HYBRID MIXING | Where Do You Start?

In this video, DavidSJ takes us back to his home studio to discuss how to get started with moving towards hybrid mixing! check out his social media links below
Website www.davidaudioproduction.com/
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Gear I have in my studio. I get all my gear at Sweetwater. (affiliate links). Thank you for supporting my channel!
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This channel is all about my journey of setting up and mixing in an analog / hybrid fashion. Come with me as I purchase and set up all the gear that is involved with my studio. If you are into hybrid and/or an analog workflow then welcome!
I also have a website with more content & my mixing services
www.mixingmusicanalog.com
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If you are interested in learning how to mix music using a DAW and plugins only then check out my mixing membership "Mixing Made Easy".net.
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[@MixingMusicAnalog]

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[@jamisonfrench]

Crucial! 👏 Finally someone is covering this content. Awareness is key when establishing goals for your setup and your journey. Yes, “journey”. 😆 Gear buying is a journey.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@jimmiefarmer3022]

Very well done, DavidSJ! I think you're really on point about the committing to sounds bit. That was just how it was done "back in the day," at both the recording and mixing stages, because there wasn't really any other option. With unlimited tracks available and so many good virtual instrument and amp sim options these days, that willingness to commit to a sound has really become a lost art. Boy, that sounds pretty Boomer-ish reading it back, but I stand by it. :)

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Well said!

[@joelglaser5657]

Some very good points. Thanks for sharing.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@zonarecordingstudio]

Man i feel old ,my 1st setup was a tascam 8 track reel to reel

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@DavidSJ_DAP]

To be 100% transparent, my first COMPUTER based rig was as described...in the past I also had a Fostex 4-track and a Zoom MRS8, but didn't feel like relating the entire history of my attempts at being a musician who recorded himself...

[@meshica7]

Awesome videos! You 2 are really kickin up the ante with the level of professionalism and information here. The presentation is concise, and abundant. Thank you!

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidchurch8828]

Thanks David. Very helpful and a lot of great advice. Well presented and articulated explanations.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@Prodoozer]

Great information DSJ.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jime0326]

Excellent video. Extremely helpful, applicable information. Thank you. Peace and blessings to you and your family!

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thank you very much!

[@deanmasi6684]

👏👏👏 Good job Dave!!!!

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thank you

[@lightafluident.9950]

Hybrid studio setup is the way to go. I only use hardware for tracking, and then plugins for mixing and mastering. Works great for me.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for being here and for your support!

[@Beethovan]

Thanks for the nice video on setting up Hybrid mixing studio.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Any time!

[@JonnyBeeBlackburn]

Great vid Dave

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@Bhallmed]

Great job

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Yes, it was!

[@GeoTactics]

Love all your videos.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thank you ver ymuch

[@axemanfishing2703]

Thanks for all the great advice. I watched a similar video of yours on this topic, and it helped me to decide to go ahead and try my hand at hybrid mixing. I record drums in my small home studio, 8 tracks into my saffire pro 40. My mixes are not bad but always seems to be missing that warmths that comes with analogue gear. I get good results using Softube tape and other waves plugins, but just not quite the same. Before going ahead and spending big money, decided to dip my little toe in the deep end. Added a tube preamp.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for checking out the video.

[@7Wounds]

These are some things I've been thinking about for some time and it was a super helpful video. The most important thing I learned I don't NEED everything, and certainly not all at once.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bingybeats189]

Sound advice here and I just went through this process myself. Funny how I did exactly what your tips were. Upgraded my monitors, did room treatment, changed my interface to have some Ins and outs. Then created a mixbus chain. Funny enough, the first thing in the chain is a pair or preamps that have a "big" sonic signature. I went 500 series to create a custom chain using the functionality of the Fusion, silverbullet, and MBP as inspiration. I mixed/expanded the functionality of these boxes. So it goes preamps --> saturation box --> stereo compression --> 4 band EQ --> Stereo Image processing. Its working out really well.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

That's great! Thanks for sharing!!

[@axemanfishing2703]

After 15 years of mixing in the box, I added a behringer T1953 tube preamp to my Focusrite Saffire pro 40. It has a toroidal transformer used in high end audio gear and was inexpensive and based off what I have heard, it adds nice width, sparkle and warmth. I intend to use it mostly on the masterbuss, BUT I would like to try it when recording drum and run the Kick and Snare through it then into the saffire pro.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for sharing!

[@rizwan6999]

I would like to add though FMR RNC and RNLA are not plugins in a box. They are analogue comressors. They are controlled by software based controllers i.e to . The audio is never converted to AD or DA nor is there a "chip" inside to compress. These are VCA based compressors which are triggered by digital parameters hence the "warm" pure analogue sound :)

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thank you!

[@KacyDennis]

Correct

[@Makebelieve123]

Top video !

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thank you very much!

[@DALEEEEED]

That was Awsome ! Thnx from a fellow engineer !

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@natcoziay]

Great video! I'm interested in the preamp to mix bus technique! I never thought of that! How would you set that up? Do you just run the output of the preamp into the bus compressor? Then run the whole mix back through the preamp?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Video coming soon!

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

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[@thirdwise]

Really helpful, thanks a lot for this video. I have a question. I have a Neve mono channel. I would like to mix with it, not only track with it. Any thoughts or ideas how I can utilize this, possibly with stereo material too?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

With 1 single mono unit I would not bother mixing with that. You want at least a pair and even then there is a ton of work around to utilize those in a mixing situation.

[@thirdwise]

@@MixingMusicAnalog Thanks for replying. I was considering trying to get another one, and then use the two as preamps on the mix bus like you recommended. Why would that be a lot of work? It's a Neve Portico ii Channel.

[@pulos42]

Hi David, what kind of a/d converter rig should I run for a 32 channel mixing board. I'm thinking of just stacking berhinger 8i8o converters into an adat to USB interface, but is there a better/more economical option?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

I dont think you will find much more economical than the Berhinger stuff

[@EricSauerets]

Is there value in adding outboard preamps to a cheap interface (a Beringer UMC in my case) or would upgrading my interface have a bigger impact?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Yes adding an outboard preamp will then take place of your inexpensive interface preamp so you will have some better results.

[@major3774]

When you use a preamp on your mix bus do you turn the knob (as on the Neve) to line level or do you use mic level? Second question. How much gain do you use on line or mic level?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

I'll let DSJ answer this one.

[@tubbythump9321]

How do you get the 2buss line level signal into the preamp since the WA-412 and ART TransX have only mic and hi-z inputs?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

DSJ will have to answer this one

[@LouWagner76]

Do you think the Black Lion Audio Auteur MkIII 2 would work as a preamp on the mixbus?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

I have never heard of that product, sorry

[@DavidSJ_DAP]

Yes...

[@atcordice]

Nuendo / Cubase pro external FX bounce in off line mode

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching

[@mrshiney2]

Have you tried any of the Golden Age gear?

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

I have not

[@VersatileLifestyle1]

I have a Apollo twin, Focusrite ISA One, RNC1773, KlarkTeknik EQ and a dbx 266xs Compressor/Gate can someone help me route it? Thanks a lot 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Not sure what you mean. Maybe someone in the comments can help?

[@SupaMarioJCS]

You will need a patchbay to link and inter link one or more processors you have I have the same setup and patchbay gave me opportunities to create custom signal chains to connect

[@kidsonicofficial]

I don't necessarily agree with what David is saying. First of all, having to wait to print the audio isn't necessary nowadays. I use Ableton and there is a device called "External Audio Effect" which enables you to route your audio directly from the daw into the gear and back onto the channel, allowing you to have the hardware act as a plugin. Secondly, this eliminates the need for a patch bay (which for me being visually impaired is a good thing). Most interfaces such as the 18i20 have ADAT in and out which allows for an external preamp (or even an older interface with ADAT) to be used. If you have the outputs of the main interface going into the gear, and then out of the gear into the inputs of the ADAT preamps, you can then just route the audio directly. This is what I will be doing when my setup gets a bit of an upgrade.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@DavidSJ_DAP]

Um...erm...uh...(does he ever inhale?) One thing for sure, I need to work on getting the audio sync'd to the video...but still, not bad for a first try...

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

its fine

[@johntomanio3374]

Don't waste your money on budget gear. You will only lose money because later you will want to upgrade it. Save up for pro gear that will last you a lifetime.

[@MixingMusicAnalog]

Thanks for watching!

[@lightafluident.9950]

You can buy budget gear, you just can't buy CHEAP gear. There's a difference. There's plenty of budget gear that holds up to gear that cost much much more nowadays.

[@rizwan6999]

I would like to add though FMR RNC and RNLA are not plugins in a box. They are analogue comressors. They are controlled by software based controllers i.e to . The audio is never converted to AD or DA nor is there a "chip" inside to compress