Mixing Masterclass with Michael Brauer [MixCon 2020]

[@SonicScoop]

Check out the Live Q&A with Michael here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmOUeYhmpMijmsU Enter the MixCon giveaway here: sonicscoop.com/MixConGiveaway

[@Joerythm]

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[@yohighness79]

It's clear what's the plugin I've always needed... an assistant.

[@adublbeatz8656]

lol...and a second assistant in the background...I guess when you get to this level, and you're this good at what you do...lol...good stuff

[@TraxtasyMedia]

Assistant.dll has crashed: report? (Y/N)

[@winstonphilip9231]

So true

[@KnowGoodHuman]

I'm fairly certain his glee at realizing what is done at each step is because Fernando did it all.

[@nunolourenco6737]

I'm currently looking for Fernando.vst3 all over the forums. Haven't found it yet...

[@PluginAllianceTV]

Late but from the bottom of our heart: Thanks a lot Michael Brauer and our friends at SonicScoop!

[@saiprasad8078]

The raw mix sounds a lot better than final remasters out there today.

[@Jordan-rb28]

Had the opportunity to spend a few long days mixing and speaking with Michael about all kinds of mixing techniques, mindset, and communication. Can't tell you how awesome, fun, *funny*, and enlightening it was. This guy's the real deal.

[@caliel3417]

hey, how does one happen to get into a situation like this? is it simply just right place right time?

[@chriskalbacher5838]

I love how he said "I have no idea what these things do, " then the camera just shows his 3 Grammys behind him 😂

[@MixChecks]

All you need to know is if it sounds good or not ;)

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

@@MixChecks it's all personal taste, view I actually love this old/OG mixes that don't fuck your ears to blood

[@dennyterrell893]

yes that's very encouraging to ppl like me who don't do the maths about values etc and just mix with your ears...

[@lowbatt3235]

Fernando,please do know that you are appreciated.

[@shane2973]

I love how he gets all giddy on what the tech can do...obviously he genuinely loves what he does

[@yeh2756]

This age deserves to be loved just because of all the amazing content we have for free. Thanks internet, thanks Michael, thanks everyone who makes this possible.

[@jarcauco]

Michael is really over the inner feeling/knowing battle. Thank you for speaking from that position and sharing your experience. Thanks to assistants, sponsors and hosts as well!! Thank you all for filling KZbin with value.

[@petes2feet]

Brauer is so passionate about his work that it is infectious.

[@Frank.Zimmermann]

Man alive! A giant in the music industry. To accompany Michael Brauer on this musical challenge was simply fantastic. It is really great to watch such an experienced mixing engineer with his skills and in combination with modern technology achieve such a result - great! This Masterclass was once again excellent. Many thanks to you Justin and Michael! And what I have missed so far: Also many thanks to all the sponsors who made this Masterclass series possible! 🙏 You guys rock!! 😍 🙌

[@voice-of-oblivion]

What I love is people who have THAT passion! What great enthusiasm !!!!

[@ThaUnspokenTruth]

Sounds better on my phone then all my mixes I have ever done. Massive respect for this tutorial.

[@photicsonar]

"I have no idea what these things do but it sounds cool." Genius. ❤

[@tributetunes8770]

He shows us that this never gets old, that our fascination and love for our roles in the music can just keep on growing. Awesome.

[@mendiapodaca]

I also remember back in 89, my friend Spooky Spike called me and said he had a new project for me. This time it was only half a track, not even full mono. Six hours later I had a complete 5.1 mix that became number one in 374 countries. I bought my famous gold-plated diapers with the big check I got for the job.

[@pigknickers2975]

hahahahahahaha

[@effyiew7318]

The only honest comment here.

[@budgetguitarist]

THIS is why I'm in the box. The tech just gets better and better. Super interesting video! It's pretty amazing what's possible. Imagine ten years from now.

[@vcgrecords9159]

This man is inspirational, multiple grammys won and the studio he’s in looks very simple.

[@aaronamadeus928]

I like how he actually uses the mixing console and the size fits his need. Normally I see those things take up half the room and never get touched.

[@MrCJ-lc9ru]

This literally is the best mixing video I have ever seen! Michael demonstrated the art for what it is. I learned so much. I really walked away from this with more confidence and know how. Thanks to everyone involved with making this happen!!!

[@rickhuff9030]

Thank you Michael! I have been struggling off and on with a stereo mix that needs this same treatment for about 3 months now. Would send the stereo tracks to a bunch of aux channels and try and sculpt elements out individually with filters. Now I'm going to have a better chance at getting the results I had hoped for! Thanks again to Sonic Scoop and Michael Brauer and company!

[@talenwaver]

Rough Mix: 16:00 Final Mix: 20:35 Walk Through: 21:53

[@FrancoMaldonado96]

thanks a lot man!

[@johnsammers]

OMG - old school mixing by hand! I haven't seen that sort of goosing on tracks since there were 3 of us trying to nail mixes in the 70s and 80s. Thank you Sonic Scoop and Michael for a great session.

[@matiascova]

This was pretty inspiring. There is no silver bullet, make good decisions based on feeling and attentive listening.

[@PhiladelphiaDon]

I agree Matias! This video was as real as it gets! Anyone new coming into mixing SHOULD BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION to Michael! Shalom

[@SimonTebbenhamMusic]

Apart from the black box!

[@mccoy.dcm.369]

I love how much fun he has, and the way that he uses the plugins as if they were pieces of gear (for their character) thank you so much for this masterclasses, sonicscoop!!

[@NC17z]

Ummm WOW! It is very Night & Day... Thank you for taking the time to post this! Thank you, Michael Brauer, for sharing your techniques for achieving what may have been impossible in years past.

[@RyanDainjur]

I'm pretty new at all of this and I started getting into a funk and started questioning if I should even keep going.... but this video helped me realize I'm in no hurry and will get to the level I want to be at in time. Very comforting watching him talk about what he did to the mix very casually. Thank you!

[@MixChecks]

Definitely don't give up! We're all on the same journey together :)

[@rishabmehtaphotography]

Brilliant, Just learnt a lot from this session, thanks a ton for creating such a wonderful piece of Gold !! Michael is amazing !!

[@DeepFreezz]

This is a GREAT LESSON!!! Thank you guys for sharing this!!! SOUNDS GREAT after starting from 2 tracks to work with, which was basically nothing...

[@seanemmettfullerton]

"Okay... let's do this! I'll figure it out." Thank you, Michael Brauer! :) What a winning attitude! - Justin, thanks for this. Perfect...

[@stevecole4101]

Wow, the processing and mixing made this song really come to life, impressive ! And thanks for sharing !

[@chrisfg71]

Great to hear Michael talk about the Dylan Live 1966 tracks. The live set with the Band (minus Levon) has always been one of my favorite live recordings. Wasn't til much later that I realized Michael had alot to do with making it sound the way it does. Thank you for sharing this discovery you've made working on a 2-track. Not your typical mix tutorial which is appreciated.

[@rickytorres4017]

My metal shavings are trending: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goGZoaOJgpirp5Y

[@homebrewznz3482]

Gidday Chris. Do you know what the song hes working on is called? Cheers, Rob

[@rottengreenhaters]

Omg ! This is a treasure !!! Thanks you all!

[@devinbuchhorn]

Michael is a LEGEND! He has some of the best sounding records.

[@sweetspike]

Got a private tour of his studio at Cmj 2012. True gentlemen with amazing ears

[@MrVleker]

After all these years you can still see he loves what he does and he is such a joy to watch. For sure one of my inspirations and hopefully he will mix my music someday!

[@JedBayes]

Wow, it’s amazing how hard he is pushing into the SSL J plug. I wouldn’t have felt comfortable driving into it like that, but I’m gonna have to try it out for my next mix! What a great resource. Thanks 🙏

[@bunited007]

Where/how do you see him do that? I only see him pushing the in gain a little bit at the end. Or am I missing something?

[@JedBayes]

bunited007 check out the meters on the plugin and the red “clipping” indicator

[@ARKELJ93PJ]

If it doesn’t actually sound distorted, you sometimes have to ignore the graphic meters.

[@ST-fl5fy]

CLA does the same on SSL 4000 plugin

[@matthewrammig]

This is one of the coolest videos I’ve ever watched in my life.

[@andrewrice9383]

This is super cool. I did something similar using ozone a couple of weeks ago and was shocked at what it was able to do. Of course I’m here to learn about the mixing you did after you separated them. Of course it’s been a few years so now with my modern computer, I can run like eight instances of rebalance along with like 40 instances of other CPU heavy plug-ins, and my system handles it just fine which is insane

[@armandoterron8341]

An amazing hour of modern recording technology by a Master. Extracting the individual instruments from a stereo master, in order to REMIX you song, and improve it absolutely. Unachievable years ago...

[@petergedd9330]

Very inspiring. Many years of mixing behind this video, and really superb plugins. Thank you.

[@MacSoundSolutions]

Wow I just stumbled onto this, my band The Horse You Rode In On used to play with Looker at Cheers in Nyack NY, cool to hear this remixed by a master... hi John! Funny because I just bought a bunch of stuff from Alto Music yesterday. Just casually watching this and he starts talking about John Habor and Looker... small world, lots of good times back in the day.

[@adriatic123]

Excellent mix, more transparent, punchy, clear. Congrats

[@wongawisdom5237]

He's so excited for this. Im with you man 🔥

[@Wayne_Robinson]

That was quite a tribute to the power of modern music DSP technology.

[@DICARLOPRODUCTIONS]

Great video. I also like the Isotope stuff. I once received a song to mix with a bad clip on an amazing vocal performance. I was able to get rid of it with the RX 7. Amazing tools.

[@konino10]

Dear Michael & Fernando, many thanks for sharing with us this portion of all your acknowledgment. These are that kind of things that make great prof's become in great people. Now I believe "everything is possible". Thanks a lot, U guys!!

[@headbangerministries]

I'm new to plug ins and found them impressive. I have lots of Amplitube/Tracks and use Logic also. I'm constantly doing the same thing by turning knobs and seeing what it does and find myself going "aaah, oooh" also. Great video.

[@ReginatorNet]

This is magic! Thanks Michael and SonicScoop for posting this. Truly inspirational.

[@TraxtasyMedia]

So you can never be too old to keep rocking.

[@CHOKSTARmusic]

35:50 I think Toontrack SD3 has the best drum replacement till date. It is the only plugin that detects drums using Machine learnt algorithm and then replaces it with, actual drum samples(great recordings, honestly), provided by Toontrack or 3rd party SDX or user selected samples. Yes, it's not cost effective but what it does is amazing. But anyways, this year's #mixcon is just, great once again. Thank you Sonicscoop.

[@opinionpeace]

Thank you in advance for this! Can not wait. You guys are really treating us.

[@oNTiger]

"This is just having fun" That's the number one takeaway

[@ivanchimoy7309]

Michael is like a kid with a new and fancy toy jajaja. I love it!

[@bombaybeats267]

i love how he has the lil boombox right there to test the mix

[@mathenoo]

This came in handy as I have to mix a 2 track live recording! Thanks guys

[@johannesahun1703]

this was such a great indepth mixing lesson! thank you so much for sharing this 🙏

[@redeyedigital]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this with us SonicScoop and Michael Brauer!

[@jaymurphy6844]

When are Brainworx gonna start selling the SSL Fernando, need me one of them.

[@MixChecks]

I think it's in the works ;) They are currently modeling his brain

[@russell_szabados]

If anyone could pull that off, Dirk would be the one.

[@counterw8]

Thank you for this in-depth, encouraging video from one of the greatest masters. The knowledge Michael shared was above expectations. Such an humble and peaceful man.

[@djscorpie]

Great Video ! Thank you very much SonicScoop , Justin and Michael ! All the best !

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Fascinating. Also fascinating to have an assistant press play via zoom.

[@michaelbrunetto4491]

Great vid. Love this guy, he's stoked about everything all the time. Gotta love how into it he is.

[@Curdle7]

I could listen to Michael brauer for hours too

[@MrMethnic]

Just got the SSL 9000J plugin for $79 .. That's a steal , Thanks plugin alliance.

[@jeffsnider9869]

Wow. Thx for this. I have some ol stereo demos from the vault and that izotope rx stuff on sale this past spring and I'm gunna try this technique on them!

[@StotzDanielPhilipp]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you very much! All best wishes! Having hundrets of old songs I am going to work like that!

[@pascalmerschaudio]

Amazing, Thanks Michael and Sonic scoop

[@alexisjohanson4454]

Absolutely OUTSTANDING!!! What more can I say! So inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing!!! Thanks so much Michael!! LOVED ALL THAT YOU DID HERE!!! Beautiful Result! Beautiful Song!

[@eddysel10]

Awesome!!!! It's all about the final result!! You can see that Micheal is definitely proud of his work!! And it is so great that he appreciate the work of his assistant!! Also thanks to Sonicscoop for producing / posting these video's. I have enjoyed this video very much. Will watch the Q&A later.

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

You are exceptionally well spoken! Great video so far

[@feracedomusica]

Amazing MIX but........The Kick sound it´s INCREIBLE!!!!!!!!!!

[@this_is_jmdub]

its the Slate Digital sample replacer

[@Zakuti]

Dude thank you for all the beautifully composed videos. I don't thank you enough. Thank you!!

[@CNNBS]

Michael thanks a lot! It's been very helpful and beautiful what you did! Genius. Love from Argentina!

[@chaddonal4331]

This was GOLD! Thank you for so graciously sharing and showing!

[@QUANTUMMUSIC101]

Nice work! Thank you for great video and inspiration! ❤️🌞🥁

[@Tabzunderground]

Wow Michael Brauer everything is just in the red on all his plugins... makes me wonder why I'm playing safe... Great video Sonic Scoop

[@3lackwoodmusic]

That was the number one takeaway for me on this one 😳

[@brin57]

if it's not red, it's dead!! Seriously, you can't overload them in todays DAW's, but you most certainly can push them into the magic zone.

[@AnthonyMeyer]

So pumped to level up my mixing from this. Thanks for posting this!

[@alexptvz1076]

Amazing man! Really I couldnt sticked out the screen untill video had finished. Inspiring!

[@greganikin7003]

This is amazing! Thank you sonicscoop, Michael and Fernando for this amazing tutorial!

[@michaelduff2382]

Plugin Alliance, please release those Michael Brauer black box presets ;)

[@MeshavaniyaMiteshKumarDipak]

Such Subtle, Simple and classy way to mix a song. Awesome 🔥and very grateful to learn from legend, thnx for releasing these videos.

[@cyclingninja6780]

Mr Bauer is a cycling fan!!! I’m Diggin the old school Merckx yellow jersey and CSC jersey on the wall.

[@ikf1900]

Just watched this for the first time, The jerseys were the first thing I noticed, Had to scan all the comments to see if it they got a mention, How cool! 😃

[@edgarbenjoseph3879]

I started mixing my demo with Studio One 5 and your video series have been incredibly valuable. Many thanks 🙏❤

[@Projacked1]

So far, the most interesting Sonic Scoop video to date....at least to me.

[@MixChecks]

I can agree :)

[@DigiMixAudio]

Terrific demonstration Michael; thanks for sharing!

[@jasondubose4163]

Loved this, seeing Master at a work. And showing what you could do with imagination and technology was great for an old song. Learned a lot thanks Michael and Fernando

[@brentsmith9411]

I've never set a reminder for a premiere until this video. Excited for this!

[@michaelruelas]

Thank you for the great video!! I love learning from the best!

[@giorgib]

Very nice of you...this is very important work.

[@Mars_Monkey]

That was really great! Almost unbelieveable.

[@mcg42387]

this was fucking fantastic, that LA2A is crucial. i learned so much here. thank you!

[@meltedshine1075]

i love how excited he is by this!

[@nunyabidness5150]

Really enjoyed the vid. Thank you. Why no mention of universal audio though? He pretty much put the LA2A on everything aswell!

[@pigknickers2975]

I think he's advertising Izotope to be honest.

[@1b2m]

I wonder if he misspelled his own name in the menu bar himself, or if his assistant did that for him, just like he did 90% of everything else, apparently. "Fernando, explain how you got my kick and my snare". All irrelevant talk, name/brand dropping, and instructions to the assistant. And then running a guitar recording, with amp and cabinet already on it, through an amp sim plugin that adds all of that again... just wow. "Check out analog... because... it works." Now that's some sound and well reasoned advice right there.

[@pigknickers2975]

Oh I so agree! Micheal is not running that computer.

[@jjboogie1]

Incredible Michael! Thank you so much for this. Always love learning from you.

[@imuzikworkstation3530]

michael you re my idol..mixed sounds modern n fantastic..n doing this from original stereo mix to this punchy mix..i enjoy it..

[@iamantoniofernandez]

Super informative on revealing what is truly possible! Thank you for this gem of a video.

[@EuropaMan]

Amazing video. Thank you Michael for sharing your expertise!