9 Ways the Pros Get Wider Mixes

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In this video, I share 9 essential mixing tips for achieving that immersive, wide sound. Say goodbye to relying solely on stereo imaging plugins and discover techniques that can genuinely elevate your mix.
🎵 What You'll Learn:
The power of subtle tremolo: Understand how this underrated tool can enhance the width and depth of your tracks.
The importance of mono reverbs and delays: Learn the art of contrast in mixing, using both wide and narrow reverbs and delays.
...and much more!
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[@GreaTeacheRopke97]

#1 subtle tremolo 0:50 #2 use mono reverbs and delays 4:17 #3 automate imaging from verse to chorus 9:35 #4 pan early and with context 13:53 #5 use haas delays 16:58 #6 try stereo wideners on individual tracks 18:08 #7 widen lows to lowmids with saturation and chorus 22:05 #8 expand the sides of upper mids and highs 26:11 #9 pan reverbs and delays to opposite side 30:39

[@neonlove1289]

Hero

[@GreaTeacheRopke97]

@@neonlove1289 I've always wanted to be that guy - saw my chance and took it.

[@dicnxhxj]

@@GreaTeacheRopke97that guy 🙏🙏

[@xicoamc]

MVP

[@bradneumannusa]

Much appreciated 🙏

[@SteenGroentved]

The mono Delay/stereo reverb trick is really awesome! It creates something like a "3D tunnel effect", influencing the entire mix with dept.

[@rays7805]

16:32 Now THAT'S the kind of practical advice I need.

[@TheMuffinMan01]

Wow this is all killer no filler. In a sea of regurgitated "tips and tricks" this is really useful stuff, presented professionally succinctly. Great work!

[@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579]

Excellent tips. I'll be trying these. Thanks.

[@P.A9165]

fantastic tips ! i learned a lot , thanks a million for your time and your very useful video.

[@ianhenderson9643]

Fabulous training video! Many thanks for the tips!

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

Thanks Dane for posting. Very helpful!

[@metrorockmusic]

This guy may be the best teacher on the internet for advanced mixing techniques, great video!

[@AllThatJuice208]

Thank you for the great content as always! 23:52 yes, this is something big I’ve noticed: putting situation (or a bit crush) before/ after reverb create such a different effects. When I please situation after reverb, it emphasizes the tail. In the way it’s hard to expect if you haven’t done that in the past)

[@CarsonHoy]

This video is the true reference for stereo width, thanks for this classic~

[@mariabr8954]

amazing. thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@olivergarnett1415]

Very cool tip, thanks again👍👍

[@souletunes]

Golly dang, these are some serious gems Dane, thank you!!

[@joseantoniogutierrezpedrer1418]

Great tutorial, so simple yet effective

[@OdoSendaidokai]

Thank you so much for showing these super techniques 🌻

[@jnaramusic]

Very helpful advice. I do more cinematic orchestral music and i think i can apply alot of what you said. Thank you for sharing!

[@rudib4833]

saya suka cara chanel ini menjelaskan tutorial. begitu mudah dipahami dan yang terpenting adalah praktiknya sangat efesien. terimakasih my brother

[@DreamsongsProductions]

Great video and great tips!

[@jonathanparismusic]

Love the song!! Is it out yet? Would love to hear the finished track!

[@nottieru]

The mono reverb trick is gold! Also, I’ve been using this very logic’s stock tremolo for ages:)

[@robladue8456]

Great tips! I love how you teach this stuff apparently you’ve been doing this for quite some time.. I’m going to watch the video again, and take copious notes. Appreciate you sharing your wisdom. Thank you.

[@garyleister]

Thanks, the tuto is amazing

[@azizolivine]

this information is incredible

[@jayplay8140]

great tips thanks

[@mightbefire]

My takeaway is that all these tracks already sounded really good and wide. That seems to be the actual battle. I would have felt good about the width before any of these techniques.

[@ryde2012]

Wow learnt alot 🔥🔥

[@pranphorun9647]

Very thank you.

[@patcecil1685]

very cool, thank you

[@Georgi.Dechev]

Thank you Dane ❤

[@whiskerprince]

thanks for these!

[@0rican]

Thank You

[@redguitar6062]

Tip #3! Wow!

[@nottieru]

Also, the singer is fire 🔥

[@deportedbeats5749]

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[@magchild777]

Such a cool song! Where can you listen to it?

[@docshadrach]

I like to compress just the MID with an analog compressor emulation

[@DavidRice-l2n]

Do your wave shaping with natural effects

[@AllThatJuice208]

12:12 very good ❤❤❤

[@BrixBeats-et4wd]

Ic can't get the Expose 2 plugin via the link in got in my mail because the link is dead..

[@ssmmuzik2908]

Hey , how do I get a mixing template for you?

[@overtonesnteatime198]

would be nice if you used other plugins beside logic native to show examples... Ive personally never used logic.

[@ikf1900]

Always just moved my speakers further apart!😜

[@Freaky_mix]

Tanks bruv

[@silkroad1201]

He's a good bruv

[@misterjohnnymusic]

when you talk beetween ON OFF plays lose last reference

[@daveking3494]

It’s still sounds like disco music to me. Do you have an example with hand played music?

[@guerogreenwood]

Been 3 days since i register and i haven't receive my expose 2 copy, anyone else?

[@melchiorvandijk6138]

wasnt there a reverb on already?

[@sniper9143]

The moog is about to fall off the desk!!

[@davisgarcia2327]

probably one of those questions when you overthink, but when mixing comes up there is often the tip of mixing in mono, when trying to mix and working on what is covered in this video, should this be done in mono also? Is mixing in mono only useful for the static mix and once the effects start getting added we no longer mix using mono? Either way great video/tips.

[@Molitoth]

I better close this video, as my wife may catch a glimpse of that Stanley cup on the desk and get the idea that she needs to add yet another one of those to her collection.

[@ZebSound]

Whats the Problem with Imager tools?

[@cecilia_mackie]

OMG that’s fantastic! Shall we connect?

[@MickDarkstar1]

Subtle and nice changes, but feel fooled as soon as I see u also add gain with that tremolo when u compare A/B. Tremolo is movement, and any small change adds up. so nice. Less is more and make small changes to spice things up.

[@cecilia_mackie]

That’s fantastic! Feel free to reach out.

[@OfficialADONISMusic-bv3qe]

Just some advice. When you change between each one, try not to talk between each one. Appreciate the content.

[@adriano_sp]

and no pause the sound.

[@hcl8836]

One of the 5 tips for producing Mixing and mastering videos that doesn’t annoy the audience …

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Disagree

[@shmokey59]

Exactly

[@gliterott]

If you don’t like it don’t watch it buddy

[@davidr1620]

What's the track name and band?

[@marre2355]

Problem that i always have is when I watch the ozone imager vectorscope of my and some pro track, the width is pretty much the same, but when i listen the tracks, on speakers or even better on the headphones, pro tracks are always much much wider, like a lot. Even the drum section is super wide.. That really bugs me.. Any advice.?

[@TommyBelval]

Yeah, it is a wierd thing. First, you can compress the sides transients so you control it more and after you push the stereo image. If you see that the sound is super dynamic, it can be wider if compress on the sides. and you can limit the stereo to a maximum correlation value and it will sound wide. Use correlometer and look at all the frequencies and their sides values!

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

I've noticed the ozone meter is reading different to other ones i have used. I am sure sure what this is because of, but there is a difference between panning a track (its not out of phase with anything) and having 'stereo fx' or mics that have something to be out of phase with. a mono track equals +1, panned full = 0, phase flipped one channel (i.e. sides) = -1...in theory. It seems to be something to do with this difference. Try melda stereoscope.

[@potatoes-ni3lr]

Clever mid-side sound design/processing/editing, and phase-manipulation of channels. Knife Party were making wider & louder EDM than anyone, already in 2012. You can listen to their stuff with center-channel muted on the master, and it's not long reverbs and panning that you'll hear. Bob Katz talks about stereo-image in his book, also 10 years ago. Noisia showed on a video how they envelope mid, and side of drums separately etc. This topic keeps looping around, because people who know rarely share, or don't get the visibility.

[@TommyBelval]

amazing info

[@cekirdekci32]

static and dynamic expansion on the sides with midside eq. omg.

[@shmokey59]

when you a/b tracks please try not to talk in between. write off and on on the screen and just flip between them. it'll help us pick up on the difference much easier. Thanks.

[@TehAwesomer]

I love lists of 9 things... so much better than lists of 8 or 10 things. 🙌

[@taha_mirza]

They talk about listening but dont know that talking interrupts listening 😅

[@tamer27antepli]

Sometiems close your eyes when your mixing and imagine seeing the sound

[@deejayvu6539]

Great tips and pertinent insights that have helped me a lot in my music production 💯🙏🔥⚡😉

[@Nico-lw5ol]

I think getting wide mixes is pretty easy. Throw stuff all around the room and you will get quite a wide mix already, just by having a very little amount of sounds centered. And you can get crazy too if you want.

[@steelesaldutti]

I thought haas causes unacceptable amounts of phase cancellation

[@lateralshiftmusic]

You can get away with it if it's a sound which doesn't need to be prominent in your mono mix but which adds some depth and interest to your stereo mix. As always, do a mono check so you can determine exactly where you want that sound landing in your mono mix.

[@DavidRice-l2n]

The vocals aren't moving or dipping

[@JordonBeal]

I love that every thumbnail is just “don’t do this” with an arrow pointed to some random thing circled. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DavidRice-l2n]

Shake it

[@Mclennnan]

??

[@hcl8836]

Some interesting but also controversial information (widening under 100Hz for example). But the talking in the A-B comparisons makes them almost useless to follow. At one point there is a big fat ON and OFF on the screen and in the moment where we have to get a subtle change you say „here is ON“, „here is OFF“. That’s a no go!

[@artdesireboutique]

Might have been better if you tuned the vocalist!

[@fugue6904]

I'm not even playing the same game....

[@victorparra7780]

the only thing i dont like about this channel is the tittle of the videos 🤣

[@WatchMyShorts303]

Wider sounds super weird, would not use it

[@y89g78f56]

Waste of time.

[@Pedozzi]

Izotope: we made a cool plugin to widen your mix, and i's free! youtubers: DON'T THAT