate it :) i do what i can

[teragreg]

@XxstuckinajarxX agreed

[hahaworms]

Shut the FUCK UP...Douche Nozzle!

[cob408]

Who do you think you are bullshitting mate. I have never heard so much crap in my life. It would have been better to let people think that you stupid, now they'll know for sure that you're thick after this video.

[montezumasrevenge]

Haha! What a dude

[canadianmaple09]

This kid should be on The Sopranos... holy gangster! (in the real sense of the word, not some black kid with his pants around his ankles)

[YoungBozoBaybee]

Audacity Is The Best.

[lilnetty2]

Thanks. Why is there all this high feedback going on? Would a compressor help with that ? ;>)

[Tooshnaba]

Great video! you should make a video on recording electric because everyone else on youtube is incompetent. Keep it up!

[artwoodluke]

hey ron that was a great video. really appriciate it, seems like you put a good bit of effort into it and the 5 second acid trip was great too. how about a video on getting good sound live...or just an email... thanks bro!

[Superman7507]

Rated 5* just for the

*Buzz8

"Shut Up"

[kingsblood327]

@Superman7507 ma fav part lmao

[taycuhtoe]

awesome man, and thanks.

[CarloLing]

thanks for this vid! it helped me a lot! I'll send you a copy when I'm done recording :D