"Labels do not care about how good's your mix". Oh, but I do. When I play a really good mixed song and then I play one of mine's, I wanna cry.

@Baconator2558

Жыл бұрын

Felt that.

@iakob_inu

Жыл бұрын

but your track made you feel some emotions. it’s a good thing

@dropthealbummike8713

Жыл бұрын

@@iakob_inu 💀💀

@lunaa079

Жыл бұрын

@@iakob_inubrooo😭😭

@spyxrx7

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

This is prime example of: Don't overthink it, just do what sounds best. Mixing is really subjective topic but I think we all can agree that regardless of the genre overall volume balance and making space in frequency spectrum are the fundamentals. Many people like me in the past thinks that they need to have certain mix chain to mix certain sounds, complete bs. Just make a track based on your likings and while you do countless of em , try different approaches to see what fits you for wanted result. Quantity creates quality with proper self-reflection.

@fiko_music

Жыл бұрын

exactly! someone who gets it :)

@wethemprod

Жыл бұрын

@@balbibou That is true at some degree but this serves as a good stepping stone. I started mixing my own vocals randomly until I realised I need more knowledge on how these plugins work and I wouldnt thought of how many nerdy videos about plugins are there

@ryaflexy9501

Жыл бұрын

Well what if it doesn't sound good

@kimmokask4810

Жыл бұрын

@@ryaflexy9501 It's not about the music you make, it's about how you make the audience feel. So what sounds good to you, will sound good to others too who listen the specific stuff or genre, you get it.

@prosaschleuder

Жыл бұрын

"Quantity creates quality with proper self-reflection." I'd have needed 2,000 words of confused rambling to try and express this. Thank you, good sir!

My little tip to help you all: Once you set up and have organized an entire project, save it as a template and use it every time you start a new project. Once you get your skill down and the ear for mixing, use your best completed track as a template. That's what I do. I'll take an entirely completed track, clear out all of the old patterns and audio clips, and change what I need as I need to. Gives you a huge headstart. Trust me.

@james.1994

Жыл бұрын

i wouldve never thought about that wow thats a good idea

@Burglecutter

Жыл бұрын

FL just lets load the template. No deleting needed.

@Franktasy7

Жыл бұрын

Wow great advice! I can change over the loaded instruments and samples and go from their which would be quicker 👌

@outrospector

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! that way you have a consistent sound and never have to start from scratch, just adding some few tweaks as you learn how to improve your mix

@Franktasy7

Жыл бұрын

@@outrospectorso we should finish a full track and the full mix and save it and go from their but just replace the sounds,samples,fx,melodies etc...?

Another good tip is to occasionally throw your whole track into mono and give it a listen because it can help you hear frequencies that could be clashing that you wouldn't be able to hear in stereo. A lot of smaller speakers like Bluetooth speakers, phone speakers, laptop speakers, etc can sometimes be in mono and when you play your song through them it will sound way different than on bigger car or studio speakers. This small trick can help you get a more rounded sound on all devices and help your mix sound better, because if you can make your track sound good af in mono then it'll sound even better in stereo.

@hejsans1948

6 ай бұрын

Late reply, but how do you put the whole track into mono on FL?

I'm a mixing engineer, and this is the first video on youtube that explains something accurate and valuable about mixing.

@grapu.basmati

Жыл бұрын

bs I ain’t buying it

@grapu.basmati

Жыл бұрын

tf you watching mixing tutorials for?

@hearfocusheal

Жыл бұрын

@@grapu.basmati good question, mixing it’s a constant learning process, every day there are new tools and techniques, if you want to be good in something, you have to be open to learn all the time. Unfortunately most of the videos are trash and this one particularly is the exception.

@heretic5116

Жыл бұрын

Good point about not getting to worked up with yourself and focusing on good ideas to a decent standard. But Never once mentioned volumes u should be looking for in your master channel. No mention of headroom. No mention of the purpose of a mix down being to balance and leave headroom for the mastering. No mention of panning. People b watching this an mixing down to 0db and above lol

@onstandard

Жыл бұрын

@@grapu.basmati you do know that stuff gets recommended on youtube right, or they can just simply randomly find this video, are u dumb

One thing that so many people don't understand about mixing : it's not about getting a perfect sound or going for a goal. It's as creative as the track creation. YOU decide what you want to ear more or less, there's no external truth about it.

I liked it , but what about saturation , compression , limiting , soft clipping , every basic tool we got for mixing ?

@anadenanthera5285

Жыл бұрын

That has more to do with the mastering process I think

Respect ρε φίλε που οντως βοηθας οσου ασχολούνται με mixing, καλες γιορτες!

I just started watching your video, and after one minute I could tell you made a great video and that you’re a good dude for organizing and presenting your knowledge to the people. Now I’m gonna go listen to your music, I am now a fan.

I'd say it's a balancing tutorial rather than a mixing tutorial since it shows only one side of MIXING. There is also parallel EQuing, Parallel Compression, Sidechaining, and Reverb Control... Though, your video is so great, shows the most important thing concerning mixing. If you balance right, then everything is going to be right (Which makes complete sense). Good job Bro. Keep it up

lets learn how to mix

@korlmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I’ve read this comment before somewhere but I just cannot place where I might have seen this comment because I feel like I’ve read it before somewhere but I just cannot place where I might have read this comment due to my feeling like I have read it before somewhere.

@olelfosse

2 жыл бұрын

@@korlmusic I feel like I’ve read this comment before somewhere but I just cannot place where I might have seen this comment because I feel like I’ve read it before somewhere but I just cannot place where I might have read this comment due to my feeling like I have read it before somewhere.

@way2go636

2 жыл бұрын

@@olelfosse I feel like I’ve read this comment before somewhere but I just cannot place where I might have seen this comment because I feel like I’ve read it before somewhere but I just cannot place where I might have read this comment due to my feeling like I have read it before somewhere.

I love the way you explain things, man. Clear&useful. Nice tut, thank you!

You know, I am an "expert" mixer and I gotta say this is pretty good advice. Although, you don't really NEED to make your low frequencies mono. Don't be afraid to experiment with stereo bass, it can actually work really well. But, yea, mixing is just an extension of the production. It's just an opportunity to refine things and bring out the ideas that are already happening in the production phase. Find a system that works for your production, keep it simple, and let the production do the work and that'll get you pretty far. Most label execs don't care too much about "the mix." Dave Waxman at Ultra is probably the most honed in on mixing out of any exec I've worked with, and he's not like crazy about it (he just has a really good ear). They just want to hear music that makes them excited.

@kisstherajn

Жыл бұрын

wait, are you saying we don't need to make the sub frequence (below 200hz ish) mono only? I understand you can have stereo bass, but the sub tho?

@AaronWOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@kisstherajn he is saying in tl;dr that you do not necessarily need to make your low frequencies mono, and sometimes it can sound better in stereo it depends what kind of bass track it is. he is not saying it is wrong to make bass end mono, its just not essential for every track. To elaborate a lot more on this. The reason a lot of mixdowns tend to put bass end in mono, is it makes the bass sound more prominent in the track since it is a lot more centered than it would be in stereo. However, having stereo bass end with the right tweaks can sound better on wide-type bass sounds. A good example would be those energetic big room bass sounds you tend to hear on uplifting trance music, they will usually have some form of stereo enhancement to widen the sound and make it cover most of the mix, and then its just a matter of eq'ing other sounds so they do not fight the bass. There is a cheat you can do for this though which uses a mixture of both. You layer a very basic subby bass underneath your main bass, cut out all of the frequencies above the sub bass range so you end up with a pure sub bass layered underneath, you make that sub bass layer mono, and then you cut the sub bass from your main bass and then apply stereo enhancement to the main bass. Once you have all of that set up, u tweak both your sub bass and main bass eq so they bleed into each other just the tiniest bit (this glues the bass together a bit). What you end up with is mono sub with jus a little bit of the upper low end bleeding into the stereo sub, and the main bass with a little bit of the stereo sub bleeding into the mono sub. It takes quite a bit of time to get it sounding right, but once u done it a few times u do it without even thinking about it With all of that being said, making all sub bass mono is good practise, and usually yields good results. So props to Fiko for this nice tip

@kisstherajn

Жыл бұрын

@@AaronWOfficial I always thought that the reason you put mono for the low end not only it results in a cleaner sound but also it sounds better for a certain speaker setup. So basically, it's a good practice for 9/10 of the times for most genres, except for the 'bass heavy' ones or experimental ones.

@AaronWOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@kisstherajn you are right, it will sound cleaner because the bass end is more central in the mix the bass will cut through the other frequencies in the mix more and have a more dominant presence. and again you are right about it being good practise. but stereo bass is underrated, if you can get a stereo bass to work well in a mix u end up with very wide and warm basses. Only would advise doing this to more advanced DAW users, and again it is highly dependent on what type of track. For instance, if I did your typical 90's club track with a simple offbeat bass, stereo isn't gonna do shit for that. But if I had a typical long note sidechained bass, with a lot of width to it then stereo may sound better than mono with a little bit of tweaking. I tend to jus work with my bass end in mono, I like to keep my basses pretty simple and work more on the more melodic sides of my tracks. But I have dabbled with wide basses in stereo before, its a pain to set up but can sound pretty awesome

@kisstherajn

Жыл бұрын

@@AaronWOfficial Yeah, I sometimes do stereo bass too but I always end up put a low end mono on my master bus because I tend to overthink and don't want to give any reason for my track to 'sound bad' if you know what I mean.

The guy is making a house drop with no vocals and saying mixing is easy. What a world we live in...

@Mix3dbyMark

Жыл бұрын

🤣😂

Leet's gooo Fiko, you know what all of us need!

really helped me with this tips, now i get it on terms of mixing, you are a live saver

Appreciate your content! Thanks!

could you make a video about proper sound selection? would be really interesting to see how you pick the right sound for a track.

@JJLofficial

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that as well, its something I struggle with a lot

@fiko_music

2 жыл бұрын

aight on it ; ) in 2-3 weeks tho cuz I have other videos planned

@justtosharefiles678

2 жыл бұрын

@@fiko_music ur the goat for that

@datavalisofficial8730

Жыл бұрын

Heres a quick tutorial. Step one: find any sound. Step two: listen to it. Step three: if you like it, great, if you dont, rinse and repeat.

@jamalinho0

Жыл бұрын

@@datavalisofficial8730 that doesn't work like that, every sound should work well together, fiko already explained it in video

One of the hardest thing in life is to make something easy to us... And what we doing here is give up on that struggle and just go with the easier path

Good stuff bro it opened my mind

Thanks for this buddy, I'm quite new to all this but yeh, some musical ability and a good method, awesome, great video! Subbed, Happy New Year! ;D

This video makes me wanna jump right in and try things out. Well done!

nice and straight forward, wonderful tutorial

This was really good video, thanks.

Great tutorial!!

Good shit bro I subbed

So helpful bro this has completely change how I mix. thx bro :))

earned a sub bro, great vid

love ur videos man great inspiration

Lol if you produce with already compressed and mixed samples, yes, it's that simple. Let's have a discussion when you mixdown any accoustic music. Then.. my friend, it's not that easy :)

@RealHomeRecording

Жыл бұрын

Hehehe! Yes indeed! Mixing sample / electronic music is definitely different than mixing raw non-EQed and uncompressed tracks!

@GIANTSKY

Жыл бұрын

best comment. 🙏

@BigStereoVR

Жыл бұрын

Skirmantas, I don't understand. The mix stage is mathematics. Gain, compression, expansion and eq are all governed by the inverse square law at this stage. Reverb and delay are governed by room area. Math takes hours to days of guessing out of the work. It should take less than 20 minutes for you to fix anything that sounds out of place, after the math. All mixing is easy.

@jomesias

Жыл бұрын

@@BigStereoVR this does not apply for modern metal. Instrument, instrument buss and master buss compressors later you still have to eq EACH DRUM INSTRUMENT (kick snare toms etc) and then snap the kick bass and guitar to fit in the pocket! Then apply saturation for snares. Then using compressors to give the kick and snare punch. We haven’t even talked about controlling ultra lows with Multiband compressors yet. Lol It’s quite a lengthy process, you can get an idea of this modern process on Joey Sturgis’ channel!!

@CJMattias

Жыл бұрын

If you create every sound yourself whether synthesized or acoustic, it requires a lot.

Thank you fiko

Genius @ Work, Too Hot To Handle !! 🔥

This is the best right to the point explanation thank u dude!! U save me so much time

great video, it helped, thank you

In FL, I gain stage all sounds to -15db using a minimum gain of -18db. From there I balance, shooting for -6db… then master after that point.

Love the content my guy, thank you

thanks for this video!! great job!

Best mix tutorial ever. Thanks dude!

Nice Video Brothaaa

This is super helpful Thank you man!!!

Great idea! Thank you for sharing

Thanks for this video man 🙏🏽

Thanks for this :)

bro this is the best video on mixing ever made!🔥🔥🔥

Something good here. Keep up the good work bro.

gonna try this out Fiko, thanks✍

Thank you bro

Thanks man. I'll follow your process.

love this! also agree its all about the ideas!

This is the best tutorial I have ever had on mixing ♥️♥️🔥🔥

You got a subscriber, great video

top notch quality

Just wanted to thank you for this knowledge.

Cutting below 200Hz is sorta insane. Most fundamental frequencies are going to be in this range and cutting them is just a really bad idea lol.

Thanks for making this video. Respect.

Yo mega appreciate this

Your video showed me how easy it is, thanks a lot :)

i used to think mixing was a much harder to learn thing than I had imagined but watching this video taught me that im waaaay over thinking it. thanks for the advice!

Thank You Bro

Super easy explanation!!

Honestly you said it - “the track has to have GOOD IDEAS”. A well written song/beat mixed decently wins every time over a perfect mix of mediocre ideas.

Very useful!

This is actually a great demonstration, that's not to preachy 👍 Great work man ✌️

Thanks alot good tutorial helped me

Bro you're an absolute G. Great tutorial.

If you do this as beginner your mix probably will still sound bad. Its a good start but there is so much essential knowledge missing. Like how are you monitoring and how will it translate to other systems, its super important and hard to master.

Fellow producer εδω, φιλε μου με αυτο το βιντεο μου ανοιξες τα ματια, παντα φοβαμαι οταν φτανω στο mixing stage αλλα βλεποντας το βιντεο σου καταλαβα οτι πολλα πραγματα ξεκαθαζονται στην πορεια οσο προχωρας το beat και δεν θελει πολυ σκεψη αλλα πραξη, πολυ ωραιος!

ur genius man thanks u!!

duuuuuude! you save my mix sound in just 10 minutes, new subscriber btw haha thanks for this video

i hope to see this channel goes from 9k to 100k and more

Thanks!

Love this approach! I refuse to spend too long being pedantic about mixing, but I’d like a basic ability before I send it off to someone else. And overtime I’ll gradually get better. Thanks!

@rachidow2125

Жыл бұрын

Most pro producers don´t do the mixing and mastering, they send stems and a mixing engineer does the job. A music producer doesnt need to know how you perfectly master a track, you have Master engineers for that. Only if you like it, you can learn it and do it by your self. There are many producers, that are doing it by them self, but I think it´s a total different field. Instead of being creative and putting your ideas into a new song, you need to know a lot of technical stuff and that´s different then making music. You can use a little mastering before you sent it out yes.

What a Dope groove bro. Subbing just for that ;)

super straight forward and exactly how i mix, great video

Always great to see other peoples workflow, even tho I'm mixing in a similar way..

@youngkizzi9944

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, exactly man

Thanks bro!

Epic, love your videos fiko, just started making money with music, creating hq music thanks to you!

@fiko_music

2 жыл бұрын

That's all you bro : ) Keep up the grind ♥

Nice!

8:26 felt that💯 i appreciate you for taking the time out to explain how simple mixing is for us who were having trouble with it god bless and continue being great 👍🙏

I NEED THIS

Your channel is gold.

There are actually people who just self record & go to the studio & lay vocals & know nothing else about music or mixing so trying to learn it seems so overwhelming. It just seems easy to you cause you've been doing it for a while & learned things along the way.

After watching the first few minutes I'm just so glad that I'm using Live and don't need to hassle with half of what your time consumes.

Broo its ❤️🔥

Let’s go!

very nice

the intro was FIRE w the graphic slide

Lovely

mixing reallllyyy de-motivate me from making music 😵 thanks for the vid!

You My Good Sir, Have Just Solved My Mixing Problems!!! I Finally Have Clearer Mixes, And More Harder Hitting Kicks!!! WHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! God Bless You!!!!!!!!

Helpful!

Nice and simple video. And after the mixing your free to try saturation and other things if some sounds need a little extra push.

i appreciate you

Cool thank you

Wow that is great, i've always been afraid of mixing with all these random technical terms, thanks

@bencoutts2437

Жыл бұрын

My 2 cents would be either to learn mixing or pass it over to someone else. If you're producing you're own music, getting a second pair of ears to do the engineering side of things will greatly improve your work and help you release more music.

Bro u made this really simple 🔥

thank you

this guy is awesome

you saved my life bro

Watching you mix makes me excited to mix my own songs😅🙈