23 Tips for Better Mixes 

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Did it so you don't have to: *Table of contents* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="54">0:54</a> How to manipulate frequencies that are already there <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="149">2:29</a> Know when to add harmonic content <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="237">3:57</a> Know how to control the dynamics <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="297">4:57</a> Know how to control the transients <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="340">5:40</a> Know how to manage harshness <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="406">6:46</a> Understand sonic relationships <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="470">7:50</a> Don't play sounds at the same time <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="567">9:27</a> Depth in the mix <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="577">9:37</a> Volume <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="613">10:13</a> Transients <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="659">10:59</a> Delay and reverb <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="720">12:00</a> EQ ( Low pass for make it sound far ) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="758">12:38</a> Width with contrast <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="810">13:30</a> Chorus <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="960">16:00</a> Ping pong delay <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="999">16:39</a> Objectivity <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1035">17:15</a> Know your tools - DAW and your plugins <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1068">17:48</a> Know your frequncies <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1090">18:10</a> Reference tracks <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1125">18:45</a> Take frequent breaks (5 min every hour) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1160">19:20</a> Mix creatively <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1220">20:20</a> dynamics and movement <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1290">21:30</a> Automation <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1349">22:29</a> Types of listening (objective and subjective) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1500">25:00</a> Have a workflow <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1555">25:55</a> Have time management <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1620">27:00</a> Mix with emotion in mind <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1670">27:50</a> Understand context <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1840">30:40</a> mix with the end in mind <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1917">31:57</a> Attention to details <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2010">33:30</a> Mix everyday (practice) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2089">34:49</a> use reference properly <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2102">35:02</a> trust the listening environment <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2200">36:40</a> have an open mind <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2270">37:50</a> embrace mistakes

From a home recorder... thank you for this great video. I have revisited one of my mixes with your advice and it is sounding 100 x better! You have a great way of explaining things. .Well done.

I'm only halfway through and this is already one of the greatest videos on the subject I have ever seen. Thank you so much!

This is the most informative and honest video I've ever watched. The clarity in which you described everything was captivating.

You folks are sincerely a gift to my personal experience with creating music from the heart. Thank you!

Brilliant video, sir. Even in my 24th year of production, there are a couple of mixing techniques here that I had not played around with.

I've watched countless amounts of these videos on youtube and i rarely hear NEW useful information. most of it is regurgitated points but this was great. salute to you

Thanks for this. Valuable advice. I’m still in the recording phase of a great part of my work yet I find this truly helpful! 🙏

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I know it would’ve been a lot of work but I hope it helps knowing it was really helpful.

OMG, I ve been looking for this kind of tips, the way you explains, make this saunds so easy, congragulations for the videos.

thank you, thank you, thank you! I'll even watch again and take notes. thank you!

I consider these kinds of videos a gift. Thanks guys.

great video! it provides a wealth of helpful and inspiring advice in a very approachable way; thank you so much! 🙏

Thank you man 🙏🏻❤️ appreciated it 💣🔥🫶🏼 all the tips and your time

That is a reeeeealy valueable video! Thanks for packing all the knowledge in this one, I highly appreciate it! Again, thanks you, subbed 🙏

You are making the absolute best instruction videos on the internet right now!! 💯💯💯

Like your explanation..Also the nails in the bolder..Good job..Thanks

you got me with that analogy at the beginning. great visual introduction!

You are the first person i have heard from who doesn't assume we should all know what they are talking about. Thank you, sir. 🤟👌 ❤

This is great thanks! I still struggle with mixing and mastering and want to spend more time improving. This video certainly gives me a great starting point

Probably the best and most useful video i have ever seen on mixing. Great tips amazing educator thank you

Great video. Thanks. I learned quite a bit from this. I’ve done a lot of this stuff in my mixes but as a self taught guy I didn’t know why which makes it difficult to replicate.

Wonderful video! The most important things said in the best way! Thank you! 🙏

Great analogy. Made a lot of sense

Very well explained! Thank you!

Well,,, The very best professional sharing I've ever seen. And clear, and well pronounced....>>>> (I've seen a lot before ! ! !)

This is a fantastic mixing guide 🙂

You are an extraordinary teacher, It is an honor to be your student. I have learned a great deal and look forward to applying this knowledge to my music.

Thanks for putting this together

This is one of the most helpful videos I've see.

thanks, always! one of the best youtube channels!

This was a fantastic video! Thank you!

Truly wonderful insights - Thank you❗

Awesome info! Thanks!

Wow! This is very generous information! Thanks!

What an inspirational analogy! ❤You nailed it 😂

Amazing and concise.

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A nice nice nice ! I always appreciate when people know what we producers go through when it comes to combining all the signals in the spectrum able for us humans to hear, quite struggling with it and lots of your words hmz will still be figuring out what you mean but you are a man who understands sounds, I stick with you now firsttttttt subscribing time and listening to you what your smart brain have to say, nice video ! Thanks for the knowledge you want to share with us ! Really appreciate that !

Ultimate mixing advises guide 👍

You have managed to keep my attention without showing many examples, and that is a merit ^^ thanks!

Thank you for the class!

Such an inspiring and informative video!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! THIS VIDEO HELPED ME IN SO MANY WAYS I WASNT EVEN AWARE OF!!!!!! YOU HAVE A NEW FOLLOWER IN ME THANK YOU!

Number 24: get to know your studio sound on a deeply intimate level. You can do that by not only going to the studio to make music and/or mix ... but listen to music from other people, podcasts, heck even watch movies und documentaries IN your studio ... that way you get a feel for the sound you have and how stuff "has to sound". I believe this is more valuable than having perfect acoustics, which most of people do not have anyway ... even big pro studios don´t have "perfect" acoustics.

congratulations. Your intro - analogy- is attention catcher, clear and relevant. As your glasses! :-) cheers! EDIT! And the "nail the mix"! LOL. Awesome, mate

Love you Dane your the man bro your wisdom is impeccable

That metaphor in the beginning alone made me subscribe!

Thank you Thank you Thank You. Very Deep .

Amazing content. Congrats!

I was apprehensive of yet another "N Tips" video, but this was insightful, straightforward, and super useful. Thanks!

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Such a good video Thank you!

First of all, great work. Thank you! To those watching this video from a purely technical perspective, listen to it again. This time, shift your perspective to improving basic human communication. The second time, I heard advice on improving my understanding and perspective of fellow humans. More philosophical, less technical. This may be another dimension of better mixing.

Thank you 👊🏿 very helpful 🎉

Thank you for this information

Great tips wish someone told be these before good video good work !

i like this! very well written

Thank you so much boss

Thanks much for this emencely educational vidio, it's inspiring and motivational. This video is priceless . I am honored too chosen to be in this free class. Hearts of too you and the balance of your team. You are an awesome teacher Sir. Lytleton Cornwallis Lisson

Great video and tips 👌 Thanks

Great! Thanks!

Thanks for this

Phenomenal video.

Very nice video! Tks

what a gem of a video homie

thank you sir!

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thank u ♥

Finally something that’s not 10 hours long haha thank you 🙏

Nice tips, thanks

Cant believe i found this😢thank you guys. Came exactly the right time. Thank you so much. I feel so bad for mot having enough money to afford the course cause seems like its exactly what i needed . :/

Great video ❤

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Explains why Roger Hodgson spent a solid 6 months perfecting Supertramp's Breakfast in America album. Very helpful video: thank you!

Great Stuff

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1048">17:28</a> and <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1128">18:48</a> these. 2 points alone is why I would subscribe to your channel ( I don't know about FREQUENT breaks! Lol.. but I Feel you )...

Oh man, he's stringing pearls here! Wow

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1035">17:15</a> every time anyone asked me how to learn music production, it is a steep curve of learning. I just said learn your DAW or console like the back of your hand, you will eventually know what to learn next.

Why can I not stop thinking Caleb wrote this script ? 😅 great stuff Dane!!!

thanks sir !

I'm hooked!🙂

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Great video. Very informative. I have one critique. I wish all of you guys in the music production industry would use other genres in your examples. To me using EDM type music source is easy, but in my opinion its not complex enough to illustrate all the transients and harmonics in other genres like jazz, classical, rock, indie, country, etc.

Hi! Thanks for great video. I was wondering if there is anywhere I can find that step-by-step checklist?

Gold🔥🙏🏽

this is gold

When it comes to cutting or boosting for me it depends on my ability to hear what I like or don't like in a sound. If I can identify the parts that I don't like in a sound I'll take them away and vice versa. The rest takes care of itself! The result is really the same but it's just a different way to get there

Could you share us the pdf of 'Mixing checklist'? It would be really useful! Thanks for the tips!

very true

Some of the things I've thought of: Consider that some things may be "pre"-EQ'd, in that they come with spikes and dips, just based on the context around the recording of that instrument/track. It I think is helpful to have an open ear (especially upon first hearing a track) and consider that there may be profound imbalances compared to what it could be in an ideal, neutral scenario (in the capture of the sound), and making movements accordingly rather than being shy, and listen if the moves really work too. Same for dynamics of it. Knowing that things can come pre-baked with "issues" and being able to solve them without hesitation, and knowing the extent of the issue (maybe helps to do some recording to master this). I guess this is more of a tip for the earlier intermediates. Another tip being, doing the little things that make big contributions to the song being good. That vocal throw, or automating a reverb decay or volume, can tie a mix together, and in retrospect be viewed as an essential thing, so don't be afraid to try everything and anything, and as time goes on you will likely learn when and in what way those things are needed, and execute them quickly and exceptionally well. It can allow for the mixing to open up, so rather than making finicky moves trying to make a section or the song feel good, pulling that snare reverb down during times that's needed allows for good progress for mixing that song. Again, another kind of newbie tip, but once you learn some things, similar to learning attention to detail, you can't un-hear them and these ways open up a new door to likeable mixes in a qualitatively better way, once developed.

nice video bro

Good vid

Maybe you can share some tips on mixing and mastering orchestral music, which frequently have a dynamic range from pppp to fff. I struggle to render a master with good volume because use of a compressor and/or limiter reduces the dynamic range, indispensible in classical music.

Thank you for video really hellpfull cude u please make an video about how music theory makes songs glue up together ? Would be really amazing to see frome pro view

💅 ‘d it!!

Very informative, thanks. Haleiwa..<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="765">12:45</a> nice. Suggestion respectfully: do a video on mixing a track with mostly acoustic instruments (real drums, Bass, Guitars background vocals etc.) I think some people still do that (smile emoji). Great tools and plugs available these days, maybe too many but Ultimately, it's all about ears!

Hi, where do I find the checklists shown here, including the adjective chart as connected to frequency?