Luca Pretolesi on mixing Major Lazer's Too Original - The Track 

I’m a producer and just started my channel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OYfkBZBo25o.html

I assume It's to prevent people from ripping the RU-vid audio and sampling individual elements. During these track breakdowns, the artist plays stems or individual sounds, a lot of which would be p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ impossible to isolate with conventional sampling methods. So instead of FM uploading the dry audio and inadvertently providing everyone with the opportunity to ripoff the artists work, they upload less quality audio to discourage this.

Yeah but there was a remix competition for this song lol the stems for this are on the internet already so for a song like this they should just use the mix rather than only mic audio

He isn't the record label and probably doesn't have the ability to let the direct feed go out especially when he is soloing parts. The label obviously does.

+JrumBeats It felt like the audio came from both the mics and system audio creating this slight delay effect.

It's a knob made by Avid Euphonix to switch stuffs in your daw

I only was joking LOL

He has a hardware EQ hybrid on the right side called Bettermaker EQ but no it's not called "soundgoodizer"

It was a joke in reference to the simplistic, one knob maximizer on FL Studio called 'Soundgoodizer'

I got it straight away, some people don't have a high or low pass they have a joke pass

+juniorpittTV How did you see this one month ago?

+flammensehen yeah thats kinda weird

+Alex Ortega (Morphing Shadows) me too )

+Alex Ortega (Morphing Shadows) amazing

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They arme not producing their stuff most of the time, they are focusing on DJing & having fun ;P

But diplo is often producing

+Theo Altmann Yeah ghost production doesn't mean that u're doing nothing, in the case of this song it is only the mixdown+mastering. The famous version of 'Light it up' is completely produced by another artist (it just says 'Remix'), but this person is not even named - This is also a kinda ghost producing. Anyway I don't really mind if they're using ghosts, the more important thing is that they're offering great music

Do you think diplo was gettimg this famous thrü ghost productions and Light it up is from Major Lazer they are focused on djing but i think they are producing also themselve but your know that Kight it up is just a remix

+Theo Altmann As I already mentioned Ghost production doesn't mean that u have completely no influence on the Song. But a few newer tracks of them are definitely created by the helping hand of others aus u can clearly c in this vid. They became famous with very good marketing and some talent. They became famous some Time ago, when there were not as much people wanting 2 become famous in this industry. So they also had a little bit time luck/chosen a nearly perfect time 2 get into this industry. Today it is much more complicated I guess.

I will bet you everything, that with his same level of knowledge, you can achieve almost or just as good movements, channel clarity, etc. DAW is the equalizer today and you can do the exact same thing.

+andivax андрей, а почему он так мало низа оставил в дропе?

+Axa One а хез

+andivax у тебя лично твой музон полная шляпа

стараюсь как могу )))

***** в принципе и ник попсовый) старайся дальше

jajajaja sorry,i thing taht never

+MB TV 32 ch. 16 stereo. yes its the room mic phasing little bit

How do you know if it's only volume animation?

Simply by looking at it. He's talking about sending his tracks through analog (which adds a lot of noise) and he's saying that he wants to keep it clean. So a for example: synth #2 not being playback during the verse fed through analog gear will be automated with volume all the way down. Then automated up as it comes in during the chorus. Then, automated back down. Why? All for the sake of the beauty of using he's analog collection but having the experience and knowledge to know that if the track is not being played back in various parts of the song, there's no need for unnecessary analog noise build up on a multi track basis. Hope that keeps.

+Callum stock Logic Compressor

+Кирилл Петельковский Thx

+Dan Delux I'm not sure, but it looks like something from MeldaProduction.

Olivier use FL Studio for Gecko :)

major lazer is the brand and name hehehe, of cours melody and chords and ideas...but theres alot of people behind the scene i think...you can read all the names and informations if you google the song's name

so it means diplo is not a producer , just commercial jerk for project called major lazor and just knew people like skrillex whose do job for him and I guess even Skrillex uses this kind of engeneers for releasing his music thats why its sound so great,, The same was swedish house mafia,,, a lots of professionals stands bihend these tracks

> I mean, normally engineerers just do mastering i lold

A good mixing engineer will do anything to enhance a mix..actually is better if you send your track for mixing-mastering instead of just mastering ,because the engineer can get in the mix and fix what might not sound so well..This guy's work is to take a mix to the next level. He is not layering he is doing parallel compression..Also compression,distortion,reverbs,delays,vocal tuning,chorus,gates even sidechaining is a work for a mixing engineer.Some mixing engineers will also replace sounds or drums if they can do them better. So yes he is just doing mixing and mastering. Major Lazer and his team did the production and arrangement. Ps. mixing engineers like Petrolesi have the analog equipment to take your music to the next level..equipment so expensive that it will take you or Major forever to buy.so its not a bad idea to send your song for a good mix and master if you think it has the potential to become a hit And final words..big artists have not so much free time to spend on mixing details,because they travel a lot play gigs etc.They just cant do everything on their own because they do not have the time

Dude srsly.. do ur homework and get on ur facts mannnn.

+dnbmuzik If you can afford it then send your tracks to get mastered professionally. Thats one stage which is so much better to get done by a pro.

+AstateOfficial I dont really agree. Mixing is way more difficult

dnbmuzik True. Mixing is much more personal but after you have mixed your own track, you are so attached and used to it that you might not hear what is wrong / what it needs as a final touch. Sending it to a pro M.E who has an acoustically amazing studio and amazing ears/experience with beautiful gear will make a world of a difference. A true professional master just lifts your track up to another level. Its a much more carefully crafted and subtle process than you may think. But obviously self mastering can be done. I self master my own stuff for sending around demos. But if one of my tracks were to be released digitally and on vinyl etc.. then i would invest in a pro master.

AstateOfficial Yeah I'm not really against using a mastering engineer, but mixing as you said is too personal, and is a skill I would rather have than getting a hit single with a tune that was mixed by someone else

+dnbmuzik true bro

zombirai don't get mislead by the musicindustry it's a mirage. Alot of recording/mixing/mastering/songwriter -geeks don't have time to travel the world. They sit at home evolving and climbing the ladder and become skilled until the day they work with some huge artist and suddenly everyone wants them to work on their album/song.

Mixer and producer are different man. Why is that a joke?