How to get INSANELY loud mixes (ASMR Tutorial)

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Soothe2: oeksound.com/plugins/soothe2/
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Eliderp resynthesis device: / eliderp
00:00 intro
00:47 limiting dynamics
1:55 managing low end
4:30 adding harmonics
5:02 minimizing elements
5:58 using a sidechain ghost
6:27 making the chords sound
8:32 my mastering chain

[@Vevolis]

Highly informative and uncomfortable. Thank you.

[@mildsteven77]

Sums up the whole channel, not just this video. Never change please Mr Underbelly

[@stecks4149]

😂😂

[@youget2]

I never laughed so hard at something I hated

[@Nicolasin-yn9mu]

Yep, sure was creepy! ;D

[@ErnestPaulRavi]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@collins_channel8643]

I hate that this is so informative that i have to watch again and listen to this asmr😭

[@teolandon225]

Having a group called "NOT DRUMS" is too relatable.

[@falconshield]

I'm willing to stick my neck out and say I love everything about this video even though I'm not even half way through. Next time stereo microphones plz!

[@GizzyDillespee]

stereo mics would be dangerous

[@acudeth6422]

There's actually a lot for experienced producers in here. Some of these techniques are some of the most slept on pieces of making a mix sound professional. thanks, UB

[@thejayce]

Oh definitely. I never thought to boost the drive and equally attenuate the output to squash those transients. It's so simple!

[@ghostplayermusic]

@@thejayce I’ve done it but I overlooked the digital clip mode, I usually used analog or soft sine and sometime I wished there was a more transparent option (but there is lol)

[@Ballerkack]

Loud = professional unga bunga

[@simonnguyen692]

@@Ballerkackprofessional flowers

[@orangecoloredsky3486]

This loud whispering is terrifying. Thanks for being a weird character in these videos. I know you're just having fun, but it is very disarming and filters out a weird,insecure part of my brain and I feel much freer to just learn the presented concepts without giving up.

[@djparan0ia]

im doing this cause i will probably have to watch this again and i need to extract the max possible from this two times cause we knew this is impossible to watch 3x

[@BasementEraAudio]

I cannot state how perfect the timing on the release of this video is. I've learned a whole fuckin lot watching your videos man!

[@fatherWolt]

Dude I love how humorous your videos are while remaining some of the most informative production tutorials. Genuinely the stuff you teach in these videos stick with me because of the dumb (in a good way) jokes and characters you bring into the videos. I always look forward to new uploads!

[@MattCitrano]

Perfect balance of entertaining and extremely informative. Wowsers!

[@BuiltbyF]

Jokes aside, some amazing gems dropped in here!

[@hithere4289]

this is actually the only video in all of youtube that I know of that goes straight to the point in how to create loud mixes. FINALLY someone who delivers!!!! thank you

[@Jvssvl]

Highly highly highly informative tips. That limiting dynamics tip is easily top 5 best tip I’ve had on KZbin.

[@Rodrigotripiana]

excelent video man! im glad to see you doing this over the years!

[@avtobus1234]

finally a tutorial from a person who actually tells you what to do instead of fooling around. thank you

[@AURAmusik.]

that saturator technique is absolute game changer for me! thank you!!

[@tobyarmstrong5450]

This was actually very calming I got used to it quickly

[@daddylacus]

You make my ears all tingly

[@bradfordbailo4656]

The crunchiness overall very nice... wowzers :3

[@craiggavin250]

Thankyou sir. Extremely helpful & palatable.

[@bazilmuzik1456]

Oooh, reducing dynamic range... I've made so much mixes where the peaks are loud af but the track in general doesn't cut through, so finally the overall mix isn't that loud. I know why now, thank you :)

[@filiprangus5826]

Man, this is fantastic !

[@CeltickenderPlayz]

Yo huge amount of knowledge in this video, thanks!!

[@lllPA94lll]

Didn't know the digital clip setting could be so useful, thanks. 👍

[@marlethiphopbeats7055]

These videos are too funny , keep it up xD But also informative . Thats whats important .

[@_TheViewer_]

Still so much Gems to drop, this should be basic by now, but it always gets me how less bass or dynamics and other stuff is needed for loudness. And damn UB, what a trip going back and forth between your vid’s, always something to find there !

[@tompearsall1060]

Wow! One of the most useful vids I've ever seen

[@romanferguson4032]

what is that swimming pools remix

[@VetNovice]

Your creepy yet comforting aura is growing every year with your hair. Fantastic tutorial as usual Underbelly

[@citrusfruit4332]

So so so useful thankyou so much!

[@Christovereverythingrecords]

Bro I Love You. I was so Taken Back by all the Funny Stuff you do. with not even skipping a beat. i had to go back and Listen to it several times to even understand because i was rolling the first time i watched a video. Your Awesome!

[@lolbruah]

This is the loudest YT video I've ever heard ^^. The intrinsic sarcasm is gold.

[@djdanielross]

Gotta give the two limiters on the master bus trick a go. Thanks man! I also disable high quality mode on the saturator and make sure there's no oversampling with my clippers and limiters. That way you get a nice brick of audio and your levels won't go higher than where the gain is set. Disabling true peak limiting will help to preserve transients.

[@heshumi]

ohhh finally!! so helpful!

[@sheepkillindog]

About to mix an album for some friends and they want a loud mix. This info will help, thanks!!

[@BrentButler]

So useful! Thank you

[@abirakaw]

omg the asmr is so good ahhhhhh

[@wr4ith374]

What a informative video. Thank you :)

[@7belowfn593]

dude this is fucking FIRE thank you so much.

[@djprominent]

Goat! Thanks

[@lightweissdnb]

wowzers!

[@ballermighty]

There is nothing better than a good teacher. I love you, Underbelly

[@zigzagzwag]

PLEASE i need to listen to that kendrick remix you used for reference!

[@aerrowqueing]

Your eyes look really mesmerizing in the opening shot!

[@DasCartoonLand]

perfect timing for the flume drop

[@SuperAleaiactaest]

peak tingles

[@se3saw]

Didn't knew music production asmr was something i needed.

[@machinedrum]

brilliant

[@BodyOfPlayMusic]

Dope!

[@nembutsu1045]

ooouh I got the tingles

[@aaronhyde4196]

Great video

[@LodvarDude]

SO LOUD! WOWZERS!

[@abhicrax]

amazing 👌👌👌

[@Death_Rave]

Holy shit the grain delay part with the chords melted my brain lol

[@galamotshaku]

fire

[@BdrumMerX14]

amazin

[@theskipgilberto]

Thanks!!🤘🤘

[@teolandon225]

My mans Underbelly flexing that he can afford to buy Pro-L twice.

[@A5h3n.]

You're the best!!

[@dxge3623]

Wowzers

[@BROWNIEBEATS]

dope song thanks for the tips

[@badlucksoma]

Goat

[@kapilatoeran]

Legend 💯💥

[@t-ladtheband]

i really really tried to make it through this video, but the whispering makes me go mental. so i'll go for the silent version with generated subtitbles and hope I get half of what you mean !

[@Archon-Luke]

I’m not sure why I’m watching all your videos but I can’t seem to help myself . I use an MPC….. but I’m liking your awkward Bob Ross style delivery. Haha good stuff man.

[@evenmilla]

thanks underbelly

[@llortaton2834]

i was expecting him to feed multiple OTT into each other but this is also a good method

[@tyoveli]

but the OTT method adds that cool tail tho

[@1colefu67]

ott kills mix loudness (top secret knowledge)

[@kerdum]

So cool!! and funny asf!!

[@davidjoelstephens]

Underbelly, dude, I F'n LOVE the juxtaposition of your delivery VS. the subject matter and the relative ridiculousness off it all. I held back a full out laugh...that is until you started sucking on your coffee. I was also sucking on mine but I blew mine across my monitors in hysterical laughter. No worries, no damage to the hardware. My brain on the other hand is damaged for life with your genius videos. THANK YOU for being informative, and at times a threat to my equipment, but, it's F'n "Wowzers" worth it.

[@im_Spade_]

I'm thinking the sip at 2:56 came out as a big poot about an hour or two later. Thanks for the ear tingles as always UB

[@Omfgwhtavid]

When I do that digital clip thing it distorts the high frequencies in the side channels, how do i stop that?

[@bradybrantley8518]

When adding a saturator to the drop drums and cranking up the drive, how does it not distort the living fuck out of the kick? lol im trying to apply these same concepts and my stuff sounds like shit. I can choose waveshaper instead of digital clip and it doesnt distort but is that achieving the same effect?

[@learnerslikeus]

I'm sure I'm not the first to say this but you are getting much creepier. Love your vids!

[@Tbonebonemendez3]

Imagine stumbling across this video and this is the first one from UB you see :D

[@Stadsjaap]

Great tips as usual. Imma go out on a limb and say maybe not for all styles though.

[@Kyodaina_]

Coffee mug slurp factor 10/10

[@dustintaylor1355]

your awesome dude

[@User-gj9pb]

Am I missing something? Adding saturator just distorts whatever I put it on with the exact same settings you're using.

[@Contracrostics]

I laughed so hard, thank you

[@rawbinmo]

it sounds too distorted when I try to copy your saturator method with the digital clip and drive+ and output - volumes

[@CNTRRNDM]

❤️ UNDERBELLY

[@zufi422]

instead of limiting the overall master together causing distortion, it is a better practice using bus mastering. separating all of the frequency ranges and sending them to their own limiter , instead of sending all of the lows, mids and highs to one master channel fighting each other and being crowded, separate the frequency ranges by creating a pre-master track and making separate send busses for the lows, mids, highs and drums. by sending all of the frequencies separately to their own bus and having their own limiter, you're giving them their own personal space to become even louder. you'll have a way cleaner mix and an easier master.

[@stormblessed9455]

How is this accomplished? I don't know of a way to separate sounds by frequency. Surely it's not just a combination of low and high pass filters is it?

[@kowloonbroadcast]

@@stormblessed9455​actually, it’s exactly filtering. you can create them manually with basic filtering tools that come with your DAW, you also may use some 3rd party solutions, such as Multiband by Blue Mangoo that designed specifically for the freq splitting or use other multiband processors (saturators/compressors/etc), such as FAC’s Bandit but exclusively the part that splits audio with no actual compression/saturation applied and send the resulting signal out to 3 separate groups/auxs/buses for further processing. basically all of these options provide frequency splitting using filtering and Q-adjustments to dial in for avoiding phase-related issues. in regards of slopes and cross-points: 6db is the most phase-distortion-free slope to use for that purposes, 12db is the one that’s mostly-good-enough option with the phase shift and distortion low enough not to cause any issues, higher - such as 18db/24db and above will most likely cause problems at the frequencies of the cross-points.

[@kowloonbroadcast]

@zufi422 at the same time, i’ve got a question for you - how do you treat the resulting output signal (overall master output after 3 separate limiters) clipping caused by overlapped signal at the cross-points. say, you split the audio at the premaster stage into 3 bands - filtered low/mid/high with 6db/12db slope, applied a limiter to each one of them and sent the buses to output - there’ll certainly be ovelaps in 3 signals that will cause the output to the level above digital zero. i wonder how you address this particular issue. ‘cause the overall concept makes sense judging on how multiband compressor usually adds clarity to the mastering chain, i can see why there’s a point in using “multiband limiter”, but as of now, i can see several ways to tame the resulting clipping, so i wonder what did you find to be the best practice in regards to this technique yourself?

[@suop1234]

how would you even go about accomplishing this?

[@chrispetersen3613]

That’s some colorful ass riddim

[@-arb-]

the bread got me - a fitting tribute to Vangelis

[@Guntherthefool]

Legit

[@R1pTheJacka]

Wait how can I listen to that Swimming Pools Color Bass track that was 🔥

[@entity9588]

Tryna figure out that too lol

[@campilloHDU]

TKM underbelly, you are our mentor

[@TheMachtigen]

There is this one video i can’t find where You write a nice chord progression with extensions!

[@anthonydelise316]

This was the first and last ASMR video I'll ever watch. Unless you make another one

[@deyriohmiii4598]

The Stifmeister is backkkk!!

[@loverboysora]

gave actual sauce whilst maintaining that underbelly comedic flair, thanks again dad

[@QNTM-_LUXXX]

Dude you are awesome, it sounds like a millions elements hitting you in the face at one time in perfect cohesion, and it’s legit 3 things, properly glued together and beautiful effected : thanks for sharing the juice you weirdo , your a 🐐

[@TheLeoo117]

Cool vid

[@natasha4695]

how this guy doesnt have millions of subs is beyond me. This is silky af

[@keesvdvelden7344]

I love you man

[@HOWLETOWL]

What's up Underbelly Your EP on Halcyon is brilliant! I was listening to it about 3-4 times in a row and analysis :D Please help me... HOW TO MUERTE OR SVDDEN DEATH -0.2 LUFS BRO???

[@Teddy0567]

wawoo

[@andrewjohnson2749]

Please do more of this lmaoo

[@igornikitovitchnosorog874]

Hey, noob here: I tried the saturator tip on every instrument, and now they all sound saturated and quiet...what am I doing wrong ? thx :(

[@osmark86]

so damn good. clip, squash, distort, clip. fuck those sounds man!

[@nocturnaloop]

Next time can we get a binaural tutorial so I can hear your beautiful voice spin around my head?

[@tranceemerson8325]

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