talk about perfect timing, just managed to escape the 8 -bar-loop hell by figuring out automation by ear and build structure that way. actually hyper focused so hard on the sketch I did cause I had so much fun with it, that I didn’t notice it had been 14 hours lol
I've been mixing for 2 years now. Same songs on and on. And automation is definitely the key to get your songs 1 league up. The last league might be mastering, I don't know. Oh, and 1 more thing: Automation is hard work.
Hi Austin.. I have a question about your gear.. Why did you decide to buy a Heritage Audio HA81A instead of the classic Neve 1073 SPX ? Do you prefer the Heritage to the Neve ? Or because of the price ? I saw that the Neve costs 1800$ instead the Heritage 1300$ approximately.. It is not much different in price.. Thank you very much!
AMS Neve are overpriced. The 81A gives you a 1073 preamp with a 1081 equalizer. So you get the best of both worlds in terms of flexibility and class A sound quality. BAE make the best clones (even better than AMS Neve themselves) but Heritage obviously has them beat on the price.
*Your title says the most important thing, you do it for everything!* It's definitely a lot of work and why some people are not cheap to hire. *This is what was once called "mousing it when I was still a novice.* I have only just started using automation in the last 2 years to any significant depths. *It's used in both individual tracks for your mixing, as well as in mastering.* For mastering, if you have a good AI mastering app, you can also learn to do it manually for yourself to a more pleasing end product by reviewing what the AI mastering automated for the final mix.
I pirated the Drunk In Love (Beyoncé) stems and there is a synth in there that sounds a lot like what you're doing at 8:40 I couldn't understand what was going on now I get it 🤯
Automation is an opportunity to present your music in the best way possible. The drama you can create with dynamic changes makes music come alive and tell a story. Musicians in a band would do it naturally. As an electronic producer, it takes a more conscious effort. It is worth it.
I have fought against really deep diving into for so long but recently have been using more automation elements. Its 110 percent the difference between novice and pros
The only tweak I would add for the section at 17:50 is to do volume automations using some type of gain plugin on the channel strip, this way it always allows for mix volume changes at a later stage without the pesky little problem of the automation being read from the channel fader & constantly resetting back as per the automation if it were to be applied to the channel fader.
Surprised it wasn't covered in the video as much but you can also mouse/click in automation. For example instead of using a midi controller to increase the cutoff filter you can just click in the min/max value you want and then adjust the line between the two points to be linear or more logarithmic. Hope that make sense as I find that easier and faster to do than how it was shown in the video using a midi controller where you end up with lots of control points that are not as smooth as clicking in your desired min/max points and then adjusting the line between the two points.
Nice video! I would like to know if it's better to use automation of volume faders at the production stage, or, better to leave this for the mixing stage?
heyy can you guide on how to change the automation line colour when we automate in the event itself with the pen tool....Its really hard to see the line sometimes....btw great video
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talk about perfect timing, just managed to escape the 8 -bar-loop hell by figuring out automation by ear and build structure that way. actually hyper focused so hard on the sketch I did cause I had so much fun with it, that I didn’t notice it had been 14 hours lol
Yeah people don't realize how far you can take a simple arrangement with automation and building!
This is what I noted from Louis bell in his course. He really abuses in a good way though... Automation in all of his productions.
What’s the name of the Louis Bell course? Is it here on RUclips?
@@drvoodoo3073 the youtube channel is called studio and they have great tutorials on there and snippets of some of there courses too.
I've been mixing for 2 years now. Same songs on and on. And automation is definitely the key to get your songs 1 league up. The last league might be mastering, I don't know. Oh, and 1 more thing: Automation is hard work.
Great video! How to produce track ilike Madison Beer -Make you mine or Kylie - Padam Padam?! Please, we want tutorial!=)
I 100% on every mix am automating transit on leads and fx.
We need more videos about Ear Candies Austin! Watched all the current Ear Candies that you have and they are A1
Hi Austin.. I have a question about your gear.. Why did you decide to buy a Heritage Audio HA81A instead of the classic Neve 1073 SPX ? Do you prefer the Heritage to the Neve ? Or because of the price ? I saw that the Neve costs 1800$ instead the Heritage 1300$ approximately.. It is not much different in price.. Thank you very much!
At the time the Neve wasn’t that price. I love the HA but I have a new pre being delivered today actually 😂
AMS Neve are overpriced.
The 81A gives you a 1073 preamp with a 1081 equalizer. So you get the best of both worlds in terms of flexibility and class A sound quality.
BAE make the best clones (even better than AMS Neve themselves) but Heritage obviously has them beat on the price.
@@MakePopMusic oh wow! can I ask you which preamp you bought? 😃thank you!
I did the Newton channel strip!
@@MakePopMusic nice
What is the bmp of this song ??😊
*Your title says the most important thing, you do it for everything!* It's definitely a lot of work and why some people are not cheap to hire.
*This is what was once called "mousing it when I was still a novice.* I have only just started using automation in the last 2 years to any significant depths. *It's used in both individual tracks for your mixing, as well as in mastering.*
For mastering, if you have a good AI mastering app, you can also learn to do it manually for yourself to a more pleasing end product by reviewing what the AI mastering automated for the final mix.
How do you get the wright button above the serum logo? Using serum with Logic and can't find.
I pirated the Drunk In Love (Beyoncé) stems and there is a synth in there that sounds a lot like what you're doing at 8:40 I couldn't understand what was going on now I get it 🤯
Automation is an opportunity to present your music in the best way possible. The drama you can create with dynamic changes makes music come alive and tell a story. Musicians in a band would do it naturally. As an electronic producer, it takes a more conscious effort. It is worth it.
Please disregard prior question. In Logic you use the latch button to initiate animation.
This video is very helpful, and changed the way i make automations. Thank you so much!
I have fought against really deep diving into for so long but recently have been using more automation elements. Its 110 percent the difference between novice and pros
song name?
Free Radical by Jack Shea
You're amazing, thank you.
that tape notes episode was so so so so good and inspiring! this video as well, lots of great tips here i can't wait to try
Man, that track sounds really great.
The only tweak I would add for the section at 17:50 is to do volume automations using some type of gain plugin on the channel strip, this way it always allows for mix volume changes at a later stage without the pesky little problem of the automation being read from the channel fader & constantly resetting back as per the automation if it were to be applied to the channel fader.
I actually do that OFTEN in my production phase! It's a great tip that I should have mentioned in the video.
Surprised it wasn't covered in the video as much but you can also mouse/click in automation. For example instead of using a midi controller to increase the cutoff filter you can just click in the min/max value you want and then adjust the line between the two points to be linear or more logarithmic. Hope that make sense as I find that easier and faster to do than how it was shown in the video using a midi controller where you end up with lots of control points that are not as smooth as clicking in your desired min/max points and then adjusting the line between the two points.
Yeah we did that in the video. Just penning in automation in the lanes 😁
4:18 if i'm not mistaken, you can also just hit play to capture any MIDI controlled automation movements while W is enabled
you can! it just depends if you want the automation lane captured as another instance of MIDI vs. just being in the automation lane that collapses
Nice video! I would like to know if it's better to use automation of volume faders at the production stage, or, better to leave this for the mixing stage?
Whenever you think it needs it
heyy can you guide on how to change the automation line colour when we automate in the event itself with the pen tool....Its really hard to see the line sometimes....btw great video
In cubase just go to your color options in preferences and just change the line automation color.
Let’s collaborate on something. I can sing