exactly how I mix lofi beats (MILLIONS OF SPOTIFY STREAMS GUARANTEED)

In this video I will be showing you how I mix & master my lofi / boombap beats from start to finish to be ready for streaming services! (Spotify, Apple Music, ect.)
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[@pieterreyer]

for anyone wondering: the imager on ozone is like the a1stereocontrol. it can make sound wider (stereo) or more narrow (mono). with ozone you can control this for certain parts of the frequency spectrum. let's say you want to make your snare and hi-hats more stereo, but just the high end. you can use a tool like that to make just the high frequencies more wide.

[@Ian-by7ks]

Waves Vitamin has this feature also, and is really great for highlighting certain frequencies without having to boost EQ too much

[@GlitchedProxy]

This was actually really helpful, thank you!

[@Prodby_duke]

The fact that the majority of producers have serious issues getting their beats/music to sound good, and you make it seem effortless. That’s mad respect man ✊🏿. Thanks for passin along the game

[@prod.crater6547]

that title though 😂

[@LDreTheGiant]

Idk man lol

[@steep9695]

gotta get that guaranteed

[@user-je4rh6bb6z]

@@LDreTheGiant dont rely on clickbait to get views my guy you wont need it if your content quality

[@yungfry3805]

@@user-je4rh6bb6z Replying in a comment doesn’t get you views dumbass and most of the Lofi does get millions of views due to Spotify recommendations

[@user-je4rh6bb6z]

@@yungfry3805 ok buddy

[@nickycigarella805]

Totally agree ppl overthinking everything, you never get anything done

[@NinjaSushi0830]

Lmaooo “I don’t even know what a limiter is”

[@vlonemonobeatz]

The ozone imager is a stereo image controller. It allowds you to wide up the sounds or make it "more mono" in a lot of ways. Sometimes it can be usefull!

[@TierHarribel]

My man wanted 300k listeners a year ago, now he's at 1.5 mill. Well deserved

[@tuffycampbell]

This is really great for the new wave of producers. Don’t kill your creations with too much eq/compression! Let that track sing!

[@3vilc4ke24]

i've learnt a lot about lofi from you....especially using lower case characters for a e s t h e t I c l o o k

my gawd i love this guy hahaha "this imager i don't even know what an imager is, i don't know what this does"

[@jango7357]

This must be the best thumbnail I've seen in a while xD chilledcow would be proud 😂😂

[@LDreTheGiant]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ofpeopleandgods]

great tutorial man that multi limiter trick is gold 👍 with drum rack you can separate out the individual sounds to different tracks. just add a new audio track, change the input from ext. in to drum rack and then you can select whatever pad you want from the second drop down menu. repeat for each drum, then you gotta set the monitor on each audio track to in and mute the drum track. it's a bit of work but it's one way to keep all your drums in one midi track and still have them on their own tracks for more flexibility while mixing. it also allows you to bounce your drums to audio in one click without messing with the drum rack or your midi patterns.

[@FalloutskyyBeats]

This really helped me mixing and mastering my beat! Just came here straight from a mix i did which felt bad to me... after your video i took a new try to it and it sounds really good now haha! Thank you

[@kaythxsound]

an imager tells you if your stereo field is causing phase issues, there should be a line at the bottom and 2 lines making an arrow that converge at the centre point of that line. if the activity on that meter glides out past the arrow you have phase issues! hope that helps

[@JonathanOgdenMusic]

Few more plugins to add to my list! 😅

[@alo3official294]

9:49 best advice

[@prodbynarufa]

4:29 had me dead 💀💀💀 goat video as always

[@LDreTheGiant]

Hahaha thanks G 🙏🏾

[@casbiat4081]

duplicate the kick is the same that raise de volume in +3 dB cause its a logarithm scale

[@TechGrubTV]

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[@mcpeko]

I'd think so. Never heard of anyone just duplicating a track before...

[@alxandrfikk]

*+6 dB

[@alekosthecrow]

Congrats on 120k subs man

[@LDreTheGiant]

Thank you !

[@Klipsat]

Man now i know there is no rule in mixing man you doing it soo fucking different i don't know how it's turn to sound good

[@LDreTheGiant]

That’s what I’m saying 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShowlandProductions]

Back at it again!

[@lildickwilly23]

The KZbin play button in the garage!! I love it! The contrast is great. I’ve been here since the beginning, the progression is amazing. Keep working bro!!

[@LDreTheGiant]

Yo much love !!

[@oguzsamsa2628]

imager makes your joint wider. like a complex panning/stereo tool.

[@kvon_7779]

"The Fug KICK", I need to make one definitely 😁

[@GrayVision]

yo thanks for this. not only was it a solid tutorial but you definitely don't make me feel like I can only mix one way. Shout out for not gatekeeping how beats should sound

[@reekid3596]

i'm always waiting for your new video every midnight here in philippines

[@nathanmink1915]

i love this vid, this really helped me a lot, thanks bro

[@fluctura]

Duplicating the kick is similar to +12dB gain; but layering it exactly in time can lead to phase cancellation; if you do so, go to very detailed mode and move it 1 or 2 ms ahead of the others so that you don't get phase cancellation on the fundamental frequencies..

[@vashbeats]

You’re one of my favorite KZbin producers but of course we use different DAWS lol

[@corychristopherbeats]

Just getting started into lofi so I copped your new drum kit and NEEDED this video so THANK YOU BRO!

[@martinortiz8054]

Yo L Dre congrats on 120 K subs

[@LDreTheGiant]

Waaaah didn’t even realize thank you !!

[@wartonnosound]

Sounds so easy to do but you have to do it right.... thanks for this video!

[@AlessioAntonino]

Thank you so much L.Dre that helps sooo much !

[@2abeaatz]

your humor is outstanding like always . Great tutorial !

[@LDreTheGiant]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@fatfreakofficial6192]

L.dre got that heat!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@LDreTheGiant]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@gold_mine_beats]

Thanks L.Dre You man bro.

[@chuckmakesbeats7426]

Thanks for the tips

[@westsidevicious]

The universe knew I needed this

[@izaiahjackson1617]

Hey man, love your vids.

[@LDreTheGiant]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@kaiokevprod]

Thanks for all of these tips ! I'm a lofi producer too, and I hope I'll succeed to get playlisted on Spotify in the next months. keep going on bro' 🙏🏻 bless you

[@sequentik]

nice video 🙏 btw. if you put the limiter to the end of your Master chain , you also never have the problem of being in the red zone (over 0 ) but i guess the glue comp. does the same job 😅

[@TheeAgris]

Im too lazy to learn mastering so I just got the ozone 9 for free and I just throw it on my master and let the plugin do the work :D

[@LDreTheGiant]

Honestly if it comes out sounding good then who cares

[@jordychandra1027]

@@LDreTheGiant lol so true

[@NoThumb]

You got it free? I paid like $30 for the Ozone 9 Elements bundle, dang 🧐

[@jango7357]

@@NoThumb yeah I got neutron elements and ozone 9 elements for free from plug-in boutique

[@isaacm9463]

The Lo-Fi Guy no, it goes on sale pretty often

[@kevin_kevinson]

Thanks for the Vibin Tutorials

[@LuxiTV]

it's cool to see your process! glad I do a lot of this stuff already ^_^

[@LDreTheGiant]

Let’s goooooo

[@LuxiTV]

L.Dre

[@ethanowen2692]

Yo man thank you for ur mixes it help

[@JoeyXcv]

it would really help if you watched some videos on mastering here and there just to pick up a couple skills , not saying you should stop using presets yet but once you're comfy enough with your new mastering knowledge you'll thank yourself. trust me cos i see you have stereo separation at the end of your mastering chain but more than likely you dont want your bass frequencies to be widened, so you probably want to use ozones stereo imager to control each frequency ranges widening independently

[@LDreTheGiant]

Yeah I definitely should take the time to do that. Also forgot to mention the plugin has a button that excludes the low frequencies

[@mattzr1550]

I can't afford that shit so I do it manually for every track :'l

[@Skbomb013]

He like "pch frr little fudge kick"🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣dope vid🔥

[@syedjawad75]

Imager makes your frequencies wider or the other way around! Its like waves s1 Imager but with more controls

[@LDreTheGiant]

Ahhhhhh thank you ool

[@ibrahim47x]

Imager has less control than S1 actually when it comes to overall imaging, but it has two modes of imaging whereas S1 doesn’t, and the advanced version of imager also has multi-band imaging (L.Dre has the advanced version)

[@Monomonmamon]

Ozone has one and it's one of the best imager you can have for free

[@psykonauta]

I rarely enjoy the tutorials as much as the music, but in your case...it's all top quality!

[@SPOOKYTHOMAS]

super inspiration. thnx man

[@kingkadir2932]

R.I.P fudge kicks

[@johannesandthestarworld9941]

Thanks!

[@dansbl]

excellent!!!

[@Deerson]

Big inspiration brudda

[@t-momusic]

Let’s go with da flow my favourite beats are Lori trap beats you did it again l.dre

[@JetGemezz]

Humble dude! Great vid bro!

[@ddobrsky]

Guaranteed!!!!

[@CLagos39]

no one: L DRE: nothing too crazy

[@producedbymw6345]

This was amazing! Learned alot from this.

[@mcpeko]

Great! 👊

[@kociromelody]

L DRE BRO YOU ARE PRO!

[@garcia3193]

I'm so early! This comment is to anyone, I hope you have a amazing day!

[@someone_sad]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jimrunfola]

Excellent video, thank you!!

[@Hansba_guitar]

thx for tut. You could also use transient shaper, rbass, inflator, saturation, compressor and neutron sculptor with kick. No needed to layer 2 kicks. Just saying :D

[@justjoshp8581]

if there is one person i know who has me on the lofi side of things is l.dre 100%

[@dirtyvibeofficial]

4:30 wotthe my ears broo

[@Jonny_Accidental]

Super-helpful, thanks!

[@divorcecourtt]

I like this. Thank you.

[@JoeyXcv]

all duplicating your kick without any change to the duplicate does is double the amplitude seeing as they are exactly in phase it didnt do anything raising the db level wouldn't do

[@ksan4800]

Big fax

[@Kickdrum00]

📠

[@LDreTheGiant]

Good to know

[@gold_mine_beats]

😜@@LDreTheGiant It works tho amplifying the signal raises its level. Dope

[@nomad59873]

bro those soda can speakers got me 💀😆

[@spanoljm]

How master with ozone 11?

[@tomasgamboa1554]

very usefull, thanks

[@prodbysab]

Fudge kick 😂

[@LeonidAntonia]

Great video! I want to see how you export audio from mpc to your DaW.

[@bloomingbeats1318]

Yo. So when you duplicate the kick drum all you’re doing is making the sample twice as loud. You’re just turning up the volume without turning up the volume. What would have made more sense would be to take the low end out of the duplicate and distort it, then add it back into the original kick.

[@jReze]

Good stuff!

[@mbf6160]

fire beat bruh

[@afi6061]

You said turning up the volume of your kick is weird, but isn't duplicating the track the same thing?

[@henryijeoma]

Did you have some bird songs in there? Fire bruhh

[@LDreTheGiant]

Yesssiirrr from my lofi samples vol. 1 kit

[@BearNIGHT_]

Cool

[@fyutch]

Which of your drum kits is best for lo fi beats?

[@LDreTheGiant]

I like a lot of Cymatics stuff but lately I’ve been making my own sounds for a new kit

[@bencee7344]

Could you do one on arranging please?

[@TechGrubTV]

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[@CestLaVie73]

Im not a lofi type but more heavier boom bap/trap/hiphop type but I think it is the only way to get views on Spotify to make lofi if you make instrumentals. Am I right? If not give me please examples. Good channel btw :D

[@mattfiorentino9564]

Could you make a video about some quick tips and tricks for ableton? I’m switching to it and that would be perfect

[@LDreTheGiant]

What would you like to know specifically?

[@mattfiorentino9564]

L.Dre idk maybe just like things that make your work flow smooth or something like that

[@henryijeoma]

Man Ableton is so complex man, I can't even find where the faders are. I can't even see the Master lol

[@LDreTheGiant]

Press tab on your keyboard makes it easier to see all that

[@chillselect]

dope

[@danishmoid8064]

Do you put master beats when uploading on beatstar on giving to a artist

[@SeanBeatsss]

Thaaank u ! 💕 can i ask what omnisphere instrument do you usually use?

[@LDreTheGiant]

I like to play around in the keyboards and retro synth tabs

[@SeanBeatsss]

L.Dre thaaanks!

[@MeyTanie]

you have beautiful hands, boy. nice tutorial ;)

[@tanyaablanida792]

Eii what app or software is thattt???

[@anthonyasmr1787]

Bro do i need to copyright my music before uploading it to Spotify? Can i monetize my music whitout copyright?

[@LelandHasGames]

Yeah. I mix as I go. I am very OCD about my mix.

[@an5683]

You are setting threshold on a compressor to -0.1, but what about the fact that spotify recommends -1, whould't it clip or something when spotify lowers the volume with the own compressor?

[@KarasamaBeats]

U r being YOU in these vids for your subscribers! so u deserved my sub bro cuz i wasn’t . Instant fan

[@nvtebird]

What is this software called?

[@rushanaprincess]

I saw in comments here that profs not make master-14 i noticed that and asked some yhey said -9,-10 because i compared my mixes to any on Spotify not even close now I do -10 thrn Spotify take it down...will see i am experementing now:)

[@antoopla]

sos capo negro

[@beats4thought401]

Curious, why do you use Loudmax vs. the Ableton limiter?

[@rajikkali2381]

My new rapper name “lil’ fudge kick”