3 Simple Mixing Steps for LOUD SONGS | Rock & Metal

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MAXAMIZE the power of your rock and metal mixes! I share the 3 critical steps you need to do during mixing to achieve MAX LOUDNESS of your music without sacrificing sound quality. From editing drum tricks, expanders, and strategic EQ techniques, after watching this video you will master the art of mixing for maximum impact. Elevate your sound and make your tracks stand out in any playlist!
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00:00 - The 3 Steps for Mixing Songs for MAX Loudness
00:42 - How do we mix loud sounding songs?
01:23 - The 3 step mixing process for max loudness
02:00 - Problems in the mix we need to fix
02:17 - Fixing balance issues in a mix
03:18 - Importance of controlling dynamics
03:44 - How to remove harshness and sweeten your mixes
05:51 - Removing hidden harshness from kick drum
07:59 - Another way to add clarity (but this sucks)
08:19 - DO THIS ON YOUR TOM TRACKS!
08:58 - Adding TONS of clarity with this Drum Room Trick
11:07 - Cleaning up distorted bass guitar
11:56 - Don't Overdo this in your mixes
12:37 - Biggest mixing mistake when soloing instruments
12:51 - Making space for vocals and drums in distorted guitars
14:13 - Removing ANNOYING frequencies from vocals
15:37 - Removing harshness from a full orchestra
17:11 - The final step for properly mixing you song to be LOUD
17:28 - Tightening up drums for max punch
19:21 - EQing out mud in each drum track
20:59 - How to remove mud and focus a kick drum
22:41 - These toms need some serious EQing!
25:05 - Dialing in smooth drum cymbals
27:32 - Let's DESTROY these drum rooms
29:46 - DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!
30:12 - Fitting bass and drums together
30:54 - Snare sounds weak? It's probably your GUITARS!
32:05 - Remove the sizzle from guitars
32:36 - Getting vocals to sit in a mix
33:43 - Orchestras are SOOO MUDDY!
34:39 - How loud can we get this song?!?
35:32 - Why these 3 mixing steps work so well for loudness....
35:46 - Ask yourself these 3 questions to help get your music LOUD!
36:26 - How to take your music to the next level

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  • @mikaelsehlin
    @mikaelsehlinАй бұрын

    I was struggling with a mix and this saved me. BIG TIME so thank so extremely much! Love all your videos! Really fantastic and simple guidance! :D Thank you!

  • @jessepaul8819
    @jessepaul88195 ай бұрын

    You’ve basically given us the most perfect and concise tutorial on mixing a song from the beginning and done using instinct that I have ever seen. (And I’ve watched a lot of mixing videos, lol) This is incredible man, thank you.

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Wow thanks so much! A lot more to come 🙂

  • @HollywoodGee

    @HollywoodGee

    4 ай бұрын

    Couldn’t have said it better myself

  • @violetshades
    @violetshades5 ай бұрын

    Saw the email, love your work and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, keep it up!

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    So glad it's helpful!

  • @drrodopszin
    @drrodopszin5 ай бұрын

    I can't wait to mix the next song following this video! Excellent content!

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much!!

  • @dsanj4745
    @dsanj4745Ай бұрын

    Great stuff! Subscribed.

  • @jacktherip7750
    @jacktherip77505 ай бұрын

    Your approach is really great....subbed

  • @milanpolak
    @milanpolak5 ай бұрын

    Awesome video, thanks for this!

  • @Anthixy
    @Anthixy5 ай бұрын

    Can’t believe you give so many good advices at once! Great job man and nice videos to follow up.

  • @GazzaniSilva
    @GazzaniSilva5 ай бұрын

    mannnn your channel/content is pure GOLD ... thank you

  • @BrainDeadTX
    @BrainDeadTX5 ай бұрын

    Great tutorial, thank you! As soon as I have money to spare I’ll get your course. Again thank you for sharing free tutorials!

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! The mastering course is a game changer! Hope you can pick it up 🙂🤘

  • @EirikHasselberg
    @EirikHasselberg5 ай бұрын

    Ah, lots of gold in here. Thanks a lot for a great video!

  • @DariuszBlasi
    @DariuszBlasi5 ай бұрын

    eeeeeeexcellent video! thank you.

  • @marklarm
    @marklarm5 ай бұрын

    Awesome video Ray thx man!

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Of course! This is literally a mixing master class. Cheers 🤘

  • @Rhuggins
    @Rhuggins5 ай бұрын

    This is incredibly good content. Instant subscribe. The title is rather unfortunate but theres very solid and entertaining information here, thanks so much

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Have any suggestions for how to make it better so more people find it? Titles are tricky on KZread...

  • @Eyuelin
    @Eyuelin4 ай бұрын

    the engineer uncle i never had 😂👏👏

  • @jnbovee
    @jnbovee5 ай бұрын

    You, sir...are a saint. Bless you 🙏

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much 🙏

  • @pocket1684
    @pocket16842 ай бұрын

    Cool Vid, Do you release your song at -4? Etc.. or where you just demonstrating how loud you can get your master?

  • @kayahanli
    @kayahanli5 ай бұрын

    Very useful tutorial, thank you! I think the title might be better called max "perceived" loudness as one can increase loudness by just placing a limiter on master bus and also digital platforms have their own max LUFSI limits to prevent loudness wars.

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    I struggled with the title for sure 😁

  • @johnmcvicker6728
    @johnmcvicker67285 ай бұрын

    When you make the HPF change on drum bus and sing the mouse, you can show how you can type in the number that is more granular to using the mouse and the frequency jumps it gives you. You can type in 40.0 for example. In Cubase I do a bunch of typed in values versus going only mouse.

  • @johnmcvicker6728

    @johnmcvicker6728

    5 ай бұрын

    I'd also like to see you go over the side-chain "ducking" of mids process to cut things like orchestra by dynamically ducking the orchestra when the vocals come in. (using Frequency - side chain into a dynamic EQ of say 400-1200 a few dB). Also would you clip the low-end of kick/floor-toms and maybe snare earlier on (channel or drum bus) rather than wait for mastering?

  • @sadkebab
    @sadkebab5 ай бұрын

    Somehow I already manage to make my mixes respond decently up to -6 lufs by correcting resonances and issues that come up one after the other when I push compression and limiting on the master bus... but I think that using this approach step by step could help me a lot to make them sound better and deliver faster

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Both approaches work, but these 3 steps are a little more "systematic". Glad you got something out of it!

  • @sadkebab

    @sadkebab

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RaytownProductions I had the chance to try this systematic approach yesterday for the upcoming singles of my band and the improvement was impressive 😃

  • @ma3boch
    @ma3boch5 ай бұрын

    Great video, my brother. I have a question. I noticed in some buses that you use the saturated and also the C6 on the post-fader, while the limiter on the vocal bus is on the pre-fader? Can you explain to me the reason, thank you🖤🤍

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    I think it's probably just circumstantial. I do lots of volume automation so having something post fader could change tone if you automate the volume a lot. Prefader keeps things safe from automation. The only other time I would choose pre versus post fader would be if it just sounded better in one position versus the other. Those are really the two main reasons why I would pick one spot over the other.

  • @ma3boch

    @ma3boch

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RaytownProductions ❤

  • @glittergigglesmusic
    @glittergigglesmusicАй бұрын

    What does an expander do?

  • @AltarexLuurkesien
    @AltarexLuurkesien5 ай бұрын

    So complex and good. But FFS if I have enough patience to do all this. How much do you charge for a song tho lmao

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    Hit me up and let's chat about your music! My email is in the description 🤘

  • @echomusicswe
    @echomusicswe5 ай бұрын

    Nice content, but -6-7Lufs? think i'm gonna get killed by Spotify, apple.........and so on! Penalty from Hell. 😂Or???

  • @Durkhead

    @Durkhead

    5 ай бұрын

    It's still louder on spotify also there's a lot of ppl like me that are smart enough to turn normalize off in the settings

  • @codycreepcore

    @codycreepcore

    5 ай бұрын

    Pro mastering engineers still master from like -5 to -9 LUFS, and disregard Spotify's -14lufs rule. If your mix sounds crushed and messed up at -7lufs or whatever, then don't make it that loud. If your mix can goto -7 and not fall apart and still sound great then go for it.

  • @RaytownProductions

    @RaytownProductions

    5 ай бұрын

    In my experience most pro mastering engineers that master our favorite music will make it as loud as possible without it taking away from the song. So in the case for this track, we can push it harder because it's a very dense symphonic metal track. Something with more space should breathe a bit more...

  • @drrodopszin

    @drrodopszin

    5 ай бұрын

    Just look up "I won the loudness war" song by Dan Worrall. It blows away any other song on Spotify.

  • @Durkhead

    @Durkhead

    5 ай бұрын

    @drrodopszin that's gona be my new alarm clock ⏰️