These Mixing Mistakes are Slowing You Down

[@mixdownonline]

Which of these Mixing Mistakes you struggle with the most?

[@M4T]

More or less everything you said and I knew already 🤣🤣

[@gealyca]

Knowing my plugins, taking a break and setting a deadline. Great tips!

[@3rty6ixRaps]

Gain staging🤦🏾‍♂️😔

[@NicoV81]

Hanging around in Loops

[@leoparcoeur]

I don't know my plugins perfectly. I don't spend time to just listen to my monitors. And I don't use control room.

[@oleksandrpozniak]

Back in the day I was not so much happy that my studio is in the different place from where I live but now I appreciate the ability to do breaks effectively spending 4 hours at the studio and going home. Next morning I listen to the mix at home and add comments to the tracks on what should be done next.

[@cgsmithinnola]

Taking breaks - that's my biggest issue. Time does fly when you're focused, but I need to be better at setting an alarm every hour to give my ears and brain a break!!

[@mixdownonline]

Honestly, you're not the only one. It seems easy, but when you're on a roll, it's hard to stop.

[@IronpandaZr0]

For me it it mixing in solo. I now know not to. Thanks hopefully this helps. I am also taking your master mix class too. I’ve learned a lot so far.

[@chuckworm1419]

Thanks Chris! Great tips. The one I need to do more of setting up is templates & key commands. I always get great ideas from you. So Thanks! Chuck Worm

[@mixdownonline]

Very welcome!

[@DavidGrierson70]

The plug in favorites folder never occurred to me. Thank you!!!!

[@mixdownonline]

A time saver :-)

C'est une très bonne réflexion et je partage complètement ta philosophie Chris. Je fais comme toi, je me mets un chronomètre sur un écran dès que j'attaque une session de mixage pour me réguler. En tous cas, une bonne vidéo à regarder sans modération !

[@mixdownonline]

Merci beaucoup mon ami! Heureux que tu aimes ma philosophie

[@DavidDavis-FA-photog]

I know I have at lest 2-3 of these issues. Thanks Chris for point them out.

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@DaveLopezMixing]

All great tips for beginners! Thanks, Chris. Great video. 👊🏼

[@mixdownonline]

Awesome! Happy you enjoyed!

[@RickyZizsproducer]

I love the mixing boss

[@leoparcoeur]

Great video and tips. Especially about the deadlines. It forces you to focus. Nice plugin the last one. Except for the "plugin manager" you have to install. They are more and more frequent, running in the background. I hate that.

[@nicok5630]

Practice what you’ve learned - so important.

[@mixdownonline]

Probably the most important!

[@retrowaweru2180]

Спасибо Крис ! Thank you , Chris !

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@henrykdandyk6164]

Hello Chris, thank you for another great video.We love you.

[@mixdownonline]

My pleasure!

[@MariusFurche]

And thank you for the template course!

[@mixdownonline]

My pleasure!

[@drobberegt]

Hhi Chris. The biggest issue i have is to make the transition from live sound engineer to studio mixing. For example: Recorded a band i was mixing on a festival and the live sound was amazing. Multitracking into cubase so i could mix it at home, but i get no where near my live mix... And this happens on more than one occasion.

[@mixdownonline]

Those are 2 completely different worlds. What helps a lot when recording a "live" show is a good hall recording to blend with the close mics.

[@zinzoome]

Man...thanks for the reminder...a couple of these have set me back too many times! hahaha

[@mixdownonline]

For sure, same here!

[@dragannegovanovic9194]

As always great video Chris!

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@psycurity8766]

Love this one Chris!

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you do :-)

[@MohammadSalah1979]

Hello Chris I want ask you how you coloring the Link Track inside Mixer (Red Colors) and a Greet Advice

[@Whiskey_Friday]

Great vid!! I've been trying to limit the amount of plug ins I use on a mix... 1 channel strip type (api, neve....ect), a couple of diffrent compressors....... I find it really speeds things up, but also starts sounding more cohesive.

[@mixdownonline]

I love this!

[@tomthowi3280]

Hello Chris, thank you for another great video. Most of the mistakes you pointed out are basically known. But thank you very much for bringing them into focus again 👍The time limit for the own songs is always the final boss 🫣😂Greetings Thomas - Düsseldorf (Germany).

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :-)

[@user-xr1ej8nx3s]

Brontekst Hi Chris, thanks again for your great advices. My most important mixing mistake is keep searching for better sounds. I work with KOMPLETE 14 ULTIMATE and HALION7, among others.................so many sounds! Kind regards.

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@graemebalsdon4088]

Chris hi, nice presentation which is easy to follow. This rooky question is far away from mixing and sorry if this is not the place to ask you. If i send my new original song to a mix or master Engineer, if the song is quite good whats stops my idea's being shared with others before it is released, keep up the great work regards Graeme from Australia.

[@MariusFurche]

Thank you very much!

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@cefahprod]

So accurate as usual. I personally use my atom SQ and my IoStation24c as controller, and it is awesome. I would love to have the Micro 3 and 4 from RockSolid, plus eyeballing the TC Electronic Icon series :D

[@mixdownonline]

Right on! Thanks for your insight!

[@R1PPA-C]

New sub here... Not sure if you've already done a video on this before, but I'd really like to see what plugins and a run down of how to use reference tracks in a mix within cubase. I don't mix my own songs but I like to get them as close as possible before sending them to an engineer, it helps with producing if I have a well balanced track. But the one thing I've never done is used reference tracks and I think it's something I need to start doing. The best way to line eq curves up and reference against certain elements of a track really, as I'm ridiculously eclectic and I can find inspiration from a lot of different sources / genres and not always an entire song. Any help would be 🤌🏻

[@KernSound]

That quote I believe is from CLA.

[@mixdownonline]

That would actually make sense, thanks!

[@KDL064]

Very nice...thanks!

[@mixdownonline]

Very welcome!

[@lancewendlandt3384]

awesome dude.

[@mixdownonline]

Thanks!

[@giannispan8129]

Which cubase works better on mac or pc?

[@mixdownonline]

Both, really!

[@AK-Official]

Thanks again Chris, but how long do you need for a finished mix. I mean it depends of course on how many tracks and stems and whatever.

[@mixdownonline]

Depends on the production, and the recording quality, but between 6-8 hours or so

[@AK-Official]

@@mixdownonline that's really fast. Crazy

[@sahiphopNETWORK]

what is that background track

[@MicaelNilsson-x9v]

well.... play around with new plugins is a weak point for me , the other ones not so much after some of your courses, those have teach me a good flow ;)

[@mixdownonline]

So glad my courses helped you out this much :-)

[@Somedei]

Im in a loop mixing a song from 2021, it takes 2 computers to run with freezed instruments and buses exported to audio, you have to wait 3 seconds from the moment you hit play on the cc121 til the moment you start hearing, the buffer is set to the max and all systems have been checked to deliver their max, it takes so long that Im already tired by the first listening on a 8 bar loop...help !!

[@mpc40001014]

Render your takes that your happy with, along with all the plugins you used, then keep rendered version and remove all plugins it should help free up space so you can actually listen to the entirety of it. 😁😁 Hope this is helpful for you

[@Somedei]

@@mpc40001014 it does help , thanks for your tip 🥰

[@bluntinstruments]

I still hybrid record, edit & mix all at the same time...One day I have to export all my VSTs to audio, and then ACTUALLY JUST USE a mix template for mixing...

[@mixdownonline]

As a music producer, this is what I've been doing for years, commit and export all VSTs before mixing, but everyone has it's own workflow, and that's definately ok.

[@Jellybeantiger]

I have massive anxiety and sonis impissible for me to create I stare at the blank Daw,losd an instrument,play around with a few presets and then just dont know how to start then clise the DAW. Then I think of killing myself like now. I opened up Sampletank 4's edit page and tried to understand everything in there and I have no clue then I go to bed in a terrible state. How on Earth do you start a song staring at an empty DAW?

[@psychedelicelvis-777]

Just mess about with it however you like, that's what I do, then what happens over time is a build up of experiences being logged in your memory until it reaches a tipping point and the magic starts to happen, faith and patience are key and remember don't try to impress anyone but yourself and above all enjoy it !

[@gforced__9017]

was fixing myself a sandwich while watching this vid.. get back to work.. 🤔hmm need a specific distortion on this kick.. 💭didn’t this manufacturer have this?.. 🏇skipped my whole distortion arsenal.. got lost on their website & running 3 demos now 💀😂 🎯caught in the act ha! ✌🏾pce

[@mixdownonline]

Gotcha! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Pkay-xx7bf]

How can I purchase your mix templates?

[@mixdownonline]

Click the first link in the video description, my Mix template mini course and routing template are FREE

[@korkenknopfus]

I recommend you watch the whole workshop, not only downloading the template. It is amazing the amount of things you can learn from it.

[@espacekurzweil]

Hi Chris, since this video, I tried 3 times to subscribe to your FREE WORKSHOP "How to Build the PERFECT MIX TEMPLATE" but still no email in my mailbox (also checked junk mail)...; Please HELP !!!!!!!!!

[@mixdownonline]

Send me your email here: [e-mail] and I'll fix that up for you

[@espacekurzweil]

@@mixdownonline Done !

[@johnstitt2615]

Unlike the rest of you I don’t make mixing mistakes.....I write and track. Demo mixes just to see if tracks play nice with each other. But mixing......I do not do it. Negative on mixing......I let you guys get the headaches. I send my consolidated tracks off get mixed. ✌️🤪😎

[@mixdownonline]

That's even faster for you Lol!

[@johnstitt2615]

@@mixdownonlineTotally. My favourite time.....Sending channel batch exports. Lol

[@Jellybeantiger]

This bloke is super smart not suoer dumb like me,preaching to us like a smartarse "its eady" No it sint for us dumbos.

[@LukaPanik]

Not using a template isn't a mistake.

[@mixdownonline]

It is for me, slows down the whole mixing process :-)