@Scott Freebass #beats ...This guy at Mix Buss TV is providing such a major value in studio compression/ Brick Wall Limiting knowledge... Then a jackass like you comes out with... Such an assinine bigoted comment... You are not funny at all!!!!
"Lower your levels; your gain-staging is shit!" What producer-mixer hadn't said that to themselves a few (hundred) times throughout their careers...? Thanks for the vid! Great stuff👍
The more I watch your channel the more I realise ...you (maybe Jordan Valeriote too) are the best sources of mixing information on YT. I already use the limiter and compressor in the manner you state, but , I did not know about the technical attack/envelope differences. I mean I could hear a limiter has little to now effect on the sound other than cutting transients, but I did not know why. I'm not one of the advanced, but I'm not exactly a beginner so videos like this usually really help me clear up fundamental knowledge gaps. I'm the type of dude, If I know how something works, I can work out the why myself, or the other way around. So when I have gaps in my knowledge like this, and you clear that up quickly and easily, it helps me in a huge way. Massive thanks
Thanks for the video and the explanation of the response curves of FET vs OPTO. I am really into synthesizers, especially modular synths, and I am also familiar with the response of an opto isolator, but I never though of how a FET works in response. It makes sense because the field effect becomes weaker past a threshold and rapidly falls off, and with an opto isolator, they remain conductive for a short while after being stimulated with photons. I basically know fuck all through, and am still learning to make better music and familiarize my self with every piece of technology there is, but I can do so because of the help from skilled people like your self. Thanks!
This was excellent as always - what I'd love to see next is a limiters vs clippers video.. showing the differences and when to use which one. When something like Kazrog KClip sounds so great and pretty transparent when pushed within reason what would be the advantage of using a limiter which usually has more artifacts and degridation when pushed the same amount? Love to hear your thoughts on that.
Yeah please, can we have a video explaining the difference between limiting, soft clipping and saturating? I still can't decide when to use what. Thank you.
But then clippers also act as a limiter, by not letting the peaks above a given threshold pass. I also read somewhere that it rounds off the peaks of the signal and stuff. When you want to just tame the peaks of an individual track, and not completely alter the dynamics and shape of the sound - you can use a limiter or a clipper. But then which one to use? Can you please make a video which covers only about clippers. The basic principle and uses of it, maybe? Thank you again, sir. Your videos are the best.
I know it's been some time since this upload, but the timing and phrasing of, "LOWER everything else, your gain staging.. is... SHIT" gets me every time.
appendix 1a, sometimes (program-intention related) we also have the option of a clipper. the textures we like in todays productions in combination with whatever dynamic framing helps us, might warrant the choice of a clipper. took me 30 years to realize, very happy to understand. just thought it could get into the discussion,... overall from what i've seen this was indeed one of the best explanations on the subjects so thank you for that! but back to the clipper, it's a tool that can be used in a myriad of ways related to waveform sculpting and i thought i should say something for young readers. be well all :)
Scenario: I’ve got a kick drum and an 808 and for the most part they peak together in a drumbuss with nothing else mixed in at -10 db 95% of the time. There are other times however when there are really fast hits together where the peaks exceed -10 and go up to -7. To get those loud peaks under control should I be using a compressor or a limiter? I’m thinking limiter. But I’m just getting started here so...that’s why I’m asking.
Fuck man I learned so much in this video THANK YOU. I subbed. For me it was a default thing where I wouldn't ever limit because so many people said so but it all makes sense now, compressors are to be used in moderation and NOT to do the work of a limiter
Thank you for very informative video. Limiters subject is the thing that I'm trying to learn properly for long time. Just one question. I've noticed that many people recommend using limiters for drum bus, adlibs, vocals and guitar solos. Can you please explain more in depth using limiters during mixing especially on things like vocals, drum bus and guitar solos. Recently I experimented with limiter on my drum bus, drums became clearer, more snappy and bit louder. I liked the results but I would like to know why, same with guitar solos. I would like dive deeper in using limiters in mixing vs just puttting your fader up. Thanks. Lucas
Great video, very helpful for a novice like me. I noticed you often use limiters (L1, L2) at the end of the chain on bass guitar. What exactly do you go for in this case? Just a few db of transparent peak reduction? Do you use limiters on other instruments this way as well? Thanks in advance for your answer.
Thanks a lot, this was very informative. I like the topics you focus on, instead of repeating the same things over and over, you really go in-depth into the technical field expaining things as I would like them to be explained. Awesome work man!!
Hi David, Thanks so much for this video, which cleared up two things for me. 1/ I'd been wondering what exactly "choked" sounded like, and now I can recognize it instantly. 2/ Re limiters, I had a "mental default" that limiters were for the master bus only. Now I can see countless past instances where I used a compressor, when I really needed to use a limiter. Again, many thanks :-)
Hi Leroy, When I have a track with ridiculously high peaks, I've had a lot of success by stacking limiters one after the other. I choose my most transparent limiter, (Waves Renaissance) set the attack time to zero and then set it to reduce by about 1db - this ensures that only the peak will be attenuated. I stack as many as I need to get the peaks under control and keep an ear out for any tonal changes or artifacts. Since I'll stack 5 or more instances of the limiter, I render the file and then import the new file in afterwards to reduce CPU usage. There's no release time to set on the Renaissance, but I'm assuming that if there were, I'd be setting it to release as fast as possible. Hope that's of help. I'd like to know how you're doing too :-) My best, Pete
Thanks so much are you btw self learned in producing and mixing? also plese do video on how to mix tropical house, trust me u would get million views :D like check Kygos Mixes, and ull see why !
oh jeez, right now I'm through that moment full of questions when you notice your mix needs something and since yesterday I been watching your videos and Its amazing how you got all the answers or at least show me possible ways to find what Iam looking for. Thanks a lot
hey whats man quick question...what matters more ??? if your channels is clipping in the red based on the different sounds...or if your master output channel is in the red ???
What's the difference between compressing those signals that are very loud than just reducing those loud signals? 'Cut, drag down the db to a comfortable level' ?
@@mixbustv Thanks for your prompt respond! It makes a lot of sense. My friend told me that its like tuning a guitar. Compressor is like tightening the strings of the guitar. Which also makes sense. I'm learning to mix and master my own music to save me some expenses in the music expenses process (Buying beats, recording, mixing & mastering, promote, etc.)
Hi Mate, Quick question, how do you go about setting release times for Limiters? what should you be listening out for? any techniques for learning how to do this effectively for transparent peak reduction
So a compressor really is a colorful tool and has to do with the actual feeling of the sound while a limiter is 100% about reducing those fucking peaks... But is it okay to actually push the sound through a limiter in order to reduce a very large peak ? (adding saturation and other tools to keep the punchiness) I read everywhere that a limiter should only be use with minimal gain reduction
And again, amazing channel and a very humble man, all those advices mean a lot to so many of us, spending all of our days and night trying to make music
You say the difference is obvious, so that must mean I'm deaf. I THINK I hear about a 20ms dead spot right after the initial hit on the snare and then buzz of the snares comes up like a second attack.
Thanks for replying to my comment. I tried to delete it right after I posted it, but couldn't find it. I was just having a moment :) I was thinking of experimenting with bursts of tones or white noise. Thanks again for your awesome tutorials!!
Does make-up gain in compressors usually also affect the signal during the attack time duration? I imagine it does, I don't recall ever seeing it explicitly stated in a manual or so...
yo david, toptuber man, what is your opinion on plugins hazing out the sound or dulling smearing the source slightly, this only become clear to me after years of trying many plugs i like the solid mid tone of waves but softube edge out giving a touch of air or uppermid high resolution, i only really noticed after upgrading from rme interfaces and adam monitors to prism titan convertor and neumann kh120s too, im fed up of changing gear now and plugs too, maybe in the grand scheme of it i was concentrating too much on the tiny differences and in the whole mix its not as important as energy in the performance etc, i feel that hardware in the sends and returns still edge out plugins in transient presence and solidity, and i guess thats what feeds our addiction for tone :) also i notice a diff putting my plugins post fader than pre in cubase, its a touch more open, bless our ageing ears, and thanks for your consistency, rock on man
@@mixbustv yeh man cool, i look forward to it, im feeling the clarity now of my music, just need some density, im thinking the drawmer saturation unit may be the best investment for my send return :) , being able to hear the detail is vital esp in rock, where rooms and verbs can swallow things up, i know a lot of people probably tend to mix like thier fave records or aim for those results, i spent a decade heading for soundgardens superunknown, then i just heard the bonamassa track blue and evil, now im chasing that kick and bass relationship lol, but i need some drawmer :), cheers bro, rock the mixbus
Love this channel and your videos. Keep them coming! My only comment is about the section when you are applying makeup gain specifically on the API 2500. Doesn't the "Manual Make-Up" button need to be engaged? Otherwise isn't in the default mode which is "Auto" makeup gain? This may have been commented on before, I just didn't read all them before posting.
That was so helpful David ! Thank you so much ! Can you make a video on “Which type of compressors give best results on which instruments?” Thanks again fam
Hey! Amazing video, very helpful! If you're interested in a cool mixing trick for achieving a louder master you can check out my first tutorial. Hopefully it will help someone out! But most importantly, this video was great! I hope to achieve this quality of content someday! Thank you!
MixbusTV defo. and ur right, they are similar in ways but different tools for jobs. do you agree with using a clipper before a limiter when mastering? or using 2 or 3 limiters working together ?
Good video but you should specify especially in the title you are talking about brickwall limiting because any ration about 10:1 is limiting, an La2a, an 1176, a mu compressor, an ssl bus compressor etc all can limit, what they cant do is do digital brickwall limiting so this could add confusion for beginners who see a limit setting in their plugins which isnt a brickwall limiter. For example everything you do in your example is limiting but one of the plugins is a brickwall limiter with look ahead so it is better at it.
Thanks for well explained diffrences between those two techniques.My major question is Related to setting single tracks signal levels at the beginning to avoid clipping and harshness after processing through few plugins to enhance the sounds.Obviously whole song/track is form of compromise you do as producer placing some sounds or vocal/s to be more prominent.I do understand it.To narrow down what I mean is how many dB should I set Loudest instuments like kick,snarres, bass line ?Taking into consideration that most prominent instuments will always be louder of course.Is 12/16 dB safe enough to have enough headroom before enhancing channels?
Hi.I think I did not explain what I meant.I would like to refer to headroom to begin with for loudests channels before applying eq,compression and saturation which will result of higher peak levels for bass lines,kicks, synths,leads.Is -16dB Safe enough for raw sounds or this question can not be answered as there is million ways how to run project and every full time track will vary?Obviously I am aware of gain adjustments as you have explained in your tutorials so this can be adjusted while mixing.Thanks for replying so quickly!
I've been watching your videos for ages and I totally forgot to subscribe. Thank you for the videos and sharing the passion and love of mixing down. Always fun to watch even if I know in order to gain a different perspective :)
Thanks! One less person afraid to use a limiter when needed! The "gaps" that fall in the mix when using a compressor was a highly frustrated point in my mix.. but not every mix I did had this problem.. Well this is the solution. Thanks brother!
Good stuff. What I always have trouble with is that you want big transients to make the drums snappy, but then you have to shave the peaks off again to get the volume right. Any thoughts on this?
Andre, I'd say that about most of David's videos. Fantastic channel. And while these concepts are sometimes 'basic', you'll be hard-pressed to find them explained this way, and so I suspect a lot of the advanced users are sometimes missing these fundamentals. I watch all of David's videos because even for topics that I think I've mastered, there's always a revelation. Off to rehab my gain staging... ;-)
I absolutely agree with you man. That's exactly what I actually meant. Regarding Compressing vs Limiting I kinda instinctively felt it but never heard anyone verbalize it. Dave's videos are great. And just like you I watch many of his videos too. Dave really knows his stuff
very very good as allways... u just showed me what i was asking my self the last weeks! thank you very much! would you place a compressor for the envelope befor the limiter or after? is a limiter necessaire to cut the peaks after compression? or is it neccessary in a other use? thanks again
Nice video. I wouldn't apologise for keeping it simple. There's a lot to be said for knowing the basics and you covered them well. I've encountered many a time someone asking what is wrong with their mix and everything pushing into the red from the get go with no trim bus in sight. I think some of those points are so fundamentally important, the day I created a mix template with gain staging in mind was a beautiful day. Awesome work man.
this was a nice tutorial. i would have liked to know what's your opinion on limiters that have an attack button. like fabfilter L. are they still limiters for you or just really special kinds of compressors?
You're a legend!
I imagine you sitting in a black turtleneck with a sniper rifle by your side while you record these tutorials lol
'Call it' :-)
@Scott Freebass #beats
...This guy at Mix Buss TV is providing such a major value in studio compression/ Brick Wall Limiting knowledge... Then a jackass like you comes out with... Such an assinine bigoted comment... You are not funny at all!!!!
James Ross bruh chill
@@jamesrossmusic6013 what? It's just a joke and even David likes it lol
David what do you do for a living?
1) Mixer
2) Cleaner
"Lower your levels; your gain-staging is shit!" What producer-mixer hadn't said that to themselves a few (hundred) times throughout their careers...?
Thanks for the vid! Great stuff👍
Iam speechless in front of so much value... Thank you man for teaching us
Lol i watched this again and lol’d at “because the internet told them”
the average level of your tutorials (nearly ALL of them) is impressive! THANK YOU.
He uses a compressor on his tutorials.
Great video, but if you watched it on less than 1.25x speed you crazy
Good video. I love using limiters on basses to get a constant volume.
The more I watch your channel the more I realise ...you (maybe Jordan Valeriote too) are the best sources of mixing information on YT. I already use the limiter and compressor in the manner you state, but , I did not know about the technical attack/envelope differences. I mean I could hear a limiter has little to now effect on the sound other than cutting transients, but I did not know why. I'm not one of the advanced, but I'm not exactly a beginner so videos like this usually really help me clear up fundamental knowledge gaps. I'm the type of dude, If I know how something works, I can work out the why myself, or the other way around. So when I have gaps in my knowledge like this, and you clear that up quickly and easily, it helps me in a huge way. Massive thanks
Good video. Great tips. This helps tremendously 🤘🏼
Thanks for the video and the explanation of the response curves of FET vs OPTO. I am really into synthesizers, especially modular synths, and I am also familiar with the response of an opto isolator, but I never though of how a FET works in response. It makes sense because the field effect becomes weaker past a threshold and rapidly falls off, and with an opto isolator, they remain conductive for a short while after being stimulated with photons. I basically know fuck all through, and am still learning to make better music and familiarize my self with every piece of technology there is, but I can do so because of the help from skilled people like your self. Thanks!
Tz
This was excellent as always - what I'd love to see next is a limiters vs clippers video.. showing the differences and when to use which one. When something like Kazrog KClip sounds so great and pretty transparent when pushed within reason what would be the advantage of using a limiter which usually has more artifacts and degridation when pushed the same amount? Love to hear your thoughts on that.
Yeah please, can we have a video explaining the difference between limiting, soft clipping and saturating? I still can't decide when to use what.
Thank you.
But then clippers also act as a limiter, by not letting the peaks above a given threshold pass. I also read somewhere that it rounds off the peaks of the signal and stuff.
When you want to just tame the peaks of an individual track, and not completely alter the dynamics and shape of the sound - you can use a limiter or a clipper. But then which one to use?
Can you please make a video which covers only about clippers. The basic principle and uses of it, maybe?
Thank you again, sir. Your videos are the best.
clipping doesn't have pumping sound at least, i never heard pumping from clippers
I know it's been some time since this upload, but the timing and phrasing of, "LOWER everything else, your gain staging.. is... SHIT" gets me every time.
This is, no doubt, one of the BEST lessons available on limiting and compression. Thank you! Keep up the great work!
This channel is a goldmine for a learner like me. Thanks for your videos, they are the best on youtube in my opinion! :D
appendix 1a, sometimes (program-intention related) we also have the option of a clipper. the textures we like in todays productions in combination with whatever dynamic framing helps us, might warrant the choice of a clipper. took me 30 years to realize, very happy to understand. just thought it could get into the discussion,... overall from what i've seen this was indeed one of the best explanations on the subjects so thank you for that! but back to the clipper, it's a tool that can be used in a myriad of ways related to waveform sculpting and i thought i should say something for young readers. be well all :)
Scenario: I’ve got a kick drum and an 808 and for the most part they peak together in a drumbuss with nothing else mixed in at -10 db 95% of the time. There are other times however when there are really fast hits together where the peaks exceed -10 and go up to -7. To get those loud peaks under control should I be using a compressor or a limiter? I’m thinking limiter. But I’m just getting started here so...that’s why I’m asking.
Limiter
Fuck man I learned so much in this video THANK YOU. I subbed. For me it was a default thing where I wouldn't ever limit because so many people said so but it all makes sense now, compressors are to be used in moderation and NOT to do the work of a limiter
Thank you for very informative video. Limiters subject is the thing that I'm trying to learn properly for long time. Just one question. I've noticed that many people recommend using limiters for drum bus, adlibs, vocals and guitar solos. Can you please explain more in depth using limiters during mixing especially on things like vocals, drum bus and guitar solos. Recently I experimented with limiter on my drum bus, drums became clearer, more snappy and bit louder. I liked the results but I would like to know why, same with guitar solos. I would like dive deeper in using limiters in mixing vs just puttting your fader up. Thanks. Lucas
Great video, very helpful for a novice like me.
I noticed you often use limiters (L1, L2) at the end of the chain on bass guitar. What exactly do you go for in this case? Just a few db of transparent peak reduction? Do you use limiters on other instruments this way as well?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Really good explanation, I finally understand it!! Thank you.
you're really ADDING to what's available for learning mixing! Thanks
15:56
Golden basic stuff, for me as an unexperienced beginner and hobby musician.
very good tutorial. You're a great teacher 😁
Thanks a lot, this was very informative. I like the topics you focus on, instead of repeating the same things over and over, you really go in-depth into the technical field expaining things as I would like them to be explained. Awesome work man!!
I literally don't know if I hear a difference bruh
Excelent, really excelent! Thanks a lot! Much love and blesses!
Wow, thank you for that very good and thorough description :)
If there ever is a catastrhope that kills all of our digital data....these will be missed❤
I'm playing reggae, with a healthy bass line, whenever I the compressor on my bass sound distorted, what is the setting for that kind of bass
such a helpful channel
Hi David, Thanks so much for this video, which cleared up two things for me. 1/ I'd been wondering what exactly "choked" sounded like, and now I can recognize it instantly. 2/ Re limiters, I had a "mental default" that limiters were for the master bus only. Now I can see countless past instances where I used a compressor, when I really needed to use a limiter. Again, many thanks :-)
Same here. Can't wait to go back to some problem mixes and check this out .
Thank you!
Hi Leroy, When I have a track with ridiculously high peaks, I've had a lot of success by stacking limiters one after the other. I choose my most transparent limiter, (Waves Renaissance) set the attack time to zero and then set it to reduce by about 1db - this ensures that only the peak will be attenuated. I stack as many as I need to get the peaks under control and keep an ear out for any tonal changes or artifacts. Since I'll stack 5 or more instances of the limiter, I render the file and then import the new file in afterwards to reduce CPU usage. There's no release time to set on the Renaissance, but I'm assuming that if there were, I'd be setting it to release as fast as possible. Hope that's of help. I'd like to know how you're doing too :-) My best, Pete
I like your analitical approach, it's missing from most tutorials
I’ve just learned soo much more about compressors and limiters, thank you, lots of useful info there
Thanks so much are you btw self learned in producing and mixing?
also plese do video on how to mix tropical house, trust me u would get million views :D like check Kygos Mixes, and ull see why !
oh jeez, right now I'm through that moment full of questions when you notice your mix needs something and since yesterday I been watching your videos and Its amazing how you got all the answers or at least show me possible ways to find what Iam looking for. Thanks a lot
best video, 2:00 minutes in I completely understood limiters
Very helpful, thank you for the explanation.
hey whats man quick question...what matters more ??? if your channels is clipping in the red based on the different sounds...or if your master output channel is in the red ???
so what about the people who say a little digital clipping is good ???
What's the difference between compressing those signals that are very loud than just reducing those loud signals? 'Cut, drag down the db to a comfortable level' ?
@@mixbustv Thanks for your prompt respond! It makes a lot of sense. My friend told me that its like tuning a guitar. Compressor is like tightening the strings of the guitar. Which also makes sense. I'm learning to mix and master my own music to save me some expenses in the music expenses process (Buying beats, recording, mixing & mastering, promote, etc.)
"Your gain staging is SHIT" 🤣🤣🤣
For transient enhancements i use transient shapers.
Thank You so much Man! You are great teacher
And about clipping plugin? They do the same things? Do you also use tape saturation to lower the peaks? Thanks!!! :)
Not the same, clippers don't have attack, release and ratio. There's no inertia and stuff.
Hi Mate,
Quick question, how do you go about setting release times for Limiters? what should you be listening out for? any techniques for learning how to do this effectively for transparent peak reduction
cheers mate very helpful information gives me a starting point to work with, thanks again
Thanks for making our lives sweet
So a compressor really is a colorful tool and has to do with the actual feeling of the sound while a limiter is 100% about reducing those fucking peaks... But is it okay to actually push the sound through a limiter in order to reduce a very large peak ? (adding saturation and other tools to keep the punchiness) I read everywhere that a limiter should only be use with minimal gain reduction
And again, amazing channel and a very humble man, all those advices mean a lot to so many of us, spending all of our days and night trying to make music
Great presentation and thank you!
You say the difference is obvious, so that must mean I'm deaf. I THINK I hear about a 20ms dead spot right after the initial hit on the snare and then buzz of the snares comes up like a second attack.
Thanks for replying to my comment. I tried to delete it right after I posted it, but couldn't find it. I was just having a moment :) I was thinking of experimenting with bursts of tones or white noise. Thanks again for your awesome tutorials!!
Does make-up gain in compressors usually also affect the signal during the attack time duration? I imagine it does, I don't recall ever seeing it explicitly stated in a manual or so...
make-up gain is output, not input. It doesn't affect how much you compress.
I wish my clients would get this.
Thanks for the information...
Excellent! Thank You!!!
Producers use big ass words lmao
Great video,, I'm in!!
yo david, toptuber man, what is your opinion on plugins hazing out the sound or dulling smearing the source slightly, this only become clear to me after years of trying many plugs i like the solid mid tone of waves but softube edge out giving a touch of air or uppermid high resolution, i only really noticed after upgrading from rme interfaces and adam monitors to prism titan convertor and neumann kh120s too, im fed up of changing gear now and plugs too, maybe in the grand scheme of it i was concentrating too much on the tiny differences and in the whole mix its not as important as energy in the performance etc, i feel that hardware in the sends and returns still edge out plugins in transient presence and solidity, and i guess thats what feeds our addiction for tone :) also i notice a diff putting my plugins post fader than pre in cubase, its a touch more open, bless our ageing ears, and thanks for your consistency, rock on man
@@mixbustv yeh man cool, i look forward to it, im feeling the clarity now of my music, just need some density, im thinking the drawmer saturation unit may be the best investment for my send return :) , being able to hear the detail is vital esp in rock, where rooms and verbs can swallow things up, i know a lot of people probably tend to mix like thier fave records or aim for those results, i spent a decade heading for soundgardens superunknown, then i just heard the bonamassa track blue and evil, now im chasing that kick and bass relationship lol, but i need some drawmer :), cheers bro, rock the mixbus
great as always. ThanXXXL
Love this channel and your videos. Keep them coming! My only comment is about the section when you are applying makeup gain specifically on the API 2500. Doesn't the "Manual Make-Up" button need to be engaged? Otherwise isn't in the default mode which is "Auto" makeup gain? This may have been commented on before, I just didn't read all them before posting.
MAN THANK YOU! YOURE A LEGEND
This helped me so much! Thank you!
Very nice. Thanks!
He busted it down. Good shit cuh!
That was so helpful David ! Thank you so much ! Can you make a video on “Which type of compressors give best results on which instruments?” Thanks again fam
Short and to the point. Nice.
Found it! Thank you
Hey! Amazing video, very helpful! If you're interested in a cool mixing trick for achieving a louder master you can check out my first tutorial. Hopefully it will help someone out! But most importantly, this video was great! I hope to achieve this quality of content someday! Thank you!
very good. so what are ur views on limiting vs clipping?
MixbusTV defo. and ur right, they are similar in ways but different tools for jobs.
do you agree with using a clipper before a limiter when mastering? or using 2 or 3 limiters working together ?
im not hearing any difference...lol
Good video but you should specify especially in the title you are talking about brickwall limiting because any ration about 10:1 is limiting, an La2a, an 1176, a mu compressor, an ssl bus compressor etc all can limit, what they cant do is do digital brickwall limiting so this could add confusion for beginners who see a limit setting in their plugins which isnt a brickwall limiter. For example everything you do in your example is limiting but one of the plugins is a brickwall limiter with look ahead so it is better at it.
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Best explanation i found so far
😂 “your gain staging is shit”
Thanks for well explained diffrences between those two techniques.My major question is Related to setting single tracks signal levels at the beginning to avoid clipping and harshness after processing through few plugins to enhance the sounds.Obviously whole song/track is form of compromise you do as producer placing some sounds or vocal/s to be more prominent.I do understand it.To narrow down what I mean is how many dB should I set Loudest instuments like kick,snarres, bass line ?Taking into consideration that most prominent instuments will always be louder of course.Is 12/16 dB safe enough to have enough headroom before enhancing channels?
Hi.I think I did not explain what I meant.I would like to refer to headroom to begin with for loudests channels before applying eq,compression and saturation which will result of higher peak levels for bass lines,kicks, synths,leads.Is -16dB Safe enough for raw sounds or this question can not be answered as there is million ways how to run project and every full time track will vary?Obviously I am aware of gain adjustments as you have explained in your tutorials so this can be adjusted while mixing.Thanks for replying so quickly!
Now we talk!Thanks a bunch.
I've been watching your videos for ages and I totally forgot to subscribe. Thank you for the videos and sharing the passion and love of mixing down. Always fun to watch even if I know in order to gain a different perspective :)
Thanks brother
Thank you SO very much, David. I really appreciate you for the information which you have a history of sharing.
At first I couldn't take you serious because you sounded like Tommy Wisau, but damn. Didn't expect your channel to be this good!
Thanks! One less person afraid to use a limiter when needed! The "gaps" that fall in the mix when using a compressor was a highly frustrated point in my mix.. but not every mix I did had this problem.. Well this is the solution. Thanks brother!
GREAT content! Thanks for the explanation! :)
most excellent
Great video.
Good stuff. What I always have trouble with is that you want big transients to make the drums snappy, but then you have to shave the peaks off again to get the volume right. Any thoughts on this?
great advice
Hey man it is very basic as you said but it is so useful. I never heard anyone break it down the way you did. Great video!
Andre, I'd say that about most of David's videos. Fantastic channel. And while these concepts are sometimes 'basic', you'll be hard-pressed to find them explained this way, and so I suspect a lot of the advanced users are sometimes missing these fundamentals. I watch all of David's videos because even for topics that I think I've mastered, there's always a revelation. Off to rehab my gain staging... ;-)
I absolutely agree with you man. That's exactly what I actually meant. Regarding Compressing vs Limiting I kinda instinctively felt it but never heard anyone verbalize it. Dave's videos are great. And just like you I watch many of his videos too. Dave really knows his stuff
Thank you!!!
"Your gain staging...is shit." I love these videos. Keep up the good work.
Great stuff...why so many commercials? Just curious how you did that.
Excellent explanation of the differences between compression and limiting, and especially explaing how opto differs in the release.
Wonderful talk David, really enjoyed the useful detail and your overall presentation. Thank you.
very very good as allways... u just showed me what i was asking my self the last weeks!
thank you very much!
would you place a compressor for the envelope befor the limiter or after? is a limiter necessaire to cut the peaks after compression? or is it neccessary in a other use?
thanks again
Nice video. I wouldn't apologise for keeping it simple. There's a lot to be said for knowing the basics and you covered them well. I've encountered many a time someone asking what is wrong with their mix and everything pushing into the red from the get go with no trim bus in sight. I think some of those points are so fundamentally important, the day I created a mix template with gain staging in mind was a beautiful day. Awesome work man.
very nicely explained..attack and release are surely the mystical features of the compressors :-)
Oh my, great explanation, man! Thank SO much!
thanks for this super-clear explanation of these principles. Much appreciated!
Amazingly clear and effective tutorial on compression and limiting. As always David, Thanks !!!
this was a nice tutorial. i would have liked to know what's your opinion on limiters that have an attack button. like fabfilter L. are they still limiters for you or just really special kinds of compressors?
class.
nice vid man
As a professional producer I can say for sure I learned couple of new stuff..
Thanks man
Great tutorial - very well explained, thanks.