Hey David, Just wanted to give you a big shout out from western Canada. With so many mixing tutorials online, things can get a little cluttered. Your no nonsense style, sensibility, and alternative approaches to common mixing conceptions is totally refreshing to see. I watch your videos every week over morning coffee. The best part is that you cater not only to beginners but to experienced mixers and producers like myself as well. If there's one thing I've learned about mixing, is that you can never stop learning. Keep up all your hard work. I'll continue to share these videos with my producer buddies. Would love to see more videos demonstrating some of your techniques in the EDM field if you have time. Warmest Regards, Chad
+Chad Williamson This! +1, same here. After +8 years, I'm where my mixes translate well and sound nice, but Mixbus TV is really inspirational. This is a really really neat trick - I'm already thinking about other uses for it, such as pre-reverb/delays/specialFX on vocals / leads. With a lead-synth /"riff" you could : Record it's MIDI, reverse MIDI, bounce it to new track, reverse audio back to normal, then predelay/reverb/"FX" the track and play it along the original MIDI that has been un-reversed. That way you'd have a reversed synth-lead with fx/verbs leading the main lead......
Man you can't stop blowing my mind with every video...I learned soooo much from you man ! more even than I learned from my Uni !you rock David...cheers !
Also great for the pesky snare transient..that we all fight with on the 2 bus ... everytime I learn a trick I email it back to myself with the tip in the subject line... I now have over 1000 tricks ...when I do a new project I scan through the folder of mix tips...thats my mix tip for the day ... lol
Hi David. I can't believe I haven't seen this video before. This is a superb trick!!! You always show the best engineering techniques. A hell of a lot more than A-list' engineers show. They all seem to demonstrate the same things... ie; how to hi pass hi hats etc. Keep up the excellent work!!!! And thank you so much!
Seeing this, I think that there must be many subtle tips that you will never think of. Thank you, David, once again, for sharing another one with us! Awesome!
Awesome, awesome, awesome. Every little trick is good. Even if not using it directly as described, it makes you think about ways to use parts of the technique in other ways.
David, than you so much for all the videos. Normally I hear them while driving to work or back home so I don't have time to put coments on. Hear ok? Anyway, they are really well explained and diadactic, but also direct to the point. The hole series of compression are great. Thanks from Brazil. Eduardo
Hi David, Thank you so much for that tip. I used it on my low marimba track and finally I could fix the problems I had with the peaks. Thank you for all these videos. I study at sae and your content is helping me a lot :)
Fantastic! This is amazing, because today, while taking a break from mixing a track, this was the first video I pulled up on RUclips. I didn't know exactly what this video was going to show me, but I didn't expect it to solve a problem that I'm having TODAY, as I mix a song. I have an edgy telecaster and its attack has been driving me crazy. I was about to automate the volume to tame its peaks, but now I've seen this, I'll be trying it and I can't see why it wouldn't work for me. Thank you! :-)
Thanks for another very informative video, David! I'm enjoying your videos and learning new tip and ideas. Your channel is becoming one of my favorites for the studio side of my music business. Again, thank you! - Joel, Studio 52
Be aware that usually a compressors stated attack time is when 67% of the reduction is achieved. So, the trigger track pre-delay time could even be greater. Try also using a sound designer plug-in.. Your mileage may vary.. Thanks for another great video, Mr David..
great tip! I've been using limiters and envelopes to catch the transients on my current acoustic guitar mix but looking forward to trying this out instead. Thanks!
on mastet bus you can use delay, then comp with external key. setting delay and attack time without moving. on single track you need to move anyway. than you david for your videos!!! hi from kazakhstan.
Hi David, first I want to say thanks for sharing this technique in the video; I like seeing how people deal with unusual recording/mixing situations. One of the built-in plug-ins in the DAW I use (glue compressor, in Ableton) has an attack dial that goes to .01ms, and I've used it in place of a limiter on the master bus a couple times with nice results. But now seeing this video I wonder if it is as good as "zero attack" compressing like you are showing here, and if you could have just done that if you had a similar plug-in available? It also has a "soft clip" function which may trick me into thinking it really is catching the peaks instantly.
Excuse me but this is not clear for me. Your compressor triggers after 0,5ms (half of a millisecond means 0,0005 of a second) and You dragged the DI track exactly 50ms ( which is a 0,050 of a second). So compression starts 0,050 minus 0,0005 of a second, not exactly in time. So Your compression is more likely related to threshold and release time than the attack time. Correct me if I'm wrong. To be exact U should set the attack to 50ms (instead 0,5ms). Or maybe U was focused on release time (set to 50ms) to reduce the transient only in a 0,5ms time window?
MixbusTV You’re very welcome! I’ve been watching a ton of your videos lately, and I know you get this a lot now, but its totally true when everyone says your videos are different than the crowd. There’s so many RUclipsr’s with so many tutorials and tricks that claim to be fantastic, secret, or magic, but your techniques truly are! You’re knowledge, skills, creative solutions, and no-BS approach is simply fantastic and like no one else. And I’m so glad you don’t put out sponsored “reviews” of plug-ins. For me, your tube vs transformer gear video was the final nail in the coffin. Thanks so much for doing what you do! The only thing I would suggest is advertising your Patreon and merchandise more heavily/at the beginning of your videos, and getting a website housing more information and links to all of your content and services. I didn’t realize you offered consultations and merchandise until visiting your About page, which I feel many people might not do. :)
+MixbusTV ReaPlugs are free, so you don't have to buy anything. It will simply save you some time, especially if you're doing this technique on multiple tracks. Just a suggestion...
It's nice but i think the part should be played with less dynamic range and maybe recorded with another mic. I know because I have this same kind of trouble a couple of times. Thanks!
Hi David, is this a good technique for transparency? Or would it be good to include some saturation if I wanted to reduce peaks without taking away the snap.
you could also just update your pro c to a newer version which has its own built in lookahead function. But why make life easier when you can also have it difficult and complicated
Hey David,
Just wanted to give you a big shout out from western Canada. With so many mixing tutorials online, things can get a little cluttered. Your no nonsense style, sensibility, and alternative approaches to common mixing conceptions is totally refreshing to see. I watch your videos every week over morning coffee. The best part is that you cater not only to beginners but to experienced mixers and producers like myself as well. If there's one thing I've learned about mixing, is that you can never stop learning.
Keep up all your hard work. I'll continue to share these videos with my producer buddies. Would love to see more videos demonstrating some of your techniques in the EDM field if you have time.
Warmest Regards,
Chad
+Chad Williamson This! +1, same here. After +8 years, I'm where my mixes translate well and sound nice, but Mixbus TV is really inspirational. This is a really really neat trick - I'm already thinking about other uses for it, such as pre-reverb/delays/specialFX on vocals / leads. With a lead-synth /"riff" you could : Record it's MIDI, reverse MIDI, bounce it to new track, reverse audio back to normal, then predelay/reverb/"FX" the track and play it along the original MIDI that has been un-reversed. That way you'd have a reversed synth-lead with fx/verbs leading the main lead......
Very cool idea! Gonna have to give that a whirl!
you are a godamn genius, thank you now i can destroy piano attacks :3
Man you can't stop blowing my mind with every video...I learned soooo much from you man ! more even than I learned from my Uni !you rock David...cheers !
Also great for the pesky snare transient..that we all fight with on the 2 bus ... everytime I learn a trick I email it back to myself with the tip in the subject line... I now have over 1000 tricks ...when I do a new project I scan through the folder of mix tips...thats my mix tip for the day ... lol
Hi David. I can't believe I haven't seen this video before. This is a superb trick!!! You always show the best engineering techniques. A hell of a lot more than A-list' engineers show. They all seem to demonstrate the same things... ie; how to hi pass hi hats etc. Keep up the excellent work!!!! And thank you so much!
Seeing this, I think that there must be many subtle tips that you will never think of. Thank you, David, once again, for sharing another one with us! Awesome!
This trick gives new meaning to "lookahead." ☺️👍
very cool technique! thanks for the video!
Awesome, awesome, awesome. Every little trick is good. Even if not using it directly as described, it makes you think about ways to use parts of the technique in other ways.
Standing in corner now and feeling dumb... How simple but so genius! Thnx.!
Very clever! Thanks for sharing
David, than you so much for all the videos.
Normally I hear them while driving to work or back home so I don't have time to put coments on. Hear ok?
Anyway, they are really well explained and diadactic, but also direct to the point.
The hole series of compression are great.
Thanks from Brazil.
Eduardo
This technique is very innovative
haha really simple and obvious trick but I didn't found it before!! thanks!
Hi David, Thank you so much for that tip. I used it on my low marimba track and finally I could fix the problems I had with the peaks. Thank you for all these videos. I study at sae and your content is helping me a lot :)
+MixbusTV I shared it ;) 👍👊
Great tip! First I've heard about doing it this way.
Another killer idea
Fantastic! This is amazing, because today, while taking a break from mixing a track, this was the first video I pulled up on RUclips. I didn't know exactly what this video was going to show me, but I didn't expect it to solve a problem that I'm having TODAY, as I mix a song. I have an edgy telecaster and its attack has been driving me crazy. I was about to automate the volume to tame its peaks, but now I've seen this, I'll be trying it and I can't see why it wouldn't work for me. Thank you! :-)
It worked wonderfully. Thanks David!
Thanks for another very informative video, David! I'm enjoying your videos and learning new tip and ideas. Your channel is becoming one of my favorites for the studio side of my music business. Again, thank you! - Joel, Studio 52
Be aware that usually a compressors stated attack time is when 67% of the reduction is achieved. So, the trigger track pre-delay time could even be greater. Try also using a sound designer plug-in.. Your mileage may vary.. Thanks for another great video, Mr David..
great tip! I've been using limiters and envelopes to catch the transients on my current acoustic guitar mix but looking forward to trying this out instead. Thanks!
Now Fab Filter has the Look Ahead feature :-) but good idea here
Wow, this is brilliant.
So simple and so genious!
wow great techniques please show us more techniques please i love ur videos
on mastet bus you can use delay, then comp with external key. setting delay and attack time without moving. on single track you need to move anyway.
than you david for your videos!!! hi from kazakhstan.
Thank you for this great tip
although this is a technique i've seen before, i haven't considered it for an instance like this. cool vid.
Hey that's really cool! never thought of that!
This brings up a question Ive had recently: Could you make a vid explaining the where, how and why's of limiters. Thank you.
+MixbusTV Great! Thank you.
great tip :) There are also compressors though up to 0,1 ms
That’s awesome !!!
Thank you David, awesome tip!
Very easy and great idea! :) Love it too!
Great video... but i didnt understood why did you use sends and make the output inactive when you can just assign the bus in the output
Hi David, first I want to say thanks for sharing this technique in the video; I like seeing how people deal with unusual recording/mixing situations. One of the built-in plug-ins in the DAW I use (glue compressor, in Ableton) has an attack dial that goes to .01ms, and I've used it in place of a limiter on the master bus a couple times with nice results. But now seeing this video I wonder if it is as good as "zero attack" compressing like you are showing here, and if you could have just done that if you had a similar plug-in available? It also has a "soft clip" function which may trick me into thinking it really is catching the peaks instantly.
Brilliant!
Excuse me but this is not clear for me. Your compressor triggers after 0,5ms (half of a millisecond means 0,0005 of a second) and You dragged the DI track exactly 50ms ( which is a 0,050 of a second). So compression starts 0,050 minus 0,0005 of a second, not exactly in time. So Your compression is more likely related to threshold and release time than the attack time. Correct me if I'm wrong. To be exact U should set the attack to 50ms (instead 0,5ms). Or maybe U was focused on release time (set to 50ms) to reduce the transient only in a 0,5ms time window?
You're awesome! Thanks a lot
hi, any reason you didn’t use lookahead for this? thanks
You are a God
Cool trick! :-O
Or you can use Pro-C 2 which allows you to lookahead by up to 20ms. :)
(BTW Pro-C's minimum response time is 0.5ms, not 50ms.)
This is engineering. Nice technique
I was thinking how the heck do you do that and then the light bulb went off... Dup track, nudge over a few milliseconds and side chain. ;) Cool moves.
Genius!
MixbusTV You’re very welcome! I’ve been watching a ton of your videos lately, and I know you get this a lot now, but its totally true when everyone says your videos are different than the crowd. There’s so many RUclipsr’s with so many tutorials and tricks that claim to be fantastic, secret, or magic, but your techniques truly are! You’re knowledge, skills, creative solutions, and no-BS approach is simply fantastic and like no one else. And I’m so glad you don’t put out sponsored “reviews” of plug-ins. For me, your tube vs transformer gear video was the final nail in the coffin. Thanks so much for doing what you do!
The only thing I would suggest is advertising your Patreon and merchandise more heavily/at the beginning of your videos, and getting a website housing more information and links to all of your content and services. I didn’t realize you offered consultations and merchandise until visiting your About page, which I feel many people might not do. :)
MixbusTV Ah, sounds great! Looking forward to everything! See you around! :)
Great idea. One problem though. On the Pro G the attack time is 0.5 ms. That's 0.5 of a millisecond not 50 milliseconds.
I like this buy I wanna do it live
You can just simply use ReaComp by Cockos, which has an attack time that can be set to 0.
+MixbusTV ReaPlugs are free, so you don't have to buy anything. It will simply save you some time, especially if you're doing this technique on multiple tracks. Just a suggestion...
Love it! Awesome! :D!!!
It's nice but i think the part should be played with less dynamic range and maybe recorded with another mic. I know because I have this same kind of trouble a couple of times. Thanks!
Hi David, is this a good technique for transparency? Or would it be good to include some saturation if I wanted to reduce peaks without taking away the snap.
Many thanks!
That's a pretty cool guitar cover of Sail by Awolnation.
Just use a limiter or a compressor with lookahead
clever!
MixbusTV would you recommend people to go to school for audio engineering? I have thoughts of attending next year
+MixbusTV thank you that helped alot.
you could also just update your pro c to a newer version which has its own built in lookahead function. But why make life easier when you can also have it difficult and complicated
Because when I released this video a million years ago there was no such thing. Why commenting without thinking about context?
It sounds like acoustic cover of Sail by AWOLNATION, where we can find the final track?
What is the name of the song pls
thank you for the reply
great song and great tutorial!
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