Hope you enjoy the video! Appreciate you all and hope this can help some of you avoid the pain of figuring this stuff out from scratch. Would love to see lots of you at the event if you can make it - tickets are $29 including replays and all the details are here: courses.mastering.com/event_full/1729119923724x713020638067425300?RUclips&Event&Years Happy to answer any questions about how it works in the comments here!
Tracking is God. And if your room isn’t treated you’re just spinning your wheels. Since this is 99% of people, mix on headphones and when you feel the mix is right, check the low end on monitors. This video is filled with wise information 👍
Apologies for the audio clipping a little. I had to turn the gain up for a Zoom call just before and checked before filming, seemed fine but I must have moved the mic closer. Didn’t have time to refilm after so just ran with it. Another lesson to be learned… even after 20 years you can still make mistakes. There’s absolutely no need to record hot in a digital environment.
PART II 10:50 Tip #1 - Hot to nail the CAR TEST 15:13 Tip #2 - Fix Your ROOM 16:05 Tip #3 - Manage you PERSPECTIVE 18:07 Tip #4 - Train your EARS 21:10 Tip #5 - END IN MIND perspective 23:09 Tip #6 - Don't use BAND-AIDS 23:30 Tip #5 - BALANCING is 80% of the mix 26:00 Tip #8 - Don't neglect VOLUME AUTOMATION 30:07 Tip #9 - Progressive REFERENCING 32:31 Tip #10 - Any WORKFLOW works 38:56 Tip #11 - Mix FAST 40:30 Tip #12 - Intent-based EQ 44:13 Tip #13 - Fearless COMPRESSION 48:07 Tip #14 - Don't neglect CLIPPING & LIMITING 51:17 Tip #15 - Close your EYES 52:31 Tip #16 - Mix in 4-DIMENSIONS 54:17 Tip #17 - Know what MATTERS 1:03:12 Tip #18 - OBJECTIVE vs SUBJECTIVE 1:04:52 Tip #19 - Learn into SUBJECTIVITY 1:09:06 Tip #20 - Master the OBJECTIVE first 1:12:00 Tip #21 - Get clear on what's HOLDING YOU BACK PART III 1:23:09 Tip #1 - Get it right at the source 1:23:51 Tip #2 - Get the balance right first 1:24:28 Tip #3 - Time is of the essence 1:24:59 Tip #4 - Focus on the key elements 1:25:26 Tip #5 - Loop the loudest section of the song 1:26:14 Tip #6 - Start with the bigger picture 1:27:02 Tip #7 - Avoid the solo button 1:27:53 Tip #8 - Have an intention behind every move 1:29:25 Tip #9 - Check your moves 1:30:02 Tip #10 - Use good reference tracks 1:30:53 Tip #11 - Mix in mono for the majority of the mix 1:32:08 Tip #12 - Listen back on multiple speakers and headphones 1:32:56 Tip #13 - Mix at a low volume 1:33:36 Tip #14 - Take regular breaks 1:34:02 Tip #15 - Assume that volume automation is needed 1:35:04 Tip #16 - You don't need expensive plugins
I haven't seen the whole video and thank you very much for your efforts but the biggest mixing "tip" that nobody talks about is "listen to a ridiculously amount of music as a fan, bulit references in your head first, understand the culture and history of recorded music, dig deep in to the different styles and know where they come from" If you can do all this listening in your mixing room with your speakers, the better you will become. And also listen to your mixes outside of your room, use your whole house as a reference
Thanks for sharing 20 years of experience in just one video. Its insane how much I've learned & improved in few years with nothing but a computer, audio interface & monitor.
I started with Tascam 4track on cassette tape in the 80's , then to 8 - 16 and in the 90's 24track analog , mid 90's I started with pro-tools Nu-bus TDM system (48track in/out) , now i'm working with Universal Audio Apollo's and LUNA DAW , it brings me back to my old analog studio but with 10000x more power .
In part 1, about getting the source tone and shape correct is exactly what I always say too. I mean if I’m sending my recordings to mixing engineers, I want them to mix these, I didn’t tell them to mess with the tone of my snare or cymbals or worse - my guitars. That’s a recipe for them to get fired. Tonal and textural decisions should be done in the recording/production phase. If I messed up or didn’t select the best tone with the recording, then fix it there and not after the fact. Letting the mixing process just be about mixing and gel every track together and be heard clearly at the same time.
How do you use vocal rider? do you use custom settings? I find it gets messy. And how you combine that with volume automation? do oyu use both or one? Thanks
thanks very much for sharing your valuable & hard-won knowledge. ultimately, get the arrangement and recording right and the mix should more or less take care of itself! and of the two, the arrangement is the more important. oh, and get Slate VSX.
Okay spent more time listening. I think i do hear some things now: - Kick seems to be a little deeper in mix b - de esser on the vocals of mix b? - guitars seems to be wider in mix b - A little reverb on the vocals of mix b? (although this might be placebo by now 😂)
Hi dude, thanks a bunch for the video!! QUESTION: I have a studio here in Sweden and would like to have a much smaller studio desk and I see yours in the background there - it has the exact form factor that I have been thinking about, including the rack spaces (in my case for Console 1). What is that table? Is it DIY? I thought about just building one...
hard to over compress things is an interesting take. why not just brickwall everything by default and then back things off to taste? what about the loudness wars
Hi Rob I am just wondering if a) the song factory is free if you're already a member, and b) if there will be replays available after each event. I am asking this because of timezone diffences (USA and CET). Great video and have a good one / Erik
Its crazy cuz im watching this and i literally went through it. Volume Hella plugings and understaning them Going back to volume and spacing Idk im still at that part kf the vid
I didn’t watch this whole video.. and while I did hear one spot where it did sound clippy.. based on the d/a/d soft-hardware he’s using he’s actually pushing the pre-amp and tad, which provides the saturation we are hearing in his voice.. but what you can see in the background is the out of his record input processing is turned down compared to how it’s hitting the pre-amp - simulating what it’s like to record through an analog board, but pre-captured digitally. Just because the audio looks like it’s hitting the ceiling of the visual doesn’t mean it’s clipping** especially in the modern setup
@@goldenturtlesound yeah but the plugin meter in his screen is an SSL Native and not Universal Audio Unison. Which means it’s purely digital already and the preamp signal from his recording console is too hot coming in to the digital recorder. It’s unnecessarily high for recording digital.
Aprender inglés, viejo, de verdad que hay mucho contenido invaluable en inglés, no te arrepentirás si te tomas el tiempo de aprender no conozco muchos canales en español que se le acerque al contenido en Inglés, solo un par de creadores.
just know that that's a thought brought on by your own individual brain, that was influenced by a succession of external or maybe internal other thoughts .. it can not matter to you, but it does to others. what do you even mean by "matter" btw? Music is so ingrained in our monkey brain, it evolved along with us as a species, and maybe even played a big role in our survival, it will always matter unless we lobotomize ourselves or get collectively severely depressed.
Hope you enjoy the video! Appreciate you all and hope this can help some of you avoid the pain of figuring this stuff out from scratch.
Would love to see lots of you at the event if you can make it - tickets are $29 including replays and all the details are here: courses.mastering.com/event_full/1729119923724x713020638067425300?RUclips&Event&Years
Happy to answer any questions about how it works in the comments here!
Tracking is God. And if your room isn’t treated you’re just spinning your wheels. Since this is 99% of people, mix on headphones and when you feel the mix is right, check the low end on monitors. This video is filled with wise information 👍
Great tips!
Apologies for the audio clipping a little. I had to turn the gain up for a Zoom call just before and checked before filming, seemed fine but I must have moved the mic closer. Didn’t have time to refilm after so just ran with it.
Another lesson to be learned… even after 20 years you can still make mistakes. There’s absolutely no need to record hot in a digital environment.
PART II
10:50 Tip #1 - Hot to nail the CAR TEST
15:13 Tip #2 - Fix Your ROOM
16:05 Tip #3 - Manage you PERSPECTIVE
18:07 Tip #4 - Train your EARS
21:10 Tip #5 - END IN MIND perspective
23:09 Tip #6 - Don't use BAND-AIDS
23:30 Tip #5 - BALANCING is 80% of the mix
26:00 Tip #8 - Don't neglect VOLUME AUTOMATION
30:07 Tip #9 - Progressive REFERENCING
32:31 Tip #10 - Any WORKFLOW works
38:56 Tip #11 - Mix FAST
40:30 Tip #12 - Intent-based EQ
44:13 Tip #13 - Fearless COMPRESSION
48:07 Tip #14 - Don't neglect CLIPPING & LIMITING
51:17 Tip #15 - Close your EYES
52:31 Tip #16 - Mix in 4-DIMENSIONS
54:17 Tip #17 - Know what MATTERS
1:03:12 Tip #18 - OBJECTIVE vs SUBJECTIVE
1:04:52 Tip #19 - Learn into SUBJECTIVITY
1:09:06 Tip #20 - Master the OBJECTIVE first
1:12:00 Tip #21 - Get clear on what's HOLDING YOU BACK
PART III
1:23:09 Tip #1 - Get it right at the source
1:23:51 Tip #2 - Get the balance right first
1:24:28 Tip #3 - Time is of the essence
1:24:59 Tip #4 - Focus on the key elements
1:25:26 Tip #5 - Loop the loudest section of the song
1:26:14 Tip #6 - Start with the bigger picture
1:27:02 Tip #7 - Avoid the solo button
1:27:53 Tip #8 - Have an intention behind every move
1:29:25 Tip #9 - Check your moves
1:30:02 Tip #10 - Use good reference tracks
1:30:53 Tip #11 - Mix in mono for the majority of the mix
1:32:08 Tip #12 - Listen back on multiple speakers and headphones
1:32:56 Tip #13 - Mix at a low volume
1:33:36 Tip #14 - Take regular breaks
1:34:02 Tip #15 - Assume that volume automation is needed
1:35:04 Tip #16 - You don't need expensive plugins
I haven't seen the whole video and thank you very much for your efforts but the biggest mixing "tip" that nobody talks about is "listen to a ridiculously amount of music as a fan, bulit references in your head first, understand the culture and history of recorded music, dig deep in to the different styles and know where they come from" If you can do all this listening in your mixing room with your speakers, the better you will become. And also listen to your mixes outside of your room, use your whole house as a reference
this is one of the best videos I've seen on this topic, many thanks.
Great to hear - my pleasure!
Thanks for sharing 20 years of experience in just one video. Its insane how much I've learned & improved in few years with nothing but a computer, audio interface & monitor.
this channel is absolutely insane, so useful. thank you for the great work!
Thanks for taking the tme to do this. Super helpful and concise info.
Thanks you for putting this together. Much love and respect
I started with Tascam 4track on cassette tape in the 80's , then to 8 - 16 and in the 90's 24track analog , mid 90's I started with pro-tools Nu-bus TDM system (48track in/out) , now i'm working with Universal Audio Apollo's and LUNA DAW , it brings me back to my old analog studio but with 10000x more power .
My God man you nailed it, it takes some brutal honesty to get it.
the amount of free education is insane, thank you.
🤘
So true and helpful. I often think mix could easily be referred to as balance. Volume balance is what we do, along with shaping etc
As always this was 100% worth the full watch
In part 1, about getting the source tone and shape correct is exactly what I always say too. I mean if I’m sending my recordings to mixing engineers, I want them to mix these, I didn’t tell them to mess with the tone of my snare or cymbals or worse - my guitars. That’s a recipe for them to get fired. Tonal and textural decisions should be done in the recording/production phase. If I messed up or didn’t select the best tone with the recording, then fix it there and not after the fact. Letting the mixing process just be about mixing and gel every track together and be heard clearly at the same time.
20 years of experience in anything is NOT wasted time.
YES! The Volume! Great video! Thanx!
The Volume!
1 Tipp: referencing mixes and knowing your room through listening much music in this room and you're done.
I preferred Mix A. I guess I’ll show myself out …
me too
me too, you are not alone
How do you use vocal rider? do you use custom settings? I find it gets messy. And how you combine that with volume automation? do oyu use both or one? Thanks
thanks very much for sharing your valuable & hard-won knowledge.
ultimately, get the arrangement and recording right and the mix should more or less take care of itself! and of the two, the arrangement is the more important.
oh, and get Slate VSX.
Had to take a second look at mixing tip 11
okay i spent fifteen minutes switching between mix A and mix B from part 1. I don't hear any difference.
Any tips on how to hear it?
Okay spent more time listening. I think i do hear some things now:
- Kick seems to be a little deeper in mix b
- de esser on the vocals of mix b?
- guitars seems to be wider in mix b
- A little reverb on the vocals of mix b? (although this might be placebo by now 😂)
Hi dude, thanks a bunch for the video!!
QUESTION: I have a studio here in Sweden and would like to have a much smaller studio desk and I see yours in the background there - it has the exact form factor that I have been thinking about, including the rack spaces (in my case for Console 1). What is that table? Is it DIY? I thought about just building one...
Zaor Solo, it's great
hard to over compress things is an interesting take. why not just brickwall everything by default and then back things off to taste? what about the loudness wars
Hi Rob
I am just wondering if a) the song factory is free if you're already a member, and b) if there will be replays available after each event. I am asking this because of timezone diffences (USA and CET).
Great video and have a good one
/ Erik
Correct, free for members and replays available both members and those who purchase a ticket.
Fix the mix?
As soon as I heard Mix A vs. B, I knew A breathed and had great dynamics, and the rest of this video wasn't for me.
Its crazy cuz im watching this and i literally went through it.
Volume
Hella plugings and understaning them
Going back to volume and spacing
Idk im still at that part kf the vid
"after 20 years in sound engineering my voice mic clips and distorts" Your clipping is visible even on the monitor behind you.
I didn’t watch this whole video.. and while I did hear one spot where it did sound clippy.. based on the d/a/d soft-hardware he’s using he’s actually pushing the pre-amp and tad, which provides the saturation we are hearing in his voice.. but what you can see in the background is the out of his record input processing is turned down compared to how it’s hitting the pre-amp - simulating what it’s like to record through an analog board, but pre-captured digitally.
Just because the audio looks like it’s hitting the ceiling of the visual doesn’t mean it’s clipping** especially in the modern setup
@@goldenturtlesound nope
Nice logo
He acknowledged this in the comments section. He said made a mistake and forgot to turn the gain down after a zoom call prior to filming 🤷🏻
@@goldenturtlesound yeah but the plugin meter in his screen is an SSL Native and not Universal Audio Unison. Which means it’s purely digital already and the preamp signal from his recording console is too hot coming in to the digital recorder. It’s unnecessarily high for recording digital.
Who was "first" to cut a hole in their bass drum and stick a microphone in it?
Song Factory cost?
$29 including replays!
Mix A sounded better to me (in your intro).
En español por favor!🙂
O más bien aprende inglés 😅
Aprender inglés, viejo, de verdad que hay mucho contenido invaluable en inglés, no te arrepentirás si te tomas el tiempo de aprender no conozco muchos canales en español que se le acerque al contenido en Inglés, solo un par de creadores.
@@fernandocuevas1436 我正在学中文，够了。
music doesn't matter anymore
yeah for losers like you it surely doesnt
just know that that's a thought brought on by your own individual brain, that was influenced by a succession of external or maybe internal other thoughts .. it can not matter to you, but it does to others. what do you even mean by "matter" btw?
Music is so ingrained in our monkey brain, it evolved along with us as a species, and maybe even played a big role in our survival, it will always matter unless we lobotomize ourselves or get collectively severely depressed.