This is the only tutorial all over the internet that shows properly how to get your Level Management / Gain Staging done the right way! Thank you so much!
SO IMPORTANT!. I've been fighting with Logic for years never knowing about this absolutely fundamental capability in the product. I've spent so MUCH time learning to become a better mixer and mastering the entire Izotope suite of products and dozens of Waves and other plug-ins (which has taken years) to get the best sound, never realizing there is an extremely import "First Step" that can make your life so much easier down the road. Thanks for sharing this and thanks to Google for showing me this video in a search result, otherwise I'd never have figured this out because Logic doesn't make accessing this capability easily intuitive and there is no mention f this in any "Starter" literature provided. Why Apple hid this capability from plain sight is beyond my comprehension. But after following your instructions I levelled every track in a song with several dozen tracks and suddenly the entire project became manageable. What an amazing difference this makes. Thanks again!
@@unlockyoursound jumping in to ask how in the world you found that House music female vox loop?! I’ve typed in house vox in the loop library search multiple times before just to have something there to work with and holy hell I click on this video and look at you with a dope ass vocal sample
Been using logic for 15 years and never knew about pre fader metering! Doh! This is why I love logic always learning something new! Thanks for the video
For me, I'd avoid putting a gain plug in on the master bus to get a higher output. I'd send the stereo bounce to mastering with that 9dB of headroom intact. Let mastering boost the level.
yeah same even if you do your own makeshift masters to play out -9 is a good level to play with, especially when you want to stack limiters and comps. everything else in this vid is pretty awesome though. i was scratching my head with some of the other methods on youtube, they are more geared towards working with audio.
New to Chris. This dude is money in the bank, Clear exposition from start to finish on level setting Impossible not to be a better mixer with this information. Appreciation.
Damn...I've been recording my own music (strictly on a hobbyist level!) for 15 years, and I just learned something incredibly important. No wonder my mixes always suck! Thank you Christopher :D
@The Rainmaka lol it's every bit as game changing as a cheat code. Looking back, this has made a bigger change in my sound than anything I've learned since. Happy mixing to you!
That was fascinating. What an interesting technique. This has never, ever occurred to me and I haven't seen anyone else talk about it. I often put a -6dB Gain plugin on a lot of tracks. I will try this out next session.
Chris your Invaluable tutorial on Level Management, Gain Staging, and Pre-Fader Metering has been so important to me. It really helps me adjust certain waveforms that are either too loud or too soft... But I tried using this technique on a vocal with overdubs, but as soon as I select the region I need to work on, everything after the mute and loop area in the Inspector disappears. No, quantize, Transpose or Gain... nothing. If you can help, you will save my life again. Please keep up the amazing videos and valuable information! Thanks, Christopher.
Best Logic Gain Staging tutorial and I've watched A LOT!!! I'm such a dummy. The Region gain didn't work for so i put a gain in every channel. Now I realize I probably tried the region gain with a software instrument. I'm a dummy
A lot of gain staging tutorials out there but i thought this one was to the point and makes the most sense. I always would here advice about -12 being nominal but did not know they were talking about instrument tracks instead of the output. What an epiphone cheers.
dude you are genius (until I try this and see if it works hahah) to think I have been struggling with logic for years, and here is you tut on it. I'm going to watch all your vids DAMMIT
Changing the output of the synth before the compressor changes how the compressor manages the signal which changes the sound. Many of the software FX are designed to with sweet spots regarding the input level. It might be better to adjust the final plugin's output so that you are only changing the decibel level going into the fader and not also the quality/tone of the patch.... if you like the sound of the original sounds of the patch and the included effects designed for it. Thanks for the great ttutorials
Solid, fam. This is right on. I couldn’t get the gain on my 2i2 low enough to record my super hot pickups, (DI). Thought channel gain was the way to go, but region gain rules…..and pre fader recording from now on. Respect.
It's the best video by far with this kind of information, and I' ve watched a lot !!! Huge thanks,and respect to the wonderful content and explanation!! Instantly subscribed!!
Hey nice beginner tutorial -- straight and to the point! I use this same concept in Traktor. All the levels of the songs are set to +/- zero and the master output is set to - 6. These settings give me a + / - zero reading on the input faders and + / - zero on the master output of my mixer. These are the perfect settings to get maximum sound out of my PA system.
This is the best video on the topic I’ve ever seen. Thanks my friend. Top quality Leaving a bit more headroom for mastering is detrimental as opposed to pushing it up when mixing down, as per your suggestion? I have tried mixing down leaving up to 10db and then pushing up during mastering and results were pretty good
This whole freaking time it was that simple... You don't even need the damn gain stock pi... ALL OF THE VIDEOS SHOWING other complex ways. The whole time this was easily built in... OMFG! Thanks for this! I do have one question though. When using analog or analog simulation do you still need a VU?
Thanks for watching! Nah, with this method you’ll have enough headroom. At least most modelling plugins will have an input and output controls inside anyway. Happy producing!
This is the best tutorial on the subject I've seen. Thank you for helping to demystify. I've been trying this out on a track that is nearly ready for mixing but some of my recorded guitar is way too hot and using any of these methods takes the guts out of the sound. Do you recommend using pre fader mode to monitor when recording guitars?
💯 great tutorial... Never really thought about the importance of signal flow of each track.. Always focused on master output level.. Can't wait to implement in my tracks 🆙👊🏾
I think you’ve just saved me a great deal of work! 🙏 I’ve just finished recording everything for my next album. I’ve now realised all the raw audio is too hot. Everything is tracked well and there is no clipping but it’s too loud nonetheless. I feared I would have to record everything again until seeing this video. Does the clip gain feature solve this issue? Please say yes! 👍🤣
applying this to my podcast. I have skype call-ins and one of my co-hosts has a huge dynamic range.. it is a nightmare to edit. also appying your flex method as well. But, that may be too tedious to do for an hour and a half episode every week though
Thank you dude!!! >w< We have to use Logic and Ableton at the school I attend. While I love (and am pretty used to) Ableton, I've been really struggling with Logic -- mostly because I didn't really understand how to read the meters and adjust them properly! Thank you so much for this video, it helped a bunch. (Everything's so obvious now that I watched this. Lol.)
This is the only tutorial all over the internet that shows properly how to get your Level Management / Gain Staging done the right way!
Thank you so much!
Glad to hear it, happy mixing!
#1 tutorial on getting your tracks started properly 🎉
Thank you!
SO IMPORTANT!. I've been fighting with Logic for years never knowing about this absolutely fundamental capability in the product. I've spent so MUCH time learning to become a better mixer and mastering the entire Izotope suite of products and dozens of Waves and other plug-ins (which has taken years) to get the best sound, never realizing there is an extremely import "First Step" that can make your life so much easier down the road. Thanks for sharing this and thanks to Google for showing me this video in a search result, otherwise I'd never have figured this out because Logic doesn't make accessing this capability easily intuitive and there is no mention f this in any "Starter" literature provided. Why Apple hid this capability from plain sight is beyond my comprehension. But after following your instructions I levelled every track in a song with several dozen tracks and suddenly the entire project became manageable. What an amazing difference this makes. Thanks again!
You’re welcome! Happy producing 👍🏻
same here. instead of relying too much on third party plug ins that you need to learn as well i might use that time to learn all about my DAW.
@@unlockyoursound jumping in to ask how in the world you found that House music female vox loop?! I’ve typed in house vox in the loop library search multiple times before just to have something there to work with and holy hell I click on this video and look at you with a dope ass vocal sample
Been using logic for 15 years and never knew about pre fader metering! Doh! This is why I love logic always learning something new! Thanks for the video
Hands down the best tutorial I've had on gain staging. Thanks
Best explanation of gain staging for Logic Pro X ever... This is exactly how it is supposed to be done.
For me, I'd avoid putting a gain plug in on the master bus to get a higher output. I'd send the stereo bounce to mastering with that 9dB of headroom intact. Let mastering boost the level.
yeah same even if you do your own makeshift masters to play out -9 is a good level to play with, especially when you want to stack limiters and comps. everything else in this vid is pretty awesome though. i was scratching my head with some of the other methods on youtube, they are more geared towards working with audio.
Thx u.. this was my thought exactly.
This is the best tutorial I've ever had about pre-fading. Its all I needed to make the best and balanced sound.
Cheers!
New to Chris. This dude is money in the bank, Clear exposition from start to finish on level setting Impossible not to be a better mixer with this information. Appreciation.
its crazy how well i understand you on the comprehensive level. glad i found your stuff in the first week with logic
Glad to hear it! Happy producing, Dale!
Never understood the power of Pre Fader Metering until this video. Thank you!
Happy to help!
You giving up major keys in this video people don’t know 🔥🔥🔥
haha thank you!
Damn...I've been recording my own music (strictly on a hobbyist level!) for 15 years, and I just learned something incredibly important. No wonder my mixes always suck! Thank you Christopher :D
You're not by yourself, mine too but I think I just found a cheat code with this video lol 😆
@The Rainmaka lol it's every bit as game changing as a cheat code. Looking back, this has made a bigger change in my sound than anything I've learned since. Happy mixing to you!
@@randman21 Likewise my friend. Blessings ✊🏾
Oops, did this AFTER mixing, but it still improved the "being able to hear everything" by 100% Now I can fine tune. Thanks.
Glad it still helped!
That was fascinating. What an interesting technique. This has never, ever occurred to me and I haven't seen anyone else talk about it. I often put a -6dB Gain plugin on a lot of tracks. I will try this out next session.
No worries. Happy mixing!
Exactly what I have been looking for since ages. The metering!!!!!
Thank you! Hands down the best tutorial on Gain Staging! 🔥
Finally a person who explains it the right way!
Chris your Invaluable tutorial on Level Management, Gain Staging, and Pre-Fader Metering has been so important to me. It really helps me adjust certain waveforms that are either too loud or too soft... But I tried using this technique on a vocal with overdubs, but as soon as I select the region I need to work on, everything after the mute and loop area in the Inspector disappears. No, quantize, Transpose or Gain... nothing. If you can help, you will save my life again. Please keep up the amazing videos and valuable information! Thanks, Christopher.
Glad to gear it, thanks for watching!
6:10-6:14 is all I needed to see. Everything before that made the aforementioned time stamp perfect
Best Logic Gain Staging tutorial and I've watched A LOT!!! I'm such a dummy. The Region gain didn't work for so i put a gain in every channel. Now I realize I probably tried the region gain with a software instrument. I'm a dummy
Hey Chris!!! :) Didn't know you had tutorials!! you ROCK!! Thx for sharing!
HI NORA. Love to you and your loved ones!
Best gain stage tutorial I’ve seen! Thank you
You’re welcome, happy mixing!
Wonderful.......... the penny dropped after seeing your gain staging demo........ I'm delighted with what I've learned from you!!!!! Thanks!
Glad to hear it, Ross! Have a lovely time producing music and enjoying the process.
Fantastic clear, concise & to the point video. Why cant all tech videos be like this. Well done m8 👍🏾
Glad you liked it!
A lot of gain staging tutorials out there but i thought this one was to the point and makes the most sense. I always would here advice about -12 being nominal but did not know they were talking about instrument tracks instead of the output. What an epiphone cheers.
You're welcome!
thank you bro,i think your video best way to tell gain stagging. i watch 20 video, 25minutes, 30 minutes but i dont understand, thank you very much
FlamencoDiablo glad to hear it was useful. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic tutorial, very helpful. I was able to (roughly) mix my very first song today after 10+ unmixed beats. Thank you!
Thanks- Totally sorted this out for me- I'd never clocked it and it s fundamental to working on a clean mix-Keep doing the tutorials.
Glad it helped!
dude you are genius (until I try this and see if it works hahah) to think I have been struggling with logic for years, and here is you tut on it. I'm going to watch all your vids DAMMIT
haha glad it helped!
8 years later and I learn how to use pre-fader faders. FML !
Never too late!
Changing the output of the synth before the compressor changes how the compressor manages the signal which changes the sound. Many of the software FX are designed to with sweet spots regarding the input level. It might be better to adjust the final plugin's output so that you are only changing the decibel level going into the fader and not also the quality/tone of the patch.... if you like the sound of the original sounds of the patch and the included effects designed for it. Thanks for the great ttutorials
Solid, fam. This is right on. I couldn’t get the gain on my 2i2 low enough to record my super hot pickups, (DI). Thought channel gain was the way to go, but region gain rules…..and pre fader recording from now on. Respect.
Glad I could help!
crazy how much better it sounds even barely mixed after you gain staged it. Thanks for the video!
Thanks heaps, this was what I’ve been wanting to know in Logic X for ages, Clip Gain 🤦♂️
You’re welcome. Yeah quite a few people have said that, such a useful feature but Apple don’t make it obvious for some reason
Being a newbie at audio production, this was enormously helpful in getting me started! Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Many many thanks, brother!
You're welcome!
It's the best video by far with this kind of information, and I' ve watched a lot !!!
Huge thanks,and respect to the wonderful content and explanation!!
Instantly subscribed!!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you! Saved so much time
You're welcome!
Brilliant ... you've cleared up a few housekeeping issues for me. Much appreciated! Thank you.
Michael Kelly You are very welcome, Michael. Happy mixing!
Hey nice beginner tutorial -- straight and to the point!
I use this same concept in Traktor. All the levels of the songs are set to +/- zero and the master output is set to - 6. These settings give me a + / - zero reading on the input faders and + / - zero on the master output of my mixer. These are the perfect settings to get maximum sound out of my PA system.
Thank you so much man! The license worked
You're welcome!
One of the fastest tips for the biggest result.
King Belsey Thanks, Kev!
you explained this better than anybody else i saw! thank you!
this just fixed EVERYTHING. Thank you so much
Dude, thank you. You kept it honest, on topic, and simple.
This helped my song sound much better! Thanks!
Exactly what I needed and was looking for! Thanks!!
Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!
This is the best video on the topic I’ve ever seen. Thanks my friend. Top quality
Leaving a bit more headroom for mastering is detrimental as opposed to pushing it up when mixing down, as per your suggestion? I have tried mixing down leaving up to 10db and then pushing up during mastering and results were pretty good
Glad it was helpful!
This whole freaking time it was that simple... You don't even need the damn gain stock pi... ALL OF THE VIDEOS SHOWING other complex ways. The whole time this was easily built in... OMFG! Thanks for this! I do have one question though. When using analog or analog simulation do you still need a VU?
Thanks for watching! Nah, with this method you’ll have enough headroom. At least most modelling plugins will have an input and output controls inside anyway. Happy producing!
Awesome tutorial, man really helped me leave enough space in my mix so I can master properly
Wow, I picked up some important pieces of knowledge here. Nice style of tutoring too, I'm subscribing! Cheers!
Leon Valkass Thank you so much for watching and subscribing!
i fucking love you for posting this video. the amount of time you just saved me is significant...SIGNIFICANT.
This is the best tutorial on the subject I've seen. Thank you for helping to demystify. I've been trying this out on a track that is nearly ready for mixing but some of my recorded guitar is way too hot and using any of these methods takes the guts out of the sound. Do you recommend using pre fader mode to monitor when recording guitars?
You're welcome, and yes, try and record with headroom when possible.
🤯Mind Blown😎
Glad to hear it!
best video on youtube
I needed this in my life to get me past a hurdle. Great info!
Charles Klee you're welcome!
Great video! Simple and straightforward, just what I needed. Thanks man!
thewayfarer72 Glad to hear it! Thank you so much for watching!
Very very useful video, one of the most succinct on the subject. Thanks!!!!
You're very welcome!
thanks for this - very clear
You're welcome!
great video mate, cheers
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot!! My friend, you've done a fantastic tutorial of one of my question about that topic as a begginer🙌🏼
Really an excellent presentation of how to manage levels, and just how to approach mixing, in Logic Pro X, thank you!
Brad Williams Cheers, Brad! Thanks for watching!
Excellent Tutorial
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
You’re welcome!
💯 great tutorial... Never really thought about the importance of signal flow of each track.. Always focused on master output level.. Can't wait to implement in my tracks 🆙👊🏾
thnx for the tutorial!!
"never ever ever clippin"
You're welcome!
Great Tutorial, Thanks it helped a lot to under the gain structure of logic and gainstaging!!
Lennis Dynamiks You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
Great tutorial! Thanks !
Glad it was helpful!
thanks bro for this tutorial i had some issues with understanding gain staging but this made it more clear.
Gold! Thank you Christopher.
This is great video well done
Thanks Terry! Happy mixing!
Awesome tut. Perfect length and tempo.
Thank you for watching!
Super useful my man, thanks for this
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!
Great video about an important (and often under-estimated) subject. Thanks, was a good help!
You’re welcome. Happy mixing!
Thanks man. This was a great tutorial and helped me understand gain staging. I'll look out for more of you vids, man.
You're very welcome. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch. Happy gain staging!
Got a new subscriber!
Welcome aboard!
Tried it this way and it def works
very useful! LOVE It!!!
Glad it was helpful!
very helpful, thanks!
You’re welcome. Happy mixing!
Best info ever! Thanks🌻
Wow! Thank you for this... You are really good and I will be looking forward to your tutorials! truly magical!
Thanks! Glad it was useful!
great tutor great video
Thank you! Happy producing!
I think you’ve just saved me a great deal of work! 🙏
I’ve just finished recording everything for my next album. I’ve now realised all the raw audio is too hot. Everything is tracked well and there is no clipping but it’s too loud nonetheless.
I feared I would have to record everything again until seeing this video. Does the clip gain feature solve this issue? Please say yes! 👍🤣
Indeed, you can just apply clip gain to get it to the level you need. Glad this helped.
Clear and concise. Good job 🙏
Bro this track is sick 🔥 great video thank you 🙏
Thanks for watching!
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thanks a lot for the video bro very helpful
Glad it helped
Great! Concise, and easy to understand. Thanks!
2nd video of yours I've watched... So informative & to the point!
What a great video!
Thanks so much for this. Really helped a lot!
You’re welcome, Alwyn! Happy mixing!
this was so informitive. i too have watched many and this truly helped. thanks
Glad to hear it! Thank you so much for watching!
applying this to my podcast. I have skype call-ins and one of my co-hosts has a huge dynamic range.. it is a nightmare to edit. also appying your flex method as well. But, that may be too tedious to do for an hour and a half episode every week though
Indeed. Sometimes you have to weigh up the benefits.
Legend!
Thanks man x
My pleasure!
SO helpful!! Thank you my friend!
You’re welcome, Scott! Happy producing
Very good Tutorial. Thanks for getting to the point and good vibes.
Thank you dude!!! >w< We have to use Logic and Ableton at the school I attend. While I love (and am pretty used to) Ableton, I've been really struggling with Logic -- mostly because I didn't really understand how to read the meters and adjust them properly! Thank you so much for this video, it helped a bunch. (Everything's so obvious now that I watched this. Lol.)
DJ T3RRV You're very welcome! Happy producing!
Perfect explanation. Thank you!
Very nice, clear and practical info here. Thanks a lot!
Very helpful and clear tutorial. Thank you.
Thank you, Richard!
Pause, but that hit the spot!
Thanks!