Mixing A Song - Indie Rock - Multitracks Available!
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- Hey Legends!
I've put together a full Mix tutorial of an Indie Rock song!
if you want to mix along with me, you can also purchase a copy of the session multitracks here:
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You can also purchase my drum samples here too:
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This is a great way to help support the channel and all the time that goes into making these videos! Thank you in advance!
I chose this particular project as it was one of the very first band recordings I ever did, and it has some common amateur recording mistakes, like phase issues, which I will show you how to fix in the prep stage of this mixing tutorial.
Its a long video, and it took a long time to edit this together, but mixing a song usually takes time, a lot longer than my cut down edited version here! hopefully this gives you some insight into my thought processing while in the mixing zone.
Please consider purchasing the multitracks or sending a thanks to help support the channel :)
Video Contents:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:08) Part 01 - Session Prep
(00:09:38) Part 02 - Basic Levels & Panning
(00:21:48) Part 03 - Mix Buss
(00:23:11) Part 04 - Mixing Drums
(00:41:00) Part 05 - Mixing Bass
(00:43:49) Part 06 - Mixing Electric Guitars
(00:54:13) Part 07 - Mixing Glockenspiel
(00:57:42) Part 08 - Mixing Vocals
(01:05:54) Part 09 - Mixing Backing Vocals
(01:09:13) Part 10 - Automation
(01:12:11) Part 11 - Adding FX & Interest To The Mix
(01:18:15) Part 12 - Final Mix Tweaks
(01:22:00) Before & After Comparison
I hope you guys enjoy the video!
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Hey Legends! If you would like to support the channel, make sure you grab a copy of the multitracks in the link above! I also have a range of drum samples you can check out too! Thanks guys 😊
This is a great video! I would have really appreciated a full listen of the finished mix at the end.
This is honestly the best mixing content on UA-cam. I am shocked that the algorithm hasn’t picked up on it yet!
Thanks man! Make sure to share it and help boost it up! Haha
There is always so much talk about ‘sound’ but the ‘admin’ side of file and track management is so good to see in detail. Once you have that, THEN you can spend time training your ears and being able to find what you need to adjust. Stella.
It’s not always the funnest part of the process, but it’s definitely very important!
@@spinlightstudios it's mandatory in order to have fun later on in the mixing stage 🤩👌 thank you, you Legend!! 🙏
I applied these techniques as a guide to the live mix I run for church. Oh my goodness, the instruments (especially drums) are clear and exciting! This is the mix I was trying to achieve in my head! Thank you so much from a fellow drummer!
That’s awesome, love hearing that!
From the mono panning on the instrument mix buses, to letting us all know about the master mix send for our privilege to hear the magic happening live upon a click, pause, rewind or forward 😳🤯 mind blowingly valuable and insightful knowledge for free, can't imagine the value from your mix course! It's just a matter of time. ❤️Utmost gratitude, Rhys my dude. 🙏
Thanks so much mate!
@@spinlightstudios least I can do, and is more than well deserved!! 👏🙇♂️💃
I've been learning a lot from your videos. Thanks for making them!
Glad to hear they’ve been helpful!
Purchased the tracks, did my own mixing, then listen to your tutorial. What a great learning opportunity! This concept is rock solid for anyone who wants to learn. Thanks a lot for this!
Amazing work. Really appreciate the speed of presentation and the little bits of philosophy you sprinkle along the way. Instant subscribe.
Thanks!
Recently discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did you've helped me out massively with your videos!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Amazing 🙌
Thanks mate! Stoked you’re finding it helpful!
This is brilliant. I am just starting to learn the mix process and this really opened up quite some new ways of approaching drums and guitars for me also use of effects. Thanks for taking the time!
Thanks Daniel, glad you enjoyed the video mate!
This is awesome. I’d watch as many of these as you’d be willing to make. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers man! Should be some more over time! They take a long time to make haha
Its really refreshing to see someone else with almost the same thought process as I have with mixing. Good video i was hyped throughout the video to see what you would do next and the end results were amazing. Kudos.
Thanks so much mate! Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the first time ive heard phase issues - its always a great day when something clicks and I learn. Thanks for that. Subbed
You’re welcome!
I love the info and pace of your video. I learned a lot, thanks!
Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it!
Pretty new to your AWESOME channel!! Super information and a really clear method for delivering a stellar mix!! Thanks a lot and I really enjoyed your session!! Fantastic!!
Thanks legend! Appreciate you checking it out!
Amazing to see and hear how good you know the DAW and Plug ins and how shure you are about your desicions. Great Video!
Thanks Dominik! Glad you enjoyed it!
This is one of the most informative videos I've ever watched on the mixing process. Thank you for uploading this video
Thanks Wayne! Glad you enjoyed it!
Please make more like this. This is incredible.
Just discovered your channel. That was an excellent mixing tutorial and a really great transformation from the original mix.
Thanks heaps man
This is the second I've watched of his. Consistently awesome so far.
SOUNDING GOOD BUDDY! GOOD TO SEE YOU on the TUBE! People, is the guy if you want your songs to be mixed professionally! Very easy to communicate
Thanks Ivan! Loved mixing the FIDA Tracks a few years back for you! Hope you’re doing well man!
Mix very rich in details. I will study calmly. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Cheers Julian, thanks for watching
Wow amazing work! Glad I discovered your channel!!
Thanks! Plenty of videos to check out now! 😇
Cool chops! Great video. Thanks.
Thanks!
This is a supremely helpful tut. Nice work!
Cheers mate!
Rhys, this is absolutely spot on. Subscribed 5 mins into the video. In a sea of tutorials that are either lackluster, super general and vague, or just trying to sell you something, this is a total gem!!! I’m watching all your videos. Instant fan. Bravo sir.
Plus, YOU’RE IN LOGIC. What a Godsend!
Cheers Andrew! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for joining the channel! :)
Absolutely awesome. This mix is so good, it sounds like it has already been professionally master 🙌
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video, so clear and easy to understand and love the admin stuff too.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Super good work flow!! I enjoyed that and learned a lot. That was a great resurrection of an old ship!!
Thanks mate! Haha indeed, it’s an oldie now.
that was fun to watch, you are a great teacher !!
Thanks so much!
Great videos. Gives me hope that we can have a total in-the-box mix sounding so good. Thanks for such valuable content
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
great mix and nice workflow man!
Thanks mate!
For years I've been wanting to learn about mix and mastering. As a solo musician, I do just basic stuff in logic pro like rec, play and stop. Thanks to your channel, I've been really wanting to learn more and apply some of the techniques you use here. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
You’re welcome! Enjoy the journey!
Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Very informative. 🙌
You’re welcome! Glad you found it useful!
So helpful and informative. You have a fantastic ear!
Thanks Luke!
Great video, super helpful!! Thanks!!!
Thanks mate. Glad to hear that!
you are the man! So well explained. Thank you!
Thanks!
Good stuff man!
Made me rediscover some good old plugins that've been catching dust for a while.
Thanks mate!
This is so good man 💯♥️. Really helpful and insightful. I was almost famboying half of the time seeing you using the SSL channel strip again and again 😂♥️
thanks legend! Can’t beat that SSL channel strip 😂 mix with your ears not your eyes right 😜
Although you're working quite quickly through the tracks, buses, mix bus, and compression. I am finding this session so enjoyable. I even bought the "Waves" SSL master bus compressor. I am applying the the same flow to my own tracks while tweaking them into a more dreamy, ambient mix. This is an awesome lesson in mixing and mastering. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it mate!
Amazing. You're wonderful. Great pleasure to watch this. Your moves are a little fast for me sometimes, but everything seems so evident... I wish I had your ears.... I'd like to listen to the rough mix and the final mix at the same level for comparision. Thanks a lot!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, this was very inspiring! You’re so fast and - and at the same time are able to speak your thoughts along the way. Really like how you’re able to keep the levels in check so you’re not hyping up the mix louder and louder, but actually work on the different sounds to make them slightly better with EQ and compression and sometimes saturation. My biggest takeaway is that you seem to go a lot by instinct, of course based on a lot of practice and knowledge- but you don’t use 30 min on a kick drum, you move fast and then you keep the momentum and probably also the overview?! Please do a similar mixing video on a country song, perhaps with Saralyn, “Last Goodbye” - or just make a mini course with the multitracks - I’ll definitely pay for that, and I reckon others will too! Keep up the great work, really digging your channel! Thanks again, man.
Thanks so much mate! It’s actually difficult to mix and explain what you are doing as you’re right, a lot of it is instinct and once I find what I like I move on, much trickier voicing my reasonings haha. It’s so important to not just make things louder while mixing, loudness fools us into thinking something is better when maybe it’s not. I definitely have some plans to make more full mix videos, just looking for a good window of opportunity between my normal studio hours - they take a long time to make! Appreciate your comment mate and thanks for watching :)
@@spinlightstudios Yes, I reckon the videos take long time to make! It would also be great to have some videos about production “hacks”/ideas etc. I really liked the section where you analyzed the song and felt something were missing and you threw in a reverse cymbal etc to get the transitions to work better. Small things like this is golden, so yeah looking forward to your next video, have a great day 👍😄
This is awesome Rhys!
Thanks so much man! Bit of a blast from the past here 😝
really nice, loved it.
Thanks
Subbed! I related to mixing with what you have at the time and trying to make it sound as best as you can in post. I usually record in untreated rooms or rooms with decent reverb. I’m going to come back to this as I’ve been having trouble eq’ing the drums. Thank you!!
No worries mate! Hopefully you find something useful in it!
Great Tutorial!
Thanks
Thank you!
Great video, absolutely love this. I really like how you started with an older, less than perfect recording to start with. One thing I would love to see is something similar but with only stock or free plugins
Glad you enjoyed it! Good idea!
really love the drum sound..Oh My God
Thanks!
Great mix!
Thanks mate!
To be honest for the people that really want to learn this is the way true and honest, without trying to sell as if there is a plug-in that does magic… cheers loving the content.
Hey!! I would like to see something about tracking vocals from start to finish,Record and mix..
You really only need a handful of plug-ins, less is usually better when mixing, getting to involved usually ends up sounding unnatural/over cooked. Thanks for checking it out man.
That would be a very big project haha Maybe one for the future though!
@@spinlightstudios I agree with you..
Thank you for showing us how the prepping goes. I agree that most tutorials out there mix already good sounding and phase-coherent tracks already so we can't really relate. My most valuable take-away from this video is the way you align your drums. Thank you for this video and your help earlier sorting out the issues with Paypal 😀
Thanks Edward! It’s always worth zooming in and checking the phase on drums! Appreciate your support to the channel man!
@@spinlightstudios People like you who are genuinely helping others deserves all the love and support man!
Thanks mate :)
Yeah that's a killer mix
Thank you Keith! Thanks
Awesome work mate!
Thanks Andrew!
Just subscribed. I found this video so helpful, a real world example of turning what most of us all start with into something we all wished we could finish with! Thank you! @@spinlightstudios
Appreciate that mate!
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks mate!
best content! thanks man, it helps a lot!
Thanks mate!
great video i learned a lot from. your vocal effects on this one.
That’s great! Glad you picked up some tips!
This is super helpful. Especially setting up the session with the Bus routing. I've been doing it WILLY NILLY. And that's NOT SUSTAINABLE. Cheers.
Glad to help!
@@spinlightstudios We are all Hey Legends.
Otra vez Genial!!
🙏🏼
I'm just getting started with recording/mixing. I know how to move around in my DAW - but I haven't developed the instincts to know when and where to use certain tools. Subsequently, I've been in a bit of a rut.
This has me inspired. You're a great teacher. I'm definitely going to check out your other videos. Thank you for sharing your experience with those of us who need help.
Thanks mate! That’s so good you’ve gotten some fresh inspiration! Keep at it :)
AMAZING! 👏👏
Thanks mate!
You’re making those rough tracks sound great.
There’s a plug-in I use for voiceover mics from video work that could help with the situation you had with the vocal having room sound. It’s from plug-in alliance called de-verb.
Thanks! I have RX de-reverb or whatever it’s called but it was creating too many weird artifacts. I’ve since picked up Goyo or “clear” as they renamed it, it’s pretty awesome too! I’ll have to check the PA de-verb some time!
so good
Thanks!
Oh, hell yeah. You just made my night. Can't wait to watch.
Thanks man! Keen to hear your insights :)
thanks for sharing
No problem!
You earned my Absolute Respect. New subby here.
Thanks so much mate!
Love these full mixing session videos! What type of headphones are you using here? Do you typically mix while listening through the headphones or through your monitor speakers? I do not have a great room to mix in and find it hard to get a balanced mix using headphones instead of monitors. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Mostly I use monitors, but the DT770 pros seem to work pretty well for me when I do use them. I was mainly using headphones for the video so it would be easier to edit and avoid monitor bleed into the mic.
DRUMS GO AT THE TOP!!! 👍
Every time!
Please what's the configuration of your system in terms of Ram and Rom. Cos I'm wondering why you're not getting system overload with these big plugins you're using.
Nice to hear an Aussie accent on a mix tutorial!
Haha thanks mate 🇦🇺
Great video!! New subscriber here from Spain. I love mixing fast , straight to the point and making commitment on the fly.
Are you using any correction/calibration plug-in in order to mix with headphones?? By the way... Witch model are those? I can't tell in the video. Greetings!!
Thanks mate! No software correction, just spent enough time with them to have a feel! Beyerdynamic dt770 250ohms
I have been trying to record my own songs for years and the biggest problem I have had is after recording all my tracks getting them all to sit right, levelling wise. I always find one track isn't coming through like I imagine it in my head to be... I hope one day to have half the knowledge you have cause this track sounded amazing after you were done with it.
Guy that can write, hear how it should sound in my head but never able to get it sounding right in production lol.
Thanks so much man. I try to keep an open mind with mixing and let the track take shape, sometimes trying to force an idea of how you think it should sound can make things worse! Definitely keep at it man!
@@spinlightstudios Yes this is true I have had a few tracks where it's surprised me and I've preferred where its going to what I had initially set out to create.
My biggest issue is I will set the levels, then think ohhh bass is too quiet, turn it up... then realise ohhh now I can't make out this part.. turn it up and so on and before you know it back to where I started lol but yeah enjoyed the video and going to be going back over it again for more pointers with my stuff.
It’s so easy to chase your tail! Usually I find it’s best to get an initial mix, listen to it somewhere else a maybe in your car, headphones etc a day later and you’ll be able to write a list of things you want to adjust, then just do those things - don’t open the session and start fiddling around, just make those changes :) otherwise you just end up tweaking forever haha
bro!!! I just bought the multitrack last week and the video has been very helpful to me.
One question, what exactly did you use to record the bass?
Sounds really good !!!
Hmm it was so long ago. Pretty sure we took the line out of a small ampeg amp, bass was a musicman! Maybe a mic on the amp as well. Probably the akg d112.
damn you're amazing!
Thanks mate
Hi from Mexico ✌🏼 . Have a question for you. Which template did you used on your website? Divi or some template includes on Shopify? Thanks.
This was really helpful and fun to watch 🙌 do you also have a similar video for other genres? electronic music?
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it! I’ve only done this and a country acoustic track so far. Plan on doing more though! Each time I’ll do something a little different in genre/style :)
@@spinlightstudios That'll be awesome, thank you so much ✌️
How does phase come into play when working with double tracked instruments? I recorded the same guitar part multiple times and picked two to double track. When I zoom in on the waveform the peaks and troughs are all over the place like there are phase issues, but nudging doesn't work because fixing things at one point seems to mess things up more down the line. At what point is it phase and at what point is it just the subtle difference between a performance? I don't think I moved the mic while recording but it's feasible I could have done it a little bit by accident.
Double tracking will have a chorus/phase effect when you play the two tracks over the top of each other. That’s why you might have one a little quieter - or pan them away from each other to create seperate on and width. Those differences are what helps create a wide sound.
So you don't have to make sure the waves match ?@@spinlightstudios
Can you elaborate a little more on your reference for headroom and what to gage, and look for during the leveling stage? (Logic pro user)
Such a fantastic walk-through. What would be the equivalent stock options for the mix bus for those of us building our plug collection? 🙂
Thanks mate! I’ll have to do a video on mix bus plugins with some stock examples too!
Drums at the top. Vocals at the bottom. You knows it. 👊
The only way haha everyone else is crazy
I put drums on the very bottom and then bass) maybe its because I do them after I do guitars which are always things to start with for me and vocals... I just never do them 😀
my fav ssl is the ssl ssl
Thanks UA-cam for recommending this! Very informative. It's like were in your head as you work. 👍🏾👏🏾🙏🏾
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it!
On the drums it looks like you’re expanding button is on why do you use expansion rather than the normal? Using the blue compressor on the drum buss the mix looks 5% is that audible?
Thanks for sharing
Expander sounds smoother to me than hard gating. The blue 1176 with a low mix % is still adding some sustain, particularly I find it helps bring the cymbals out a little more.
Great video thanks! Noob question , must have missed something, in your setup what is the purpose of sending all the track stacks to a mixbus and then to the stereo out? Why not just the stereo out? Thanks!
It’s useful if you use a mix reference in your DAW. So I might drop a track in to A/B against while mixing, the reference can go straight to the stereo out and won’t be affected by any mix bus processing :)
@@spinlightstudios that makes total sense, thanks for clearing it up, cheers!
Wow learned tons. Always easier for me when I use the same DAW as the teacher.
Glad you enjoyed it! Got a good one uploading right now too, that’ll be live later today!
Really cool video! REALLY REALLY cool mix and sounds absolutely amazing!! What's this song called? It's a really cool song!
Thanks you! It’s called Skipping Stones by a band called The Playtapes. I don’t think the songs are online anywhere these days! Perhaps I should upload the full mix somewhere 🤔
@@spinlightstudios Yeah, would be awesome if you upload it. It's a nice song and sound good with your mix.
Great job mixing this 👏. The one thing that bothers me is not a mixing issue really. I'd just like to talk the guitar player into bending that note a half step higher after that trill. Otherwise really like the tune and love the mix job! Perfect choices made IMO
Thanks heaps mate!
Re-watching this great video and wonder if you could explain why you time align the OH’s to the snare? Wouldn’t that in reality mean lowering the mics at the same distance as the snare mic, which is very close to the snare? In short: Your drums will sound tighter because the OH are in phase with the snare, but don’t you loose the depth of the OH’s? Curious!
It’s just about phase alignment, if the drums are out of phase, they sound thin and weak. You can also just flip the phase on the overheads to see if it sounds better, but by actually aligning the audio it assures the snare close mics and the overheads are in time with each other (I do this for all close mics in relation with the OHs) and have less phase issues. I don’t usually move my room mics as I like to keep the distance to create the space and delay between when the drums are hit and reach the microphone. I have a video on phase alignment with drums if you want to dig back through them :)
Ok, thanks, I’ll check out your video on phase!
Hey @Spinlight Studio when you're doing this stuff how loud are your headphones? Are they super loud to hear details or just loud enough that you could listen for ages without tiring your ears out?
Just loud enough, I never crank headphones super loud while mixing! Gotta protect the ears!
@@spinlightstudios Good to know. Thx 🙏
Just wanted to say thanks for such a great run through! Invaluable information and techniques
You’re welcome!
The Softubr TSAR is my go to for many things it just sounds good in two seconds. I think I got it for free with something. Big fan of Softube now.
I got this one for free through focusrite. Great reverb!
Me too! I think. Just found your channel and subscribed. I like your workflow your mixing is fast and deliberate. Great videos!@@spinlightstudios
Thanks mate, appreciate it!
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Thanks legend!
for guitars did you have different performances per mics or all 3 are the same perfomance but different mics position?
Hey mate, it was 3 mics on the amp per performance. So for example rhythm Left has 3 channels for the one performance.
@@spinlightstudios got ya! thanks for answering!
No problem!
I watched this from beginning to end. And wow. I’m brand new to home recording and have a long road ahead. I got lost right at the beginning when he said needed to drag the tracks in. So do you not do the mix inside the project file you tracked in? Let’s say I have a file and I just have guitar, vocal, bass and keys and track my song. Wouldn’t I do the mix inside the same project? Again I’m new to all this and lost right out of the gate with the dragging the tracks into a new file/project. Thanks.
Thanks for watching mate. You only need to drag files into a new session if you’ve been sent tracks for mixing :) if you have a project you’ve been recording in, you can definitely just mix within that!
@@spinlightstudios thank you for answering! It just confused me because I’ve seen it done both ways. For me I think I’ll try to go the route of in the same file. What you showed is way beyond my level but gave me things to focus on and things I know I need to learn. Much appreciated
Where can we hear your finished mix of the entire track? It’s very catchy 👍🏻
I’ll have to upload it! I should have put it in the video I was just worried about how long the whole thing was at the time haha
How did you add the drum samples? Trigger?
Yep exactly, and then bounced them in place into audio files
I loved this song. Where can I hear it.???
Thanks man! I don’t think there is anywhere to actually listen to it! It’s an old band I used to play guitar in.
Great video! I enjoyed watching your process. However, I think the point was entirely missed at the end because you didn't level match the rough and finished mixes. Just about anything is going to sound more exciting with a jump in volume that vast!
Thanks. I think in some cases the loudness is also part of the difference, and while I do make a point to level match a lot of my comparisons, sometimes it’s helps show the full result as the added loudness is all part of the process. Thanks for watching!
Good walkthrough, but we could maybe do with a bit more 'with and without' the processing as you're applying it so we can properly hear what its doing
Thanks mate! No worries, I think I cut a lot of that out as I was aware the video was getting pretty long haha will try and do more in the next one!
@@spinlightstudios I'll be here for it!
What command did you use to highlight all the drums and set them up top?
Hey mate, what time stamp in the video is it?
@@spinlightstudios2:38
I just hold command and click on the channels I want to highlight, then I can drag them all together, or right click and create a track stack.
@@spinlightstudios cool thanks man, this is going to speed things up a lot haha.
Could you please tell me what computer specs etc you are using?
2019 iMac, 3.6ghz 8core intel core i9, memory 64gb 2667 mhz ddr4
Radeon pro Vega 48 8gb graphics
Please a tutorial of mixing bass (no rock)
Which genre?