Taken from Graham - - The missing piece for most artists when producing a record (this totally applies to home studio musicians) - 5:57 - Why as an artist you must also see yourself as a small business - 8:24 - The mistake many producers make is wanting to be in complete control - 15:19 - One simple strategy to getting the low end in your mix perfect every time (this blew my mind) - 20:09 - The trick to learning your room/speaker’s bass response (and how to compensate in your mix) - 28:19 - The “hand raising” mix approach that allows you to know what to do next in a mix - 30:49 - Why printing your mix in realtime is a strategic last step to getting your mix just right - 34:09 - How too much flexibility is a bad thing (and committing early and often is more strategic) - 37:09 - The danger of compartmentalizing each instrument when recording (or mixing) - 39:12 - What we as engineers can learn from Motown music (hint: it wasn’t the gear) - 47:12 - Why you shouldn’t focus on making a “good” sounding record - 48:19
Not only is this video amazing, but another thing that amazes me is that this video has under 100k views, BUT..a random video called How to make fire 808 that just provides a bad tip of 12db boost with an EQ at 40hz has 500k views. So, I just wanna say thanks for providing valuable tips, tricks and techniques to the world :)
the gain structure with kick and bass was such a sick piece of advice, ive been trying to find something that i can really grasp for a long time. much appreciated!
This was an incredible interview. Listening to Jacquire talk about not being afraid of doing something different has inspired me to look at my mixes differently. So what if they don't sound like *insert band*, it wasn't that band that wrote and recorded that song. It's going to sound different and that's OK. Here I was worried because I just wasn't able to recreate that certain sound in my mix. I feel better, now.
What a fantastic episode! The bass and kick drum balance tip was worth the entire listen. It reminded me of how Pensado would put his hand on the desk to feel the changes in low end he was making against his reference tracks when he was in an unfamiliar room. I also got a lot out of the the part where he talked about printing in real time or inviting a second listener just to make you hear things more objectively one last time before sending off the mix. Loved the guest, love what you do, Graham! Keep it up!
Let me start by saying thank you for this! This couldn't have come at a better time. I am a hip hop producer for Christian artists here in Cali and am coming to the end of producing my first album. I have been told for months now that committing to sound design in the moment was idiotic because there is no going back. I've been told my production style is like doing artwork with a sharpie compared to with pencil. I bounce all my sounds I create and commit to them once I like them. Hearing Him say that his preference is to commit to recording instruments the way he wants them in the moment really inspired and encouraged me to continue to explore new possibilities within music by making these kinds of decisions! It also gave me a new confidence in what I am doing. So once again man!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Be blessed bro! God is good!
Committing to a sound philosophy Live in the moment. This means that you are alive right at this very moment and not in the future. So you might as well be making it happen when you're alive. And the rest of the process is just finishing up.
Awesome. The kick/bass/vocal trick is what I have always done except that last in the Mix Bus chain I have a Mastering Limiter that I bypass before bouncing the mix down for Mastering. I find that the Mastering limiter helps me gauge the life and high end sweetness that will be there after Mastering. Without the Limiter on the Mix Bus while mixing I notice that many people's mixes lose the life and breath and energy after mastering. Anyway, very cool interview Graham
Awesome! That bass drum bass adding up to zero db thing is gold. Can you please pass along other "mathematical" approaches to anything mix related. It really helps those of us who aren't experienced enough to trust our ears and those who like a little confirmation.
Graham... you did it again!! Please keep this amazing work, its so helpful to all bedroom producers and ITB producers here to learn from the PROs!!!! im an electronic music producer (EDM) but belive me, i learned a LOT!!! cuz the genres doesnt matter... the music its...
Great video! Kick and Bass was so difficult for me to mix. Now with the VU meter it's much easier to get the mix sounding sonically in the right direction. Thanks for the video!
the question for me is, "when do you stop?" I mean, you can always tweak something or set a different value to your EQ,comp, etc. When is the right time to stop? It is a bit psychological procedure and it has to do with each person's character. Do you find yourself often thinking "that's ok! I don't need to change anything on my mix. Everything is perfect."..?
Another valuable video and awesome interview. I think the part where you guys are talking about taking risks, not worrying about sounding good as much as sounding unique (not cookie-cutter) is GOLD! When Jacquire says that we are all attracted to listen to 'polarised' music that sounds different, not the same, THAT is pure GOLD! In the various 'mixing' communities I tend to hear risk-free cookie cutter style mixing and conversely overly critical of any mix that is different to the norm. Thanks for making this happen, Graham! :D
Another fantastic interview Graham!! the kick and bass tip just clued me in and is the most important thing I've learned this year. It's no doubt going to save my butt in the future for both my own songs and other artists I'll be mixing for.
I haven't finished this interview yet but it's excellent. I have produced many songs and most of them go unheard as the strategy includes making good tracks but doesn't include pushing them. I used to have a decent soundcloud following... one of my tracks was over 200,000 plays... but then they shut me down for copyright infringement even though I didn't sell anything (for using hip hop samples and acapellas)
1. 33609 on the mix bus, 100ms release and 2:1 ratio (personal tip, don't use any make up gain, or in the case of the 33609 just gain, keep it at zero) 2. Put the threshold all the way up at 12 o'clock, and the input too, this is the natural zero for that unit. 3. Start pushing your kick drum until you see it kissing the VU on the 33609, maybe 1 or 2 db reduction. 4. After the compressor put a tape sim, in that case it was an ATR, and the gain of the kick should be at -3 dbish, make sure that also here you don't mess with the gain on the plugin, keep it at zero, I don't like the ATR so I'd use something like j37 from waves or Aural Exiter from Aphex. 5. Throw your bass in the mix and turn it up soloed with the kick until you see the VU on the tape sim hit 0, there you go!
+CharlesBr0ns0n at this rates he's talking yes, because this is the sweet spot for his approach in this compressor. The 33609 happens to be my go to bus comp that's why I relate to it so well but you can surely achieve the same result with other models, let's say, open up a mix of your that has a good volume and see where the threshold of you compressor is when it starts to compress just a little, that way you can define that setting as the sweet spot for that model, do that with the ones you're a costumed to use in your mixbuss and from there the technique should work the same. Just keep in mind that compressor use different circuit and topologies from one to another.
Great information. However, I wonder about the statement regarding resolution not being great below 0dbfs. My understanding is that working in a floating point digital environment as opposed to fixed that this was no longer an issue. 32bit floating point at 24bit the fader is always 24bit full resolution. The old fixed systems like Pro Tools TDM fixed mixer there was a diminishing resolution.
Nice discussion. Might be helpful to quantify the gain staging discussion- ie is 0 VU on the. tape emulation digital 0 or , for example, -18dbms? The discussion of getting bass aligned was awesome but I don't think a reference level was mentioned. I could see many people thinking their bass/kick should be hitting digital 0 where real it ought be a lot lower than that
+Steve Greenberg - Hello Steve, I did mention I believe about this being to 0 VU and using the tape emulation plug as the internal reference… But the way I ramble sometimes maybe it didn't come across… Good question and thanks for watching this. Graham is incredible and thankful to have been his guest. Best wishes, Jacquire
For the offline bounce thing... Play a song from your DAW and then play the bounce in your standard audioplayer. There is a good amount of degradation then it goes thru the OS audiosystem. It´s like WAV vs. 128MP3. First i hated it, then i realized i listen more to the musical song balance then to the technical side and now i use it as my final listening stage. But be warned, now i can only listen to other music seriosly thru my DAW. And even untrained listeners here the difference clearly. Thanks for the interview.
I JACQUIRED SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS INTERVIEW!!
how does this have so few likes
Taken from Graham -
- The missing piece for most artists when producing a record (this totally applies to home studio musicians) - 5:57
- Why as an artist you must also see yourself as a small business - 8:24
- The mistake many producers make is wanting to be in complete control - 15:19
- One simple strategy to getting the low end in your mix perfect every time (this blew my mind) - 20:09
- The trick to learning your room/speaker’s bass response (and how to compensate in your mix) - 28:19
- The “hand raising” mix approach that allows you to know what to do next in a mix - 30:49
- Why printing your mix in realtime is a strategic last step to getting your mix just right - 34:09
- How too much flexibility is a bad thing (and committing early and often is more strategic) - 37:09
- The danger of compartmentalizing each instrument when recording (or mixing) - 39:12
- What we as engineers can learn from Motown music (hint: it wasn’t the gear) - 47:12
- Why you shouldn’t focus on making a “good” sounding record - 48:19
+bobbob53629 You should write sales copy. In fact what's your email - I think we can do business.
Hexspa wut what do you mean
bobbob53629 like this type of shit: www.duelingmixes.com/
Hexspa I mean what do you mean sales copy i havn'y done anything lol
Thank you for taking the time to post this index. :)
The thing with the balance of kick and bass on the meter as a guide for the ears, that's a big thing. Hugely valuable.
Not only is this video amazing, but another thing that amazes me is that this video has under 100k views, BUT..a random video called How to make fire 808 that just provides a bad tip of 12db boost with an EQ at 40hz has 500k views. So, I just wanna say thanks for providing valuable tips, tricks and techniques to the world :)
27:07 The perfect way to get your bass right in a poorly treated or untreated room. No headphones needed. Platinum nugget right there.
the gain structure with kick and bass was such a sick piece of advice, ive been trying to find something that i can really grasp for a long time. much appreciated!
This was an incredible interview. Listening to Jacquire talk about not being afraid of doing something different has inspired me to look at my mixes differently. So what if they don't sound like *insert band*, it wasn't that band that wrote and recorded that song. It's going to sound different and that's OK. Here I was worried because I just wasn't able to recreate that certain sound in my mix. I feel better, now.
Straight talk. No mumbo jumbo. No fluff.
This guy is no joke can't wait to watch this
Jacquire has become a huge influence. Thanks for this, Graham!
Thanks to you both for that discussion.
Amazing watch. Get him on again!!!!!
Much love and respect for you Graham.
You have done really great stuff here on youtube when it goes to us home recording folks.
What a fantastic episode! The bass and kick drum balance tip was worth the entire listen. It reminded me of how Pensado would put his hand on the desk to feel the changes in low end he was making against his reference tracks when he was in an unfamiliar room. I also got a lot out of the the part where he talked about printing in real time or inviting a second listener just to make you hear things more objectively one last time before sending off the mix. Loved the guest, love what you do, Graham! Keep it up!
Let me start by saying thank you for this! This couldn't have come at a better time. I am a hip hop producer for Christian artists here in Cali and am coming to the end of producing my first album.
I have been told for months now that committing to sound design in the moment was idiotic because there is no going back. I've been told my production style is like doing artwork with a sharpie compared to with pencil. I bounce all my sounds I create and commit to them once I like them.
Hearing Him say that his preference is to commit to recording instruments the way he wants them in the moment really inspired and encouraged me to continue to explore new possibilities within music by making these kinds of decisions! It also gave me a new confidence in what I am doing.
So once again man!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Be blessed bro! God is good!
Great interview Graham. We appreciate the time you put in, to connect us to those doing what we love.
a really great interview
Thanks Graham &
Jacquire King for making it happen!!!
Oh wow... Really golden information here on this hangout! Thank you so much for sharing this, guys!
Oh man, I've been learning so much from this video. Thank you, Graham, thank you, Jacquire!
That real-time vs offline bounce thing is potentially game changing!
This interview just saved me a ton of time! So many gems in this interview every engineer needs to watch this.
Committing to a sound philosophy
Live in the moment.
This means that you are alive right at this very moment and not in the future. So you might as well be making it happen when you're alive. And the rest of the process is just finishing up.
Awesome. The kick/bass/vocal trick is what I have always done except that last in the Mix Bus chain I have a Mastering Limiter that I bypass before bouncing the mix down for Mastering. I find that the Mastering limiter helps me gauge the life and high end sweetness that will be there after Mastering. Without the Limiter on the Mix Bus while mixing I notice that many people's mixes lose the life and breath and energy after mastering. Anyway, very cool interview Graham
So many great people on RUclips. Such a great time to be alive. I wonder where this is going.
We'll find out, I guess.
Lots to think about here. Thanks for sharing!
Such a fan of Jacquire's work and great to see his copy of TapeOp on the coffee table. Solid interview.
That Kick/Bass tip is golden!
Awesome! That bass drum bass adding up to zero db thing is gold. Can you please pass along other "mathematical" approaches to anything mix related. It really helps those of us who aren't experienced enough to trust our ears and those who like a little confirmation.
Great interview Graham, many many thanks to both of you for sharing!!!
Fantastic as always Graham! Thanks for sharing this.
Whoa! This is great information. Thanks for the awesome content Graham, and Jacquire of course.
Graham... you did it again!! Please keep this amazing work, its so helpful to all bedroom producers and ITB producers here to learn from the PROs!!!!
im an electronic music producer (EDM) but belive me, i learned a LOT!!! cuz the genres doesnt matter... the music its...
Great video! Kick and Bass was so difficult for me to mix. Now with the VU meter it's much easier to get the mix sounding sonically in the right direction. Thanks for the video!
As always quality content, thanks Graham.
What a great class! Thank you again Graham!
This was really cool. Still absorbing it.
Great conversation. Lots of enlightening concepts. Thanks guys
wow! A lot of great tips and tricks. Thank you!
This is pure gold. Thank you.
A big thanx to both of you guys. Great work, great tips. Keep it up!
Thank you so much! This is pure Gold!!
Great interview !! Thanks for sharing it !!!
the question for me is, "when do you stop?"
I mean, you can always tweak something or set a different value to your EQ,comp, etc.
When is the right time to stop? It is a bit psychological procedure and it has to do with each person's character.
Do you find yourself often thinking "that's ok! I don't need to change anything on my mix. Everything is perfect."..?
Thank you for this great Q&A.
What a genuinely cool conversation
Thank you both!!
This interview is great! Thanks, Graham!
This is so good! I'll be listening to this again.
55 seconds in and Im already lovin it
Another valuable video and awesome interview. I think the part where you guys are talking about taking risks, not worrying about sounding good as much as sounding unique (not cookie-cutter) is GOLD! When Jacquire says that we are all attracted to listen to 'polarised' music that sounds different, not the same, THAT is pure GOLD! In the various 'mixing' communities I tend to hear risk-free cookie cutter style mixing and conversely overly critical of any mix that is different to the norm.
Thanks for making this happen, Graham! :D
You no idea how valuable. this was...thanx G'
Thanks Graham - I love these videos mate and ones like these are so valuable to everyone!
Another fantastic interview Graham!! the kick and bass tip just clued me in and is the most important thing I've learned
this year. It's no doubt going to save my butt in the future for both my own songs and other artists I'll be mixing for.
Incredible kick drum to bass VU level!! Thank you!
Pricelesse knowledge!! Thanks a lot, Graham!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤜🏻🤛🏻
Thanks for the interview - Jros.
This was awesome!! Thank you both for the HUGE nuggets of information!!
This was absolute gold Graham. Great interview. You are real inspiration for all of us aspiring producers!
- Adam Kimura
'unlimited undo', what a great phrase! :)
This video autoplayed as I’m sitting here comping 40 different guitar takes together. Time to start committing to sounds and takes 👍
What an inspiring interview!
great, great, great, great, great...thanks so much
Thanks for the inspiring and informative interview. Cheers!
Thanks a lot guys for this interview! It's absolutely great and inspiring! Really cool!
Very informative, Graham. Keep up the good work. I appreciate what you've been doing. Thank you!
This was amazing, thank you both for sharing!
Awesome Graham, thanks!!
This is solid gold
awesome interview!
it is obvious you guys have a lot of respect for each other
INSPIRED!
Thanks to you both, very interesting, with numerous useful ideas :-) The "better new, than good" approach has me thinking :-)
wow that's cool I mostly start with the kick and then bring in everything else. Fun to know that a pro does it too
Tons of nuggets of information.
Thank you Graham!!
Great interview! I LOVE the low end mix trick. It has made a big difference in my mixes. I just did a video on the subject as well!
Thanks for the interview much appreciated
Hey friend, dthanks for all the videos.
Learned and Acknowledged in an hour more than I did in a year :)
I haven't finished this interview yet but it's excellent. I have produced many songs and most of them go unheard as the strategy includes making good tracks but doesn't include pushing them. I used to have a decent soundcloud following... one of my tracks was over 200,000 plays... but then they shut me down for copyright infringement even though I didn't sell anything (for using hip hop samples and acapellas)
Great interview! Thank You!
Fantastic.
Dude, thanks. Blew my mind.
Could you do a short tutorial recreating that kickdrum / bass mixing technique Jaquire King did explain, that would be very apreciated.
1. 33609 on the mix bus, 100ms release and 2:1 ratio (personal tip, don't use any make up gain, or in the case of the 33609 just gain, keep it at zero)
2. Put the threshold all the way up at 12 o'clock, and the input too, this is the natural zero for that unit.
3. Start pushing your kick drum until you see it kissing the VU on the 33609, maybe 1 or 2 db reduction.
4. After the compressor put a tape sim, in that case it was an ATR, and the gain of the kick should be at -3 dbish, make sure that also here you don't mess with the gain on the plugin, keep it at zero, I don't like the ATR so I'd use something like j37 from waves or Aural Exiter from Aphex.
5. Throw your bass in the mix and turn it up soloed with the kick until you see the VU on the tape sim hit 0, there you go!
Thanks a lot! Do I understand it right, that this technique only works with a "33609" compressor?
+CharlesBr0ns0n at this rates he's talking yes, because this is the sweet spot for his approach in this compressor. The 33609 happens to be my go to bus comp that's why I relate to it so well but you can surely achieve the same result with other models, let's say, open up a mix of your that has a good volume and see where the threshold of you compressor is when it starts to compress just a little, that way you can define that setting as the sweet spot for that model, do that with the ones you're a costumed to use in your mixbuss and from there the technique should work the same. Just keep in mind that compressor use different circuit and topologies from one to another.
Thank you very much for that explanation, have a good one. :)
sixswords1
I'll take a look for sure. Thank you!
super informative! thank you Grahm
so much value, thanks
Great information. However, I wonder about the statement regarding resolution not being great below 0dbfs. My understanding is that working in a floating point digital environment as opposed to fixed that this was no longer an issue. 32bit floating point at 24bit the fader is always 24bit full resolution. The old fixed systems like Pro Tools TDM fixed mixer there was a diminishing resolution.
Nice discussion. Might be helpful to quantify the gain staging discussion- ie is 0 VU on the. tape emulation digital 0 or , for example, -18dbms? The discussion of getting bass aligned was awesome but I don't think a reference level was mentioned. I could see many people thinking their bass/kick should be hitting digital 0 where real it ought be a lot lower than that
I think a follow up video demonstrating this would be killer!
+Steve Greenberg - Hello Steve, I did mention I believe about this being to 0 VU and using the tape emulation plug as the internal reference… But the way I ramble sometimes maybe it didn't come across… Good question and thanks for watching this. Graham is incredible and thankful to have been his guest. Best wishes, Jacquire
Thanks Jacquire, awesome stuff all the way around!
+Steve Greenberg You need a VU meter plug
+Ivan Jones (ivonnaj) I totally agree... Would LOVE to shoulder surf and see him do that too... ;)
Jacquire is great !
Hitting Lots Of Key Points🎶💯
I enjoyed this, learnt a lot, very inspiring..
This is awesome!!!!
Amazing interview!!!
That is soooo cool dude
I've tried this low end trick a lot. And I find that with every different VU meter plugin, I get a completely different result.
Great interview.
Mind Blown!!!!
Amazing approach! Would be great if you show on practice all these tips.
3Db Technique - Thank You!
Very cool content and execution!
For the offline bounce thing... Play a song from your DAW and then play the bounce in your standard audioplayer. There is a good amount of degradation then it goes thru the OS audiosystem. It´s like WAV vs. 128MP3. First i hated it, then i realized i listen more to the musical song balance then to the technical side and now i use it as my final listening stage. But be warned, now i can only listen to other music seriosly thru my DAW. And even untrained listeners here the difference clearly.
Thanks for the interview.
If you are in doubt of the offline bounce process, why don't you export both ways, both offline and real time, then do a null test?