How Industry Producers Perfectly Mix Their Beats | Fl Studio 

I’ve been a producer/ beat maker For well over 30 years. Started making beats I was 13 years old. I just turned 49 in November. So I’m a dinosaur😂😂😂. These tips are spot on. It’s very important to have some basic mixing skills. It’s also good to have your beats mixed. Here’s why... most artist will use the 2 track about 90% of the time. Very few will purchase the actual trackouts (or stems) of the beat. Usually because the trackouts will usually cost more. In order to compete with the industry standards. Your beats need to be mixed well straight out the gate. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told the artist to reach out to producer to obtain the trackouts because the Two track beat sounds terrible. Mastering a song with a beat with a terrible mix it won’t yield good results. The worst thing to hear is an artist rapping over your beat and it sounds like shit on Apple Music and all the streaming platforms. Not only that but it makes you as a beat maker sound amateur due to bad sound quality. A mediocre beat with a great mix will stand out more than a great beat with a bad mix on it. If you’re gonna compete as a beat maker it’s imperative that you learn how to mix your own beats. Plus mixing your beats can and will give it your own unique sound signature. In these modern times you’re beats aren’t really finished until you’ve mixed it. It’s a part of the beat making process nowadays. He did a great job in this tutorial.

Everyone be wanting the mixing sauce the top producers use but in reality they just throw fruity soft clipper on and toss it to an engineer lol

#1 rule: learn with your ears not your eyes

All the mixing engineers be hating on the comment section lmaooo

The truth: they don’t

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good tips, but reverb on hihats is a taste thing, not a "professional mixer" way, and can just flood your mix with unnecessary constant high frequencies

I love that you’re talking about the 808 at 8:08! Nice work

If I’ve seen this video by the age of 20, ill probably be a billionaire right now 😂😂🤘🏼 major gems

Great Tips to use from this video: Wave Candy Meter: 2:05 EQ'ing Your Sounds 2:21 (Mix in Mono) EQ'ing Melodies 2:55 Great Trick: 4:25 EQ'ing 808s: 4:55 (People can't hear beyond 20hz, Don't cut too much low end) Melody Effects: 5:51 (mess with panning and reverb, don't go too crazy) 808 Effects: 8:02 Leveling: 9:05 Ideal Levels to use: 10:25 Master Effects: 12:05 (Limiter also works, Make sure to turn envelope off) Awesome Video bro.

I mix my tracks... How I want... And my ears like it

who is this guy dropping gems like this?!

Mixing engineers: nope, this is wrong, hire me instead Also mixing engineers: **does the exact same thing**

I definetly agree with a lot of teqniques in this video, and for youtube mixing/mastering it definetly works best with a loud kick. But it cannot be stressed enough that for spotify/apple music etc. releases, you need that snare/clap to be on the same level as the kick. Levelling your sounds according to DB is also a HUGE issue, since that is not a correct measurement for sound. You should instead use your ears and listen to the mix. Lol just hit 13:00 in th video and you said pretty mch that, great video man! Gonna support you for sure!!

This is good for basics. Something really important to know is that you will mix differently depending on your genre. If I was making some heavy riddim/Dubstep I wouldn't follow some of these

if you giving this info for free what can i pay you to teach me 😩 you a goat

U adding "sampler" to the mixer gave me OCD lol

*Levels for drums:* Kicks: -7 to -5 db Claps: -10 to -8 db 808: -12 to -9 db Snare: -13 to -10 db Percs: -19 to -13 db Hats: -20 to 16 db Open Hats: -25 to 20 db Adjust levels according to the beat...

As a mixing engineer I'd say most of these tips are really production techniques. They are good to create more interesting productions, but won't get you a great mix. That's why you hire an engineer! Don't waste time on mixing, just make music.

Bro you are a saint, giving us the sauce for free

We need a sound selection video for sure. Gonna drop a follow on the insta too 👍

Idk why this Guys melancholy vocals remind me of #dougDimuro cool vid btw

I just mixed the tips from here with the tips on the Metro tutorial and it's my most pro sounding beat ever WTF you're a wizard.

My beats still sound like shit, think theres some outside forces working against me because it shouldn’t be this hard

10:25 ( Ideal leveling points for drums ) you're welcome.

I'll tell you how the authors of hit beats mix their beats 1. send mixing to an engineer do you think they really sit in their FL 10 and mix to the world standard of the industry? aha yes))

Found you channel when you made that post over reddit regarding wheezy tutorial and m glad I was online that day. These tutorials have been 🔥🔥 and really helpful. Thanks and keep on the good work bro.

You’re officially GOATed and nobody can deny that

They don’t, they have sound engineers go in and fix it up for them

EQing the sub frequencies on the 808 was something that never occurred to me and 100% makes them harder. This video has 2 much sauce 🖤

This is the first mixing tutorial I’ve seen that has helped me immensely thank uuuuu

idk why u dont charge ppl for these tutorials these r so helpful

Yeah, we're going to need that sound selection video.

I did this on all of my last few beats and this actually works. You can hear every sound in its own little pocket without interfering with others sounds. I would bring up the frequency where the sound sounds good and then grab another sound and do the same. Then I grab both eq’s and turn down the frequency where the opposite sound sounds good at, on both sounds. This helps create space, avoids interference and allows both sounds to shine in where they sound good. Now when I master i dont have to do much. The bass frequencies sound perfectly and tucked in the melodies don’t interfere with the bass frequencies and don’t interfere with the hi hats. When i play each sound alone they sound empty but when you play all the sounds together they sound full because each sound fills its particularly frequency.

Good shit man +1, can you do a tutorial on how ripsquadd makes melodies for bladee/ecco2k? followed on insta 🙏🏻

Definitely sound selection and maybe counter melodies?

Theres so many different methods when mixing sounds...makes my head spin watching four different videos on mixing...i'ma need a notebook 📓 lol

As always, thanks for the detail on this super important topic. Sound selection would be dope. Personally, I'd be interested to hear your take on automation tips, switching up drums, more on layering/sound design. Hope that sparks some ideas. Until next time dude!

Knowledge is power. I now have THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL !!!!!!!! Thanx for sharing.

6:00 How are you supposed to hear a "stereo pocket" when the master is set to mono? It's literally impossible and the only thing you will hear is the volume decreasing bcs of the way mono summing works. It's just not possible to hear a "stereo pocket" in mono. I agree that you should mix in mono, but do your panning, stereo widening and phase manipulation in stereo please. After that just check in mono to see if everything still translates well.

Do you ever use drum busses? I’ve found they save me a ton of time in the mixing process. (Sorry if you used it in this video, watching on my phone so mixer is hard to see) Great video!

i will be very glad if you make a video on how to mix and master vocals please

The amount of information packed into your videos is impressive. Please don't stop

U actually give some very good tips and not those obvious and basic ones. Thank you dude, good content👍🏼

i love u

Mixing in mono is very subjective

People can hear below 30hz. It's 10Hz the human ear can't hear, but you feel it more than hear it

very helpful, thank you

that was dope! need to start mixing in mono. One thing I find really helpful about wavecandy is that is has an RMS mode! If youre mix isnt sounding as loud as you want it to, you can mix against the rms meter and you'll know when your mixing decisions are actually making your track sound louder (as opposed to higher peak volume) - doing this really proved to me that the oxford inflator plugin is gold

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" Specifically like a stubby 808 like the ....... " ??? 10:48 I keep hearing that particular 808 everywhere on RU-vid. What's that called, please?

Original Beat 12:28 Mixed Beat: 12:37 love the tutorial, really helped me out!

This is a dope tutorial and I have a bunch of old beats I can fix up now. One thing I would say is don't play beats in between "before and afters" because it's extremely hard to switch between before and your background beat and after. Keep it up your tutorials are amazing my guy.

Yoooo you’re a different breed, you finna be the best producer channel on Yt in due time

if you klick cmd + L you instantly get all your sounds from the channel rack to the mixer.

Damn thank you soo much g all that knowledge u giving it's so cool

broo, i was waiting for mixing tutorial like this, rly good

Rough notes for a quick copy and paste into a notepad. Note** Not exact quotes and may have personal notes in as well** Kick- -7 to - 5db Clap- -10 to -8db 808- -12 -to -9db unless you do not have a kick, then mix as if a kick Snare - 13 to -10db same goes if no clap, mix as clap at -10 to -8 db perks -19 to -13db Hi hats -20 to -16 open hats -25 to -20 Before mixing, Switch your Master track from Stereo to Mono!!!!!! (edited) While EQing melody sounds, make sure you cut off low and highs ONLY To the point just before it changes the sound. For the most part, Eqing is just to cut out the unheard frequencies to give room for other sounds and eliminate muddiness EQing your main sound should leave it more open, A background sound or pad can be Eq'd more as its already being more hidden behind the main sound. Go into your individual tracks for Hi Hats, Snares and claps, And individually EQ the high ends of the frequencies a few DB higher While EQing 808s, Make sure to EQ OUT anything lower than 30hz to eliminate muddiness after cutting out the high frequencies While Eqing kicks, after leveling your high and low filter, use the bandwidth knob to add a peak to your lowest side of the EQ to focus on the hit of the kicks. This will make you kicks HIT HARDER! Add limiter to 808 and lower the ceiling to the peak, Cutting out any small spikes that dont match your main peaks( small spikes that go above your fat peaks if that makes sense) (edited) REVERB YOUR BACKGROUND SOUNDS (non leads) IN THE MELODY! This will make them less focused on and glue them into your beat better. Slight reverb on HATS to tuck them into the background (pretty much any sound you dont want to sound so in your face) Slight Delay effect to your Snare to tuck it away and give it a little bounce! Level your sounds LAST!!! You can Gain Stage (Gain staging is to make sure no sound hits above -12DB BEFORE you send it to the mixer to be leveled, FX'd and EQ'd) NOTE** This will make some sounds have to be increased on the mixer slide, Some people don't like to turn UP sliders above default levels

Loved the video but I'll request you to don't play any background music while you're comparing before & after, knowing the difference is harder in that case..

Acting like top producers mix their own beats 😂

this video is everything that's wrong with modern beat makers, too focused on following certain sets of rules instead of challenging yourself, getting out of your comfort zone, understanding sound design or things like sound amplitude, i swear to god if you always follow the first guy that says "yEAh bRo yOuR dRuMs donT hIT HaRd" you'll be stuck using the same regurgitated beat structures and trap sounds that have been existing for almost 20 years

this helped so much, thanks! all of your tutorials are amazing - some of the best on youtube.

how much db approximately for main melodies?

Most of the time they compose and send the unmixed multitrack to the sound engineers.

Good stuff bro covered everything🔥

I respect people like you but if it's not to much trouble can u move a mixing template bro Edit just subbed

Bro why so much kindness I'm grateful thanks again !

What kind of headphones do you guys use for mixing and mastering? I need some recommendations...I tried Sony 7506, AGK k240, k361, k553 mkii, and the k371 which I like the most.

Shit you're like a genie poppin outta nowhere mate Really great work!!

keep up the amazing work 🔥 💯

Don’t use the numbers shit , just put the master on mono and mix to your liking , put it back to stereo , done

Giving good game appreciate it, gods work bless

As far as i know, the FIRST tNice tutorialng We should do is SET THE TEMPO, it is very crucial.

I’m ok with this

Super basic stuff, lol at using sausage when u got SoundgOOdizer. Levels db are complete amateur bs. Db does NOT represent loudness you need to use your ears.

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You are correct, but now alot of producers push the kicks and 808's so the clip. i put a T-racks limiter on the master before i start anything. then i push the 808 and kick, plus i send all my drums to a buss,and add various things to it. but yeah what you did in this video is what i started out with doing. its a great starting point for producers. Great work.

So you mention turning the stereo separation all the way to the right so we’re mixing it in mono don’t we wanna reset that after the mix so it sets back to stereo?

Waste of time

You should do a video like this but for mixing vocals

This tutorial is definitely a game changer to me 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

I'm using the trial version of soft to learn the basics. How do I make a cool keyboard lody that isn't just a basic softing soft?

There might be no definite rules in music but there are definitely good and bad ways to mix. If you’re preaching abt retaining creativity you probably are way ahead of most people or way too clueless 😂

Fuck your channel is so much better than all these others guys "doing the same thing" . Everyone elses videos are like 20 mins of nothing and 12 seconds of information.

Maximus master preset is all you need lmao it ain’t that deep

the tone and control of ur voice says "I know my sNice tutorialt!". Good stuff buddy.

ive been using softex but its uses way too much CPU and distorts content. other plugins dont. why?

this good but you’re wrong about the 808 u said ppl cant hear pass 30 thats wrong ppl cant hear pass 20 dont cut too much low end or else it will give u a very weak mix

All them tips are cool.... But it will still sound like plastic. Once yoy mix on an REAL SSL you instantly get it

Awesome video bro! Definitely tuning in next time

Just explored your channel. Liked + subscribed, keep posting useful videos)

Does he look like Harry Maguire?

You might have leveled them sir but that mix is still off.... the kick has too much high frequency u need to make a cut with eq it out of there

So, all "Industry Professionals" use FL Studio? Nope.

I think people are really jus looking for the clarity that these high quality preamps produce tbh

Followed this tutorial word for word and my kicks and 808 have never hit harder without clipping/muddiness. Ive never been able to hear my 808 this clearly in a beat. Finna knows what he is talking about. Youve gained yourself a true fan. For anyone curious: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xIQkZ339TRk.html

my mixing skills are trash but ive mixed some good tracks with eq2 by ear

it's unhealthy how many times ive watched this