What Audio Engineers Still Get Wrong About Mixing

[@Gabeconstantinemusic]

As a mixing/mastering engineer, my primary goal is to enhance and fulfill the artists vision of their work. If they told me the vocals were too quiet, I’ll turn that shit up! Also it’s important to have good communication with your clients DURING the process. The thought that I’d make excuses for vox being too low etc and try to explain it to an unhappy client is hilarious. That would be so obnoxious.

[@icemanrecords2304]

I took a break from a mix I'm currently working on to cleanse my ears & this video was everything I needed & more. Love your channel & content bro keep doing ya thing 💎

[@drum877]

I agree with you on the “cleaner mix”. People mix out a lot of the vibe because they mix with clarity in mind and look at some things like the listener is an engineer. They a lot of the time eq a vocal to a thin boxy performance. In the end it’s clean but now it’s boring. What does the record feel like?

[@KingzdomWRLD]

Overproduction is often the addiction from American music hit metrics.

[@blessonsdidit]

Bruhhhhhhh! He said a "Born Again Christian" I literally spit my water out. Classic!!! Couldn't have been better delivered.🤣

[@TheRealDahli]

“Compressor Evangelists” 😂🔥 you rock bro. Amazing content, you will be the first person I sub to on Patreon

[@Ryanthemusician]

When you said compression evangelist 😂😂😂😂I hollered 😂😂😂😂

[@CurtissKingTV]

😭🤣

[@kennardwaters3410]

Man I remember the old days when you just had a mic, mixing board, a 4 track recorder, pop filter and a sampler. You was lit back then. $hit got so complicated it don't seem fun anymore.

[@daveparadice]

Well done. This is so on point. And thank you for repeating the lines over and over to drive them home. This is fantastic and so relatable.

[@Aliengroover]

What came here to say the exact same thing✊🏾👏🏾

[@MKD371]

If you are saying to someone, 'someone told me', then you shouldn't be mixing for clients.

[@D_punkster]

I hate perfectionism. It stiffles my creativity. Call me stubborn and reckless. I don't care! Hehehe 😂

[@jamerv777smerf]

Mf facts breh. Just let the shit be. The possibilities are endless.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

I envy your attitude. Wish I could just let loose for once.

[@hypetheonly]

I agree sometimes imperfections turn to perfection it's a new day and age for music screw the standard stuff had your own sauce to your mix it's what I do with all mine and my clients love my sound and quality and all I have is a audio technical at4040 scralett 2i2 and presents preamp and protools it's not what equipment you have it's the man behind the daw 💯

[@junie502]

Yes 💯 that's what modern music is missing... modern music is too clean.

[@adapoetmusic]

I loved the analogy u used, i was like that as a born again Christian and with plugins😂😂😂 I Tones it down lol

[@CurtissKingTV]

🤣🙏🏽

[@luvajay22]

Always appreciate your insights with so much available for us to use it is easy to get lost!!! having a sold understanding of why producers and engineers make the choices they make is key to understanding your own sound and what to do with every song or beat you make.

[@alphaasset5333]

When I first started mixing, I used to slap a limiter on everything. This video really opened my eyes and allowed me to see what I was doing wrong.

[@Bangastarch]

AY the same time I remember how I used to pile up sounds for piling sake, my productions now are so much more simple .. it’s all an interesting process

[@usher-p]

The last point is really cool!

[@taylorfenton3960]

I’ve had plenty of mixes where the vocal performance was so good light EQ to control the room tone was all that was needed. It’s all about the feel

[@beatsfromyhwh]

so dope bruh thank you! ✌🏼✌🏼 god bless you and your loved ones!

[@TheWalkingweaponDD7]

As an engineer, producer and a Christian I agree with everything you said at the 4:30 mark

[@CurtissKingTV]

I feel seen and understood 🙏🏽🤣

[@sonythabeast]

Well sometimes tha mixing sound way better than mastering it's depends how engineer do tha mixing but most people always talking about mastering to add and all that's a headache

[@c10_c10]

Great video, I realize I know nothing 😂

[@MujjOMusic]

I can 💯 relate to this but now my mix is way better and I'm signed with bigger labels in my chillhop /ambient beat genre, simplicity is a key 😊thank you curtis 😊✌

[@Bangastarch]

You talking facts .., engineers be squeezing the soul out of songs

[@GenocidePanda]

very good points made here. i feel like this applies to mixing artists but beats as well. i’m always reminded to be simple when i work with hardware samplers. you can only do what you can do

[@Chrisreedbeats]

This was too good 👍🏾 Really needed this!

[@SimpllMusic]

Getting plugins can be a slit addiction xD But now after 15 years, I guess I use 3-5 fav plugins that do what I need them to, with time comes wisdom ;) experience the experience.

[@beatsbykhalil]

Been loving the content Curtis, keep it coming💫

[@254Kenya]

Good points!

[@kiddbillinger3948]

If that’s the case we might as well all be mixing the same song. I think it’s important for an engineer to do his own thang. The people will come to you because of what you do. Not what you know somebody else does.

[@shannonfarris105]

Hello Curtis, I really love your take on this. Especially the part about adding too much to elements eventho they dont need it. I am 100% guilty of this. I always feel the need to change the sound to what my ear pleases eventho sometimes, the end result suffers. I was wondering what you think about using EQ and other tools as a creative tool instead of a way to "fix" a problem. I find myself sometimes trying to use EQ to create an unique sound rather then to fix a problem. I appreciate you, take care.

[@UnseenAsyluM209]

As a engineer I like to keep it nice and simple

[@blackrex828]

I feel so attacked in the second video 😅. But I'm gonna work on easing up on the plugins.

[@CurtissKingTV]

🤣🙏🏽🛠️ attacked with love

[@EarthtoneEmar]

I been doing this for 13 years and I got the mixing for the beats down but for some reason I haven't figured out how to get the vocals to sit right.

[@iengineer_247]

The Pros know what to do and how to do it. The Pros know how to talk to clients about how to accomplish a well done mix. The Pros don’t push off what works for them as the final outcome of something they see as their way or no way at all. I’m an Engineer I never push off those kind of vibes on people. I have my way of helping and sharing info on how to get things done. It’s even worse sometimes it’s the clients that be on this vibe with the Engineers about something they think they know or just learned and make things complicated.

[@gregoryisom8333]

I appreciate you, Curtiss, as sometimes I have a question like this, and what I've learned is to use your ears and cross reference like crazy, and most of the time, your mix will translate across the board; your topics are the best, you waste no time in covering issues that is most important in the music world, I approach each song one mix at a time not knowing what compressor or eq I may use, I call my mixing approach (PER, PER) for each piece, Good topic here!

[@artuvwar]

True story!

[@xxghostxx5239]

Very true👍

[@RickRijuanaPro]

maaaaaan I'm saturating everything like a marinade

[@RenegadestickyXXL]

I'm guilty of robbing some songs of life, i regret destroying such beautiful dynamics. at the same time, i've learned from that. the end result is above all the most important because you don't really judge your work, everyone else does and that's what matters.

[@RenegadestickyXXL]

and as you have mentioned. Everyone is different and approaches things differently. that's just what I do.

[@TyroAudio]

💎Gems hidden all over 💎

[@bjotbeat]

My man! When is the next livestream beat critique?

[@CurtissKingTV]

Monday 🙏🏽🛠️

[@bjotbeat]

@@CurtissKingTV okay I’ll keep an eye out and hopefully work don’t get in the way

[@RelicLabzEntertainment]

Bro... if it sounds better with it then why am I trippin I got as many plugins as it need. And it completely overhauls the quality, intelligibility, and presence. Idk bout you but if a tape can touch it, then it shall be touched. In my control room

[@npcdisease]

Doing too much fs everything up i realised that after i listened to a cover song i mixed

[@beatbullyjames4721]

Compression evangelists 😂😂

[@warnutztheloser]

Dam I jus spent $1k on a pluggin' Bundle...🫤Amma return it