MAGIC IS IN THE MIDRANGE mix tutorial kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZYSis7mjpLC4f9Y.html

@GoLongboardBroseph

3 жыл бұрын

great vid bytheway

@nowheretoshower

3 жыл бұрын

"If it sounds good it is good." The best mixing advise out there!

@petedemaggio

3 жыл бұрын

Can you PLEASE do a video on recording bass DI and how to achieve a balanced tone and a good mix ? I feel like it's one of the most important parts of the process and NO ONE has good videos on it. It's always drums, vox, or guitar......

@roho508

3 жыл бұрын

Good information. I cut and boost most of the time, but are you using mytek converts

@nowheretoshower

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAdrianloera Only because you don't have the musical talent to know what good sounds like.

Cut the bad, boost the good.

It's actually pretty simple: if you listen and find that there is too much of something - cut it. If you find that there is too little of something - add it.

'stop just believing everything that you see on youtube.... use your ears' this is a good life lesson too: stop being so influenced by the opinion and process of other individuals and use your own senses and judgements to come to your own understanding. I know it's not easy but it's necessary. thank you sir

@Stanacturproducer

3 жыл бұрын

My golden tool is my eyes .

@L5biszz

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr Obvious. I wrote it down

I love that instead of saying “I’ve literally had hit songs on the radio, I think I would know” (which would be very valid) you said “hm ... maybe I’m the one in the wrong. Here, let’s do science. Nope, I was right.” Well done.

@BrunodeSouzaLino

3 жыл бұрын

Because the first option just makes you come out as an arrogant individual making use of the appeal to authority fallacy. In other words: "I am more successful than you are and have been doing this longer than you, so I am right and you're wrong."

@thesoundmajors9858

Жыл бұрын

@@BrunodeSouzaLino no it doesn't. It only bothers certain types of people lol.

"I don't hear anything."--Colt Capperune I laughed out loud.

The wave canceling trick is the most genius way of demonstrating this concept.

This is eloquently said, "Cut to solve problems and boost to shape tone." Like when you used the MB to cut for de-esser in the last video, solving a problem. An engineering showing other engineers why their beliefs are now just misconceptions. What's so brilliant about this experiment is your results can be tested and verified. If only this was possible in other facets of life there would be much less strife in the world.

@SeanHyland

3 жыл бұрын

What's MB? Mixbus/MasterBus?

@WNxExectechWarriorNation

3 жыл бұрын

@@SeanHyland Multiband Compressor. Fabfilter Pro-MB specifically in the previous video.

okay i knew boosting and cutting should have no difference in theory; but i've never tried phase shift because i'm kinda accustomed to my way of cutting eq. But that perfect silence just gave me weird chills. probably i started mixing with old analogue yamaha console. this man is my god

I'm so glad you went down "this rabbit hole" and took the time to really explain. One of the things I HATE about KZread and many of the folks that preach here is that they almost never create and/or explain the context for their opinions. Too often they don't explain their use case because they are far too myopic. Many young folks are here listening to so-called experts with no life experience; not knowing where their audio journey will land them: theatre, film, radio, TV, video games, music production, musical theatre, FOH, etc. Thanks - Love the vids - Peace

Always on point Colt!

Great video, thanks Colt!

I love the channel man. Cheers!

Thank you Colt! The master 👊🏼

Love your videos man! I've come across them recently and my mixes are already getting better!

Some honest and great videos that anyone at any stage of their audio career can understand. Keep 'em coming Colt.

Man... its so great to have you on YT!!!

You beat me to it! This was a video Idea I had considered doing for a while now. Great job

Another awesome video! Thanks for such a concise breakdown and comparison 👍👍

Best video I've seen in awhile!

Nice one Colt, some bang on advice!

THIS IS SO GOOD ! YOU OPENED TO ME A WHOLE NEW WORLD AND WAY TO WORK ON MIXES.

As a relatively new person to making music, boosting seems less complicated. It's funny, I had pro review a track of mine for feedback and he gave me two youtube videos to watch on EQ, one was the one you made with boosting, the other was a guy that said cutting is the proper way. So naturally, I was confused lmao. Thanks for clearing this up.

Loved this video , so helpful. Thank you !!!

I'm loving your videos these days man, about to go binge some more.. haha

Loved this video! Very well presented. Subbed!!

Dude this is the best video I've seen on this!

Great videos Colt. Thanks for sharing your tips

You are GOLD Colt, I deeply thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 🙏🏼

Another highly informative video. Great inspiration for my own channel and music production! Thanks, Colt!

Colt, your color correction has been on point lately! Great info as always.

Best Video about it I've ever watched. Good Job!!!!!

As few of moves as possible. Them’s key words. New sub. Thanks for doing the thing and broadcasting it. You’re an inspiration to those of us aspiring to do the thing from home.

Loving the scientific approach you apply and the way you explain things. Your mid range vid has already made a big difference to my mixing. Just wanted to say Thanks man, also looking forward to watching your other vids.

great job Colt

excellent, thanks for this, I'm happy because I was only doing it like I was feeling it!

Never seen any of your vids before. Excellent stuff. This is exactly what I have always done and have always thought. It is natural logic to me. Very pleased to hear it from an evident pro. Makes me feel happier about my mixing. Now going to watch your Midrange vid.

Yo Colt, my last mix-listen in my car was amazing, and it was after taking your advice on the last video with your hints and ideas. I was blown away haha. Thanks for doing the research and experiment to shine even more light on EQ topics.

Ah, much better video than the previous eq video... great :)

Love me a null test LOL! Had a good chuckle, thanks

It's amazing the parallels I see between our mixing styles. I've been following you for months now and almost every video there's a moment where I go "huh, I do that"

Love you man! :D

There's a reason your videos are blowing up the way they are - honestly one of the most solid tutorials/walk-through's I've seen in a very long time regarding boosts vs. cuts. Thanks for this and keep it up, Colt!

very well put together video, well edited, and the content was entertaining and informative, thank you.

Colt - I am a longtime musician - now trying to learn production. I am thankful for your help! Your videos are great!

This is amazing. Really nice channel bro, I thought the same when watching your previous video. You nailed that one. Thumbs up !

Very nice video and well explained! I personally use cutting and boosting for the same scenario you mentionned and I just think it make total sense

So good bro. Keep these up! I'm takin' notes!

Nice video and you are right experimenting is the key 👌🏾 Cut and boost as much as you need to

Thank you for making it clear about the magic is in the mid range. You opened my mind and my tracks has changed dramatically. I so 😊

Great video! Thanks so much!

honestly since you uploaded the midrange video I got my mixes to sound incredibly better, couldn't thank you enough. Keep it up

I appreciate that you open the door wide for different mixing techniques - no gold standard attitude. If it sounds good, it is good.

Great video. No more to say. Awesome always enjoy your videos. You always get to the point and always good information.

Excellent discussion topic. I enjoyed, liked, subscribed. cheers

Awesome video! You remind me a lot of a couple teachers I had back at MI of Hollywood way back in 2006. Been a good decade of busy with work, wife, and now kids and I haven't touched any mixing or writing in over 10 years. Just picked up an apolllo twin and loaded up Luna and was taken back to a lot of fun. Great videos!

Excellent work Brother 💯🔥🔥🔥

Well played, Sir!

Since watching you're videos I have began boosting as well as cutting and I was blown back by how much I was able to improve my mix.

Sir that magic mid range video is a game changer. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us. I hope you become a big on KZread very soon ❤️

Great video. Appreciate it.

Excellent sessions sir, very much appreciate you sharing your skills and knowledge with us.

I like your channel very much, Colt... your contents are technical and applicable in a fundamental way... It helps me a lot because I'm still struggling to upgrade my sound engineering skill

I've been playing music for 30 years and have heard this debate the whole time. Thank you for putting it so clearly. Your channel is one of my favorites!

Man, love your honesty and transparency about the subject 1000% i agreed...Also tired of the bunch BS online from "experts " , your take was on the money , no rules , what ever it takes to get the result you and your client are after ..God bless bro !! stay safe !! Cheers !!!

Awesome video, it opened my eyes tho thank you ma g 🏆🏆🏆

This is awesome. At last somebody who tells it how it is and not follow a bunch of set rules. I always assumed boosting would make something sound better. Really like these videos 👍

After watching tone of videos about EQ on KZread I finally have learned how it works and it’s exactly the way you described in this video. Yesterday I finished my first song, all produced, mixed and mastered by me and I’m pretty happy with the result so I have to thank you Colt, your videos have been so helpful, you are a very understandable person, all your tutorials are extremely clear in the topic you are talking about. Please keep doing this, I’m pretty sure it’s helping a lot of people all around the world.

Don’t know how I found you but watched your mid range video . And it just flipped a switched in my head . Thanks for that bro . Then I watched your mix into your mix bus video . And now this . I’m officially a subscriber. Good stuff man

This is both a great rebuttal to the critical comments, but also a generous and helpful instruction on a pro's approach to eq and mix decisions... Excellent video, Colt!

wow, great video man. the point here is, do what works for you. Big thumbs up! you are a great contributor to our mixing Community!!!

Gems upon gems my friend thank you fr clarifying .!

OMG, I'm crackin' up when it goes perfectly silent! Nice work man! The old adage, if it sounds good, it's good, learn some rules, preactice, paractice, practice, then break the rules, and make it sound great!

100% LOVE this!

loving your videos man, learning alot. my take away from this one is "cut problems -boost tone" and to trust my ears. thanks for teaching

You NAILED it... There is no one size fits all approach to mixing. The end result is based on whatever the track needs, whether that is cutting or boosting. I love your objective to "use as few moves as possible" , so true! "Keep it simple stupid" or K.I.S.S. is something I've heard many times over.... Well done ~

I made a lot of recordings where I intuitively used boosting but with guilt, because those who knew told me it was wrong. Now I understand that my ears were leading me on the right track. Thank you!!!! Excellent video.

Brother your videos are very practical and intelligible. New fan😇😇🙏

Totaly agree, a tool can be used in many ways and the "regular" way i not always what you need to get to your goal.

This is so badass!!!

Nice one Colt, thanks :)

I was taught " it's better to cut than boost"or " I cut instead of boosting". Now I'm re educating my engineering

You will get the exact same phase shift if you cut or boost. I measured in SMAART. If you cut, the phase will shift one way, if you boost it shifts the exact same amount in the opposite direction. The reason it sounds different when you boost then when you cut is because the phase shift on one is earlier then the phase shift on other!!! Kinda fun!

Love your videos man... Great Great stuff ! Finally... WHAT COMES OUT OF THE SPEAKERS IS ALL WHAT MATTERS ... Right ? You are a pro... and its your... EARS & YEARS !!!! Peace all.... Rezi... Love from Sri Lanka... 🎉🎉🎉

I'm a new Sub, new to sound mixing. Very insightful video, thanks!

But I thought KZread comments and Wikipedia are basically the same thing? 😳😋

@MixChecks

3 жыл бұрын

They are. I’ve learned everything I know about life from the comment section

@quijanofitzgeraldl.2980

3 жыл бұрын

Sup there man! Greetings here from Philippines! love your song covers from our country.

Fletcher Munson Curve can explain alot about your method. Great video, bro! Cheers!

You are a legend.

I used to confused about boost and cut, because a lot of tutorials keep saying they are different. But you phase switch test convinced me, there is no different between two methods, that is mind opening. Thank you Colt!

Damn good videos Dude.

Im starting to like my own mix after watching your magic video.thanks master Colt🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Love the song and the vocals

Brah, that is fantastic! Great, data-driven way to make an excellent point. I think one additional reason that people adopt the "only cut" philosophy comes from dealing with PA systems: in that environment, I was always told not to unintentionally overdrive the speakers and possibly damage them. But then: I was a drummer for most of the Nineties and proudly avoided the "knobs and fiddly bits" of rock-n-roll. No longer! Thanks for a great vid! Subscribed.

Great video! I appreciate that you mentioned Phase and headroom as a concern. It just seems that people are taking considerations and making them "rules" and then preaching the misinformation as if they are the experts. I would like to add that the idea also came from the use of passive versus active EQ's and the characteristics that the gain stage had on boosting in some cases, but again that was a "sound" to consider. Also the asymmetrical shapes of some eq curves were a factor in the decision which matches your philosophy on how you cut and boost. Basically, if it sounds good, it is good. Boost/Cut/mold/mangle do what ever, just know what is involved when you do so and what you may be trading off.

Hey Colt! I've been absolutely loving the content i've seen so far, and I've only watched like 2 or 3 videoes... It just.. "makes sense" from what I've discovered myself and heard from a few other engineers/producers that I trust - your perspective and approuch just adds on, or bring something new to MY table at least. I won't binge it all, even tho i want too xD Gonna incorporate these tips one at a time to work it in. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, for free! Holy shit! +1 subscriber ;)

I think the only potential danger of boosting is if you boost a lot - like 5-10 dB - it'll always sound better, because louder always sounds better. So it might sometimes sound better because the overall sound is louder, not because the tone is better. That said, great idea, with the phase cancellation. Awesome video!

Niceeee man. I lvoe you for your honesty. I told so many people just use your ears..Does it sound good? yes then its good !!!

Great topic. If you have two tracks that seem clashing or muddy I generally will cut whichever has more lower/or mid frequencies, and slightly boost the other. By boosting one and cutting the other you add greater separation.

I always preferred eq boosts as my first step in mixing. Sort of to give every layer their own territory before worrying about overlaps and where to cut. I kept doing this despite hearing the advice of cuts only but I'll admit, it hurt my confidence. This was a really nice exercise and definitely makes me feel a little more secure in what I naturally felt was right for me. Just subscribed, keep it up

i wish so many people will watch this video , super important. also ive learned a lot of stuff that are off topic. theres always more to learn from you , great video