Properly Balance Your Mix

[@patdurkin2095]

I'm so thankful I got into mixing in the era of youtube. I've only really spent the las 6 months or so learning how to mix and my kicks kept getting lost in the mix because I haven't until now really focused on balancing. It's a fun journey. Thank you for being part of it.

[@emiel333]

Your cat agreed on the peaking from the atmosphere! Great tutorial, Alex. Keep up the good work & I'm looking forward to the next video. Greetings, Emiel.

[@jasonshaw6394]

You are a really great teacher. Really quality information. I've been in radio for the last 20 years. Radio is all ABOUT getting people to stick around. You mentioned your retention numbers. You can improve the retention with teases. Tell them something you're going to show them during the video. Example: stick around because in the next few minutes I'm going to let you know the number one question aspiring producers ask me. It's crazy. You're videos are

[@jasonshaw6394]

Really Great!

[@MegaMixking]

this basic technique changed my life and career

[@wasbeatz]

This is legit the secret to clean mixes

[@AudioAssassin]

Yeah "legit". Not a secret, dude.

[@virtualfelix6421]

Love this tutorial man! Balance is absolutely crucial to a mix.

[@afungangmusic]

Seriously Alex, you don't know how much you help us artists man. I'll name one of my songs after you; AR. It'll have a double entendre.. but the real ones will know!!! Thank you!!💜💜

[@Oskar-el3je]

I do that too to touch my speakers for the bass😂👌🏽

[@jeremiahpeterson7490]

So for the last 3 or so years I've been dabbling in music production and within the last year really been devoting all of my free time to exploring this! I always could tell something was missing and I believe this is one of those ingredients! Thank for the vid, and yes, I watched to the end!

[@kaylabification]

bro im super grateful for this tutorial because i had a track that i could tell needed mixing and this is going to help my good ideas sound their best. thank you

[@montesk_3646]

I’m late, but this changes everything. Thank you

[@boza_de_producer]

I think now my mix will become more clean than before Watching your tutor. Thank you soo much man🙏🏻🙏🏻✊🏻👌🏻

[@cashcherry8754]

Thanks for the advice on where to place different elements in the mix. I’m surprised that few people have seen this video. One of the most helpful I’ve seen.

[@allyamamasshit6613]

Best video ever. Thank you so much, is exactly what I needed to see today my man!

[@Liftedtrucks909]

wow. just the teacher I need, I am glad I found you. I love your teaching style!

[@BlizzardWade]

Thanks for the shoutout. Not only did I watch the whole thing.. I watched it twice because I forgot what order to bring things into the mix.

[@oxtailjazz9357]

Yo Alex, I love you bro. Thank you for all the help I wish you all the best

[@maverickbeats2226]

yesterday you told me on stream to work on my mixing. Today you upload this. You are doing gods work brotha!

[@Alex4Beats]

Alex, man, you look and sound so much different now! But always a PRO!

[@DeuceGenius]

Damn that beats actually good man. I've only heard your edm stuff

[@nerdexproject]

So much value!! Thank you so much man it really made me relearn the mixing approach! And as you stressed, always mix with a fresh set of ears! :)

[@DeuceGenius]

That lead is amazing. I'm gonna have to borrow it

[@thait2493]

Damn I felt like I could have took days off in between to do this. I'm always in effort to make a beat everyday. Without question, it's easy to overlook these highly important suggestions. Thank you Alex.

[@markshovel]

I'm learning so much, thank you brother 🍻

[@billfelixc]

THANK YOU!!! REALLY OPENED MY MIND

[@Sanihill]

Thank you so much for making this video, mixing definitely is a struggle for me, so it means a lot that you took time to make this video! :)

[@bernardobarcellosaraujo9011]

shit fam i've already mastered three albums going thru hell doin the exact opposite process. you just saved my life. thanks man! keep doin this amazing work please

[@xil.sanctified]

"Atmosphere's are, like, in the Dannnger zoo..." Meeerowwww -- I lol'd. Great vid -- learned things.

[@BlueTransAm83]

Talking pads? Some unique like serum ones are great, but a pain in the mix!

[@Rolandomederos1]

Dropping knowledge bombs! Thanks Alex!

[@novakain6]

U have a good style of teaching dude. If u want the knowledge u gota go all the way. And that beat is prtty dame cool man.thanx for the knowledge dude. Peace.

[@G-N-D]

Try this...set mono on the master ch...set all channels vol. levels down..then..add pink noise -6db to the master ch..turn it on...:) then...balance every channel solo.Start with the kick as Alex said...gotta hear the channel sound slightly above the pink noise. Hey Alex, please do a video for the base(808) levels before and after mix&master ?

[@sagcap7927]

Nice explanation of balance in the mix. Please notice though. If you do use the true stereo pan pot option for stereo tracks. Notice your db levels will increase when you pan left or right. This is just due to the whole entire signal moving left or right. So you're actually never cutting or muting what s in the left and right channels. When you use the balance pan pot for stereo tracks. It's the exact opposite. You start to mute or cut stereo information out when panning hard left or right. Bottom line. You increase the signal more when you use stereo pan option but it's the best option.

[@skilltradesmanco.8636]

Good stuff bro!! Man I’m hooked on your vids

[@phildott]

Could you do another video like that, but do the balancing before putting any eq and such? It should be the first thing after gainstaging, but the effects make it sound a little bit different :D

[@bcm8983]

Hey Alex, Thanks for the video man, I will take a lesson from a teacher who is looking to educate over a teacher who is looking to entertain any day. Way to keep it real man

[@PEguinQuAcKers]

Support over here man. It’s hard out their man I’m new to this in vision of become a full time producer but it’s definitely intimidating

[@महरा-ड2म]

Thank You Very Much ! 🙂🙏

[@SKILIMUSIC]

I like it that your tutorials are more serious than those from the comedy youtuber producers haha :) Really learned something today, thanks very much!

[@blakerobison4159]

I've been watching this tutorial every time I mix my tracks

[@rudycursley9538]

Thank you Stay Bless Bro .

[@PhillipBerryOfficial]

I watched the whole video :) great job as usual bro 🔥😎🔥

[@AlexRome]

PhillipBerryOfficial I appreciate that man!

[@harmansekhon541]

Thank you so much. God bless you Alex.

[@katomusic4352]

This is a spot on tutorial

[@MisterMotel]

@4:22 if you think about an analog drumset however the snare sounds louder a lot of the time and is closer to the player. So I think the snare might be able to sound louder than the kick drum actually.

[@sqorb3937]

I absolutely love this tutorial.

[@cyoub5723]

Amazing Alex you are no doubt a genius

[@ianoblemusic]

Mad support bro I use pro x and you’ve been helping me a lot

[@elixirbandNg]

Just started producing this year am doing it been quite an experience. My beats always sound unbalanced though but I appreciate this. My balancing would be much better now

[@phenomenon5490]

This is how it’s done period.

[@davidjablonski1911]

Great quality content! Learned a lot. Thank you.:)

[@cianidemusiik9624]

I found a way to make this fun for myself hahaha I love doing this for mixes but this definitey taught me more than what I was doing with this trick before thank you

[@YellVision]

Very informative bro.. Blessings

[@STHxGodMoDz]

Sick tutorial mate, nice work keep it up 👊🏻

[@michaelkronenberg3712]

this is life changer

[@jjoelmartinez]

Thank you for thisss

[@JakeTheGuitarGuru]

Very helpful, subscribed!

[@RevDonJohnson]

I really needed this tutorial. Thanks!

[@therealtoon3897]

I appreciate this video ! I'd love to see a video on you balancing vocals even if it's balancing vocals to a 2track !

[@marcosbeltran93]

Lit bro. I sat here taking notes the entire time :)

[@Melloverse11]

dude thank you so much, I'm a new producer/engineer and this was super helpful

[@RestorationsFOD]

Nice vid, good explanation. I think probably the most fundamental thing people miss with a mix down is gain staging. And a great place to start with it is pre-fader metering. Taming those levels is key to a great sounding mix down

[@workoutsontwitch1687]

So glad I came across this video

[@battlebee1900]

Really helpful! Thanks for the help Alex!

[@truckingrocks]

Awesome pointers. 👍

[@dhruvwastaken]

Wow really loved it bro ... Going to watch more tutorials from you

[@constatine02]

Thank you Alex!

[@ROB1BEATS]

Good stuff. You should do a video o EQing.

[@austinlewis3259]

Great video, very helpful please make more 👏

[@rajkamaljangir3618]

Nice brother, please teach us about panning

[@kenjenkillasounds]

As many beats as I mixed I always can use a refresher course on the main important part of mixing the balance to re align myself with some of the fine tune methods alll over again this was a good good video man 👍🏽👍🏽

[@Temynutempo]

You earned a new subscriber

[@TooGoodForTV]

Thank you very much! I'm OK at balancing tracks but this video made me more confident in doing so :D My track sounds sexier now! love you :D

[@yemanetnigusse949]

Cool tutorial. Learned a lot. One suggestion that i have is that, instead of working on the intro maybe it would of been a good idea to balance on the chorus where most of the time all elements of the track are present 😊

[@jgunnmusicl]

dude this was super helpful! considering the course

[@Prodbykoa]

Helping me out to this day man appreciate the video 🤙🏽

[@nichttuntun3364]

Hi Alex. That's all fine and good and for sure a value method for many people. I do think nevertheless you can't do such a video without even not explain the most important thing of mixing at all. Explaining how you achieve a perfect gain staging and what unity gain is and how you keep it constant during the whole mixing process, no matter how many plugins you will insert, is absolute essential. You should also explain why we do that and what and where the sweetspot of plugins are. How for example will you mix into a compressor, set up onto your 2-bus without permanently controlling those basic settings during your mixing process? Your advice is meaningless if this fundamental knowledge isn't understood. Cheers

[@pleasureMrMe2]

I'm studying music production and I literally just told my gf next to me that I shouldnt be watching this video... Coz he didnt even apply any gain structure... Hes playing with the volume controllers that track will sound terrible when he bounce it to wave format

[@vndttaproductions799]

I was looking for a comment like this myself and I’m glad you guys brought up this point. I’ve never heard of playing with the faders for gain staging. You’re not supposed to mess with output volume is what I’ve learned. You need to gain stage with input volume. Of course that’s just what I’ve learned and that’s what works for me but I’m glad you guys caught this as well. I’m just a no-name producer with maybe 40 subscribers LOL but I have never heard of gain staging with a volume faders. I feel like a lot of people are being misinformed.

[@makchall61804]

Nice! Appreciate this tutorial. I also appreciate the focus! I’m old!! I’m not interested in being entertained, I’m interested in being educated. ✊🏿👍🏿✊🏿👍🏿 I’ve watched this several times😂🤣

[@reecereitmeier2270]

i definitely​ needed this haha, thanks

[@cheesyasl]

what I should do with a 2 track beat downloaded from KZbin ?

[@davidkeylock7840]

Really helpful, thanks so much

[@davidmcginnis16]

Great vid man

[@MegaMixking]

very good advice this one.

[@cedricfoeillet913]

Excellent tutorial on levels!!!

[@bakedcreations8985]

Well done, subbed!

[@oceanspray6969]

Never tried actually feeling the cone lol gonna try that

[@AlrotaMusic]

14:15 You left a fader down during your mixing process :D

[@nineninebeats4623]

That happens to me sometimes. Usually if I forget to bring it in when I'm mixing then it doesn't deserve to be in the beat lol

[@nuwellvelasquez]

@@nineninebeats4623 agree

[@propmaster101]

Lml

[@Douglas-gu4my]

Thx Alex, you're the best! Cheers m8

[@SneakySteevy]

I want to follow the simple strategy of Rick Rubin. I don’t want a lot of sounds, I want few sounds that do a lot.

[@JalalCommander]

You R Amazing Bro ☺

[@DS-dy5qg]

Great video!

[@sammytheman8994]

I needed this video... If I understand correctly you should have your faders near zero after it’s balanced, how would you go about this? Adjust the pre gain, and if you adjusted your pre gain would you have to go back through the plugins to re adjust your gain reduction, levels, etc? Hope this makes sense, thanks!

[@jackhopkins9618]

could you do a tutorial on properly mixing vocals? like straight out of recording them? I have a raw set you can use to demo if u like? itd be interesting to see how you mix something ive recorded, cos when I mix them i feel like they still don't sound right - which tbh, they probably don't as I still lack experience in vocal mixing

[@TheAstronomersmusic]

Yo I need this haha

[@AlexRome]

DJ Baker Ayyy dj baker!

[@TheAstronomersmusic]

Alex Rome great stream yesturday dude. It was refreshing to hear some actual constructive criticism. My channel just hit 6k today and I have a pretty loyal following. People are always telling me how much they like my music and stuff, which is good and fun, but sometimes I think I don't get any real advice. In short, thanks for some great advice, I started producing from watching your vids and I keep seeing more and more growth on my channel!

[@tjmods9857]

same though then again i need a lot more lmao

[@SadhanaKhawas]

If the kick is touching yellow then what if you want to add compression or eq? Wouldn't the signal be really hot

[@AkashColvin]

You need to be on Pre Fader settings first and then gain stage it. You need to know your input level and then balance your tracks to -12db. You are more than likely clipping and don’t know because you are in Post Fader. 😇 Let me know and I’ll explain

[@Irukaheiights]

Thank you ever so much.... Really man, i needed this

[@Oskar-el3je]

Thanks 🙏 this very helped me. I think I’m gonna check out your website.👌🏽

[@TeeFyeofficial]

Thanks fam great info 💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joshuastephen1678]

Ur the best alex

[@theosantoire3909]

This is so useful thanks!!!