Top 6 Mistakes That New Audio Engineers Make | Recording & Mixing In Pro Tools

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A smart man learns from his mistakes, but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. In this video, I talk about and demonstrate my top 6 mistakes that new audio engineers make in the studio. Check them out and leave a comment if you feel I left anything out.
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[@mrflynn01]

99% of these guys are “NOT” recording engineers, they just make beats!!!!!

[@theexile1155]

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[@mudathirmutaz3810]

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[@GshockBeats]

this guy actually knows what he's talking about

[@la-keniagreen5913]

Nice Vid!! Yes this is not an easy job and so underrated sometimes. Some don't understand the importance of a good mix. Another mistake young engineers make is putting plugins directly on the track instead of bussing. If you have delay on 4 tracks, make an aux track, name it, and send your signal through there. Also please people learn your shortcuts because it will help you do everything so much faster. When you're in a session, you don't want to be using the mouse all the time as we all know it can hurt your hand in the long run. Im an upcoming Mix Engineer & I learned some of this in class and the rest at home.

[@waynewav]

All facts. 💯💯

[@raulrodriguez3667]

Class?? Where at?? And how do i sign up? Is it worth it or can you learn it on youtube?

[@la-keniagreen5913]

@@raulrodriguez3667 I went to Mercy College in NY. They have a Music Prod. and Rec Arts Program.

[@JuanPabloh]

Hey, so, what kind of plugins should go right in to the track and what kind should go to buss?

[@Drettifloatin]

💯 I just got tired of spending money in studios and not gettin the results I was looking for so I got me some stuff and now I’m recording myself but it’s so much to learn and I’m a perfectionist so I’m puttin the hours n to get it al”right not easy but well worth it

[@nino2910]

Same for me . Was paying dudes who seem like they barely mix or just didn’t do good enough to my liking . Grabbed my own studio

[@LossLeadas]

sometimes its about better communication with engineer. not expecting they can read minds what you want.

[@rejourn]

The headroom tip has really opened my eyes man, I always wondered why some beats sound impossible to rap or sing over because they seem to be the center of attention or too loud. This has helped me a lot i can't wait to make new music.

[@randymorelify]

Bro your a great teacher. No on line breaks it down like this. Great vid my man!

[@anthonyd6843]

I have watched ALOT of videos about home studio recording and production. But, Wayne is THE BEST ON KZbin!

[@TheInspiredTeacher]

Hi I just started watching these videos. I'm new to the music industry and have been spending all my time developing my skills and watching tutorials and practicing and whatnot. It's been really frustrating bc everyone else I look at already has songs and records and videos and stuff. Hearing your #1 comment be that it's not easy, that one has to put time and effort in, made me feel so good. It really made me feel like I am on the right path. I'm going to follow you on instagram and keep watching your videos. They're great! Very detailed and specific. :)

[@waynewav]

Thanks So much, happy to help you along your journey!

[@MrJnice18]

Bro I swear ur a blessing i ask so many people that record music to sit down with me and show me wat I’m doing wrong. You’ll be surprise how many selfish producers out there

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[@DJSINNYC]

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[@tengukage4409]

Very true I started using pro tools in 2000 and I’m still learning every day , it takes time and a lot of practice 🔥👊🏽

[@CoupleZee]

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[@dabigguy83]

Thanks for this Wavy One!!! Getting ready to work with my first artist and this like all of your tutorials really help!!!

[@_JohnnySav]

dabigguy83 Dope man congrats!

[@waynewav]

No doubt thanks for watching!

[@t3reeproduction314]

This do take a lot.. is so much too learn it wont happen overnight..

[@waynewav]

Facts!

[@louberdasco601]

One thousand percent. Every day I start my editing by watching some tutorials for what I expect for the day.

[@doralburnett9886]

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[@TONY76127]

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[@Clutch275]

Good start to the list! For me #1 is "Gain Staging". For instance... Live GTR Cabinet. Soooo many stages. The GTR, The Pedal Board, The AMP, The Mic Pre, An Outboard Comp, Internal EQ/Comp, Sub Group EQ/Comp, Master EQ/Comp... and on and on... So many places to mess up.... LOVE the Channel!!! Been Recording since '99. Started on 2in tape.... IM OLD!!!! lol

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[@_JohnnySav]

Jay Simpson-Bey Basics I need this for protools. I can route audio like a boss in Logic but, Protools is another beast!

[@waynewav]

Thanks Fam!

[@KingKong-mm4bq]

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[@SoftHeartRevelation]

1:32 “BUT IT STILL AINT GONE BE EASY” 😂😂😂💀💀🖤🖤

[@waynewav]

Still. Lol

[@dmthaproducer1]

😂😂😂

[@Annalist874]

What's up Wavy , hope you are in good health during this social distance error. I'm one of your many fans of your craft, right now I'm watching this video and paused it to take the time out to thank you for all your great work you've done, helping us little folks to be something more than others would expect, it's like you said it's not going to be easy but we can get it if we work hard enough, so Thank You A Million Time. Your vids will definitely let me become a producer of my own craft and many others, you are a inspiration. Straight Out A Jamaica, and don't know if you know but jamaican dont get emotional but you are doing good work keep it up. Thank you!!!!

[@linndzproductions]

Thanks for all the tips you have a new subscriber as of right now !!! Do you have a video showing your studio and the gear you use to record ?

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Thank you Wayne!!!!!

[@weirdterms4143]

Great video man, the "What not to do" "top mistakes" videos are super educational.

[@waynewav]

Thanks

[@StoneyWoodz361]

Starting to get into recording myself so hopefully I’ll have my equipment by next month or month after but these help man. I love these videos. I’m tired of paying people money for shitty quality

[@nardobambino5886]

You are a dope producer and engineer! Im learning alot from you!

[@rjdixon2253]

Thanks, bro. Just getting into engineering. Hard work on the way.

[@g77222]

Thank you so much for taking about CLIP GAIN. I used it today, able to record 4 songs on my album!

[@AmelNaeb]

You funny asf. Tryna make sure we watch them videos! I got you thou.lol. I'm watching and learning.

[@BakoLazarashvili]

Great information! I'm halfway through my Degree at Full Sail University!!! I found this very helpful!!!

[@kandlewood1]

How did fullsail work out for you fam?

[@djlive83]

Keep doing your thang...Nice tutorial...

[@waynewav]

Thanks Fam!

[@mikelord1981]

You are the truth Wavy!

[@waynewav]

Thanks fam!!

[@lilmilt28]

track fire, i can relate

[@vipuldive6091]

Thanks sir👍

[@offbarvonguul]

Yo, just saw this video, love the way you articulate the nuances of your subjects and will definitely be going through your videos to learn more and put into practice with my own editing. I notice, a lot of the problems I have with my "unfinished" products and how you fixed them. I don't have an audio interface just yet so I can't use Pro Tools, stuck in Audacity atm and sometimes FL Mobile, not sure if you're familiar with them, or any one in the comments reading this, but please give any tips for working with those programs in the mean time. Thank you in advance.

[@sangsseerup960]

I love u brooo. give tips more n more

[@hv2623]

Slowly getting through all of your videos. Thank you for all the work dawg. A side question from this one- what's real early adlibs and early adlibs?? Lol. Thx

[@sirbigdaddyalpha]

Do a video on how to use a De-esser and Expander/Gate

[@thelifeuchoose]

Great info

[@_JohnnySav]

Nice tutorial. Very clear and concise. I actually made a sampling tutorial in Logic a while back. I just got Protools and it looks like you’ll be my go to for learning it. Have you ever used Waves Center to attenuate a beat? It works great to balance the bass frequencies.

[@waynewav]

Hey Wassup, No I have never used that for attenuation. I usually use that plug in for other stuff like taking the delays out the center channel, Thanks.

[@youngworld001]

great video bro

[@galaxiibyfarr6668]

another mistake is stacking unnecessary plugins on a track

[@LunaticTheCat]

By definition, anyone that does that isn't an audio engineer lol.

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[@khaliljohnson8148]

I’m not very sure if anyone had touch on the importance of gain staging, but that would be my tip. Assure that all of your levels are laid out well so your master bus will have enough headroom for a master or just loud enough to reach commercial level, but not surpass it (if you’re not looking to master).

[@ashoncermeus8187]

Hi Man !good job , please i want to see the setup in you studio

[@Nolmarie1]

Not all of us have PRO TOOLS you dig your templatessss should come for studio one and other daws

[@Only1Science]

#7 As technology evolves, so does the engineer. No matter how seasoned we are, we're all still learning at our own pace. However, please learn these fundamentals that Wayne is dropping. You're more than likely be remembered as a professional engineer who didn't F-U the session than the "Pro" with all of the tricks up his/her sleeve. They'll call you back for more work first. Peace!

[@TheBest-ut4vw]

Keep it up bro fr

[@shaqloco7671]

The compression part is so important. Rick Beato helped me out with that too.

[@shaqloco7671]

Some other beginner mistakes are using too much reverb, not setting the tempo of the session, and the biggest one of all is relying too much on numbers. The biggest thing about mixing is the fact that not every session is the same. The same numbers don't work for every song. Gotta use your ears.

[@waynewav]

Exactly!

[@MadMusicologist]

This is really cool input. Well if you know how your stuff should sound, you will see how much work you have to do to have all the tracks in balance. Headroom: maybe I am old. I love the way Leonard Cohen had his first four albums mixed. The voice is first, and all the other music is clear, but way below the voice. Or take Lee Perry's early Bob Marley recordings. Voice, bass, rest of the music. Now I'm gonna listen to the next points here.

[@kaidman2691]

the last 2 mistakes are me all day lol I appreciate you my boy

[@waynewav]

They were me too at some point!

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Tell us Keep it coming wav

[@chrisjennings5731]

Yo Wav, you alright bro. Mad respect. Info is needful and helpful! Cheers!

[@waynewav]

Thanks Fam!

[@chrisjennings5731]

Wayne.wav Yo, you got any tips on understanding the concept of I/O. Like transferring sessions from my small home joint to a big studio. Big problem I’m running into.

[@chrisjennings5731]

Wayne.wav thanks for the reply too.

[@LEACHISRICH]

Thanks

[@TDAWWWWWWWW]

LIKE YOU SAID PLAYING WITH THE FADER, I DIDNT KNOW WAS VERY UNNECESSARY, THANKS SIR, YOU MAKE LEARNING FUN 🤧💯💯💯💯💯💯🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@xoEvermore]

damnnn i feel called out on all of these man

[@yuusource831]

Hey my wavy 💨 keep uploading it, and I'll keep putting thumbs up 👍 Can u make how to get "Base layer under the vocal" that makes thicker please 🙏

[@waynewav]

Fasho, I've got a great tip for that

[@yuusource831]

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[@potsandpanaudiollc8956]

Nice!

[@godswarrior298]

Great Video!!!!I am guilty of doing all these bra,Thanks For Taking time out to show ya bra the proper way or WayneWay.I've been recording my vocals at about -16.5 on the pro tools fader.I need to change that, with a few other things.Go looking out, and keep up the good work.

[@godswarrior298]

I'm recording with the fader volume level at -16.5 and was peaking at -16 and -22.Sometimes at -15 or -10.But Now I know I have been recording to low like wavy way was saying.I have been using the compressor to boost my volume in my vocals.Even thou I have been using already mastered beets,I have not been turning them down to give me that head room, that I need for the vocal to sit in the beet better.So I will be trying wavyways tactics on my next track.

[@godswarrior298]

Right!!!!! That's exactly,what I learned watching wavyways videos.Those are some of the things I was talking about changing in my next session.I will be applying this bra for sure.-6 on the beet,-6 on the vocal and -6 on the master fader.I have been recording way to low and have not been leaving head room in the beets or vocals.Changing that as we speak.

[@waynewav]

Thanks Fam, glad I could help.

[@patrickwilliams1886]

Great video and thanks for addressing the super loud files these new lazy rappers bring here that they want me to mix

[@joesonza]

Bro this is a great vid. Thank you for making it. Esp the tips on clip gain and leaving headroom and staying under -6 dB. Would you say that should just be for the beat, or should everything in the session (including vox) be under that -6 dB before mastering ?

[@waynewav]

Thanks bro. That’s for Everything in the mix.

[@joesonza]

Gotchu. Much love bro, keep making these fire vids !

[@tuckeverlastin9868]

What type of Track did you use for your instrumental? When i import the audio i have always only had one wavelength, but you have 2. Please elaborate if you have time. Great video!

[@kerrickrosemondjr.6555]

Bruuhhhh speak!!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾I'm catching hell!!!😂😂😂

[@s1zevisual852]

Dude this was helpfull as fuck. Thank you just found your videos im imediattly hooked. Been rapping for 11 years now and been making beats for some time now and getting really into production. And directly mixing requests started coming in from the folks hwo baught beats and so im gonna study your channel a lot haha

[@javaughnjackson1444]

Talk about not mixing too loud and how when your in a untreated room the lower you play your mix the less the room effects your mix in a negative way .

[@niqvenus284]

on video 7, these r lit.

[@staxxahunid3763]

Wavy Wayne bro u big help rs ay can u tell us what type of gb & ram is best for recording on computer

[@waynewav]

I would recommend at least an i5 processor and 8 gb of ram!

[@LoveTeneo]

can your protools templates be translated to the Logic DAW??

[@highkon_tgm]

Am feeling you bruv,nice tutorials

[@waynewav]

Thanks for the luv

[@highkon_tgm]

Wayne.wav one. Quick question tho, I'd like to know what wave EQ is best for vocal cause am kinda settling so SSL E CHANNEL?

[@Jgift_9x]

nice start !!! Preach! lol

[@SelfDiving]

Thanks man! got fews of "ahaa"

[@joejones4237]

Love

[@pictatorm.c.8912]

Do a video for connecting the speakers to protools so the output will come out of the speakers when recording, it's something never to be seen.

[@michaela2776]

I wanna record my own vocals do you have a video on that bro?

[@staxxahunid3763]

Wavy make a video on how to make song sound good anywhere my problem is my song will sound good in my home studio but when I play it in my car it sucks help a brotha out wavy Wayne

[@apexgaddancehall2394]

How to mix instrumental from fl to pro tools how to transpose it to pro tools... template or procedure

[@richserp9762]

banger

[@stain704]

if i have an instrumental with an open 16 bar verse ..is it possible that i can record one twelve bar verse & have my engineer cut the remaining four bars in that section to make a clean transition back into the chorus?

[@Josegunz123]

I need help with the tracks like I want to get rid of the noise in the background but it gets part of my verse erased also. It really irritates me please help anybody.

[@mrchromexxx]

ay man which compressor are you using

[@jakeman12484]

Your Vocal chain always seems very minimal. Do you not do subtractive EQing and other clean up methods before hand.... or is all that just in another bus/previous steps. if recording process is that clean that you don't have to do much pre mixing like that, then how do i get there? especially cuz i been in sessions where dudes record in the middle of the room no special booth and the mix is great. and the room i record in is the same as his... but i still use a make shift vocal booth

[@kicksncapz]

To Wavy, Big question, who is the smartest singer you ever worked with sonically, who knew thier instrument the best(?voice, what it needed) asking all the engineers

[@juanmerlhe7474]

Where can i go to college for audio engineering?(not just for music engineering)

[@bhzacousticsession2416]

Which program is he using?

[@XPose_]

Do a video on how to print audio in pro tools instead of bounce to disk. And which way is better and the pros and cons. Thanks for the info

[@waynewav]

Its funny you ask that I already recorded that video its next up!!

[@XPose_]

Can't wait

[@TheTjcalla]

I know this video like 2yrs old but its still relevant... can you put like the list in the bio tho ?

[@ezporcelain]

2:20 Does it even make sense to sell the limited/mastered beats? I still don't understand it. Not even mentioning the stems but just to mix the vocals over the beat which IS ALREADY mastered (probably not masterfully though), so then then when the song will get mastered the beat as a part of it will be actually mastered twice?) Is till can't believe we all are doing it these days 6:03 Why does it say "Trim mono"? 13:00 It sounds NICE man!!!

[@phlyboipropaganda492]

I just just turned down the beat in my session it sounds a lot better, he's right it does leave room to play with.