The SIMPLE Mixing Workflow (How To Mix a Song From Scratch)

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2024

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  • @masteringcom
    @masteringcom  2 роки тому +3

    What's YOUR current mixing workflow?

    • @acekbambam
      @acekbambam 2 роки тому

      I usually mix the instruments/ beats first then I go straight to the vox .

  • @LucasDomProject
    @LucasDomProject 2 роки тому +4

    i like this guy ,he doesnt bore my ear holes

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +1

      Hahaha! So glad to hear Lucas... I try to get straight to the point :)

  • @MusicisPartofMe5
    @MusicisPartofMe5 Рік тому +2

    FINALLY SOMEONE WHO EXPLAINS "WHY," INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING "DO THIS!" THANK YOU!

  • @leona7370
    @leona7370 2 роки тому +7

    That was probably the most helpful video I’ve watched about mixing so far. Thanks!

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому

      That's awesome to hear Leona! Glad it helped :)

  •  2 роки тому +2

    Really nice tips, thank you so much!

  • @mchahal22
    @mchahal22 11 місяців тому +2

    Great explanation! I had come to some of these conclusions through sweat and tears. I am a live venue recording enthusiast, so mostly subtracting is more important than adding. 👍 Keep it up you are helping many!

  • @itbe
    @itbe 2 роки тому +1

    This was such a great breakdown. THANKS!!

  • @quentinjames981
    @quentinjames981 2 роки тому +5

    2:42 What about mixing in mono? Once we've achieved the best balance using faders and panning, should we switch back to mixing in mono? Cheers for the awesome videos!

  • @cook-music
    @cook-music 9 місяців тому

    Well said, well put together. Great video, helped solidify a lot of what I came to on my own, but the accronym was a beauty move

  • @borisshramek5986
    @borisshramek5986 3 місяці тому

    Man has just saved hours of my life in 10 minutes

  • @JamesAllenDjMadlogik
    @JamesAllenDjMadlogik Рік тому +1

    It turns out that my layout and workflow intuitively found it way into a very similar pattern, although I don't always mix top down per say, sometimes depending on the material, I'll do bits of top down and bus processing at the same time.

  • @djnickhodgkins
    @djnickhodgkins Рік тому

    Rocking; thank you! Might you have a pdf of all the steps and sub-steps?

  • @angelinagargano3940
    @angelinagargano3940 2 роки тому

    Thanks....ummm what is the name of the music you played in this video?

  • @massikrbeats9195
    @massikrbeats9195 2 роки тому

    This was awesome brother!

  • @kiliankraus
    @kiliankraus 2 роки тому

    This video is just golden, thankyou so much

  • @RamonChitoBolo
    @RamonChitoBolo 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Much Jake...♥

  • @davebops2478
    @davebops2478 2 роки тому

    I like how you presented that.👍

  • @Atibu
    @Atibu 2 роки тому +1

    Gonna try this method asap ! Thanks.

  • @mazely
    @mazely 2 роки тому

    3 different sources, in a playlist with the references. Good advice. I go walking hearing my mix in the headphone, and also check how it sounds in the car and in my system in the living room.

  • @paulopinheirosc
    @paulopinheirosc 2 роки тому +2

    Great video, Jake.
    I like the top-down approach, but having to put high-pass and low-pass filters on each track to get rid of noise gremlins forces me to start at the bottom.

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +2

      Totally. I know a lot of people who actually do this as part of mix prep... different strokes :)

  • @julienepouhe9639
    @julienepouhe9639 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent !
    But I admit that during balance I more often prefer to apply a few plugins individually and directly when I perceive a phase problem.
    I don't apply too much, but just enough to fix some flaws.
    And I must admit that before I didn't see the need to put a Q and Compression again on the busses. I thought it was too much processing but I assure you, it contributes even more widely to a better quality of mix.
    Thanks guys!

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +3

      Makes sense to me Julien. I've found that with more experience the lines get blurred between the steps a bit more. Probably because you're always kind of thinking ahead and habitually making moves with the end in mind.

    • @julienepouhe9639
      @julienepouhe9639 2 роки тому +2

      @@masteringcom It's exactly that ! The primary idea of what my mix should look like dominates in my mind.

  • @valentinagirott
    @valentinagirott 2 роки тому

    awesome video!! thanks

  • @acekbambam
    @acekbambam 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the good tips

  • @sekritskworl-sekrit_studios

    What are "AH" & "BR" for the additional background vocals?

  • @JamesAllenDjMadlogik
    @JamesAllenDjMadlogik Рік тому

    oh and THIS IS THE WAY 😃

  • @hleet
    @hleet 2 роки тому

    I like this recap :D. If I may add that it "could" be a good thing to cut low freq that are not human audible (below 20hz) as it "could" add unwanted muddyness on the mix.

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +1

      Good point! I personally do any kind of low end management in the "P" phase. I know a lot of people who do a whole high-passing step in prep before even getting an initial balance. Totally based on preference, whatever works best for YOU is the right answer :)

  • @aajmusic6888
    @aajmusic6888 2 роки тому

    I start with drums then bass and once I have drum and bass working I add instrument making space for every instrument..and last the vocal

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +1

      I do that too! Sometimes if I'm feelin' spicy I'll go drums, then vocals, then back to bass and the rest of the instrumentation

  • @ctnicetune141
    @ctnicetune141 Рік тому

    is a mix bus necessary or can you just use the master channel?

  • @jokmenen_
    @jokmenen_ 2 роки тому

    Is mixbus the master channel in fl studio?

  • @KingCharles-o6z
    @KingCharles-o6z 11 місяців тому

    What is the mix bus?

  • @trusso11783
    @trusso11783 2 роки тому

    Great tips. I am confused about one thing regarding the mix bus and adding a second EQ. It looks like you have two eq's and a 3rd window with the mix bus. I am not sure how you got that to happen. I see a static orange eq line going across the top and I think you are trying to match it with the live sound but I have no idea how you get that static eq line to stay there.

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +1

      I like to use the PAZ frequency analyzer from waves mainly because it has this feature. You can just google search PAZ Analyzer to learn more about how it works!

    • @trusso11783
      @trusso11783 2 роки тому

      @@masteringcom thanks. I didn’t even know I had this included in my waves gold bundle. I will check it out

  • @MAXEFFORT
    @MAXEFFORT 2 роки тому

    I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BLINK. Starting to think this channel is run by artificial intelligence

    • @neekbabymusic
      @neekbabymusic Рік тому

      I don’t think he has eyelids but all good thx for the tips

  • @derykbeaudreau7761
    @derykbeaudreau7761 2 роки тому

    So are you Mastering before checking your mix in a playlist with 3 other speaker sources?

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому

      Nope. I get the frequency curve right in the mixing phase. That way mastering can be reserved for that last 5% of polish and loudness

  • @xaviermonet6769
    @xaviermonet6769 2 роки тому +1

    What's the name of the song?

  • @gustavopeters227
    @gustavopeters227 2 роки тому

    when you say drum bus, you then opened just the group, does the group channel automatically become a bus?

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +1

      If you use the TRACK STACK feature in Logic, then yes. Track stacks automatically route everything for you!

    • @gustavopeters227
      @gustavopeters227 2 роки тому

      @@masteringcom Thanks, that makes sense actually, I've been using Track Stacks but never thought of it as such, I was still sending each channel individually to a bus group

  • @JonnyKemp
    @JonnyKemp 2 роки тому

    Hey, can you take a listen to the Chorus in “Amber Ice” by Wiz Khalifa and inform me about how he got that to sound so good? Like what are the main things that you hear in it that makes his “whisper vocals” sound so smooth

  • @LukeSly91
    @LukeSly91 2 роки тому

    Are you from Minnesota? The way you say your a's (bee-alance) gives it away lol

  • @Mark_Williams300
    @Mark_Williams300 2 роки тому

    Useful advice, but why are you wearing a V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes mask?

  • @sammusic036
    @sammusic036 2 роки тому

    it is 2022 i know bleu tooth speakers ear in phones tablets but if you make a great mix on good speakers and you do the job well you don't have to worrie about phones i don't make music for phones or headphones i make music sounds how it suppose to be and if that is wright automatic it sounds good every where example old school movies old school music it is not made for phones hahaha or ear in but it sounds good no it must reach your soul then it sounds good every where

  • @futur_sunds
    @futur_sunds 2 роки тому

    Do you ever feel like this is it, like your life isn’t going anywhere?

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +2

      I do not lol

    • @futur_sunds
      @futur_sunds 2 роки тому

      @@masteringcom All jokes aside, great video, I needed this.

  • @Wolf-yh2um
    @Wolf-yh2um 2 роки тому +2

    7) If your mix sucks in the car, (no matter HOW MANY REVISIONS/HOURS YOU TAKE) your mix sucks. PERIOD

  • @minstinct280
    @minstinct280 Рік тому

    Cool vid! Should you only mix top down if you're an experienced mixer?

  • @gibson2623
    @gibson2623 2 роки тому +1

    You could apply what your are preaching to your own videos here, no? Your levels are fucked up dude.....Your speach is too quiet and the music sound is too loud....Geezuzzz

    • @masteringcom
      @masteringcom  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the constructive feedback, we'll get this tightened up!

    • @gibson2623
      @gibson2623 2 роки тому

      @@masteringcom No problem mate. Thanks. keep up the good work ;)

  • @oinkooink
    @oinkooink 2 роки тому +1

    None of this means nothing if you can't accurately hear what you're mixing. No headphones give you a flat response. Unless you want to rob banks and literally steal thousand and thousands of dollars ALL headphones are weird in the high end and highly questionable in the low end. Most home studios are highly compromised in terms of speakers in rooms with DIY random/ bad room treatment. Even good treatment sucks because most home studios exist in small box shaped rooms that utterly suck. So there is almost no way to accurately hear what you're mixing. If you couple this fact with the fact that most people at home record in terrible sounding boxy rooms with condensers and with God knows what kind of weird reflections and standing waves...then by the time you get all that crap to the mixing stage you are literally pushing and shoveling crap up hill with your bare hands. And on top of all that...most home studio guys like me have terrible ears and wouldn't know a good or bad sound if it came and knocked on their door and said "hi you suck".

    • @Tedtt655
      @Tedtt655 11 місяців тому +1

      Mac demarco made millions off his home recordings he did in his apartment in untreated rooms . Depends what kind of sound one is going for . I’ve heard a lot of good albums people recorded at home with bad equipment and bad rooms .

    • @oinkooink
      @oinkooink 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Tedtt655 I hear ya. My space is like a padded coffin. 8x9 foot. Spare bedroom. I've seen some of the old footage of Mac and he aint in a postage stamp. Having said that, you're right. People seem to make good stuff wherever. I think it's just me that sucks.

    • @Tedtt655
      @Tedtt655 11 місяців тому +1

      @@oinkooink nah dawg don’t say u suck. Just keep grinding .

    • @oinkooink
      @oinkooink 11 місяців тому

      @@Tedtt655 Dude. Thanks for the pick me up. But the hours I put in seem wasted. I see the people who can do it and just think, nope, never gonna make it.