How to balance your volumes properly

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As a total beginner you might ask yourself: how do I set the volumes of my musical elements right? What's too loud, too quiet? Well, in this video I tell you the simplest method that will work 90% of the time.
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Contents:
0:00 How do I get the volumes of all my elements right?
0:30 the real answer
0:55 balancing by ear
1:39 relative volume
2:47 the blessing of laptop speakers
3:39 referencing to reset your ears
4:44 Pop quiz: name that statue
5:28 Tripping through Seoul with Billy

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8 июн 2024

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@OscarUnderdog 8 месяцев назад

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@fredramsey 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I’m at the beginning of my journey, and even with all the books I’ve read and tutorials I’ve seen, no one else put it exactly like that. In fact, I somehow got the impression that all channels should be equal in volume. Glad you set me straight. 😊

@undefined_user6281 8 месяцев назад

Nice to see you guys having fun😊

@mlprod6202 8 месяцев назад

Thank you I began 1,5 months and this is very difficult, all your videos help me a lot !

@stefankatic1337 8 месяцев назад

Hey Oscar, looks like you are having fun on your trip, well deserved after putting up so much useful information for us! Have you thought about making more breakdown series like the SNTS ones you did before? Also would like to see more arrangement videos as I believe this is the hardest part of making good music and finishing tracks.

@CounternoiseMusic 8 месяцев назад

Solid advice, as always, and a nice format talking to us from different live locations. Thanks for sharing!

@SellusionStar 8 месяцев назад

You're such a great teacher! Thank you for your enthusiasm and knowledge!

@yj.mp3 8 месяцев назад

I'm surprised that you came to Korea! Good to see you in here

@Eightball69 8 месяцев назад

Using pink noise is an old trick that still works

@estebanmunoz9279 8 месяцев назад

this is the video i neededd!!!!!!!!

@peterelfman 8 месяцев назад

This is a great video, and in particular covers an aspect of mixing that I feel is under represented in the music production tutorial space. I basically had to figure out what you teach here on my own, even after watching half a dozen great mixing tutorials. Great video as always!

@dj_0xcd 8 месяцев назад

It seems like you are having a happy trip to Korea, I hope you have a goodtime in my homeland👍 wish to see you by coincidence 😁

@FZKsk8 8 месяцев назад

Thanx a lot for your content!

@gbigbo_zjebeezjeboo 8 месяцев назад

Excellent !

@SuperRamdomdude 8 месяцев назад

These are exactly the videos we need!

@arendbehiels7600 3 месяца назад

nice video very helpful

@andrewbmaher9443 8 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!! Exactly the video I needed.

@JoyfulWAVE 8 месяцев назад

Thx Oscar...❤☮☯ TIP !!! If you work with headphones then put your headphones on the table and listen to your track. It's a geat way to hear if your volumes are at a good level. And try to mix at low volume levels.

@philfiebz 8 месяцев назад

Great to see a beginner lesson. Your clear explanation will help a lot of producers yet again. Here are some tunes to start everyone’s week: “RIOT CODE - Devils Daze” and “Gabriel Le Mar - Bob”.

@alexjofer 7 месяцев назад

I use the 3DB rule. One of the tricks I learned in the years I produced music is to imagine the sound in a room, the smaller its amplitude, the further away it is, if I want to bring that sound closer, I have to increase the volume. I also use this rule to apply reverb! It is very effective

@RogueFire29 8 месяцев назад

Loved the end 😁❤

@kotopult 8 месяцев назад

great vid!

@AbstraktMusicLab 8 месяцев назад

Great video Oscar!

@user-lo2hw7vw9f 7 месяцев назад

LOVE

@bjornkameleon 8 месяцев назад

Hi awesome video I wish the school to taught this way I think you should do a video on Chreast factor I feel like it's something not talked about on RU-vid or explained well but can distractingly change the volume of your instruments without giving any audible difference

@aliaksandrilyushenka5597 8 месяцев назад

I just finished creating my track. So this video is basically what I need next?

@Jimmis_93 8 месяцев назад

So my question is how can we compare a premaster mix to a fully masterized mix released on Spotify?? 🤔🤔🤔

@locket104 8 месяцев назад

Hi im doing your foundations course (great by the way) I was just wondering about balancing midi, I thought this when I did your lesson. In the discussion on the site they said that the midi drums are probably already balanced but does that mean then that you dont have to give them headroom? Thankyou

@thewiddler1746 8 месяцев назад

Just gotta be careful because Comparing a premaster mix down to a fully maximized and loud master, even at volume compensation, can lead to over smushing your mix

@flazay_da 8 месяцев назад

Can you do a video explaining how to have highly reverbed lead sounds, especially fast arp'd ones, without getting muddy? I got the liquid synth sound I was going for but some of the distinctiveness of the melody has been lost

@blueberrimuffin6682 8 месяцев назад

Reverb send, duck the reverb, EQ the reverb. If you're not great on CPU TAL-Reverb is free and comes with a duck parameter and filters.

@lowcypher1538 8 месяцев назад

What about using Pink noise too bring everything to an even Level at the beginning? I Start at about - 12db for my kick and add the other tracks in order of importance for the track (Bass comes nearly everytime on the first place after the kick). This leads to about -8 to -7 db of headroom left for mastering. Thanks for your Tips, i love this Channel 😊

@fredericpasco2863 8 месяцев назад

HEY Oscar , so smart ,like usual ;p

@DielectricFailure 8 месяцев назад

I’m adding heavy guitar over techno-type sounds but balancing is difficult.

@dhruvchanana26 8 месяцев назад

Hello oscar, hope you're having a great trip. One quick question when we create headroom, do we take just the kick to -12db or to all sounds and then bring them up ?

@OscarUnderdog 8 месяцев назад

Bring the kick to where the peak of its volume is around -12! Then all other volumes should be set relative to that one kick, by ear! ☺️

@peterfuzz3887 8 месяцев назад

ok, but if my kick drum (full of lows) is my reference, my louder sound, how can my tiny speakers would teach me the good amont of the level for the other elements ?