just so people know, i went to school for sound engineering and these videos are on par with what i paid A LOT of money to learn. thanks rick for this resource

@foto21

Жыл бұрын

I've been a player for 30 years plus, but this video was the pivot point that got me off a lifelong wander through guessing and hoping while mixing and onto a real path of sensible and accurate mixing. Now, four years later, I would never claim there wasn't tons more to learn, but my mixes are slamming and people are saying so.

@ljones2087

10 ай бұрын

@@foto21 😄

This man is practically saving music single-handedly. So many resources and so much appreciation and education that has come from him. A treasure!

13:30 Drums 19:50 Bass Guitar 23:45 Electric Guitar Should be nice to have some real time video equalizing a band to figure out better. Also a good video to understand the equalization of a band.

@simonsays525

7 жыл бұрын

Doing God's work.

@cazeferino

5 жыл бұрын

bubuasqw123 llllp

@IamDaniel247

4 жыл бұрын

You are the man.

@InsaneCarville

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to like your comment, but it has 440 likes and I'm a fan of irony.

@queentantrumofficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Rick, as a longtime musician and newtime (self-taught) demo-er, I can’t put into words how much I appreciate you and your time spent making these great videos. It seems like each road bump I hit on the journey of learning to record ends in the same result: I search on KZread “how to...” and see that you’ve made a video explaining how to do the thing I need to learn. You are playing such a quantifiable role in removing the arterial blockages of our collective creativity, and facilitating so much more music to flow during our time. Thank you, Master Yoda!

@Saint.Stereo

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

love these vids how to 0:00 filters 3:02 analog EQs 5:45 digital EQs 10:42 drum EQ 13:30 bass EQ 19:48 guitars 23:44 piano/organ 26:39 strings 30:20 Master EQ 34:20

@redautumn5441

3 жыл бұрын

legend ❤️

Damn you Rick! I payed Full Sail over $70k to get this kind of education! Where the hell were you 15 years ago?! Great video man... thank you!

@RandomBros88

4 жыл бұрын

Lol makes me glad I could never afford such education, youtube was my education :P

@ciprianocaius7767

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandomBros88 there are things you don't learn with youtube. but its good enough for most people.

@tsukkikei571

3 жыл бұрын

WHAT?! 70K dollar? No way

@jorgiewtf

3 жыл бұрын

@@tsukkikei571 Yes sir, that was just one year of school. Don’t get me wrong, I leaned many other things and the degree really opens doors for you but it’s super expensive. That was actually back in the mid 2000’s. I’d imagine it’s more now. Thankfully, the military paid most of it for me.

@tsukkikei571

3 жыл бұрын

@@jorgiewtf wow. That looks like something that i could never afford when I graduated high school. I'm glad you had a chance

despite me making music for my entire life, i am just now learning how to actually do it with your videos.

"Scoop out the mud." A rule to track by, to mix by, and to live by.

@user-oz6vy5ch8o

4 жыл бұрын

that mud in the middle will muddle your mids..

@qua7771

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a dirty job. I guess somebody has to do it.

@LeadersandLunatics

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-oz6vy5ch8o Someone hold me I just got dizzy reading that!

Would love to see a vid of "carving out freq for instruments to "sit" in their own space for clarity. Great video here Rick.

@tictactones

3 жыл бұрын

Great point, would be very interested in that too

I've been watching this video constantly even though I took notes. After the Bible, this video is my go to. Rick has transformed the quality of my recordings in a short time. I send everyone I know doing home recording here. A friend was impressed after I sent him this link and he want's Rick's book.

This is a freaking great video. Decades of knowledge and experience in a few minutes. Awesome.

dont want to sound repetitive, it seems like I always write the same comments in this channel, but this is awesome!

When trying to fit pianos and other dense instruments into a mix, remember that shelving is your best friend(both low and high shelves). Filtering works but can take too much out where as advanced shelving techniques can do just about all you would ask of filters while leaving as much "shelved" frequency behind to balance out the ends result so that it sounds more natural. Its like taking the life out of an instrument w/o it sounding completely lifeless. This especially works if you are familiar with "wall of sound" theories and like for things to be felt more and heard less.

@fattyjaybird7505

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, im having trouble with the keys and bass guitar in a live mix and was wondering how to situate them

@tinab3001

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice

The voice is an instrument too, Rick. ;)

@wapanglemdur

3 жыл бұрын

No... Voice is voice

@vipakat3498

3 жыл бұрын

@@wapanglemdur Which is an instrument. Mayonnaise is also an instrument.

My pro tips are: Don't overuse EQ! Low pass and high pass is usually enough to get you most of the way there. Overuse make your mixes sound stupidly hyped and nobody's impressed by it. Don't worry about expensive brand name EQ's (Api, Neve, Ssl etc)! The expensive stuff is usually high quality and expensive for a reason but most standard plugins today do a very good job. Don't blindly apply rules like "cut this frequency, boost that one"! What needs to be done depends on what your material sounds like before eq. If your bass drum has too little low mid, attenuating it further is going to make things worse. If you find yourself needing to apply the same eq to every project you should improve your recording techniques. Don't try to fix bad arrangements with eq! It can't be done. If the track doesn't work: rearrange. Don't EQ solo'ed channels! What something sounds like out of context is irrelevant.

@GnomeInvasion

6 жыл бұрын

Don't filters mess with the phase of the signal?

@doedsstierna

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Any filter will introduce group delay, it's part of why they work. Exceptions are of course FIR, linear phase EQ's, but they aren't really suitable for real-time applications. Note that this is also true about the bass roll-off switch on the mike, and even physical filters, like putting a sock over the mike. Tip #1, don't overuse EQ, helps avoid potential issues. Under normal operation, your typical EQ introduces tolerable group delay and sounds absolutely fine.

@totc6196

6 жыл бұрын

How do you determine what your mix needs? This is what I'm stuck on. When you first start how do you train your ears enough to know exactly what it needs?

@GnomeInvasion

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davejohnsonmusic

6 жыл бұрын

That's called experience and referencing other songs in a similar genre to your mix. What every mix will usually need is cleaning up, which is where pass filters come in. If you add those filters to individual tracks, that alone will add more clarity and your tracks won't fight as much with each other.

I've known and used this info for over 30 years, but have NEVER seen it presented better. You are an American Treasure, Rick. God bless!

Everything is possible to learn from your videos: from basics of the music (notation, harmony and melody), to making professional audio and living from it (recording, mixing and mastering). That is how the teacher (or professor) should look and sound like. Big respect.

Thank you so much for the knowledge you share. All people can't go to the university to learn things. And there are people like you helping them. What a beautiful world to live.

Man, I've heard this video so many times while driving or doing something else, so much information! Thanks Rick!

Hi Rick, great video. A lot of useful info! Maybe, if it's possibile, a video where you work on EQs and Reverbs, on a short piece, with different instruments will be awesome. Thank you for all this great stuff!

I still come back to this video EVERY time Get Ready to Render! 😁

It would be fantastic to have a video like this for classical music, especially symphonic

Just wanna send giant love from the UK bro. Been producing about ten years and I’m at the stand still as I have never really got a hang of the mixing stage etc. It holds me back from really releasing material or even getting that far. This video has been a gigantic help so I’ll watch all your other work. Thank you again dude

This is a really great EQ breakdown. I love the way you covered all the various EQ plugins as well as all the critical frequency ranges for instruments.

Excellent video. Thank you! Gotta bookmark this for reference.

Rick, this is the best summarization video of all my EQing questions that I had! Thank you!

Great video Rick! Definitely appreciate the breakdown of all the ins and outs! Thank you for this channel!!

Fantastic insight, just like to say how much I appreciate all your time and effort with so much concentration on detail, thanks so much.

Thanks for all you tutorials. They are absolutely invaluable. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all!

Great tutorial/guidelines on EQ. Rick, we appreciate you sharing your experiences and knowledge. Thank you so much :)

Rick, your approach to mixing is really inspiring as much as your musicianship! More content on these would be great. Thank you and you are the man!

Thank you so much for so willingly sharing all of the tips, learning a lot from these, and I've been a musician for 16 years. You're a legend!

This is not another tutorial. This is a treasure! Thanks a lot mister Beato!

This is probably one of the most informative 36:43 of my life. Can't say thank you enough for not only the information, but your presentation of that information makes it all the better. Really appreciate your videos Rick!

I really appreciate all the help you bring to all us newbies, Rick. You rock. I just got your book because, how could I not? Amazing content as always even though it was posted a couple years back.

Thank you Rick, this was incredibly helpful!

Super valuable, laying this all out in one place. Thanks a ton Rick! 😀🙏

I'm not new to eq and I've studied frequency charts and I've watch many videos about equalization. This is by far the best video I've watch to this point. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the suggestion Rick. Plenty of useful knowledge about EQ.

You're the man, Rick. Thank you for all the precious information. Coming from a newby barely starting on his mixes and his KZread Channel, this will certainly be of great help.

What an incredible teacher. I'm so grateful for all this free knowledge. God bless you, Rick.

I believe that this is one of your most useful and practical videos so far for finessing mixes. It's more specific information than I have seen for most discussion of EQ. Good job, Rick.

@RickBeato

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve!

Having watched your tut on Compressors, I had to look for this one. You have made an eternal impact on my music. God bless you.

Great tutorial Rick. Thanks a lot for explaining all of this in a very understandable way.

i love your videos Rick ...incredibly helpful and clear the way you present and explain. huge thanks and keep them coming.

Thank you for this very instructive video. It answered a lot of questions succinctly that I have been wondering about for years and some questions that I didn't even know that I wanted to ask. In particular, the remarks about EQ'ing bass instruments were eye-opening.

I love the style of these instructional videos. You always cut away to graphs and examples and show us exactly what we need to see, and I can tell you add things in while you're editing to make sure everything is really clear. It's succinct, and moves quick so it doesn't waste anybody's time. And my favorite part is that you don't worry about making it super smooth. What comes across is that you care about communicating effectively and actually informing rather that making yourself look like a super polished "educator". I am grateful for your efforts sir!

Thank you so much for this. Positively the most useful video I've watched on EQ. By the way, your mixes sound amazing!

What an incredibly useful video. Thanks so much Rick!!!

Great EQ tutorial. Best on KZread by far. Thanks man.

Really enjoying your vids. As well as learning lots of new information, they help me put words and theory to things I've been doing for years. Great stuff : )

Love your teaching, Rick. God bless you.

You're such a good teacher! I can always rely on your videos to be a. super in depth, though more importantly b. super easy to understand and very well presented. Top job, and thanks!

Man, I freakin' love this channel. You the man, Rick!

This video is awesome, Rick. Thanks a lot 🙏 One of the best videos that helped me to understand how to EQ instruments.

This was awesome, a lot of things cleared, thanks Rick! 👍

Hey Rick, thanks so much for all the info you've been sharing. I've been studying music and sound for 30+ years and the past year watching you has filled so many gaps. Thank you, thank you.

Great video(s)- really refreshing and helpful hearing someone who really knows and enjoys what they're talking about.

Brilliant info - the best I've seen on youtube - thanks!

Thanks for posting this video, always helps to review EQ techniques- really helps my mixing.

Great stuff, simply great. You have passion for what you do, and you teach with that passion. I would always go to any masterclass you do. Keep it up! You can always be sure that someone who [post a 30 min. video on a subject for free does it just out of passion...And thats where the real learning is

Awesome information. Thanks Rick!

Finally gearing up this year with a starter studio package. Really appreciate the deep dive on how to make it sing. Thank you.

Damn it!!! Why did I not find your channel til recently. Thank you, there is so much gold in your videos it’s overwhelming. Covering such a width of material too. Wonderful.

Good idea concerning the strings having a mutual reverb send. Ive been learning how string samples sound so much better with good reverb and automation techniques. Even a cheap string sample can sound good in the right hands where as even a realistic expensive sounding sample can sound synthetic and fake in the wrong hands. Listening out for what the attack is doing and automating it to sound like how professionals play was a groundbreaking insight for me. Good reverb has a good way of masking cheap samples and polishing quality samples. Everybody has access to a decent reverb and can quickly learn to automate good by imitating.

Rick! Love you brother! Learning so much from you! Heartfelt gratitude ❤️

Very direct and detailed. I'll be adding you to the recommended list for my interns and myself! Great entertainment while wrapping cables and putting away mics tonight. Thanks!

great ideas Rick. Thank you. Would really appreciate if you do a part 2 to this video, with some practical examples

Thank you Rick for your classes, they are really serving me a lot. Greetings from Argentina.

Thanks Rick, for making this very clear and easy to understand!

Thanx! Did a very simple production - but with your advice in eq-ing I got quite decent results which I’m very glad with. 👍

Great stuff and well explained. Thanks Rick!

You know, Rick, I really appreciate all of the people like you who share their knowledge here on KZread. I've spent years absorbing in all of this information about the art of recording. Now that I've been working on recording some of my own demos, it has worked out so much in my favor with understanding it all!

Rick, you could have a whole series on this kind of thing. One video specifically showing yourself EQ'ing a snare, overheads ...a guitar ...Keys ....a vocal track, you taking a bare track and using EQ and subtractive EQ . Same video on you using compression on the above bbare tracks. Yes there are a hundred videos out there, but you are a very good teacher. You could help alot of people while getting thousands of views. Thanks much !

Awesome tutorial! Thank you!

Rick I hope you can do more videos like this. These are great!! Full of useful information.

13:45 i came for this, i got it and got a whole lot more Thank you!!

Thank you for these great video's! Have a blessed day

your level of knowledge is truly astounding, and is equaled only by your generosity! thanks for sharing all of this. its pure gold!

Very, very interesting ! ... Top notch knowledge ! Many thanks for sharing it !

Ricky this is easily the best KZread channel. I just got done watching the compression video and it taught me so much. I have never been able to understand what compression does and that video totally helped me out. I love production and hope to do it one day like you do man.

One of the videos worth to be on KZread ! Great explanation Sir.

Such a generous master you are!. I can't thank you enough

I've seen so many videos explaining this, and I must say I found your video to be very informative and easy to understand. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos to help the masses out. You are very knowledgeable regarding these subjects. I subbed 😀

This is great. Highly informative. I've spent too much time lately on audiophile vids and comment sections. Audiophiles would argue against EQ all day. I'm tired of their idiocracy.

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing Rick you are by far my favorite KZread channel.

Very accurate explained, Rick! Keep up the good work!

Fantastic stuff man! Thanks for taking the time to do this:)

Thank you so much Rick,I just love your channel ❤️

thanks Rick ,,, all good information , learned & shared ..

Great video. Thanks Rick!

Coming to this Full of very useful information! Thank you Rick!

Sorry best videos ive seen on music engineering . Love your work . I can understand you . Obviously bloody real experienced. Thanks.

Looks like 103 mix engineers thumbs downed this video for Rick giving their secrets away. Rick is full of musical knowledge.

Thank you for this lesson!! It is just awesome 👏 I do really appreciate your efforts to put this matter on!!!!

This lesson is absolute gold, has more insight than most content out here. That's Rick Beato for you.

Great stuff. Thanks Rick.

Great video, I've noticed that I was beginning to gravitate towards some of these sweets spots after a decade of trial and error. You've really cleared a lot of things up for me. Thanks Rick!

rick is so generous with his time & his talent. this video alone is a reference i always return to when I'm out mining information on recording, elsewhere. so comprehensive, so inspiring, with this short video alone. rick is saving people years of head scratching and uncertainty, in record time. rick for prez.

Outstanding lecture. Although some of this I "knew", I somehow need constant reminders. I like discussion on the reasons behind these guidelines. Thanks for sharing.