The easiest way to improve your mix?!

Thank you Joe 🙏🍞

The simplest thing would be a working Smash&Grab compressor, but you'd rather not fix it and sell it anyway, even though it has none of its core functions lol

For those who don't know: At least on macOS, the different modes for kick, snare etc don't work because they all have the same settings.

About a year ago it was said in the Facebook group that there would be a fix. Turns out there still isn't a fix and they are still selling the non-functioning plugin for $100. Well done...

I’ve always taken the approach that if I’m tuning all my guitars and bass in the same way (sustained note) then it all sort of evens out in a unified way. But I have on a few occasions tuned for a specific part where maybe a guitars intonation wasn’t perfect and it was audibly noticeable higher up the neck.

Я борюсь с этой проблемой обычным автотюном(благо мелодайн аккорды тоже считывает), меньше времени тратишь, чем постоянная подстройка

At this point, it's no longer a performance... just record it and melodyne where necessary

Guitar from '06 with a Floyd Rose tremolo system... It's so over...

That’s why i have an evertune

I agree 100%! If you‘re serious about your recordings, you will want to check the tuning a lot. Or get a guitar with Evertune ❤️

Laughs in evertune bridge

does an ever-tune hold the note when in chord position too so no need to tune the chord? or does it go sharp too and only hold the open note tuning?

Punching in? No way. Lose all the tonewood bro. Don’t even tune your guitar period

Though not for everyone or every situation, Evertune is a cheat code for this concept. It taught me to notice and be aware of transient tuning variation. Now it drives me crazy but is worth the time on standard bridges to get it right. Great vid!

I wouldn't say that chopping up the performance and changing the tuning for each chord or riff is "easy". It's more tedious and surgical, and kinda takes the fun out of recording. Sure, it sounds more in tune, but does it actually matter? If your guitar is intonated, it's in tune, and you play it well, then people won't know or care that some notes are slightly out of tune, because that's what guitars sound like and we've heard them that way since their inception. We accept that our tuning system is imperfect. And I believe that you can still make a clean, modern production without trying to perfect the performances, it's not just for raw, noisy styles.

If you want your metal music to sound like MIDI, then go for it, but it's not easy and at least from my point of view, is undesirable.

Brilliant Joe thanks for this!

At this point why not just switch to keytar, or better yet, a keytar laid on its back that you can put on a stand or a desk... sort of like a digital piano or synth? Trying to artificially take away all of the imperfections inherit to these instruments defeats the purpose of us imperfect humans playing the instruments in the first place. I can see the merit for things like modern pop music where in most cases the guitar is not featured, and is merely used as an accompanying instrument to an otherwise orchestra of digital instruments and tools, but in any guitar-centered production, just let the imperfections be. Those imperfections make things better musically, not less.

Jokes on you I am using a midi guitar as well!

For those who says that on Evertune you can't bend - here is my approach.
Get to the edge of the zone 3 where the pushing the string will change the note. On any fret hold the string very light, play a note and start to push the string hard. Tune your guitar until the pushing will stop affecting the note. Here you go, the sweet spot. At this moment you will be able to do bends and vibratos and will stay in tune due to regular playing. I find it's way better to understand than - go to zone 3 then little bit back to 2...

nice information btw
moral of this video
always check in tune, take care of your string guitar, and set up your guitar bridge saddle.

I think this tuning to the part is less important than having all the instruments be in tune with each other. Some riffs are so dynamic you would be retuning and punching in all day long for a single riff.

As far as I like the tip and what not, It's such a sly brilliant way to promote hot GGD products and affiliate.
Rock on GGD!

And then people will wonder why it sound so shit live. Or I’m I wrong?

100% invest in evertune to stop messing around with tunings

I’m almost annoyed that the chord-by-chord tuning sounds a lot better.. because I KNOW I won’t be doing that

evertune

That was EYE OPENING! Thank you for this concept!

I cannot be bothered to do this, I got an Evertune in 2018 and I never went back

I haven't actually measured this, but do you find string gauge makes a difference when it comes to this particular issue? I choose heavier gauges (nothing crazy) for several reasons, but one reason is that I find tuning more consistent, at least for how I play.

Cheers for this. I didn’t know the pros went to this extent but it makes sense, especially when you want that perfect power chord to hit bang on. Is Melodyne able to separate transients from sustains? Or would you need something like Split-EQ?

A great example of this is Pete Thorn's video on Eddie Van Halen tuning one of his strings slightly sharp or flat (can't recall which) specifically for the chords in the main intro/chorus riff of Runnin with the Devil

First of all, this phenomenon happens a lot more to down tuned metal stuff, evertune is the ultimate solution. But let me tell you, never do this to bluesy or raw stuff, it will destroy the record. The main tip here in this video is not exactly "tune for the part", it is: learn to listen to pitch and tuning relationships in your orchestrations. What I always do is to set the guitar tuning, then set everything else around it. The bass almost always ends up a little flat in the lowest string, the synths sometimes a little sharp and vocals tuned to the part if desired.