INSTANTLY Improve Your Mixes! [Ear Training For Mixing & Music Production]

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  • @legacyShredder1
    @legacyShredder1 2 года назад +312

    These are absolutely the most important lessons and exercises anyone in the audio processing and creating field can study and learn. Significant ear training paired with a basic simple EQ module or plugin will far outweigh any gear collection; If you're in the tracking world the same can be said for this ear training and simple microphone placement. I love this style of content, and I will always value anyone who takes the time to create and upload these kind of gems.

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад +13

      I completely agree, MAN Network! The ability to use any EQ effectively is much more powerful than having a very expensive EQ that you cannot use effectively. Thanks for watching!

  • @allfu93
    @allfu93 Год назад +54

    I've been a sound engineer for 7 years already, this has been the best explanation to date I've heard for these key frequencies. Thank you so much!

  • @exootikkmusic
    @exootikkmusic 2 года назад +702

    To everyone who may read this I hope y'all make it let's keep grinding 🙏🏽

  • @DrBuffaloBalls
    @DrBuffaloBalls Год назад +9

    I've been trying to articulate how I hear frequencies align with the natural resonances in my head, you just put to words the exact phenomena I've experienced.

  • @NickP333
    @NickP333 2 года назад +173

    Cool way of distinguishing between frequencies with “E”, “I” “Oo”, etc. sounds. Sibilance and inner groove distortion are unfortunately issues certain vinyl records have. Thanks

  • @commonchild3054
    @commonchild3054 Год назад +3

    I have watched countless videos on YT about mixing, but nothing has been as helpful as this!

  • @Squirrel-i6u
    @Squirrel-i6u 28 дней назад

    Wow! Are there others like you!? I had no idea! This is the key to unlocking the secrets of sound, hertz, tones, mixing and mastering. I've never seen anybody else on RUclips teaching this. Probably the most important part of the whole process. You are giving away the secrets to performing the magic. Thank you!

  • @nicksmith8557
    @nicksmith8557 11 месяцев назад +3

    This has been a genuinely game changing video for me. Thank you for posting.

  • @puretvchannel
    @puretvchannel Месяц назад +1

    Man Audio University is one of the best Channels on RUclips globally❤💪🙏🎤🎧

  • @NinjaneerGuy
    @NinjaneerGuy 11 месяцев назад +2

    Love how articulate you are in your videos. some people say 1 kilo-hert when talking about frequency, but you correctly say 1 kilo-Hertz.

  • @prodbyguttaskum
    @prodbyguttaskum 2 года назад +20

    This video made me realize how much I love mixing bass specifically, theirs such an art to it. Nothing better then going to a huge concert with amazing sound systems, I live for that. Thanks for the video man, really intersting look at this technique!

  • @marcoborge2128
    @marcoborge2128 Год назад

    Man! people like you should have the best of public funding just to ensure you have the best of lives, so thankful! cheers

  • @Desnorteado021
    @Desnorteado021 Год назад +2

    Practice is everything. This reminds me that I wasn't able to hear the bass in music when I was a teenager. Then I bought a bass, started to learn and, years later, I couldn't NOT hear it.

    • @puretvchannel
      @puretvchannel Месяц назад +1

      😂😂😂😂 So your ears 👂 are now drawn to the bass in any piece of music you hear.😂😂😂

  • @basiclawprof
    @basiclawprof 2 месяца назад

    That's the case for me.
    You just opened up this entire world for me. My ears are my weak points. This helps with more directed hearing immensely. Thanks.

  • @catalystAl
    @catalystAl Год назад +1

    I’ve been a Pro Engineer since the mid ‘80’s and I find this as an easiest way to explain hearing sounds for EQ adjustments… Very good.

  • @dreamslegacymultimedia
    @dreamslegacymultimedia Год назад +8

    Literally the best piece of information I've learned in my career! Always had the opinion that you can't audibly fix what you can't hear, (ie. wanting to fix the low end of a mix but can't hear what's happening there) so I always went for newer and better audio systems; often adding a new speaker here or there. But this my friend, this is the true lesson to hearing what's where. Thanks!!!

  • @oghenetegaziregbe
    @oghenetegaziregbe Год назад +2

    This made me realize how good my ears have been at recognizing sounds. I’ll surely use the guide to improve it more

  • @g0stkid8_3
    @g0stkid8_3 Год назад +24

    Thank you!! As a musician who plays mostly by ear I really appreciate this. My technical understanding of music and theory is horrible even after playing for 20+ years. This will help my recordings out immensely 👊🏻💪🏻

  • @svsuke
    @svsuke Год назад

    I am mind blown , really simple method but so effective to learn the differences in tone from each frequency

  • @pgui86
    @pgui86 Год назад +2

    Wow game changer here. I was stuck with incorrect EQ knowledge until this video. Amazing. Thank you for this gem

  • @AMSOfficial79
    @AMSOfficial79 Год назад +1

    Been producing for 20 years, and even though I know this stuff, I never thought about it quite like this. excellent video.

  • @4wheelwarrior
    @4wheelwarrior Месяц назад

    Naming/Mapping octaves ... GOLD! I was more or less hearing the octaves correctly (from previous trial/error) ... this just cinched it all up. Keep up the awesome work.

  • @BierMeister360
    @BierMeister360 2 года назад +30

    I use airpods when casually listening to music, and as I'm familiar with them I use them for a majority of roughing in my mixes. I then switch to my krk monitors for finalising the mix, mainly to get a better representation of bass and above 16k. And I get pretty good mixes. It doesn't really matter what you rough your mix on, as long as you're familiar. Just finalise on some honest speakers

    • @ToastedFlowers
      @ToastedFlowers 2 года назад

      You have to adjust for the muddy base krk produces. And AirPods.
      If you can get flat monitors locally for a decent price I would pick them up. More reference points will give you a clearer representation of your values and mix.

    • @Island_Bag
      @Island_Bag Год назад

      Consider getting in to iem’s

    • @BierMeister360
      @BierMeister360 Год назад

      @@Island_Bag tbh not many people buy IEMs outside of monitoring for recording/live rarely hear bout people mixing on IEMs. I find that I'll get a better translation to a wider audience using a common listening device. And finalising on monitors

  • @danielvaega
    @danielvaega 2 месяца назад +2

    Immediate impact and improvements for sure. Great video. Concise, helpful, easy to understand, and instantly applicable.
    10/10

  • @Subcritical96
    @Subcritical96 2 месяца назад

    Yes! This has had an immediate impact on my guitar tone using my parametric eq

  • @livio_morais
    @livio_morais Год назад +2

    Amazing lesson. After my 20 years journey, this is the first time I see this association of frequency energy associated with our most basic speech sounds. Thanks!!

  • @whosrichpurnell3328
    @whosrichpurnell3328 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is insane. Iv heard the advice of sounding out the problem frequencies when attempting to cut but never associating it with an objective standard with assigned vowel sounds. Appreciate you Kyle

  • @nightlifebartenders
    @nightlifebartenders Год назад +1

    Within 19 seconds of this video, I subscribed.

  • @nikakublashvili1817
    @nikakublashvili1817 9 месяцев назад +1

    man you are the most professional in this field i have ever seen!

  • @carazy123_
    @carazy123_ Год назад +1

    I was just thinking that I should start practicing this and rewatch your video on it…then my next recommendation was the video 🤯

  • @devine_noise
    @devine_noise 2 года назад +3

    You just changed my whole approach to mixing. I have never considered frequencies as vowel sounds.

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад

      Glad to introduce you to this, Kyle! Thanks for watching!

  • @yoavbeneli7521
    @yoavbeneli7521 8 месяцев назад

    I have no words to describe how this guy can make me tear up with just his voice

  • @ZacharyDial
    @ZacharyDial 2 года назад +1

    This is why that automated EQ sweep trick used in a lot of song intros sounds like it's going oooooouuuuaaaaaaaeeeeee as the EQ spike sweeps up and opens more of the spectrum. 🤯🤯🤯

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад

      That’s right! Good ear, Zachary. Thanks for watching!

  • @lukekent9687
    @lukekent9687 2 года назад +13

    Wow nice one, this will be super helpful!
    Another trick I learned was to import 2 copies of a track into a daw and use phase inversion so they cancel each other out.
    Nothing will then be audible
    Then put an eq on one of them and anything you boost will suddenly sound (just within those frequencies boosted)
    A kind of soloing of frequencies of a song

  • @Narz3000
    @Narz3000 Год назад +5

    This is brilliant. Can't believe I've never learned this before. So helpful thank you!

  • @ThomZek
    @ThomZek 2 года назад +8

    This is probably the most useful and very pertinent video about audio frequencies I've ever watched. Well done and thank you !

  • @mellow_frequencies
    @mellow_frequencies 13 дней назад +1

    dude this is so good, i frequently refresh my ears with your video. thanks!

  • @VenetinOfficial
    @VenetinOfficial 2 года назад +13

    For producers on a budget (i.e. studio quality headphones), I’d like to add to the sub and bass mixing tips with some of my own. Instead of separating it to body locations, Isplit the three bass octaves into “power” classes, with the 31Hz octave being “low-power”, and then subsequently “mid-” and “high-power” for the next two. It works out like this for me because I noticed a consistency across (most) systems that those three bands tend to scale in volume just like I described, where the extreme low end takes a substantial amount of power to drive correctly, while the “high-power” octave is naturally (too) strong and contribute to that classic “mud” if not controlled. Obviously “mid-power” bass is easily both strong but also separated from the rest of the bands enough it doesn’t create interference, so often I just check to see if it scales evenly to my ears, which works well for such a small group of octaves.

    • @saricubra2867
      @saricubra2867 2 года назад +2

      I think 31Hz is more or less the lowest A on a piano.

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for sharing these tips, Venetin Official and Saricubra!

    • @VenetinOfficial
      @VenetinOfficial 2 года назад

      @@saricubra2867 31Hz is just under a low C, actually (C0 or C1 depending on what your "middle C" is).

    • @VenetinOfficial
      @VenetinOfficial 2 года назад

      @@AudioUniversity no problem! i figured i'd pitch in to help make these tips more universal :D

    • @nightjaronthegate
      @nightjaronthegate 2 года назад

      @@VenetinOfficial
      C0 is 16Hz, the pitch of the 32-foot pedal on an organ.
      C1 is a piano's lowest C, the low C on a five-string bass guitar that you don't have on a four-string.
      C2 is a cello's lowest note.
      C3 is a viola's lowest note, the lowest C on a guitar.
      C4 is middle C.

  • @fastronaut909
    @fastronaut909 2 года назад +7

    This channel is an absolute gold mine. Can't thank you enough for these tips. This gave me another great tool to use for frequency ID.

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад +1

      Wow! Thank you, Fastronaut. I'm very glad to hear you're enjoying the videos!

  • @StudiSuara
    @StudiSuara 2 года назад +1

    Rather than using terms like "abdoment" and "chest", i feel like it's more into "B" sound (63hz) and "D" sound (125hz)

  • @cesaravila4748
    @cesaravila4748 Год назад

    clear example of learning something new everyday

  • @pedrocatoira2695
    @pedrocatoira2695 Год назад +1

    3:33 🔥my eyes

  • @mikemarien3246
    @mikemarien3246 Год назад +11

    I remember doing this training back when I was at a very prestigious music school. We had to listen to Pink Noise with different boosts and Q's and be able to identify it. The vowel technique is an awesome entry shortcut. But as the video mentions you will really have to learn the fundamental frequencies of various instruments etc. and really work the lower end out in your mind. It takes practice. So this is not a "one simple trick" gimmick.
    Will it help immediately? Yup.
    Will you master it immediately? Nope.
    Gotta put the time in guys/gals. This is why all the great engineers are graybeards by the time you notice them.

  • @esignsmedia
    @esignsmedia 9 месяцев назад

    A very simple visual and audible description of the different frequencies. Reminds me of a 'sound of music' "Do Re Mi' alternative for white noise 'O AH A EE' 😊

  • @Prince_Angelus
    @Prince_Angelus Год назад +5

    This is great! Helpful in mixing vocals for sure along with full mixes. With this info, you'll know exactly where the problems are and what's causing them. Great video

  • @adriancressy8363
    @adriancressy8363 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing video. I have ears that can be trained. My Ears were trained to hear REAL LIVE classical music for many years when I was around 7 yrs old. No sound systems...no electronics. My Dad played in the United States Navy Band. I will download your link.

  • @FransSchoonens
    @FransSchoonens 7 месяцев назад +1

    Another great lesson and help for the aspiring amateur. Easily explained! Thank you so much.

  • @ronnieaux5290
    @ronnieaux5290 Год назад +5

    Awesome video concept, thank you for sharing this! Never really thought of frequencies this way, but now it makes sense why I can make vowel sounds with a synthesizer. So well explained, thank you!

  • @mokrodrigues4515
    @mokrodrigues4515 Год назад +1

    That's absolutely brilliant, I have never thought on having this sort of reference for hearing the frequencies. Thank you so much!

  • @Lasantha.
    @Lasantha. 2 года назад +12

    Love these ear training guides. Very very helpful. Thank you Kyle.

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад +1

      I’m glad to hear that you’re finding them helpful, Lasantha. Thanks for watching!

  • @srreed5335
    @srreed5335 2 года назад +1

    And yet again, clarity! I bow to TEACHER with great respect. Lol thanks again

  • @joelmus1c
    @joelmus1c 2 года назад +7

    Really great video! I’ve never really thought about correlating the frequencies with vowel sounds - it makes so much sense - thank you for pointing this out. And yes, my technique has been to boost frequencies then cut what I don’t want - but your point that any frequency sounds bad if you bump it up too much means I’ve probably been making unnecessary changes. So thank you again - I’ll pass this video on!

  • @hayleylabrie
    @hayleylabrie Год назад

    i've wanted to get better at this kind of ear training for a while now, but never really knew how i should go about it. the ideas in this video finally got something to click for me, and i feel a lot more capable of tackling it now. this kind of training is invaluable! thank you so much!

  • @chandrashekhardas3348
    @chandrashekhardas3348 Год назад

    Thank you so much for the link and the free PDF. I think sharpening this skill will help us to appreciate all the arts and sciences we've learned so far.

  • @SUPERINTRA
    @SUPERINTRA 11 месяцев назад

    you're such a great teacher. i've been struggling to find courses that make sense to me, but you've compiled information so perfectly. thank you so much! the articulation paired with the visual + audio references help a ton!

  • @GivvyOfficial94
    @GivvyOfficial94 Год назад +1

    I appreciate your content, trying to learn frequencies is the latest obstacle I've been trying to push through nice to have references

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  Год назад

      I’m glad to hear this is helpful! Keep going - you’ll be surprised how quickly you’ll hear the difference!

  • @kaislivesoundchannel4706
    @kaislivesoundchannel4706 9 месяцев назад

    When I started out as a sound engineer, we took that lesson naturally by having to pinpoint feedbacks in stage monitors. We ended up being very good at it. But as you grow older unfortunately the perceived frequencies shift and you need to relearn every few years

  • @zachfranks361
    @zachfranks361 Год назад +1

    thank you for this dense high quality format of complicated mixing technique information

  • @mahergustavo
    @mahergustavo 9 месяцев назад +1

    THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @roxnroll8050
    @roxnroll8050 2 года назад +3

    This is really helpful, and has helped me a little in the last week. But it gets really difficult hearing the vowels ("aahs", "Ayes" "Eees") in a song. I've been trying this out using SoundGym (Metal and Alt Rock), and even though I'm doing better, it's still really difficult to hear it. With white noise, pretty simple, though. Any chance you can make a video using the vowels to find frequencies in actual songs?

  • @NicoGrundMusic
    @NicoGrundMusic 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is actually incredibly helpful, thank you so much!

  • @annapretasantos6037
    @annapretasantos6037 Год назад +1

    Thank you! It actually helped me A LOT and itãs the first time I hear. I'll download the material on your website, have a wonderful day.

  • @omarbinparvez8636
    @omarbinparvez8636 2 года назад

    this is the first time i got to know about this and i feel it has made a different to my hearing already..!

  • @myweighstudiosfilms8665
    @myweighstudiosfilms8665 2 года назад +1

    One of the dopest videos I seen... Good info for engineers... Just sent this to the entire staff... 💥💥💥

  • @urchincreature
    @urchincreature Месяц назад

    Vocalists and others may find Ken Bozeman's work on practical vocal acoustics very interesting and somewhat related, ie the vowel- like quality of different frequencies and the manipulation of this phenomenon for singing.

  • @timothygilman3010
    @timothygilman3010 7 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent lesson. Love your content. Thank you for the training.

  • @jerialice
    @jerialice Год назад

    In ancient classical singing lessons oo o i e a are also distributed from the belly up to the forehead. Interesting analog here. Ee sound is right around the nasals. The deep oooo is way down in the belly.

  • @JamesRone
    @JamesRone Год назад +1

    Wild. This is succinct, clear, and instantly useful.

  • @sleepsoundsrelaxationsound9376
    @sleepsoundsrelaxationsound9376 2 года назад +1

    Great info..., I had never seen it explained this way. Very helpful.

  • @mestarimusic
    @mestarimusic 4 месяца назад +1

    immediately subscribed ❤ congrats 👏

  • @Tomba-u1l
    @Tomba-u1l 2 года назад +1

    Watching far away from northeast India 🇮🇳🇮🇳👍👍🙌....

  • @tunemxr480
    @tunemxr480 2 года назад +3

    Very cool, practical
    and invaluable info for any live or studio audio engineer or tech! I’ve worked for more than one ⭐️ or diva who would describe monotor mixes as too “eeh-eeh” or too “oink--oink”, it behooves us as engineers to the artist to translate this from a creative standpoint to our more articulate and scientific perspective

  • @georgeboomsmamusic
    @georgeboomsmamusic Год назад +1

    Amazing advice! Have downloaded the guide and it's brilliant practise.

  • @TheClearMediaContent
    @TheClearMediaContent 2 года назад +1

    Clever indeed, and well articulated. You got my sub, looking forward to exploring more of your content.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Год назад +1

    Wouldn't it be more logical to associate the frequency range sounds with.... wait for it.... the NUMBER OF THEIR RANGE? When you boosted 4K.... for crying out loud, just call it 4K! If you practice boosting 4K while paying noise, you'll learn what 4K sounds like and you won't need to call it a vowel. Turning up frequency ranges to hear where they really exist is a great idea for learning where an offending frequency range lives so you don't have to sweep the eq every time. But sometimes you have to sweep it because can anyone REALLY remember exactly what an 11.2 KHz wave sounds like? no. Learn about audio. Use your ears. thx for the tips.

  • @keina123
    @keina123 2 года назад +1

    I went to my DAW after this video and instantly heard results!!

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад

      Glad to hear that, Keina! Keep practicing and you’ll see huge long-term results.

  • @Harbaksh1234
    @Harbaksh1234 11 месяцев назад

    Hi and thank you so much for these videos as they are brilliant! I am only now, after many years as a musician, covering this frequency stuff and it's a revelation! Is it normal/common, that after only a few weeks of learning this, I can now instantly hear, awful frequencies in my mixes which I couldn't only recently before learning this? Thanks again.

  • @PeterJaquesMusic
    @PeterJaquesMusic 9 месяцев назад +1

    excellent video & super useful information. thanks!

  • @ELSSAUDIOELECTRONICS
    @ELSSAUDIOELECTRONICS 2 года назад

    Thank you Kyle,this tutorial of yours help me a lot even if my sound system is pure analog

  • @akanedet1834
    @akanedet1834 2 года назад +1

    Thanks men this really made a lot of impact on my listening skills

  • @lekkerkieken65
    @lekkerkieken65 Год назад +1

    I love your videos. I've been struggling with this. I have one question. What makes a frequency 'problematic'? When and how do I know where to cut what?

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  Год назад

      Great question! The more you practice, the easier it becomes to identify the problems and fix them. It is subjective to some extent.

  • @alexbravo243
    @alexbravo243 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for creating this video definely gonna put in arsenal!!

  • @taggerung890
    @taggerung890 2 года назад +1

    Holy cow! This was so eye opening, thank you!

  • @davidmcginnis16
    @davidmcginnis16 2 года назад +1

    Going to listen to some tunes now. Great vid 🔥so helpful for me right now

  • @lukemadams
    @lukemadams Год назад +1

    Man this is life changing

  • @vozdesalvia
    @vozdesalvia 2 года назад +1

    Heeey I’m loving all these lessons, I know I’m a little late, but really wanted to get the PDF from the description link, I signed up but never got the e-mail with it, maybe it’s no longer available?
    If possible, could you send it to me? ☺️ thanks again and congratz for the great content ❤️

    • @AudioUniversity
      @AudioUniversity  2 года назад

      Be sure to check your spam folder in your email. Sometimes it is accidentally sent to the junk folder.

  • @CrampavanAdventures
    @CrampavanAdventures Год назад

    Thank you so much for this video. I have watched a few in the past to try get my audio system sounding on point as I love my music. Other ones explained it well but not as well as you. I used a Spectral Graph app (whilst may not be fully accurate). I modified my EQ using your process and my sound system sounds amazing. Thank you!!!

  • @gdlb-tg5cy
    @gdlb-tg5cy 2 года назад

    Incredible tip especially for mixing vocals ! Thanks

  • @joeyvillaceran6204
    @joeyvillaceran6204 Год назад +1

    Very Helpful! OMG Thank you for this!

  • @emiel333
    @emiel333 2 года назад +2

    Hello Kyle! I’ve heard of this method before…. On your channel it is! Really helpful my friend! Thanks 🙏

  • @HalGIFic
    @HalGIFic Год назад +9

    anyone else get freaked out while listening at night? no? ok....

    • @intoxicode
      @intoxicode 6 месяцев назад +3

      Someone spent their childhood listening to ham radio transmissions in the dark...

    • @moleedaboi
      @moleedaboi Месяц назад

      Watching this at 1am. I'm am bothered.

  • @DavidPulliam-p5p
    @DavidPulliam-p5p 5 дней назад

    Thanks for the great videos. By the way who is the artist that is playing the song in the video

  • @HelicopterRidesForCommunists
    @HelicopterRidesForCommunists Год назад +1

    This is valuable information I wish I’d known about earlier

  • @DerikPiano
    @DerikPiano Год назад +1

    Awesome video. Thanks dude.

  • @agnibeshkarroy1123
    @agnibeshkarroy1123 2 года назад +3

    Love from India ❤️❤️

  • @Ilandria.
    @Ilandria. Год назад

    62 Hz to me has always been the "someone's playing loud music through a very solid wall/multiple walls/very far away" sound, and 125 Hz sounds like I'm under water - I find those two comparisons let me pick them out quickly.

  • @databang
    @databang Год назад +1

    I first learned it here! Thanks

  • @jimwar1890
    @jimwar1890 Год назад

    This WORKs!! Wow! What a big help. Thank you!

  • @Sykologist_Music
    @Sykologist_Music 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wow. This was extremely helpful

  • @Omarkhanmusic
    @Omarkhanmusic 3 месяца назад +1

    Really awesome stuff!