Two Knobs That'll Change Your Mixing

[@StopwatchRobert]

I am so, so glad that Propellerhead has gotten back into producing great tutorials. There was a bit of a dark age for awhile, but now this channel is as good as it's ever been!

[@GregRband]

+Mockingbirch I'm new to Reason....ok, giving Reason Essentials 8 another go after a year or two away from buying, and I too am really loving the tutorial and informational videos across the site! Makes me really want the Full version! :)

[@Hermiel]

Producers and engineers everywhere take note: High- and low-cut filtering is absolutely fundamental and applies to audio work of every kind. This video illustrates the concept in a clear and succinct manner. Great job!

[@VendlandFX]

+Psychoacoustic [3D SURROUND MUSIC] You have to automate your tracks in that case.

[@OnlyWednesdayMu]

That emotional plea was absolutely incredible. Looking forward to the Oscars to see you win.

[@ReasonStudios]

+Only Wednesday Music I'm hoping I beat Leo DiCaprio to keep his streak going. :P

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

+Propellerhead The Oscar plea just made my day. That was glorious. Although I will hasten to add, THANK YOU FOR THE SPECTRUM EQ. One of the best things to ever happen to Reason.

[@navigatormoore]

+MarkeyDeSad Agreed whole-heartedly...but I feel the visual spectrum aspect applies to mainly experienced engineers (like you obviously) who can relate to the thrills of visualizing the convolution and eradicating a problematic frequencies (if applicable!) But for n00bs--I find it hinders their abilities to use their ears as many of us did "listening" while monitoring VU meters recording to classic Ampex 499 Gold 2-inch...of course before the DAW became a sort-of-standard in music creation lead by its successors: the painful error-ridden ADAT and Tascam recording technologies. The point is: new paradigm of engineers tend to mix with their eyes instead of their ears--leading to 8-16khz abrasive ear fatigue, 1khz mid-tin and 250hz mud and every audio channel suffocating 20-90hz. These two knobs (as stated by the OP) are very relative to defeating the first (low-end) and last (high-end) issues that WILL occur problematic in mastering. A great recorded signal in equals and great recorded signal output just as a great mix equals an even better master out (where the RMS-loudness war launched has removed the saturated warmth and organic dynamics out of much of today's recordings over two decades!) I also agree that this particular mixing console is definitely one of the other best things to happen to Reason.

[@RecordingStudio9]

Though I do not own Reason (yet) most videos are still relevant to any DAW for recording & mixing. Thanks.

[@ericdufresne6991]

No man... just Reason, that's why Reason has the best two knobs. Got it? Don't forget it now.... JUST FUCKING REASON!!! NOT PRO TOOLS, NOT LOGIC, NOT REAPER, NOT FRUITY LOOPS, AND NEVER FUCKING ABELTON! AND I MEAN NEVER!!! I FORGOT CUBASE... NEVER CUBASE TOO....

[@Durgvanshi]

Astrah Cat that happens in logic also

[@alexhauptmann298]

That's why I love these videos so much. I mostly use Ableton (though I've been working a lot more with Reason lately), but since Reason emulates the gear that inspired the modern DAW's mixing console everything that applies here should apply anywhere else :)

[@JOEMCKINLEY3]

I'm sold. Previously I thought HP and LP gave you less control of the custom sound you want, but in this tutorial I can see that it really prevents the user from ruining the frequencies that you DO want.

[@clevelandboiohio492]

Man ... these old video tutorials are a treasure trove for aspiring Reason heads like myself. I prefer official propellerheads tutorials only. I tend not to watch other aspiring producers “how to” videos because they’re only giving “Their own personal way” of doing things. So I’d rather learn from the actual makers of Reason and form my own techniques for how to do things. That’s really what this all boils down to. Especially if you’re trying to create your own sounds and not mimic anyone else

[@alexhauptmann298]

Yeah, I find most "KZbin Tutorials" to be irritating because half the time it's just a guy mumbling unscripted as he works without actually being CLEAR about anything.

[@sosickhcdrums]

This is the best tutorial on HPF and LPF i've ever seen.

[@sysexstudio]

More mixing demo videos please. They are so helpful! Also, great Peart/Rush quote!

[@GregRband]

+Sysex|Studio Agreed on the Peart/Rush quote! ~thumbs up to that!

[@highestsettings]

What I love about these videos is that don't just show off Reason and they don't just teach you how to use Reason. They teach you how to actually be a competent producer regardless of what software you're using, it just so happens to show off how good Reason is and how to use it too. I'd love if you went a bit more in-depth though I will say.

[@RedMartyr]

im so glad you guys have a channle because when i first started i pretty much reverse-engineered the demo tracks to learn how everything works. that was back in Reason 3. i made it to reason 7 and paid for a tutorial DVD (which i lost). and now Reason 11 has more options than ever and these tutorial are super helpful for someone like me who doesnt know all these new features

[@brendeasier]

I saw an immediate difference once I began trusting the knobs over the visual EQ spectrum. Great tutorial, thanks!

[@adithyasatheesh127]

This video gave me joy cuz even though i dont use reason anymore, reason ver 5 was the first daw I've ever used and i was a kid. But it also makes me wonder, how on earth do reason manage to find such incredible teacher to do these videos on KZbin. Just phenomenal.

[@diymusicbiz]

+Ryan Harlin This is an excellent tutorial. I don't see an issue with the title as it rings true to the content. 2 knobs (EQ) that are typically overlooked and will change the way you mix. I've been using Reason since 1.0, I use it for everything (sound design, game audio and tv/film cues). The power in this app is incredible Keep up the good work

[@alfredkamara-laye3526]

These are one of the things they never tell you and use big words around. So simple and so plain.Well done Propellerhead, your tutorials rock. That's why I've upgraded to Reason 8.

[@CA55tube]

Videos like these are one of the reasons why I love Propellerhead.

[@erichschmidt3192]

Whats great about this video is these concepts can really be used in any DAW. Not that I need anything more than Reason! Love this program. Great Tutorial!! Make more!

[@Dave0zz]

This was great. The narrator took his time and fully explained as well demonstrated how it works and why it's useful. More of these, please.

[@TheCartoonHead]

This was already part of my workflow, but I'm guilty of relying on the spectrum display too much. Definitely going to be more conscious of that & use on my ears more.

[@manikraina2154]

I literally had a big smile on my face when I heard the final mix.Propellerhead for win!

[@Rodri3Torres]

I've always struggle with my mixes, they're always the hardest thing for me, but I've seen 3 videos so far and I've had wow moments on all of them. Thank you so much for these kinds of videos they're super helpful.

[@letmein53]

I really enjoyed the video. I am now a subscriber. I use these from time to time, but you made me respect them a lot more. For those of you who love the mixed version. 9:37

[@hedron1985]

Taking the time to learn how to clean up tracks using HPF & LPF, led to me understand how to effectively use EQ - where to cut/where to boost. My mix quality changed literally overnight. Damn... THANK YOU RYAN!!

[@Cadesworth]

This video singlehandedly changed my outlook on mixing. Thank you Ryan, you're the freakin' best!

[@gtanz8475]

Your presentation is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. WHY? You give us a short, positive and clear tutorial. Your delivery inspires one to just open Reason and make the most of it. Thank you thank you thank you

[@MarianoCrivello1]

Another epic tutorial. I just got done explaining this to a friend of mine and he sort of got it. Me thinks after sending him this video he will completely get it. Thanks Propellerheads!

[@XDosShane]

Using filters usually equates to better loudness potential so this tutorial is extremely helpful. Thanks propellerheads

[@jefftannen9304]

This was hands-down one of the most helpful tutorials I've ever seen. Thanks!

[@archangelmichael5908]

These tutorials give me chills.

[@GavinGavinMcGavin]

I can't believe I only found this series now! Best I've ever seen. By a long way.

[@ReasonStudios]

Well better late than never! Welcome! /ryan

[@DrumRoody]

I've been using season since 2.5 . amazing to see how far it's come.

[@hasaanakhtar4415]

I wasn't expecting it to sound that great after mixing. Amazing! Gave me goosebumps

[@opendoorproperty]

So glad I saw this tutorial. I'm so not a mixer. Now a dayz u have to almost do everything yourself to produce a good product. This absolutely helps and can't wait to try this out.

[@russianscientist6392]

Amazing sound on the 4 layered guitar strumming. I would love a tutorial on how to achieve that full sound. (Microphone placement, panning etc.)

[@ingeschultz6135]

Great explanation of using both filters. One has to train their ear to hear what is going on in the mix. A lot of time the music industry uses standard eq's and filters without paying attention to the overall mix by listening to the sound. Therefore, mixes can become muddy or tinny instead of a well balanced mix that is a full spectrum of sound where each instrument has a place in the mix.

[@mitch150]

I do not use reason, I luckily came across these mixing tip videos and these are SOOOO reassuring. Best teacher regarding these topics ive come across. Please make more videos regarding mixing!! :P

[@VicVegaTW]

This really penetrated. Sufficed to say that these two knobs are a mouthful.

[@VicVegaTW]

I need to play with those knobs more often.

[@borntobebroken]

ew?

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Wow I use filters like this but I never realized the depth at which they can be applied for mixes. Fantastic video.

[@Anci3ntRobot]

Simple But Useful . I love Reason with all the Up and downs ! Waiting for Reason 12 to see a lot of Improvements to the daw and workflows ...

[@ApolloJetsonKND]

This guy does amazing tutorials! What da heck!!! 🔥🔥🔥😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 he explained things in this playlist i always wondered about. The clipping video was so helpful!

[@BatsuOhno]

When you've been using reason for 10 years and find out you're doing it wrong.

[@ReasonStudios]

Allow me to do the optimistic rewrite for you: "When you've been using Reason for 10 years and suddenly you're doing it better than ever!" :) /ryan

[@alexlucaxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I like the optimistic twist, great tutorial btw ;)

[@christopherpierce6602]

I feel you.... this is gonna change a lot of my work

[@soniaphenix]

ha omg me too

[@ptuntun]

@@ReasonStudios Oh wow. I will be using this rephrase for everything I do better than ever, not just Reason!

[@hibrustea]

I hope many people who are pretty advanced users of Reason (like me) still take notice of what was shown. They covered some basic stuff but also something you may haven't noticed like the slight resonant bump from the filters. I personally never knew that, probably heard it but never knew they emulated that in the filters.

[@Milan____]

If there was a Reason, sound design, music production, mixing+mastering masterclass/course done by Ryan Harlin, I'd throw money at it so fast it's not even funny.

[@EJM07]

One of the best quality tutorials I've ever seen. Great job!

[@KvnWlsn]

Great Video Ryan! I look forward to more of these. That filter inversion trick has me RTFM to get deeper into the capabilities of the mixer in Reason. Thanks!

[@jeanbedo]

I love your tutorials. Really awesome, technical, simple, efficient, clear

[@Gmg43]

Its nice to see a tutorial with music that doesn't suck

[@Rome.Monroe]

I mean the simple filter is all you really need most times. SO useful.

[@Kahann0]

the quality of those tutorial videos is amazing, but i would quite welcome it if you`d also get into more advanced, complex tipps and tricks as most users will find the use in mixing of HP/LP in other videos or by themselves

[@lnsmuzik7]

I Love these knobs I actually thought this video was going to show something else. But the knowledge it gave is true. HPF and LPF is the ...ish.

[@willdill]

Ryan, youre a legend man, great work! And we need more tutorials like this that get straight to the point.

[@JonasStuart]

So good... Probably the third time I've watched this over the past 6 months and I get value from it each time °¬)

[@AD-Dom]

Solid tutorial. Synapse AF4 is my favourite RE filter. Thanks.

[@kumplexxbeatz4762]

These videos SELL YOUR PRODUCT MORE THAN ANYTHING....GOOD JOB!!

[@GregRband]

What a great studio tip with thought out and understandable demonstrations! Thanks so much! ......Yes, I was slightly skeptical till the very end, and then you called it out, and showed both versions! Very Cool! Cheers!

[@Faxxer248]

The best salesman for reason is any person who gets the joy of playing with it...in ten minutes you're in love with it and ready to buy it....AND all the plugins you can shake your bank account at!

[@Boogers32150]

I've watched this video several times and always come back to it. Super helpful, thank you!!

[@timmiethedog]

I learn every day from these brilliant tutorials, so thank you thank you thank you

[@thisisnfm]

I love these tutorials so much, please keep making them

[@samsurf5967]

This is a really helpful and decent tutorial. I really listend hard to the mix comparison on and off filters at the end. I have to be honest it actually sounded nice without the filters...that's just me I guess I would of done everything you did but only about 30-40%

[@geoboardr]

I definitely agree, before the mix had a nice low end buzz or something like that. Not sure how to describe it. More low end character

[@samsurf5967]

​@@geoboardr Yeh definitely. maybe the key to good recording is handling the low frequencies during the recording process rather than with a filter.

[@samsurf5967]

Also..the amount of craftmanship thaty actually goes into an acoustic guitar ensuring it has the right sound, like I would hate to filter my martin! Best kept pure my opinion. ..Hard to do though I know with the loud base.

[@NelsonCartier]

this gives me chill bumps the mixing so cold I will take notes sir

[@simeonlazarov2656]

this guys videos blow my mind... so much to learn

[@followyourbliss1761]

This tip will really help make some mixes sound way better. Thanks!

[@atmadsen]

What a fantastic tutorial. Thank you! You have just fixed all my mixes in under 11 minutes. Lol

[@noiamhippyman]

Just wanted to say thanks for this video. This has made a huge difference in my mixes.

[@FugitiveVette]

These tutorials are great! I realized I never new how to properly EQ my percussion

[@marek4773]

Very professional and informational as always. One big mistake in my opinion is filtering instruments in solo mode. The effect is that you are actually blindly guessing how much to filter. Sure you can tell when guitar starts to sound muffled but in context muffled sound can be the best thing you can do. Also it would be nice thing to share the project with other people. You have already the project on disk so why not make it public so people can experiment with additional benefit of directly referencing to your results?

[@Dice-Gamble]

2:31 - Pure GOLD!!!

[@DannyJamesGuitar]

Really nice music. Those acoustics sound beautiful.

[@KingofPortugal04]

New to reason. Thanks for these small tutorials

[@codyleblanc6392]

I think the drum tutorials and this tutorial are pretty great, I like that you subtly encourage originality. Have you guys ever considered opening actual Engineering and Production schools? I go to one, and it's great. It would really help create an era of new producers who actually know how to...well produce, and because it's propellerhead, people would trust the brand. Then again, I haven't really used Reason, but from what I know, people have said that even with the addition of audio support, audio editing isn't that great, so maybe after some upgrades to that side, the idea would play out well. some feedback would be wonderful

[@CFKLive]

Simply magnificent, excellent tutorials. Thank you!

[@Cytasis]

"I dont have the ability to apply highpass or lowpass filters to each individual drum" ten seconds later: "kong build in effects includes a filter with, you guessed it, high pass and low pass modes (and you can apply it to each individual drum)" :D You also can route all individual kong samples in the same combinator, instead of make a mixer channel for all samples. Thats the way i used it a lot and its also good for paralell compression

[@sirjcurry2182]

Great video. 2 people got the High, Low and middle pass filters and are invisible but clicked Dislike. Please share more videos.

[@MyTube4Utoo]

A huge difference, and a MAJOR improvement. Thank you.

[@pdkett1]

Great vid,, but what did you do to be able to listen to the stuff you cut out? You didn't explain how that was done?

[@monogramadikt5971]

we are ready for more advanced mixing and mastering wizardry yeah, time for some more next level tutorial vids please reason studios

[@franz24563245]

All your Tutorials are amazong. Thank you guys

[@hankfrankle2732]

You make great videos, Ryan!

[@mojomanmp6370]

Pls invest more resources in making more videos like this! I begin to use reason more and more again after watching these!

[@Thesuproducer]

sweet, love it. thanks u guys are the best continue this despite all negative comments

[@beaukneaus]

7:01 "Suddenly you were gone. From all the lives you left your mark upon".... RIP NEIL

[@jasonlieberman4606]

Give this man an Oscar already!

[@rajasarapi8082]

Great tips! Thank you for creating high quality tutorials.

[@SirenaWF1]

I know it's all personal preference, but I preferred the sound of a little more bass from a lack of filters, but I also liked how in the middle and high, each instrument has its own space.

[@cperception]

great video, but maybe u could explain how u made your guitar sound "thick". because u have 4 Guitar channels, im used to 2?!?!u panned the first left, 2. right, 3. right, 4, left. what did u change for each channel?

[@song23ministries]

Thank uou Ryan. I'm going to try it tonight after work!

[@mohaya4714]

The back sound track is simply Awesome!, I wanna listen to it over and over. Dose any one know where I can get the track from? Please and Thanks.

[@farfymcdoogle3461]

Yeah but are those filters working pre or post other devices, fx, etc in each track?

[@stevewaters9960]

Fantastic tutorial - well explained, very easy to understand - thank you very much!

[@UncleE]

How do you save your eq setting for future use

[@Dj-fu5wv]

Great Video. At 3:45 in video you demonstrate the frequencies you removed. Just wondering how you did that. Is is a feature in Spektrum? Thanks

[@ReasonStudios]

It's not a feature of the spectrum analyzer. I'm doing a trick using phase cancellation to make that audible. /ryan

[@hoagy_ytfc]

Super demonstration, Ryan, thanks.

[@RydenEden]

Well I have a question. Especially with vocals if u vo it eq mode.. U can then us mid low and mid high and a 1 more I believe, can u give us a detailed one on that... Or possible just an explanation.. Sometime when us all of them I either get a to monotone or airy sound and can't find the sweet spot

[@ianthesage-music]

Keep these up! They're hilarious but still informative

[@HugoCoolDude]

Nice mix, The difference was tangible! I liked how you ask a question and proposed an answer! I have a question though, it sounds like you now have the background down, how would you layer a more dynamic solo instrument on top of this? Let's say a saxophone or vocalist(maybe even rap) solo, where you want the solo center stage but can't heavily filter since their solo will span three octaves? Would you use a following filter, like auto tune to shape the sound? And/or some envelope shaper/follower like a compressor for dynamics?

[@RyanHarlin]

+HugoCool This is a great question, Hugo and thanks for watching and your nice words. The answer to your question is this: If you do your job well on all the background elements of your mix - you can keep your feature instrument less filtered because there's space in your mix for them. A saxophone would probably get compressed just because it's a very dynamic instrument (high volume mixed with quiet volume) and you'd still be wise to cut out low frequencies below the range of the instrument's normal tone but not as aggressively as some of these examples in the video. But if done right, mixing this way creates the space needed for feature instruments or vocals to slot into the center of your mix. Make sense? /ryan

[@Claire_Southernbelle]

Do all musicians think in terms such "sparkes"? Haha, I always thought I just had a weird abstract perception of music because I'm not educated in music theory and I think in terms of sparkles. It makes perfect sense to me!

[@rishibawa]

Charmagner - Sparkles, boom, pop, snap, crackle. I've been a musician since I was a kid and I always use these words to describe what I'm making ;D

[@9dnovix]

Do you happen to have the Tabs for the guitars from this video?🙏

[@SkyBooFast]

I LIKE THIS KIND OF EXPLANATION!!!! EASY TO UNDERSTAND BY BEGINER LIKE ME!!!!!!!!!!

[@OperatorGnosisRecords]

No comment on potential phase shift issues when utilising HPF's?

[@WeTheFriends]

Thats an excellent video.. It would be really great, if you can throw some lights on tricks of doubling tricks for guitar vsts while preserving mono compatibility. Level drops when i move from stereo to mono..tried all tricks and failed Thanks in advance, Ryan!!