How to Mix a Song (Start to Finish) with David Yungin Kim

Watch as GRAMMY-winning and multi-platinum mix engineer David Yungin Kim shares how he mixes from start to finish using iZotope plug-ins-all while discussing his experience in the music industry.
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Chapters
0:00 Interview
6:14 Mixing, organization, routing, and submixes
8:04 Mixing bass
10:01 Mixing drums
15:30 Mixing musical elements: bells, piano
22:25 Mixing effects: swells, DJ cuts
26:22 Mixing vocals
35:13 Mixing ad libs and vocal dubs
41:34 Mixing hook vocals
58:16 Listening to the full mix
1:03:36 Mastering chain
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[@stoneycarter6429]

Yoooooooooooooooo shoutout David Kim 🤌😭 such a amazing down to earth hard working engineer ! Always giving back , even responded to my dm and gave me advice ! Thanks for this , from an intern looking up 🙇🏽‍♂️

[@lowekeystudios9890]

Ive watched a lot of mixing videos from puremix to mix with the masters etc and this is by far the best and im not even just talking about the mixing part but the introduction summed up the life we live as mixing engineers. Love David he has set the bar this last years, solidified his spot as a great in the industry.

[@ToHerbiarz]

Totally right

[@VAIBHAVSINGHMUSIC]

His words and wisdom made me inspired and respect him even before mixing actually started!

[@brett_priest]

Fail and learn, fail and learn, thank you for the reminder David! Words of wisdom for when shit aint goin right

[@michaelschack]

The best 'true life' mixing tutorial video I've seen in ages. Well done!

[@blackkid9498]

Yoo this dude David is real down to earth man shit crazy hell tell you everything you wanna know no ego engineer of the people

[@alwaysinthelab6698]

🔥 such a humble dude, loved the interview at the start.

[@ndemy-lambolendemy2502]

Nip is a raison why I started Music. R.I.P NIP. Good job David yunkin Kim

[@WolfgangWheeler]

I've never watched a whole mix through start to finish, but I completely understand my guys mindset and approach to mixing! Well done my dude! You mixing is tight! 👌

[@RealFakeNewsShow]

Your workflow and organization are the underrated parts of this masterclass.

[@JonAnderhub]

Ok, I confess that I'm not a real rap aficionado, but watching you mix this and hearing the results I was VERY impressed! You are a very talented mixer and you are going to go even further in this industry. Great job!

[@generalpele9802]

😊

[@wonjinlee7882]

thank you so much man. thx to isotope for the opportunity to learn

[@BAMac964]

This is by far the best mixing video that I've ever watched and left actually understanding the concepts behind the decisions of the engineer. Awesome stuff 👏🏼 👌 👍🏽

[@FabianMazur]

This is some top notch content. Thanks guys

[@NormanSann]

Agreed. The talk in the intro was much needed!

[@hadkmusic]

Big fan fabiann

[@lucassmusicofficial]

There is a certain presence when recording that inspires someone immediately, even before they start their work. David is definitely my most influential person in that regards. I mix classical music, and orchestra, with some in pop and indie and folk, but not Hip Hop, Rap and R&B, and David gave such insight to how something is just glued together with that industry standard. Thank you for posting this iZotope!

[@Meekismwisdom]

Exciting ! Love watching everyone's process.

[@TheLastAlexander]

Izotope has done so much for my new music and style

[@ted7208]

This Inspired me to use my iZotope Suite I bought and forgot about. Thanks David, very clear and easy to follow along!

[@ernieg]

lol me too!

[@cipsleten505583789]

Bro I would never forget...been clutching on them 40$

[@WhoIsAlexElliott]

Same

[@Chris-iz2zh]

If you ever feel like spending money for no reason.. Don't you can just send it my way 😄😁

[@anonymoussound7]

This is one of the best mixing videos I've seen. The information and explanation were so clear and it can be applied to any mix on any DAW. Thanks

[@jaycole1900]

learned some valuable things. Amazing. Please Izotope make more of this content

[@TheReal_Mr.E]

I needed to watch this. Thank you iZotope and David Yungin Kim.

[@beachpicnicjoy]

Using the mix knob on the de-esser is a great tip, thanks Kim!

[@HennyBoyZoo]

So many Gems in this Video! Crazy how easy Yungin Makes this look so easy! Dope in Depth Video Love It Keep up The Good Work!

[@guetunes]

This is sick, thank you all for the gems!!!

[@suitcasethestudio]

loved the interview portion much love

[@kennerkeyz]

incredible... thank you so much izotope and david. GOLD

[@sebgranath]

Now watched the whole thing. I make house but nice to see how a nice mix comes together!

[@MIHAO]

Dope, much appreciated David and Izotope!

[@iAmL3J3ND]

This video is very insightful I love how he explained why he was doing certain things it helps me have more confidence in my decisions and to trust my ear! Thank you izotope for these tutorials its helping me dive into the mixing world and understand it! 🙏🏽

[@eigojiyouzu]

Golden information and what a great opening bit.

[@Jdogg5343]

Very inspirational! Lots of good info! Thank you David and iZotope!

[@vglanty]

Oh wow…. Definitely the best mixing video on KZbin. Good job 🔥

[@MikeHeebz]

Now that I upgraded my Izotope Bundle, I had to come back here to pick up a few tricks...Nectar 4 is a trip...I always stay learning from YUNGIN' & appreciate ya'll doing this. Peace, Love + Blessings. =)

[@paulchikezieomari]

A Very good complete mix, start to finish i am happy to watch your process thanks alot

[@billromberg2327]

Wow. I am new to recording and mixing and learning in my home studio. I have IZotope pro and have been learning with it it but wasn't sure if I have been using it properly or if I should have been using other plugins as many mixers promote. This was soooo helpful. Thanks so much and what an unbelievable presentation from a genuine and truly inspirational expert. Thanks again.

[@saachimusic]

loved this video, I learned so much. thank you and I'd love to see more like this!!

[@peteranders6893]

Fantastic work on that Nipsey record. It just hits different, the music and the production. I felt that after the first 20 seconds of listening to it. Thanks for that! Great pick for the series iZotope! Strange sidestory: Nas made me become a fan of hiphop, too. After that I listened to a lot of great music, but sometime at the end of the 90ies, the ship kind of sailed for me and I got stuck on those artists. The love just wasn't the same any more. I only got excited once for music again for a short period listening to 50 Cent and Papoose. Those 2 were different. Since then I listened to thousands of songs and artists, but nothing really caught on for about a decade until I heard "Racks in the Middle". That song stood out, the sound stood out, too. There was that feel again, that I thought would probably never come back again. David Yungin Kim hit that vibe and and I'm still listening to Nipsey every day. To me the guy is one of the greats.

[@chrisjennings5731]

Brooo, finally! Thanks!

[@bboymac84]

Great techniques!! Learned a lot!

[@frwiss]

So inspirational!

[@tomm4rd513]

This was great. Need a mixing engineer series.

[@Bzurk]

Great progression from psychological gems to technical ones. What an ad for the iZotope suite which I'm already using but definitely not leaving it now haha. Delivered in such a chilled way 🤙🏼

[@JohnathanMonroe22583]

This encouraged me to go back to using my izotope collection

[@kimgoing7298]

한국분이시라는게 정말 반갑고도 믿기지가 않습니다. 정말 멋져요 먼 타지에서 그렇게 성공하실수 있다는게!!! 많이 늦었지만ㅜㅜ 그레미상 받으신거 축하드리고 더좋은곡 믹스많이 부탁드립니다. 저도 한국에서 늦게 배운 믹스를 하고있는데 데이비드 킴 인터뷰영상보고 힘얻어갑니다. 화이팅 감사합니다.

[@trappdee47]

Man well done appreciate you ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿much love great inspiration

[@MikeHeebz]

Shout out to David 'Yungin' Kim. I Love everything he does! Much Love. =)

[@bevmore]

Best tutorials ever 🎉

[@GoodxJ]

He did great with those Nas albums!!! I can’t wait for KD3!!!!!! Respect sir! ✌️🙏🏻👍 -GoodxJ 🎤

[@eddietalley534]

This is very informative. I have the writing skills and creativity but lacc the mixing and engineering side of things.

[@GVEMiKE]

Appreciate the gems bro

[@Professor_Pat]

Wow, this was amazing.

[@rome8180]

I thought it was interesting that he ran the Imager in parallel and that he only added width to the low band. I usually only add width to the highs and high mids. There's a preset on Imager called "Gentle Width" that works well on most stuff. Definitely would never have thought to add parallel width to my lows, but I guess in hip hop bass is less mono than it is in the kind of rock music I make.

[@dekoto9817]

I love when you see the mix engineer mixing with all that analog stuff around but only using plug ins :) and it's quite often. However very good track, very good vibe and very good advices from a humble but talented person !

[@JustMamba]

Yea people bought all that stuff waay back when it sounded better and was the only way to get that sound. Now you can get very very close to the same sound with plugins.

[@crepkey]

@@JustMamba

[@CrossbeatsMusicProduction]

Always fire 🔥 Izotope plug-ins are my go to on most if not all mixes.

[@mrkitty3000]

Mixing does WONDERS! #iZotope

[@ToHerbiarz]

Great video! Thanks for sharing this

[@ReeKBarz]

super dope I been mixing fo a hot minute and never thought to use the mix knob on the de-esser

[@deanivan3951]

Hey I like this Kat. A very humble dude!

[@youngchris042]

Nice one bro I'm ur big fan from Nigeria watching ur tuturial all time

[@diy4life-keigo]

Awesome!!!!

[@Darksagan]

Video and track was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@petegiant]

I'd advise eq the input to reverbs, high-pass (300Hz) and low-pass (5kHz)

[@AgentCharles522002]

izotooooope is best

[@deshadx]

Much love

[@DANY-vv3pl]

think that all theses process could fit very nice with high quality studio vocals, drums, but when we talk bout home studio, we already know that u should need more process to make sound good, very nice tutorial btw🔥

[@truthonlyplease8905]

The song is fire

[@Govindsingh98483]

Love from India ❤️

[@roycastillo5259]

You raw!!!!

[@mkson1978]

What a fantastic person! Thanks for this enlightening video. Life lessons as well as mixing ones. Much love and respect!

[@musicwithbrad]

If I had to use Pro-tools, 1 monitor and that rolly ball mouse I would pull my hair out. I could not stand that lol. This was awesome, thank you David.

[@quatermass8]

Some great methods. Note how the big mixing console isn't even touched throughout.

[@alvinharris5438]

HEY DIDNT HAVE THE PLASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU BUT ONE DAY GOD WILLING I WILL YOUR GREAT MAN LOVE THE SOUND GOD BLESS

[@michaelchang6317]

Hey dude, even that hip hop is not the genre of music that I affectionate a lot, this is dope man!!! I'm seeing this musical universe way differently now. Thanks and keep up the excellent work. Greetings from Mauritius

[@levi8781]

What i learned about mixing vocals in this video is that 80% of the mxing is done by the the perfectly treated room and outboard compressor and EQs

[@mindblower113]

Very good one but I'm expecting another video with pop music mixing 😎

[@vladmagvaer7319]

Спасибо огромное, много полезного и интересного, и самое главное что все понятно👍👍👍

[@BFLATMajor7th]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@winslowdonovanbeats]

fire

[@truthy5433]

Ask him when we're getting more content from his channel !!

[@alterrrrrrr]

와우

[@payt01]

Really interesting to see the process and how organized it is. Got to say that the tune isn't anywhere near to my taste, but it's educational anyway :)

[@nimamoharrami]

great

[@LilBlazar]

16:58 never hit the gain match button 😮??? 25:28 a limiter on the beat track before the vocals ? I’ve done it when I first started years ago but I thought that was something we should avoid before adding the vocals ? Any thoughts 💭

[@jacintoruben5492]

I’m a beginner at mixing and mastering. Could you elaborate what hot keys, routing and signal flow is?

[@HAMORABIOFFICIAL]

Melody bitt from Tupac - no more pain

[@youssoubarro1671]

🔥

[@DJ-ts1vp]

쩌..쩐다😧

[@QFilms-tj9fh]

I've been making beats for 17 yrs. and I don't mix my beats and I don't know why. I know how to mix, I just adjust my levels and arrange them.

[@shiot]

헹님 모시고 온 거 잘해쓰 아이조야~

[@majewskimusic]

Thanks, ;-)

[@c.bambinglockleys]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💥💥🔥🔥🔥c. Bambino Glockley's PTSD Styles Beat'z inc.

[@okylynes6083]

#Wooow❤❤❤

[@KOFIKNOWS]

It takes time to master your voice practice practice practice learn learn learn 😊

[@daaamn001]

Guys I need help! Should I put effects always in mono or stereo? And why? Thx:)

[@daaamn001]

@Sam Wells - studio Perfect answer! Thx!!

[@MG-wz6hx]

Good

[@NAICartist]

41:54 jajaja real friend

[@bakharandi]

@DavidKim 1) Thank You for this amazing video. This is very good. 2) My only Beef is when you said, "Now we'll bring in the "Musical Ellements" !?@y@?! . . . Bro, the Bass and the Drums are Musical Ellements . . . ! . . . 🙂 (-; . . . Bass Melodies, Drum. Melodies, Gamalan Melodies, Guitar Melodies, Synth Melodies . . They are All Musical Elements . . . ! . . . 🙂 (-; 3) ASide from my one Beef, I really appreciate this video ! Great Work ! (-';

[@TeamWorkband]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@HRPL-ej9zo]

33:14 he got the reverb on a bus but has 50/50 dry/wet. I wonder if that is on purpose or accidental?

[@AllUpInTheMix]

Definitely a mistake, but it ended up being ok! Thanks for catching that!

[@AstronoizeOfficial]

What's the artist and name of the song?

[@iZotopeOfficial]

Gon' Shine by STL GLD