7 Tips To Improve Your Mixing Skills

[@hjaltiagustsson7905]

Your tutorials are a level above most other mixing tutorial youtubers, dude

[@BirdsofAccord]

this video is legit. Definitely needed to watch this as I get ready to work on my mixing.

[@iantanner7579]

Only discovered your channel a few days ago, absolutely the best audio mixing channel I have come across, superb, concise presentation, not patronising, not opinionated, just perfect. Many thanks I've been a hobbyist for almost 40yrs, still I have a lot of outboard, old synthesizers, samplers, drum machines etc, - but I'm always learning, and this channel really has, not only confirmed previous beliefs, but also, introduced me to extremely useful techniques and insights. Quality stuff

[@SPLMixing]

Thanks very much 🥰

[@michaellarsen180]

THIS! THIS IS GOLD! I will never be able to mix the same way again. thank you so much!

[@SPLMixing]

You're welcome! :-)

[@timorii]

I like the slow pace of these videos.

[@Homestudiosimplifed]

Solid tips man!

[@SPLMixing]

+Robert McClellan Thank-you!

[@Barukh]

Great informative video! You're very good as a teacher, I like your method. Thanks a lot for the tips... God bless

[@janminor1172]

I actually know and practice some of those tips, but it's good to be reminded once in a while. Great presentation!

[@GioNailatiTV]

your awesome man! Thanks for the great tutorials, very well done.

[@SPLMixing]

Thanks very much!

[@sameelatif]

5:46 ">You should hear every instrument clearly" thats the one that reeeally grinds my gears and i've never understood, sometimes i enjoy using an instrument almost like a reverb in that you feel it but may not necessarily hear it, at least not 100% of the time... and vise versa sometimes i want my reverbs to be more than felt :)

[@TheeDonnieRey]

Great info man! The philosophical part of mixing is always the hardest for me. I never know what to do next but this helps!

[@PatrickPleau]

Very good information! keep it up

[@ValyumDJ]

Excellent tips.

[@DubCampbell]

Very helpful tutorial!

[@creatorsremose]

Brilliant! Excellent, solid tips. Thank you!

[@SPLMixing]

Thanks! Happy mixing!

[@doumsingeson4577]

It Helped ! Thanks a lot !!

[@magnificentelectromagnetic7417]

great tips, thanks

[@riskzerobeatz]

Great video. Thanks :D

[@stephenstrang590]

God DAMN it.

[@j00hnnyandr3]

great advices!

[@SPLMixing]

+j00hnnyandr3 Thank-you and happy mixing!

[@andx4024]

I agree

[@SPLMixing]

@brain hamster - I suppose the distinction should be made between actually hearing what something sounds like as opposed to how it actually sounds and fits into the mix...Crank It doesn't specifically refer to turning up the volume (although it can), it's actually more about turning up the effect that something is doing so you can understand the quality of the sound, but as you rightly point out - the final decision of whether to use it in a mix should be made by level matching the signal.

[@adamtaylor8400]

I really like the pre-mix check list. I've performed some of these in the past but I was doing a lot of them while "mixing." I feel foolish for not doing notch filtering and all the basic maneuvers first. However, I'm constantly getting better mixes with help of videos like yours. Thanks. How long did it take you before your mixes became consistent? Like using the same mix setup, and work flow.

[@SPLMixing]

It takes a few years at least to get consistent results and I'm always trying to implement new techniques to improve my workflow. I think the key is to include things that you need on every mix and try not to include things that will try to push the song into a predetermined direction of what it should be. A classic case of that would be to always begin by mixing into something like your favourite compressor on the Mix bus from the outset - that's what can paint you into a corner very quickly.

[@SammyNeverEver]

your voice is very calming

[@SPLMixing]

Ha ha thanks. I was suffering a very heavy cold :-)

[@loweche6]

Dat bounce Doe

[@pinbac92]

when you do A/Bing you could turn the sound up or down to the same sum. Similar to a fair experiment.

[@SPLMixing]

Yes, that's what I meant when I said to level match. I think it's best done by ear, rather than any fancy metering tools, because our ears hear these things slightly different from person to person.

[@oggyjack3880]

PLEASE HELP!!!!!! I do not own studio monitors but i have decent pair of mixing headphones... Can i practice hearing frequencies on my headphones ? Will the extreme frequency cause any damage to my ears when practicing on headphones?

[@SPLMixing]

Oggy Jack Headphones are ok, but ear fatigue sets in earlier

[@heyguesswhat2414]

I GOT IT RIGHT BRUV!!

[@SPLMixing]

Andy Karanja What did you get right exactly?

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Though there are plugins that have autogain features (like the TDR plugins I love so much), but usually that's not possible. For this purpose I tend to use the free TBProAudio AB Level Matching JSFX (with the Prefilter activated in most cases to do a loudness match and not just an RMS match): www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/download/AB%20Level%20Matching%20JSFX.zip If you don't use Reaper, but a VST compatible DAW then download and install ReaPlugs first: www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/

[@111ark]

After fader ?

[@kbjrecords7010]

Nice work on this vid. You got skills. Let me know when you upload fresh vids, maybe we can help someway.

[@EvilThePyro]

nice intro

[@SPLMixing]

Evil The Pyro Thanks

[@postmortemspasm]

before the inserts

[@postmortemspasm]

lol, ive used pro tools twice and it became blatantly obvious. Very different to cubase or studio one.

[@hachewie]

I don't know. I don't use protools.

[@davidnika446]

Paused at 6:52. Hmmm, Clip Gain. Does this mean "hard limiting" or "brick wall limiting"? In any event... "A" Seems wrong: Because, don't the faders come before everything else? B. Plausible C.)Aren't the inserts the very next thing after the faders? This would make "clip gain" an insert itself. Unless it is a send, pre-fader. But then that sounds like answer D. "Before" the fader = prefader send. But "after" the "sends"? Seems like answer D is a prefader send going to the master bus? Wait... Doh! I give up. I use a different DAW...but I still feel silly, as the concepts are 99% the same. Time to unpause the video!

[@SPLMixing]

+David Nika Clip Gain is the gain rides that happen on specific sections of the audio on a channel. The audio volume is changed prior to entering the channel processing itself, therefore the correct answer is B) Before the channel inserts. The channel path is Audio > Channel Inserts > Pre-Fader Send > Fader > Post-Fader Send.

[@davidnika446]

SoundboothTutorials Thanks for the explanation- Great videos...subscribed to your channel. Great info!

[@brainhamster]

ireally liked this tut, but... can't agree with #2 'crank it'. you never crank...... always listen low. if you can hear everything low, then you have a better reference.

[@cortster12]

I honestly don't understand what send and input does. I understand output, but not these.

[@SPLMixing]

Are we talking plugin or signal chain? If plugin, it's just how hard you are driving the audio into a plugin, like opening up a tap. With regards to signal chain, input is just the path your recorded audio comes from, before it hits any processing - i.e. the input on your interface and before that, the microphone. A send is just a copy of that input signal after processing has taken place (if any), which can be an *exact* copy, or can instead be panned differently & set at an independent volume level to the processed input. You can then send this copy of the processed input to anywhere you like (via a 'bus'), to places such as reverbs, delays, parallel compression tracks, to name a few... Does this answer your question? Hope this helps.

[@SirPugglesworth]

Trying to offer some constructive criticism here, so please don't take this the wrong way; Your ideas are good and your mixing techniques valid, but I didn't find the video very useful. Audio engineering can be difficult for some people and therefore informative material tends to bore beginners and hobbyists unless you make it exciting. I found this video is probably not engaging enough to capture the attention of the enthusiast and keep it for 12 minutes. However, someone more advanced who enjoys the subject matter might find this video to contain material a little too basic to invest 12 minutes. Hope that helps you. On a side note, if you like the BF76, then I would try out the Waves CLA 76 and the NI VC76, both of which I found to be a better 1176 type plugin (I can't compare to the hardware because I've never gotten my hands on one but I like them better than the BF 76). The VC76 is marginal improvement, but the Dry knob is cool to have which is why I like it better than the bomb-factory version. If you can afford it than I'd always suggest forking up the cash for the UAD 1176 package which not only gives you the best sounding plugin but also 3 different versions so you have choices. Also consider adding an LA-2A modeler to your arsenal if you haven't already if you like 1176.

[@SPLMixing]

You'd be surprised how driven people are for knowledge. I can assure you that not all concepts presented are common sense - and I do my best to segue from one to the next, so that the concepts tie in together as one cohesive lesson. People still make basic mistakes. Like, for example, I was watching this video the other day which was talking about Roman Law, and the audio was over driven and distorted terribly in places. You'd think they'd have used a pop filter on the microphone, adjusted their input gain to allow for peaks in the audio, but sadly they did not take care of these fundamental principles when recording the voice over. If we don't take care of these fundamental things, and start from the correct premise, everything after that is without foundation.

[@agonymaq7071]

"orientated"