MID SIDE EQ - What, Why & When? - FL Studio Only Stock Tutorial

In this video, we’re breaking down what Mid/Side EQ is and why it’s useful.
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00:00 - What is Mid-Side EQ and How it works?
3:03 - How to Make Stock Mid Side EQ?
4:55 - How to Use Mid Side EQ, When and on What? - Cleaning
7:26 - Mid Side EQ Use Case - Side Enhancement
8:50 - Mid Side EQ on Vocals
10:40 - Mid Side EQ on Drums
12:17 - Mid Side EQ on Master
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📌 What You'll Learn In This Video
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Today I will show you everything about Mid-Side EQ. It's not so easy to understand if you're starting out so I made sure there is no way you finish this video without a clear understanding of what Mid-Side EQ is. We're also exploring how Mid Side is made and how to make make mid side eq using only stock plugins.
You can use these Mid Side for Mixing and Mastering every genre, such as dubstep, progressive house, future house, drum and bass, hip-hop, RnB, bass house, deep house, hard trap & many more!
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[@GorgonDrageil]

I'm mastering my mixing this year

[@PavanMS87]

😂

[@empyric949]

Dude honestly same

[@adventuresofestto1008]

Glad you said this year!! That's a goal and goals take time. Thumbs up on the mindset!

[@jwzko]

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[@Overxpossed]

This is so fundamental... I figured why my tracks sounded kind of muddy or lacky of punchiness, started to search why; some person told me it wasn't related to the EQ, but to this, which I had found by investigating. So now I'm lacking of mids. I do love doing tranceish sounds, which are usually very wide and stereo, and now I see what I was doing "wrong". I was putting too much stuff in the sides, the kick was only in the mid with a bass and that didn't sound glued.

[@benjaminmontague4484]

That apple banana kiwi example got the point better than other times mix engineers tried to explain it to me. nice one!

[@mc67muzik56]

I have never used mid side eq and i needed this video honestly

[@DYREF]

Same here

[@helpniggv]

Me too but I still don't know how to use it.u didn't understood

[@Overxpossed]

@@helpniggv It's easy. I also found it hard to understand. First, you have your signal, let say, a pure saw wave. That saw sounds equal in left and right speakers, which means = Mono or Mid (it's perceived as it is in the mid in front of you, as if there were only one speaker in front of you). In order to create Stereo, one of the speakers should delay the signal less than 3ms or less to create the stereo feeling. So natively, everything is Mono, and by adding more ms, then the Stereo feeling increases. With this method, you can split one signal into two signals, which is the Mid/mono one, in front of you, and the Side one, at the sides of your head, and apply different tweaks to each signal. As rule, bass goes in the mids, and pads and bright sounds in the sides, so you can check and tweak each part. This applies when you are mastering a track that has already everything mixed and equalised. I'm mastering my first track and by using this method, I found why it lacks of solidity. I have almost nothing in the mids but the bass and the kick. I was fueling the mid with a super loud and beefy kick. Now I know I have to add more instruments to the mid, specially bass ones.

[@solomonjoseph8608]

@@Overxpossed well explained man. Thanks for this.

[@Overxpossed]

@@solomonjoseph8608 very welcome mate. Another tip is also to use some stereo tool, like the stereo shaper from IL, or the Channel Mixer from kHs; Stereo also works and it's much simplier to use. For example, grab a track and put it in your DAW and add an stereo Utility to that channel. The one from kHs is pretty traight forward. You have two knob: Mid and Width. Since the track is already mastered, if you turn off the Mid Knob, then you will hear all the ignal that sounds stereo, at the sides of your head; if you turn off the Width one, then you will hear only the stuff which is in the mids. And from there, you can figure which frequencies are in the mids and which are not, and how both things are balanced to create depth and not an smudgy mix. Said this, you can also create more room for more frequencies, avoiding them to clash among themselves. I have heard some music and found also when some sort of Fxs or details appear, they are only in the sides, or sometimes the bass lives the mids and goes to the sides, then again to the mid after a drop. Things like that too.

[@ericktellez7632]

one thing i would add though for the people reading is that these corrections are being done in Solo mostly to show how midside affects audio, however in your production always try and do processing while the mix is playing so you do changes according to the context of the mix not to make the solo audio sound better, since it might not fit with your mix.

[@Spiranic89]

OMG. The difference is very obvious... I have trouble wrapping my mind around this... But I need to input this in my mixes ! THNX! "The producing rabbithole deepens again" When i can spare the money i go for the Course box, I love this so much, im smiling during this tutorial, Challenging my mind is something i always enjoyed haha

[@kaustik185]

Fl Studio tips: different eq on mids and sides Me, an intellectual: different soundgoodizer presets on mids and sides

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

OTT on left, Soundgoodizer on right, Sausage Fattener in the middle.

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[@kaustik185]

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[@wayuofficial901]

Max Is My Life Saver In Music Production🤗

[@danic.3760]

Personally I use the Ozone mid-side EQ, it's amazing, but with this video now I have a better understanding of the concept, nice job as always ;)

[@registersoccer]

I Can't Believe the Quality of your Content. One stop shop. Once I need more I'll definetly check the courses out!

[@One_of_Many750]

This Really Breaks Down Mid/Side EQ, To A Degree That It’s FAR MORE UNDERSTANDABLE!!! Going To Apply This Using Patcher. Thank You Good Sir!!!

[@Novous]

mid-side is another term for sum-difference which is used in lots of stuff. What's in common, and what's not in common.

[@royalbanglamusic7234]

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[@eldibeats3041]

your the shit bro...got my mixing game up thanx to you

[@yungprospectsa]

MAX , YOU ARE LEGIT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING SO MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION

[@gilormsplay]

Wow, much to think about.

[@happysinha]

Thanku so much ♥️☺️

[@eliezeror813]

Love this thank you.

[@rizzbod]

at 2:34 , i totally felt the ''fruity' part of fruity loops studio

[@nicolasalexander408]

That was the best explanation of Mid-Side that I have come across and at some point I may well do one of your courses but it's just after Christmas, which reminds me....Happy New Year Mix Elite Peeps! Have a good one! ;D

[@cyrusnonde4002]

I’ve never used mid-side eq but you’re so inspiring

[@swietyspokoj]

Yo, man, You're doing great great great job! Great job. Great. Thank you.

[@HandsomeboySisimai-wr4ry]

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[@malakian44]

I never used Mid-side EQ... And now I am struggling with my 114 channels project... I think, this will change my life :D Thanks!

[@brytonbeats5077]

Thanks Max you have a good way of explaining the content

[@Nuggifresh]

U are the man max and this was confusing yet very descriptive video. …right lol. Good work

[@intracy999]

No f way, just today I thought about Mid/Side Eq in Stock FL becaue, I know about it, but I was to lazy to download something, and then your Video is popping up, thats so dope

[@ledioshqiopa2401]

Please i have a suggestion. I would love to have a detailed video on how to create hip hop / 808 drums. I mean how to use equalizers on the drums , to have a clean sound, and professional. ✌😊 thank you

[@ballabsb]

Max, in every video you prove that fl is tha best daw in the market.

[@Plat1]

Man i cant wait for fl studio to add mid side processing to para eq 2 soon!!🙄

[@soniromanov]

Was going to subscribe then I remembred I was already subscribed. Endless great content and so well explained.

[@ibrahimlugogo3116]

As always very crucial content for producers

[@ebsonmec1807]

FIREEE! 🔥

[@aBhisharma-yb1er]

U r like ... Have no words man.. hats off 🙏🙏 Thanks a lot man ..

[@XpiryMusic]

Nice to see you man ❤️

[@ChessMusic138]

This video has changed my life. Lol, seriously tho thank you for this! buy far the most useful knowledge on mixing. You made mid/side eq easy to understand. The before and after of my tracks...wow tks again.

[@HShorro]

HAVENT USED BUT I WILL BW USING NOW

[@Record_MusicUA]

Thank you for the lesson)

[@JostSchwider]

👍 - _also_ for the YT algo! 😊

[@SoundDiggerFozo]

👍🙂 finally someone explain the matter even I do understand it. Keep it up pal.

[@rainy2063]

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[@ranoodixit7371]

Bro plss 1 video on everything about baslines and 808s

[@Calicrazedbeats]

Cool stuff

[@112233aaify]

Спасибо. Я всегда свожу треки на мастер шине мид сайд. Ваш урок, мне помог.

[@BandoLyrix]

Ong....that pluck melody ❣

[@Goldgorilla_]

Thank God for engineers.

[@PratikRemixOfficial]

Hey, I Make One Mix And After Some Time When I Opened My Project again, The All effects Are Missing from The Each and Every Mixer Track, What Should I Do! plz Help Bro😑

[@retcontv304]

X2

[@89kbeats]

Loved this. Thank you

[@thanhduongtien7709]

Thank u very much

[@itsisma6228]

When i use midside EQ i only have signal on mid ! there is no signal in side channel (EQ) i hear just Reverb ! can you please explain me why !

[@sperk01]

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[@synckid2399]

Damn banana kiwi apple ,😂😢this is just wild.thx tho really nicely explained

[@florianstrobel9065]

But why should I cut the Highs on my Mid Chanel? Think Mid-Side EQ make sense if you want to cut the lows on the sie chanel...

[@gispee]

for some reason the histogram and heatmap arent visible in my side eq but when I change the graph it definitely works, anyone know why that might happening? yes i have made sure they are enabled

[@BasKRMRevolution]

Is the best✔

[@duhroadent]

I love it ..... You guys Rock

[@zsombigregor]

Is the low-cut in the sides replacable with making all the low frquencies(like..below 250Hz)mono with a maximus on the master track?

[@diallodiallo5945]

good works!

[@maximilianschroeder8757]

Uff, thats Lit thx a lot for everything

[@TrinCZ]

Thank you so Much MAX!

[@patrikcerny2844]

THANK MAX YOU ARE TRUE GURU

[@littoprincesebinyane9080]

Haven't used it fam..bit too shabby but hopefully I understand soon

[@thesinghmusic9230]

Brother u r insane 🤩🤩💖💖

[@MKZ984]

U help me a lot man🖤

[@JoKeR808]

How can I apply an EQ on the right only or only left

[@memeu]

I did it, but in more complex way. Patcher will be much faster. TY

[@KhalilProud]

Thanks max 💖

[@abelgutierrez1283]

Brother, I don't hear any difference in sound during your demonstrations. Please help. I know Mid/Side eq'ing is a fundamental tool and works well, but for some reason I just can't hear any difference. KZbin compression? Untrained ears? Bad audio equipment? I have studio monitors and headphones, so I doubt it's gear.

[@danielcaputo4494]

im having an issue on my mid side eq'ing and the side eq only seems to work when a reverb plugin is on. even when I have channel rack completely bare, I can't get the side eq to work unless there is a reverb plug in. I have no idea what I am doing help.

[@shakthii9]

same things happening to me idk wtf is happening

[@noteimporta2880]

WATCHED TWICE AND I'M STILL LOST LMAOO

[@gmagicbeats6435]

U're GOAT Max

[@na73604]

7:18 i just asked myself the same i was like 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@EynsomniacsStudios]

Incredible

[@agus9807]

I hope somebody reads that but if i use the side splitter the sides sounds mono. I have a left and right vocal channel both panned and these go in a srcond channel with the splitter on it .

[@duncangagnon8907]

this is gold

[@illmedik]

😂😂😂.. I swear everytime I try using stereo shaper to try to understand it and get familiar with it.. in a couple of minutes I just replace it with d stereo enhancer, or a 3rd party stereo imager.. now I know I'm not alone 😅

[@kingsotall7128]

This is great

[@Southside706]

how do i even get a better ear for this type of stuff. i hear it when you show the difference. but before people talk about things being "muddy" or anything i usually cant tell or maybe hear something is wrong but cant pin point it

[@akt1998]

정말 훌륭한 설명입니다.😜

[@dolbyatmos512]

Thanks brother

[@fujiwarachika2187]

What's better for mixing and mastering, DT 700 Pro X or DT 900 Pro X?

[@empyric949]

Would you normally throw mid side on the master just in general? Even if it’s only minor changes like you said

[@ayushkhare1104]

I downloaded a beat from KZbin it is going left in the correlation meter of Span i.e it has phase issues Can anyone suggest how to resolve this, would be of great help❤️🙏

[@ALDVIR]

Can you please tell me where to find the song that starts playing at 0:16 ? The piano? PLEASS

[@Roses_R_redeR]

What if you only have fruity Fire Edition... And you can't use Patcher... 🤔.. I know I should get all plug-in edition.. prices is a little steep at the moment.. It'd be really cool if you did a video on doing advanced things with small additions...

[@DJwizz76]

I've tried this technique before a long time ago, used to do it for years. You'd be better off getting Fab Filter Pro Q 3 for this honestly. Way better results.

[@anishsunuwar5335]

Dammnn I had never used mid side eq while struggling for good mix lol....I missed out the mandatory need....

[@robinj9631]

when i double click on the side eq in the patcher the eq doesnt open. any suggestions ?

[@Ivannbeats]

ngl i like stereo low end

[@picassot.v3800]

Earth

[@AlbertJaron]

Does putting low frequencies in mono with plugins like ozone work the same?

[@theMixElite]

Yeah - download my patcher preset pack I've made a free replica of the ozone multiband imager!

[@HUMDRUMM]

never done his need to from now on

[@kidhuddy101]

@4:47 how did he bring up the preset window in patcher? he cut it of the video ;(

[@tangerinomjm]

Yeah ☺️

[@alubhabha2234]

Good day max hopefully you doing well Can you apply Mid-side eq on all of your Busses(Drum Buss,pluck buss, etc)??

[@MuffinMachine]

Yes you did say banana enough times for it to stop sounding like a word.

[@ZeicoMusic]

Sztosiwo.

[@tomaszigor3117]

We do it only on a Master Channel, right? In mastering

[@candymansound6136]

I am abit slow and I cant get my head around it but I get what hes doing and I could never do that. How much u charge for mix

[@jinx-sh3kl]

Can you add a funk beat course