Pop Mixing Masterclass with Tony Maserati [Beyoncé, Usher, Jason Mraz, Black Eyed Peas] 

Tony: Clicks bypass on. Clicks bypass off. Crowd: applauds 👏👏👏👏

I saw this lecture when I had cold and wanted to relax by watching some RU-vid videos at October last year. I can say now, a few months later, that it completely changed the way I was creating music and I would even say it changed my life little bit. I'm constantly coming back and watching few bits of this amazing lecture. I even screened his whole session for analysis how I can use it to improve my mixing. Absolutely love this.

these mixcon videos are so underrated its crazy

I don't understand the criticism of this talk. No he didn't get technical, but what he did do was expand upon his mixing philosophy. Namely that mixing is about feeling, not sonic technicality. Another valuable lesson is to capture the best recordings possible, and leave as little as possible to the mix process. Tony lives and breathes mixing, I mean the man can do it in his head! If you want to mix like him, you have to apply that same dedication.

This album (3:33 - Debi Nova) just win a Latin Grammy for best engineered album and its awesome i saw this 1 year ago... congrats Tony, niceeeee Debi

Thank you SonicScoop! Tony Maserati is such a great human being

I'm almost half-way through. Incredible value and lots of wisdom. Something not to be missed.

Tony Maserati is a living legend !

Out of his entire catalog, I'm here for his work on Twice lol. I'd pay for a deconstruction of I Can't Stop Me, thanks. EDIT: this is such a great presentation btw. people who take issue with it are pretty ridiculous tbh. and that's coming from someone whose initial comment was "gimme Twice." He let everyone in on his driving philosophies and mindset. If you need specific fader and knob moves, you're missing the entire point. By and large, what I want from a presentation by a master is their mindset. Here and there, a little trick is nice but he's here to let you in on what he deems important. He literally has content doing exactly what people are saying they want. This content complements those things perfectly. What more could you ask for from a guy like this? On top of all that, unless you're mcdsp, you didn't even pay for this lol. tf is happening

I had to watch this video a few times to really understand what he was trying to say. His philosophy is really on point, it makes sense why his mixes are so great.

The biggest takeaway on this video was definitely his passion to keep learning and be curious even at the level that he's at.

Thumbs up without viewing the content. Sonic scoop is doing so much for the mixing and the all encompassing music community! Already subscribed and notified, those viewing this comment should too. They got Tony Maserati people!!

Can we also talk about how great this song is. I can't understand a word but it has the vibe. Without that, you cannot create good mix.

just sparked some ideas for my mix, great insight into his mindset and questions he asks himself!

Who else uses Maserati VX1 (stereo) on their audio tracks to record? I do every time. What a legend!

I was there!!!!

Thank you SonicScoop!

I would love to hear a Tony and Tchad and JJP private conversation about technique and taste (without all the fluff and niceties of an official televised presentation per se.) Tony appears to be exceptionally suited for expository presentations that get across copious amounts of meta-information. Maybe somebody close to him can convince him to instigate something like this? It would be a remarkable accomplishment for the art in my opinion. Great work here. Thanks Tony.

Thank you so much, Tony, Justin and Mcdsp. With respect from Russia

*plays track* Nobody: "🤔Hmm, what kind of room do i want to create? Do i want it to sound like there is a wooden floor... a cheeto bag sitting halfway on the venetian edge of a freshly sealed mid grade sized granite counter top?... 😔decisions, decisions..."

Wow, wow, wow! I would like to thank Tony for a wonderfully messy but hugely inspiring presentation!! I had only seen him as a somewhat smartass seller of Waves plugins. This shows him as a hard working engineer, still learning, still experimenting, working late hours for small details... This was, to me, a fascinating peek at real life in this wonderful business. Thanks and congrats to Tony and to all who made this presentation possible !!

Serban Ghenea is Gawdd! Please can you get him? BTW Thank you for this!

Thanks SonicScoop & McDsp this is great value!

Thank you McDsp you rock 😎

This is what my soul needed

Thank you, *SonicScoop* and *McDSP* !

his philosophy has me asking myself what kind of fiber-count the fabric in the room has

McDSP rules!!

no wonder my mixes did not come out good, I was not thinking of the finisher on the wood...

Wow can't thank you guys enough!

Tony doesn't play, don't forget to train your EARS! Thanks for sharing the knowledge, it's great to get to hear how a legendary mixers mind works. =)

Real verb pro for the win!

Tony is awsome!

We all respect to the culture of the art of recording computer recording would never have a thumb finger foot or match to reel the real 2-in tape recording the quality is unmatchable. We need to rebirth and rethink the 2in reel to reel

12:00 I think this shows that he is absolutely knowing what he is talking about, but that he also overestimates the expertise of audiences. I call this the "math teacher phenomenon". He simply knows so much that he cannot get into the mind of the average listener. Like this math teacher in school, who looked at you like you're dumb because you didn't get the Pythagorean theorem immediately. 😂No average music listener does actually recognize the nuances in kick drum sampling and mixing. They can tell if it fits in the mix, but they cannot tell more, nor do they care more. Still engaging talk so far.

My dude,,- had the pleasure of working with Tony waaay back in the day,, powerful info from a mix icon.. -

Firstly, thank you to all the creators and facilitators for organizing, presenting and making these talks and making them available for free, it is fantastic work you are doing for us all. The Bob Power talk is fantastic, very helpful and inspiring. However, regarding this talk - as someone learning mixing and production, to spend over 30 mins talking about your friend's piece of kit, especially at a price many of us can't afford, was not helpful. Many of us are on a very tight budget and working on analog gear would be amazing, but is not possible so we have to work in the box. Also, although he certainly has tons of experience and helps create some excellent quality songs, to speak about being sent songs that are almost finished already is more mastering than mixing. I'm sure he has much experience to share that this talk didn't highlight, but again, the focus here was much more mastering than a mixing masterclass as the title would suggest. I'm not a hater, I just feel it's important to give honest feedback, not biased due to the speaker's credentials. Thanks again guys. Love & Music...

reminds me of Steve Jobs , Tim Cook - a Keynote.... he's on that level ! Great.

Distorted 808’s have been used for years prior to Phineas in trap music he just adopted it in his sound.

Great video. Thank you. Awesome song too.

Anyone who recognizes the last insert of BG vocals? Is it C-18? Never heard of plugin like that.

Love your channel. Love the vids

Thank you very much for this. Great.

Once you hit a certain point of technical knowledge, it becomes 90% about hearing and feeling and 10% about anything technical. If you're working on fundamentals, this can be seen as aspirational and not educational. If you're well past fundamentals, you can pull some good info here.

Music can be a universal language, knowing the exact lyrics is not an urgent factor.

Lol wait finneas created that 808 bass distortion? That’s lowkey been done by Ronny J, Bones, etc. Finneas is still a great producer though

HA! We got a shout out!

what a monster...this guy was reaching Tesla levels of mental visualization when he was mixing all in his head.

I love Tony and so grateful for his willingness to share his knowledge but this lecture was really brutal. I zoned out, then fast-forwarded. I guess I was expecting more in depth mixing knowledge and techniques.

I do not agree with everything he said. For instance I don't think it's paramount to keep up with plugins. But I really got something from this speech, which I cannot say about every speech, even if other speeches are a lot more detailed on what kind of frequencies do what for them and how they eq or when they compress. In a way it's a liberating speech and helps you visualize music like a child again. It's really important to really understand and picture the emotion and work in broad strokes first. That's great advice.

Marlon Brando Mixing? :O Thanks for the lessons!! Padrino!!!

What's the name of the Debi Nova track?

Man , Candy Rain was s banger!

im sorry but I think its really important to understand what the singer is saying if you gonna be the last person putting your hands on their material before mastering. For example theres a error on her vocal track where she says; " No me quedan fuerza..." Well ...she should said "fuerzas" with "s" at the end. To explain you a little bit better .."Fuerza" no "s" means more like ..muscle strength . Fuerzas..with "s" ...means courage. And since she's singing in Spanish who you think its gonna be number one audience? Now a lot of you that dont understand what she's singing will let it pass not knowing what went wrong and probably get call out at the end even tho its not your fault since you only mixing not recording or vocal couching. Now another point is ...in some songs theres some instances where the lyrics can inspire you to make some drastic changes . For example a verse that ends saying the word "empty "....a long reverb decay ...or a well pronounced delay effect will give more impact to that word and so on. So bottom line ...its really important to know and understand what the singer is really saying.

I love this!!!!

What song is he taking about at 15:31? Anyone!

Damn! That APB-16 (McDSP) is $7000.00. Wow!! Why these things have to be soooo expensive? Great vid from Mr. Maserati though.

Pls Tony share all you had in your head in a book.An e-book will will do.Thank You

3:33 ❤

Talking bout finnias distorted an 808 like aphex twin didn’t do it 20 years ago....

I use his waves plugins

Al final se me hizo corto, apareció el amigo a cortar justo cuando se ponía mas ondero el contenido, buena la idea de la maquina, sabemos que la tecnologia se va sofisticando y esta integración de la circuitería analoga dentro de un sistema digital para comprimir esta buenisimo pero es un paso 🤔 me gustaria verlo inverso sistema análogo compresión digital, escuchar cual es mas dulce y un sistema que combine ambos a continuacion o paralelo 👌

Does anybody knows what is that song in spanish ?

whats the song in the beginning

Which Billie Eilish somg is he talking abt with the 808?

5:10 Can someone fill in the blank here, sorry I don't understand what Tony is talking about. Only 808-ish I can get from Elish is a few songs with the very typical trap snare (distorted 808 snare). Is it a trap genre thing? What am I missing here?

I hope they'll sell billion of this unit but I'm not sure about $7k.... or I'm missing how is going down Audio market!

I did not expect if George clooney start mixing

McDSP....my son heard "Nick Diaz peed"

36:03 LOL 😂

@SonicScoop what is the intro song before the video starts?

Nice!

Distorting an 808 is brilliance. I have been brilliant for 25 years then.

Tony! Money is more important than giving someone a hand right?

X-men need to put u in the next movie and also mix master the audio lol

48:35 cant stop zuchi ni. cant stop zuchi ni.

songs name please 36:00

How is he using something like chickenhead without a rack of outboard gear?

K!ckass show, I wish I was there! Thank you so much, Mr. Maserati. I love you for you! Mixcon, you should fire your A2 and use me on your next show. This guy's mic placement was trash! -mg!

Getting a Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner vibe

Who is this "bee"?

UAD made this already

We need Serban Ghenea

$7,000 is kinda steep for 16 channels of pseudo analog compression in 2019. It would have to be infinitely better than the modeled plugins that are out now, and I'm not convinced of that. It seems like 10 years too late to me.

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techno is always leading the way in what he is talking about, its a genre based on the future

Tony is the great speaker! I guess he easily might be a president. Vote for Tony not Trump!

Honestly Tmas was just selling Mcdsp stuff and didnt teach anything on this one..

Billie Eilish link?

2:20 One of the best moments! Standing still for a few seconds and actually possible to focus on what you say. : )

why does he constantly throw his so called assistant under the bus.....lol

Universal audio did this already

i wonder if any of the people behind the production of this series have any idea how to mix because the mic levels of the lecturers are terrifying.

Fact that this is an audio masterclass and the reverb is so distracting is throwing me off.

a long McDsp ad

just a sales pitch for McDSP box :(

This lecture is sooooooo boring

soon AI is doin it for us guys

Nice guy but what a waste of time and money. Sponsors were like cut this dude off and get him tf on lol

Lol 1st joke so cringe worthy 😂