8 Mixing Tips That Saved Me 8 Years Of My Life

[@lotustunesacademy]

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[@brettshrekington]

Love your channel

[@tommykimpton6861]

You’re a very good teacher, even after years of producing small vids like that are good to get back to the basics when it comes to mixing. Keep it going !!! Love the channel

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thank you so much :)

[@Ignatiamusic]

every video from you make me dance

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thanks! Very happy to hear that :)

[@TheMTGMind]

great worklflow! THX

[@alexdelargesupertramp]

This is a great video. I wish I could like it twice!

[@Chris887666]

nice dude thanks.

[@AsiCmusic]

Good Job Bro ! Watched From Start To Finish !! Great One ! Keep Up !

[@lotustunesacademy]

Cheers and thanks for watching!

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

Love those claps

[@nusonmusic]

Thank you for such a detailed explanation.

[@lotustunesacademy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@djGreenALERT]

I'm always looking to improve, and what you've provided is like gold dust. I have the cheat sheet and will go through it whilst watching your video again a few more times. Thank you for taking the time to provide these valuable tips.

[@crankcuffin7238]

Epic! ... as usual! Thank you.

[@findingmacari]

Excellent video. I will be trying these tips out later on today. Thank you sir 🙏🏻

[@serge3333]

Great video! Can’t wait to tryout 🙏

[@lotustunesacademy]

Have fun!

[@TonyOldskool]

Awesome vid some great rip there 👏

[@Joey_mala]

What a sick video

[@Bullynho]

so simple and so well explained, thank you very much for this video

[@Robert-Feel-Free]

Fantastic Video, thank you !!!

[@tazsidney6910]

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[@fedemirandalive2946]

love u man

[@funtti]

Love your chanel

[@Chaibabba]

what i sometimes do with my sidechain, especially for music which is focused on kickbass, i create a "ghost" track of my kick by duplicating the original. it is not going into the master and plays throughout the whole track on every beat. all my sidechain routing goes to that. so if there are some parts without the kick, the sidechained elements will always sound the same.

[@djakom1]

Love your videos. They are great help. Continue your excellent job. ❤

[@JuanSomme2014]

Another great video. Clear to the point. Many 🙏

[@joshkeating7825]

Thanks, holmes! Solid stuff

[@lotustunesacademy]

Gotcha! :)

[@ZE_Real_Spacepadrille]

Ok now I am addict to your channel, well done !

[@lotustunesacademy]

Glad to have you here :)!

[@dbdbdb12345]

PRICELESS video bro! thank you! 💯

[@lotustunesacademy]

Cheers :)

[@TheRealDJ2Ten]

Top quality advice and solid techniques here. Nicely done!!

[@SimRacingCol]

Hugely appreciated Hazand! Thank you for your consistency with nice content. Cheers 🤟🤟

[@Tom-tv4ok]

amazing tutorial more stuff like this would be epic! Thanks

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[@mvandell]

Great video buddy Simple and very well presented. Really digging your videos. Nice tune too✌️😎

[@lotustunesacademy]

Thank you! :)

[@joystickcan]

awseome job !!!

[@ifelix822]

very helpful info!!

[@Dagardmusic]

you are awesome!

[@lotustunesacademy]

You are too! :)

[@williangarciasantos]

Amazing workflow man.. your way of teaching is all I needed, got a new subscriber 😊✌🏻 thanks for the video!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Glad to have you here :)

[@Naregmusic]

Good stuff but I would recommended to still apply EQ on every channel to do some surgical/microscopic Eqing. Cheers

[@patrickvelvox310]

I was thinking the same, because you still have te deal with frequenties that are crossing each other.

[@maikvanrossum]

What a great video! Very good workflow and tips, excellent instruction 🙂👍🏻 Really looking forward to more tutorials like this 🙏🏻 thanks for this one!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Appreciate your support!

[@alexanderraach6684]

Absolutely excellent video and content... subscribed!

[@lotustunesacademy]

Glad to have you here :)

[@Raminsalari.]

Hello friend,🙋🏻‍♂️ your videos are very inspiring 👍 I had a question about leveling, I don't have a monitoring speaker, can I do leveling with headphones only?🤔

[@lotustunesacademy]

100% yes! :) Just set your headphone output to a comfortable level. It shouldn't feel too loud or too quiet.

[@KitetsuDesigns]

I don’t want to be that guy but I’m 6:18 into this video and I am wondering why you would level before doing eq on each track. From my experience your leveling will change dramatically if you eq after leveling. For example my kick is always set to -10db on the master as it is the most important, just as you said. If I level this to -10db, and follow up with an eq to remove unnecessary frequencies, the level might change to -8db. This creates a headroom issue down the line which would cause me to need to check my levels a second time. What is your opinion here?

[@KitetsuDesigns]

I see now that you are addressing this in a way at 27:15 into the video. I still am in the wheelhouse that believes you should be doing eq on each element first then getting your kick to -10db and then raising the elements from - inf to their relative positioning with your eyes closed. Hopefully this can help improve your workflow as well 😎

[@lotustunesacademy]

EQ can cause phasing, which in the lowend might result with a louder signal, correct. So EQ -> Level is the way to go ;)

[@LvPr0]

Спасибо 👍

[@lotustunesacademy]

Пожалуйста :)

[@iambadd]

Do you still add reverb & delay in the mixing stage even if stems were already exported with a creative delay / reverb already in them?

[@lotustunesacademy]

If the stems already have built in reverb / delay, then I'll pay attention to how they blend in the mix. If they feel too dry, I'll add a little more using the return channels. Most of the time I end up leaving them as they are.

[@toffatom]

Great video! Is there a reason you don't use plugins like shaperbox or LFOTool for doing the classic sidechain pumping effect? I like the ease of using shaperbox, but I'm wondering if there are advantages of using the oldschool compressor setup I'm missing? :)

[@mvandell]

One good reason for it is the control that a compressor offers and the particular sound that different compressors offer. That's two reasons really 😅

[@lotustunesacademy]

The compressor offers you a few more functions like attack and release, which allow you to shape the signal more to the kick. BUT in all honesty, I also love using LFO Tool, especially cause it's quite quick and simple to use. It's just that third party plugins like LFO tool / shaperbox sometimes result in a bit of latency. Stick with what you're comfortable with :)

[@seansley]

I'd suggest one sets up the session properly upon adding each track - name, colour, group/bus - this would eliminate all that time spent on Step 1

[@bbeest3148]

So i have a question. You have the full song in like 8 bars and then applying the techniques you are teaching. Should i applied it in the same way; in a full 16 bar? and after that arranging the track?

[@axeljanmaat]

If I may make this into a forum-like thread: You could always do the mixing stuff once you have your “song parts” in sight (intro, main grooves, breaks etc etc) so everything is well balanced. That would make arranging afterwards a breeze I think

[@bbeest3148]

@@axeljanmaat oke merci, for now I'll do some mixing while arranging, but have to do it when it finish. If I going to do it in a 16 and then arranging, is maybe easier for me.

[@forgettheclock9470]

first mix was better rim shot too loud now