TRICK 1: Guitars Guitar 1 - 50% Left - Sends to Reverb on that is 100% Right Guitar 2 -Duplicate of Guitar1 with 1/64 delay - 100% Right -Volume is lower than Guitar1 -You can add a little modulation to help with phasing -No Reverb on Verses At the chorus - Guitar 1 goes 100% left - Guitar 2 is already 100% right, but starts sending to reverb 100% left. - Guitar 2 volume comes up to fill some space TRICK 2: Subtle, Percussive Ear Candy -Take a drum loop -Distort the crap out of it -Make it flip flop between hard left and hard right. -Put it on the choruses. TRICK 3: Vocals - Chorus Backing vocals are panned to 30% Left/Right - At the final chorus, they go wider. TRICK 4: Cutting stuff out - Bass and Second Guitar cut out - Main Guitar gets centered. - Width is lost for a section so that it is more surprising when it comes back. TRICK 5: Cymbal Sample Trick - Reverse Cymbal - Pan goes from Left to Right as the Cymbal fades in. TRICK 6: Guitar Stereo Tremelo-esque effect - maually automate panning between hard-left and hard-right on a section. - Stereo reverb to make the flip/flop a little less sharp.
Hi Friends, Panning helps us create space in a mix. It can also help us create a more immersive musical experience for our listeners. I opened up a very simple song with me playing every instrument, one guitar, bass and the simplest Drum part ever! With that I had some fun creating 5 quick Panning tricks! Have a marvellous time trying out these panning tricks! Please let us know some of your ideas!
By FAR my favorite video, Warren. I would absolutely love to see more videos of you brainstorming! It might be cool to see you take a horrible track with a horrible mix, bad recordings, boring instrumentation, and try to use some of your tricks to SAVE THE MIX! Hahaha! You could call it “Save The Mix!” Just an idea I had tonight... anyhow, AMAZING content! Excited for more!
Left and right channels are switched i think. or ive been mixing for months on monitors that are not connected right haha. when you said "reverb on the right", the sound came out of my left speaker
Haha I'll talk to Eric who edited it! He messed it up in post! AS you can see on the screen it plays left when I say left, right when I say right! Haha Oh well another reason for the 'experts' to be right! Haha
Seriously Warren, you provide THE most valuable content available online for audio education. There are better tips in this video than in courses I've paid for! I am truly grateful for all the knowledge you share with us on a daily basis. I continue to get better as a mixer because of it! You are top notch! THANK YOU!
Absolutely Great. I never miss your videos Warren. How come you did not get rid of the right angles in panning automation to get rid of the clicking? Very slight slope to the panning automation would get rid of the clicks but not mess with timing (probably). P.S. What you did with the drum loop going through a guitar amp was incredible. Have a great week!
A M A Z I N G Tips! It's wonderful being able to watch you work in real time! Most video last 20 mins on one minor detail here you do 5 in the same time !!
Thanks Warren for these superb ideas, as a newbie [aged 66 years] there is much to consider & for experimentation. Best wishes from the UK, & thanks for your energy, enthusiasm, & expertise.
Thanks for the great time and fun and how to be creative instead of lost in the science of. Again I can walk away and actually use these tips all over the place
You've panned my creative process, in a marvellous way. Thank You Warren. I now feel like a "Dr" in music. And that's only 5 panning tricks. Awesome!!!
Warren...I have really enjoyed your guidance in showing us youtubers "a path". Your tutorials are professional and easy to understand and your tricks of the trade are cool and inspiring. (I'm finally adding the Wah D-string bass in my electric guitars.) Bring it-sweet midrange! In addition, I am finally understanding the importance of instrument/frequency separation, panning, and adding width/depth in music. Side note; I have been playing guitar/bass with either a 4 or 8 track for decades and have been recording so blindly. Thank you sir and many good wishes!
I love that you're using untraditional ideas with the drum layers in the mixing. I love to make things sound different and I've been studying drum mixing lately. Great ideas at 8:45 !
Great tips Warren , can see that I will be able to carry most of these tricks through to my Cubase Daw , GREAT POST Love your enthusiasm and willingness to pass on your skill , Thank you and a big TU^ ;-) Trevor
Super grateful for these tips! Wasn't sure how you were going to make that bridge part sound good but when you added the reverb it just masked the imperfections. Will definitely try the panned trashy loops also. Cheers
I have to say, what an amazing series this is Warren. I have enjoyed and learned from them all, but this one is the best so far (for me). Just sitting back and watching you enjoy yourself, doing what you do best, taking something simple, and making it truly interesting. Doesn't hurt that I like Lilly's Vocals too, because I'm going to need to watch this one quite a few times, there's so much in it ;0) Thank you again.
What if you added a ride and a ride bell during the chorus ? I guess that will add to the width of the song especially after the bridge part..(29:13 for reference)
Hi Warren, I just started music production a few weeks ago full time and I have been learning a lot of stuff on your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge to us. One love.
Great job!!! Many people are going to say wrong but if there is good result at the end, who cares! )) I also like the magic of panning and use very often. Love the result!)) Thanks for great advices, Mr. Warren. Always helping!
Hi Erdem, thanks for the wonderful comment! I'm ALWAYS wrong! I embrace it! Let the self proclaimed 'experts' go at it! Haha It's quite alright! I love being able to experiment and make great music my friend!
Awesome video Warren! I like how you go indepth with planning. I cannot wait to try these panning tips out! What a lot of beginning mixers do and I was at fault at doing this is, not asking or even thinking why did you do pan the guitars 50% L and R in the verse and 100% L and R in the chorus and so on. But your videos go in depth and I am extremely grateful for you doing these videos. Thank you Warren! I hope you have a marvellous day too!
Funny. and I mean that in the most positive way- Whenever you read something like "5 quick...whatever" here on UA-cam, you have videos, which are hardly 5 minutes long and are missing any details. Yours? More than half an hour and I love it. Thanks!
Now that was a spectacular performance!! Could you please make more videos like this? It was so much fun watching your way of mixing and that humor was brilliant! Thank you so much, Warren! 🙏🏾cheers from Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Couldnt agree more. There discog is so diverse aswell! A bit of everything! Guilty of being a younger fan and discovering them through there self titled album of 2003. But going back to songs like Love Like Blood etc etc just further make them beyond belief.
Im "doing marvelously" thanks to your videos. I write, record, mix and perform all my own songs at home, and your videos square the creative options and quality of all my productions. Also I love the Killing Joke shout out.
Wow, Warren, this was a real ear-opener for me, a newby to mix/ production. You are truly Fabulous, & thanks for sharing your tips with us. Now my day is “truly marvelous”! My mixes will be so much more interesting. Before, I was screwing up the EQ & moving Volume faders up & down, with no real concept of Verb/ Delay...dreadful!
I dont know how many hours I've been spending and had a marvelous time with the educational videos you did put out here. But I have to show my gratitude and say THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU'RE AWESOME! love from Norway! :)
It says “5 quick ... tips” but there is always so much more in this series’s videos. Even if I know some of the tricks, I always learn something new. Would love to see a video on how you tackle mixing upright bass, especially together with guitars. There’s always a fight in the lower mids which I have a hard time getting right...
Great tips! I think I have one more! Panning Tip #6- Pan music to the front of the car as to not wake the sleeping kids in the back! Step 2, enjoy the drive! haha!
this is really cool. I just have one question, how do you manage to erase the clicking in the last part you mixed... I think the clicking is still present... thank you!
This guy born with headphones and mixing console inside his mom belly, it's impossible another way... Doe, thank you so much and you are so amazing ! Thank you so much so much so much for all these tips for free. You're about to revolutionize the Computer aided musical creation universe !
Amazing production tricks! I did the reverse cymbal panning trick only yesterday. I really like the Pancake plugin for some random panning. Cheers Warren!
Wow, Warren! That panning trick with the distorted drum loop is one of the coolest things I've heard! I'll have to try it in a fitting song! By the way, really good, catchy song!
Warren: You can use the AutoPan plugin that comes with Pro Tools to automatically pan something - this can sync to the BPM of your session and is very handy if you don't want to do tedious editing. Thanks very much for the video though, I always learn new things by watching your videos!
Killing Joke! Saw them live in 2016! Found them a couple of years ago (way too late) and they have influenced all those bands that I listened to when I was a teen. Like Faith No More, Nirvana, Metallica and other neverheard bands. The three newest albums gave me goosebumps, especially one song - the Great Cull.
Thanks again for this, I always like to pan my tunes, definitely essential and one thing I definitely gave no problems with, but still nice to see this video to make comparisons, I can still learn from it. Stay safe, Jo Deerfield xx.
TRICK 1: Guitars
Guitar 1
- 50% Left
- Sends to Reverb on that is 100% Right
Guitar 2
-Duplicate of Guitar1 with 1/64 delay
- 100% Right
-Volume is lower than Guitar1
-You can add a little modulation to help with phasing
-No Reverb on Verses
At the chorus
- Guitar 1 goes 100% left
- Guitar 2 is already 100% right, but starts sending to reverb 100% left.
- Guitar 2 volume comes up to fill some space
TRICK 2: Subtle, Percussive Ear Candy
-Take a drum loop
-Distort the crap out of it
-Make it flip flop between hard left and hard right.
-Put it on the choruses.
TRICK 3: Vocals
- Chorus Backing vocals are panned to 30% Left/Right
- At the final chorus, they go wider.
TRICK 4: Cutting stuff out
- Bass and Second Guitar cut out
- Main Guitar gets centered.
- Width is lost for a section so that it is more surprising when it comes back.
TRICK 5: Cymbal Sample Trick
- Reverse Cymbal
- Pan goes from Left to Right as the Cymbal fades in.
TRICK 6: Guitar Stereo Tremelo-esque effect
- maually automate panning between hard-left and hard-right on a section.
- Stereo reverb to make the flip/flop a little less sharp.
Thnaks bro
Looks like this Dilligan fellow woke up and chose to be a king 4 yrs ago
you da man
When panning that reverse cymbal, seeing Warren be proud and impressed by his own mastery is perhaps one of the most wholesome things I've seen.
Warren, you have produced an incredible DIY production school.
Hi Friends, Panning helps us create space in a mix. It can also help us create a more immersive musical experience for our listeners. I opened up a very simple song with me playing every instrument, one guitar, bass and the simplest Drum part ever! With that I had some fun creating 5 quick Panning tricks! Have a marvellous time trying out these panning tricks! Please let us know some of your ideas!
The key, I think, is that you had such a simple arrangement. Absolutely perfect, and it worked. Thank you Warren. Good stuff.
Thank you ever so much Saint Luminus!
Thank you 'EVER SO MUCH' warren lol! Wonderful video!
Thanks ever so much Apple! Ha
By FAR my favorite video, Warren. I would absolutely love to see more videos of you brainstorming! It might be cool to see you take a horrible track with a horrible mix, bad recordings, boring instrumentation, and try to use some of your tricks to SAVE THE MIX! Hahaha! You could call it “Save The Mix!” Just an idea I had tonight... anyhow, AMAZING content! Excited for more!
Left and right channels are switched i think. or ive been mixing for months on monitors that are not connected right haha. when you said "reverb on the right", the sound came out of my left speaker
same here! Must be Warren's speakers not connected the right way, secret trick! :')
You would know straight away if you psnned left and it came right?
just a joke haha. of course i would notice it immediately ;)
Haha I'll talk to Eric who edited it! He messed it up in post! AS you can see on the screen it plays left when I say left, right when I say right! Haha Oh well another reason for the 'experts' to be right! Haha
Eric just got all excited about your panning ideas and couldn't help, but try them out on the video as he edited.
Seriously Warren, you provide THE most valuable content available online for audio education. There are better tips in this video than in courses I've paid for! I am truly grateful for all the knowledge you share with us on a daily basis. I continue to get better as a mixer because of it! You are top notch! THANK YOU!
Wow! It was not just enlightening but just plain fun. Thanks! The reverse cymbal + automating the pan is a must.
Wow! Great video. Going through the entire creative process was amazing. This is why I like watching your videos. Hope to see more. Thanks!!
Absolutely Great. I never miss your videos Warren. How come you did not get rid of the right angles in panning automation to get rid of the clicking? Very slight slope to the panning automation would get rid of the clicks but not mess with timing (probably). P.S. What you did with the drum loop going through a guitar amp was incredible. Have a great week!
Excellently done.... Simple is best.... Thank you very much...
Videos like this prove Warren is a mad scientist, but a benevolent one!
Thank you so much for making this video Warren
This is exactly what I need help with ear candy really cool song you’re working on 👍
A M A Z I N G Tips! It's wonderful being able to watch you work in real time! Most video last 20 mins on one minor detail here you do 5 in the same time !!
Thanks very much Darlene! That's very kind of you!
You are hands down the best. PERIOD.
Thanks Warren for these superb ideas, as a newbie [aged 66 years] there is much to consider & for experimentation. Best wishes from the UK, & thanks for your energy, enthusiasm, & expertise.
Thanks ever so much to you in the UK my friend!
It's never too late to make music!
Agreed! It's never too late my friend! Getting making music! It's incredible rewarding!
Your enthusiasm is the best part!
My favorite youtube mixing channel!
Thanks ever so much Greengo!! You Rock my friend!
@@Producelikeapro Mine too!
Yeah, so many videos, so many great tips.
Great way of making the music come alive. Like the fact each part of song sounds different with drum sounds.
The best panning tutorial I have ever seen. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!
at 9:30, pure genius. Warren, I think that good panning is the secret sauce of every mix. Thanks for all the inspiration that you give us.
Wow, panning ,automation, production choices and mangling of audio in one video. Thanks Warren
Haha thanks ever so much Paul! You Rock my friend!
Cool song! The magic of capturing the simplicity, which really isn't that simple.
Thanks for the great time and fun and how to be creative instead of lost in the science of. Again I can walk away and actually use these tips all over the place
Wow! Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
Well Done Warren. The joy you had doing this was infectious.
You've panned my creative process, in a marvellous way. Thank You Warren. I now feel like a "Dr" in music. And that's only 5 panning tricks. Awesome!!!
I joined the academy over the weekend and this video further solidifies the Panning Cheat Sheet being put into practice. Very informative.
Thanks ever so much
I really appreciate it
I learned more from this video than I've learned in a long time. Thanks, Warren!
Sir,can you also please explain how you compressed the jazz bass?
Warren...I have really enjoyed your guidance in showing us youtubers "a path". Your tutorials are professional and easy to understand and your tricks of the trade are cool and inspiring. (I'm finally adding the Wah D-string bass in my electric guitars.) Bring it-sweet midrange! In addition, I am finally understanding the importance of instrument/frequency separation, panning, and adding width/depth in music. Side note; I have been playing guitar/bass with either a 4 or 8 track for decades and have been recording so blindly. Thank you sir and many good wishes!
what a fun fun session. don't know what I liked better, the lesson or how much fun you were having doing it
This is a master piece of production. Thank you so much Warren. Cheers from Argentina
Thanks ever so much Sergio!! You Rock my friend! Have a marvellous day in Argentina!
Panning Masterclass , incredeble !!!
It took me watching it several times before I fully understood it.
Thank you so much for your sharing ^^
Cool loop panning!
Warren = massive legend.
I love that you're using untraditional ideas with the drum layers in the mixing. I love to make things sound different and I've been studying drum mixing lately. Great ideas at 8:45 !
Hi Warren!! This is pure gold for someone starting to produce/mix like me. Great video, love the song. Greetings from Argentina!!
That was TOTALLY AWESOME!!
learning so much making the mix breathe & come to life Thanks Warren
Love the song but why did you remove the war candy loop ?
Great tips Warren , can see that I will be able to carry most of these tricks through to my Cubase Daw , GREAT POST Love your enthusiasm and willingness to pass on your skill , Thank you and a big TU^ ;-) Trevor
Super grateful for these tips! Wasn't sure how you were going to make that bridge part sound good but when you added the reverb it just masked the imperfections. Will definitely try the panned trashy loops also. Cheers
Amazing tips! Creativity wins it all!!!
I have to say, what an amazing series this is Warren.
I have enjoyed and learned from them all, but this one is the best so far (for me).
Just sitting back and watching you enjoy yourself, doing what you do best, taking something simple, and making it truly interesting.
Doesn't hurt that I like Lilly's Vocals too, because I'm going to need to watch this one quite a few times, there's so much in it ;0)
Thank you again.
Thanks ever so much my friend! Yes, Lily has an amazing voice! I really enjoyed writing, producing and playing on this album! Lot's of voice!
What if you added a ride and a ride bell during the chorus ? I guess that will add to the width of the song especially after the bridge part..(29:13 for reference)
Hi Warren, I just started music production a few weeks ago full time and I have been learning a lot of stuff on your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge to us. One love.
Thanks ever so much!!
Great job!!! Many people are going to say wrong but if there is good result at the end, who cares! )) I also like the magic of panning and use very often. Love the result!)) Thanks for great advices, Mr. Warren. Always helping!
Hi Erdem, thanks for the wonderful comment! I'm ALWAYS wrong! I embrace it! Let the self proclaimed 'experts' go at it! Haha It's quite alright! I love being able to experiment and make great music my friend!
Awesome video Warren! I like how you go indepth with planning. I cannot wait to try these panning tips out! What a lot of beginning mixers do and I was at fault at doing this is, not asking or even thinking why did you do pan the guitars 50% L and R in the verse and 100% L and R in the chorus and so on. But your videos go in depth and I am extremely grateful for you doing these videos. Thank you Warren! I hope you have a marvellous day too!
Funny. and I mean that in the most positive way- Whenever you read something like "5 quick...whatever" here on UA-cam, you have videos, which are hardly 5 minutes long and are missing any details. Yours? More than half an hour and I love it. Thanks!
Now that was a spectacular performance!! Could you please make more videos like this? It was so much fun watching your way of mixing and that humor was brilliant! Thank you so much, Warren! 🙏🏾cheers from Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Great tips, never thought to pan the reverb!!! And the singer has an amazing voice....great song!!!
That drum ear candy is massive.
Love this song, so simple and amazing sounding!
Thank you Warren, excellent ideas that really add excitement.
Thanks ever so much David!!
Loved the Killing Joke mention, supremely underappreciated band.
Agreed Ethan! An amazing band!!
Couldnt agree more. There discog is so diverse aswell! A bit of everything!
Guilty of being a younger fan and discovering them through there self titled album of 2003.
But going back to songs like Love Like Blood etc etc just further make them beyond belief.
You are an amazing source of information and inspiration - many thanks
Mind=Blown. Thanks a bunch Warren!
Thanks ever so much for the share Warren, some very effective techniques that keep the ear interested.
just simply wonderful warren!
Excellent explanation of tips and tricks! Thanks
Thanks ever so much!
"Completely wrong but kind of awesome" Love it!
I wanted to hear the whole song in context. This was awesome!
your sideburns are amazing....i wish i could grow those. thank you for sharing your invaluable wisdom/knowledge. selfless and gracious "as ever"....
Haha keep trying on the sideburns Julio! Thanks for the compliment!
Im "doing marvelously" thanks to your videos. I write, record, mix and perform all my own songs at home, and your videos square the creative options and quality of all my productions.
Also I love the Killing Joke shout out.
Oh boy. I really dig that drum loop trick. I like your brain.
For the initial reverb on the guitar(s) is it stereo or multi-mono? Thanks so much for the ear candy tips.
Wow, Warren, this was a real ear-opener for me, a newby to mix/ production. You are truly Fabulous, & thanks for sharing your tips with us. Now my day is “truly marvelous”! My mixes will be so much more interesting. Before, I was screwing up the EQ & moving Volume faders up & down, with no real concept of Verb/ Delay...dreadful!
Thanks ever so much L.Harrison! I'm so glad to be able to help my friend!
so informative, creative & inspiring
I dont know how many hours I've been spending and had a marvelous time with the educational videos you did put out here. But I have to show my gratitude and say THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU'RE AWESOME! love from Norway! :)
It says “5 quick ... tips” but there is always so much more in this series’s videos. Even if I know some of the tricks, I always learn something new.
Would love to see a video on how you tackle mixing upright bass, especially together with guitars. There’s always a fight in the lower mids which I have a hard time getting right...
Awesome Warren. That was definitely a police sounding guitar.👍👍
Awesome Warren, this could be called from pop rock to psychedelic pop in 5 steps!
Your BV section at 11:30 - Could you give us a tutorial on how to achieve this? EQs, compressions, etc. They're so clean and crisp.
You are my HERO! Thanks a lot for your expertise & awesome vibe Warren...
Wow!! Thanks ever so much
Waffle on as much as you please Warren!! That's why I love your channel....well, that and the great info...ha ha.
Haha ok! Thanks ever so much Tony!
P.S. I don't need too much of an excuse, I will reply waffle on! Haha
Absolutely love Killing Joke!
I loved that loop at the "wrong" place at 16:37, it sounded awesome. I'm a big fan of your channel,
Marcelo Cruz and that’s what makes it right :)
Great tips! I think I have one more!
Panning Tip #6- Pan music to the front of the car as to not wake the sleeping kids in the back! Step 2, enjoy the drive! haha!
Haha genius Matthew!
this is really cool. I just have one question, how do you manage to erase the clicking in the last part you mixed... I think the clicking is still present... thank you!
" Woooow ! I don't know how I did that but it's awesome!" hahaha That's such a genuine artist reaction. Love that! XD
More great tricks. It's awesome to watch you work. Thanks for sharing, Warren.
This guy born with headphones and mixing console inside his mom belly, it's impossible another way... Doe, thank you so much and you are so amazing ! Thank you so much so much so much for all these tips for free. You're about to revolutionize the Computer aided musical creation universe !
Amazing production tricks! I did the reverse cymbal panning trick only yesterday. I really like the Pancake plugin for some random panning. Cheers Warren!
Nice tricks! Panning can be really powerful to create more fuller, wider and interesting mixes. Great video, thanks Warren!!
Wow that reverse cymbal is awesome. every song needs that "Awww SHIIIIIIIT" moment.
Or in this case, "Awww SHNIIIIIIIIIIZZLE"....
Thanks ever so much!! Glad you enjoyed all that schnizzle! ha
So catchy.. Ill have this in my head for months now
Loved it really helpful thnk u
Great walkthrough of your process thank you
Wow, Warren! That panning trick with the distorted drum loop is one of the coolest things I've heard! I'll have to try it in a fitting song!
By the way, really good, catchy song!
Warren: You can use the AutoPan plugin that comes with Pro Tools to automatically pan something - this can sync to the BPM of your session and is very handy if you don't want to do tedious editing.
Thanks very much for the video though, I always learn new things by watching your videos!
those drums sound amazing! Still can't believe its addictive drums 😱
Killing Joke! Saw them live in 2016! Found them a couple of years ago (way too late) and they have influenced all those bands that I listened to when I was a teen. Like Faith No More, Nirvana, Metallica and other neverheard bands. The three newest albums gave me goosebumps, especially one song - the Great Cull.
I love your tutorials, they've helped me so much. Thanks Warren, you are ze mensch!
Catchy song! I'll have it in my head for days now. Thank you, Warren. 😒
Thanks again for this, I always like to pan my tunes, definitely essential and one thing I definitely gave no problems with, but still nice to see this video to make comparisons, I can still learn from it.
Stay safe, Jo Deerfield xx.
I like that harmony thing!
Thanks Mr. Schnizzle man!
Pure art!! You make anything that u call "simple" sounds amazing!!
Some pretty cool and useful tips and tricks here Warren. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks ever so much my friend!
As always, I enjoyed the video and learned a few new tricks to use on my own mixes!
very inspiring stuff! love the creative thinking