Mixing With Your Eyes: Voxengo SPAN mixing settings

[@stricken5tein]

Maybe the best tutorial I've ever watched for anything ever

[@otisfunkmeyer]

srsly!!!

[@artysanmobile]

James S Your comment is the best use of the English language ever, in all of recorded history, like, for sure.

[@massivebeatzz]

I agree. Dan speaks so cool. Like it' s got riddim! I need to be more like that!

[@alchemistrpm82]

@@artysanmobile I see what ya did there. 😂

[@reziahamed6654]

@@artysanmobile Can't agree more !!!🤓

[@spacemanpope1805]

Your voice has an old school Discovery channel vibe to me. Well done!

[@bonolesso]

The thing with Dan's videos is that, even if you know all the individual pieces of information in advance, the way he puts them together provides a real insight and a many "a-ha!" moments that actually challenge you to do things a bit differently, even though I personally don't necessarily agree with everything.

[@djovercut]

This is why Dan will never be replaced with ChatGPT lol.

[@Wetefah]

All my life I have been blind, but now I can finally see. It's a miracle. Oh no, wait - it's just span with the proper settings. Thank you, sir. This lesson was well worth it.

[@pixelplays964]

I just came here to learn how to set up SPAN, and talking a bout the mid/side and if the sides are higher gave me answers to a question I wasn't even expecting answered in this video. Thank you so much!!

[@Todesnuss]

I'm discovering that all his videos are like this. Whether you actually care about the title or thumbnail or not he's going to answer some questions you didn't know you had.

[@chrisapollo6676]

Dan is amazing!

[@pauldomino]

What was the question, please?

[@shorerocks]

The content is gold.

[@Ferrichrome]

Dan, the fact you make all this information free and easily accessible is a lifesaver for me... thanks!

[@michal.ochedowski]

I'm blown away by this MID/SIDE underlay tip. I knew this routing was there the whole time, but wouldn't figure out when and why I should use it. Until now. Thank you!

[@komet1536]

This is the best SPAN settings tutorial I have seen so far. The mid/side explanation was a huge bonus.

[@kobalt77]

I feel such a dope after watching this. I have used SPAN for years and had no idea it could a tenth of what Dan has shown us here. Massive respect to you Dan Worrall, and even more so to the creator behind Voxengo for giving us this, and many other, amazing free plugins. I have in fact bought a couple of other Voxengo plugins as a way thanking him for his hard work and generosity. This video and SPAN itself are amazing.

[@omega3battyacid878]

Was was this one 6:17 minute video more thoroughly educational than the past 2 years of KZbin videos I've consumed so far. Subbed.

[@phazzeoneproductions7441]

Out of all of my years surfing YT looking at tutorials and what not, you by far are the most thorough and concise at showing how to use tools properly. Thank you for this, I believe this video will allow me to find the hidden parts of my mix that my ears couldn’t quite catch!!!

[@damianoakes2592]

This is exceptionally helpful! I saved these settings into a "Dan Worrall" preset, with one exception: being red-green colorblind, I made the mid channel blue, and the side comes out violet.

[@AforismiDAutoreAD]

I'll tell you a secret: if you look at the SPAN at the top right you can click on the MODE item and choose the "MASTER" item you will have the same settings (mid-side too) and even more precisely. Shhhhhhh!

[@Rezident]

sick!! thx @@AforismiDAutoreAD

[@poetnprophet]

Dear Dan, first I had NO idea you were the voice behind the TDR tutorials, which are just fantastic and totally sold me on the plugs. Second, thank you for this video, it all works perfectly and I now have a very good default present. I especially love the way you get a red flag visual if the sides outweigh the mid. Cheers!

[@PolarityMusic]

Aleksey is putting so much work into these plugins, voxengo always delivers! great video dan

[@indyawichofficial1346]

Will repeat what many said over the comment section, as this place is the gold mine for those learning, or expanding on their knowledge of the craft. Many of the words said here should be engraved in gold somewhere, as greatest wisdoms of audio, seriously. Not only because of their fundamentally factual value, and the way they are presented, but also because of broad contextual information coming together with it, many times opening a whole new perspective, helping to build (or understand) a mental process or approach in particular, in depth. While solutions to a problem are many, there is always a good rule to proceed with a systemic ones, based on empirical and factual knowledge, and extensive experience / application of it, instead of shallow and vague esoterica. Thats what I do get here, most exclusively via this channel, unlike some others. Thank you very much.

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

Best six minutes and 17 seconds I’ve spend in a loooooong while ! 😊

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

I watched this video a few months ago. And, yes I'm back refreshing here. So good having you Mr. Worrall. Don't know what I'd do without you. You've not only won the loudness wars... ears down, you are the BEST teacher on everything audio. Always looking forward to your next video. (As I keep re-freshing my brain rot).

[@warpacademy]

Excellent tutorial as always Dan! Really enjoyed this and picked up some useful tips. Keep 'em coming!

[@ocean457]

I'm grateful dudes like you exist.

[@RobinParmar]

particularly excellent advice in this video

[@ergophonic]

This is one of the best videos I've seen since I was born. Thank you for sharing!

[@jazmanaut]

Thank you very much. I have been searching good and customizable analyses for years, and I believe that I'm home now.

[@matiasgoinheix366]

Man, this was one next level tutorial.

[@Eduaro2U]

Thanks for great tips and excellent information!

[@DanWorrall]

Thanks :)

[@easyvelvet77]

The one magic trixxx that i use on daily basis! Thousand thx!

[@PASHKULI]

Dan's the man! Thank you, Dan for giving us the optimal and concise knowledge.

[@DThompson55]

Brilliant! I'd mix with my ears if I could, but until I learn what to listen for I'll never know what I don't know. You just made my latest project that much better. Now I need to review ways to EQ the sides and control the lows.

[@MiDnYTe25]

Super informative, just like every Dan Worrall material I've seen so far. Man, you're a living legend. Thank you.

[@lieutenantdan7212]

Man! Thanks so much! This is ultra helpful! I always learn so much from watching you!

[@donartyone3258]

Thank you for taking time and effort to make this video. I am so grateful for this lesson. Grateful for you doing this channel sir! 🙏🏾

[@cheungcfoo]

Have been using it but never thought about the routing setting. Thank you so much for demonstrating

[@joakimjocka8022]

These are by far the best settings for the SPAN plugin, hands down

[@AndersHansgaard]

I love it! Superb job on this and a lot of your other stuff - I can't believe not everybody watches you!

[@robhouse1926]

Thanks Dan, I’ve been using these settings for a while. Very helpful. Thanks very much for sharing from your expertise and vast experience!

[@shardhoney]

thank you for your insight Dan

[@kalesyps764]

how is your channel so small? everything ive seen is just a gold mine

[@maurourrai2550]

This video is pure gold, and I love the track/final mix

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

I have seen dozens of videos from Dan Worrall Aside from his obvious great voice, super well prepared dialogue, awesome graphics, and everything else that we all love about him... Another great point I’d like to make is that when you read down the comments it’s one after another positive feedback from people saying thank you, being respectful, making funny quips, a real class act from Dan, AND all of the people following his “antics” !!! Woohooo... feel the love ❤️

[@alexomeltschenko2193]

love the music .. hip hop and brass.. mega

[@JeremyShaver]

He’s absolutely the best tutorial host. Also, he has a creamy voice.

[@adziak]

Dan's tutorials are the best!

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Now I have two more reasons to keep using SPAN, thanks Dan :D

[@henningoppermann3647]

beside the usual informative content, i just stumbled across a new source for referencing. that mix is excellent ! i LOVE the punch of that kick and the space and dimension of the whole shabang! Well Done ! ! !

[@Deimus.]

Best voice quality I've heard on a youtube clip in a long time, maybe ever.

[@philburns5656]

Simply great! Thanks a million, Dan!

[@jarcauco]

What a gem 🍄

[@tam_ryan1036]

Love the SPAN setup and the mix info. Thanks so much for these indispensable videos, Dan. And I agree with you about the brilliance of REAPER.

[@ephjaymusic]

Dan is the bossman!!!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@humancmplx2449]

Simple and easy to understand, but the potential for helping my mixes is big. Thanks for the great content!

[@BurnBabylon_Selecta]

Best background music I've ever heard in a music tutorial

[@artyomca]

Used to do similar thing to match the overall sound of different tracks on an album. Works as a charm. Didnt know the MID/SIDE monitoring trick tho. Kudos to Dan, as always great job!

[@keith303]

do you know loopop? the guy reviewing and testing audio hardware? i love you both for the same reasons: straight forward, always on point, highly qualified, no goofing around and a very clear voice that seems to directly connect with your brain. when you talk, it's impossible not to listen - thanks a lot for all this valuable content !

[@benjiusofficial]

My boy! I've been telling these people for years to put SPAN on their master, to use it for A/B and Gain Matching. What a useful tool!

[@TheMonkBeatsOne]

ok, I had one settings but I am gonna copy all the rest, thank you.

[@Layarion]

This voice, i want to listen to it all day. and his music.

[@nsjx]

Really appreciate this recent run of tutorials/clarifications. Thanks a lot for what you do!

[@J-DUB-F1]

Huge EYE opener with SPAN...….....I've had it for years, and really understood all this. Thank you!

[@alwayslosing808]

Thank you for the influx of new tutorials.

[@iftekharulanam]

Such a Godly soul you are. 💜

[@raycochrane3971]

I'd watched this way back then and didn't do anything with it as my Span was demo crippled with a mute appearing at random...I've only recently twigged that I had the "Pro" version and now have replaced it with the standard vesion as seen in this vid. I can now do these simple, yet effective, tweaks. Thanks.

[@MatthewIanWelch]

DW is a legend. Always appreciate his videos, even if they influenced me to buy every FabFilter and TDR plugin he's ever reviewed that I didn't really need and then live in subsequent poverty for the rest of my adult life. They're also always super sexy sounding and enjoyable to watch, while being genuinely educational in the process. He's the Alton Brown reviewer of plugins. Science, taste, and style. Chef's kiss to you, sir!

[@YuriKovalyov]

Great tip. Thank you, man!

[@canilhan98]

hahaha this was a joy to watch. absolute performance. i couldnt even focus on the info, straight up jamming lol 😅

[@AleArzMusic]

I'm a proud user of SPAN by Voxengo since years. I cannot thank Voxengo enough! Absolutely awesome plugin! Just like the Boogex, which I have just reviewed!

[@xaosnox]

Dan is a super genius. I wish he'd offer an online audio engineering/mixing course. He's brilliant, uses the DAW that anyone with half a brain knows is the greatest thing that ever happened to music production, he's a master of FabFilter plugins, which are right up there with Klanghelm and UAD on my list of indispensable plugins. He's an excellent teacher and a creative genius. He uses the perfect blend of left and right brain thinking, which is very important for me to enjoy what I'm doing.

[@xn4pl]

Can you expand about DAW part? I haven't used reaper, but i doubt that it's "the greatest thing that ever happened to music production", i'm sure that it's not subpar of modern DAWs in terms of audio production, but it's design is really horrendous imo. If you can point some advantages reaper have, which is absent in either ableton or fl studio, i might reconsider my position.

[@DanWorrall]

Better routing, better PDC, better rendering options, more flexible and customisable, more stable, more CPU efficient, less intrusive licensing. And better value for money I guess, though that's bottom of the list for me.

[@xn4pl]

@@DanWorrall ok i read some things on the subject and it looks like reaper is a superior tool for recording and mixing live music, but i didn't saw much capabilities for electronic music production and creative sound design if you compare it to ableton (especially after they introduced max for live, which allows even making your own synths and aufio fx from scratch) or fl studio (and it's patcher, which is inferior to max, but still very capable). After 20 min. tutorial on reaper's routing i didn't found a thing i can't do in fl studio, and some of those things i can do much easier. Rendering options are indeed better in reaper, but i didn't see where i would use even half of them. Customisation is a good thing, but fl studio also have it (can't say it for other DAWs), though it maybe not as vast as in reaper (i had quite shallow look for it), but still quite extensive, and also layout is a matter of habit, so not everything must be customisible, especially if the base design is good and intuitive out of the box. Can't compare stability and CPU efficiency, so i'll trust you, but still i woudn't trade vast sound design capabilities for it (i'm producing on a laptop with 1.7Ghz 4-core CPU and 6 Gb RAM, and i run out of CPU only when i do something too crazy, and usually resampling of CPU hard tracks saves me). So i think every professional tool has its pros and cons, and a place in music industry, but there isn't an objectively better DAW, which can dominate the whole industry, just because every tool has it's own uses.

[@DanWorrall]

@@xn4pl I don't think I said that? The "best" DAW is the one you know how to use. That said, Reaper is objectively better than all the rest, and if you use anything else you're a loser ;)

[@xn4pl]

@@DanWorrall Damn, sucks to be me then :)

[@MrMoapy]

Most underrated mixing channel on the tubes.

[@niozikpro5812]

Thank you. Another usefull tip where you do not need to buy expensive gear to find that special ringing whistle around A flat Major Lydian 😂😂😂😂❤ For Cubase user there is curve eq for free when you buycthe DAW does similar analysis and has same parameters shown on this video . . . So no need to buy span if you have Cubase

[@LeChapeauMusic]

Hey, Cubase user here. *SPAN is free*.

[@kurtm6345]

Excellent stuff, thanks!

[@pw7752]

Great video - and a great way to check your mix if your room (like mine) isn't ideally set up.

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Thanks for the tips! I really like the mid / side demo - that's a great way to look for mono problems!

[@briancase6180]

OMG. This helped me A LOT. Thanks!!!

[@BenCaesar]

That first track, set me on 🔥

[@aivoryuk]

Another great video

[@georgemickel6608]

Thanks for the vid Dan!

[@jarkkojs]

My main *track* EQ is Voxengo PrimeEQ (for other things I use Pro-Q3). I like PrimeEQ because it is essentially SPAN "with an EQ on top", which undeniably can speed the workflow, if you rely SPAN a lot in the first place (like I do). I don't understand why there's so little coverage of this nice EQ, given that "everyone' uses SPAN. For me it was a no-brainer really (because of 2-in-1, less context switching).

[@benjaminmagambo3849]

I wouldn’t be shocked if I were told that you’re an Angel Sir!

[@edonslow1456]

Best tips here are probably to find a reference mix and take a rest. I like the idea of smoothing out the frequencies too, you're absolutely right I don't need to see detailed harmonics!

[@ManoloFloyd]

Many thanks! I was looking for silver and I found gold!

[@adwind3055]

Great video! This tip is gold.

[@NikolausBrocke]

His voice is a legend. I can remember some manufacturer using his voice.

[@ВячеславЗайцев-ш5ж]

Many thanx! Totally useful video!

[@MikeBurnsArrangedAccidents]

Your channel is outstanding! Was going to write this plugin off in favor of the Fabfilter Q3 spectrum analyzer but Voxengo does have it's charms as it turns out.

[@markwingfield9423]

Dan this is super useful. Yet another great video!

[@pham4925]

Man... this is priceless. Thank you for the blessing!

[@hleet]

superb video ! thx for this helpful tutorial

[@garvolt]

Thanks Dan great video.

[@davejohnsonmusic]

Nice and thank you. Now I can actually use this analyzer in a proper way.

[@drrodopszin]

I typed in the settings last night, put it on Monitoring FX on a song of mine. Then I started soloing groups and realized one of the saturation plugins I really like create sub-harmonics as well, meaning I had sub-bass rubbish in the side channels. Also it helped me poke into frequencies on a vocal I felt was boxy somehow.

[@sayantadas585]

I dont know why he is giving all gold stuffs for free. But what he is doing, is a good thing. More power to him😍

[@phillaxmusic]

Amazing vid, so helpful - thank you!

[@kms3530]

I am a big fan of your work here on youtube i help you grow by sharing this contant

[@trilbytemperley]

Really useful settings recommendations. Thanks

[@alchemistrpm82]

Great tips

[@PrincipalAudio]

05:24 - I did a really rubbish Mid/Side explanation video years ago. Didn't even think of showing it in this way. Great way of looking at it.

[@mytonmusic1891]

Haha. Great to see a top musician like you using Reaper as well You made my day! Love your tutorials. I'm also watching the Fabfilter tutorials. They're great as well. Thanks!!

[@malikamer4385]

Amazing video, thanks.

[@scotthstevenson]

Just what I needed, thanks

[@viruscerbero]

Just Excellent!

[@cutsheals7283]

Very Helpful