MixCon Masterclass: Pop Mixing with Quentin "Q" Gilkey

[@SonicScoop]

Get your questions answered! Join us for the live Q&A after the presentation premiere at kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYapiWmEbrJ5bbs Big thanks to Waves or making this one free to the public. Try out anything they make for free at waves.com

[@JackNewsomeMusic]

that's my song yall! Q love you man, such an honor to work with you. cheers to many more

[@SonicScoop]

Big ups to Jack Newsome!!! Thanks for being part of this.

[@ROBQUESTWORLD]

Maaaan! awesome song and the mix is just incredible. I feel the mix ya'll...

[@kjgetsbetter525]

awesome song brotha, thanks for allowing them to use it! Learned so much

[@thadirtyabbott33]

Nice Song!!! Let Me Do A Remix For You....

[@TahirBurr]

What is his rate for mixing

[@lsd2024]

This was super dope! Great recordings=great mixes.

[@khoivinh3402]

Mah man Q has the most soft/charming voice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@twilightbiscuit]

great to see upcoming mixing engineers and producers on here 🔥🔥 cool video, watched it in one go ❤

[@bbouro]

Thanks for the tips. Great session!!,

[@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy]

Knew it was Jack Newsome instantly. Dope tutorial video. Dope song.

[@JTguitarlessons]

Super valuable info here, people that are getting serious about mixing should really jump on this. This stuff is not to be taken lightly!

[@vektacular]

Thanks Q!

[@lundsweden]

Some great tips... mixing audio is a mix between technical and artistic skill, not at all easy to to well!

[@fancha831]

great stuff, very calmy and clearly explained, thanks

[@OkayKeith]

46:48 for the vocal mixing process.

[@paulmiddleton6445]

IMHO, this is the most informative of all of the MixCons I have viewed. It leaves very few corners unturned. Gr8 work sir!

[@studioruangsvara]

This is a well produced and mixed song. Kinda give the today’s BTS or HRVY vibe. Finally a mix breakdown from today’s pop music release type song. i’ve learn something in this video. Thanks!

[@apriljoy6177]

he captures the emotion great

[@6832jack]

This guy is so smart and humble

[@kubolor1234]

Everyone a gangsta until it's time to reference the reference

[@SonicScoop]

FACTS -Justin

[@deryckroche]

Great mix Quentin!. The artist has vocal characteristics from El Debarge.

[@killahertz]

was just about to type tht lol.. rhythm of the night vibes

[@prodigalus]

SUCH a great vibe. man.. those were the days. at least for me, that was when i was old enough to actually be aware of music, and my love affair was born. *_in the 80s._*

[@JeanmarkRodriguez]

So I got curious and went to Apple Music just to listen to this same song but mixed through his SSL console it was a huge difference 🤯😱 Width, dimension and realism. Way more punchier too. Felt like the mix was completely done. The mix he showed on the video sounds super great but just doesn’t feel like it’s finished to me. And NO that sound does not have to do with the Mastering. Mastering can’t give you that level of wow factor, only in the mix you can do that. Mastering can help but it all comes down to the mix. Beautiful work! 🔥

[@SonicScoop]

Mastering DEFINITELY has a bigger impact that what the mix is being summed through. I question about that. People also noticed the difference between the mix and the master on Mick Guzauski’s MixCon masterclass with Jamiroquai, which was totally in the box originally. So there the difference was once again mastering. That said, if there are any fader, EQ, or pan moves done on the console that we are not hearing here, that could have a significant effect. But I believe that should have been accounted or I the presentation. Unless we are missing fader, pan or EQ moves from the console, than the potential difference from mastering would be orders of magnitude more significant than the potential differences from summing alone. Hope that makes sense! -Justin

[@JeanmarkRodriguez]

@@SonicScoop Justin thanks for that input. In my case I've never had good luck wlth mastering engineers, because for me they never have given me that polished finished sound that I usually hear in professionally produced songs. I had to hone in on my mixing skills over time to get that polished sound my ears were looking for. Lately I've been mastering my own mixes and clients have been approving my masters more then when actual mastering engineers master their songs. They usually end up doing more than what is needed because the mix already sounds great and my clients notice those differences, most don't approve. I send my mixes at mastering volume so clients won't be surprised when hearing their songs at higher volumes. Still on the search for that mastering engineer that my clients approve... That being said from my point of view I felt a big and pleasing difference from listening this song in Apple Music and on KZbin. Would love to see what he did on the SSL with this song. Was it just summing or did he mix a little on it. Also what the Mastering Engineer did to it. Thanks Justin 🙌🏼

[@J77199]

​​@@JeanmarkRodriguezyoure doing something wrong than. Mastering is the sauce, makes a HUGE difference. Way more than any summing, not to mention a spotify loudness corrected, mastered mix is way different than a youtube stream

[@hummarstraful]

Great tutorial. Clear and concise explanations throughout. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@TheDerider]

Yeah, add incremental spice equals tasty mix. Great lesson and tips 🙏😎

[@lostinart]

Not sure what this was supposed to reveal. All the real mixing was done before he started so that all that was left was the little fiddly stereo field and Equipm touch up work. I’m bummed. How did he get those tracks so slamming and how did he gain stage? Oh well

[@maxuno8524]

I often see engineers brag about how long their chains are. This mix is slamming and he does so little. Just shows that less is more.

[@JTFuller]

Excellent video.. Wow, the stems must have been incredible.. Let me send in a track to mix.. lol.. I bet it won't be like that. But man, his knowledge was outstanding.. Excellent video young man. I learned a few things.. Especially with the MV2.. You've showed me something in a different way.. OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN..

[@jasonmcculloch5321]

Smooth. I appreciate the explanations.

[@tynlap]

So cool thank you for this vidéo

[@Darksagan]

This is dope. Thanks

[@romanponomarenko3099]

so pleasant and intelligent guy! thanks sonicscoop for this one!!

[@rdru2ner82]

The song is fire

[@Fenekucci]

perfect

[@Anders01]

Interesting that Quentin relies on reference tracks. I have starting using reference tracks more because my mixes are all over the place, haha.

[@kn0btwister]

Wow...amazing !!

[@mixourband]

Very cool mixing video. The song sounds a lot like Gloria Estefan's - "Get on your feet!"

[@ETCPRODUCTIONS88]

This was so good

[@YeahGorBeats]

Clean

[@scottfaircloff9530]

thnx!

[@stiptreezy8481]

Still waiting for waves to be compatible with new m1 silica MacBooks I miss my waves plugins 😭 although I can’t say being forced to discover new ones is all bad 🤷‍♂️😂

[@ignatius3079]

Waves is compatible with M1 macs. You’ll need to upgrade to waves v12 plugins though

[@stiptreezy8481]

@@ignatius3079 I did that a while ago and yes they are compatible with m1 but not the silica ones only the intel ones. They claim that using Rosetta 2 will solve the problem but it doesn’t. Believe me I’ve scoured the internet looking for solutions and the only thing I can do is wait for them to update compatibility for the silica ones. 😭

[@stiptreezy8481]

@@shoogabooga2072 is yours a silica or an intel? Cuz I’m like 99% sure even when updated to v12 which mine are that it doesn’t work with the silica

[@stiptreezy8481]

@@shoogabooga2072 I honestly have no idea all I know is they def aren’t working on mine and when I looked into it hard enough I read that they only worked on the intel m1s and most silica users were not compatible.

[@apriljoy6177]

quentin wow

[@dr.beaulab]

Spreading Secret Sauce & Sonics

[@dylanlundgren]

This song is great, sounds like Charlie Puth!

[@VicuSchek]

How were his vocals tuned?

[@tilersun]

Oh we notice

[@jamesmatusiak9231]

I can’t believe how simple the vocal chain is! How come there was so much mid / high end boosting and yet no harshness ?? No de easer ?! Wow

[@chillingFriend]

it's bc it's a really good recording

[@chillingFriend]

mixing music that has been recorded in an actual studio is so much easier and less work than stuff from "bedroom artists"

[@afiefzaki6265]

I believe he said he used the majority of the wet vocal stems that he got. The recording engineers and producers probably did the heavy lifting processing beforehand.. I think this is the final mix session, like after static mix, level and panning are done

[@yeshuasweapon4384]

Fusion of analog and digital gear

[@youngmarcy7087]

This was recorded in a expensive asf studio I’m sure with eq and compression already done this video was a lil misleading because whoever tracked the vocal did most of the work with the vocal . Honestly there isn’t any videos on KZbin of a top engineer breaking down a “raw” vocal from scratch its dumb asf for engineers really trying to come up but it’s a good video never the less !

[@tp8615]

please do video on magix music maker please!!!!!!!!!!

[@MOCHI-fg2eb]

I want you to add Japanese subtitles😣

[@robertbroadwayrb]

Mashine is full of glitches and no sound sense i got the 2.14 update.

[@RS-pp7ng]

He's doing a lot on the console.

[@J77199]

Nah

[@dannydaniel8975]

Yeah, but the mixes these guys receive were already done in top notch analog studios, with top notch analog gear, not a graphical display of a 1073 and 1176 on a computer. So, us at home will never get the same sound with our "plugin" collection no matter how hard we think we will.

[@j.veroni]

It’s a really beautifully produced pop song! Thank you. I know what happens after has nothing to do with you. The video, the concept & styling and everything else is really awful. I felt bad for him because it is such a beautiful sound.

[@stamecec2003]

dop

[@apriljoy6177]

its not plug in its his ears

[@j.veroni]

I’ve heard you speak a few times and I thought that you had a cold. Perhaps it’s the EQ or mic used. No idea.

[@alexanderewing3779]

Nice track. Just feel the whoo-oos are a bit muffled and a tad loud, though. Just saying! Enjoyed your approach, though. Cheers A

[@dablizzoduve4576]

Nice one...thanks... Pls @sonicscoop feature wessel oltethen on your next episode tnx