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About Glenn Fricker

Greetings, I'm Glenn Fricker, engineer here at Spectre Sound Studios. I love making records, and after doing it for sixteen years, I want to pass on what I've learned. Featuring tutorials on how to record guitar, bass, real drums and vocals. There's reviews and demos of tube amps, amp sims, drums, mics, preamps, outboard gear, and plugin effects. Everything you've wanted to learn about recording Hard Rock & Heavy Metal can be found right here on my channel! I also respond to your comments & questions: The best make it into the SMG Viewer's Comments series of videos. Loads of fun, lots of laughs. Thanks for reading!

Micro JCM 800? Joyo Jackman BantAmp

Today we're going to take a look at the Joyo Jackman from the BantAmp series. I've been a big fan of the BantAmps. They're 20 watts of solid power with a tube preamp section. We demoed the ZoMBie a little while back and it's fantastic for heavy tones, without breaking the bank. You can

TINY TUNE PRO STAGE TUNER

Hey Everybody! Today we're taking a look at the Tiny Tune Pro from KLIQ Music Gear. Now I really like tuners. Tuners are a great idea! Not only for the studio, but for the stage as well! (Yes- Believe it or not, you can actually tune a bass!) A tuner is your first step

Go HOME and PRACTICE!- Viewer’s Comments #129

I've told a good amount of musicians (bass players) to go home and learn their part while in my studio. Not to be a jerk or to be mean. If you come into the studio and don't know your part, you're not only wasting my time, but you're wasting your time, your money and

Aquarian Reflector Snare Head Trial

It's the Wednesday after the holidays; a 4 day work week for most of us. Let's face it, you're probably at work procrastinating because it's almost the weekend! - I get it! Anyway. One of the great things about running a studio and a YouTube channel is that I get to demo a lot

Joyo Mjolnir TEST DRIVE

I've had this one sitting around far too long!   Here's a look at the very affordable Joyo Mjolnir all tube mini guitar head.  It's 15 watts & we measured the output at 120db!!  That's REALLY freakin' loud.  Loud enough to keep up with a drummer.  We measured 120 db coming out of this 15 watt

Quantizing Guitars is NOT METAL!- Viewer’s Comments #128

This is the last Viewer's Comments of the year! Lots of great comments and questions this week. Adam Muszynski asks: Just saw a mixing tutorial (not gonna mention the channel) where the engineer basically quantized all the guitar tracks. The band recorded their tracks slower (!) and then they did what they proudly called

How to get your STUDIO ready for the BAND

The first video I ever put out was called "How to get your BAND ready for the studio." That video went viral and started my YouTube career. I can't believe it's taken me so long to do today's video, because it's the opposite of that video- "How to get your STUDIO ready for the band"You

The secret to getting a great snare sound!

Merry Christmas, everyone!    I hope you've had a wonderful morning, and if you happened to get a gift certificate for a music or pro audio store, I've got a great suggestion for you:   Get a real compressor!  I had a conversation in LA a few weeks ago about using a real hardware compressor

Finding Success in Rock and Metal- Viewer’s Comments #127

Happy Friday/holidays! Today's Viewer's Comments is centred around "Finding Success in Rock and Metal." Let's get right into it! One viewer wrote: "Hey Glenn you got kids? My son just started his own studio and does get work. He has a young family, his wife refuses to allow him to pass the business down