Mixing Techniques - Using Pink Noise To Get A Perfect Balance

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This audio mixing technique is a BIG one. It uses pink noise static as an EQ balancing guide. With this method you can pretty much relax and adjust your channel volumes as close to perfect as possible. But keep in mind that sometimes a "perfect" EQ balance is not what the song needs. Use this audio mixing tip at your own discretion.
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[@BartNelis]

This is by far the best, easiest and simplest mixing advice i ever saw here on youtube.

[@kaveiros75]

I 've been a professional sound engineer for the past decade, and U must admit that this is one of the very few times that I 've been REALLY impressed! Great, extremely helpful video. Thanks!

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

Thanks for watching, Kaveiros!

[@kaveiros75]

MakeYourOwnDamnMusic I already tried it. As you mentioned, it is not a "one size fits all" trick, but it can provide a good starting point, or even a solution when your ears are tired and fatigued!

[@LeonardoMoraOfficial]

I totally agree!

[@vjmatrix]

Have u tried at a live music scene

[@ternitamas]

exactly!

[@d-rockanomaly9243]

Wait... This actually worked surprisingly well! I just used this trick on a 25 track mix with 2 synths, vox, backup vox, bass, drums, 3 electric guitar sounds, various fx tracks, busses... Last night I was mixing with headphones for a while and forgot to take them off. Muddles the hell out of everything, decided to try this instead of reverting back and for a somewhat complicated mix, this trick did exceptionally well. I expected a horror show, but it's in a state where most untrained ears wouldn't even question the mix quality. This also maybe opened my eyes a bit that I've been possibly mixing my vocals too quiet and drums too loud.THis trick set them quite differently than I normally would, and it sounds good.

[@rickspyder1]

out of 1000 mix tips I got for free ... I would have paid $1000 for this one ... FANTASTIC

[@AGENTtimex]

a tutiorial with no rambling that just gets to useful things to do?? You're like a unicorn on youtube. subbed.

[@punkpop101]

This is the bomb. This is also a great way to access equalization since the levels are balanced. If a kik sound thin with this techqnique you'll now that it's the EQ and not the level. Extremely helpful tip. A+++ stuff.

[@Bigtymin530]

Bro you improved my mixing 100 percent.... Thank you for this

[@amanhanan]

Mix and pan first, use this technique to do a rough adjustment on balance levels, and lastly fine tune the balances to preference.

[@ChrisDIYerOklahoma]

Fantastic...enjoyed the video. I have a vintage BSR stereo frequency equalizer with a pink noise generator and microphone. VERY similar to what you just did balancing out the sound. I was able to use the microphone to balance out the room's acoustics and new set of speakers. It is truly amazing how well this works...pink noise balancing really works well. Now my system sounds more lifelike and more subtle nuances are heard.

[@kennytan728]

i heard it b4 but thought it a joke,tonight i gave it a try and WOW!!! i regret wasting much of my time with other style of mixing,thnx

[@rodrigomoya2086]

This makes tottally sense!! I mean, pink noise represent the whole frequency spectrum based on the isophonic curves, so this could be considered as an standard end mix for the average ear. After all the previous work, taste and creativity you could apply editing track by track, either equing, compression, fx... Awesome Tip!

[@lyteyearz5810]

OMG!!!!!! Doing ALLLL of my mixes over again. This removes so much headache geez man!!! must respect!

[@markwoodard4640]

Thanks for the video. I've always struggled with level balances in mixes. This method makes total sense

[@dedasin37]

It's 2019 and here I am - grateful for your video. Thanks, man, this is just what I was looking for)

[@elaniamusicofficial]

the most relevant video I've seen in the last months since I've been researching mixing. thanks a lot!

[@singinwhatimdoin]

What an ingenious use of pink noise. Wow, really cool technique. I could see this being useful for certain applications. Even just a way to give yourself a starting point. Great video!

[@kurdozsalih225]

This is so great, thanks for sharing man! you get a good balance without listening to the actual mix, which often misleads you simply because you keep hearing the same loop over and over. this is a great way to get it right and set yourself up to hear the balance. of course, you're not done but you're at the right point with a lot of ear to spare.

[@MrAchris10]

Great video. We studied pink and white noise in my Full Sail course this past week. This really helped enforce and put 2 & 2 together!

[@rodplural]

That was great! I've just started mixing in my iPad, and I know this technique will be of great help. Thank you so much!

[@FrankyTheSquirrel]

It's been a while since you uploaded this video but I have to say thank you. This was pretty much the best mixing tip I have ever got. Wow.

[@rocknrollcato]

This changed my life..... i`ve have been messing my balance so many times.. i just tried this and "balanced" a mix in just a few minuts.. ROUGHT balance... Thank you

[@alf3k1]

I have been EQ-matching my mixes (slightly) to pink-noise for 15 years, but I never had THAT idea of leveling the elements in the mix to the noise too. Pretty amazing my friend, it´s sometimes these simple ideas which you ever come up with, so thanks again for doing it for me ;-)

[@SinnethSoul]

I love your videos. Strait to the point, no time wasting! Just about the subject, both when you talk about hard skills or 'philosophy'. Great work. Keep it up.

[@markwheatley7977]

Thanks for this I downloaded the file and applied it to one of my mixes. Great result. Thank you very much.

[@markolinostyle]

I've not tried this trick so far but it's makes total sense to me and I think this will make me have less headaches while mixing different channels in my podcast. Thanks a lot.

[@vishwanathoka2260]

Looks interesting...Thanks for taking your valuable time to make this tutorial.

[@photicsonar]

Wow. Thank you very much for this!

[@zcubedmusic]

This is a really interesting technique, I'll have to try it out sometime.Thanks for the info!

[@raaph]

thanks so much for this ! wow i can't believe this honestly

[@mateuszmielczarek4930]

OMG! Amazing! I've never heard of this, but this is extremly useful. Thanks!

[@fjn667]

Amazing, had no clue about Pink Noise before i watched this video.

[@narrativearts8902]

Thanks so much for the video! This is a great tip and I'll surely use when mixing my next projects. 🙏🏻

[@v-future1444]

OMG this is gold maaaan! I usually balance the sounds putting the master channel in mono and cutting 500hz and 5000hz with filters but I didn't know this method, I'm gonna try it! thanks!

[@matthewenforcer6087]

Thanx for this Fantastic example for Mastering! Just finished an track with mastering "pink noise". Sounds really good!

[@robofjohnson3953]

awesome idea! gota try this! and that guitar in the track is funky as! nice groove man!! thanks for sharing! 👊👊😀😀🌽🌽

[@nealmarshall2264]

This is a great technique for finding balance in my mixing. I get caught up in the parts I played. It's tough to be objective at the mix stage. Thanks!

[@SSProductionsVideos]

Thanks so much I've been waiting my whole life for something like this!

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

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[@jermainesmith6315]

WOW!!!!!! That’s crazy. I love the technique.

[@apbweezle]

This is the best and coolest mixing advice I've ever seen.

[@YuvalRon]

Awesome technique! Thank you.

[@boogiejonz]

Would've love to have seen your balance on the analyzer.

[@AceDeclan]

Who cares what the spectrum looks like as long as it SOUNDS good. Thats why I love to EQ without seeing the spectrum because you only do what you hear to sound good and not see! Hearing is believing in audio not seeing

[@Yoel_Yasharala]

example, Your ear may not always trigger the fact that midrange would sound nicer if you tic 200Hz slightly. I think it is best to tune it 20 to 20 first against pink noise, then adjust how you want to hear it. You don't want to have 250Hz at 0 dB and 300Hz jump to +9Db. That is not a smooth sounding transition, and will cause the stage to do funny things.

[@onesufi]

Fingazinc. Gain staging has to do with your input levels and this has to do with your track levels. Don't confuse the two.

[@podespault]

Amazing tip. Can't wait to try!

[@stillriding2725]

Very interesting! I'll try this technique out on my next mix. Thanks

[@BeastMusiqbeatz]

It actually works wow thank you. you just saved me time on my mix

[@vignesh19]

This is amazing ! thanks for the share

[@oneverse111]

Awesome!!! Welcome back! Thanks for this! Extremely helpful and that song is fire I would love to hear the full version someday!!

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

+Brooks Broox Thanks, Broox. Glad it helped.

[@klazmicofficial1016]

So you just helped me finish mixing a track in minutes.. It was an old problem filled mix, it wasn't perfect, but it sure was a good starting point to start adjusting things, great vid! I should however mention that you should be careful with this technique, it can and will make you go deaf over time, use it only when needed.

[@AkilisMusic]

pretty dope man, had to subscribe much respect

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[@zacharycaspian7225]

@Chandler Rocco Instablaster ;)

[@thecart1594]

Gee brother i tell you i have known about this method for 5 years now but never used it and have looked for other methods of balancing that never really worked for me..Now After watching your video i gave it a try and it works like a charm.!! I tell ya i have been struggling with balancing for years..Thanks bro.

[@iCarroller]

I've heard of this before. If you look at your mix on your master eq and you see resonant frequencies you push them back in to fit with the rest. Same principle.

[@muziekmindtwister]

But then you have to search and look for the specific channel, could be more then one also, better have it right from the start. Just pulling it down in a eq on the master is a really bad idea if that's what your saying. That would only pull down certain frequencies leaving other frequencies to loud in the channel thats cousing it if its initially a volume thing, this will mess up your balance.

[@sassas7128]

Thank you man,I try it and it working brilliant.Regards

[@FarzadKam]

First, thank you for sharing your amazing experience, and your music. Your technic opened up something in my mind and was very helpful. Thank you for your generosity sir.

[@72matyika72]

I made this a technique of mixing the proportions prevail nicely. Congratulations, well done . Thank you for sharing . Hi!

[@AlexMarquez92]

Thanks for all the great videos! Great tip, can't wait to start using this technique for mixing my tracks.

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

You're welcome, Alex. Good luck with it.

[@ucheemmanuel8466]

Can this be used on vocals?

[@Aonoexorcist100]

I have to try this out, This for Sharing!

[@TheNLRProductions]

I've been a sound engineer for 17 years and never heard of this. I'm about to try it!

[@checkfx1]

You just made my day ! ;-) thank's !

[@acidbath3226]

this definitely gives me a little bit more of an idea w/ what to do for gain staging w/ guitars, and potentially splicing different frequencies from the same mic. i actually thought mixing on headphones was difficult at first too

[@mellodope8904]

YO!!!! This helped SOOOO MUCH!!!!! CHANGED MY LIFE! Not even playing!

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Superb tip. Thanks very much :)

[@stacystacksbeats999]

AWESOME GUY AS ALWAYS I OWE YOU BIG!!!

[@erizwa69]

What a nice idea! :) I like this kind of experiments.

[@PaddyMacNasty]

You're a genius! Thank you!

[@alex-desroches]

That's awesome and surprising haha :D thanks man

[@Mrjononotbono]

This is brilliant! Thank you!

[@atomas59]

Thanks for that GREAT tip !!! I've learned something usefull today..Thanks to you...)))

[@VPXM2012]

As some people pointed out, different song genres require different "equalized" versions of pure original pink noise. I use that technique, and it works equally good from r&b to orchestral. I just wish today's sequencer software would have such automated plug-in for all tracks at once.

[@CrossbeatsMusicProduction]

WOW Awesome concept!

[@norbertoyvargas]

great video! extrem helpful. thank you👍👍

[@petitfantome777]

pink noise sounds like my life

[@d-rockanomaly9243]

Mine is like sub bass. No one even realizes I exist.

[@bleedthebeat]

@@d-rockanomaly9243 lol

[@omerktee9261]

im dying here dude:D

[@petitfantome777]

@@omerktee9261 glad i could make u laugh 3 years ago

[@EmeraldWoodArchives]

I had to tell you, man... what a game changer. I've heard of the concept before, but you really have done a good deed, my man. Rest assured, you get to go to heaven. Thank you so much.

[@timtaylor7731]

Great technique. It DOES take the guesswork out. Of course some will argue that it's a cookie cutter approach, but it isn't. It's a sonic approach that gets you to proper levels. GREAT video. Thank you for sharing this.

[@yuckota]

Thank you so much!

[@leanlute7507]

Dude, this is great. Very impressive

[@farcry79]

This is actually pretty good thanks!

[@ttonycox]

This is very cool. So useful, well done!

[@ErikHawk]

Very cool! Great tip.

[@iamboybeats]

I have a pink noise channel in my DAW for the purpose of calibrating my spectral analyzer. I never thought to mix against the sound of the noise though. This is great.

[@dellmotu]

Thank you this is awesome!

[@Weedhammer247]

great tutorial. gonna try this out when i get home from work :D

[@sethiemethy]

Hey dude, thank you. I've been checking out your tutorials for maybe 2yrs now. The end result was really nice man.. sidenote: i'm american but i live in Malaysia. I began checking out your tut's for info but i also realized that you remind me of some of the guys i know back home in Providence, RI. you helped me thru some tough times out here man.. i've always wanted to write but i guessthis was te one i couldn't hold back on... man,because of you, Slick eq and that whole thing and many others..,. thank you bro.. keep doing your thing man...

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

That's awesome, man! I'm glad I was able to help you. Thanks for watching and supporting this channel after all that time. Means a lot.

[@nandoblondemobydick5438]

yes it is true, it is a good first step of courses after the reference, automation and dynamics comes to play they role, but it could be the higher level recomendation for each track

[@evergreenstudio342]

It's helps lots for scratch levelling, Thanks

[@magoostus]

ya, this is similar to why i always keep a fan running while mixing, pretty interesting concept

[@matiasgoinheix366]

You have a killer channel with no bullshit, high value information. Keep it up man

[@lastdaysguitar]

I'll be trying this!

[@erickacosta3351]

Thanks! Great video!

[@jansabarth9466]

this makes so much sense!

[@BrentRoos]

I think this method is actually awesome! Not for the final mix, exactly as you said -- for a premix. This technique offers an excellent starting point toward the final mix though. When you are looking for a balanced mix, there is no doubt that this technique can come in handy. Thanks a bunch for sharing your producing/engineering knowledge with the world! Please don't ever be discouraged by negative comments here. What you are doing is awesome! Aren't we all making music to make people happy, ourselves included (especially)? You rock dude! Thanks again! Your tutorial series for home studios (especially on a budget) is absolutely phenomenal and I wish you much success!

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

Glad you like the technique, Brent. I don't mind the negative comments. I actually have a hard and fast rule about critical viewers - if someone shows up with any BS, I check their channel to see if they actually put up any of their own music. If they don't have any, I simply ban them from my channel. If they do have their own stuff up, I leave the comment alone. You may be surprised that most of the shithead replies come from people who don't have any music up. I'd say that almost 90% to 95% of all negative comments come from those who don't have a single piece of music uploaded on their channel.

[@SoundDispensary]

yes sir. great job. thx again.

[@beatsbyjaeforte]

This is an amazing tip.

[@robchitsonzojr.9056]

this works!! Thanks

[@HeavyInHawaii]

This is awesome, thanks.

[@andreys2174]

thank you very much) I am very grateful to you)

[@turnmeupmau]

Nice !! Learned a lot from this

[@SumFugaziSalt]

Very slick usage of Pink noise, I could see how this would be particularly useful when establishing a starting point for mixing multiple songs that have a lot of frequency variation track to track. I would be interested in seeing a LUFS comparison between several diverse tracks premixed using the pink noise as a guideline and check how the normalized uncompressed mixes of those songs compares in LUFS. Since the weight of certain frequencies can vary quite a bit, it would be interesting to see how the normalized pink noise mixes compare in LUFS between a variety of tracks.

[@moelview]

Holy pink Earsaver! Never heard of this method before and I'm blown away! Such a time saver to get into the ball park with mixes! Thanks!

[@morphlex]

This is great! I'm trying this when I get home. Thank you for posting.

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

+morphlex No problem, morphlex. Thanks for watching.

[@morphlex]

+MakeYourOwnDamnMusic Oh yeah! It works well.

[@MtlStoneBeast]

Omg game changer! Thank You so much!

[@MakeYourOwnDamnMusic]

You're welcome, beast. Put it to good use!

[@cvader7]

Nice tip,makes sense!