The Ultimate Mixing Guide for EDM (Part 1)

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[@chadfields313]

I’ve never commented on a KZbin video before, but I just had to say that you by far have the best music production tutorials on the internet and you are deserving of far more recognition. You’re genuinely helpful and have gotten me closer to my goals. Super cool how how freely you’re sharing your knowledge and experience. Sending friends to your videos and music.

[@chadfields313]

your song is way better than martins though. He should reference your tracks.

[@sasujuntunen3750]

That´s absolutely how I feel too!

[@oriongiant]

I 100% feel the exact same way. Your videos are so insanely helpful. You rock Big Z!

[@bowenalfonso3208]

I realize Im kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good place to stream new tv shows online?

[@harleybronson843]

@Bowen Alfonso i watch on FlixZone. You can find it on google :)

[@eFManCC]

Bruh where's the part 2? There's loads of other tutorials but you're my fav.

[@FreakRaider]

you are actually so freaking helpful, thank you so much

[@paulgregory9609]

I am not surprised to see such positive feedback. I can safely say, after 20+ years of hating my mixes, you have shed light on this Black Art, in away no other teacher or resource ever has. This may be the single most important YT video I have ever watched. I am going to see if I can go rescue all my ditches songs. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@nailbiter82]

AB the unmixed 0:30 verses end result 14:15

[@joeyf808]

Big Z! thanks for all the efforts! great vids, keep em coming! looking for Part 2.

[@mrpooroldme]

It is surprising how effective this frequency specific method is, thank you for such a helpful tutorial.

[@timjennings1444]

So glad you started a channel, thank you!

[@aletrispinkroot3421]

You make the best production tutorials on KZbin by far

[@rubik3511]

Thanks man, I really enjoy your calm approach to explaining music production. Keep it up! (Btw sounds like that Martin Garrix tune has some white noise in the high frequencies)

[@OfficialRocNation]

Big Z! so lucky to have you posting these vids. Take it easy man!

[@kirkgacias7828]

great video man. You're the best in the producer youtube game right now

[@mrbieler1]

Unbelievable, absolutely amazing content! Keep it up!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Dexton0742]

Wow, when you start with the frequency A/B'ing I can see how revealing that is. Never thought of this process. Great tip and will try

[@msjordanshannon]

Thank you for sharing this technique. First of it's kind on my watch list. Subscribing now!

[@ronhalperinmusic3557]

Your great!, your explaining realy important stuff and have quality sound and music. Didnt saw a lot like you, Thanks a lot!

[@foxproduction4554]

.....Z you are an amazing teacher..respect

[@eddietibert]

thank you so much for helping the producer community, my overall mix sounds clearer, every bass sounds 10000x better and my tracks really shine with your mixing tips! Keep on making these killer tutorials!

[@BigZMusic]

Nice, glad they’re helping 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@eddietibert]

@@BigZMusic When are you dropping part 2??

[@Nikitkazantip]

Great Video! Thank you BIg Z. Need more Video on Mixing EDM.

[@Planetugm]

Big Z #1 in the tutorial game! great video!

[@jonasgarcia6257]

Congrats on the job, I'm really impressed. hugs from brazil

[@irishkicks92]

BIG Z KILLING IT!

[@newsomething8682]

Thank you so much for sharing this to us! Very useful!

[@bobhope7364]

Great tutorial and great main lead

[@iamxnot]

Yes this is tuts i have been waiting from you. Thanks BIG Z hope to see other part soon.

[@Castrouk_]

Thank you as always for sharing your unique take on mixing and production dude!

[@BigZMusic]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@nairbleirbag]

Man, this is really helpful, you deserve more subs 🙏

[@barts1101]

Incredible work, you really inspire me

[@numberiii1527]

Once I found you on youtube I was so happy, I loved your Cash Cash remix of Take Me Home!

[@TheAndreIsAndre]

Wow, this was fantastic, thank you for this!

[@luvaluvaproductions]

That was a game changer. Thank you Big Z!

[@jasonpoggi9521]

You rock man!!! Loving your channel. And it’s not even in my genre!

[@ulrichgamingandmusic]

i actually never heard about your last technic, thats awesome, thx for the great tip

[@ndzalamangobeni4412]

Your videos... Your videos... Number 1. Thank you.

[@cekirdekci32]

Best advanced production tutorials. 👍👍

[@LemoBeatc]

I recommend the plugin ”Reference” by Mastering the mix for also a good reference plugin. It costs 50$!

[@lout9231]

your vids are insane man ive said it before, by far the most concise, in depth and helpful i've found online. When you offer mixing and mastering services would you include a video of your approach to the process/would you do it live on discord or something?

[@BigZMusic]

No sorry I wouldn’t do a video on it that would take too much time and distract me from actually mixing. But I could give feedback on how to make your mix better after

[@ubuandeyelbme]

That was exceptional. Thank you for this video. Very methodical and pretty straightforward. Do you do any mid/side EQing? If so any tips on when you would implement it? Also how long would you say it takes you, personally, to mix down a track after the overall structure and composition is finished? Just curious. Thanks again!!

[@matthewdiatrix]

Ohhh sick technique! Thanks a loro bigz

[@Matthew-yb5sl]

Hi big z, great tutorials! it seems like you have so many of the top plugins, may I ask how much it has cost you over the years to amass all of these?

[@Pedrombnader]

Very nice!! Thank you!

[@jrapp654]

I said wow out loud every 2 minutes, this was so helpful

[@whitehh15]

Awesome tips!

[@beatballermusic]

You the man!!!!! ⚡️

[@EzGriefing]

Damn I am looking forward to that song, I really like that one! :D

[@leem5813]

useful tip，learn a lot，thanks a lot！

[@xcres8453]

Brother, you helped me a lot, I didn't knew this cheat code 😅 It's simple and usable... Peace out

[@laxyamusic8162]

This is brilliant! When are we expecting part 2?

[@rewantsingh5864]

You are just amazing man 👌👌👌🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️👌👌👌😈

[@lvr852]

very helpful, cheers mate ❤️

[@digitalfukera4853]

thank you man

[@boux8597]

your videos are great help!

[@miselli3175]

Could you make a remake of the MK piano in his my head is a jungel remix? Probably some kind of piano combination in Korgs M1 vst

[@ooagabonjoaga2680]

thank you big z

[@Bhadmojo]

Dude this is awesome, my mix game definitely needs improvement

[@Francis-ec4lq]

Thanks you are a super teacher

[@GilbertCarrizales]

Hey Big Z, Something I've been wondering when it comes to mixing. Do you use Eqing on any of your tracks? I do in my productions, however I can't seem to figure out how to get down a proper spread of my instruments. It almost seems though as if the processing in the instruments is not at it's best quality. I see you do use Fab Filter, which is something I also have. Which instruments and or layers do you normally apply equing to? Your main melodies? Your percussion I.E. claps, snares, hi hats? Your baselines? And how do you (if at all) spread them throughout the sound spectrum?

[@MänOfficially]

thank you we learn every Sunday

[@artbluevibe6629]

your mix sounds better bro,,, great tutorial!!! But I tell you when the kick is all the way turned down everything else sounds nice and smooth so they are not too muddy and overpowering.... such as chords .. Would love to see a tutorial on that! thank you

[@brassiesounds8809]

I thought I would share a great tip with everybody! What I have recently been doing is going through the whole frequency spectrum and doing at least 3 different tracks (saving a project for each version). Then what I’ll do is compare the 3 different versions and see which one sounds the best. Hope this helps a lot of people!

[@SlayerDarkRaver]

I've heard about the frequency reference thing but no one have explained and showed it as clear as you. All the way from the bikini bottom, thank You! :)

[@william19973]

these tutorials are so awesome homie

[@BigZMusic]

Thanks man!

[@jimmythebold589]

YO BIG Z; I'm curious about Magic AB, but it is no longer available at samplemagic's site. All the info pages are up for it, but there are no download links. etc. I guess they discontinued it? I searched for half an hour and couldn't find it anywhere. Is there a new similar product?? Keep up the great work, love your calm demeanor. I get so agitated when I produce music (computer interface is agitating to me, ie keyboard/trackpad). ...

[@mitchell9345]

I know a lot of EDM producers will actually cut off the higher end (>7khz) to make room for all the white noise type elements. Learned this from a Jauz tutorial

[@artbluevibe6629]

I like your track bro!!! how do you get the width of the keys and piano to sound so upfront?? thank you

[@weslaycock466]

So happy I found you

[@ryanolson858]

I luv you Big Z

[@spikestarofficial9927]

Best tutorial ever

[@sobitasarangthemsobitasara5645]

Thank sir you for opening my eye

[@bruindodger]

Can you do a tutorial on how to program drum patterns... like “Drum Programming 101?” ... and maybe “Reverb 101,” “Delays 101,” etc?

[@danielziec240]

This knowledge is gołd. Thanks ;)

[@costastud]

Hey everyone, just thought I would share my mixing technique. First of all have about 3 reference tracks in mind, then go through the frequency spectrum on each track and reduce the eq to 25% on all eqs. Only eq the kick solo and have another eq for the other sounds. I found this technique really polishes up my mixes. Hopefully this helps you because I know mixing can be a pain

[@rako4869]

good!!!!

[@darksnes]

Hi Big Z, I was wondering, does the fact that the reference track has already been mastered cause any issues? Wouldn't comparing loudness of an unmastered track to a mastered one not be a good comparison?

[@Raelon]

For the same reason at the start of the video, he made sure that the loudness of both the tracks, his track and the reference track, is same. 2:42

[@arcadia87music]

We need part two :))

[@danielmesanunez]

Dope!

[@jazzattak]

OK....now we need part2 - part 100 😂😂😂seriously, will you finish this series on mixing?

[@lushmusicproductions8040]

Yo @Big Z. Not sure it you covered it, when A/B ing do you route it so that you comparing like with like i.e. unmastered versus mastered? Ya know what I mean?

[@jamiebrown6194]

Superb tutorial! Thanks Big Z. Quick question.. do you have your master plugins turned on when doing this?

[@BigZMusic]

I usually just have a little bit of compression on while I mix

[@jamiebrown6194]

@@BigZMusicSo you're getting the volumes the same knowing you'll bring the overall level down to say -4db of headroom and let the master limiter bring it back up again?

[@GilbertCarrizales]

Hey Big Z, did you ever release this particular track? Would love to purchase it.

[@levinfischermusic4552]

Can I find this track somewhere? I love it

How did you get the song together already that loud having -14db on the master before mixing?? I’m so confused

[@mhdmanzoorpm4896]

Can u do a video about Rms and use of rms

[@Rolanoid]

On my studio monitors your track sounded better than the reference even before you started mixing.

[@LUCKYKATmeowsic]

I'm a little confused. I always heard to set the faders at 0 and then use a Utility plugin to make the volume changes. If you change the fader for that section of the song, you might be clipping more for another section. Or did I misunderstand it? Also, why replicate someone else's sound instead of striving to create your own sound? Nice tip about the frequency referencing btw.

[@trashbag1598]

your track is fire did you release it?

[@joaquinreed]

@Big Z, Since they discontinued sample magic AB - do you use an alternative plug-in?

[@caseypoon8038]

do you already have some sort of master chain (limiter/compressors?) before you start this process? I think the reference track is already mastered so how do you compare the volume levels with an unmastered track?

[@ravirana2001]

I guess by lowering the volume of masterd track. Not sure .

[@impolitikful]

Reference tool by mastering the mix lets you do this already. It just creates a level difference meter

[@Hello-ys9lc]

Should we mix in mono when we use reference?

[@Musicbypinge]

youre so fucking great!

[@REEWIL]

where can i get that Magic AB plug in from now it's been discontinued ?

[@lucabozzi7221]

Nice tip for mixing! But I’ve a question: why does the track is around 20 of Rms, isn’t too low? I know that the overall of rms in edm in general is -6/-5 rms

[@BigZMusic]

this was just about mixing - after this I would master the track to bring it up to around -6 RMS

[@victornico]

How do you download songs for reference? Off youtube?

[@RobinGOSEN]

13:45 you can clearly hear some mono/stereo differences, but anyway great tutorial! :)

[@ziadrahibi626]

It's time to subscribe

[@pogchamp7983]

Your mix sounds better than the reference track by far lol

[@leandrofigueira4015]

link to magic ab 2? couldn't find it on google...

[@danielkaczmarczyk2482]

Great tutorial! Little tip for those who don't wanna buy an A | B plugin - you can just load up the track that you're referencing into your DAW...

[@gabrieldiazcomoretto]

SampleMagic stopped the production of their plug-in Magic AB. Any other alternative ?

[@macdoremine498]

Gabriel Diaz ADPTR Metric AB by Plugin Aliance