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Hi, I'm Max (@nervzofficial) and I run FL Studio Tips.
Today I will show you secrets about Headroom, why you (don't) need it, when headroom is important, what Bit-Depth has to do with it. I will also show you how to export your mixes for mastering and explain why there are a lot of misconceptions out in the internet about it.
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[@NightshadeBeatz]

3:15 THAT DISTORTED FL BEEP KILLED ME😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlazzeMusic]

I never mastered my tracks in - 6db, I mix my track with full of headroom already. And yes there are no perfect rules for Mixing & Mastering, its all about Ear Training. Don't follow the numbers use your ears. Absolutely if it sounds good it's good. Normal listeners don't give a f*ck how you mixed and mastered and which plugins and sounds you used. Final output should be nice n clear.

[@fiirasmusic5366]

what about a record label that give a fuck for my low track or a little bit of distortion

[@BlazzeMusic]

@Desmond Tresfaye I think If you are a good listener and your choice of music is pretty good, your ear training develops with your age from childhood. I remember when I was a kid I used to play with the Bass and Treble knobs on the audio cassete player.. And if you can notice what changes are happening to the sound, I think your ear training starts with that. Then I used to play with DVD Player's Eq presets and tried to understand which one is best for my speakers. I also used Virtual DJ and Audacity in the beginning and it really helped to understand the sound and what a particular tool does (such as Echo, Delay, Phaser, Flanger, Noise Reduction etc). It helped me to get familiar with these names and when I came into music production these names weren't new for me, I already knew what it will do to the sound. So it comes with the time, curiosity of learning and your love for the Music. No one can teach you what to listen and how to feel the sound, it totally depends on you.

[@BlazzeMusic]

@@fiirasmusic5366 if you really care about a Record Label, you should hire a Professional Mixing Engineer rather than doing it yourself. Because a well known Music Producer never mix n master their track on his own.

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

@@BlazzeMusic well, there are well known artists who mix and master their own songs.

[@BlazzeMusic]

@@nebroskitheraut6705 yeah may be but not everyone.

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Actually, I never said "Hello" haha

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[@MvnStn]

The sign language lady was a cool addition! Shoutout my mom and all those who can't hear! This is why I make music. For my mother, who can't enjoy the beauty in music. Cheers, Max! Thanks!

[@rebirth4119]

My theory for why this became a thing: 32 bit float didn't exist until 1985 and even then DAWs weren't widespread until later. I also suspect that 32 bit float wasn't implemented into DAWs until later on. Basically much like music theory, mixing and mastering rules didn't get updated and we basically got stuck with outdated information.

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

Oh they do know more than anyone of us producers. They were the first ones to be informed and educated on this topic.

[@Madkay]

@@nebroskitheraut6705 If they show to us every trick mix n master they wont have a job.

[@mavs1745]

damn this changed my life

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

No it didn't. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4rXfWeMZZaIpNk Watch this video to see that you are just ruining your tracks, when you turn the gain down. Stop believing anything a person says on the internet.

[@MaxShirshovMusic]

dude you just blew my mind. Like wtf it's like finding that everything I was taught was a lie. I don't know if I said it already but this is the best mixing/mastering channel and courses I have ever come across. Keep it up, you are a legend.

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

Please dont clip your master while mixing. Doing so might create artifacts which may make you think is part of the track's timbre but when it gets normalised all of that grit would be gone. Yes you can recover clipped 32bit floating point mixes but you risk fooling yourself while mixing. Something like recovering a clipped 32bit floating point mix is what you do at the most dire of times and makes you look like a noobie. Conclusion: Just leave some headroom it's not a big deal.

[@zerocat888]

@@nebroskitheraut6705 ok

[@sunuae]

i love it when the fl render finish sound clip at 100dB 3:16

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I love ya'll , I'm getting the mixing and mastering course , as soon as I get paid

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Hi, Max. I already have the Full Course which i purchased a couple of months ago and i thought it was really in-depth and fantastic to watch, Since I dont have a musical background, however I've found it so helpful and a gamechanger to the way I make my beats. I would like to ask a question in regards to the Full Bundle being sold currently as it states it comes with the Full Mastering course. And since i pre own the bundle, is there a chance that people like me who already have the full course also get an update to the full mastering course? i massively appreciate everything you guys do. If you do read this thank you.

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@@theMixElite would be fantastic of you because I do own the full bundle with 5 courses. How do I go about getting the discount code my friend? Thank you very much

[@musiclover9064]

I checked the price for the course which is not affordable for me and even for producers who purchased sound gadgets and DAWS by saving pennies after a very long time. However the videos available on FL Studio Tips are much knowledgeable to understand the music production. Always a different approach and tricks are found here which delights the mind. 🔥🔥

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Whooo.... This mastering course gonna be lit. 😍😍 Hatsoff to PML Team and Nervz for providing us all those amazing courses. It helped me alot in my production. 🥺 I really appreciate hugely to their work on giving us Epic production tricks. Thanks 😎

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

I've been waiting for this Fl Studio mastering course and here it is! Ive learned so much from the other Fl Studio videos. Your concepts are the best Max. Thanks for the great tips as always!!

[@aggjohnson8488]

The reason you want to lower each track individually instead of just the master, is because if your tracks are already distorting going to the master, lowering the master doesn't prevent distortion it's just lowering the volume of the already distorting signal.

[@DockingFreidmanRecords]

Facts

[@bensmith5612]

My initial response, but watch the video through.

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

@@bensmith5612 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4rXfWeMZZaIpNk this explains everything what the uploader is doing wrong

[@thefamousdjx]

Hmm he did explain thats not the case with 32 bit. Dont get confused about this whole clipping thing, its all just numbers. With 32 bit, if it was clipping when you exported, it means for example whatever you using to play back the sound cant handle whatever is above 0db. All the information is still there since 32bit can handle more info, unlike 16bit, but your hardware program just cant reproduce all of it accurately. When you then normalize this 32bit in your daw, all it does is move numbers around so they at safe levels around that 0db mark. Everything is still relatively the same in terms of loudness, its just that the numbers have been shifted to allow the audio to be played back without that clipping. It doesnt change/affect the audio the same compression does. All the dynamics are preserved so you really wouldnt have lost anything

[@juliusadebowale9629]

@@thefamousdjx this is right

[@ChristianIce]

The advice is correct if you don't use group /sidechain /master compressions, or clipping, or envelope shaping. In that case levels are proportional and can be recovered at any time. Still, if you are not using any of the above, I've got doubts you are actually mixing, because they are essential tools in rock music or anywhere you don't simply "make the levels, eq, fx and export". Another downside of the suggestion is on the educational level. You will never be able to translate your skills on analogue or in live situations. Gain staging is something every sound engineer should know about, even if the DAW allows you to be ignorant about it.

[@slice307]

So if i just eq my sound i Can export a beat peaking like crazy thats right ?

[@ChristianIce]

@@slice307 You can, but it's a bad idea. Let's say you have a beat exported in 24 bits and it peaks. No problem as long as the beat is in your daw, but as soon as you upload it on a platform and it gets converted in 16 bits, it will clip like hell.

[@slice307]

@@ChristianIce if i put a soft clipper and a limiter with celing of 0.7 its good?

[@ChristianIce]

@@slice307 It's good if you master the product knowing that it's going to be 16 bits without headroom. Any other consideration depends on the specific case.

[@slice307]

@@ChristianIce thanks for your time

[@shinyukomusic]

I've been saying this for a long time, because all DAWS use floating point maths, you have infinite headroom until you export. You can simply turn the master fader down. Great video! (You got to it before me lol, was going to do a video on this too!)

[@Scatman119]

Alex Tumay is praying that shit for months, but nobodys listening.

[@Jonnatancp]

Actually even when you export it, that's what he said, becuase you can normalize it and whala!, normal levels again to master the session.

[@user-fo9lw3pq8l]

Yes, and that's what beginners think. Your low end and percussive sounds are praying to not be clipped (artifacts showing up is VERY likely if you mx like this) . It's just good practice to not clip

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4rXfWeMZZaIpNk You do not know the technical aspects of mixing and mastering. Stop ruining your tracks and just leave 3-6 db of headroom. It's not that hard.

[@shinyukomusic]

@@nebroskitheraut6705 Surprised to see a new reply after all these months, but actually, I do know what I'm doing. I'm a DSP scientist. If you don't know what that is, basically we work with everything behind the scenes in mathematics regarding audio signals. So to clarify a few misconceptions: decibels is very a shaky term, and has no absolute meaning whatsoever. Because all DAWs use floating maths, even if your track was clipping at 30db+ over 0db, if you export at 32bit and normalize, the audio will be restored to its original state, and you easily turn the master fader down to achieve your 3db of headroom. The point I'm making is... concepts on headroom is a highly misconstrued topic! And as a mathematician and scientist, I have been stressing this for years! The true thing that you should concern yourself with as a mixing and mastering engineer are two things: dbTP, and LUFs. That's it. Tracks should be kept just barely, and I mean BARELY under -14LUFs and -1dbTP so that no distortion occurs during the encoding process when publishing music to streaming sites. The reason this matters is because if your track is above -14LUFs, it's simply going to be turned down by the sites which can cause distortion. Second, dbTP being kept under -1dbTP can assist lossy compression algorithms not causing issues with a clipping/distorted waveform when encoding. I'm sorry you think I feign expertise, but I assure you, I'm only here to provide insight! If you have any questions regarding audio, you can contact me: [e-mail] and I will be sure to reply!

[@uriel6798]

32 bit wav has very big dynamic range. The bigger the dynamic range, the more headroom you can achieve. the 32-bit float WAV file has 770 dB more headroom. That's why i'm not afraid if my master is clipping when i'm mixing.

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[@musiclover9064]

You always have a different approach to tell. Good one.🔥🔥

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AU5 was mentioning that once in a video and I am so glad you are addressing it here too!

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Mind Blowing 🔥🔥

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Finally After hundreds of videos someone answers my question!!!!!🔥🔥🔥 Gracias señor Max from Fl Studio Tips!!

[@T00nMusic]

Thank you for your sharing, opened a new way I look at mastering. Lookong forward to more videos from you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Thanks for making this video, being super informative and making fun of the industry at the same time. So much false information on the internet it's unreal.

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WOAH!!! Mind blown!!! I have watched too many mastering tutorials and this is the first time I saw this.

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YEAAAH. Big thx. Just right time. The question why headroom is needed has haunted me for the last few days!

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Omg one of the most important video about bit depth. Share everybody ! Nice, thank you.!!!

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Game Changing 🔥

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Mind-blowing tips

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what a life changing video. thanks bro

[@echostik]

This is a godsend video. Nobody knows how stressed how i was bc of the no headroom in my mix. To get that i did some stupid techniques and totally messed up my projects. Thanks for this man! ❤️🙏

[@DarylMCDeath]

This Guy talks BS . They teach headroom in Audio Engineer Schools... he doesnt even now how the master channel works or that 32bitfloat cant be used to make Cds out of it or upload it to spotify or Amazon/Apple etc... to do that you have to resample the beat and then all the Problems the people said are back in! DONT LISTEN TO THIS GUY!

[@branchyapple]

​@@DarylMCDeaththats why he says to only use it for mixing and mastering

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Great examination! I had no idea 32 bit would help like that

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[@vrkonstrukt]

Thanks ! That is so outside the box.

[@cristianpintor93]

2:00 I heard that the reason for doing it that way is that if you turn down the channel volume knob or track fader of an already clipped signal, it is just going to be lower in level while remains distorted, so when you lower a bus fader instead of the individual ones the results will be the same due to their sum.

[@AlexLapugean]

Clipping does not exist in the digital world. Virtually all modern DAW's have 64 bit internal processing so all information is preserved, no matter how much you boost the signal. Clipping only happens when that digital signal hits the digital-to-analog converters of your interface, that is what you actually hear, the distortion does not come from the DAW, but from your interface. So as long as you turn down the signal BEFORE you reach the converter, no clipping will happen. Of course, rendering the "clipped" audio in 24 bit or lower "bakes" the distortion in, so turning it down doesn't work.

[@cristianpintor93]

So, even while DAW's are running on 64-bit I should keep worrying about the gain stage since I want to hear what I'm doing without any unwanted effect before bouncing, also I may be using some analogically recorded resources or effect plugins that emulate analog gear which even though they runs on 64-bit too, they have a sweet spot and I would also need to export in 16-bit for releasings.

[@AlexLapugean]

@@cristianpintor93 That is correct. It's always a good practice to gain stage properly. You never now when you will use analog gear or analog modelled plugins. For mastering is the same, they might use analog gear or modelling plugins. Then can always turn it down, but it is some of an unprofessional image you are making if you send a clipping mix, even if it's 32 bit float and nothing is lost. So be mindful, but don't be religious about it.

[@amarsundi9615]

Thank u sir u change my thought.

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[@dizzlermusic]

You now you did the job right when even the render finish sound is clipping 3:16

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this is the answer we all looking for ages. question: what about the soundcloud uploads, do i need to leave a headroom or just export it in a lower bit depth ex. 24bit

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That's what I have been thinking/talking about headroom and that 32 Bits normalize thing. Finally a recognition/acknowledgement about it! :D haha Very nice video guys!

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That's crazy, might cop the course actually

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Awesomeee!!!!

[@Cosmin_TheMusicGuy]

This info is very good but also if your mix clips it doesn't only mean it is too loud. It can have many hidden subtle problems which come out while mastering.

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