5 Mixing Mistakes That Actually SLAP!

[@shawnmorgan7839]

bro, shave

[@joeymusic]

Bro he should shave.

[@joeymusic]

And the Grammy award for best rock album goes to… THE GUY ON KZbin TELLING PEOPLE TO SHAVE

[@christopherharv]

@@joeymusic Let me be the *_enlightened centrist_* and say that he should shave those outer scraggly parts around the edge of his chin hair, to at least shape it up a bit. The camera angle also doesn't help. It's funny tho cuz Miami your HEAD hair is on point! As are the insights, which is why I'm here anyway

[@GTORT]

He needs to shave bro

[@dumbdumb_salad]

You’re weird bro.

[@sillyness3456]

I've never programmed guitars, but I recently got into programming bass. My drummer said, it sounded like it was recorded, not programmed. It's crazy how far the technology has come.

[@christopherharv]

I love the last point. So often in the mix-advice world it's "take breaks, Take Breaks, TAKE BREAKS!!!" but there is also something to be said about sticking with your flow. I usually play it by ear and by gut, intuitively, and when I get a big sense of "00FDA, I've been at it here now for a bit" I step out for a drink of water and maybe start thinking about lunch. Check the messages. Get back at it in 5-7 min.

[@joeymusic]

This is the way! -Miami

[@christopherharv]

@@joeymusic We know da WHEY

[@apanapandottir205]

The first one actually really got me thinking. I make rock/metal with only plugins, samples and midi and making it feel "alive" is always the biggest problem.

[@joeymusic]

Glad that it got you thinking! -Miami

[@rome8180]

Mastering engineers have been putting reverbs on entire mixes for years. I really don't feel like that technique should be that controversial. It's a great way to make all the instruments feel like they're in the same space. My main caveats are that you shouldn't use a long or aggressive reverb and you should make sure to only mix a small amount in. You should barely be able to tell it's there. But if you mute it, suddenly the glue vanishes.

[@joeymusic]

The way it gels can be magic st times -Miami

[@christopherharv]

Not long or aggressive, but just how SM0L are we talking? I do this with my bass and drums, to glue them, but never have tried it with a whole mix. Usually I'll do whole-mix saturation for a little glue, with a particular focus on the high-end for 'excitement'

[@javierthemixmaster]

The reverb trick is also pretty good when you want to create a wider stereo feel if you use a room emulation, time it to the song's bpm (60,000/BPM), chop the low frequencies with a linear phase EQ (up to 100-200hz) and compress the sides a little bit. Love your vids, keep up the awesome work!

[@landrysaathoff2418]

The reverb trick is incredible if you are using a lot of VST instruments that sound cold and isolated from eachother. Running a “Room” reverb parallel to the master bus can make things gel.

[@joeymusic]

When it works it WORKS SO GOOD -Miami

[@calebneff5777]

Justin Colletti once said that many beginning mixers think that you should try to use as little compression as possible, but most pro mixers have the mentality that they are trying to use AS MUCH compression as possible while keeping it dynamic. Then Colt Capperune mentioned that he like never ever uses less than 7db of reduction on a vocal, and often he just pins the needle. Started doing that on my mixes, and vocals CAME ALIVE. Started compressing bass the same way, and it sounds so much better. Honestly some elements just need to be crushed to get the most out of them. Compression is dope, I love it.

[@joeymusic]

Finding the right way to compress a source is a beautiful thing -Miami

[@swampmanbfe]

Made my first release just before New Year's, can't thank you enough for everything you do here, Miami. If you're ever in the Vegas area, let me know! Least I can do is buy you dinner. 🤘

[@worksofein6449]

I've put reverb on whole mixes multiple times. It sounds great, can really help the instruments feel together, and can some really cool atmosphere to a track. Will give mixing vocals first a go on the next mix. Makes sense for a vocal centered track to be bulk l built around the singing.

[@joeymusic]

Yeah, it’s crazy that it’s so shunned when it actually sounds cool sometimes -Miami

[@superhydroyeast]

Doesn't matter if your transition game is lazy sometimes Miami, you work mad hard in general and I have big respect for that so thumbs up for you!

[@joeymusic]

Thank you so much.. really appreciate hearing that -Miami

[@bbender76]

Love the video. And the Tele! WANT :)

[@gh0ul.nin9]

i use reverb on my entire mix and even stack reverbs because i go for a "ghostly" effect there is a right way to do it though, don't oversaturated and the more reverbs you have stacked, the more you should lower the mix and decay

[@whome806]

If you don't like the reverb sound you should try out using the guitar rig 6 cabinet match pro on a return track the room sound from using those sounds way more natural than using vintage verb imo

[@voronOsphere]

These "wrong" ideas are great! Thanks, Miami.

[@sugarmask]

great video thanks!!!

[@todd_douglas_music]

lol. I just finished a mix where I started with the vocals and built everything around it.

[@user-ni5uw5db2g]

Very creative, love you and your videos. Would love to see some videos on edm generes.

[@Hechab]

Holy CRAP that MIDI guitar sounded real!

[@Arsonloke]

I typically use a touch of reverb when mastering to at some high end shimmer

[@CrushingAxes]

Man taking breaks it's really hard, I think usually we are so close to get that really cool snare or kick, I've been trying!

[@C0LINOfficial]

I'll actually throw on a CLA-2A before HBV and also crank the compression in HBV. Gives me a really smooth pop punk tone that I can use EQ and saturation on.

[@joeymusic]

That’s interesting! That’s gotta be pinned, right? How hard are you hitting that la2a? -Miami

[@C0LINOfficial]

@@joeymusic I'm getting about -5db to -6db in reduction. I used to throw on the 76 because I remember you saying that sounds awesome on rock vocals. But I'm trying to get that DTA Records/New Pop Punk sounding vocal so I find the 2A really crushes down on my vocal and smooths it. Would love to know your thoughts after trying it

[@DeadbyDawn1208]

What amp sim are you using at 7:05 for the spiritbox section?

[@joeymusic]

The amp sim is Toneforge Jeff Loomis! 🤘

[@DeadbyDawn1208]

@@joeymusic Would love a turtorial for that guitar tone haha

[@pr3s3nc3worship]

Where you at? PS don’t shave.. looks cool. PPS - Joey and Nick started with Vocals for the last NTM livestream hahaha!

[@arendleejessurun]

Andrew Scheps, iirc, often uses a reverb insert on his mix bus instead of a compressor these days.

[@theriffdjenerator2213]

Aux, sends and buses is a must video so looking forward to that. I only use fx sends and used to create subgroups and send to busses but now I'm more confused. What levels do i send to the bus? S1 defaults to - 6..is it better to send it all (0Db) then adjust the send/aux/bus fader??? Help

[@joeymusic]

I’m on it! Def doing this for January -Miami

[@voronOsphere]

@@joeymusic Awesome!

[@vertigopulse]

Using compression to increase gain instead of using the volume or trim fader. Controversial technique for the level match army 🤣

[@joeymusic]

Lmfao!

[@apanapandottir205]

I use midi guitars all the time, same as bass and drums. It makes writing so much smoother IMO. You can change anything back and forth without having to record anything. I still use a real guitar to double check the part so it makes sense on an actual guitar tho.

[@garethde-witt6433]

That’s really stupid why not use the guitar that why it sounds lifeless you really can’t replace a guitarist or bassist with midi you loose the feel if you do that.

[@wearesolarset]

Can we get "Mistakes In Your Favorite Mix You Probably Never Noticed"? I have a few examples.

[@joeymusic]

Oh dude this is such a good video idea! -Miami

[@wearesolarset]

@@joeymusic Example 1 Mr Highway ADTR unturned vox in chorus 2 Example 2 The Grey Bad Omens bass tuned half a step off in chorus

[@coreyroberts47]

I make fully programmed stuff with vstis, so my mixes are inherently dry. Reverb on the mixbuss helps it breathe!

[@apanapandottir205]

I have the same problem, and this video made me think about trying it out. I'm still abit of a noob and since I'm using zero real intruments in my mixes atm it always sound stiff and dead.

[@coreyroberts47]

@@apanapandottir205 I feel you on that. It’s easy to get it to sound “good” but hard to get it to sound “alive”

[@superhydroyeast]

Also please finish Squid cos I need pirate pop punk in my life and I'm sure Robin would be happy haha.

[@joeymusic]

Lol Robin wants to finish it so bad. I gotta get to it -Miami

[@lordberly]

You change studio? 🤔

[@joeymusic]

Nah, just visiting family -Miami

[@simonslee73]

I think your teleprompter game is a little off too on this one. Lol

[@joeymusic]

Good catch. You win a Grammy! 🥹👏👏

[@RaineyDaysStudio]

Miami can u go back to saying “tap that BELLL~~~” Thanks

[@weedywet]

I hope Tom Petty is getting paid for this video, just saying.

[@garethde-witt6433]

Don’t ever use midi guitars or bass😡 they suck sooooo bad, and you really can’t tell when they have been used. Nothing is better than real musicians.

[@voronOsphere]

I often double real improvised guitars with midi guitars. Just gotta know and work with the limitations of the fake guitars. Also great for swapping notes when trying out harmonized lines.