THESE SIMPLE MIXING TECHNIQUES WILL IMPROVE YOUR MIXES DRAMATICALLY

[@duuke3196]

This guy has taught me so much, not just mixing but arrangement production.

[@rera1386]

Same G

[@Ziqmusic]

I love how your content is friendly for all DAWs, you explain it in a way that transcends DAWs lol. I use ableton and understand everything, you got a sub from me bud!

[@imamusicmogul]

Great to hear! That's exactly what I try to do for most videos - i try to translate the knowledge to work in other DAWs - appreciate the sub. Thank you!

[@sportsman2103]

How you approach in logic it doesn’t have level unless you mean the one top the channel

[@blkgoldoftheson]

I have truly been struggling with my mix and your tutorial has helped me out 1000%! Thank you Fam, real talk

[@reececonnor6978]

Bro you literally just taught me how to mix my stuff. So thankful that you teach this stuff bro

[@noelmende]

You just gave me the best present!! Thank you so much for this!

[@imamusicmogul]

Happy to help. Thank you 🙏

[@jaycole1900]

Salute Adam for this video. We all wanted it. Happy holidays fam #logicgang

[@imamusicmogul]

I got you 😉

[@DeSanKwuh]

Nice workflow tip for Logic users that I only rediscovered recently - click 'V' to open / close the last plugin window that you used for a track.

[@mrniice]

Thank you so much I needed this video so bad for Logic that’s the only daw I have and honestly this helps out so much!

[@bboymac84]

OTT helps big time! Multiband compression

[@4444-s3x]

Thank you I've been using logic for the past 3 years I want to start uploading beats but I can't find any good mixing video's that are on LOGIC just a sea full of FL video's thanks for this👏🏻💛🤙🏻🥳

[@imamusicmogul]

Your welcome. I hope this helps ⚡️

[@TheFY-cb6eb]

I appreciate your selflessness,

[@TwistaGuy2012]

I’m always learning something new because of your videos and I appreciate that and I’m sure everybody else that watches does too! Is there any chance you can make a mastering video as well?

[@deemomusic1982]

Definitely appreciate it bro you always break things down to make ppl understand thank you so much for this knowledge much respect 🙏🏿

[@imamusicmogul]

My pleasure man. Appreciate the kind words 🙏

[@xelent1]

Adam. Huge thing you should do is for Reverb, Echo/ Delay always, Bus those out.

[@imamusicmogul]

I usually buss out if all any instruments will use the same verb or delay. If it’s one off I put it on the track it self.

[@CallMeKV_]

This was perfect

[@josueramirez1668]

I just been wTching your videos and im learning u the best bro

[@imamusicmogul]

I appreciate that - thank you!

[@MyR1C0]

Thank you for all the knowledge you drop! Everytime I watch one of your videos I learn something new. Much appreciated!

[@imamusicmogul]

Happy to hear. My pleasure 🙏🙏🙏

[@hydroblast2209]

Beatz always dope

[@piriye_official]

Excellent video once again dude. EQ is everything and I’ve learned that over the few years for my productions. I gotta remember to pan more of the instruments though.

[@imamusicmogul]

Panning and volume balance is everything for a good mix.

[@CarlineFrancois]

Thank ypu for posting this video. It was nice to see how you mix your song.😊

[@imamusicmogul]

My pleasure 😊

[@martinirecords9471]

This beat is magnifique the bounce is so interesting

[@BayB-ToG]

I keep thinking that you should start a music school, I have learned so much from your channel since...

[@ollnvnktt]

Thanks so much! I needed this!

[@imamusicmogul]

Your welcome 🙏

[@riversideproductionztv]

Hi Adam, when you pan a stereo instrument you have to change the pan wheel to stereo mode

[@2abeaatz]

nice video learned some tips. my 2 cents: You could also use the pre-fader meter to gain stage too

[@imamusicmogul]

This is true. I like to do it at the source as if I was in a recording session setting my levels.

[@ISaudio]

Golden.

[@unsocialistic9576]

Bro need more of this :)

[@GSP.beats.]

I typically gain stage with pre fader metering on so I can get a real visual of the - 12. You were probably higher than - 12 as you was using the post fader metering. You get a much cleaner sound

[@FVTUREDYL]

amazing. thank you legend

[@vorestet]

thank you so much for your works!

[@a.d.r9066]

should you keep lowering output of plugins to keep it at -12db? For example when you add a compressor to the 808 do you lower the gain of it again so it is at -12db? Then when you add a saturator to the 808 again do you lower out put so it hits at -12db? There other variables also. If there is Parrelel compression channel on the kick or snare for example. should that also be gain staged to hit that bus at -12db? I did not see any of that in this important video.

[@donavenperez4677]

Do you do mastering on your beats for presentation?? If so could you do a video on it? If not, could do a video on your way of mastering songs ??

[@starluv]

Dude, awesome video! Thanks a lot!!

[@imamusicmogul]

Glad it helped!

[@TasahsBlog]

Thanks verrrry much

[@Lunchboxbebop]

Do you do mastering on your beats for presentation?? If so could you do a video on it? If not, could do a video on your way of mastering songs

[@kurticelewis146]

Adam with some more 💎 cmon 🔥🙌🏽

[@cams.05]

Thx a lot Bro ❤

[@dylanlundgren]

Such a simple, but powerful little guide. Thanks man. I've got a simple, but seemingly critical question. I have seen people sidechain the 808 to the kick from both the 808 track, and like you did instead from the kick track. What is the difference? I want to do whichever allows the kick to be able to punch through the best. Cheers!

[@dekemusicrd]

Only thing I'd change is +1 db to the kick but great track!

[@briansweeney1522]

Thank you so much for the informative videos! So, if you were about to bounce that track for the mastering process would you still take the last step to make the track louder by bringing in the adaptive limiter or no?

[@mycn986]

Thanks Adam 👍🏿

[@imamusicmogul]

🙏🙏🙏

[@The_Cyber_King]

amazing

[@ayotylez5723]

Damm This is a Real Gem Thanks fr

[@MichaelStelz]

No mastering engineer cares about your peak level as long as you don't go above 0dbFS. In fact if you leave 6,02dbFS headroom you are loosing 1bit of your 24bit wav file. No idea where all this unproven urban legends come from, but videos like this make it spread around.

[@zanngoc]

I am pretty curious if you are right or not...

[@joeyo2365]

I send my mixes to my mastering engineer peaking at around -0.1 all the time, it doesn’t matter. I’m not an expert but my mastering engineer has been Grammy nominated multiple times and has no issue with the level I’ve sent. The key in my opinion is to not hit a limiter (or at least only lightly) before sending it. You can get a good, dynamic -12 to -10 LUFS mix without hitting a limiter just with experience.

[@alexisescobedo6862]

From my experience, I master my beats loud but try to keep it under 0.3db just to make sure it doesn’t clip. Most KZbin beats are already mastered pretty loud so I don’t think it really matters how loud it is as long as it’s not clipping

[@MichaelStelz]

@@GG-zv9ku We all work with 24bit audio in an 64bit floating point environment. 10db more or less... who cares, just don't clip.

[@imamusicmogul]

Sorry but the mastering engineers accepting those mixes just in it for the money and they not doing the best job they can do and from the sounds of it are compressing your music like crazy to boost the levels which is not right. Also don’t forget you loose headroom when you dither tracks if your sending out 24 48 songs. The more headroom you give the mastering engineer the better job they will do and the better your song will sound.

[@EricJamelleMusic]

Does it make a big difference if you convert your midi files to audio in the mixing process ?

[@sheravobeats9038]

Does it make a difference if I just use The GAIN Tool from Logic ? , I mean I have the same Result, what is your Opinion ??

[@nnayth]

any tips for mixing vocals into a two track, if you've only got the bounced wav/mp3 file beat? love your videos

[@beataddict5475]

My process is the exact same,sweet

[@SARLLC]

How do I get my Snare and kicked louder? I gained stager everything but now I can barley hear the drums should I lower my melodic elements to give room for the drums?

[@imamusicmogul]

Yes if want something to stand out more then make sure it is louder than your other instruments

[@sergioesquivel3173]

tutorial on sends and busses!! Great video!

[@imamusicmogul]

Will do 🤙

[@Daphatmack]

Wait what no bus sends for mixes? So you can level each sections after you mixed them. An why -12dbs through the vst? Does it offer a better effect? Because I try n keep my kick at -5dbs an 808 -8dbs/-10dbs An why Not -18dbs? An have u ever just tried using the gain plugin for gain staging and leveling? I thought everything thing in the mix has it’s own preferable industry levels such as: [kick-5dbs, bass-10dbs, snare-12dbs, lead mldy-9dbs] letting all other instruments fall to -18dbs or be lower. Then once everything is level group bus sections (instruments, percussion, fxs, kicks, bass) to auxiliary tracks an re-level and eq if needed. Am I doing the most or is that not how you get a industry standard mix🤔

[@pegasusbeats1095]

I was thinking the same but does it actually make sense to mix based on “industry standards”? Doesn’t everything stand out on each track differently

[@Daphatmack]

@@pegasusbeats1095 I thought the perpus was to get as clean as possible of a mix, regardless if you doing it for placements. A clean mix offers a better track to display an inspires a purchase of a multi track.... presumably of course🤔🤣😂

[@ИванБорзых-е9п]

I think it would be very important to point out that you should cut 20-30 hz only using a linear phase eq. If you use a normal eq (without a linear phase setting) you might get some phase issues

[@MichaelStelz]

Jesus... this is the worst mixing tipp I have ever read online. There's nothing worse than using Linear Phase for low cut. The pre-ringing in the sub frequencies is awful and probably you don't even have a monitoring system or treated room that makes it audible for you.

[@ИванБорзых-е9п]

@@MichaelStelz I don't even cut sub frequencies tbh, just thought this tip would be helpful. Do you mean that you shouldn't make sub frequency cuts at all, or that you shouldn't use linear phase eq for it?

[@MichaelStelz]

@@ИванБорзых-е9п First: There is no scenario where a low cut filter with a Linear Phase EQ makes sense. It just causes problems. Also if you think about how a subwoofer works physically, it gets very clear that pre-ringing destroys timing and transients. Second: Of course you can cut unnecessary low end information from your tracks, but personally I would never do it on the complete mix if I have access to the single tracks. Also consider trying low shelf cuts instead of high pass filter to get smoother results in some cases.

[@ИванБорзых-е9п]

@@MichaelStelz okay, thanks for your advice

[@imamusicmogul]

I really only linear phase eq on mastering. Rarely in mixing

[@davidbernard6075]

Hi Adam. Thanks so much for this good video! Can i gain stage my tracks at -12db directly with the pre-fader knob playing with the volume knob of my plug-in directly(for ex. omnisphere or Kontakt) and after that, only adjust the volume of my tracks? thanks in advance . peace

[@Vacationintheworld]

🔥🔥🔥🔥gooooooood🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ThreeAirFilms]

How come when you set the level of the sounds they jump up like crazy? Does a limiter on the sounds help?

[@ethangotto3403]

I apologize if this has been answered already but how do you gain stage on an audio track?

[@virexzone5072]

Adam can you please do a tutorial on how to record in logic with a mic

[@TouManBe]

Merci 🔥🖖

[@imamusicmogul]

💯💯💯

[@mattshalash]

Good video Adam, but I'd be careful with how much you're cutting your hihats. I'd also explore the idea to phase invert your kick, it doesn't sound very punchy with the 808 in this instance. Maybe that will align them properly?

[@MichaelStelz]

The phase shift of a normal EQ depends on the type of filter you are using, but usually the phase rotation is about maximum 90 degrees, never 180. Our ears are used to this since this is like it always has been in audio processing. I also said something similar in another comment under this video and I have no idea where all this wrong information comes from, but using Linear Phase to cut lows is absolutely the worst. The pre-ringing filter design destroys timing and transients, which sucks out the life of your tracks. Linear Phase is a very specific tool and for most of the time you don't really need it.

[@mattshalash]

@@MichaelStelz Thank you for educating me on this. I must've read that somewhere unreliable. Could you please explore a little more how specifically it might impact the kick/808 balance. Perhaps it's because I've started using better tools, but i have the feeling my mixes are translating better and are more punchy recently (which is also arou d when I started using Linear eqs on lows) not saying it's correlated, but I'd like to understand some more. Thank you nonetheless, I'll correct my comment above, so i don't miseducated anyone reading it by accident

[@ikeaman7247]

@@MichaelStelz how should you cut your low end then

[@imamusicmogul]

It really comes down to how you want you hats or whatever to sound like. And for the kick. I wouldn’t waste too much time. If it’s not punchy and eq not helping then it’s not the right kick to use for the track or with the 808. I’ll double look at this kick as sometimes I do change out the samples as well later on after a listening break

[@MichaelStelz]

@@ikeaman7247 Use your normal zero latency EQ and work with a Q between 12db/oct - 24db/oct. I wouldn't recommend using 48db/oct filters like shown in this video. It is really not needed unless you have to solve some heavy issues. But in general the sound of steep filters is just cutting off the balls of any signal.

[@adilhassan9955]

Thx bro

[@vycsh]

but you did Gain Staging with the plugins turned ON, And guiding you through the peak in the master ????????

[@callmegulliver]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you

[@imamusicmogul]

🤙

[@afrotea]

Question: If I add a sample which is too loud and clips the level meter, should I add a compressor and lower the main volume there or directly at the volume control of the track?

[@Deathregon1]

Reduce clip gain before compression.

[@joshgotheat2356]

It sounds loud and clean, but these drums are kinda weak (imo). How you get the drums to slap?

[@adilhassan9955]

To make it louder I put soft clipper and compressor on the master, is that ok?

[@mikemendez7544]

I use both FL Studio and Logic but I mix and master on logic. So should I be gain staging my sounds in FL before bouncing the audio and mixing on logic or can I gain stage once I have the wav files in logic? I hope that’s not confusing hahaha

[@imamusicmogul]

It depends. Of the audio is clipping in fl then make sure you bounce clean tracks. But otherwise it can be done in logic as well. once the distortion is printed on a tracks it’s kind of hard to get rid of it later.

[@L33M_0]

Is using the gain plugin the same as this technique?

[@mattshalash]

Kind of. It's always better to change the level of the sound at the source (that means in alchemy or Q-sampler, etc), that way you make sure the signal path is as clean as it possibly can be. Don't know how much of a difference it makes in the digital realm with software instruments, but either way it's one less plugin in the chain.

[@imamusicmogul]

You can but I like to do it from the source as I would if I was recording a live instrument

[@imamusicmogul]

Agree ⚡️

[@adilhassan9955]

I hope gang gang remake is coming soon

[@imamusicmogul]

On the list. Hope to get to it soon

[@itsjustkian]

Is it possible to export a chopped up drum loop in the quick sampler as one shots?

[@duuke3196]

Just drag to the gray part in track stack, hold, select quick sampler.

[@KingArthur72076]

Thanks Adam

[@brothamo30]

how to get my 808s SMACKIN everytime though

[@martinmose5883]

There's some different opinions about to mix in mono or stereo in all the different videos here on youtube. What's your opinion?

[@ok-wq8zf]

Hi, Can you please remake TERRITORY by THE BLAZE. I hope you read my comment. Thank you

[@arikarikarikarik]

please remake lil gotit feat future - what it was

[@Farig854]

Can you remake Panda by Desiigner?

[@BuenoLaidley]

QUESTION: Other than gain staging, leveling your tracks, and doing basic eq work (mainly cleaning up the low end), I don't see you doing much more to your tracks. Is this what you do on all your tracks that you send out to artists for placement? Does this mixing approach differ from that of mixing a complete song with vocals vs just a beat to send out for placement?

[@imamusicmogul]

It’s pretty much the same from track to track. It just may change what the focus of the track is. There would be compression stuff if I had vocals or live recordings. If there were vocals that would definitely take up its own space and I’d cut out or space out my instruments more. Mixing is really a dynamics balancing act. Things need to have its own spot to live in frequency spectrum. Think of it as lego where every block is a frequency band. And everything will come together if you have all the pieces in the right place. Hope that makes sense

[@mikeball4665]

Bro I Litterally set my master chain BEFORE leveling😭

[@lilian896]

🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@blAckevans]

Yoooooo

[@surgexc]

No wet but am I the only one who thinks the beat is bad? I appreciate the mixing tips but beat is weak asf

[@zip7806]

no point in mixing screeching flutes.

[@TheHDEstudios]

This is really helpful 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏

[@imamusicmogul]

I got you 😉