Electronic Mixing Masterclass with Luca Pretolesi [Major Lazer, Diplo, BlackPink] from MixCon 2020

In this MixCon masterclass on mixing EDM, 3x GRAMMY nominee Luca Pretolesi shows off his hybrid approach to mixing and mastering, using the best that analog and digital have to offer.
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Thanks to Kito, Zhu and Jeremih for sharing their track "Follow". Hear the full thing here: • Kito, ZHU, Jeremih - F...
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Luca has worked with Major Lazer, Kito, ZHU, Jeremih, Prince Royce, David Guetta, Glass Animals, 2 Chainz, Diplo, J Balvin, BlackPink, Snoop Lion and more.
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This is a second version of this video with improved audio. The level of the music track turned up slightly.
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[@SonicScoop]

Be sure to check out the full Q&A session with Luca here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haeXiIVrrd1oesU

[@javierzubizarreta2933]

It´s rare to find such generosity with information as this man has.

[@scottscottsen3089]

The man knows even with knowledge you can't surpass practical skill in some ways so he doesn't mind :D he's a great guy

[@DarkTrapStudio]

Probably the Best EDM mastering engineer in the world.

[@SonicScoop]

Glad you are digging what he does! -Justin

[@adisatrio3871]

Luca Pretolesi is that one teacher who just keep on teaching us new stuffs and eye opening no matter how many practice and experience we have. Such a great artist/engineer/scientist/teacher/mentor/idol/person. Especially for upcoming EDM producer/engineer, I honestly think he is the one teacher that you will never regret spending your time and/or money for his course/content.

[@NikoSitaras]

Luca I can’t explain how much I appreciate the advice you put on the internet. What a legend

[@GingerDrums]

The content is actually much better from the mixcon events this year. It was always a challenge to abstract out the room and audience sound, this is much better from an internet audience perspective. The guest is speaking directly to the internet audience which is multiple times bigger than the live audience. Something to think about!

[@simontt3702]

I love how this song is mixed so emotional. Technicaly it might not be the cleanest mix ever but the vibe of the track translates so good through the mix.

[@dariusmines]

Yes! Mixcon 2020 is still happening!!!! Can’t wait for the new content 🔥

[@SonicScoop]

It's HERE!!! You can sign up for additional presentations here so you don't miss them when they go live: mix-con.com Once they're out, you'll be able to catch the replays here on the MixCon playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL3yghKGBjggRbn4ooQ-SFl-4vi_V_zT3g

[@CompteGoogle-fz7zj]

Probably the best Mastering Engineer in the World. At least top 5 until proven otherwise. Didn't know it was on your Channel Justin Im so glad :D -DarktrapStudio

[@SonicScoop]

Glad you found it! -Justin

[@tommeSVK]

I started listening to this song before I saw this masterclass and I really like it. It's good to see mixing and mastering on a song that you actually know and like. :-) Thanks for sharing.

[@caysomusic]

ageed/same

[@soumyajit_3740]

What's the name of that song bro. I loved it so much

[@Jamusictv]

Luca is so talented! Love his mixes.

[@SonicScoop]

AGREED! So great to see the way he works. Thanks for stopping by!

[@Barncore]

Great content!! Thank you so much. One suggestion: The bird's eye view camera is uside down. Wanna see it from Luca's perspective

[@thebmusproject]

It's great to see this level of enjoyment whilst someone is working! Thumbs up!

[@PitcockFTW]

a Luca Pretolesi all in the box workflow would be awesome too!

[@jon0830]

sidechained midrange mixbus compression, game changer! thank you

[@sugabrownmusic]

I know, right?!

[@jjones7837]

We all were like....(holy $hit duh).

[@ElectricMeterRoom]

Fantastic video! I learned a lot and the Q&A afterwards was a true bonus. Looking forward to next week's class.

[@SonicScoop]

Awesome to hear! We'll have Jimmy Douglass on Wednesday of next week, with more coming every week up through October 14. Hope to see you back in the Q&As some more!

[@MacReviewzOnline]

One of the best tutorials! He is so focused, fast and logical. Thank you.

[@schmuckeprinz]

What a good content. And he can explain it so good. Thanks!

[@jjones7837]

Automating Transients to create movement. Panning by frequency. His use of mid side. Gems. all over the place.

[@arseniy]

I am still watching but this is great. Usually such videos are paid. It's rare to see something like this for free! o_O

[@djm_music]

Digital Boy, this says everything!

[@willdobson79]

So much gold here... Legend.

[@blueeyedboxer20008]

Amazing video, very informative. I can see myself using SO many of these techniques. Thanks!

[@mememan2428]

Underrated video! I am going to share this everywhere lol

[@Harpsea]

What this showed me, beside the magnificent mixing, is to stop worrying too much about every detail during my mix. Focus on producing and leave the fine tuning to a mixing master.

[@DIPDAILY]

literally same dude hahah i always stressss

[@MitchCollinge]

Love this!! I'm excited about making music every day!! 🎹🙌

[@Dot_je]

Thanks, good ergonomic workflow. Very inspirational!

[@temptemp633]

Love how Luca has a seperate bus workflow. I'm all in the box... can't really bus as it's way too cpu expensive to do with a lot of vst/vstis... My workaround: render out my whole 'rough mix', then mix, with bussing audio tracks. Also headphones...

[@ClectaSkiMusic]

Great stuff, greetings from The Caribbean

[@Limit5482]

Bloody legendary Luca!

[@coolscube5062]

i Like The way Luca Pretolesi with Passion Takes you with him in the way he use Plugins Fx/ Com/Filtering Buses... His Slight touch on Vocals .

[@tiekumark]

This is an utterly Brilliant video. Thanks for sharing this wealth of knowledge

[@sugabrownmusic]

So glade Luca got to share is secrets in this video. 🙏 He is the best in the game!

[@mariopak4817]

Thanks for this!

[@astrarivm]

Superb series! Thank you so much, Justin and the Masters

[@xtractstudios]

Brother & Sisters ...This guys a Leyend a.k.a. "Digital boy" - Gimme a Fat Beat" Back in the Early 90's Techno Scene....A True Masterclass Act!!!!!

[@seanemmettfullerton]

Awesome! Thank you Luca, Justin and SScoop!! ...yes yes! music is sooo about energy - we're either making a part grow or we're diminishing it. Never static! This is a huge insider secret that good musicians have known for at least the last 1000 years or so :) Thanks again!

[@OOFCY]

Thanks for this content! Pleeease make portuguese subtitles available! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@thegroove2000]

MASTER AT WORK.

[@sgfdancecompany]

Follow the Master!!!

[@Pabloskrill]

Wow thanks for the info 🔥🔥🤝

[@willdobson79]

Absolutely class tutorial! Thank you.

[@nexusobserve]

Amazing! What a large project this guy does woooork

[@SonicScoop]

He knows what he's doing for sure!

[@zacharybrown5150]

The delay is ON POINT!

[@ilyakarmanov]

Thanks for the video! I'm almost sure that all that clipping and displeased distortion mentioned here in the comments is because of the Sonarworks on the stereo bus.

[@sannamati4571]

I like hes workflow

[@remikristiansen489]

This is so great. Mix tips from Luca is the best. Just one thing, is it my Sennheiser earbuds, or is this video audio distorting??

[@SonicScoop]

There is definitely intentional distortion and saturation on certain elements that may become more apparent when they are solo'd than when they are played in the full mix. Let us know where you think you hear it and we can double check! But listening to the intro it sounds pretty close to his final version which can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF68f5uAnNOihcU There may be some subtle differences going through it all quickly for a demonstration video of course.

[@arseniy]

I felt the same. Now I am sure the sound is distorted :)

[@ilyakarmanov]

It's because of Sonarworks on the stereo bus I believe.

[@mrbeats7434]

Love Luca. Big love

[@scottfaircloff9530]

thank you for everything!!

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

Thank you so much for this.

[@SonicScoop]

Thank you for being here to see it!

[@na_der]

Amazing class! Did he show processing the bass?! Did I miss it somewhere?!

[@willdobson79]

I love using Soothe 2. Wicked plugin

[@BolerosWithAttitude]

Awesome work!! Can you please let me know where you bought those white and red diffusers. I’m not even sure if they are diffusers but those collums look great

[@MARTINK4RMA]

PURE GOLD!

[@Cayenepepper]

thanks for this, gold

[@Getemprod.]

amazing mix but keep in mind folks having summing boards and using high end converters makes mixing 10X faster plugins sounds better when it hybrid and summing with hardware than fully in the box not saying you cant have records ITB but OTB is always superior

[@WisdomBai]

wow Luca Pretolesi

[@voice-of-oblivion]

Thank you soooo much!!!

[@boomish69]

Some good stuff but video sounds distorted to me..I don't get clipping a convertor either that's just digital clipping.

[@SonicScoop]

With clipping a converter a lot of the clipping is actually at the analog stage of the converter. And, a lot of great sounding mixes have tracks that sound weird in isolation. It's not about whether they sound great and clean on their own. It's about how they all combine in the final mix. That said, in a demonstration video things could happen here and there where they might not sound exactly like they did in the final mix, such as if Luca is monitoring output of the desk rather than output of the D/A and could be hitting converters even harder at moments than he did in the final mix. Hard to say for sure! Thanks for the feedback in any case.

[@remikristiansen489]

Love everything from Luca Pretolesi, but I think this video sounds distorted. Maybe some upload mistake from the video guys??

[@redblock1382]

Luca’s courses > plugins with the 24/7 discount price

[@gardodo03]

JEWEL!!!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@willdobson79]

I love the Bettermaker... Tip - If you want to use Bettermaker limiter /clippiter as in this tutorial but don't have the hardware (like me) I recommend mix:analog (mixanalog.com). I use Bettermaker (online) on my mixes then download back into my DAW.

[@2shotDerringer]

You're a maniac 💪🏼💪🏼

[@rajkamaljangir3618]

Great sir

[@K1nkyD1sco]

Love you Luca

[@CompteGoogle-fz7zj]

You could do a New interview ! It seems it did well it should do well again

[@SonicScoop]

Would love to have Luca on the channel again. -Justin

[@zpurpz]

So clip everything , got it ! :) 😃

[@gelatinous6915]

It would be awesome if he did a plugin-only mix. It is difficult to get a similar result with plugins as with analog gear unless you spend a small fortune on plugins

[@twitchbook-1]

Insane

[@brentwatters]

Can anyone explain how exactly he is using the VCA bus? Is it somehow summing all of his bus channels into an additional digital bus to then send out to his hardware compressor? Or is it controlling all the different levels of the individual buses? I do not use studio one so I may be missing something blatantly obvious.

[@zaoma679]

just wow...

[@thegroove2000]

So this is presuming all the tracks have been checked beforehand for issues like resonances, clicks, noise etc.

[@3-y86]

What soundcard dac/amp he use?

[@jordangressman5164]

i’m very new to mixing, and i often get stuck when trying to decide whether i run my plugins in serial, or process them in parallel. my immediate thought is always to consider the style and often i try to think more parallel. but even then, since i do it half blindly, i worry i’m being inappropriately heavy handed any advice?

[@fleb1372]

un bel banco devo dire ahahha

[@Its24KARAT]

Any one to help ? When i freeze and flatten my track, do i need to reset the levels to 0 before flattening ? Or i let it be at the rough level it was, and start mixing from there. If someone can explain about the process, finish producing, exporting stems, to mix and then master. Would be great to have some help out here ! Thanks a lot !

[@torengz7385]

Feel stupid asking, but what is the song's name

[@ahimsabeatz8895]

🤯🤯💥💥

[@AKASHPMP]

Can u bring Serban ghenea?

[@SonicScoop]

Would love to!

[@RaduJon]

#Impossible. But I’d love to see you try 😊👍

[@AchillesxHeal]

What exactly is he doing with the high precussion? And how do i go about it on ableton live?

[@PitcockFTW]

buy his hardwares!😁

[@Nonpartisanmusic]

How does he work in Las Vegas without falling into the party vibes over there... is it located in the middle of the desert maybe? Far away from casinos and bs... and why is he there? Cheaper to rent than Los Angeles?

[@SamueleForte]

how does he put phase reverse and gain knob on every console channel?

[@federicodesia_7289]

You can enable the youtube translator to Spanish, since I do not speak English, I am Spanish and I handle with translator, thanks.

[@SonicScoop]

Great advice. I will look into how to do that. Thanks!

[@davidhodgin8900]

looks like you have minecraft open in the beginning loooool

[@WillyJunior]

Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe

[@CTBOSSY]

7:31 songs name?

[@noahaguilar8180]

does he HP filter?

[@patrickgarrity5529]

Hats sound out of phase

[@Misssusielloyd]

well spotted

[@nultymusic7758]

Ok whats reverb

[@luzyoz143]

gain matching on compression not a thing? no way that a b at min 13 is gain matched.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

Anybody who mixes professionally doesn't gain match as they mix. Total noob move.

[@njahselector]

Argentini

[@surgicalaudio8829]

I don't what they've done but it sounds all distorted !

[@mercaloops]

SONARWORKS on 1400 dollar headphones goes to show huh

[@SonicScoop]

Goes to show that there are no such thing as totally flat headphones! Even if you spend $4000 :-) That said, $1500-$4000 headphones often sound very very very very very good.

[@mercaloops]

@@SonicScoop trust man it couldnt be a better ad for sonarworks ! downloaded the trial right after this video ended

[@arseniy]

Is it just me or the sound kind clipped or something?

[@SonicScoop]

There's no clipping here in the final video edit. But is possible that there could have been moments during the demonstration when things were pushed a little extra hard, causing more clipping of converters than intended, or just that some of the solo'd elements have more saturation on them than one might expect. Are there any moments where you particularly notice it?

[@arseniy]

@@SonicScoop Just at any place where everything playing with the bass. 9:09

[@ilyakarmanov]

@@arseniy It's because of Sonarworks on the stereo bus I believe.

[@arseniy]

@@ilyakarmanov Good idea! If the bass is boosted it may clip there on transfer

[@nectariosm]

I would think Sonarworks would be placed on a monitor FX buss so you can only listen to it, but not export through it, even when its working? But I don't use Studio One so no idea if that is the case, but the distortion is audible...and its not the nice kind..

[@jensoettrich762]

Sorry but all I learned here, that u can’t make a boring song/production better by turning randomly some 10.000$ knobs…

[@PaulChabot]

The guy intro'ing this.... is that the moly moly mole guy from the love guru?!?

[@SonicScoop]

Do you mean Mike Meyers? If so, then yes. This is an audio production channel run by Mike Meyers. Side hustle. Duh.

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

Analog ooof big oof.

[@DonGoliath]

Why do all Dancehall productions after the 90s sound like trash? Idk but I produced some wicked golden era Dancehall riddims lately. Come listen dem in my chan.

[@Iamfeelzmusic]

This was by far the worst mixing video I have seen by one of the best in the game. He should have showed how to do things in the box like some of other videos he has been in.

[@RaduJon]

He applies the same techniques / mind set on the hardware as he does on the software. It’s just a preference thing. Some things are easier to reach to when you have your analog tools at your disposal and within arms reach. Like Luca said, you use two hands instead of one mouse pointer.. your decisions are faster and more organic.. like a DJ that performs his set solely from his laptop versus using his DDJ or CDJ controller. You should try it 😊👍

[@Iamfeelzmusic]

@@RaduJon You seem like a smart guy but you sound really dumb trying to comment on my comment. I use analog and I am a dj. The view and instruction was terrible to see and understand was my point. I went to college for music and a lot of it was hard to process. It would have been a lot easier if he showed it in the box or the view was better. Again my "opinion' is this was the worst mixing video I have ever seen by one of the best in the game. If you don't like my "opinion" keep that to yourself and move on.

[@RaduJon]

I’ll never understand why everyone is so rude in their comments on KZbin 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Iamfeelzmusic]

@@RaduJon, clearly you don't understand much now stfu and carry on.

[@listenfidi]

I got everything he did... so i guess you need to learn more about mixing and mastering, even before watching his videos. You dont know shit.