Massively underated video. This is one of the main bread and butters of a good mix, yet hardly anyone talks about simple old volume automation, but it's one of the things you'll get most bang for buck for out of anything in mixing.
@mixinghertz2 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
@pepe7drum26 күн бұрын
Great video, do you use the same method for guitars? I'm recording a bunch of DI guitars, the same guitar but with different settings on the pickups and thetone knob to change somehow the polarity and the tone of course, should I still flipling the phase anyways?
@mixinghertz17 күн бұрын
Yeah, getting each tone to sound different will help for sure! I also play things on different strings / part of the neck or even different voicings. Always careful with flipping phase ha ha! If it sounds good it is good I guess! What sort of music are you working on?
@TheVoodoo4u28 күн бұрын
Such bad advice. By the way, if you have "an insanely high ratio on the compressor", it's no longer a compressor (greater than 20:1), it's now a limiter. So you now have two limiters on the toms.
@mixinghertz17 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching the video. Why is it bad advise? Yeah compression becomes limiting but what is limiting if it isn't a type of compression?
@SomebodyPickaNameАй бұрын
To all those watching this video: DO NOT SOLO. Repeat: DO NOT SOLO. You need context - you need the other instruments playing while you EQ so that your EQ moves are in conjunction with the finished music (all instruments playing). The reason why you (the viewer) struggle as an amateur engineer is because you're soloing tracks and trying to make things sound good in solo. This NEVER EVER EVER works. Seriously. Stop it.
@mixinghertz17 күн бұрын
Great advise!
@RayGarrisonVEVOАй бұрын
this was great thx! 🙂
@mixinghertz17 күн бұрын
My pleasure! Your feedback helps a lot, thank you!
@JanPanCyganАй бұрын
Great video
@mixinghertzАй бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! What are you struggling most with at mixing at the moment?
@Gyvuliatorius2 ай бұрын
That was quick, easy to understand and helpful, deserves more views
@mixinghertzАй бұрын
Thank you so much for the feedback!!! It means a lot!
@MaxYourTracks2 ай бұрын
Yep and even more so with drums
@JanPanCygan2 ай бұрын
Super cool channel. Great learning stuff. I find it more informative than the rest of YT channels. THX bro
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
Hey Jan, thanks so much for the kind feedback. Just starting a full series on how to mix guitars. Let me know if you want anything else covering. If you want to know I'm sure other people will do too. Thanks again!!!
@JanPanCygan2 ай бұрын
Very interesting. One thing is not clear for me: you're adding the high end with the HF channel but other information too because you're not high passing on that SSL. Is it used for overall volume of the vocal too?
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
The boost is so big it kind of doesn't matter. When you bring it in you only really notice a brightness.
@JanPanCygan2 ай бұрын
Subscribed, great content. Thank you
@MattGarwood7772 ай бұрын
On Lindell 50 are you using shelves for top and bottom? on your screen they were grayed out, which is just bells…
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
That plugin is a strange one. The greyed out means the buttons are depressed so they are in shelf mode. And when you press it and it goes white that means the button is sticking out, aka not on. Weird decision in terms of UI. At least that's what I think 🤣
@MattGarwood7772 ай бұрын
waaaaaait… does black box have auto gain??!! like the m/s version??!! Man I hope you’re right! Love the content and presentation, my dude! Random fun fact: i’ve been using black box on my FX bus, as a subtle tone shaper, light saturation, and stereo width expansion. All 3 in one awesome simple plugin that just sounds so good
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
Ah amazing dude, thanks so much! Yeah I guess I should update it. That sounds like a cool idea. I'm gonna try it on a mix I'm doing!
@HOLLASOUNDS3 ай бұрын
I have a problem sending dry track outs with no effects because of built in effects on the VSTs, if I take that away the sound change so drastically I don't know whats going on.
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
I'm not sure I totally understand. Can you try to re explain and I'll see how I can help.
@HOLLASOUNDS2 ай бұрын
@@mixinghertz Effects come on there own and part of software instruments, for example reverb on Arturia presets but that was the basis of building the music now I have to go through each plugin and remove effects, thats not only a slow task its a difficult one especially whe those effects are part of the actual sound and removing them basically change the sound so drastically whats the point of tracking out like that?
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
@@HOLLASOUNDS Yeah that sounds annoying. I'd probably just live with the reverbs! Or change them early on from now on.
@HOLLASOUNDS2 ай бұрын
@@mixinghertz I rather have My effects separate, all theses new plugings miximg different things together to make it look and soumd new but its mot new.
@HOLLASOUNDS3 ай бұрын
I always took My music creation very seriously however I haven't really made any money from it so there for can't say I'm not a hobbyist. This hurts My Ego but its true, I am not successful. If I'm not making money from My music then I'm not going to spend extra money paying someone else to fix My music but if I did My music would have more chance to make money. A catch 22.
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
I don't think there's anything wrong with being a hobbyist. If you are able to put your passion into something and it rewards you that's amazing. If you can let go of it affecting your ego you'll have a brighter outlook and that will definitely help.
@HOLLASOUNDS2 ай бұрын
@@mixinghertz Being a hobbyist isn't gonna pay My bills and get Me out of dead end low pay sole crushing jobs.
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
@@HOLLASOUNDS Yeah. that's true but it will provide you an outlet. You could have a sole crushing job and no passion for music...Maybe you can create a routine and some deadlines so you can release more music. Your own music can work very well as a showreel....
@HOLLASOUNDS2 ай бұрын
@@mixinghertz The only solution is success in music, I'm not interested in wasting My life away in a shxx day job. The work and time taken dont stop with the 40 hours a week, there travel, maintenance of stuff. The early nights because to tired to do anything else and certainly no energy to do music at all.
@HOLLASOUNDS3 ай бұрын
Hi Edd.
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
Hello there!
@HOLLASOUNDS3 ай бұрын
In general it sounds really good?
@fabriziof54663 ай бұрын
Parallel busses can be rendered to save cpu and then all the plugins deactivated in Reaper so they have 0 hit on cpu. Is it possible in Logic?
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
No, that isn't that simple in logic. There is a similar work around.
@aaronacosta7833 ай бұрын
sonnox not sony!
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
Whoops. I thought sonnox was an abbreviation of Sony Oxford.
@NoQualmsTheArtist3 ай бұрын
You can undo fader moves. In the edit section of the mixer you can choose to undo everything individually, faders, plugin parameters etc.
@mixinghertz2 ай бұрын
Wait wait wait. You're blowing my mind. I gotta check that out. Thank you so much!!!
@NoQualmsTheArtist3 ай бұрын
DSEQ3 is better than all the other spectral shapers, even sooth2, at a tenth of the price 👌🏾
@IvarFritjofHansen3 ай бұрын
I use logic x 10.4.8 i make ambient music some classic but most ambient and new age . so how can i build a steady template for my sjanger. and how to do it?
@mixinghertz3 ай бұрын
Hi Ivar, that sounds cool. Do you mean a template for.your singer? Sorry I don't understand sjanger.
@IvarFritjofHansen3 ай бұрын
@@mixinghertz sjanger i mean style of type of music i make ambient:)
@mixinghertz3 ай бұрын
@@IvarFritjofHansen Oh sjanger is a genre? I would start by breaking down what your core repeatable elements are. Then I would create auxiliaries (busses) to send these to. After that I would make presets out of common sounds I like. If you know you use the same reverbs or a lot of reverbs in every production I would create those too. Then save all of that as a template! Does that help?
@MattGarwood7773 ай бұрын
whoa dude how did you make the mixer display the bus send name at the top?! love the content by the way!
@mixinghertz3 ай бұрын
You have to label everything in the I/O 😭 if you DM me on insta I'll send you a vid on how I do it. Thanks mate! Any content you want let me know and I'll try to make it. Always need good ideas💡
@hatsaok81534 ай бұрын
Cool yeah just talk about how it sounds without actually showing us how it sounds
@mixinghertz3 ай бұрын
Discerning viewer needs hard proof! Sorry, you can download the template for free and try it out yourself if you have all those plugins. Or alternatively if you incorporate the ideas into your own workflow you'll end up with something even better.
@barneschris51484 ай бұрын
How do you put transients back in once they’ve smashed by the clipper?
@mixinghertz4 ай бұрын
I tend to clip and then do a dB or two of bus compression. I might use a transient designer before or after the clipper too. Also my.mix bus compressor will be emphasising transients too.
@barneschris51485 ай бұрын
😎
@barneschris51486 ай бұрын
Would you print midi drums through outboard gear?! before mixing?!
@mixinghertz5 ай бұрын
You sure could, the only thing you need to be careful of is things lining up back in the box. You may encounter intersample drift if you decide to send kick, then snare, then overheads in separate instances. If I had a mono 1176 (which I do) for example. I might send a parallel mono sum of my close mics or entire kit out to it whilst mixing (which I do). This can be committed to and is unlikely cause too much issue if lined up properly.
@ErreGamer6 ай бұрын
I have a question, why do ppl mix the entire "kick-snare-hats" instead of mixing everything separated? I'm pretty sure that it'd sound way better than mixing everything together 🤔
@Auspexgetchell6 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure that’s just bleed you’re referring to. Typically someone will throw on some sort of gate to reduce the bleed
@mixinghertz5 ай бұрын
This is only the kick microphone from a multi mic drum set up. So all of the snare and hats you are hearing is bleed. Do you work with drum samples normally?
@bbender766 ай бұрын
I am assuming this can also be done with Toms? I get horrible bleed from tom mics while recording live music
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Yeah absolutely, it's really handy for toms too cos you can get rid of the hi end bleed but still have the tom ring out in the low end!
@wavtunemusic6 ай бұрын
Black Salt Audio - Silencer
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
There's some really good gates out there now!
@blackibex6 ай бұрын
Now add +-5 random velocity and you have an almost human sounding drummer.
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Yeah, can be super handy. Sometimes I find it just makes it random and not better though. 😂
@wavtunemusic6 ай бұрын
Auto Align 2 by Sound Radix
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Mixed results with that tbh. Sometimes it doesn't do it as well as I can. And I don't find phase aligning time consuming, unlike editing for timing or tuning vocals.
@richardbates41206 ай бұрын
you said "rad" im in..
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Ha ha ha! Let me know if there's you'd like explaining in a video.
@NRWFISHER6 ай бұрын
Ola mate - love these vids. Can do one on dealing with vocals (comping, eq, effects, mixing etc) :) X
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Ola ola mate! I would love to! Would you like to see how Logic works or why I choose things? DM on insta. if you wanna chat it through x
@ErreGamer6 ай бұрын
I just discovered this channel, it's a GEM!💎 gj explaining things!
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Erre. What sort of music do you make?
@Super-id7bq6 ай бұрын
Genuinely one of the best tricks I've seen in years. Subbed.
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Nice one! It's so good isn't it? It blew my mind when I learnt it. Do you struggle with anything else I can help with?
@raretonemastering6 ай бұрын
Great concise explanation, love it!
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Thanks! Took a few goes to get it concise and accurate lol
@Audio-ian6 ай бұрын
I wish I had known this years ago. Excellent tip and well explained
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Let me know if there's anything you want help with, I'll make a video!
@tekis07 ай бұрын
Sounds like a good song!
@mixinghertz7 ай бұрын
Yeah for sure! It's out, check out the band called MOFGY and the song is called A La Penge. Thanks for getting involved. Anything you're struggling with that you want a video on?
@Ray_Wood_19847 ай бұрын
😊👍 🙇♂️
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
Thanks Ray! What sort of music do you make?
@EddyEdgeOfficial7 ай бұрын
Your new song is sounding great. Really catchy!
@mixinghertz7 ай бұрын
Ah thanks mate!
@PlottingTheDownfall7 ай бұрын
instead of doing a HPF and a High Shelf boost. find a good center frequency and just use a tilt EQ point. Then turn those small dips into a single 24dB curve since they are close in frequency dip them, then after using the tilt, set it to dynamic to grab an extra dB if there's any spiky tone. Since this isn't a heavily distorted guitar part, I'd also use a compressor for shaping before EQ... but hey...whatever works to get the end result.
@mixinghertz7 ай бұрын
But why? 🤣
@nickreesyt7 ай бұрын
Nice one Ed. You on Instagram yet?
@mixinghertz7 ай бұрын
Yeah mate. @edripley say hi! Loads of stories about my day to day 👍
@paulineeaton30248 ай бұрын
💯 'Promosm'
@NRWFISHER9 ай бұрын
Wise words and good content Edwardo !
@mixinghertz9 ай бұрын
Thank you Nick! Much appreciated. Got some more fin videos towards the end of the month. X
@edmanutubeaccount899 ай бұрын
Thank you, it's my pleasure! 🎉
@SOTRUK9 ай бұрын
This is amazing, so useful and thank you for the templates! You rock!
@mixinghertz6 ай бұрын
No stress buddy! Let me know what else you need!
@PhysicalEntity9 ай бұрын
Do what you do best and let others help with the rest. It takes a village!