That one sentence when speaking about eq'ing individual tracks: you need the lines to blur to glue it all together. That was really valuable advice for me!
One more thing, and I know it seems obvious: when your musicians are locking in timing wise. You can quantize all day long, but if everything is glued together and grooving without the need, the mix is already 80% complete.
Love mandroid! Good fellas and a great band! Playing with Mandroid and Protest will still be one of my fav shows ever. Great stuff Jordan. I’m finding all your videos wildly helpful
So it's not what "one thing that works", it's all ever has ever been, about the mix and what it needs ! Just that's it. I keep re-leaening this again and again. Hence Gold, Tanks ;-)
Your 17 mixing mistakes really is a valuable video. So much of what I see on UA-cam is geared to beginners. But there are probably hundreds of thousands of us who are trying to get beyond an "intermediate" level and have been there for decades. I started on CubaseVST32 in 2002 (after trying to use a 4 Track Cassette machine for a few years) and have been picking up things for years, but have never gotten to that professional level. I think a lot of what you identified in that video really helped.
Hello Jordan, I always wait for your next video, can you maybe sometime in the future make a video of how your daily routine has changed over the past few years ? I remember a video of yours regarding your morning routine. Can you update?
Man, in the last example where you are adding top end to the snare, I swear the vocal got warmer. Maybe moving those frequencies (on snare) allowed the vocal to sit better, idk. These tips are gold! Thank you!
This was a great video, wish the oxygen plugins could have been automated to both pop in and out at the same time to really highlight the difference all at once instead of one by one via mouse clicking, but these types of tips/insights are thought provoking
the snare sound on first 2 tracks sounds like the same kit? Even the cymbals sound very much like the first ....is that the same studio kit? Or programmed drums ? ...maybe the tuning ? Or even same micing techniques? Probably good for an engineer to have his signature sound .. i have never liked this particular snare sound ...it sounds very dark and woody to me ...but i know most people do- i prefer the old sharper attack of a high tuned "cracking " snare ...but to be fair ...this sound probably fits the style better - so well done
If I finish the music I'm working on currently it's going to have the sound of a blank cassette playing dubbed into the background. Why? Just so it doesn't sound sterile during silences.
I have a note saying to match top end. I think if the core harmonic things like drums, guitars/keys, vocals high end isn’t similarly present something just doesn’t sit right.
I like this video, but I gotta disagree a bit on the "stop worrying about carving out certain frequencies for your instruments" part. That is EXACTLY how Hotel California was mixed, for example. Every element in that mix has its own frequency space. But your way is of course valid too. So it really depends on the genre, or just depends on the song.
That one sentence when speaking about eq'ing individual tracks: you need the lines to blur to glue it all together. That was really valuable advice for me!
That second example was dead nuts man
Crazy how brightening the guitar made the vocal sound more lively too
Added this to my drum buss after watching this. This is what my mix needed! Thank you. Great content as always.
One more thing, and I know it seems obvious: when your musicians are locking in timing wise. You can quantize all day long, but if everything is glued together and grooving without the need, the mix is already 80% complete.
Love mandroid! Good fellas and a great band! Playing with Mandroid and Protest will still be one of my fav shows ever. Great stuff Jordan. I’m finding all your videos wildly helpful
So it's not what "one thing that works", it's all ever has ever been, about the mix and what it needs ! Just that's it.
I keep re-leaening this again and again.
Hence Gold, Tanks ;-)
Saw that knob and title and knew it was devil loc. that thing blows my mind. 5% on the mix knob can completely change a sound
Your 17 mixing mistakes really is a valuable video. So much of what I see on UA-cam is geared to beginners. But there are probably hundreds of thousands of us who are trying to get beyond an "intermediate" level and have been there for decades. I started on CubaseVST32 in 2002 (after trying to use a 4 Track Cassette machine for a few years) and have been picking up things for years, but have never gotten to that professional level. I think a lot of what you identified in that video really helped.
Thanks man! Sounds like you’re a perfect fit for my full program.
Man. Even listening on my iPhone speakers - it’s crazy how much I can hear how those small changes make big differences
Thanks Jordan, another very useful bit of advice...
Thanks for the oxygen trick on the snare, man! I tried Steven Slate Air Eq and got similar and great results.
Hello Jordan, I always wait for your next video, can you maybe sometime in the future make a video of how your daily routine has changed over the past few years ? I remember a video of yours regarding your morning routine. Can you update?
Mandroid Echostar - Rosalia ! first time hearing this band/song ! It's so GOOD ! Super advices on this channel as always :)
Man, in the last example where you are adding top end to the snare, I swear the vocal got warmer. Maybe moving those frequencies (on snare) allowed the vocal to sit better, idk. These tips are gold! Thank you!
This was a great video, wish the oxygen plugins could have been automated to both pop in and out at the same time to really highlight the difference all at once instead of one by one via mouse clicking, but these types of tips/insights are thought provoking
Good stuff Jordan -- thanks again!
the snare sound on first 2 tracks sounds like the same kit? Even the cymbals sound very much like the first ....is that the same studio kit? Or programmed drums ? ...maybe the tuning ? Or even same micing techniques? Probably good for an engineer to have his signature sound ..
i have never liked this particular snare sound ...it sounds very dark and woody to me ...but i know most people do- i prefer the old sharper attack of a high tuned "cracking " snare ...but to be fair ...this sound probably fits the style better - so well done
this is great, sometimes i feel some of these metal mixes are too clean
If I finish the music I'm working on currently it's going to have the sound of a blank cassette playing dubbed into the background. Why? Just so it doesn't sound sterile during silences.
I have a note saying to match top end. I think if the core harmonic things like drums, guitars/keys, vocals high end isn’t similarly present something just doesn’t sit right.
So inspiring!!! Thanks!!!
This was great! Love the low end on that last track too! Maybe talk about it? 😅
Thankyou for this GOLD
Oxygen, I like that..
Where can I find that Jake Scott song? Another great video Jordan!
Hey, Jordan! Thanks for this. One quick question. What type of Control Surface are you using there and how do you like it? Thanks!
Plot twist: The answer is the master fader being turned up as it was set to -80db and the video is only 4 seconds long
I like this video, but I gotta disagree a bit on the "stop worrying about carving out certain frequencies for your instruments" part.
That is EXACTLY how Hotel California was mixed, for example. Every element in that mix has its own frequency space. But your way is of course valid too. So it really depends on the genre, or just depends on the song.
these are more like 2 or 3% differences. i need my ears checked
solo'd its 3-5%. in the mix its 1%