How the MIX BUS delivers PRO RESULTS | Mixing for Producers

If there is one way to make your rough mix sound immediately better, it's using a mix bus. The mix bus is a way to group and process your tracks-in this case your whole mix. Making a big picture adjustment to the entire song before you even start mixing immediately elevates your rough mix-you can ballpark a vibe and give it the glue it needs to start sounding like a finished project.
In this video, mixing & mastering engineer Mario Borgatta takes you through a track he's mixing called "OVER IT!" by koby, and demonstrates how he sets up a mix bus in Pro Tools, along with some of his favorite plugins and outboard gear for getting the job done. That said, everything he demonstrates can be achieved with the software and gear that you are most comfortable with.
00:00 Intro
00:23 Before & After
01:03 The Setup
01:30 Trim (Prime Studio Charly V2)
01:43 Intelligent EQ (Gullfoss by ‪@SoundtheoryLtd‬)
02:30 Outboard Gear (SSL Fusion by ‪@SSLvideos‬)
04:08 Compression (Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A)
05:25 Tape Machine (Ampex® ATR-102 by ‪@UniversalAudio‬)
06:35 Broad EQ Adjustments #1 (API 550 B by ‪@waves‬)
07:32 Broad EQ Adjustments #2 (Amek EQ 200 by ‪@BrainworxAudio‬)
08:45 Safety EQ (Dangerous BAX EQ by ‪@dangerousmusic‬)
09:16 Simplifying EQ (Pro-Q 3 by ‪@fabfilter‬)
10:15 Soft Clipping (elysia alpha compressor by ‪@BrainworxAudio‬)
11:22 Final Thoughts
Check out Output's selection of FX plugins: go.output.com/41u8DGJ
More about Mario Borgatta: www.marioborgatta.com/
Follow him on IG: / mario_borgatta
Listen to the finished track "OVER IT!" by koby: open.spotify.com/album/1K2IM9...
Keep up with koby: / kobyberman
#mixbus #mixing #musicproduction

[@ErixSamson]

Excellent, thanks!

[@callumhoskin]

Hi Mario, any thoughts on how you can achieve these same results when you are required to deliver/work in stems where the sum of the stems needs to be identical to the full mix? Thanks

[@rickdeaguiar-musicreflecti7692]

Great overview of the power of the mix bus. I have subscribed to your channel.

[@PROD-MEZI]

Excelente !

[@braddasseymusic]

Pretty groovy track!

[@Jamusictv]

Sound smooth and punchy 👍

[@PatrickObiang]

BRAVO!

[@JunkyZice]

great info , thank u \. really inspirational video

[@Rhuggins]

Never heard of prime studios plugins until this - very interesting, having a "trim" plugin with character. Too bad that one is no longer available - I think its a fantastic idea. There are tons of saturators out there, but a trim plugin for mastering designed specifically for gain staging the chain (replete with subtle non linearities or a simulated tube amp stage for example) is a great idea for a plugin I am very interested in plugins which take advantage of Acustica Audio's sampling technology - and just whenIi thought I knew of them all, viola! Prime studios is revelated to me. Interesting stuff indeed

[@thelovejoint]

It is available! Just started using it.

[@Rhuggins]

@@thelovejoint did you have to change you aquarius login? Im a big AA guy and I’m scared of logging out of Aquarius

[@thelovejoint]

@@Rhuggins Yes, you need to use a separate account for that (with a different e-mail). I had no problems switching between them.

[@scottfaircloff9530]

really nice!

[@lun-xbeats7847]

I appreciate you bro..

[@tyanttaylor60]

Well 👍 Done 💯 Man👍 Well 🎵 Done

[@klosjason]

I think you need to to set the HP Sidechain Filter on the bottom panel to select a frequency.

[@MarioBorgatta]

So on the shadow hills it is automatically set to 91 hz. So all you have to do is turn on the SC. You are able to then move it to any frequency after if you’d like. I keep mine at 91 fairly often.

[@LudomixxX]

Hi Mario, do you prefer to set ut your mix bus before you start mixing or at the end of the mix?

[@MarioBorgatta]

I’ll set up some of it. Probably about the first half of it in the beginning. Then tweak it as I get closer to the end of the mix.

[@LudomixxX]

@@MarioBorgatta ok thanks!

[@RONNYMORRISMUSIC]

Sounds great but whats left for your mastering guy?

[@onimisilovesonmusic4548]

I don't understand what's going on but I kinda like the beat🎉

[@thegroove2000]

Nice.

[@dubuldee]

wow such wow

[@ismaeletyl0]

so, you start mixing without Mix Buss compression right?

[@MarioBorgatta]

I do but very lightly. Then tweak at the end.

[@ismaeletyl0]

@@MarioBorgatta ok Grazie mille!

[@DanielGuillaud]

thank you’ could you make this demo with music?

[@danepaulstewart8464]

Before and after sounded different. I’m not sure how that means one is automatically better.

[@lamasteve6905]

New York isn't the mix area !

[@bighousemusic628]

Avoid stereo imaging on the whole mix bro because you may cancel out the sub/bass its better to use m/s eq or comp or saturation just a good advise of 20 yeara of audio experience

[@MarioBorgatta]

You won’t run into this same issue with the Fusion. The S1 is just for giving people and idea of what is going on. Also used very lightly

[@Truth565]

Leapwing Stageone is probably the best plugin option to supplement what Fusion does. It doesn’t hollow out mid like the S1, it just adds information to the sides.

[@bighousemusic628]

​@@MarioBorgatta bro im poor i wish i had a ssl fusion😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@djkurtstudio]

Please don't stereo widen your whole mix guys with one of those plugins. There's better ways of getting that width with proper panning and placement of sounds, etc, etc. You can potentially end up with a weak sounding mix that doesn't translate well on big system, especially more clubby type music on a mono club system. Will sound great on headphones but I try and avoid it as much as possible (Yes I do speak from experience and did this a lot in the past)

[@MarioBorgatta]

You won’t run into this same issue with the Fusion. The S1 is just for giving people and idea of what is going on. Also used very lightly

[@Truth565]

See my previous post. Leapwing Stageone is a good plugin for this.

[@YuriesMix]

horrible

[@xlilxillx]

this guy does not know what he's doing!!! 😂😂😂 he boosted 26k then cut 26k. he has like 109 eq's...Sad!!!

[@busywl69]

😅😅