Mixing LOUD Beats that Compete (5 Simple Steps)

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Essential beat mixing steps for loud, competitive mixes whether you're a beginner or professional producer looking to stand out from the rest online!
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@TheHouseofJukebox 3 года назад

BRO - I can't lie, this has spun my head top - you're telling me that now, mostly, all I have to worry about is the tone and the characteristics of the music?? And, after I get the level, just pull down the overall vca, and not really worry about HEADROOM?? LOL pff - thank you for this.

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

👍🙌

@chawk_ 3 года назад

gamechanger for sure

@tylerdengler6960 2 года назад

@@SeanDivine can you insert like a gain or trim plugin after the limiter to achieve the same effect for headroom or no?

@aswinjohn1259 2 года назад

So there is not need for gain staging each track when we just pull down for the overall vca,right?

@aswinjohn1259 2 года назад

@Paul Asante So there is not need for gain staging each track when we just pull down for the overall vca,right?

@viyer6963 3 года назад

Finally a mixing tutorial relevant for producers uploading beats to their stores! So grateful for this

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

Happy to help

@bigcat1703 Год назад

Maan, THANKS A LOT! I've searched through tons of vids on youtube and none of them told me right what I was looking for! Super dope info fo real!!!

@SeanDivine Год назад

Glad I could help!

@cvstlebeats 3 года назад

Im glad youtube started recommending me your videos again - i never thought of using the LUF metering for the mixing process. Deff love this approach.

@athornsound304 3 года назад

Wow. Thank you. I have searched RU-vid for a video that cuts to the core of leveling your beat to a competitive level professionally (Measuring TP and LUFS) and other videos don't touch on that. Bravo my friend, Bravo.

@LukeIcardMusic 2 года назад

You really know your stuff. Im a seasoned producer and I actually learned something

@GT300KR 3 года назад

This is beyond useful, practical and awesome. Thank you for sharing this gems Sean!

@IDPgen2011 3 года назад

bro you're a life saver. mastering has been driving me nuts and this video finally made it click for me. Thank you!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

Great to hear Swonny

@IDPgen2011 3 года назад

nevermind, im still bad at mixing/mastering :( multimeter is stuck at -18 LUFS having followed all the steps in the video

@ot-mills Год назад

Thank you! Ive been racking my brain over this for a long time wondering how Beatstars top producers are always so much louder than mine...and the funny thing is doing it this way was my first instinct, but II thought I needed to allow that -6 headroom. Oh well, about to go remix all my ish..LOL

@emarbeats6896 Год назад

Excellent stuff in here

@repoman5581 2 года назад

Thank you man... I have re-done one track about 4 times, and wow, it makes all the difference.. now I feel my tracks will compete with the right loudness.. :)

@thejacksontwinz 3 года назад

This is an Awesome video, We Are learning a lot from you, our mixies are becoming much, much better with time.We are recommending all my friends to your channel, you the man bro.

@ludovictchouate2589 2 года назад

God bless you Sean !

@SeanDivine 2 года назад

🙏

@jaycole1900 2 года назад

This is amazing. As always Sean!

@vancenichols9490 3 года назад

This is geniously concise! Awesome! Thanks!!! 😃

@chawk_ 3 года назад

hey bro, it would be really cool if u made a follow up video where you detail how to take a beat like this and some vocals and put them together to sound good be leveled/mixed properly and ready to be mastered.

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

noted! I'll see what I can do

@chawk_ 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine amazing, thanks man, really appreciate your response!

@danteben3139 3 года назад

Just started mixing about three months ago. Your videos have really helped get my foundations set and I’m still coming back to refresh the basics when I get stuck. Thanks, Sean.

@prodmioo 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

@ranjesluther 2 года назад

Its always an honor learning from you.

@SeanDivine 2 года назад

🙏🙏🙌

@Kevin-yq1ls 3 года назад

Thank you Sean, once again a great video! 🙏

@highsocietymedia4098 3 года назад

BRO, those plucks are tastyyyyyy FIRE tutorial, fire beat, from a fire vet. Keep helping the community we all appreciate it

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

🙏

@Djac_Carbone Год назад

This video alone made everything i do consistent (mixing the kick to loudness first was all i needed) thanks 🙏🏻 i kept getting lost in the master end when i brought everything up and nothing was correct,

@kingzluvinproduction 3 года назад

Thanks for the info your videos have helped me achieve the loudness I have always struggled to get to

@ShocMane 2 года назад

Good teachings divine

@kevinshi1000 3 года назад

Bro - Im in love with your tutorial!

@eleven21_music 3 года назад

Sean, great video as always. Question... would you have approached the drum mix the same if this track had vocals on it?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

as far as the initial balancing, yes... I usually then will go back and fine tune drum elements in the same frequency range as the vocals once they're mixed (i.e. snare, percussion, hats)

@LETTMusic 3 года назад

I'm going to try this out on my next beat. I've always struggled with mixing, but I think if I just did top down mixing or bringing everything to zero and coming up until all the elements are right, it would free me up so much time in the long run. I feel like when I mix as I go, I'm constantly battling different elements, because you bring up something, and then something else gets lost, and then you go circular in trying to bring everything out. I think I'll save the 'leveling' part for last, and just focus on composition and getting the sound design FX like delays/reverbs/distortions in place as I go to lock in the tone and vibe I want as I compose.

@emerytylerreid 3 года назад

great point! this video brings so much structure to making competitive mixes a breeze, allowing us to leave our focus on the more creative aspects of the music.

@higherentertainment2343 3 года назад

Awesome video bro 🙏🙌 I love the idea of mixing into a limiter. Thanks brother 🤙❤️

@mkirbymusic 3 года назад

Absolutely awesome tutorial

@larzsmith1214 2 года назад

Great video helped alot

@macacorul3s 3 года назад

you are the man Sean!!!! last few days your video have really been helping me out

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

glad to help Josh! 🙌

@professorpurp970 Год назад

Thank you

@benja303 2 года назад

Achieving competitive Masters for beats: Put a limiter on master at just below zero Put on metering Get a reference track Check lufs of reference tracks: aiming for -10 Your kick will hit around zero true peak

@PatrickObiang 3 года назад

This Is Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Thanx!

@KtraaOfficial 3 года назад

That beat is fire 🔥

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

🙏

@prod.dreiii 2 года назад

Very helpful, thank you!

@Jmwangs 4 месяца назад

Thanks man! Is the master/vca the same as the normal master fader in fl studio?

@SeanDivine 4 месяца назад

I don't use FL but I think so!

@jedianakin1492 2 года назад

Ur a goat new subscriber !!! If i decide to add vocals to this , shoul i use the same method ? then leave headroom with a vca for traditional mastering ??

@SeanDivine 2 года назад

Welcome :) and generally speaking, yup!

@riktascale4 3 года назад

Thanks for this. Sweet music and BTW do you ever consider using a DAW controller for mixing?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

thanks Miguel! and yes I do, just haven't found the right controller yet... keeping an eye out :)

@dabeatbruizerbama2055 3 года назад

Much appreciated the knowledge bro

@barrywilliams8289 3 года назад

GR8 TUTORIAL

@deemomusic1982 3 года назад

Thanks bro always a pleasure of gaining knowledge from you vids!!! Beat is 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

appreciate that Dee!

@TheBlackJewelz 2 года назад

Any thoughts on aiming for RMS values instead of LUFS?

@malcolmm4360 2 года назад

This is great information, I would like to see you do something like this but in a different genre, specifically house music (with vocals)! 🙏

@DRUMBOX-BEATS 3 года назад

Yesssir! Helpful as always!

@adoebeatz 3 года назад

Thanks so much for this! Perfect video that I needed! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

@Transitwo 3 года назад

Bravo Sean, I work in Logic, ozone etc. And because of your work flow this reinforced my work flow. Although I still make bad calls my mix often hits the lufs before limiting thanks to you. Loving the music you create btw. One thing...sometimes I seem to lose reverb on vocals while mastering? Is this common? Keep the Videos coming :)

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

thanks Steve! are you using stereo reverbs and adjusting the stereo field much during the mastering process? that could change the way you're hearing it

@Transitwo 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine Yep...usually with saturation type plugins which push out the stereo field. Usually don’t mess with Stereo spread in ozone (I do that at mix stage).

@archyman7860 3 года назад

thanks bro

@austinmsisya4897 3 года назад

This is really helpful boss.Thank you

@mikegmusic 3 года назад

Thanks a lot for this bro! Do you typically pan a lot more? I noticed here you didn’t really pan much

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

typically yes, although I usually don't do heavy panning until I have the vocals

@tazgoemi3574 3 года назад

Dope really dope my man i have shared this to all my producer friends and if possible please do one on mixing in mono which is better I don’t what am trying to say but I hope you get it just explain if its cool or not coz some guys say mixing in mono is the best way to mix...then put the stereo ryt at the end is that cool... thanks man I got a lot from you..🙌

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

thanks Taz, I have a mono mixing videos on my channel. Here's one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W5-5MwuNY3w.html

@The_Cyber_King 3 года назад

Awesome info . Keep ‘em Comin!

@VVMUSIC888 3 года назад

thx for this video....! you are the best !

@kiralight793 2 года назад

So useful ! Thanks ! But if wanna add some punch to the kick ( like with a smack attack or im puncher ) or parallel compression to the drums , i cant because everything is already hitting at zero , what can i do in this case ? Turn down the fader ? Or gain stage with a gain plugin ?

@SeanDivine 2 года назад

Use a VCA as a master fader :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D3LhWEFiICI.html

@DreErdna 3 года назад

Love the tutorial & tips, Sean! Edit: beat sounding amazin

@rheimidi 3 года назад

Dude, Sean, you rock bro. You got the best RU-vid channel mayn. I learn so much from your videos. I do have one question (may be silly) but why did you lower the master volume instead of the output volume? Thanks!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

thanks :) best practice typically is to setup a master VCA, so you can retain your send / aux relationships and adjust the track levels independently BEFORE the master output

@velanche 3 года назад

Thanks for this; this is hella useful! I'm doing a mxidown today, so this video could not have dropped at a better time. My mix downs aren't bad, but watching the video has me learning a few new things and confirming other things. For sure, mixing is where it all counts. Really appreciate it!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

glad to hear it Velanche 🙌

@ELLIOT8209 2 года назад

@@SeanDivine hi Sean, can you make a video on mixing to translate in mono. I checked some songs and they sound almost the same in stereo and mono

@vishwajeetbabbar7622 3 года назад

Sean devine has best RU-vid lessons

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

🙏

@MO-fb8oh 3 года назад

Very helpful!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

glad to hear it!

@lX-NDR 2 года назад

Did i see your master clipping in red? Isnt that a problem? Great videos btw,subscribed!

@SeanDivine 2 года назад

Not necessarily :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D3LhWEFiICI.html

@lX-NDR 2 года назад

@@SeanDivine nice!! Loving these videos you put out!

@TheMultimedia8 Год назад

Sean.. please help. Did this s.ame approach. Dont know hy but I bring the levels up and instead of gradually increasing the LUFS... It drops... So if its at -12 LUFSwith a kick... When bringing other instruments up. It starts lowering to -13 then -14 and sounding distorted. Suggestions ??

@tcmuze 3 года назад

Awesome video. Really Needed this!!! Would same approach work song with vocals?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

essentially, yes... this is more of a mixing approach for producers releasing beats specifically. once you're working with vocals in the session, it will be better to leave headroom and use a more traditional mastering approach IMO.

@tcmuze 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine Thanks for the clarification.

@Pjaysusity 2 года назад

This Sean guy.........smh 💯🔥

@friendsintheweb Год назад

What about soft clipper? A lot people seem to use something like that to make their beats to “hit harder”

@canuseeproductions8264 2 года назад

Thanks a lot bro ! How can we add vocals to this and get a song ready to be mastered ?

@SeanDivine 2 года назад

no problem, check my channel :)

@ritodanger 3 года назад

great vid! every time the beat comes in, my head starts moving.......

@MixedByRBL 3 года назад

Thanks for the video man its really helpful I got quick question though if you were to send the stems out of this beat for someone else to mix what would you keep on and what would you take off before rendering the stems?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

take off everything on the stereo bus (unless you think it's essential to the mix) and bring a VCA fader back to provide headroom. Most producers send stems with FX... if I need them clean, I ask.

@IssaMuzik 3 года назад

But in case we'd decide to only offer our beat as one file/track, it would make sense to add saturation, EQ etc onto the master-bus right? I ask this to understand if it's the same procedure if you mix for "standard mastering" or stem mastering. For stem mastering you shouldn't put anything onto the master bus when exporting. Is this comparable?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

if you're releasing the beat on it's own, as-is, then yes. In most cases, you don't want to add anything to the master bus until you're actually mastering... that would typically happen after the artist has recorded their vocals to the beat, then you have the full session with all stems mixed.

@MegalocefaloBill 3 года назад

Man your videos are making me improve so much. Appreciate your channel and hope you achieve all you goals. I have a question though.. what about the gains? I learn from another channel to use the gain plugging in all channels for the sake of gain staging, but you dont even touch it why? 🤯

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

glad to hear it’s helping! This video explains in more detail - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D3LhWEFiICI.html

@MegalocefaloBill 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine 🙏🏽

@yamadatarou4545dopyudopyu 3 года назад

Is the 14:48 "Master" fader (color orange) a vca fader for all tracks?

@Rio-uv1gs 3 года назад

What you discuss in this video is done after gainstaging and leveling or before?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

what step in gain staging are you referring to? if you mean setting the levels to unity gain, that would be done first.

@Rio-uv1gs 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine When setting the levels with the UV meter and turning tracks from midi to audio/wav files. So first set to unity, then use u.v to find sweet spot, then add plugginn effects or am I off...Trying figure out the order

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

@@Rio-uv1gs the key is to print any audio with plenty of headroom... then set unity gain if you prefer and start mixing! "sweet spots" for plugins are subjective, they don't all treat levels the same way... use your ears :)

@IDPgen2011 3 года назад

hey sean, first of all thanks for the free quality content. One question though: In order for my kick to hit -13/-12 lufs on the multimeter, i have to boost it a lot... like 6-10 db until its actually hitting above 0db. Ok fine, it still sounds good. Then as soon as i bring up my 808 to a level where it sounds good, the LUFS on the multimeter is brought down to -16/-17 lufs :/ the only way to maintain -13/-12 is to bring the 808 down to a level where its barely audible. the same goes for the other instruments. as soon as i introduce synths, guitars etc, the multimeter will be stuck at -18 LUFS... what am i doing wrong? Im doing everything like in the video :(

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

it depends on the kick itself and how it's processed. the kick sample in the video is hitting at -3 (true peak), -12 LUFS without any limiting. a different kick also hitting at -3 (true peak) might have a reading of -16 LUFS. That's the difference in measuring perceived loudness with LUFS. Try a different kick :)

@IDPgen2011 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine Really appreciate the reply! Will give this a go and report back. thanks again :D

@ThaiZeo 3 года назад

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@EmmzBeats1zx Год назад

still dont get it. I just want my kick and 808 louder without distorting.When i upload to youtube only if i put the voume to max the kick will be as loud as other producers on half the volume

@tri-unetrl3966 3 года назад

Yo Sean, I notice you didn't pan anything when you were mixing... why is that? just curious. Thanks

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

it's not always the same but I don't personally do heavy panning in the beat mixing process... it's generally best to wait for the vocal / complete mix

@tri-unetrl3966 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine Oh okay... I feel ya 👍🏼

@henryblaeser 3 года назад

oooooo new space!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

same space, new lights :)

@henryblaeser 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine haha ooooops!

@urielquinones7131 3 года назад

This is where I get confused. Aren’t you supposed to leave headroom in order to master it? What am I not getting? I always mix beats at around -4 - -6db and then make them loud in the master because that’s what I was always told to do

@apollospyrol7168 3 года назад

Keep that same approach!

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

typically, you have the 2-track for demoing in your beat store / recording purposes (the loud version we created here) and then the multi track stems with headroom for mixing the entire session WITH vocals... then you would do traditional mastering

@urielquinones7131 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine makes complete sense thank you 🙏

@Jack-ow7gx 3 года назад

Is gain staging required? after i gain stage it makes reaching the -11, -12 LUFS range for the kick iffy

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

Is it causing unwanted distortion / artifacts in your plugins or in the master? If not, I wouldn’t worry about :)

@LoneWolfSwitch 3 года назад

Please make your vids available for download some of us can't stream 24/7

@evngeo8126 3 года назад

Anyone know how to bounce stems in Logic if you use auxiliary tracks / buses on your instrument groups? Whenever I go to “export all tracks as audio files”, any effects I have running through buses don’t print.

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

right click the aux track in the mixer and click create track... once it's in the arrange window, it will bounce a stem for the aux

@alwaysinthelab6698 3 года назад

🔥🔥🔥

@clarkflavor 3 года назад

Is normalising each audio file when importing stems to Logic going to ruin my signal besides mess up the balance?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

Not necessarily but I wouldn’t recommend it

@clarkflavor 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine I'm thinking that too, but don't know why exactly ☹️

@Dat-Mix 3 года назад

My snare or clap is higher than the kick in the mix. I lowered it but it seems to low when adjusting so it doesn't outdo the kick.

@burnercomented 3 года назад

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@bossmanwurldbeats 3 года назад

Am really great full

@unbeater 4 месяца назад

🙌❤️‍🔥

@natanbake2933 3 года назад

💥🌟💫

@TheMultimedia8 3 года назад

That last master is a VCA CHannel ?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

in the case of Logic specifically, yes use a VCA to apply the level to change to ALL exported tracks

@TheMultimedia8 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine Thanks Sean! Appreciate it. . Yeah, Logic is the man. 8AUDIO

@DycayBeats 3 года назад

Have you done gain staging before all of this?

@DycayBeats 3 года назад

What I mean by gain staging here was using VU meter or just check individual tracks' peaking level and set them around -10 to -18db so that plugins don't have to react too much to the incoming signals and create unwanted distortion and stuff. That's what I learned from other youtuber's videos, but as you said in the other video if it sounds good it sounds good and nothing really matters. I thought if I followed this tutorial I will get better result with my mix so thank you.

@cesargonzalezbueno3359 3 года назад

But why a well balanced mix at a level of -8lufs sounds way lauder than other well balanced mix at the same level?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

They're mixed with dynamics and perceived loudness. That's not the same as loudness represented by LUFS ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jZxWLGMWWxc.html

@cesargonzalezbueno3359 3 года назад

@@SeanDivine thanks. I also analyzed before you had the opportunity to replay me a lot of song from top Reggaeton artist using Youlean and I noticed everything you just told in your replay. Thank you.

@MrDjodji 3 года назад

👍👍👍👍👍😉

@ItzBanknotez 6 месяцев назад

feel like the 808 is a little too quiet. A lot of beats i hear especially those atlanta beats like southside, 808 mafia have the kick and 808 around the same level and the melody sits under.

@ludovicnaba8940 3 года назад

No gain staging ?

@SeanDivine 3 года назад

not sure what step in gain staging you're referring to, but yes... all audio tracks were printed with plenty of headroom, there's no problematic clipping or undesired results :)

@homdiggymuzik 2 года назад

Nice concept… but the contradiction is …gain staging… if you gain stage to say -6db you cannot hit -8/9 Lufs .. you have to mix hot to achieve such levels