10 Mixing Mistakes Beginners Should Avoid! | Make Pop Music

In today's video, Austin will be discussing 10 things beginners should avoid when working on a mix!
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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Poor Quality Stems / Tracks 0:45
Sloppy Editing 2:27
Unorganized Sessions 4:04
Over-crowing the Mix 5:28
Stuck in Solo 6:47
Doing Way Too Much 7:59
Not Knowing Your Plugins / Tools 9:40
Following Too Many Rules 11:21
Referencing Too Much 12:45
Too Many Unqualified Opinions 14:40

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Why insane?

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@@dreamstationguarilha4508 it is insane to get for free some informations which took lot of efforts, time and energy to be presented to you

[@bjarnyg]

i'm sure you can support him financially if you want to😄

[@agentcalm]

I'm glad Austin mentioned number 10. Christ the number of freakin' back seat drivers on forums is insane. Even on songwriting forums it's the same.

[@krizjr5746]

Austin could you do a detailed video on compression and how u come up with ideas we r really grateful for these videos thank you so much 🤠

[@MakePopMusic]

Definitely can do one on coming up with ideas! House of Kush just put out the best video I've ever seen explaining and demonstrating compression so definitely go check that out!

[@krizjr5746]

@@MakePopMusic thanks Austin ❤️

[@tyrellaxe8841]

Yea for real 💪💪

[@izmar]

@@MakePopMusic Great video and great channel, love Kush.

[@krizjr5746]

@@MakePopMusic happy birthday Austin 🎉🥳

[@rapstarxD]

One of the Best Pop mixers on KZbin 🙏

[@christianwicked7604]

Austin, man you're so sweet! A great teacher, humble, and super talented. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!

[@ceciliaperez1069]

super valuable information here, thanks for the advice!

[@thecovercircle7749]

This are amazing tips! It’s incredible to get all these experienced point of view for no money! Pretty valuable content!

[@bandninkasimusic6484]

Another great video Austin and fantastic tips/advice. I'm obviously NOT guilty of any of these mistakes. 😬

[@streammonocowards836]

finally getting back into music so time to binge watch everything i've missed!

[@izlo7377]

Great advice. Thanks!

[@elchikoriko592]

I liked that you made a distinction between quality stems and time-aligning. I think my major issue currently is the second, not the first -- but I wasn't thinking of it this way until you cleared that up :)

[@keegan6298]

Great lessons here Austin, thank you

[@mrgoesta]

Great as always, Austin!

[@williecolonmusic]

Honestly, my friend You're Amazing!

[@Johnnylaurelli]

Cannot stress #1 enough. When I was starting out I couldn’t figure out why my mixes weren’t hitting as hard as “commercial” mixes and it’s all due to the source recordings. Then I stumbled across a really well tracked song and the mix came together seamlessly - changed everything for me. You can only polish a turd so much.

[@MakePopMusic]

Literally night and day difference!

[@victor260698]

Thank you! this helped meA LOT!!

[@johnkhalkho798]

Very helpful guy - Love watching him!

[@directive-4]

Solid advice. Thanks.

[@bastienb8355]

I can see myself a lot on this video ahah ! Thanks, it was very helpful !!

[@ruzikaimuzika]

Brilliant as always!

[@davejohnsonmusic]

Great tips brother!

[@thedrivereraworld6033]

Your videos beat every single course i've signed to, just amazing! I would love if you could make a tutorial on Zedd, something like the middle or stay! The chainsmokers would be awesome as well!

[@josealfonso5260]

Great Video! Would love to hear from you on how to produce an indie-pop track.

[@filiprangus5826]

Great, thanks! Also, could you please do a video on how to create a drop if you don't know what to create? I am in the EDM and so if I don't want to do classic future house, progressive house etc. then I don't know what to create that is not yet there. Can you help?

[@SarahSpencerMusic]

Raaaad. thank you for this!

[@unclemick-synths]

Good video. Yep group opinions can be hilarious and the poor OP has no idea who to believe! Streaky just posted an A/B of a £50 interface vs a £2500 interface and even on cheap computer speakers the difference was clearly audible but some commenters still preferred the mushy brightness and lack of depth of the £50 interface. 🤪

[@kelvinfunkner]

solid advice.

[@nathalielow4504]

loves it

[@carlodevivomusicontent2138]

4 and 5 are the key in my opinion 👏

[@Tube-yo9tj]

Amazing video as always. I have been listening to Westside by Ariana Grande a lot lately and I am wondering if you could spend some time explaining how to create a similar loop like that song with reverse and chopping screw sounds.

[@blacklist5834]

What should we need to record professional vocals?

[@moomtones8156]

Great tips, I was chasing all the dragons.

[@SweetDreamJennie]

Thanksssssss

[@jia-yeelee3645]

thank u :)

[@chiaraastegiano4066]

I'm starting to write pop music I would like to know which software you use to write songs

[@daronmusic2000]

Can you make a video about digital platforms lufs and how to master it

[@kronyly]

Hello, I watch your videos from Russia, I apologize for the clumsy English) could you make a video on how to write music in the Jon Bellion style, broken rhythms, creating melodies and mixing his voice, so that it would also come out cleanly and on the topic in the general mix?

[@oliverlucas7811]

You are a legend

[@xuamox]

Great tutorial! What’s your opinion on pink noise mixing? Also, many plugins like Nexus add a lot of default reverb to sounds. Do you turn reverb off and add back in later in a bus? And finally what acoustic panels do you have in your studio?

[@MakePopMusic]

I don't like mixing to pink noise. Typically I will adjust the reverb of the synth preset to fit the timing and depth of my track. If I am adding a ton of different synths and the reverbs are all over the place, occasionally I will turn the internal reverbs off and use a send or an insert with similar settings to get the synths in the same space, but that's rare for me.

[@CasenWatson]

This had 666 likes before I stepped in, just over here doing the Lord's work.

[@MakePopMusic]

😈

[@benirodriguez9516]

@@MakePopMusic right? 666 was way cooler (it was me) XD

[@ELLIOT8209]

South Africa is in the building.

[@mehmetemin4714]

ı do not like pop to be honest but for producing technique ı ve got a lot from this video thanks :)

[@Xbenda7]

Hi bro can you make video about gainstaging please 🙏🏻

[@heinrichsmit7045]

How do you feel about mixer presets for workflow? For example of once the vocals is routed to your mixer channel, pull up a preset that opens your compression, delay, reverb etc

[@MakePopMusic]

I don't like presets unless I'm mixing that artist again and I have a chain from the last time I mixed it. I rarely ever use preset chains. I have a template with my general routing and color coding, and from there every project gets its own treatment :D

[@heinrichsmit7045]

@@MakePopMusic Thank you

[@goldblatalex7516]

Hi Austin , i would like your point of view about Bus compression or bus (groups) for multi channels , is it good option? is it a must to do A side chain ? can you make a tutorial of a Side chain once?

[@MakePopMusic]

Bus compression can be great to glue elements together. I will add some bus compression to my drum group, lead vocal group, and background vocal group sometimes!

[@goldblatalex7516]

@@MakePopMusic thanks very much Austin, and your tutorials are great! keep the good work!!

[@riktascale4]

Very good points. Do you use a SUB with your focals to mix? No one really talks about this topic. Thanks!

[@MakePopMusic]

I do now! I didn't use to when I worked in an apartment, but once I got a house I threw on a sub! I have the Focal Sub.

[@riktascale4]

@@MakePopMusic ok l am in my own house too and have been looking at those too since l have a pair of solos. Would really love to hear your views on mixing with them. Thanks!

[@dafingaz]

🙌🏾

[@anugrahsoni872]

Plzz make a video on how to make a Kpop like song

[@LionMillz]

Bro.. how did you get so articulate? You must have some kind of training in communication. Lol I appreciate it man. ✊🏾

[@MakePopMusic]

I went to school for education. I always wanted to be a high school English teacher 😁

[@LionMillz]

@@MakePopMusic man that’s it! I knew I recognized that cadence! That’s a teacher’s cadence! Lol Dope man! Again bro, I appreciate the expertise!

[@icoda1273]

Love the facial expression on the promo cover.... " hum... Honey.. Honey come here for a sec.... Do you smell popcorn ? "

[@MakePopMusic]

me every time my wife fires up her popcorn machine

[@icoda1273]

@@MakePopMusic love it.. haha

[@tsukkikei571]

Can we get vocal lesson?🤣😊🙌

[@skyggegutt]

Your mouth speaks the tru-true - jerry

[@tevnbeats9965]

First comment 👐👐

[@Quant-Beat]

Compression is over estimated when it comes to one shots…

[@dlmc2451]

Please remake a One Direction song🙏

[@Quant-Beat]

Asking fake pros on forums is waste of time; they compete in nonsense…

[@TheShinsakuto]

You can file it under taste, but for me your mixes are too muddy (From the Videos I've seen). Seems to be a quality channel though, cheers.

[@MakePopMusic]

Have you ever found the final mixes on streaming platforms? These videos are quite a bit darker than the actual mixes because the recording software doesn’t capture lossless audio and then KZbin also steps on it. The mixes sound pretty different on the channel than the final mixes.

[@TheShinsakuto]

​@@MakePopMusic Found you on www.austinhull.com and the Spotify versions really aren't muddy at all. Slipped my mind that KZbin steamrolls everything. Thank you for your answer and my apologies :).

[@MakePopMusic]

@@TheShinsakuto No worries! I didn't realize how lossy it was until I was listening back one day and I was like "wait huh?" Vocals always have this weird lispy sound and the lows lose their transients after getting screen cast which sucks.

[@maandpa]

Control+Z Control+Z Control+Z 😂😂

[@CALLENsounds]

“remove the funk”??????

[@benirodriguez9516]

I'm the like nr. 666

[@gracemcdowell7537]

There’s a guy in the comments who liked immediately after you 😆

[@athomesongwriting]

Guilty of all of these.

[@skaylars]

Were u rapping or talking? lol

[@MakePopMusic]

Def rapping