Gain Staging - Gain Structure - Balance Tracks - SSL Mixer Series - Reason - LearnReason 

Wow can’t believe this was 9 years ago! I’m just now getting back into Reason and this just put my mixing over the top! Thank you! This is EXACTLY what I needed!

Every now and then i come back to this vid to reset my mind about mixing again :)

Brilliant video! Finally someone teaching OLD school mixing tricks in a new school environment. If we were actually sitting at an SSL console we would do a lot of things differently then we do when we sit at a computer screen. This is REAL gain staging you are teaching and the fact that the GAIN knob is at the top of the mix channel is a sign that we should start there. But since we sit at a computer screen and we see the faders first at the bottom, we tend to start there instead. Thank you so much for this.

😌 Tbh I kinda feel dumb making beats 4 years in reason sleeping on the input gain knobs... so much wisdom in under 10 minutes! Gold!

I'm glad you went over the control room. Most PH users don't know about it. I just discovered it!

This is a revelation. I speak for myself but seem to think a lot of self taught audio engineers have never fully learned the basics of SSL mixer. It clears up and enhances so many things for me. Thank you Matt!

I want to fucking hug this guy. Some people are great at getting to the point while helping a heap

Reason 11 user here....what a great video. Just changed the way I've been working on reason, thanks man

Amazing video. I always have this video open while I'm gain staging. Simple explanation and not as complicated as some other people.

Best Reason tip I've found so far, much appreciated friend.

Thank you so much, you change my life with this reason tip...10 years later!!! its BETTER now than never. THANKS A LOT!! 😀🥰

This was the part I had wrong until I saw this video.I have since spent the day watching your videos and came back to see this one twice to be sure I understood it. Thanks a lot for putting in the time to help others like me! I do appreaciate it a lot.

I'm a musician not an engineer, but there's a lot of wisdom here. Thanks!

This is so different from everything else I’ve been learning from various sources, but it makes so much sense and it’s so much clearer. It actually uses the gain knobs which I’ve never seen anyone teach before!

I came back to this video and heard something I glossed over forgot ect ect and it's the answer to my issue thanks matt

this also has a major benefit of keeping your plugins from distorting giving you a cleaner focused mix

Just watched this for about the 10th time in however many years, as I've bought a new comp & I once again try to learn Reason. Excellent tutorial, very well explained, thanks!

this is how you handle a tutorial,a done deal

i am producing music on a professional level since2003, well this was the best explanation on youtube so far

If you teach a man to fish he can eat!! You are a GREAT Teacher!! There are 1000's of youtube videos but making a basic and simple video as you have makes a world of a difference. I will follow you more. knowledge is powerful and sharing that knowledge makes you more powerful!! some may say "oh that's basic stuff, I already know that " I say THANK YOU. and say Reason RULES. Keep up the good work SENSEI !!!!

Broooooo you don't even know how much you helped me with this best tutorial I ever seen you should make more thankyou

I am BEYOND grateful!!! I am a self taught home studio guy. Been doing it for a while. I've been using Reason since version 4 on and off but switched to it as my main DAW with Reason 7. Not looking back! I needed to say that this for me was probably the most helpful things I have come across for really making a difference to my understanding of the signal path. STOOOOKED!!!!

I thought I knew my way around reason, but it turns out I didn't even know how to use the mixer! Thank you so much for posting these videos. I like your delivery style as well. :)

Blown away by this tutorial !! I just used the GAIN staging technique. It was like magic! I've been through many videos and you my friend are by far are a very gifted teacher. No shxx bro. What a difference to my tracks. Back to being creative. Thank you

great Tutorial , I was going crazy trying to get my mixing right....thanks alot friend

Thank you for an Awesome lesson ! This is pure gold. I cannot tell you how many gain staging videos, articles, blogs I’ve studied but none of them provided clarity in such a logical and easy to grasp manner. I’m not a Reasons user but this application is also applicable to Nuendo. Your teaching style is outstanding and I can’t thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with us. I was able to translate this to my hybrid setup as well. I’m now concentrating on your other “Learn to mix” series and am so looking forward to going through your site content.

Wanted to say thank you! I have learned more from just a few of your videos than dozens of others all put together. Your videos and style of teaching are clear and to the point. I hope you can find time to make more videos because they are incredibly helpful and appreciated by many of us.

I've been referencing this video for years now. So happy I found this channel! Hope too see new content!

Mannnnnn, I just used your technique on one of my mixes and the shit is night and day!!!!✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 THANK YOU MAN!!! New subscriber here!!!

Amazing tutorial...so simple and straight to the point.IVe wondered this stuff for years without even knowing how to ask the proper questions.Thanks!!!

I love you and I hate you. This SSL mixer series has me going back to all my old label releases RNS files, which were all on done on the OLD OLD reason mixer and I'm rewiring them all so I can do your magic. God bless this channel dude!

Huge help. This is something that I couldnt quite grasp and remained something of a mystery for me but this gave me clarity. Thankyou!

Looking forward to giving this a shot. Always struggled with later stages of a track and just not being able make a mix clear because everything's being pushed to extremes with poor techniques.

My mixes sound so much better now!!!!thank you for this😀😀😀😀😀😀

This was one of the most useful tutorials I've seen. Made a big difference for me.

found this video in 2022, still very useful.

Thanks Matt. Definitely will help my mixes sound even better. I knew about the DB's levels in terms of where I should be but I never knew that the 'input gains' were the key to keeping things as loud as possible w/out moving the faders. I guess when you think about the word 'fader' and not 'gain or volume' makes perfect sense. Switching the routing from master control to control room is definitely I haven't seen before but is now in my mixing routine. I am or should I say was one of those people whose always hitting the reset button on the master fader until I get it right. Big time saver with that as well. Keep the tutorials coming.

Hi mat just a short message to say thank-you for all you do in learnreason you tube tuts. i watch a lot of you videos and you've helped me massively...........thanks and keep up the great work.

I wish I had come across this video earlier. It all makes sense and will make it a lot easier to keep a mix leveled.

You are a great teacher. Thank you so much for your videos.

Like it,started with Reason5 when it was released and after a long heitas,now use reason 12 ...new to the mixer and enjoyed watching it his video.🙏🏾

Thank you for this. This will surely help me out when mixing my songs from now on. Once again thank you!

Wow! Finally- Someone breaks it down so simple. I finally got it. Thank you so much. Damn...and this was from 2013. In all the videos I watched on YT this is the best explanation.

Thank you!!!! This is THE BEST advice on gain staging EVER and yet sooo simple and to the point. A masterpiece! I have been working on this track and I am going back to redo the mixing because my gain staging was obviously wrong.

Awesome tutorial. Made me reset my thinking and approach to mixing. Thank you!!!

So happy I found this Much thanks So well done Probably the most effective instruction on the subject matter

I never knew about this, but have started to use it and it makes a total difference.

i really appreciate all your videos bro you helped me sooooooo much its crazy

Jesus..... Now thats how you teach something.... great instruction

Mind. Blown.

Very useful video! We tend to forget that reason emulates a real studio mixer here.

thanks so much this was so helpful

Great info!!!

this video changed my life. thank u

Love these videos very good excited

Wow! this was extremely helpful information, even if it doesnt improve my mixes (which it will), it'll definitely keep me from having to hit the reset button all the time, like i have been doing.

Great tutorial man!!!

Instant improvement on my mix. Thank you so much

This video was incredibly helpful very much appreciated

good on you from Australia

I needed that 101. Nice.

Your videos are really really helpful !!! Especially this one !

I wish I saw this video long time ago. Huge help! Thanks for making this

Ur great man 💪🎧🎧🎧🎧🎵🎵🎵🎵,thanx a lot for this usefull info.coz i had been struggling hard wit man headroom but now solved n I wonder y ma teacher never say/show this in a mix/mastering class.

This is a great video. Excellent instruction. Thank you.

I was using faders and really never got a good mix. 🤣🤣. Thank you. Now my mixes are improving. ❤️

Thank you so much!

yes, this was a help. it told me exactly what I needed to know. many thanks

thanks for sharing

wow, you completely opened my eyes to something i would have never thought of.. Thanks! Keep up the good work on these videos! Very helpful.

Thank you so much MORE PLEASE

OH. MY. GOD. I've been doing it wrong for YEARS and wondering my my mixes sound like crap, especially in my car. Thank you so much. I have been deluding myself to thing that one DAW sounds better than another. The problem was my lack of understanding what the faders are for.

This is amazing. Thank you!

Thank you, very good demonstration of what we can do with gain staging... Cheers

Awesome video Matt simple explanation and to the point will implement this in my mixes cheers dude

Big wow brother specially for us noobs ! Lol great work

Thank you so much, this is going to improve the quality of my music a lot I hope. :)

Love this

EXCELLENT VIDEO JUST LEARNED SOMETHING NEW THANK YOU

video motivated me . thx . good mix between teacher and `hey ! every knob ! evry fader ! is made by god ! ` !

Thank you for this tutorial!

Explained really well..thankyou man

Watched this before (a few times!) So brilliantly presented thanks Matt °¬)

Definitely the best(and easiest)video on gain staging. I do have a question though. Do you ever adjust volume controls on the instruments or insert effects or just the gain knob on the mixer?

Just found out about gain staging. Been working in Protools for many years. Just made the switch to Reason

Great Tutorial, now it begins

Nice very helpful.....

Had I had this lesson back when using in Reason 3.0 things might be so different😂.

Thanks Matt....

thanks man!

Thanks so much, clear explanation. I am new to mixing. I am what you described as the one who keeps moving faders to find volume. 😉 I haven’t seen this video before, but somewhat it confirmed what I noticed when I did a live mixing of 4 piece band instruments plus 3 singers (1 lead, 2 backup). I gain staged properly, watching the LED meter, despite the noisy environment I don’t hear them clearly but I kept an eye on peak meter. After I finished gain staging, I’m surprised that there was almost no need to touch the faders because they sound okay already.. or course not a perfect live mix but I know what I’m hearing was within the ballpark of balance. First, I felt insecure I thought something’s wrong because my faders are all in zero but how come they sounded balance already 😆

Nice

Great video! Thank u man!

Excellent!

THXX

Thanks Bro!

Wow learned alot thanks!!!!

Good stuff. Needed this!

Thank you very much : )

I tend to use the input gains so that a track peaks just along zero, and than similar to this, use the faders only when composition/recording sesh is done for mixing. i would't use any master comps before a pre master is done tho