How to: master your mixing | Native Instruments

[@jlx_music4365]

Let’s be serious now. This is one of the best mixing tutorials I’ve seen so far...and I saw tones of for the last 6-7 years. I explain why. You mix with your ears and feel and not with your eays, and that what’s mixing is about. Every mixing engineer and producer says for thousands of years “guys, this comp or this eq is so awesome you need to buy it” and beginners start to open their small tiny pockets or maybe huge pockets to buy all that crap, not everything of course, and stuff...but for what? Your results will not be better until you get the basics and your practice! Mixing is not eyes looking on an eq which shows me a graph where are the bad frequencies...mixing is hearing and feeling what is good and what is bad...so keep this in mind rookies! :) You do use already good samples, actually there is no need to mix them better, but mix them together and “explore and experiment “ this so important and people still don’t realize that! Mixing is exactly that! Explore the sounds and find solutions through that... NI is all you need to make a hit record and your STOCK PLUGINS AS WELL! Reminder: the First Lady Gaga Album was made ENTIRELY in Logic Pro. And guess what: the 30 millions people who bought the album never ever asked themselves which plugins were used in that record! Keep that in mind...;)

[@Renaxelo]

quality comment

[@Renaxelo]

sometimes mixing with eyes happened to me when I'm feeling tired

[@whosfabrice]

that's one of the best comments on a mixing tutorial on KZbin ever

[@Renaxelo]

@@whosfabrice the best of the best

[@Made0nEarth]

jesus... this is my kind of music and your explanation WOW this is what i call a tutorial!

[@ravennightbeats3100]

Goosebumps for 8 minutes straight!

[@ajn2747]

Using these tips on my next mix. Thanks NI!

[@exeromusic]

Next tutorial - mixing your masters 🤯

[@VCVRackIdeas]

solid dynamics is GOOOD!

[@Fercomusic]

THANK YOU! It's so useful!

[@bboymac84]

Wow this is great!!

[@ScottBowman1]

thank you so much, incredible

[@lukassbeataddicts]

Great tutorial NI

[@Tcho2100]

I haven’t seen anyone yet who can make me understand why to use compressor including u guys.

[@thebeash1329]

It's simple: some sounds are too loud and don't sound as good as when they are compressed just right, allowing the loudness to still be heard but the way the sound fades out after that loud transient is controlled and satisfying.

[@reeceprice2882]

nice tutorial an tune! thanks

[@danmar9169]

Hi there, can you tell me where the secret is with the single solid bus comp concerning the sidechain routing in Cubase? Currently it can't be activated. Is the single sbc a VST2? Thanks D.

[@yungswampfire]

And level matching?

[@666Eddie123321]

very nice!

[@shadowhenge7118]

Hope someday you put both of these and a bus comp into a single plugin.

[@brendanhoffmann8402]

I still don't have much clue about how to use a compressor. I like Waves Rcompressor because its so simple but I pretty much use presets on solid dynamics then adjust to my ear.

[@zeus1117]

This is professional. How come this video is free?

[@timoheinrich8763]

It's also advertisement.

[@rosemayangwa]

Why you don’t show before and after???

[@shadowhenge7118]

Surprised theres no selection between the ssl g series and e series models on the compressor.

[@shadowhenge7118]

My only complaints are no visualization on the EQ... itd be a nice add-on, and there's no single plugin variant that has the solid comp and eq in one plugin as a channelstrip.

[@timoheinrich8763]

A lot of people (me included) are very happy that there is no visualization. This is a plugin where you have to trust your ears and nothing else. It's challenging at first and then very rewarding. Cheers!

[@KaneTownBeats]

No leveling?

[@sloughboundrecordz]

Maschine won’t let me open my last 2 projects. It fails. Is this normal?

[@reeceprice2882]

Try an save the files and any other projects somewhere safe an want get corrupted. Probably best on an external drive. Uninstall an reinstall maschine an should work. If it will open other projects or a new project than more than likely the projects are corrupted.

[@MIxstarsOnline]

switch to Ableton you'll be blessed for it

[@sloughboundrecordz]

Reece Price thanks

[@sloughboundrecordz]

#IAMgod TV I have ableton I just never got used to it. Time to make a change.

[@MIxstarsOnline]

@@sloughboundrecordz When I first bought Ableton it literally sat collecting dust for 6 months because I thought it was too difficult to learn. Then one day I sat for hours watching Ableton tutorials on KZbin.. Since then it been my main DAW. No other DAW compares to speed and workflow. Trust me you'll love it

[@m4ssee]

I still have no idea what the G/E slider in Solid EQ does so I really have to rely on my ears when using that plugin. xD

[@scottlucier9649]

The solid series of plug ins are models of an SSL console's channel strip components. The two classic SSL console are the "g series" and the "e series". The switch toggles between the two models.

[@earcake1886]

What’s the difference between them ?

[@simongodfrey3765]

I guess you need plenty of ear training because I could not hear the changes on the subtle stuff, only the obvious. And yes, that's on very good headphones and audio interface. I really wish I could hear what you're doing but sadly I can't.

[@simongodfrey3765]

@@SsgtHolland You have a point Sarge, but on the other hand I've seen/heard this kind of stuff watching expert mixing before - a subtle change here and there and I can't hear the difference on any of them. Then you listen to all the changes together and it's night and day compared to the original. I'm afraid there's no escaping the fact that it's down to massive amounts of ear training and practice (which I don't have!).

[@mathyoooo2]

@@simongodfrey3765 First of all, youtubes audio compression makes many of the subtle changes more or less dissapear. Second, the more familiar you are with the source audio the more obvious the changes become

[@zeus1117]

keep practicing !

[@simongodfrey3765]

@TroubleChizzy2010 Thanks for the reply TC. I don't feel quite so bad now.

[@Tcho2100]

Thought i was the only one,bunch of talking and I couldn’t see wat exactly the compressor does.

[@simonlegrec]

Yesss

[@nic8129]

"imbue your mix bus with crucial cohesion"... PWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks, my insipid analogous day desideratumed that.

[@joksyl7285]

salut merci des videos similaires en français sont elles en ligne,svp?

[@Proxima04]

🤜🤛🏾

[@king6463]

Using more than two of these plugins just kill my CPU overload everytime 😂 unfortunately I'm forced to mute things to avoid the cracking noises

[@brythebass]

kingboy how much CPU do they use for you? I found the native Instruments plugins that aren’t instrument based to be pretty light on CPU. What spec are you running?

[@king6463]

@@brythebass not sure about the exact numbers but my CPU spikes a lot usually over 80 & above ,notably that Replika plugin .I'm on the HP Spectre x360 2017 model icore 5 8gigs of ram

[@zeus1117]

you might have an old machine dude.

[@zeus1117]

@TroubleChizzy2010 That is not RAM, that is weak dual core CPU in an ultrabook.

[@celiahogan4178]

Someone who knows what they're talking about.

[@bedtimeread]

i remember deadmou5 saying something about why would you even want to use ssl in a kick.. dont @ me .. smh

[@receprayhanoglu2550]

SUUUPER

[@TheLordcasio]

I am a long time NI software user/owner, but I have to object. You are NOT mixing/mastering in this video. The source material is sampled....meaning, it was recorded. A proper engineer recorded that. That recording was then mastered by a mastering engineer. Then someone sampled that. Now the fella in this video is playing with effects to change the sound. I seriously doubt his set up would remotely qualify as a “mixing/mastering” set up.

[@marianobrascich]

You right !!!

[@jlx_music4365]

Yes, agree with you that mastering is something different, but if read the headline it’s not about mastering at all. Another thing is, that mixing is not everything technical. The best mixes which sell are not the best technical sounding ones “Hello by Adele” for example. It’s first of all the feeling surrounded by technical stuff. That’s why they sell tracks. People feel them! And not because the kick is heard on every playback device...cheers ;)

[@nic8129]

Shuuuuush. Just drink the Koolaid.

[@DontFeedTheTrolls]

sorry, i'm a big fan of NI, but I'm not very impressed with this video... seems like a step back but, whatever.

[@viktorvelinovmusic]

Noah u creep

[@rubik3511]

That kick is way too loud

[@a1smook558]

Maybe for this genre. -10 seems to be a good starting point. -3 is the max I’d go.

[@GabrielXDrums]

😂😂😂😂

[@receprayhanoglu2550]

BASS

[@receprayhanoglu2550]

YOUNOW

[@___David___Savian]

This is too much tweaking for a plugin. Native Instruments should focus on creating plugins that automatically adjust on all frequencies to a preset style we like by genre and create a hundred templates. Creative musicians lose their drive and mojo when having to deal with tweaking. We just want a template or emulator that edits sounds with ALL instruments taken care off. The first company that does that will take over the world in the VST plugins market. PERIOD. We humans could send a satellite to Mars. Don't tell me this can't be done.

[@___David___Savian]

@@SsgtHolland Oh so you think your way of thinking is the only way of thinking ?? Talk about irony !!

[@receprayhanoglu2550]

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