20 Years of Mixing Advice in 1hr 38mins

For me it was volume and clipping

What's the song's artist name on the 3rd minute?

I started with a fast track pro and an akg mic, as well

The problem with what you are saying is that it’s only true on what you are working on.
Mixing is also creating the stereo field…

i wish i could like this 57 times

My technical brain is very very tired...the last piece of my mixing/mastering puzzle is learning to improve the perceived loudness...Tips & tricks no longer bring the joy or show much of anything New in this space. This was a great video, really summed it all up nicely. Thank You. =)

Oh what is that console behind you??????

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Mix A at 2:40 the snare sounds better to me. Mix B snare level to low. But thats my taste I think. So when I mix it sounds like mix A . Better Balance to me.... also the snap sound on 28:15 . Is only to loud on the R channel.

Quality advice, thank you!

Thanks for all the high quality free content!

One could say, EQ is still volume control.

Is there somewhere we can get the stems to practice with?

I couldn't tell the difference between mix A and B and I've done a fair bit of mixing and also have quiet sensitive ears. Glad I saw this, it actually makes sense that we overdo things or look too deeply into things, whereas super simple moves are sometimes all a mix needs

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Remove ear wax. Essential.

What I noticed was that the drums in Mix A were too loud.

Kind of mix b sound like more automations on it

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This is awesome.Much love and respect

Great song + Mystery Element + great recording = difficult mix. The mystery element (apparently) in so many video tutorials talking about creating a great recording. The mystery element is arranging. Arranging determines what instruments and vocals are going to be part of the finished piece. The right instruments and vocal parts in the right places at the right intensities, is a very necessary part of ending up with a great recording. One suggestion might be to envision a club cover band listening to the finished mix and deciding to add it to their set list. What elements do they have to get "right" to do a good job? These elements of the arrangement are what will determine not only how the song works live, but also allows one to be aware that anything else added should support those key elements melodically and/or rhythmically.
Every successful international engineer got to where they are by working with the best artists, the best songs, and the best arrangements.
Working with amateur artists, mediocre songs and dreadful arrangements will hopefully prepare an engineer and/or hopeful producer to progress - by being able to realize when the artist, song and arrangement are the best reasons to pay attention to those elements first. When I started engineering and producing in the 70s, these would be referred to as hooks.
Putting in some time mixing live cover bands in venues would also be helpful, especially in prioritizing workflow. There is much to learn in that experience, especially if able/allowed to record the unprocessed individual channels/tracks of audio to try mixing away from the venue.
I agree about mixing being about volume balance - made easier if the performer(s) are able to deliver the dynamic required to allow the strongest elements to come through at any points in the song. Arrangement will determine if this is possible.
When the Beatles decided to do the Get Back/Let it Be sessions, it was to essentially do a live album (and performance), so they stuck with instruments and arrangements to fulfill that objective. What the world ended up with was the "Let it Be" LP with additions by Phil Spector, the "Let it Be Naked" with nothing added, and the more recent "Get Back" episodic movie that showed it all coming together and capturing live performances. So much to learn from that 3 part movie, for any aspiring engineer, arranger, or producer. Folks should watch that movie a few times and see what important things happened to deliver the end result. Pick them out and share them, discuss. Every aspect of creating a great recording was captured and put on display. 100 percent analogue or 100 percent in the box, those elements haven't changed.

Singer sounds a bit like Peter Gabriel.

Amen about the YouTube algorithm limitation. I need the content you provided here. Thank you for the high quality.

Thank you for sharing your experience, this was awesome and did'nt bore me Great Job!!!!

Thanks for sharing!!! Saludos desde México

I agree. My project studio is about 9 years old starting with presonus audiobox. now have appolo x8p barely knowing any plugin. In real life, I've mixed at church and other live environments.

There are a lot of concerns when i try to learn studio tools. 1. Learning a plugin or external hardware has been counter intuitive 2. I see to tools aimed at repair vs. building. Builders use a plan and execute from the beginning. Repairs are necessarily when something is off. 3 The no 1 instrument and goal is our ears and emotions that result from listening.

As a part-time studio guy, my goal is to get the reaction of live shows, which is done mostly with EQ, faders, pan, reverb. Capturing the true fidelity of the source to complement you ears is the ultimate goal. My best recordings required less tweaking and almost zero plugins. I dont get what all these gear are up to.

What's the fourth dimension???

Lol that vocalist even sounds a lot like Thom Yorke in places

Goodness -PREXENTS

great stuff

Yooo is that background music on 6:50 one of the tracks from Sonic 2006 ???

Volume balance of instruments is the most powerful thing for a good mix .... I’ve come to that same conclusion recently after producing and mixing for 20 years as well.... less is more 💯

does anyone know which song is that at 02:40? i couldn't find the name anywhere :(

YO I NEED this video right now (after doing most of the other - admittedly - free courses) Thank you.

I actually started with a PC World usb plastic £4.99 thing and Wav recorder. That was towards the end of 1999-2000. In 2004-05, I had the Blue Yeti microphone and after Rode NT-USB with a Behringer Audio interface.

My equipment today is far greater: Aston Spirit Mic, Scarlet Solo Audio interface, Yamaha MG10uf and honestly Audacity is great for a full free software. My favourite thing I own is the AKG WMS 470 C5.

What I do when mixing or mastering is use my headphones for the close sound, so i can hear the vocal blend. Afterwards, I use a variety of different speakers and other headsets to listen again. Obviously some things emulate the sound different. I like a lot of mid-range on my tracks vocals. The most useful.thungs to me: limiter/restricter, noise reduction and normalise and if you need it compression to push up sound.

These are the things that really help the track balance. I also drop the level of both the track and vocals together, so that its not going to spike or distort when I go to master track.

Saved me a fortune and a lifetime of pointless effort. As primarily a guitarist doing home recording and jam sessions I now realize I can get 90 % of what i need from volume faders. No plans to be an audio engineer just want to get what I need and focus on playing music rather than trying to perfect a recording..

Some great tips, awesome 😊

I can't believe i guessed the Frequency right at 20:00 !!!

stfu please now my head hurts

That is the AKG 420 Perception!! 😂 I have it till this day!!

I think you understand the final output but to me. Your clipping and not adjusting volume. So from a student perspective you aren’t doing us justice. Not gain staging.

Amazing advices. Thank you!

If anyone is mixing on headphones use the goodhertz can opener plugin ( it gives you the cross referencing of a speaker setup in headphones) . changed my headphones mixes tremendously

all legendary songs were recorded in the 50/60's without all this crap, musicians got in the studio, played what ever they need it to play (all live recording all together at once) and that's it, what you hear is what you get, and their music is still being played today!!!!

I guessed exactly 1 khz listening on my android phones speakers. I'm there 😂