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[@NoizeLondon]

Reached 10K this morning... truly humbled - thank you so much for your support - couldn't do it without you ❤

[@emme9789]

Congratulations on the 10k man! Great content.

[@NoizeLondon]

@@emme9789 Thanks dude!!

[@JamesRamboPearce]

Smashing it Fab!

[@LeSonduGrec]

Congrats mate ! You're killing it

[@petruciani]

The humble bob helping you out might have a different take on that :) THIS, obviously, is to him! GJ! :p

[@NoizeLondon]

Will add info cards tomorrow morning - hold tight :)

[@chrisbryanm]

Thank for this man! I'm hyped for the next video!

[@NoizeLondon]

You're welcome dude thanks for watching!

[@produrremusicaelettronica4609]

Wowwww complimenti per gli iscritti ! Ti auguro tanta strada ! Te lo meriti !

[@NoizeLondon]

Grazie bello :)

[@fishbonegaga]

Thank you so much , i was waiting for your advice on this topic !

[@NoizeLondon]

:)

[@produrremusicaelettronica4609]

Grande come sempre ! Si parte dalla base e tu l’hai spiegata benissimo 👍🏻

[@NoizeLondon]

Grazie! :)

[@azagedon]

Great content man, keep it up! Good tip about the output volumes, I will be employing this trick immediately!

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks bro!! :)

[@tonynekrews]

Excellent and straightforward as always. Love ya work. Cheers

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks Tony :)

[@djnickhodgkins]

Amazing. Gain staging made simple. Many thanks!

[@DeeJayPatife]

Been waiting for a while your considerations on Gain staging topic. Well done and thanks for sharing. Looking forward to some more.

[@NoizeLondon]

You're welcome bud :)

[@Flysonfame]

You nailed it about the synth VST volumes. I use Arturia and, dude, yeah, their levels are widely all over the place.

[@SpeakerLouis]

Excellent video again!! Much needed tips

[@NoizeLondon]

You're welcome !!

[@varunjoshi6542]

You know that the god is there if you someone uploads a video to solve the problem you are dealing with! ❤️❤️❤️

[@NoizeLondon]

Haha gods up there somewhere for sure 🙌🏼

[@spamytv]

Thank you for such high quality content :)

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks for watching sir :)

thank you for changing my life

[@NoizeLondon]

Sounds drastic but I’m glad it helped :)

[@mariadocarmomariadocarmomaria]

great tips! the one with balancing output gain will definetly help my mixes from now on

[@NoizeLondon]

Hell yeah keep up the good work bud :)

[@Eckaz]

keep makin video bro! its amazing video for me

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks Ecka !

[@tjfunction]

EXCELLENT. Good show.

[@humbertocueva3904]

Great video bro, subbed

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks buddy :)

[@tensorplex]

Nice!

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks !!

[@NanoSlap]

Hey man, thank you for another great advice, I hope this channel gets bigger! I noticed a big improvement in my mixes when I started to control the output of each plugin... but I have a (probably so silly) question about headroom. If I want to keep 5/6 of headroom in my master track... No matter if I ‘freeze’ the volume of my kick track in -10db because later if I start adding tracks like crazy, it will end up peaking, right? (Or at least surpassing those -5/6 of headroom I aiming to) Thank u again man, this channel is gold!

[@NoizeLondon]

Ideally aim for lower (-12db) initally, then you can bring the volume of all the channels up together at the end if you need less headroom :)

[@matthodges]

10k subscribers. Nice work! Enjoy the milestone.

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks dude!!!

[@matthodges]

No worries. Just don't forget us early adopters when you go global. 😊

[@NoizeLondon]

@@matthodges Never!!

[@LiftedNoise]

Good info bro thank you.

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks for watching !

[@TomaszRykala]

Excellent tips.

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks buddy!

[@aegir8155]

I've been messing up my gain for a long time now. I'm always having to crank up the gain on the master channel at the end of my mix. Usually I end up adding like 15db to the master channel to bring it loud enough at the end.

[@NoizeLondon]

It happens ;)

[@ameliacrowe8783]

VU meters are great for checking volume levels as they show an average volume over a longer period of time thanks to metering ballistics.

[@NoizeLondon]

Sure do!

[@gooneybird808]

Nice

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks :)

[@pierreflanelle]

grrrreat again

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks dude!!

[@MattDeGuia]

I don’t usually comment on anything, but I just wanted to say thank you for all of these videos! They’re honestly really helpful, please don’t stop

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks Matthew!

[@bboymac84]

Truth!!!

[@NoizeLondon]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@groundhog7871]

Yes that’s what I need thanks YT for the recommendation 😂 No thank you for making this content. I start mixing my project in 2 days

[@NoizeLondon]

Good luck - let me know how you get on !

[@laroshi8497]

I have seen some plugins that do this for you. Have you heard of these where there is a sender before the plugin and a receiver after? Do you see any downside of using them? It would be cool to have the level match happening in real time so that you can hear what your tweaks are while they are happening. If you do recommend them, do you know which one would be the best?

[@whiteboybeats8870]

yal bro this gr8

[@NoizeLondon]

Cheers homie

[@matthodges]

Thanks for another useful video! Any tips on ABing compression when we're using it to increase perceived loudness?

[@NoizeLondon]

Just make sure that the perceived volume is the same :)

[@NoizeLondon]

And thanks dude !!

[@matthodges]

Thanks. Use your ears, keep things simple. Perfect.

[@enjoymusic7884]

please make more videos love from india

[@NoizeLondon]

Will do my best :)

[@ablebeats3481]

Yes Arturia plugins levels are all over the place!

[@NoizeLondon]

...right??

[@majkistyle]

Which values should I look for when matching the volume (apart from my ears) - peak volume or RMS/LUFS? I don't really get it. Are we talking about the actual loudness level or the perceived loudness? I mean, for example - when soft clipping a sound at 0dB you're increasing the perceived loudness, but peak stays at 0dB. How would you compare that, and, would you even want to match volume in this situation?

[@NoizeLondon]

Start with peak for now. Metered volume not perceived.

[@andrewmckenzie7679]

Hey London, For gain stage output does it work out the same to adjust the mix level to get the original peak level if your plugin doesn't have an output knob? What gain plugin you recommend? I'm FL user. Could you do a video of this within a mix?

[@NoizeLondon]

I think Sonalksis do a good gain plugin to be honest but I can't remember the name. Yes it does the same to adjust the original peak level :) Sorry for the late reply - youtube has just shown . me so many comments that I didn't reply to!

[@andyby]

That background instrumental sounds so dope! Can I listen to it anywhere?

[@wrongxide.mp3]

Keep watching his videos in a loop bro.

[@NoizeLondon]

I'll try and find the name for you ;)

[@NoizeLondon]

lololol

[@Franzware]

Another great video.That s true ,the softsynth volume presets is too crazy high and so much effects applied.Serum and Sylenth1 the worst ,what about Massive's presets lol. Why them pump up the volume?To show the crowd the synth is powerful! It's pointless when you use synh presets and have to cut all the unecessary frequencies to fit your mix.Just time consuming.

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks Franky - yeah they're all f**king us from the start. Just trying to look out for the beginners who don't realise it.

[@161snax]

So, let me know if I understand this correctly. The channel volume faders should all be left at the default settings. Adjust the volume of a sound by tuning the gain knob on the source (eg Simpler, some sort of VST) or maybe use Utility for this. Doing this I aim for around -12dB. And then adjusting the volumes of different sounds for the mix is done by playing with the channel's volume fader. Is this kind of the right way or did I get something wrong? Great videos by the way, really like the content so far!

[@NoizeLondon]

Yes Timmeh you are right - mix from the root of the sound of you can! :)

[@ashtoncheatham2220]

I use Ableton, but I haven't noticed a good stock level meter in there to quickly assess numeric gain staging levels. Do you have any suggestions for a free one I could use that's quick and easy?

[@NoizeLondon]

There’s a good one in my INSTANTLY LOUDER DRUMS video (sorry can’t remember the name) but it’s free and dope. Just be sure to set it to ‘peak’

[@ehsanfarahmand7002]

💟💟💟

[@AbishIkramToledano]

Great video! This helped a lot. I am curious though.. By any chance would you mix and master music for someone else if they paid you?

[@NoizeLondon]

No problem - of course man - mixing and mastering music is my day job :) is this something you're interested in?

[@AbishIkramToledano]

Yes I am! (: How much would you charge to mix and master a song?

[@NoizeLondon]

All details are on my website - different options and prices depending on what you’re after. www.noizemusic.io

[@AbishIkramToledano]

Not bad I’m loving it! I’ll have to send some of my songs over to you. Thank you for the link

[@NoizeLondon]

@@AbishIkramToledano No problem - looking forward to hearing them bud

[@Jean-Pierre.B]

First, it's because of your room ;) Jean-Pierre B. _Acoustic Designer_

[@NoizeLondon]

Lol one of many issues

[@mit136speichenumdiewelt]

Thank you very much for all of your video. If you will do on this high level you reach the 100.000 in the same time like you reach the 10.000 ;-)

[@NoizeLondon]

Thanks so much dude lets hope so!

[@mit136speichenumdiewelt]

If you do a tutorial series from the beginning to the end of gain staging (start from kick...), I'm pretty sure people what love to see.

[@ruffusduarte]

Hi! One question: I saw on a video that, for Ableton users and for Gainstaging purposes, you can use an Utility and a Spectrum Analyzer to match the volume of your sounds or samples per channel without touching on the faders itself by put them between -18dB and -12dB. It is correct? To low on volume? I did it on two tracks and I get a way better results but I guess that my tracks are still low on volume in general... What do you think?

[@NoizeLondon]

use your ears to match gainstaging. nothing else.

[@keithforrester82]

Did you ever do a video on level setting??

[@NoizeLondon]

No but I will

[@keylow7130]

I am using the DT 770's to mix and master my tracks . I live in a flat/apartment .Therefor I can't make loud music on my monitors or any speaker . I get my mixes perfect except for the bass, which I struggle with a lot . Any advice on how I can mix the low end better with only my DT 770's please . I produce Future House/Future Bounce . (EDM)

[@fldweeb5849]

Correlate your track on different monitors/speaker systems i.e your car and phone to see how they sound on each one. Then learn if your headphones are giving you too much or too little bass and work around it. (Another good tip is to have a reference track, and match the volume of the low end)

[@overflowbeats6965]

Yeah you’ll need to find some good references

[@NoizeLondon]

For bass ideally you want speakers with at least an 8" driver or a subwoofer. I would recommend also treating your room before doing this. Cars ar good for monitoring although now always accurate.

[@thehottestbeatz]

The thing about gainstaging is it always slows down my process of music creation. Lowering faders in the mixer takes some time then I want to add stuff like eq and compression. Should gainstaging be done before the song is in process or when it’s done?

[@NoizeLondon]

Do it at the end :)

[@thehottestbeatz]

Noize London that’s what I figured

[@DaRza17]

It's still an absolut mystery to me how putting a HPF/LPF on a track can result in the track being like 5 db louder... (no auto gain,no boosts)

[@NoizeLondon]

A HPF/LPF especially when at a steep slope creates a resonance bump at the point of the cut which boosts whatever frequency is there. So... keep those slopes smooth or use shelves!

[@gsauce874]

Are you Diplo 😮?

[@NoizeLondon]

*ghost producer ;)

[@quantum_psi]

I thought digital clipping was "okay" but analog clipping was completely off the table. Since technically digital clipping is reversible but analog isn't. I hope i'm not completely wrong

[@NoizeLondon]

Digital clipping is ok but not at the master stage! :)

[@quantum_psi]

@@NoizeLondon Ok good to know!! Thanks 👊👊

[@KREEPMANE]

A lotta talk about the basics but I still don't know what level my sounds should be at (that's what gain staging actually is)

[@NoizeLondon]

Well that’s because it depends on the sound dude ;) as long as it’s not clipping !

[@NoizeLondon]

Aim for 12db of headroom on your master as a start

[@vsurp]

first :P

[@NoizeLondon]

Nice!!!

[@andyby]

Are you related to Emilia Clarke, btw? You have the same eyebrows, hahah!

[@NoizeLondon]

lolol thats a first!!

[@chessnub8858]

Nice video but intro takes too long. Wasted 1 min of my time