How to mix acoustic guitar in any DAW

[@LEWITT-audio]

What's your favorite way to mix acoustic guitar?

[@kriscampbell3364]

Man, I'm making a track right now... Was having a HUGE issue with the mix... Found this gem of a video... This helped a lot... Appreciate it...

[@LEWITT-audio]

So glad to hear that!

[@mikesmith1290]

Finally, a clearly explained tutorial! You not only show what your doing, but what your doing it. That’s equally as important

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks for watching! And the kind words!

[@csb90]

At 2:27, what you are referring to as a low pass filter is actually a high pass filter.

[@LEWITT-audio]

Yes you're right, it's a low-cut. Thx for paying attention.

[@PooNinja]

I like how you created a realistic depth of sound field with the pre delay.

[@tybrooks559]

thanks for the tutorial, finally i found the best eq settings

[@Ed-davies]

That was fantastic ! It’s amazing how so many little changes make such a big difference 😎

[@LEWITT-audio]

It's amazing to hear the difference before and after!

[@MikeandMandy]

Great timing for what I am currently working on. I am going to immediately apply some of these tips and save for later reference as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@BobbySpiessVienna]

Super tutorial, fine work. Much appreciated 👊🤩

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful

[@dyonissiszoes3747]

I like it better without processing :-) it sounded very natural. Great mics for guitar!

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks for the kind words! And that's totally valid. It all depends on the mix and genre you're working in. We presented a range of processing steps you can adjust to taste to find the sound you like.

[@LekkerDops]

I also liked it better natural, the processing made it harsh and lack the warmth. Why mess with all this when all you really need is a great recording and it'll work. Most of the greatest records have very little tinkering. Bring back the ssl consoles and tape. Sounded better

[@dyonissiszoes3747]

@@LekkerDops I know what you mean. Each generation has its tools and sounds. To each his own. The older I get, the more I love simple things that let the qualities of the sources shine. But some “overprocessing” can create something new and cool too. It all depends on the vision of the artist/producer. I’m glad some people are there to push things forward but I know I tend to stick to the basics 😁. Part of growing old, I guess.

[@elleeenon8530]

Super! You explained it in the simplest ways! There are very few videos on the internet that really are to the point and helpful. This is one of those! Thank You Brian and Lewitt!

[@LEWITT-audio]

So glad to hear it! Thanks for the kind words

[@mikecole4489]

EXCEEDINGLY helpful definitely might wanna get my hands on one...

[@LEWITT-audio]

Glad to hear it!

[@phillosopherguitarist2673]

Gave me daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn good results! Thank you!

[@LEWITT-audio]

Glad to hear it!

[@purklang]

Great Job! Very helpful. Thanks!

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks!

[@Trad_Baylor]

Thank you. Would be really helpful to have chapters in the video to jump to sections FYI

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks for the feedback

[@davemorris5941]

Great video!! Thanks so much!! Very clear and helpful

[@LEWITT-audio]

Your welcome! Thanks for watching

[@kintubeats]

you forgot to nudge down the frequency d6 aka 1174,66 Hz on Acoustic brigde take 2 stem ,u can especially hear it at @13:09

[@LEWITT-audio]

Sorry, no revisions! 😂

[@GSSahuwalaSahuwala]

Very good sr ❤❤❤❤

[@LeeNeitzel]

One thing you that didn't get covered here is....are you putting the layered tracks into a single bus and then only putting the effects on the bus? Or, do you do this per track?

[@LEWITT-audio]

Created a summing stack in Logic to treat both tracks at the same time. This is what I would do the majority of times, but occasionally tonal issues pop up that are better addressed in the individual mics.

[@Rod-Wheeler]

Really great stuff!

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks for watching!

[@EyeMusicStudio]

How is that JBL studio monitor? Is it good for mixing and mastering?

[@LEWITT-audio]

They have Brian's seal of approval! He's made some great mixes on them.

[@SamSchusterMusic]

Do you recommend recording acoustic with DI?

[@LEWITT-audio]

Short answer: No. Long answer: Go watch our video about recording acoustic guitar!

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

I’m new to recording and mixing. Some differences I don’t hear. Also, if “the listener” doesn’t have Before and After comparisons how does he know what’s better or worse? (Eg, Does one Compressor really do a “better” or “worse” job?)

[@LEWITT-audio]

I'm not sure who you mean by "the listener". Assuming that "the listener" is the mixing engineer, then they need to make a decision about whether the processing they've added is beneficial to the source in the context of the song. In cases, yes, a certain compressor will sound better than another for a certain context.

[@OrSaar]

beautiful tutorial! thank you! btw u can absolutely give up the background music my friend

[@allankeenmusic]

Leave off the background music! Very distracting.

[@calmstormambience1875]

What is the mic positioning ? I see you have it panned 100 left right thanks

[@LEWITT-audio]

The guitar tracks for these examples were recorded with an LCT 140 AIR stereo pair in an XY pattern.

[@panamak8778]

Do you mix the two guitars individually or in a bus

[@LEWITT-audio]

Hey, good question. If you record your stereo acoustic to 2 mono tracks then yes, you'll need ot bus them together in order to process them together. Or you can just record to a stereo track. Technically you could mix each mono channel but I think it's easy and sound more cohesive to sum them to together before processing.

[@officialWWM]

The raw recording sounded better than my fi used recording 😂

[@OrSaar]

i felt that the tape added un necessary compression, unless you gonna mix in more instruments

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Context is definitely important

[@arrow8516]

Interesting and useful tutorial but do we have to have bouncy music playing during the descriptions? It's really irritating.

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks! Background music too loud or would you just prefer no music at all?

[@arrow8516]

@@LEWITT-audio Hi - thanks for responding Actually I would prefer that it was not there at all - it jars with the music/audio you are working on.

[@LEWITT-audio]

Noted. Will pass along feedback and take into consideration

[@putmeinthemovies]

what kind of guitar are you using there?

[@LEWITT-audio]

It's a 1973 Guild D-40

[@putmeinthemovies]

Thats a nice sounding guitar.@@LEWITT-audio

[@putmeinthemovies]

Great tutorial.

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thank you!

[@chris_nalder]

Sorry, Chance Mic if you need to do all this stuff. Or change the position. Sorry!!

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thx for commenting. What's your favorite mic position then?

[@jamesleplant8841]

Think you meant high pass

[@LEWITT-audio]

Yep. Will probably continue to mix up low cut/high pass the rest of my life 😅

[@markdtv]

Good info on the mixing, but please clean up your own video mix by dropping the muzak background. It's very annoying.

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thanks and noted.

[@Tony-yp7ok]

I don’t think this is good advice. You cut far too much of the body of that guitar sound out, it didn’t need most of that doing to it. If you were thinning it out to sit in a mix, it would have been better shown in context

[@LEWITT-audio]

I'm demonstrating what I think are useful techniques for mix problem solving on acoustic guitars, not providing a one-size-fits-all template. Sometimes the acoustic might not need any processing but sometimes you need to do several steps to achieve the sound you're going for. Take or leave whatever is helpful for you!

[@evgeny9412]

The voice is very loud. Background music for nothing. The balance is bad.

[@TheJewellian]

sorry but the background music is distracting and made this unpleasant