Mixing Guitars: 7 Simple Tricks You MUST Try | musicianonamission.com - Mix School #13
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- These 7 mix tricks only take seconds to implement - yet they are powerful enough to FORCE you to mix guitars like a pro...
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Guitars play a vital role in rock music.
Yet I struggled for YEARS to get a guitar tone I was happy with.
I focused my energy on the recording phase, and did my best to get the right tone at the source.
But when it came to mixing guitars, I ALWAYS second guessed myself.
Whether I was mixing acoustic guitars, mixing electric guitars... it didn't matter. I was never happy.
You see, I was making a vital mistake - that pretty much everyone makes when they start out.
I was using the solo button.
Be aware... that button can destroy your mixes.
As soon as I started mixing the guitars in the context of the mix, everything fell into place.
That's just one tip that could save you years of frustration.
In this video, I share 6 more. 
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I'm pretty new to mixing and tbh i've searched the entire internet and your videos have helped me the most!!
So glad to hear that!
This video is excellent. There is a lot of stuff that I didn't know and I can't wait to implement your tips in my mixes. Thanks, Rob. I'm looking forward to receiving more of your content.
I really like the way you explain things in your tutorials, very easy to understand what you're trying to explain. Good Job mate!
This channel has quickly become my favorite on youtube. Thank y'all so much for everything. Really cool song, btw.
Really appreciate how you recap the lessons at the end of each video. Great teaching technique!
Very concise and thorough amount of useful info. Thanks!
Excellent Tip. Really amazing what EQ alone can do. Cheers Rob!
Excellent, clear advice. Thanks.
Exactly the type of rules of thumb and rough best practices I was looking for...most of this I've even tried at one point, but the confirmation of a pro definitely helps solidify the concepts. thanks man!
Glad we could help!
great tips, thank you friend
Thanks for the fast attack tip! I was having trouble with spikes from my tele, that fixed it!
Following your advice, I have just finished mixing the bass in a track, without soloing it. It sounds so much more present now.
Awesome!
awesome video, thank you!
This just opened a door for me. Thank you for sharing!
So glad we could help!
Great job on the tips man and great job on the video
Great job man on the guitar tips
Great tips bro. Rocking channel. Keep it up
Glad we could help!
All solid tips.
Great video. I’ve really learned the art of giving space to the mix. Let the song build.
One trick I use is to have a ‘color track’ or two. Sublimes ‘Badfish’ has one panned left for fills and transitions. It’s the track that keeps the song moving and interesting without interfering.
Nice vid. The best aggressive guitar mixes I've ever done have come when I've set the initial levels for the loudest parts of my mix using pink noise--that way the guitars don't poke out and rip my head off after limiting... and they still sound full. (All else being equal of course--you need a good initial recording, of course).
multiband comp would be an alternative in some cases
Rob, your vids are becoming very very good Im learning so much and an am an avid fan!!!!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad we can help you out.
man i learn so mutch with ur video even i have 10 years of experience good job
you and Warren Huart from Produce Like a Pro are the best! thanks for all the tutorials
your channel do really helps us a lot especially beginners like me.... thanks man.... a job well done.... :) .... this is all started with your 21 trips of mixing.... Thanks a lot.... :)
Awesome! So glad we could help.
Thank you!
everything comes down to the arrangement. I feel the video is more dedicated to deal with music where you don't have the power (the artist doesn't allow you) of changing the arrangement a little bit. 👍🏾
thanks !!
I've only came across your channel only recently but must say it's one of the best on RUclips regarsing mixing and audio processing. Seriously, I watch tones of different videos but my top 3 favorites are your channel, Joe Gilder Home Recording corner and Sean Devine. I honestly love your videos, very informative, easy and pleasurable to watch and proffesional at the same time. One quick request. Can you please make a video about using limiters during mixing? I know many people are usibg limiters on ad libs, snares, guitar solos and drum busses. I have good results with limiters on those sources but I don't really understand the usage of limiters during mixing on separate tracks and always experiment without any knowlesge. Would like to learn a lot more about limiters. Thanks a lot. Lucas
This video is very helpful, and I'm absolutely about to check out your other content. I'm having a real hard time with mixing though.
I'm an absolute beginner and I feel like when I'm messing around with EQ, compression and all that, I can't tell what sounds good, if that makes sense. It all just kind of sounds bad to me and I don't really have any understanding of what I should be aiming for and how to get there. It's like I have no ear for music production and I don't know how to develop it.
Have you got any advice for this?
Don’t ever use solo. * uses solo constantly * 🤣 love these vids dude, helped me so much!
Haha, we've all been there!
Thanks!
Great vid Rob. Got a lot out of the EQ slotting one as well. Any recommendations for recording my live looping setup? Would you mic everything and record in real time or would you studio record each part individually and mix them together conventionally for studio work, only using the looping setup for live performance?
Good info thanks
Our pleasure!
Splendid advice! The issues mentioned in the video only seem to get worse the more distortion a guitar part has. In styles like heavy rock and metal (and for some reason especially when amp sims are used) cutting the high end becomes quite crucial. If you don't, most listeners will find the guitars sounding "too digital" (apparently that's a bad thing) or otherwise irritating, apart from the other masking problems. But pay heed lest you reduce the aggression/wossname too much. So EQ in context :)
I'd like to offer a tip not mentioned in the video: when a guitar part does feature at least moderate distortion/overdrive, almost always make a steep narrow cut at around 3 kHz, as a rule of thumb. Most guitars have an annoying quality at or very near that specific point, which seems to cause rapid ear fatigue in the listener. To contradict the "mix in context" rule, this corrective EQ adjustment should probably be made in solo and on the individual guitar track - at least if different guitars have been used in recording.
Important to watch out for the upper mids on very distorted guitars!
I liked the recording/band/artist/? I can't say I've ever liked or found the music in tutorial videos interesting. That sounds like good stuff. A good 4 seconds anyway.
Hey i must say that your videos are very informative, especially those associated with vocals as i have not dove into production in terms of creating tracks just yet but I'm presently into vocal mixing.....as such i have a serious problem with using my deesser effectively....do u think you can make a video on that or maybe just email me please....Thanks in advance
Does the lead guitar typically / usually raise the volume of the whole track in absolute terms. Or does one reduce the backgroundrhythm part when the solo comes in. Thanks!
Can you do a vid on if you are ONLY recording electric guitars? The issue of guitars competing with vocals is a non-issue in an instrumental track. How would you go about recording multiple clean toned guitars for a really vast sound?
What music is this? I love it!
Great advice,Thanks Rob.Could you do something with more of a Rock guitar style,Maybe like AC/DC or Aerosmith style,That would be much appreciated.Thanks again.
Hi. Im a bit confused. How were you EQ-ing the guitars seperately (left and right) when you said to EQ them all together on the guitar bus?
Where can I find this song???
You say don't solo and then find the sweet spot for your mid boost in solo. I don't disagree about listening in the mix but solo is hsedul for finding both problem resonant frequencies and key frequencies that you might want to boost...
Solo can definitely be helpful for finding particular frequencies, but its a good idea to then make that boost in context with the mix. Good catch!
Rules are to be broken 🤘🏻
How do you mix if you have just a single guitar track to make it sound more full with more width?
Hey Paolo, you could experiment with stereo reverb and/or delay!
The C414 is a large diaphragm condensor :P
Absolutely adore this channel. Watched so many of your videos and am curious if you would ever be open to listening and providing feedback to the mixes of tracks I've written?
"Never solo" (I can't understand that, but never is a strong word here, sometimes soloing helps to level match when processing, especially EQ boost) "Low cut on guitars at 100hz to 300hz sometimes". Well that's not mixing guitars tricks, that's mixing "pop guitars" tricks. For more heavier and guitar-heavy style of music (rock, blues rock, metal and others), you do need some 300hz and sometimes lower harmonics and frequencies. And so low cutting at 80hz is sometimes enough. Nice tips but not for general purposes, it fitted your track anyway.
"Never solo" then the very next thing he does is solo the guitar and pick out the mic he likes...wtf?
@@518freakshow4 You realise he is showing the whole thing? so he needs to solo some parts to make his point. I swear these armchair engineers. SMFH
@@@Mcgiver699 I realize the irony totally escaped you. And Rob Mayzes isn't some armchair engineer, he's actually pretty world class, which contributes to the humor of my statement.
@@518freakshow4 I wasn't referring to Rob when I mentioned armchair engineers, I meant those who just go criticizing without paying attention or even understanding what he was trying to do. I can't criticize Rob when I have benefited so much from his knowledge.
is that an avantone mic case behind you? lol
Dim-solo is your friend
You need to clarify what fitting the guitars in the mix means because that’s a little harder than just saying fitting them in the mix with the level only
You're a G
But what about a guitar prominent genre like metal
That sounds like a Filter song...
Why bias fx? Why is Logic Pro Guitar sound in your opinion not good enough? ?
Just prefer how it sounds!
Great job, I’m really enjoying the information you put out.
Sorry it seems funny to me, but every sentence or two your lips smack as if you’re really thirsty.
Grab some water lad! LOL
Ps. I do a lot of my RUclips studying when I’m out walking my dogs, so I have headphones on and I hear all the details. 😋
You do a lip smack about every 3 words cap'n
*smack smack* >w
@@Linguae_Music it drives me nuckin futs look up Ola strandberg amazing guitar builder but he does it every other word it's worse than styrofoam
why did you do that to me :D
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jonny bairstow's twin?
You can solo-mix an electric guitar at the jump. An electric guitar isn't a bass instrument as most of understand this already. So you can solo it, and cut the low end completely off. Subtle = 30hz & below; Modestly = 65hz & below; Extremely = 80hz & below. As well you can cut most of the treble out in a solo mix. An electric guitar is mostly Low Mid, Mid, High & Treble (as you later came around to say: 8:05). So one can tighten up his EGs in solo & then mix them as a group (which you later came around to say) & then balance them with bassline, vocals, etc. The major problem with this video is its too verbose with elements that are not executable actions in MIXING but rather draw out exposition.
anyone annoyed with that mic reverberating?
The only fault I found here was that the guitars were only playing single plucked notes rhythmically.Pretty useless as an example.
I'd have far preferred advice on a full rhythm chording , strummed rock guitar , on the funky side.The advice a lot of us need is how to make the strummed guitar not clash in that mid to high mid and vocal and keyboard range.Of a full band.
So much talking, so little mixing. Welcome to YT !
1:45 everything sounds better when you turn its volume up. That's not useful at all.
Tip 1: don’t mix in solo! 12:51 mixes in solo 🤷♂️