This is JUST the right video I was looking for. I have NO knowledge of mixing so it's nice to have learned at least SOMETHING to give my beats that boost in quality. Thankssss Brooooooo, you're the GOAT!
This is JUST the right video I was looking for. I have NO knowledge of mixing so it's nice to have learned at least SOMETHING to give my beats that boost in quality. Thankssss Brooooooo, you're the GOAT!
Real talk: watched countless videos on mixing, but this is the first one that was straight to the point and didn't assume you already knew the basics before over-explaining. This and the basics of EQ video earned a Sub. 👏🏿
I think most of us know how to utilize the equalizer, can y'all do something a little more advanced? Maybe on how to get your bass to cut through the mix clean, or balancing the kick and 808 with side chaining, how to build sounds for certain genres with sylenth, or stock FL plugins, that'd be a major help.
yung craxkbeatz I mean really there's not much more to mixing. Like I said in the tutorial, mixing is always being over thinked. This technique IS making room for the bass to cut through, hence cutting the low frequencies of every other element.
Getting the bass to cut clear through a mix? Make sure you start with a good bass signal! understand concepts like noise floor, signal-to-noise ratio, headroom, dynamic range and how to gain stage your levels. Having a mix with some clarity in the bass region will require the other instruments/tracks in your mix to provide room in their lower frequencies in order for your bass track to sit with a degree of definition. EQ will allow you to remove any unnecessary frequency ranges from your track (although care should be taken when tracking - try to get a good sound when micing your sound source to avoid any post-EQ work if possible).
yung craxkbeatz well if you know how to utilise the equaliser then you'd know that the main part of bass clarity is eqing out the bass in other instruments so they don't interfere
yung craxkbeatz I Am Just Making Tutorials On That Right Now And Till Now I Have Made Some Stock Plugin Video And Today Another Video Comming Up For Bigrrom House.
Excellent tutorial. I was wondering if anybody was able to correct any of this template I've been using for quick leveling. It's not always my mix but it's something I slap on quickly to get a semi solid mix. 808 : -10db Kick : - 10db to -15db main instruments: -18 to -24db backing instruments: -24 to -30 db cymbals: -24 hats : - 18 claps / snares : -6 to -10 percussions / effects : -18 to -24
Understand what he’s saying and try applying it to your music but don’t copy his exact steps with all the plugins because everyone’s voice, audio tracks, instruments are all different with different levels and frequencies. Yes learn the rules, but No don’t take it too literal and copy edit for edit because you truly just have to learn how to use fl studio to YOUR OWN ADVANTAGE (if that makes sense?) You’ll learn what works best for you eventually. keep practicing!!
The basics are important! Gain-staging is a basic concept, and it's one of the most important elements you find in the foundation of any well produced audio recording. An extensive knowledge of the basics is something most professional producers share and rely on most of the time.
About 5 years making beats and I’ve never EQed or anything to any of my beats, this is the first video I’ve watched on any of this stuff and I’m excited to try it! Thank you!🔥💯
thank you so much. i'm just starting of in my music producing career and someone told me that my music is good to just watch tutorials on mixing and first video i came across is gold. you made everything simple.
Thanks a lot bro. I really had problems when mixing my Trap beats and now its sounds a lot better. Now I learned that I have to get rid of some frequencies in order to avoid a collision between other sounds. Thanks, God bless you bro
Sometimes its better to compress a frequency instead of EQ it. For non vst users, maximus would be a tool for keeping a frequency compressed but not cut out
This was surprisingly more helpful than all the other mixing and EQing videos I've watched over the years. I'm cutting way too much, i've learned. I usually stop cutting when I hear the sound sort of thin out. I guess that little bit of difference really shows in the final mix. I also boost whenever I cut, but I noticed you only boosted a few elements within the track, I think it depends on what's in the mix when it comes to what you should boost, I guess? Really great technique when switching to mono and slowly bringing in everything, as well.
Prince The Producer Think about it dude. How long does it take to make 500 bucks? Not long. Will the amount of hours in work outweigh the amount of hours you will get out of omnisphere? that's how I judge video games too. sure they're 80 bucks, but it takes you one work day to make 80 bucks and you'll spend months playing with it
i do it the same way man, start here but like you its best to do it as you go and don't be afraid to go back to any sound in the EQ to tweak anything about each interment till it sounds good. takes time to mix and master, not an overnight job. lol
So for the EQ just pretty much see where the sound wave stops in the spectrogram and then delete the frequencies that you don’t need. So like... where you see those lines when a note plays... that’s where you delete the frequencies to. That might not make sense but it’s fine xD
A well-demonstrated video of a simple and yet solid approach to your mix. I would like to see a similar video going into more depth upon the reasoning behind some choices as to explain the concepts of why it's a good idea to start the volume structure steps with the melodic instruments rather than the kick, bass or other low-end elements. Thanks for doing this video! I will be recommending this quite a lot!
decent basics but I disagree with the way you eq. you should never eq out of context. how do you know what the eq is going to sound like when you bring everything together if your just Ewing instruments blindly. second each instrument should overlap in frequency range to help increase clarity. your pad and piano is in the same range. you can increase separation and clarity by assigning a place for the instrument to "live" in the frequency so they are not taking up the same space. I know this is a basic tutorial and your just cutting low end. but mixing to get a great sound is not "just that simple." there's a difference between Justin Bieber mixes and b list music artist. it's attention to detail. A mix can make or break a record.
Jaylan Jackson I notch out some parts of the instrument where I feel maybe another instrument may fit in that frequency range. I also sweep with a bell eq while everything ins playing, and see if i can hear the other instrument coming through at that frequency. sometimes a small cut at 3 db can help. I may also go to that instrument that I was listening for and boost that range to make it stronger in that range. so in essence you are "cutting a hole" in one instrument to make room for another. this works well for vocals as well, cutting frequency in the track where the vocals live to allow the listener to hear the vocals better. adding reverb or delay on instruments that you want to sit in the background so others can be brought into the front helps as well.
Stephen Bivens GNDesigns I'm only cutting out the excess unneeded frequencies. Notice how I say to move it to where you hear the sound change and then bring it back, that's so you only cut unnecessary stuff that is just making the mix muddy. I'm not blindly cutting, that's why I am sweeping the EQ and pulling it back so that the sound is unchanged, therefore the low end is staying in the instrument, just cutting the excess low end you can't even hear.
Stephen Bivens in theory u right about the piano and pad sharing same freq range. Which brings me to this... the most important tip on mixing everybody should know...is called the rule of orchestration period. Learn that and mixing becomes a lot easier. In basics keep each instru in seperate octaves or freq ranges. However, if u do have instru in same range it can still work. For ex. the piano and pad...they share some freqs but diff in transients u can slight pan them opposite sides do some introverted Eq and def cut some freq betwn ranges 200-500 I call this area 'mid mud' where all instr tends to clash. But it all starts with the rule of orchestration. You can break these rules: but this is where mixing starts.
Mixing is leveling and EQ, which is what I explained in this video.. the reason it's called basic mixing is because you can apply these techniques to any beat and any mix.. the "advanced" stuff comes down to taste and preference. Once you learn these basics you can go from there
bus compression is normally useful too. plus panning to space out the mix. reverb for depth. sides and mids. tons of more things you could use for mixing, I feel you should have touched upon some of this as well if you're going to go for a mixing tutorial. anyways, no hate and cheers mate for uploading this. keep up the juicy goodness!
I liked and subscribed just on the fact that this video is probably one of the more helpful for beginners. Its basic stuff but it really helps explain it in an easy-to-understand manner and i particularly liked the level in mono advice. Surely this could be a whole series it really needs to be... it could help alot of people ;)
I was searching for a mixing tut yesterday coz the bass on my new track is way too loud and when i lower it its way too quiet and i was about to give up! thank you for the tutorial!
One thing I got from this was, maybe I should lay out the song first and then mix after. Just this morning I lost a mix because it got too crazy early on and I cant follow what I'm doing. Ate some breakfast, gonna go for a walk and start over. Just my thoughts
great video man! mixing is the one area i just never really learned, so now im having to cram haha.. but can you do a video on "the difference between mixing and mastering"? and "how, when, and what to what to sidechain"?
