I honestly feel because of tutorial’s like this one audio quality has gotten much better, especially Independent upcoming artists. I wonder if like 10 years from now music quality will be even better

@michellew.3691

2 жыл бұрын

Its a pyramid. Start with the foundation: a good song & you end up with a better end result.

@Bittamin

Жыл бұрын

@@michellew.3691 yes I say this all the time. The best music we have was made when there was still dinosaurs running around 😂 if you can create a good sound and arrange a compelling track, the rest is way easier. Some of the best tracks are 3 intruments and vocals, yet so many producers think you have to have 100 stems or the track isn’t bussin.

@GospelDjshane

Жыл бұрын

@@Bittamin this is so true I'm guilty of this too thinking the more u put in your beats the better it is but that's not true because sometimes less is more and more can turn out to be less.

@henri-fillipbauer6579

Жыл бұрын

@@Bittamin true the reason is dynamics the more shit you add the more you need to compromise.

@VJBEATS-bq2nb

Жыл бұрын

AI will takeover and AI will do the mastering for you 😅

Thank you Luca. The first gain staging tutorial I’ve watched that talked about the importance of allowing for a change in tonal balance, without blowing off headroom as being the object of the exercise. As simple a shift in focus as that, has made a huge difference for me. Now I get it, totally, as a creative and not not just a technical concept. Grazie infinite!

thank you for helping our music sound amazing Luca!

@FurkanTopal

Жыл бұрын

Nice to see that you're not afraid to show your gratitude for learning from him and also not afraid to show you're still learning. Some people in the industry "know" everything, you know :p

@Saed-kr7jk

10 ай бұрын

Please don't make stupid rap songs about rubbing banks and drugs and violence with this gold like information.

When master speaks , he tend to make everything clear and simple to understand . Super thanks for this video !!

Time stamp 15:02 "I train myself through the ears". That was the best take away from the Master Luca. As I have heard other prolific engineers say, the visual graphics are great tools that. are aides to supplement our ability but are not to intended to be substitutes for relaying upon your ears. Luca, a humble and sincere thank you for the $$$ million-dollar video. May you get it back exponentially!

Luca is the GOAT. Thank you for all your kindness and your generosity of sharing exactly what you do instead of being uppity.

One of the best videos I have seen on modern day gainstaging on a D.A.W. Very clear and to the point. Thank you!

Grandissimo Luca! È sempre un piacere seguire le tue guide!

this is the best demonstration of gain staging I have ever come across I have been so confused watching different tutorials on gain staging this has just put everything into perspective for me thank you so much Luca

This was huge. I've never seen it explained this way. THANK YOU

Mind blown, thank you, Luca and mymixlab!

Great way of explaining it with a VU meter! I’ll definitely give this a try and implement it into my mix prep. Thank you 🙏

I’ve been doing this since 4 years this is THE best thing you can do

Thanks so much for this super informative tutorial. I'm already hearing a difference in my mixes!!!

just discovered the importance of this step today. Mind: BLOWN. Great vid thank u!

Very handy tips here. Answered a lot of questions I've been having. Thanks, Luca.

Thanks, this really helpful. I really appreciate you making this kind of content.

This was very insightful.... thanks luca

I've always had an issue with getting consistent levels when mixing and always fighting for headroom. I see why now. Thanks for this video.

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Great tutorial! ;) Thanks for taking the time to show people how it's done!!

I generally watch pro tools videos but I decided to watch this one! Glad I did! Good stuff!!

Finalmente una spiegazione sul gain staging fatta come si deve e comprensibile anche da un neofita del mixing

The best toot for beginners and others !!! Thanks so much my man !!!

This is the best way to start the mixe, thank you Lucas 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Luca, Reid, mymixlab in general is just a whole different thing.. Guys, your video are always on another level in terms of quality and explanation.. Superb, as always. Un grande grazie a Luca dall’Italia, numero 1. GOAT ❤️🇮🇹

Great explanation! Thanks for this!

Clear stuff! 🔥🔥🧡

This was a great lesson.... a master class so glad I found your channel.

Never understood gains staging but now I do! Thank you 🙏

very useful explanation, thanks @ Lot!! ciao mr. Luca

Thank you for explaining this!

Thank You Mr Luca Pretolesi 🙌🙌🙌🙌Very Helpful Video 🔥🔥🔥🔥.

I had to watch this twice to really get the depth of what he's saying. Like it's just really filled with value. I think I'm watch this at least 4 to 5 times to get the most out of it. Thank you!

@dmitrythegrapes

Жыл бұрын

Agree 😂

Thank you for this useful video!

appreciate videos like this thank you

You guys are changing the Music World for a good future

Muchas Gracias Luca por enseñar tu manera de trabajar! saludos!!

I just subscribed i noticed that your stuffs are great and intuitive.......nice

Thank you! This really helped me!

Super helpful Lucas 🔥

Awesome explanation and Example., I'm subscribing. Thank you so much.

Luca ..THE BEST OF THE BEST!

fantastic video!!!!!

Thankyou! very helpful! Subbed!

I’m a simple man. I see Luca vid I click.

Thanks Luca

Thanks Luca!

Extremely useful! 🙏

Its a great tutorial! Thank you From Brasil.

Sometimes it's hard to be useful. This video is very useful.

its fantastic👏👏👏

Thanks big Luca

awesome tips thank you

To the point! Thanks!

MASSIVE VALUE IN THIS ONE WOW!!!

This was priceless!!! Thank you myMixlab & Luca Pretolesi!🙏 Subscribing was a no brainer! #Student4life #NevertooLate2Learn ✌️😎🇿🇦

@ELLIOT8209

Жыл бұрын

Watching from Limpopo.

amazinggg tips

Thank you for sharing.

Wow, nice ❤️

no one has ever talked about it like this, so much easier.

My god the dynamics 11:24 are well preserved!

Very helpful 🙏🙏

Super!!!!!

thank you mate!

This is great info. I've also been told to achieve loudness in a mix. I've seen engineers setting there kick drum and bass set to LUFs meter around -14 to -12. If doing this, you begin to clip the VU meter at 18. By doing this method you put less stress on the limiter to achieve loudness. How do you achieve loudness when using this method you've described in this tutorial? A follow up video would be awesome.

heyyy luca Thank you for this valuable piece of gold (Mel from Louisana )

thanks Mr Luca

Super!

This helped a lot

veeeeery useful

Grazie mille!

Whenever I see your studio setup it’s always changed than the previous one.

@mymixlab

2 жыл бұрын

Studio tour coming soon 🚀

@Sherif.Mohsen

2 жыл бұрын

Really looking forward to this video

I use wlm plus on the master channel and then lowering the faders to reach -20db... But from now I'll use the input gain knob.. Thanks for the video Luca

He's one of the first guys that I've seen using some high end headphones in the studio. I could see the Focal Clear from a mile away...

Magia en el mix

I remember back in 2021, when I was starting with mixing, in a session of Samplitude Producer. I realized to make a song sound good, turn up EQ freq volume, not the faders. It appears years later, this was right.

Nice

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Vey Very Nice

Can you please make a video on how you are using the Handsome Audio Zulu in your mixing and mastering setup. Love you videos Luca your the man!!!

Absolutely key concept. What would have been awesome in this video is if you explained why you were compressing and Eqing. It sounds better yes but that would have been great.

Super

Beast😀

muchas gracias

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Great stuff. I've even heard that most plugins operate better at 0dbvu

thanks

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Thank you, great video. What about applying EFX - do you gain stage for them aslo ?

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Thanks

Hey Luca. This one is a very useful tutorial on gain staging. Keep up the good work. I still have a question concerning balancing because i noticed you didn't touch the faders. Obviously the purpose was to demonstrate that whatever needs to happen should be done pre fader but at the same time I was wondering if one wouldn't need to use faders to balance the tracks (instruments) before this stage (if I am making any sense). I find it very confusing in my opinion because I don't understand whether or not all instruments should have the same input , I mean the same gain volume prior to gain staging. Thanks.

@eviloutionise

2 жыл бұрын

From my understanding. A good producer will already have a well balanced rough mix before sending to the mix engineer. Alternatively, the levels could have been balanced for the purpose of this video, hence why there is no need to touch the faders. But this is how it should look STEP 1. Producer or mix engineer does a rough mix. A vu meter is usually put on each channel, with faders on unity/ default position. Mix engineer will adjust channels/ or groups to hit around 0vu. STEP 2: once this has been done you can mix with faders as normal. The thing is not to obsess with the vu meters but your main elements will tend to stay around 0, while supporting elements will drop slightly. Think of it this way, a mix would sound terrible with all the possible elements being at 0vu. Some naturally will have to be lower. So the simple answer is yes you can touch your faders if it’s its necessary to create a more balanced mix. Watch a few more videos on it to wrap your head around gain staging.

When I watched this some time back I didn’t really understand what it was about. But now I have started using a VU meter it all makes sense. I have found tracks with guitars have a lot of dynamics and there is a big swing on the VU meter. I changed it to peak and set the maximum at about -6 to -5 by altering each wav by soloing each track and that seemed to work out ok. I need to work on reducing the plug-in levels. Big question??? Is the VU meter placed pre fader or post fader on the master channel. By my logic post fader seemed the obvious? Thankyou for your wisdom 😀😀😀

Thanks for this Boss , Just a random question, Do you think a subwoofer is needed with these trio 11s when you mix hip hop ?Much appreciated 🙏🏽

In your sonic explorations, how have you navigated the delicate balance between preserving dynamic range and achieving the desired loudness, particularly in genres where saturation and compression are pivotal? Additionally, could you share insights into how the evolution of digital audio technology has influenced your gain staging techniques and your overall mixing philosophy?

Thanks g

If we are able to make some adjustments on ADSR phase of each element of the song, so do we have a still use a compression ? For example Ableton Sampler has a "peak" level knop within ADSR settings, so you are able to play with "peak" level also. Is it still needed to use compression ?

Great video! One doubt, if I have some tracks with rms much lower of -18dBFs, in the raw mixing phase, (before to apply processing) I always gain up, via trim knob in Cubase, to the 0Vu level to well drive the processor dynamic. Is it correct ?

how much soundgoodizer should i use on my master bus?

@OpenInfomusic

Жыл бұрын

You need to put reverb and cla vocals on the master!!! I can’t stress this enough but soundgoodizer is only good when used 3x on every track

@gurinolegg

Жыл бұрын

All of them

@luvitluvitbaby

Жыл бұрын

@@OpenInfomusicSuperb advice!!! I would just add to that and say if you really want your master to stand out it’s essential to add at least 4 instances of of the ELI Distressor and set each one of them to NUKE! 😁

@ilay829

Жыл бұрын

Exactly 0. I know it’s a silly comment but I’ll respond seriously hoping I’ll help someone: master the track only when you are sure by 100% that the mix is finished, first of all eq it(add\cut as much as needed for your idea), then mid side compression, then glue compression to smaller the dynamic range between all if the instruments in the mix, then and lately a limiter. If you think I’m having a mistake pls tell me so I will learn something new😁.

@leebrasi7872

Жыл бұрын

@@ilay829 ok you took the troll too far… but seriously I usually only use 1-1.5 instances of soundgoodizer on each track. Then I’ll take the sum of all of them and divide it by 3 and that’s how many instances I use on the master bus to tie everything together