Mixing Fusion Rock, HYBRID Style! With Marc Daniel Nelson

[@Producelikeapro]

How do you approach vision in a tracks production or mixing? Let me know below!

[@Czyszy]

My way to get it right is to produce and mix the track during the composition process. That's how I made my recent prog albums.

[@AMax9D]

Space is good !! Great stuff !!

[@GeoffBosco]

A lot of my approach comes down to listening over and over and things popping in my head, like, “it would sound cool if I did such-and-such here.”

[@Producelikeapro]

@@AMax9D Thanks ever so much!

[@AMax9D]

@@Producelikeapro Thanks Mr Warren

[@Anders01]

Nice! Great to practice mixing live recorded tracks on and learning from the original mixing.

[@albertofurtado2038]

It's a delight to hear Nelson talking! So much knowledge!!

[@gbfusion]

Enjoying hearing the rationale for the mixing decisions. Really appreciate the choice of genre! As for vision, it is something I frequently overlook (by getting bogged down in simply making tracks sound better). I typically use a reference track so that may provide some small compensation.

[@mysteryblackstudio6185]

Hey, Right Sounds, with some Great Touch, Nice work here.

[@BlackenedNL]

Damn what an incredible mix! I love watching Marc's content he is becoming one of my favorites in the audio industry

[@DanielGlenTimms]

Blow by Blow produced by George Martin is my favorite fusion album. RIP Jeff Beck 😢

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely, a masterpiece

[@splashesin8]

Thanks Marc!

[@sgfdancecompany]

Love the Marc's approach to all his mixing work!!!

[@quasar775]

Vision of a song is super important form the mixing side of things as is the writing of it too obviously . Im going to say that the mixing/mastering is such a crucial part of the overall emphasis, felling,vibe ect. Glad you brought this up its a good idea to spend a great amount of time discussing the depths and dimensions of where instruments should sit in the mix. Its definitely the core to a amazing musical production. Great work guys thanks.

[@30m3]

Very Squarepusheresque in places that tune. Tasty.

[@lewiswilson8011]

That's the way I like to mix these days. Hybrid with the outboard gear. It's was a revelation to me how good it sounds after just mixing in the box. Nice rig 👍🎨🎶

[@Joey-rp5vg]

Awesome video Marc. Superb collection of gear and having a choice of gear to choose from depending on what the music needs is terrific. Great video and big thanks to the PLAP team

[@melodious2261]

Sounds amazing! So talented he is : )

[@twitchbook-1]

Cheers

[@Alex.Scotti]

Marc, thanks for sharing this. Again. You really pushed this to another level!

[@christophpfenninger5010]

Awesome, like how you paint a picture and have a vision of a song, Like always, I love your explanations. Thanks for that video. I learn a lot, that i can then use in my music.

[@lahattec]

Cold studio, eh? Warren must be nice and toasty in his room with his SSL. :)

[@dfallchild]

Here for the mugwai chilling on the couch. Has the same grey hue as the one I had for years growing up. I only wish I still had it.

[@LYSHEmusic]

Sounds rich as always! Thanks for the genre.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@SuperAbjc]

Great!!!

[@keithferris9574]

This is at such a high level.

[@bubz75]

Nice Mix Reminds me of those late 70’s /early 80’s Jazz fusion records . Jeff Lober “Galaxian “album circa 1981🔥👍🏾

[@danymalsound]

That guitar tone! BUTTER

[@_Jerreau]

Please can someone point me to a resource further explaining the spatial effects that Marc mentions in the video 8:44 & 16:00 (how to pan instrumentation and effects separately)? Thanks!

[@arodalan3961]

He panned the full dry guitar signal to the left and then panned the full wet reverb all the way to the right. Then he did the opposite for the keys/synth.

[@EJCAudio]

You send your channel to an aux bus (which is conventional for reverbs anyway), then pan the channel one way, and pan the aux return the other way. Gives a lot of space in the centre without neglecting one side or the other.

[@christianbiend4458]

Very nice track sound like neo soul😍

[@_Jerreau]

Leeegend!! 👏🏾 The way how I needed this today 😭

[@Producelikeapro]

Glad to be able to help!

[@mgyb8269]

Very cool Dilla tribute! Great mix breakdown!

[@marcinmima4779]

Marc, You are Master. Love it

[@yashaunjones9675]

Awesome work!!!

[@DerekES]

Always good insight from mark! Thanks Warren👍

[@СергейБобров-м9е]

Excellent, Marc you are so delicate gears user

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[@dshredmusic]

Jesus... Marc is so perfectionist and millimetric with every single detail. Wish I was half as good 😫

[@busywl69]

you can be. but we would need 48 hour days with a 4 hour sleep cycle to perfect it 😁

[@dshredmusic]

@@busywl69 and also quit my job 😂

[@AldinPereira]

@@busywl69 Facts XD

[@The-Skyking]

Been waiting on this. Thanks Marc. This is a great sounding mix. Congrats on the API sidecar. ITB and OTB do have a different sound. OTB is just rounder and smoother but all the transients are still there. I will say this though, in just a few years, it sounds like the gap between ITB and OTB is getting narrower and narrower.

[@johng7423]

You know you got a good mix when it sounds good coming out of my shitty tv speaker.

[@gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic]

Warren or Marc What did you go with for a monitor on the wall there for PT? Might be looking at that for my ATMOS room here.

[@gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic]

cool

[@purpletapes1940]

Great Vid as ever. It makes me think of the access analog website. Has PLAP done a review of their service? (where you send audio to analog gear over the internet and it comes back with interest). Also I hope the band comes to the UK soon!

[@nullnetizen]

Truly an artist of his craft that clearly separates enthusiasm from professionalism. Always a pleasure, PLAP!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@aleknostar]

Love the drum sound. Which sample library are those samples from?

[@JudgeFredd]

Great video

[@TransistorLSD]

20:51 it adds gain... saturation is probably minimal

[@fasteagle9959]

Josie's on a vacation far away !!

[@chrischrissn5606]

Love your input, but wondering why you never use the Analogue Tube AT-101, Sta-Level Tube Compressor, Shadow Hills in your videos, that are sitting in the background.

[@marcdanielnelson317]

I use the AT-101 all the time.. and the other compressors every week. Alot of my videos here are focused on ITB stuff so pepole can relate and try on thier own. This video was a bit special.

[@aleknostar]

@@marcdanielnelson317 Can you tell me which sample librairy was used to help the drums? Sounds amazing

[@verdi260]

Hi Marc please where can be MR LOFI DRY snare sample to find? Thank's in advance for advice.

[@aleknostar]

Did you find out?

[@verdi260]

@@aleknostar Not yet hmmm.

[@therockhour1386]

OMG I didnt recognize the keyboardists name.... but he is an absolutely INSANE musician! Always a glorious deep dive, only wondering where is atticus?

[@TeleNobels]

All that was missing was the pup

[@lovecouch7451]

This song is tasty

[@julienzimmermann]

Am I crazy or is the keyboard player playing parts of the keyboard solo in Snarky Puppy's Lingus?

[@Projacked1]

Which Rumours album?

[@Group_Anonymous]

Fleetwood Mac??

[@Producelikeapro]

@@Group_Anonymous Fleetwood Mac!!

[@JSSTUDIO-wr2jq]

👍

[@PrantoKoX]

Hashtag "home recording", huh?? 🤭😉 The recording, the musicianship, the gear used, its prices and the unobtanium factor are pretty much a million miles from home recording, I'd say. Honestly, and pls don't get offended, I always liked the Make Mine Music episodes far more than all the other good content on this channel - but... I liked them far better when there was a little less acting and a little less plugin & gear promo. Would be too bad if Marc, too, went "the youtuber way". For my taste and IMHO, of course. ☮☯️

[@EJCAudio]

The musicianship is key. Bass & Keys are direct, and the guitar is 1 mic on an amp. Recording Revolution has some great info on recording in home studios - and all the analogue toys here have been emulated; so you can certainly get "close" for some-but-not-thousands-of-dollars

[@marcdanielnelson317]

Defiantly not understanding your statement, but without the context can maybe see how you arrived to that conclusion. This was an ask video. Using my gear in a mix I did previous to the video. I come on this channel about once a month to talk about things I do day to day but try to stay in the box when I can. This was a mix breakdown of the mix I did hybrid, which in turn will take you into what gear I use. If you see, there is no promo links or any of the garbage that sends you somewhere to buy what I’m talking about. In fact, I am 100 percent against doing any of that. If I am using or talking about a piece of gear with a company. It is 100 Percent because I use it daily and bought it for myself. Please remember I do many many videos here completely ITB. This was a special request of going through a mix. No acting here, and remember… happy mixing ❤