Get LOUD Mixes Like A Pro (the easy way)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Here's a technique that will help you achieve loud mixes, without clipping or distorting your master bus. For best results, don't over-rely on limiting for level but instead as a "ceiling" to keep extreme peaks in check :)
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Sweet video.
I personally like to mix into a compressor (just touching the gain reduction) then into a limiter so (like you said) I can hear how the processing in the mix will be effected. I actually mix into 2 limiters/maximizers doing each about 1-2dB gain reduction so not one limiter is doing all the ground work. My personal favourite limiters/maximizers are Waves L2, Sonnox Oxford Limiter and Izotope Ozone Maximizer.
That being said, I was told and taught you should not rely on mastering get your song loud, mastering will help. I was told to get a loud song (perceived loudness) it starts with sound selection, then the mix process. Mix process examples to achieve perceived loudness: parallel compression, limiting, saturation, distortion, etc.
thanks for the great input and suggestions! Agreed 100% and that's why we focus on getting the loudness primarily in the mix on this channel 🙌
No worries, happy to share. Definitely, that's one of the reasons I enjoy this channel so much. Keep up the great work.
Ive been mixing for many years now, there is no "easy way", its a technical science that requires a skillset that comes after years of practice. Headroom is the most important factor in mixing to achieve a loud mix. Things like cutting unwanted low end(below 30-40hz) to create more headroom in the frequencies that you can actually hear. Just throwing a limiter onto a mix with too much inaudible low end will not have a good result as the headroom is taken up by inaudible frequencies. The most important part of mixing is having ears that know what they are listening for. Nothing can replace that. One last point, make sure the mix never peaks before entering the limiter, and also try to have a mix that reaches -6db before you send it to master. All said and done...practice, practice, practice. It takes time and concentration.
When people say keeping it at -6db before mastering could bringing the master volume control down so it does stay at -6db work? Would that work?
@@Alkatraz581 i mean you can, but it's generally better to adjust all of the individual tracks so you have more freedom to adjust individual volumes and use the master to shore up anything as a whole that needs it
But what -lufs & RMS should you be aiming for during a mix when it has to be exported with -6db of headroom?
the whole point of this video is to have commercial ready releases, why would u suggest to leave headroom for a mastering engineer when we want loudness? the goal is to perform a master on the mix bus to release music right away. not everybody got time or money to be payin for that service. we rather do it ourselves.
Dude I have been trying to get the commercial loudness for years, still no luck! Sometimes when I push the limiter too hard while mastering, i do get close to the "loudness" I want. But I can hear the limiter working hard, and dont like that. I have worked with different digital compressors, while mixing, and in my mastering chain too. But no luck.
Thank you
Awesome advise!!!
Preciate all your content man fr
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I accidentally did this one day I it was like a light bulb turned on
How?????
You should do a video where you mix a whole beat (stems) with vocals in it!!! I feel like a lot of people have that issue and I would love to see your intake on it!!! Keep doin what you love my friend.
thanks Alejandro! A full mix is a long process (usually too long for a youtube video) but I do cover it in depth for both of my mixing courses :)
Haha I actually just peeped that you made a video for it pretty much...it was the setting up your mix to the mastering stage. Just recently, but much appreciated! I'll have to check it in one of your mixing courses.
Sean Divine AHHH SEAN.....what's the name of this beat and where can I get it
@@SeanDivine Hi Sean...
This is a instructive video. But I have found that one can make a mix sound great in Logic itself but the minute you bounce it to iTunes your song is dead quiet... Many will appreciate if you can make a video showing how to address this problem
Thank you
Fernando
@@fercomposer was waiting for that as well
Thank you as always! I'm just starting to produce my own music, which is only acoustic guitar and keys, so mixing is pretty straightforward, but I think I will still experiment with this to try to get that radio ready level.
wadded divine....where can I get that beat...and what's the name of it....tried finding it on the site
Great video and information!
I have problem trying to get my songs louder. I use Youlean Loudness meter and the readings are 1db below True Peak and LUFS integrated are around -12 -14 and my volume are waaaaay lover then all modern produced songs! why is that? I can crank the master bus to gain volume but then I override the true peak 0 alot and still not reaching enough loudness?
Same here
This goes against everything I've been taught... now I'm confused. Lol
in mixing...if it sounds good, it is good :)
@@SeanDivine But surely you want to get your mix sounding as good as possible *before* applying total stereo bus processing? That's just how I understand it
Jay eskar masters by doing the following:
He has an extremely loud mix that actually goes in the red. Then he does some eq and stereo shit and then puts a sausage fattener to actually lower the loud mix to 0db. For edm this sounds astonishingly good. For some reason he avoids distortion that normally happens when you push a mix with headroom. The mix for sure before mastering sounds kinda funny but he compensates and by the time he applies the sausage fattener the track magically increases in intensity, it's kept up to 0db and the dynamics are great. It makes your eyes bleed but I tried it myself. So quick to pull off, makes all your tracks sound equally loud and dynamic and just works. Even though the logic is bonkers
Geez Louise LOL
Whenever I keep the mix at -6db and crank L2 like that it stresses the whole tune and even still it’s not as loud as professionally released tunes . It seems I need to push the master to +3db. any advice would be appreciated.
onter action use multiple limiters
bitch lasagna i meant he should use 2 limiters doing about 2 db of gain reduction. Its better than 1 limiter doing all the work
Thanks dude, I've literally been struggling with this for the better part of 6 years now. Can't save a lot of my older stuff because they weren't built into the limiters and buses etc. But, you may have offered my future tracks a chance because what I've done since sounds very crisp. Thanks again.
I just got my first mix done that I feel is top notch. Thank you so much for doing what you do. Btw I use your templates
Love it, great to hear! 🙏
I've been doing this for years without actually realizing what I was doing. Lol
Hey, as I was just checkig your vids daily, this came up, and I can say that I just won an argument with my colleague producer from a band. I used to say it is more natural to mix with a limiter on a master bus 'cause you are going to use it in a master chain anyway. His argument was on a more conservative side, so we would have to fix levels of kicks and snares almost every track as we were mastering, just because of those reasons you just mentioned. Thank you for sharing it, I was asking myselif if my intuition was deluding me or what haha. All the best man!
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Thanks for the video Mr. Divine. You know what? I follow all these steps and as everyone suggests I keep the LUFS at -14db but even after that my release sounds quiter than other commercial releases. I am really having hard time on this. Any word of advice ?
Would request you to make a video where you keep master at -14db and compare with online plateforms. will be very helpful for people like me.
Hi. I love this video, and I want to tell you something. I am writing a song, and my mix sounds decent. I understand clearly that if my levels are peaking in the red zone, which is in Logic Pro X level meter, that means that the master bus might be clipping and distortion. But I am strictly aware that clipping isn’t awesome and could ruin my mix.
And, at the same knowledge, limiters are supposed to used at the end of the mixing phase, or the beginning of the mastering phase to give enough headroom for listening before turning the mix louder without clipping. Otherwise, the sounds could feel squashed if I used it during mixing. And that’s not good either.
So, I 4 questions for you.
(1) The master fader, and the master bus aren’t supposed to be a adjusted and should be kept at 0db. Is that true?
(2) My goal is to reach the green zone, and I want to mix to sound nice and loud as quickly as possible. However, there are obstacles in my way, because I don’t want to risk the sounds to sound too quiet, and having the master bus to experience some clipping. What are the best possible ways to
have a good headroom, and what does that mean?
(3) By having enough headroom, does it mean that I can use the limiter to make appropriate settings for the whole mix?
(4) If I don’t know or know a little about mastering, what should I do to make the mix loud enough or have enough headroom to be professionally mastered by an engineer?
Thanks in advance!
Peace,
Ivan
Hi Ivan, I generally do not adjust the master fader (it stays at 0). I do sometimes automate the stereo output for outro fades, maybe automating 1db boost for hooks, etc. If you want to have a loud mix without pushing the master bus, a quality limiter is your best bet. I would caution not to rely too heavily on the limiter / maximizer though, as it can change the dynamics of your mix. If you still need headroom at the end of your mix, you should remove any limiting or dynamics processing from the stereo / master bus before delivering to a mastering engineer.
The way you don't nod your head to this dope wave shows how serious of a teacher you are 👍
Can I use Logic‘s Limiter for this method? Because I dont have the Limiter you used
all limiters do the same thing, they are basically a brick wall compressor.
Is the L3 Better than L2?
It's not the popular option but yes, I prefer it!
But how loud is loud? How do you know when to stop? Or lower? For instance, I have Ozone....I was using the target 14 LUFS on the maximizer, but my mixes are much lower than what's out there. I've read that the standard now is 14, so that's what I shot for. To the right, on the levels, I was keeping it at 15, then master until it sounds good, then engage the 14LUFS target option, but still I have lower volume tracks, sounds good, but much too quiet. Any suggestions?
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Not sure if you made a video discussing this already but how does perceived loudness, crest level, saturation, and parallel compression play into this as well. I remember hearing that getting your mix to a higher rms with those techniques alone using busses then doing the limiting and whatever mastering after is what gets loudness? Don’t get me wrong, i’d love to use a simple maximizer limiter on master bus and call it a day without all that other stuff but I know it’s important so could you explain how they play into each other or how you incorporate those techniques (saturation, pcomp, etc.) with the limiter on the master for loudness. Thank you! 🙏🏾
Hey, Sean. You should make a video on in-depth drum processing, which would be something a lot of people could definitely appreciate, even if they're not yet aware of it.
thanks for the suggestion! could you be more specific on "processing"? do you mean mixing? programming? or actual sound design?
I'd say mixing, as in layering (something you've obviously touched upon previously), typical EQing procedures, the advance of utilizng analog (and digital emulation of) pre-amps for colorization of the sound and etc. Simply to take the raw and extract its potential.
Thanks for you time, Sean.
As always another loaded video. How do you achieve that clean subtle high end?
thanks! the right EQ. For me, that's usually the ssl g, puigtec or sie-q!
will definitely check em out. thank you.
This is why i put a limiter on my drum bus after a clipper so the master limiter not doing as much work to em
Niiiice. Imma try this
What's a clipper?
What would be the point of the clipper if you use a limiter after it? Lol
@@roy7o9 I think it clips the initial waveform, but still decreases the overall level without compressing too hard to let the mastering chain do the work.
What is the best way to not distort an 808 yet make it loud. i master using the ozone 8 settings you used in this video but my low end distorts to much.
So my problem is that I always kept my mix in range of - 6 db and everything sound nice but if I turn on the Limiter it's not getting louder it ducking the sound it sound overdrived and quiter even when I turn of the Limiter a bit... What could be the reason for that any tips?
Most of the time the problem is EQ balance, we want everything to sound "hard" . We should try messing with the frequencies instead of level
There are some frequencies that will give you the ilusión that you track is louder
But its mostly brighter, harsher little less dynamic-ish
Plugins like exiter, distortion even playing around with your stereo spread
Try to play with the release time of the limiter
And try to add a (multiband) compressor before the Limiter anywhere from 2:1 3:1 not more
It blends things gently, wich gives you some more overall controll
And you can try bringinf the Limiter in till you hear a difference, than back off a little
Its important to hear what is happening when you put the Limiter on,
Mostly it affects kick,sub and your bass
@@renesoleana1414 best tip is to not mix very long and to mix quietly with good headphones or monitors (in a room with good acoustics) I experienced that I was overthinking and that created many mistakes
Good tip, I usually do this closer to the end of my mix. If you are doing work with live instruments or bands, you are going to get better accuracy with levels before activating this. however agree this is a good idea to either get a rough idea of how it's going to sound as you go, or towards the end of your mixing. I haven't tried Ozone, but that sounded really good. all the best dude.
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🦉 The compression codec engineers recommend not going over -1dB for your sample peaks as the algorithm has problems deciding what bits to throw away resulting in artifactual distortion. The loudness recommendations such as -14dB LUFs for Spotify will tolerate a discrepancy of 1dB so if you want to be louder than every one else, make your mix -13dB LUFs for streaming--that's the digital equivalent of going to 11, maaan!
I was also taught this at school to keep below -1dB and also mixes will vary.
I used to leave the character on clipping (lmao) and then that used to really show up when i uploaded my tracks to youtube....hope this method here helps
Game changer!
Why do you have 8db headroom when your rms is -18???
peaks at -8 db?
You mean to tell me all this time I spent compressing that kick I could have had a girlfriend? Damn smh
What's the hard (complete) way? Thank you for sharing your knowledge
there's no right or wrong way but the other method would be to not rely so heavily on the limiter. Most of my videos on the channel achieve the loudness in the actual mix and the limiter is simply controlling peaks.
@@SeanDivine Nice . I've heard if you convert your song to tape you can get a few extra dbs at the end os It true?
Hi Sean!
What about using limiters on every single track? Wouldn't that give you a louder sound plus you would end up knowing how it is going to sound?
Sorry if the question is dumb but I'm a begginer
Thank you
Technically, you could but it wouldn’t be ideal or efficient. The idea here is to use limiters / maximizers on the hottest channels that need it, to help keep the entire mix in check. If your mix overall is balanced, that should be all you need and want.
when you say mixing into it,does it mean that you put the limiter in the master track,set it up and then you do the balancing and mixing? Thanks
Exactly :)
I like this style of Mix/Mastering on the go.
Everyone has been trying to get to the commercial sound, but they seem to be on a small detail: Have you checked with how many LUFS is your reference?For example in electronic music EDM, LUFS varies from -10 to -7. I've seen -6 (Yes this exists), take the songs from Spinning Records for example.
As for the use of 2 limiters on the master I've also heard about it in workshop, but the person didn't want to open the game and gave that "got me" kkk.
The friend said something about cutting the frequency below 30 hz, that makes all sense because, imagine in all instruments playing at 30 hz?In the end, it kills your hedroom. That's basic but a lot of people still don't get it. It's the first step to a good mix. Another thing to avoid using the eq's that see natives in DAW, try to use the equalizers that emulate analog equipment. Analogue imitators exist for a reason, don't they?
Greetings from Brazil. Excellent discussion.
"Edm varies from -10 to -7, I've seen -6 Lufs"
All "club" edm tracks reach -6 , some even close to -5
There's no point in mastering "loud" these days. All the streaming platforms have normalisers on them now so it doesn't matter. More importantly, every stereo has a volume control, so just use that. Making the mix and master sound good, balanced, and punchy is far, far more important than unnaturally crushing it to death for the sake of a competition that none of the actual listeners care about. Yes, it's nice when you can get your master the same as your reference song, but it honestly doesn't matter. I've never, ever, ever heard of anyone taking back a CD to the shop because it wasn't mastered loud enough.
Everyone always says that but why do my tracks sounds way quieter than other artists in the same genre even when I’m comparing on Spotify or other streaming sites if they normalize the volume?
@@salsmusicetc67 perhaps look into LUFS level for streaming services
Exactly. Producers need to stop listening to the radio. That's why their perception of loudness is so distorted. LOL
🦉 I sometimes run songs purchased from iTunes through RX 7's wave analysis tools & most pop stars are still releasing louder than -14db LUFS. Katy Perry's songs are at about -8db LUFS. Miley Cyrus has a lot of overclipped samples yet I don't really hear any distortion. Billie Eilish often has way too much exaggerated bass. In the end there is no regulatory body that is going to fine you (unless it's a public broadcast) for releasing a song too loud. It's totally your call.
the problem i have in logic and I know im not alone in this is that when you record acoustic guitar with a LARGE diaphragm condenser mic into your audio interface ( clarret 2pre ) into your macbook pro into DAW LOGIC the wave file is almost dead non existent and when you play back the audio you almost can't hear anything.
blasting the compressor plugin does not help cuz that will just distort the audio badly
using BASS amp plugin wont help either nor does a limiter really help much
what I end up doing is opening a Channel EQ plugin and just boost the mids and lows and raise the gain in channel eq to +7 db I find doing this doesn't destroy your dynamic range or distort audio too much vs blasting a compressor
Nice vid! So if I use ozone 8 maximizer in my mix, and get the RMS to a competitive level, then I don't need to use it when I'm mastering, right? Or is it better to have a lot of headroom in my mix, bounce it, and then use this technique in my master?
If you're mastering in a seperate session than the mix, you should leave any limiting or maximizing to the mastering process. You don't want to limit your mix more than once.
Gotcha! If I do this technique in my mastering, should I have my ceiling set to -0,1 or -0,5 like in this vid?
Yes, although with the ozone 8 "true peak limiting" setting you'd technically be okay even at 0.0. I like to set it just below (0.1 - 0.5) just to be safe.
Brilliant - I love the hollow ambient - keep creating..
thanks :)
When im watching these videos I just start thinking on something else, much more deep. On some sci fi shirt or witcher 3 game that I pass.. Now im gonna return from beggining to hear what u said.
is there a template that is finished that i can download and just study all the chains and levels and stuff
Dude, I came back to this video to tell you that you have LITERALLY CHANGED MAH LIFE with this tip. THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN!!
sure thing :) glad to hear it!
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Can someone tell me why I'm clipping with really low volume and with a LOT of headroom?
Hikaeme4022 you have to ecualize and cut those frequncies
And compress
if you're clipping with really low volume chances are you overcompressed something
That beat is fire!
Thank you Sean , thats the way i would prefer .
Great video mate. So to recap... You only put a limiter on the master bus ALONE and not any other channel??
For master limiting purposes, correct. That being said, It's not wrong to use a limiter on individual channels to prevent clipping / adjust dynamics.
Is this what you always do Sean, mixing into a limiter? And what limiter is your favorite go 2 when starting?
Yep. Most often it's the Ozone Maximizer or L3 Multimaximizer.
I love the way all these producers reLeasing these videos think that we all can afford these plug ins
Lolz
hey, thanks for the video !
but the problem is, when you increase the loudness to -6.9 the transients in all gone...
in your video you increased the volume to -10...
can you make a video about that ?
Very helpful, thank you Sean!
Im going to watch every video the first one I watched was so helpful!! My only question is where do I get these plugins your using. I've noticed your using a lot of plugins I don't have can you list everything I need to mix like a pro and where to find the plugins?
I would start simple and build up as you learn them. I've bought plugins over a long span of time. A good starting point is the Waves Gold bundle!
Can you get Ozone 9 as long as you subscribe monthly to iZotope?
yes, it’s included in their subscription pack I do believe!
I need help im trying to make my beat louder without it clipping I used ozone 10 and made it louder but it totally ruins my 808 and kick and makes it clip and it crashes how can I just make my beat louder without any clipping I dont get it
This should help :) ua-cam.com/video/Xv3grUkjTI8/v-deo.html
That’s mainly kick though I just want my mix to be louder when uploaded to UA-cam maybe it’s what I use when I put it as a wave file it goes to groove music not sure if groove music maybe a king it quiet
This beat fire though
What is your approach to gain staging? I know you mix more aggressively, I’ve seen tutorials where your individual tracks would peak at like -3.0 dB for example. How do you have head room for signal to flow through your chain?
hey Kidd, I'm typically mastering in the same session as the mix, so having a ton of headroom isn't as important in this case. I don't want to be too aggressive to the point of undesired distortion or clipping but I also won't let hot levels influence what I hear as right in the mix. I mix with my ears over my eyes. Otherwise, I would send the mix with at least 3-6dB of headroom to another mastering engineer so they can have the flexibility to work accordingly
Sean Divine so does that mean that you measure your individual tracks with RMS or LUFS? I get what your saying but I don’t get the method. I mix in a more conservative way. But it just seems like your just saying throw the faders up and put a limiter on and call it a day. I’m just trying to understand your method because I could do that but the mix doesn’t sound better just louder.
I'm typically using RMS and true peak throughout the mixing process. I'm a more aggressive mixer by nature and that may not fit your style / approach. This video is only demonstrating one method for achieving loudness. I show others on the channel and you should go with whatever gets the results your after.
that shit is fire
Never thought of mixing like this 🤯
Can someone help me. When I'm producing on my headphones my beats sound completely different on my krk speakers. anyone have a possible reason for this. The track sounds much lower and the quality is not as good as in my headphones which are krk 8400s. Does the stereo field have anything to do with this and if so what should I change ???
your mixes will naturally sound a bit different in headphones than on speakers. it will also depend on which headphones you're using and if they're giving you an accurate response. The goal is to get the mix to sound as consistent as possible across all different types of playback (headphones, monitors, consumer speakers, etc.) to do that you have to learn your speakers and know how to compensate for any inaccuracies there in the mixing process
Ok thanks but I think I'm gonna have to get my tracks mixed and mastered in a studio because I just don't understand this whole process. I've tried for years on my own, best I get a professional job now, but thanks for the advice :)
I just go back and forth. Listen to it in my speakers and on headphones etc. until it sounds great on both systems.
Great Video Sean, as always!! I'm interested in your opinion on online mastering services like Landr etc. I would appreciate if you mentioned it in an upcoming video:)
Thanks August! I know producers who use the Landr service with good results. My take is if you're completely new to mastering and don't have the patience to learn it, it's an option worth looking in to. If you do have interest in the process, I think it would be wise in the long term to invest in a few good mastering plugins (or a suite like Ozone), watch tutorials and gain experience. You'll eventually get to the point where you understand the exact sound you're after, how to get it and then have much more control over the result :)
Thank you for your reply!! I'll look in to Ozone:)
Great advice 🔥💯
Hi have an audio track that is clipping but it’s quiet, it’s a weird thing to explain but it’s like I can’t hear the audio well but it’s clipping. Any tips to fix this?
great vid !! how many dbs should a average pop song be around?
does this mean we can let the gain peak in the sliders since the limiter is saving it? im trying to mix metal which wants to be loud the entire time and im struggling with not peaking but keeping a loud volume unless i slap limiters on multiple instruments so they can be heard sufficiently through the music: (the kick, the toms, and the master bus)
Where can I get this track...and what's the name of it
if you mix into the limiter where does it go in the chain?
It will be the last plugin on your master bus, other than any metering plugins
So when have plenty of headroom and I'm using the maximizer in ozone 9, why can't I pull the maximizer down passed -9 LUFS without my song getting distorted and ruined? Because I'm trying to achieve -14 LUFS for streaming right?
Which app is it?
Great video!! Question? Should i export my track and then import it into a new project before i put Ozone on the master bus or should i add it while mixing?
depends on how resource intensive your mix session is... it's usually easier to do the mastering in a separate session but if you can get away with it using it in the mix will give you more flexibility
@@SeanDivine hey thanks Sean
Quality mix and mastering is not about how loud you can get a song. The game is all messed up nowadays. Of course you want loudness, but not compressed all to hell where you're loosing the beauty of the music...
great vid again.
how to get maximizer as a standalone plugin?
the ozone maximizer is available as a standalone in the advanced version
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It makes the mix louder , yes. But I find that if you use too much limiting , it kills the dynamics of the song. In that particular track , it seems to have killed the snare. I try not to use more than 2-3db of gain on a limiter , or less if I can. I find that it lets the song breathe more.
what do you think about this idea; if we add limiters to busses (vocal, drums, instr. synths etc) - before master bus. and let say we did set ceiling to -6db and played threshold and made all busses more louder, than we did send it to master bus. and another limiter for master bus. Does it work or worst way to make it louder?
I think you'd be better off using as few limiters as possible and only doing light brickwall limiting on the master bus. That said, no rules try it!
I find a cheap way of getting up to commercial volume is to use something like DeeGain and add 4Db to the mix signal on the master bus. The advantage is that you don't need to hit it so hard with the limiter threshold to get to the target volume, and this preserves dynamics.The downside is that you do eat into some of your headroom, so it's a balancing act. It's not the optimal way, but it works.
That was really Helpful!! Thank you!!
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When I insert a maximizer, it's for individual tracks. So how do I maximize all tracks at once?
wassup on that beat sean
something in the works :)
most def caught my attention. owner@planetkaio.com if you want to sale
Wow this beat is on fire 💣💣
thanks!
Hi! How would you master podcast let’s say music and speaks that the result is loud and same kind of commercial songs?
Bro ! Where can I buy this beat 🔥
seandivine.com/beats - it’s called “Till Death” 🙏
@@SeanDivine def will buy it. Thank you 🙏🏽
I like the song at the end of the video !
thanks! divinetracks.com/downloads/something-special-with-hook/
Question. So, after you mix into ozone, you take it out before bouncing out the final mix track?
this is for a 2-track release. for proper mastering later, remove the limiter and bounce with headroom
so you use ozone for mixing with master, but your preferred final limiter is Waves L2?
How can we hit -3db or -6db RMS without clipping or without making clipping audible and keeping low end safe from distortion , just like Martin Garrix Animals Or Beyonce’s Fromation.😅
a transparent brickwall limiter set to below 0dB True Peak
Why do a lot of professional songs that I import in the Maximiser have both red lights (which means clipping) but sound soo good? I was told that your projects should never have the red lights when exporting. I’m confused.
their tracks actually dont clip - they're soft clipping so essentially the limiter prevents them from peaking but the distortion still happens
What Program are you using, it looks a lot similar to GarageBand, but I know it’s not Lol ... Anybody know??
logic pro :)
wonder what the infected mushroom plugin sounds like on the master bus now... What were you doing?
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What is that track in the end of the video?
divinetracks.com/downloads/something-special-with-hook/
@@SeanDivine thank you. :)
Very informative thanks so much friend!
You should make a fl Studio Mixing Template
1/3 of The Formula if they release a stable version of FL for mac, consider it done :)
Sean Divine I hope they do. I will be the first to buy your template
So when’s the vid out? 👀
My knowledge on Limiters is a little iffy, Sean. Is this correct?
So basically... THRESHOLD - This shaves the peaks off... as in... whatever peaks are above the threshold.
Output ceiling - The audio gets boosted after the peaks are shaved off.... and the ceiling is basically like the highest the signal will get boosted to?
SuperFoxMulder the threshold determines when the limiter will engage (limit the dynamic range) and in the case of a maximizer, it will apply gain proportionally to maximize the level. The ceiling determines the absolute loudest point the limiter allows. So if you set it to -1, no matter how far you lower the threshold, that’s as loud as it will get. A limiter is essentially just a compressor with an extremely high ratio.
Sean, great tip. Can you make a video regarding limiters, how and when to use them during mixing? I noticed I like putting L2 limiter on my drum bus, apart from volume it gives more transparent punch. But read few tips about puttting limiters on adlibs and guitar solos. Can you please make a video about limitting during mixing?
this one might help :) ua-cam.com/video/TD52wkka34k/v-deo.html
Hey Sean I had a question about turning up all of your faders on the mix along with the automation on it...everytime i pull all the faders up the go back down to where the automation tells them to go, is there a way to fix this? Or a way to scale all automation so I don't have to heavily depend on the mastering process to get the volumes up?
just put a gain utility plugin on your master chain and automate the gain
how does this relate to LUFS processing?
hi sean, great videos ! i have a question, and i think many ppl that buy beats online are interessted in this too.. i bought a beat - online, and it seems that the beat is already mastered and was limited to 0 db, unfortanily i cant reach the producer to get a non limited version with a little more headroom. how do i mix my vocals to the wav file in the best way and get it ready for mastering !?
and can i use this technic with the limited wav beatfile too or would it sound Strange because the beat its already limited ?
maybe a videotutorial for this situation would be great. im sure, there are many musicians that buy beats online and have the same issue. bests from germany
hey Massari, your best bet is to mix your vocals to the level of the mastered beat. I wouldn't recommend doing any heavy limiting on the stereo bus as that will affect the dynamics of the beat (no more than a very transparent brickwall limiter at 0db)
@@SeanDivine alright, thank you ! good to know that 👍 happy new year btw
but what if we can't afford these hundred dollar plugins, what are some alternative options for using stock/cheaper plugins
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