You Suck at Mixing #8: Fixing Muddiness

Are you tired of your mixes sounding like they haven't bathed in days? In this week's episode, we'll learn how to clean up and remove mud from our mixes!
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  • @JosiahHodson
    @JosiahHodson4 жыл бұрын

    You look like the kind of person to have a lot of chest hair

  • @xoxo-pp7ru

    @xoxo-pp7ru

    4 жыл бұрын

    😳😳😳😳😳

  • @abyssenjoyer

    @abyssenjoyer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@xoxo-pp7ru i know what you're thinking

  • @BrokenG-String

    @BrokenG-String

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's under that belly?

  • @PRODBYS1LENT

    @PRODBYS1LENT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BrokenG-String this makes no sense

  • @BrokenG-String

    @BrokenG-String

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PRODBYS1LENT r u serious, do I really have to spell it out?

  • @dare2win215
    @dare2win2154 жыл бұрын

    I'm creeped out, insulted, intrigued, and enlightened.

  • @victorcoyenn
    @victorcoyenn6 жыл бұрын

    2:29 The most satisfied wowzers ever.

  • @maxwellb.4453

    @maxwellb.4453

    6 жыл бұрын

    dripping with the gentle wisdom of a slightly overweight dad

  • @wmaiwald

    @wmaiwald

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love the wowzers at 3:38 as well

  • @davidbrown8600
    @davidbrown86006 жыл бұрын

    It's so weird. I know you're being sarcastic all the time, but yet your videos are the most educational I have ever seen. So weird. But also good so please keep it coming.

  • @issarealbanger7734

    @issarealbanger7734

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because he's showing us shortcuts and and practical use rather than teaching us sound design for an hour first.

  • @soundboy89

    @soundboy89

    4 жыл бұрын

    What if he wasn't being sarcastic at all and that's just his personality in his everyday life? lol

  • @issarealbanger7734

    @issarealbanger7734

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@soundboy89 then he should be in the hospital and not making videos on YT

  • @mikeexits

    @mikeexits

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@soundboy89 Thankfully you can see it's not through his livestreams and live performances. Presumably his coaching as well.

  • @sopmach

    @sopmach

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's being sarcastic????

  • @kropledonos4
    @kropledonos42 жыл бұрын

    The only digestible way of consuming ableton content. I can't express how grateful I am. I was never able to watch more than a minute of a mixing tutorial, due to the lacklustre presentation on the expert's part, until I found your channel. Thank you for explaining everything in a simple and comprehensive way.

  • @oobleck8855
    @oobleck88554 жыл бұрын

    Why do I feel like I'm being spoken to as if I'm mentally retarted and yet am learning so much more Honestly I hated at first how he spoke kinda slow and pronounced (I always loved the sarcastic stuff so that didnt bother me) but I realized that its probably one of the reasons I'm learning so much

  • @anuel3780

    @anuel3780

    4 жыл бұрын

    my theory is that if someone says your shit sucks ass you stupid ass bitch, it is so much hate that it isn't taken as personally but still enough to anger you and to want to prove him wrong

  • @Coryiodine

    @Coryiodine

    3 жыл бұрын

    Idk I think you guys have a inferiority issue or something because ive never minded the way he talks I hear it as goofy rather than condescending

  • @MichaelTurner856

    @MichaelTurner856

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Coryiodine same and I'm learning alot

  • @spajkeds

    @spajkeds

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good teachers make learning easy. If you cant explain a concept using words a 10 year old understands, then you dont understand the concept fully.

  • @MXMLN69
    @MXMLN695 жыл бұрын

    200-600 Hz is also very likely to mud up due to transients hitting at the same time at a almost same freq range, especially in faster genres like metal, jungle, dnb etc.

  • @Ahufi98

    @Ahufi98

    Жыл бұрын

    this is true in some cases. i did it on one song and it made it better. but on another song it made it weak

  • @tc-bladeofgrass6719
    @tc-bladeofgrass6719 Жыл бұрын

    I've been producing electronic music for 20 years and never really had a problem with muddiness, I feel that because I always had more control over the individual elements, so I would treat removing muddiness as part of the sound design process, so it never really presented at mix down stage. However, I've recently started downloading freely available stems of acoustic and rock recordings just to practice my mixdown skills, and I have to say, your multiband compression approach to reigning in that 100hz range is an absolute god send. I tried it on this one mix where o had everything sounding great except for a bit of tubbiness bringing it down, I applied Some multiband compression to just that one band in 3 of the instruments and the whole thing opened up. Thank you man, proof that we never stop learning

  • @WillayG
    @WillayG4 жыл бұрын

    Everytime you say I suck at producing, it hurts so bad because it's true. All my mixes need a power washer.

  • @tomorrowishere11215
    @tomorrowishere112155 жыл бұрын

    Your humor makes the info more retainable & thank you so much bro!

  • @3ggyt0ast
    @3ggyt0ast4 жыл бұрын

    i really enjoy the range you utilize to say "hi" in all of your different videos. and the other things you talk about are cool too. i finally feel liek i might be getting a firm grasp on what music is and how i can use it to control others.

  • @julesester2480
    @julesester248026 күн бұрын

    sense of humor that you are using to explain things is just brilliant literally one of my favorite tutors on you tube🥰

  • @anthonymullings8539
    @anthonymullings85394 жыл бұрын

    Easily the most entertaining and informational producer out there, keep up the good work 🤙

  • @rossmackenzie2367
    @rossmackenzie23676 жыл бұрын

    WOWZERS

  • @tverdyznaqs
    @tverdyznaqs4 жыл бұрын

    Like, for real, thank you, this makes so much sense when you compare mixing to personal hygiene, this makes it so much easier to remember because there is a reference point to what you are doing in the DAW to the real world. Kinda brilliant, if you ask me!

  • @Mutt83GC
    @Mutt83GC2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the explanations and vivid examples, they help to understand cleanliness.

  • @PitzPromotionsuk
    @PitzPromotionsuk4 жыл бұрын

    I use FL Studio. But the way you explain things is simple and funny and it actually helps me to understand mixing alot better! Thanks mate.

  • @darthvildar9311
    @darthvildar93114 жыл бұрын

    I’ve never laughed and learned so much at the same time before

  • @ottmarmiller7360
    @ottmarmiller73605 жыл бұрын

    I've learned more about Ableton on this channel than anywhere else tbh, keep it up man. Thank You

  • @jl9205
    @jl92055 жыл бұрын

    Wowzers. This is a very informative and practical video. Thank you for sharing.

  • @anthom88
    @anthom88Ай бұрын

    This video has been of huge use to me. Thanks very much

  • @frutabeats5773
    @frutabeats57734 жыл бұрын

    I've learned so much with only this video already. Thank you so much.

  • @djdiablo93
    @djdiablo935 жыл бұрын

    Lmao I love this, youre like a parodic Bob Ross for music producing.

  • @Itsmeitscharles
    @Itsmeitscharles4 жыл бұрын

    Wowzers. Yet another really educational tutorial. Thanks!

  • @NoahThul
    @NoahThul4 жыл бұрын

    This was a really helpful video. Thanks for posting it.

  • @vuilgatmusic7333
    @vuilgatmusic73335 жыл бұрын

    Subscribed! It’s amazing how you can portray social awkwardness while alone. I’ll keep an eye out for mud while I’m mixing.

  • @zizwemusic7688
    @zizwemusic76883 жыл бұрын

    Your personality earned you a subscriber man. Lol. Loved the tut and I treasure the information. Thanks a bunch

  • @therhinoceros1
    @therhinoceros14 жыл бұрын

    The way that you explain your mixing process is pure f#@king genius you dingus!!!

  • @mrmanuelinla
    @mrmanuelinla5 жыл бұрын

    You are fricking hilarious Sir. Deadpan delivery, always informative and fun to watch. Great stuff :-D Mr. Rogers on Ableton.

  • @mellaytheghost5237
    @mellaytheghost52373 жыл бұрын

    This dude has told me I suck at mixing over 200 times now

  • @oddsphere
    @oddsphere6 жыл бұрын

    well this is perfect timing. tyty

  • @WillyJunior
    @WillyJunior6 жыл бұрын

    Oooh I like that progression *_VERY MUCH_*

  • @rockstar450
    @rockstar4506 жыл бұрын

    Underbelly, your intro makes me laugh every time. You rock bro. 🤘

  • @tslinofficial6586

    @tslinofficial6586

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol I like this guy

  • @Nucrise
    @Nucrise2 жыл бұрын

    Learning and having fun in the same time listen to this sarcasm. Great content 👌

  • @2das
    @2das5 жыл бұрын

    0:34 vs. 4:52

  • @tolstoy8124

    @tolstoy8124

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Jesus Fucking Christ" Lol. ...

  • @ogplr5914

    @ogplr5914

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tolstoy8124 it was on beat too lol

  • @20yearsfromthepast

    @20yearsfromthepast

    3 жыл бұрын

    These muddines is nothing when you compare 90's Old School beats bassline. God damn, my ears are still bleeding.

  • @christopherbusby7067
    @christopherbusby70675 жыл бұрын

    My word that was entertaining. I'm conflicted because I want to say I learned something new, but I didn't, but I feel like I did, but really I just feel good. I feel clean. Thanks for the shower

  • @funmioh
    @funmioh3 жыл бұрын

    Love the tutorial. Obsessed with the instrumental

  • @MichaelSeethaler
    @MichaelSeethaler4 жыл бұрын

    Great info and hilarious as always

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions4 жыл бұрын

    New to the channel, like it. Dirty uncle Joe.

  • @PoopingOnTileFloors
    @PoopingOnTileFloors4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service.

  • @pwhite102
    @pwhite1025 жыл бұрын

    so much knowledge so quick

  • @papa_da_engineer
    @papa_da_engineer6 жыл бұрын

    💯💯💯💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"Go ahead and give yourself a tap on the wrist, maybe even take a shower, you smell bad" 😂 😂 💀💀👍✌💪

  • @davidfaulkner1012

    @davidfaulkner1012

    6 жыл бұрын

    Native Gringo knew this was gonna be the first comment

  • @VeganKebabDoRuky

    @VeganKebabDoRuky

    5 жыл бұрын

    BUT I JUST TOOK A SHOWER 😢

  • @papa_da_engineer

    @papa_da_engineer

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cislune 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

  • @axleroast2674

    @axleroast2674

    5 жыл бұрын

    if you are going to quote something, at least do it correctly

  • @MattMosca17
    @MattMosca176 жыл бұрын

    how'd you get the sunburn?

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    Funny and educational! great content!

  • @theinstrumentalmakingchann5209
    @theinstrumentalmakingchann5209 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing !

  • @charlescaruso6022
    @charlescaruso60223 жыл бұрын

    YOU are the DEXTER of mixing knowledge! >>> Funny as F#%! bro!

  • @Asiosky211
    @Asiosky2114 жыл бұрын

    i feel cleaner just watching this.

  • @OlsenReid
    @OlsenReid5 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel. You're hilarious man. Keep it up!

  • @thespacealienssmogandgrog4283
    @thespacealienssmogandgrog42832 ай бұрын

    You're really snotty about it but you're right, I suck at mixing. 😭

  • @andrewdrummer
    @andrewdrummer4 жыл бұрын

    If I ever come to meet Chris Lord-Alge, I’m gonna beg him to let me film him while he watches the intro of this video 😂

  • @emanuel_soundtrack
    @emanuel_soundtrack3 жыл бұрын

    whats the difference between dynamic eq and multiband compression btw? sometimes i use Ott as “eq” , while my NOVA i still don’t understand

  • @adammaznev4069
    @adammaznev40693 жыл бұрын

    That smile just makes the whole video

  • @01mikeG
    @01mikeG6 жыл бұрын

    What are your most used plugins?

  • @gabeaze
    @gabeaze5 жыл бұрын

    the thumbnail alone deserves a thumbs up

  • @wmextra
    @wmextra5 жыл бұрын

    Yooooo you are crazy I like this brand of learning on the ableton DAW

  • @pvthfindxr
    @pvthfindxr3 жыл бұрын

    wowzers! thanks for teaching me how to give my beats a much needed bath

  • @A-Z-U-R-E
    @A-Z-U-R-E9 ай бұрын

    This is the perfect song if you have a hangover

  • @romang3623
    @romang36233 жыл бұрын

    @underbelly Thanks so much for your great vids. I just have a quick technical question: You said (I think in this vid) that because dB is a logarithmic scale, the perceived difference in loudness increases the more you reduce an EQ fader. However I just learned that the logarithmic dB scale actually is used to more accurately describe the way we percieve changes in sound intensity (non linear). I believe that you might still be right about increases subjective difference in loudness. it just can't be for the reason you stated. On the other hand, maybe I am wrong here... can anybody clarify? would really like to know☺️

  • @kavernofficial
    @kavernofficial6 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video. Had me cracking the fuck up.

  • @jakoboberschlick1618
    @jakoboberschlick16182 жыл бұрын

    Lowkey Bill Burr Vibes from this my Dude, love it

  • @BadCymphony
    @BadCymphony3 жыл бұрын

    I have yet to find a muddy freq fix video that offered understanding of why it gets muddy until yours! Thank you.

  • @kidohchi
    @kidohchi5 жыл бұрын

    You're the Bob Ross of music S☀️N-!

  • @sethwaris3224
    @sethwaris32245 жыл бұрын

    You the best, thank you

  • @Heafyshiu
    @Heafyshiu3 жыл бұрын

    Good video Master. 😁😁

  • @nicolegoose567
    @nicolegoose5675 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos :) 💕v funny v informative

  • @Beatsbasteln
    @Beatsbasteln6 жыл бұрын

    i'd just have slapped trackspacer sidechained with the bass on the rhodes. then it would still have the depth when the bass doesn't play

  • @Kadejones01
    @Kadejones014 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Dexter!

  • @BookooZenny
    @BookooZenny6 жыл бұрын

    The most unnerving thumbnail yet

  • @jasonperez1973
    @jasonperez19734 жыл бұрын

    The most funny educational video Ive watched today.

  • @dictabeat
    @dictabeat4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I'm subscribing. Thanks!

  • @katofett8648
    @katofett86482 жыл бұрын

    I'm still laughing much harder than I ought to be... I can't get over the way you said "Booty Bass" at 0:52

  • @ImproveYoSelf727
    @ImproveYoSelf7274 жыл бұрын

    are you doing this in the mix or in the master? Midi or audio

  • @peterpitcard
    @peterpitcard3 жыл бұрын

    wowzers, that was good

  • @deepfriedcarplips5497
    @deepfriedcarplips54976 жыл бұрын

    The technical efficiency of your demonstration is only equaled by the nastiness of my Uncle Jim's toejam.

  • @DJMightyFresh
    @DJMightyFresh4 жыл бұрын

    Right in the trousers, wowzers... 😂

  • @shakeywithlife
    @shakeywithlife4 жыл бұрын

    bro, you are a legend! I'm not a big merch fan but damn if you made some 'you suck at producing' shirts and some 'wowzers' shirts I would 100% buy you out of stock

  • @Mattman0106
    @Mattman01063 жыл бұрын

    I've been using a Ableton live lite and I don't have some of these audio effects... I'm guess I gotta upgrade to the full version?

  • @cameronspears3032
    @cameronspears30324 жыл бұрын

    The bass line is pleasantly similar to "Them Changes"

  • @xhall0910
    @xhall09105 жыл бұрын

    4:40 gay knob ?

  • @serapheogen
    @serapheogen4 жыл бұрын

    I fucking love this guy

  • @user-if9gh1ts4m
    @user-if9gh1ts4m3 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @egeozel80
    @egeozel803 жыл бұрын

    brrrilliant videos, thank you :D :) also 4:53 very engrossing and deep

  • @pastorkspeaks
    @pastorkspeaks3 жыл бұрын

    It takes a savage to say one sucks at mixing and then proceeds to play elevator music 😂🤣😂🤣 well take us up then lol!!

  • @chaiayling9831
    @chaiayling98314 жыл бұрын

    these are superb mORE

  • @solomenace9542
    @solomenace95425 жыл бұрын

    Not gonna lie that bass sounds like something thundercat would do lol. Dope vid and song

  • @kerdum
    @kerdum3 жыл бұрын

    These are so funny! lol

  • @diemturner5755
    @diemturner57555 жыл бұрын

    Any relation to the guy that did the "You Suck At Photoshop" vidyas back in the day or did his style serve as inspiration? The sarcastic humor mixed with, interestingly enough, genuinely helpful techniques when it comes to mixing (or editing pictures in Photoshop as it were) is hauntingly reminiscent of that series minus the emotional distress and desperation that was soooo palpable in the PS "tips & tricks". Good shit man, very enjoyable :-)

  • @himura..3421
    @himura..34216 жыл бұрын

    you're a saint

  • @ragingoracle6239
    @ragingoracle62392 жыл бұрын

    Think I am gonna join that Patreon.. Is it the most up to date list?

  • @YourFriendDevin
    @YourFriendDevin4 жыл бұрын

    Wowzers.

  • @chosenonebeats
    @chosenonebeats6 жыл бұрын

    You sir are a servant & a savant

  • @jazzyj4126
    @jazzyj41263 жыл бұрын

    Name of song

  • @MonsterDubClub
    @MonsterDubClub6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Underbelly. Uncle bill would be proud.

  • @RogerioValgode
    @RogerioValgode5 жыл бұрын

    Cool!!! 👌👌👌

  • @uunnity
    @uunnity3 жыл бұрын

    youre really amazing

  • @TheLolthazun
    @TheLolthazun5 жыл бұрын

    This was an audio engineering video that was not only useful it was funny.

  • @LazzG1
    @LazzG15 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for reminding me to take a shower. Actually gonna have one now...

  • @boogabuga7657
    @boogabuga76576 жыл бұрын

    Is there a general rule of thumb regarding when to use EQ vs. when to use Multiband compression?

  • @lessnightlights8535

    @lessnightlights8535

    6 жыл бұрын

    I guess there isn't. EQ slices off boy's fingers or permanently elongates some of them, while Multiband Compression might just slightly bend them in places they sometimes unfavorably stick out, preserving an original form of the hand.

  • @Soundsbadbro

    @Soundsbadbro

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lessnight Lights Albert camus, thanks

  • @c0deoustech

    @c0deoustech

    6 жыл бұрын

    There isn't one included in ableton but a dynamic EQ is also a good option. Tokyo Dawn Recordings Nova EQ is free and awesome for this. www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/

  • @itsdakun

    @itsdakun

    6 жыл бұрын

    here's how i was taught in school: if you want it gone, then you're gonna use EQ. if you want to just tame it, multiband

  • @Hotdogbanana559

    @Hotdogbanana559

    6 жыл бұрын

    Agree, You will keep some body and tame the muddiness when using multiband. I think EQ will make a cleaner solution but it is not always a option.

  • @worthlesscontentclub
    @worthlesscontentclub6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Underbelly! Cant wait to try that multiband trick and maybe wash my crotch too!

  • @kevintruong9203
    @kevintruong92035 жыл бұрын

    you're hilarious and very helpful