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I'm Streaky, a KZbinr and professional audio engineer from Henley, UK. I make videos sharing my knowledge of mixing & mastering from my 25 years of engineering. I've worked at some of the biggest studios in Europe including Metropolis Studios and here are some artists I've worked with - Ed Sheeran, Adele, Jonas Blue, Krept & Konan, Depeche Mode, Paul Weller, Skepta, Naughty Boy, Sigala & many more... I also have a weekly email newsletter that contains tips, tricks & discounts to cool stuff (www.streaky.co...)

[@troeteimarsch]

I side chain myself with a good mix engineer and boom - it works!

[@Guywithafork]

😂

[@sadata]

😂😂😂

[@cosmin_ofc]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@dronbana]

Legend!

[@artsalghul]

YO. WHO'S YOUR DEALER?

[@cbro444]

Mid-side side chaining my vocals against my backing tracks leveled up my mixes 10x. Synths vs pads is daaaangerous too. Too many gems in this video!

[@Aexitprod]

1 : Dry Signal to Wet signal ( 1:29 ) 2 : Kick to Bass ( 2:36 ) 3 : Lead Vocal to Backing Track ( 3:16 ) 4 : Lead Vocal to Background Vocal ( 5:22 ) 5 : Lead Synth to Pad ( 6:11 )

[@bicrome]

Great! I've never thought of sidechaining pads!

[@66fitton]

Very cool! I've applied the same concept with dynamic eq. I use it with acoustic guitars to duck between 6-9k a dB or two whenever the vocals come in. Leaves the bright pick attack sound in for when guitars are on their own, but ducks it when I start singing. Very subtle but it works! Sidechaining dynamic eq's is worth it's own video imo. Great video man! Love the format! No BS and good demos of the technique at work. Cheers!

[@brennyC]

As a Trackspacer alternative, FAST Reveal from Focusrite is a good choice.

[@alandeacon1988]

And currently at $9.99 an absolute snap!

[@ptbempire]

I am a solo artist and I Love your videos bro, you have been helping me for years now! Thank you for that

[@cosmicaddress7851]

Trackspacer is fantastic. Discovered it when I found Deep Forest uses it for their tracks. But I hadn't thought of some of the use cases you pointed out here! Thanks!

[@stewartgc09]

I do this same thing with soothe. I feel like I can be more subtle with it

[@benschotte]

I'm Using it often, great effect gives m/s pan to Mid then vocal coming through mix much better. It's easy tool to prioritise elements in your mix. 😊

[@shomm_music]

I love Trackspacer, it is an absolute gamechanger for mixing...good Tips and Tricks - there should be more content like this outthere for Trackspacer BTW...and i have to add: your channel is great, very helpful and authentic...

[@Quiet_Forge]

I sidechain the kick when the bass appears... that's OS jungle for you. I've used Trackspacer for ages and it is utterly brilliant btw, for anyone thinking of getting it.

[@spagbolflippertygibbet7139]

Props to the new editor

[@em8969]

What a fantastic Video Streaky, the level of info with the quality of video is off the chain!! Your voice really cuts through the video too!!😉😂😂👍

[@johnisrael5183]

great vid....just saved 2 mixes with this info.....thanks bro

[@LBJedi]

Thanks for these tips Streaky! What’s the advantage in using Track Spacer as opposed to a dynamic EQ or a multi-band compressor?

[@jamesangell6027]

That synth and pad examples was night and day 🤯👏🏻

[@J.M.81]

The Trackspacer is a GREAT tool for quick changes

[@davidhayman9330]

Thanks Streaky, what a difference, this is very helpful...

[@bassManDavis1953]

Wow!, brilliant video, side chain explained at last, just gotta get trackspacer.........thank you

[@keithdunwoody1302]

You might have a stock dynamic EQ in your DAW already.

[@bassManDavis1953]

@@keithdunwoody1302 thanks, I will check that out

[@cycleofficial4744]

This vid cant be paid with money. Thank you Streaky !

[@neovxr]

For alternatives, you can start for free with TDR Nova. You manually select up to 4 frequencies that are essential for the solo track (vocals, git solo..), and these will be softened in the background stem, which might be like all keyboards, or the drum overheads+room mics, or as shown, the pad sounds. Use the built-in spectral display to see where things are. Find out the best Q values, normally they should be broader and can even overlap. Now what you can do here especially, is hide this technique with carefully selecting attack and release timing per frequency, and do it so that the background track does not sound broken or coughing. Very often, it is enough to duck these basic frequencies by 1 or 2 dB.

[@blue_cloud7]

Very cool and useful episode.... Thanks Streaky !!!

[@GillyThaGOAT-fu6uv]

The man, the myth, the legend! Appreciate you Streaky! You’ve got my music to another level!

[@WilliamRousseauofficiel]

I use it every day since it exists, sometimes I prefer the Fabfilter Q3 on the bass which I find more precise for handling the phase. Thank you for all these videos

[@fade1in7key]

Thank You for another great video... I`m struggeling with making a clean and clear Mix in Mono, while my mix in stereo sounds much clearer... Maybe You give some examples and tips in a nother video? Streaky is one of my top favoured channel... All the best to You from Cologne, Germany

[@Pulse2AM]

That's a nice plugin and tutorial thanks! I've been doing this a long long time, they made records in the past say 70's 80's that sound great without a lot of tools we have today. Part of me says learn how to shape your sounds with EQ, compression etc. to get your vocal to sit in the mix the other part of me says use only when needed the tools we have available. My biggest gripe about modern mixes and music is things are too perfect (perfectly boring), it's the anomalies that keep the listener engaged along with good song writing, arranging, use of effects etc. In the last example with the pad, I typically roll of the low end of pads at 220 Hz and up they eat up a ton of space that makes room for your bass synth and other low end material. I always harp on this, get a frequency chart and learn where the fundamental frequency starts per instrument, in general you don't need any information below that point. As an example a Viola's fundamental starts above 120Hz, pads are akin to a string section you don't need pad sounds at 80Hz.

[@Guywithafork]

I think you pointed at serving the project and using only the tools you have to …??? Which I agree with 🙌 Iv learned to mix my vocals without side gaining and as you say going for the best take and using eq and compression gently (or not so with some eq moves lol) I try to remind myself that I am the forever student 🙌 so there is always something new to learn and it slows the ego down a little lol … ✌️

[@DenisVolga]

Yeah, the choices are: ~ good music nicely recorded, ~ good music recorded okay, ~ bad music recorded nicely, ~ bad music recorded badly, ~ noise agitating the senses, mind, intelligence, chakram and spirit. Nowadays, mainly, a talented, unique, from the heart music is 'anomality'. And it is not just in music. Scary. Sad.

[@1loveMusic2003]

Focusrite FAST REVEAL is great for this too.

[@BurningBushPedagogy]

You might not love to this comment, Streaky, but after subscribing the other day from one of your great videos, and now all I see is your videos suggested to me, that is fine, but then I wanted to see more about mid side processing and then watched one or two of your videos, and you couldnt explain it, you then said let me show would be better, but then you didnt exagerate enough for us to hear the difference on KZbin, I wacthed of your videos, I noticed sometimes you are not patient enough to stoop and slow down explain, I didnt get it clear and clicked off, left some comment why this why that...... I love your videos and love love to share your experieces with others out of your busy life, but still you are sometimes not able crystal clearly explain the things in your head through words, not everything people can understand just by watching. Then I left to see others and found thise woman explain midside OMG it was easy and clear as day, I advice you to watch this video of hers and see what we mean by explaing things clearly, and incoporate that to your next videos, you will get more videos and much better feedback that will even make you do more. you might not understand our side of things. here is the video and chanel owner: copy paste the below to KZbin and learn to add to your arsenal of knowledge, Thanks Streaky for all the 900 plus videos, but check this out: Using Mid Side EQ In Mixing (for space and clarity Sara Carter

[@coachfernley]

That bassline in the kick bass part is nasty!

[@djpurefire]

Thanks Streaky, some great examples here, thanks for sharing, much appreciated video as always 😊💛

[@johnmcquay82]

I sidechain bass/kick and backing/lead vocals often; not tried the others, so will definitely give these a try.

[@fireballrecreation7369]

If the legend says so let's change the game...appreciate for helping us

[@Sylvain_de_Boscherville]

It's very subtle but it gets the job done !

[@kruzzer1900]

THANKS TO U STREAKY!!

[@DenisVolga]

* Track separation and Side-chaining must be used for bringing up the main instruments or vocals, for clarity of individual channels/buses, for over-all richness (hearable) of arrangements. FabFilters, Sonible Smart EQ3, WaveFactory Track-Spacer, Sonible Intelligent Limiting & Loudness Compressor, ERA 6 AcuSonus Audio CleanUp Assistant, Focusrite Fast Reveal, Ozone 11 or Neutron 4 (Vocal separation/enhancer, Spectral Shaper or Stabilizer), Blue Cat's Dynamics (flexible compressor with prefilter, side-chain, over-sampling, look-ahead, peak envelope, modes, RMS), TR5 Quad Image (four bands with stereo-width and gain, solo-band control), TR5 Opto-compressor with L/R and M/S, NEOLD U2A and U17,.. * WaveFactory Track-Spacer - is a simpler, cheaper alternative to FabFilter (and it is good). * From this video (a Streaky way): 1. On side-chain (upper right) select the main channel that needs to stand out. 2. Place TrSp on the channel needed to be ducked, tweak it numerically and by ear (comparing to main tracks and the whole mix). 3. Valhalla Vintage Reverb, Neutron, iZotope, Nomad can be used for making main vocals/instruments not to be drowned in other instruments and effects. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYbcfoh-iNmDrtU 4. WaveFactory Track-Spacer for main vocals: blue dot for advanced features, LC around 800Hz, HC around 3kHz. 5. WaveFactory Track-Spacer can also be used for clarity and separation on drums and bass(es). * Another way for clarity and standing out of vocals: 1. Send vocal to two buses, one with reverb, another one with delay. 2. Apply compressors on both buses after effects. 3. Sidechain the compressors to the vocal. This way the reverb and delay will be kind of on and off (less muddy). 4. Tweak to have aprx. -5to8db gain reduction with 100% mix in. Or just reduce reverb and delay (along with low frequences, LC) on vocals themselves ;) Or duplicate the vocal channel and apply different effects and stereo-placement to them ;) Or..explore ;) Of course, now i have to sort the tracks as the main and secondary, so i can apply a better, more appropriate limiters, compressors, EQ's and spacers, then split my very old 28 minutes pool (one of the firsts) into sections, apply tools and effects individually to sections (mix) and then glue everything together, and then master...agh..was trying to avoid this huge job, but there is no other way to make this one long, very immature piece of very variable music sound good. Reality has no short-cuts. Now commercial came up: "flirt with woman when she feels about you, not thinks about you". Don't know why, i never used computer on these subjects, maybe because it is almost 2AM...Time to go to sleep. Yeah, humans trashed and raped the planet with garbage and wars, lets talk about sex.. Yepp...

[@betweenzone]

Hey, great video! Quick question - if I already have iZotope’s unmasking feature (like in Neutron), do I even need the Trackspacer plugin? Are there any specific advantages Trackspacer would offer in comparison? Thanks!

[@teeddfzfzf]

love your content . Could you make a video about how to fix phase issues in the mix ? ( polarity/phase )

[@marclovesbeer]

Try "fuser" by mastering the mix.

[@DubFreakuencies]

I tried and bought it, and I can say to anyone reading this you will not regret it.

[@michaelpaul3481]

Love trackspacer

[@benyaeast4741]

Man thank you heaps for all of this! This is really helpful, I’ve only done bass ans kick side chaining!

[@briancase6180]

I have trackspacer, but I just never really liked the way it sounds; maybe I'm not using it correctly. Instead, I use the audio sidechain modulator in Bitwig to modulate an EQ band (I can modulate the gain of the band, the center frequency, or the Q factor -or- some amount of all three) or a gain control anywhere or any other parameter on any device or plugin that will create the ducking I'm looking for. I use it on post-verb EQs a lot. But, the techniques you show are good.

[@mystikrebel1089]

thanks Streaky as i needed this tip

[@B2svn465]

Streaky try the backing track with sooth 2 works much more precise and oversampled result

[@harmoszka500]

It looks great.

[@Offical_Daniel_luna]

Can you do a video how to mix A piano house track As a pro. For instands, how to blend the bass into the piano and how to separate the kick, clap and hi hats from the bass and the piano and then mix all the elements back together?

[@ndifordivine8986]

Thank You !!!

[@AllanGildea]

Superb, Streaky. Cheers.

[@marciojunior9266]

Thank you so much Man!!

[@de_epvoid]

Hey Streaky! Kai here. Thanks a lot for your videos. They are really insightful. A quick question: You have this sidechain drop down mentioned at 1:05; it appears all your plugins have it. How do you activate it? I was checking out your video on Q3, EQ match etc., and I was obstructed by this sidechain drop down. I use Ableton so when I sidechain, I normally use a Compressor or Filter. When I check the FabFilter documentation, it also lacks this sidechain dropdown in the top right corner, and doesn't show the Compare/Copy top bar. Is it a Logic Pro thing? How can I activate this button so that I can perform this sidechaining function with Q3? I have had to resort to creating another instance of the Q3 on the vocal but this doesn't allow me to manually set the threshold with the sidechain button. Since there is no sidechain dropdown, whenever I activate the "little button" there is no signal. Love the videos. I eagerly await your response. Kai

[@happyshadow]

it sound much much much better without the highpass on trackspacer with kick n bass dont know why but it just does

[@Bert_Fromarketin]

SideChain is our friend.... especially with vocals and vocal blocking sounds and such..

[@Byron101_]

nonsense. Sidechain is not the 'fast medicine" for this task! Compose well, make a useful arrangement, let "air" to fit voices etc. This works best!

[@mehditayshun5595]

Yes but with well chosen filters. Side chaining to duck an entire track is probably not a good idea

[@liukuma5518]

Thank you for the video! Wondering if using pre-delay setting on some reverb and delay works the same? It also keeps the tails and highlight the clarity of vocal.

[@electrocompanion4110]

Interesting video. I don't own track spacer but use Unmask module (part of Izotope Neutron) to do the same job. Have you tried and compared? what is your opinion?

[@teooktd]

I really want the song played at 4:46 ! Please let me know if it's out or if someone recognises it

[@lazyailava]

Thanks ! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Dope video, clean as hell Super useful ❤️‍🔥

[@cesarlemosdonascimento2712]

Great stuff!! 👏🔥👏🔥

[@darlawkopx]

Thanks ❤

[@Radical_Middle]

was doing kick/bass one live using external gate on ducking mode

[@BigHugeYES]

Trackspacer causes slight click sounds for me, but only on the right side. Anyone else experiencing that bug?

[@BurningBushPedagogy]

By the way amazing edits lots of work but geat

[@djinntoneinc5492]

I am looking around to see if there is a list of your equipment at your studio, but I can't find anything. Any chance you could give me a head's up, I'd love to take a dive into your equipment of choice.

[@Griuofficial]

Thanks for a great tips🔥

[@fabianb_music]

What about Snare and Guitars?

[@danpettimusic]

For the first one, wouldn't Predelay help with that too?

[@Kalus_Saxon]

Did you do the cillit bang adverts 😂

[@Xerebec.13]

Probably your on of your top5 videos ever.....

[@davidgreen2014]

Mines doesn’t have a sidechain drop down option 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Fwuzeem]

If you look at all of Streaky's thumbnails it looks like a crazed curtain twitching conspiracy theorist has just had a bunch of magic mushrooms for the first time

[@Guywithafork]

😂 and funny thing to about mushrooms , they too often bring useful knowledge 😂🎯 gotta give props , even if they do look like they are twitching 😂😂😂

[@real_kay]

Nice one. 👌🏻 i like the product.

[@jendo_dj]

Hi man, i have one question, probably you've already answered , but please try to make my mind cleaner. i don't understand when you create a return track and when just put the effect on the track. i was thinking that you have to put the effect on the track when you really want to change the sound , and in the return when you want to mix? or you always create a return track for delay and reverb? many thanks cheers jack =)

[@LeSonduGrec]

SOOTHE SOOTHE SOOTHE

[@ClaudioAlejandroRamosMartínez]

what is the difference with using the sd dynamic eq?

[@marktywharton]

is this thing spectral? I use Smooth Operator how does it compare to that?

[@Maradnus]

OK Track spacer looks like a really nice tool!

[@pviktrance1]

Super video man

[@mickypraisemusic]

Can this be applicable on other DAW

[@joeEnrique]

bro i needed this video a year ago lol

[@EveryoneLovesIce]

GREAT VIDEO.THANKS!!!!!

[@gregpoland4876]

You're the shit!

[@freedeeztallbikes82]

What song is that at 4:50 !!!

[@PabloCubarle]

Thank you!!!!!

[@MCAlvesPortugal]

You can do that with a stock compressor and with the filters of the compressor. You don't need track spacer. And track spacer is very buggy, or you can use an Eq and duck the frequêncies. You really don't need track spacer

[@anteupbeats]

🧢🧢🧢 never had an issue with track spacer.

[@eyeque7]

How dare u speak so carelessly about track spacer. You should be ashamed of yourself

[@-k03n-87]

@@eyeque7he doesn’t, he’s just telling us that we can do this with stock compressors

[@datapusher-]

I've had many issues with trackspacer in ableton live. Locks up if you try to drop it on a track in real time. I have has also had issues where if you use more than one or two instances, it locks up ableton. I LIKE the plugin but it is buggy.

[@-______-______-]

@@datapusher-are you sure that you're not already pushing your DAW/computer? I haven't used track spacer, but it does sound a little bit like maxing out ram or processor. What's the buffer setting on your interface? If you're just mixing and not recording anything in anymore, try increasing the buffer to a larger number. Many people don't know about this and don't realise that they are making their machine work too hard when all you need to do is change the buffer.

[@toluwalasetemitope2572]

Thank you ❤

[@christiansen5250]

Nice!

[@bayseeboynesmusic]

Thank you sir

[@LionOfKingston]

Just purchased your 🔌 🔥

[@maxwalsh297]

What an intro

[@OopaOooopa]

Is fuser any good.?

[@KalleHallden-r2m]

hi streaky i was wondering but what is your gear list?

[@paulwalsh6734]

Whats the plugin chain on the narration?

[@DJDangerousNile]

Thanks bro 👍

[@thereggaeinstitute]

Is this any better than Neutron Unmask?

[@miroslavradulovic6129]

nice! what bass vst is it?

[@Andrewjohnyoutube]

Hi Steaky! I’ve noticed people using track spacer a lot recently - is there a particular reason it seems to be being favoured over the sidechain function in Soothe? I use this function in Soothe a lot, should I be making the swap to Track Spacer?

[@LETTMusic]

It's way more CPU efficient than Soothe2 and in general quicker workflow.

[@berkaydemiralp]

Thank you...

[@marianolarocca-ionique5027]

KZbin ads are responsible for me no longer watching contents.. do you have alternative channels?

[@desires66]

Watch them and try to docthe same with your Basic Plugins in your daw. Youll learn much more and pay less

[@R1PPA-C]

Any tips on the best plugins for creating vocal harmony tracks? I've only got a few stems for the leads but we didn't record any harmonies. I've tried layering a few of the stems, offsetting the time a few milliseconds and transposing, also used a stock cubase plugin that was supposed to create harmonies but everything sounds very unnatural. Its the last piece I need to finish this damn project

[@ThePodgyPanda]

Little alter boy vst is your friend

[@R1PPA-C]

@@ThePodgyPanda KZbin at it again, my previous comment was removed for some reason. Anyway... Waves Harmony for the win.... This thing is a beeeast

[@watsonstudios]

I would say #6 would be vocals and guitars. There's quite a few times I need to duck out the distorted rhythm guitars during the lead vocals. I use the hi & lo pass filters set 1k and 3k just to duck out the mids of the guitars about 15% or so. Of course, it depends on the song and how the guitars are eq'd.

[@mehditayshun5595]

03:16. He said lead vocal to backing track, for 800 Hertz and 3 KH " Backing track " includes rythm guitar

[@21recordsmix]

Is it a dynamic eq ??

[@SoundsBy80K]

not really, multiband compessor or singleband compressor with pre filter sidechain might be closer on eqs you move the gain around one specific frequency no matter bell or shelf, so the internal sidechain its completely unaware of spectral informations, its basically reading the channel volume. trackspacer reads the whole spectrum by dividing it into n-amount of bands to apply the sidechain across the spectrum like an inverted mirror.

[@Chamilawarna]

great video 👋