5 Beginner Mixing Mistakes

[@nicktaylor716]

A tip I learned from a guy that worked at sunset records in LA for years that works for him and me to check balance without a meter is to first get a "good" mix at a solid but comfortable volume. Then after you're happy or satisfied turn your Monitors down. Not the master fader in your DAW, but the actual monitors. This will show your "mistakes" based on what you want. Especially in the low end. It has to do with fletcher munson curve and how the human ear can trick itself. This also gives you a chance to hear your mix at different volumes to hear how others would hear it.

[@nicktaylor716]

Correction: Sunset Sound was the studio I think. I dont remember exactly, but it was something with sunset in it.

[@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut]

Actual monitors as in the volume knob at the back?

[@nicktaylor716]

@@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut that's a long way to do it, but a different and better way would be to get some sort of monitor volume control. Behringer makes a good one and mackie has one as well. Signal goes in to the control and out to the monitors. These usually have a mute button as well

[@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut]

@@nicktaylor716 Would turning down the control room volume on the mixer suffice then as long as I don't touch the master inside the DAW? Maybe I'm missing something but why would the output be different? Real newbie here.

[@nicktaylor716]

@@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut what's your setup like, friend? I feel like I can be more specific if I knew how you ran things. No judgement on brands or anything.

[@TomKaosOfficial]

Yea im gona need about 50 more of these "of what not to do" 💁🏻‍♂️ 😆

[@m.k.9058]

Good stuff as usual @iZotope. You guys always help me to focus on the fundamentals. 👍👍👍

[@TheBlackJewelz]

The "phase/polarity" thing is still S U P E R unclear to me. A tut on just that would be great.

[@antman8746]

Thanks for blessing us, mix god.

[@RogerioValgode]

Nice tips, very useful. Thanks 👍

[@nihil-baxter]

best mix tip of all time: mix in MONO (at least 3/4 of the overall mixing time) at low levels. high playback volumes in stereo will often lead to unnecessary mistakes.

[@zafmo9829]

That's myth. Mixing in mono is just stupid

[@Aviorrok]

Zaf Mo I agree with you, most of people listen to music in stereo so go and mixing in stereo and sometimes move to mono to check phase issues but most of time mixing in STEREO!

[@Syklonus]

If that works for you then great, but a lot of pro-mixers don't even bother with mono. Chris Lord Alge even went on record saying he doesn't give a shit about how his mixes sound in mono, so maybe you want to back off on that theory just a bit.

[@soundcanal]

Excellent tips!! Thank you guys!

[@susiejuarez8392]

I f-in love y'alls plugins, there the best if you know how to use them

[@BarikYT]

more pls izotope senpai

[@dafingaz]

Great tips!

[@begalooloo]

can you please make tuts on post production for t.v or film with neutron 3....thanks in advance

[@Thadnill]

yeah would be cool

[@iZotopeOfficial]

Great suggestion! I will let our content team know!

[@dimple5464]

Thank you

[@j-vahalla-b5051]

Lovely video.

[@messengercrow]

I have seen many FL Studio users use reverb or other plugins on every track, but ProTools and Cubase users do as the video says for mistake #2. To me it seems that FL can process several plugins at the same time without using too much cpu. Am I right? Although I don't use FL much but it seems like a very light DAW. Also did the video mention not adding reverb to bass?

[@aabc]

daw doesnt matter a plugin has equal weight on cpu no matter the daw .. one reason for what ur saying might be majority of the "beginners" choose fl studio as a result u see more fl studio users are beginners because in the end fl studio is a very intuitive daw but daws like protools and cubase ..begineers don't really pick em up they either get pro tools or ableton or fl studio

[@bushflyn]

Are there manuals for individual izotope purchased products? Many thanks!

[@izvarzone]

s3.amazonaws.com/izotopedownloads/docs/ozone801/en/index.html s3.amazonaws.com/izotopedownloads/docs/neutron300/en/index.html

[@zafmo9829]

Most important tip? Stop worrying why your bedroom recorded vocals don't sound like professional artist vocals.

[@Syklonus]

That's bullshit! The location of where you record has little to do with how "professional" something sounds these days. It's skill in recording and mixing which will get you those results.

[@Alxasaurus]

Often overshooting the harmonic exciter xD

[@milca1998]

Do I put neutron to the master track or to every single track?

[@iZotopeOfficial]

That will entirely depend on your workflow and what it is you're trying to accomplish in your session. Neutron and its individual plug-in modules are designed to be flexible and work anywhere in your session. So you can use them on single tracks, groups, busses, and even the master fader if you want. It is your choice how you use them.

[@Paradroidx]

The Guis look goofy. I like the older version 1 look. Have to have a modern GPU and a lot of RAM to use them smoothly.

[@shiroal-fatih1984]

I mixed using the neutron assistant but it ruined all my sound! And this vst takes a lot of ram!!!

[@youngkeys]

Yea it does..I bought a new computer and it still clipping

[@iZotopeOfficial]

Hi! Please feel free to email us at [e-mail] if you need help using the Assistant tech! :)

[@ReallyRamtin]

I've ran into that issue with the assistant before. What I recommend is try running through the preset options first. A lot of times you'll come across a preset that's an even better "starting point" than what the assistant will do and you can just take it from there. Good luck!

[@HASSANALI-qi1gt]

biggest mistake is , they compare their beginner music to some professional musician who's been doin this for their half of the life.

[@BasicFTB]

Mr.Bill doesn't like #1

[@earlgrey2130]

Fuck me.. half of the video is advertisment

[@cayxine]

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[@StayTrueJBake]

FL

[@jeremybenson5782]

This is annoying. Selling your three-button software is not a way to solve mixing problems. Although I love the software, it's not a solution to learning EQ and mastering. Cheesy pitch.

[@octopath480]

SIKE!

[@Syklonus]

No one said it was a solution, It's simply there to help beginners on their way. Take your gatekeeping bullshit and fuck off.

[@KingGrio]

Man. Machine learning plugins. In 30 years mixing and mastering will be done by machines and musicians will be the only people left in the music making process

[@Syklonus]

30 years? Where have you been? That service is available online right now. There are also music composition algorithms that can write songs in any genre.

[@KingGrio]

@@Syklonus Mmmmh that's kind of true but it's still not to a point where it does it very well