Great video Ed!. I’m sure that this will help a lot of people who are just starting out and they will realise that it’s not that complicated.
Here are some things I would like to asnwer and clarify and also give some tips:
The reason why ASIO is used is because allows a shorter signal path between the interface and a computer and that’s why it has a very low latency compared to Direct Sound. The path is the same in the real world,there are no shotcuts but it’s shorter in the digital world because there are only 0 and 1 and I think the code or whatever is shorter and that’s why ASIO has low latency.
Latency will always be there just like you said but you won’t notice the latency if it’s below 5ms, the human ear just won’t notice but if it’s above that we will notice and it will throw us off. You can change your latency by changing the buffer size (32, 64,128,256,512,1024). If the buffer size number is lower that means that there will be very little latency but it will use a lot of your CPU and it will most likely start lagging. So 32 will have the lowest latency but it will use the most CPU, while the 1024 will have the highest latency but will use least CPU
If you don’t have EZdrummer or you currently don’t have money you can download MT Power Drumkit 2 which is a free vst and it sounds really really great for a free plugin. (https://www.powerdrumkit.com/)
Panning the guitar 100% left and 100% right or 75% left and 75% right is just a personal preference. There is no wrong way. But a cool tip when recording is that you record a guitar part and you pan it left, then you record the right guitar and pan it right. Then you can change your amp or guitar or something just to get a different sound and then you record the left guitar again and the right guitar again and you mix them in with the original two and you will get a much fuller sound.
We had this discussion before but I would really recommend not touching the Master fader because that should stay at 0dB. If the signal is too hot in the master fader you don’t lower the master fader but you lower the channels that are currently playing, in your case it was the 2 guitars. You should have lower them way more and then you would have enough headroom and the master fader wouldn’t be anywhere near 0dB.It would sound really quiet but that’s ok because when you are mastering the song you use a limiter at the end and you boost the signal to a “commercial level”. When you are mixing you usually have everything really quiet but you can turn the volume on your headphones or speakers so that it sounds “normal” and when you are finished with mixing and you start mastering you just put a limiter at the end of the chain and you boost everything and you will have a “commercial level” that could be played at the radio or wherever.
When you recorded the bass there wasn’t enough gain and that’s why it sounded really quiet. You can see that the signal is very thin compared to the guitars.
