Why Mono is the SECRET to Mixes that TRANSLATE

[@BlessbyGBeats]

I use a single mixcube active running through a passive big knob in mono. I check the low end and overall mix on a pair of EX66s. The mixcube took my mixing to another level.

[@shaunmaqproduction7215]

Always keep your Audiance in mind thanx

[@BurningBushPedagogy]

OMG I love the room analogy where you listen from another, which is technically gonna be a different perspective. Thank God for room simulation plugins

[@LOUCRATIVENAMBZ]

Not something I currently do, but a few days ago I was listening to a mix thinking "I love the separation and what my mixes to be that clear." Had no idea how to get there until today

[@oinkooink]

One thing about mixing in mono first is that due to pan laws, when you ultimately DO pan stuff around, the levels change...the volume changes. One of the things great about mono is setting relative levels...such as vocal level in relation to other tracks in the mix. But when you go to start panning tracks that you carefully set the volume of in mono...the pan laws mess with the levels...and you have to rethink. Now everything is out of whack. So...start mixing in stereo first...get levels happy and panning happy there...THEN check in mono to see how all that stuff is going to sound in potentially a range of listening environments. Another thing...listening to your mix on heaps of playback scenarios could see you chasing your tail making changes for this playback medium, changes for that playback medium. Changing something here for this medium has ramifications now on another medium and if you change stuff based on your listening for earbuds, for example, now you create problems in laptops. If you hear something you think needs correction in laptops and you change the mix...now the mix has issues in fuller range headphones...and around and around you go. So. What IS the answer?!

[@RapperRemedi]

Thats why people use Auratones 5C (Vintage) because they translate

[@joost3783]

i used that sample too - the sample in your intro - its a logic loop right? The indian dude singing ;)

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

ya got me! yes exactly :D

[@BurningBushPedagogy]

The beginning was epic acting it, fun

[@kezhintonmusic]

Great and valuable stuff, thanks so much for posting man! Subscribed...

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

much love Kez

[@BlessbyGBeats]

Subbed, yep I probably do about 70% of my mixing on the cube.

[@MrAnthonyKennedy1]

Well done. Thank you sir!

[@zamir868]

So I should record and mix the the track in mono, and then once’s it’s finished, change it to stereo so it’s ready for streaming platforms etc?

[@sibusisotshabalala3662]

Kind of🤔...ppl use this speakers mainly for balance/eq/compresion but i use all of them at once for the different reaaons😊no one speaker is all round good so yse all of them thru out yr mixing

[@burnercomented]

Avantone pair...A/B with flat presonus hd7 headphones

[@TheLennygod1985]

This is very helpful!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

glad to hear, lenny!

[@kgbmusicproductionpublishi8219]

That intro is funny AF. hahahaha

[@delvontetate5186]

Correction: Ali mixes ALL of Kendrick's records...Since the beginning. Other than that, good INFO!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

whoops, nice catch! Thanks for the comment!

[@drillgirl718]

actually not all of them,

[@jwyzebeatz]

If you can't afford a mixcube monitor, just throw one of your stereo monitors in a big bucket of water and crank up the volume...Now you have your mixcube and just saved yourself some money

[@alien-hs1zn]

Nah I got my mix cube it works amazingly this Definitely helps a whole lot

[@sultanakbar9261]

subscribed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

:D

[@seanemmettfullerton]

Ha! You are too funny... as always, great info Robert! Say yes to mono :) It is soooo easy to be seduced by glossy wide stereo... omg, it's like porn for your ears. Mono is a simple reality check for many different levels of our work...

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

couldn't agree more! I used to stereoize everything looking for extra width! But now I'd rather have the mono foundation covered :)

[@jpilot07]

Lmao at the intro lol