Mixing Cheatsheet 1) Volume 2) Widening/Narrowing 3) EQ 4) Dynamics ( Compression) 5) Spatial Effects aka Delay/Reverb Remember, 80% of a good mix comes from just volume setting alone. Good luck friends!

@gustavpedersen8991

4 жыл бұрын

How many db should the volume be?

@kirklurkpu4470

2 жыл бұрын

@@gustavpedersen8991 It depends, but generally speaking, it should be on low volumes. Not only it will lessen ear fatigue, you can also know what pops out, so you can balance them equally.

1) Never try to mix while your hair is on fire. 2) Crack-cocaine can make things sound good at first, but don't overdo it. 3) Always wear clothes when working with a client, mixing naked feels good but can unsettle some. 4) If you drop one whilst with clients, tell them it's burning from the Pultec. 5) The voices in your head are not on the recording, remind yourself of this every day.

Hobbyist tips rant: Another major mistake is chasing your tail w/o knowing it. Sometimes we forget that gain staging is something youre essentially doing the whole mix because youre always going to have to readjust the balance after you do any major compression, EQ, or add major harmonics via saturation. This is why automation is also a major part of mixing because you always have to know how your signal is hitting your thresholds & we tend to forget the many thresholds we have going on that may be getting hit hard at certain parts we never bothered to fix... ....(bus compressor which can choke the whole mix, individual compressors that can choke a sound when it gets too loud, saturation tools that can get really hot & choked w/ way too much volume added to the already louder more dynamic parts, etc). Its easy to slap on a saturation tool & like how everything sounds but sometimes we obsess over blatant parts that sound off & completely forget the culprit might simply be that your signal is way too hot for the threshold at that part of the song & is doing too much. I know I have overlooked that & would try to EQ out problems that only are problems at certain parts, not because of its need for that additional EQ but simply because I didnt bother to automate things better in light of my chain of plugins & the thresholds that color or compress MORE the louder the signal gets past the threshold & LESS the lower the signal gets. This is why I definitely like to see meters on compressors & saturation tools but many dont have them & so its easy to forget thats even a factor. It can quickly become an invisible enemy ruining certain parts of your mix & as you attempt to fix the problem its easy to chase your tail & never quite catch it lol. Understanding basic EQ, basic compression, having multiple saturation options, understanding reverb's early & late reflections, understanding parallel signals, & having a mindful way of using automation in light of these things w/o chasing your tail in the mix is how I would say anyone can have a great sounding mix that competes...but it takes a good teacher to learn these things properly despite how simple they are. Most of us just chase our tails for years until we finally figure out how we're sabotaging our mixes. The secret art or silver bullet is understanding those tools. After that, multiband compression & dynamic EQ & all the little mastering tricks are just nice easy percs. I dont think people ruin their mixes for not knowing the fancy tricks or not knowing how to use simple tricks like a gate or delay. Most shoot themselves in the foot of mediocre mixes due to chasing their tail...something they are undoing unaware like the first tip(mixing in solo when they should mix with the whole mix on 95% of the time). Anyone vaguely decent at mixing via having tried to learn for a reasonable amount of months should be able to be taught how to mix good in a very short period of time(like a week). The problem is people dont quite sum up mixing in a way that can empower noob mixers in that way. Most tutorials just give new tricks to the person who is already sabotaging their own mixes unaware. All most people really need to learn is where they are mistakenly undoing what they just did or will need to undo what they did or are just wasting their time period. Once they have more understanding of these things, the sky is then the limit & their mixes become a mere matter of taste & tools used within x time rather than a messy amateur mix. amateur mixes never sounded worst than in this digital era void of analog warmth. Amateur mixes used to sound half way decent in the analog era but the problem was the cost & time it took in the studio vs this digital era where we home studio w/ super duper cheep costs but everything is recorded so clean with all of its flaws glaring in a very bright non-ear pleasing digital arena. If home studios sounded like analog studios of old, everybody would think they can mix great but void of the color & saturation that came from the hardware of that era, we have to master the art of using saturation & a variety of types to truly have that additional ace up our sleeve & at the very least leave our mixes feeling like we did the very best that can be done with the tools we have.

@sanjjiv7842

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this!

@balmoreblue7550

4 жыл бұрын

This was a good read. Invaluable knowledge on this random KZread video. Why aren't you making videos yet?

Great video! Especially the last part, thank you!

Another great video man. I like the way you explain things. Thanks for sharing what you've learned over the years. It really helps.

Excellent advice again, thanks! (and the production value of the video is tops too)

wow!! simply wow!!! 5 amazing tips!

Your videos really help me to stop over thinking my process. Thanks for that

Thanks for the tips

Great vid Rob!

Thank you so much man This so helpful for me :)

Very useful, thank you very much!

Right saturation for the track can shave off transients and add harmonic content, increasing crest factor when you want it

Great video. Thanks!

Amazing!!

You sound very genuine! Lets try your mixing tips 👌

I needed to hear this. Thanks a lot man. I appreciate it. I always thought I needed mutliband compression etc. And still wondered why is wasnt sounding good. But it all comes with practice. Being a perfectionist doesnt help either 😂

You are really helpful thanks.

Love your outro mantra "create regardless" ;)

Nice, Now I’m definately going to focus my energy on the basics before trying these advanced techniques

Thanks for the time

That's top man!

Well Said. I remember wasting so much time trying every plugin out there. 90% of the stuff everyone tries to sell you is simply not needed to make great tracks. That's why DAWs like Cubase Pro are not cheap. You don't need to spend another penny to create the highest quality music.

Really for me I was mixing with my eyes instead of my ears. Then my mixes starting sounding better.

And once again, it all comes down to fundamentals and first principles. Just like learning to play an instrument, or anything else in the world. Building the house on rock instead of sand.

Thank you so much for this list of tips! Could you please let us know what university you studied at?

Totally unrelated question, but... What's the band at 3:16?

could you please do a video on how to stop a simple midi piano and vocal track from distorting, or peaking red and finishing it to be released. I guess this would be categorised as a mastering tutorial i'm not too sure on the subject... i really need help actually finishing my tracks been bogged down and frustrated for a year as the quality of the produced track is crap! Please help! :))

sounds like you had the same uni experience as me!

its good to know i dont need to be an expert to get be good at mixing, After following the internets advice, i still struggle with guitars, they are either too loud, too quiet or just sound muddy. drives me mad

great video. Thank you very much. But concerning #4... isn't saturation about being a bit dishonest? Especially if you're mixing acoustic music that people wouldn't expect to have alterations of the voices included in the first place? Saturation might suit music that works with sinths more, I suppose.

I THERE; you think there is same recording drums technics in youtube with Jonh Gallan, like you speak about in your video?

I think that you didn't mention or you did, automation process, it goes under volume balance but....volume balance with automation would be 70-80% of the good mix.... I have heard this is kinda "silver bullet" from the most of producers!!?

I'm actually with you on 8:08 🤣🤣🤣 I just did university to fulfill all righteousness 🤣🤣🤣

What do you think about built in drum samples (like those found in logic) as far as needing to be compressed or saturated? Ive heard other mixers say that they are already compressed and saturated so not to do it again. What are your thoughts?

@officialWWM

4 жыл бұрын

J-Man SoFla use your ears!

@j-station

4 жыл бұрын

I get that but Im curious as to others opinions as well

@officialWWM

4 жыл бұрын

J-Man SoFla well, personality, I rarely process them, other than adding reverbs, delays, Eqs Etc for special effects.

Seems like the mistake you made was EQ in isolation/Solo, and NOT “mixing from the ground up.” You also give advice in this video to work on vocals in isolation which is also wired advice.

@masteringcom

4 жыл бұрын

Two different things. Yes, avoid the solo button, but that's different to workflow. There are other benefits to the top-down approach. And I say to bring up the fader of the vocal first, not to EQ and compress (i.e. mix it) it in solo before bringing everything else in. But like I said, this is my personal approach and might not work for everyone.

Mixing mistakes and Chile flakes