Why Your Mixes Sound Thin (and how to fix in 6 mix)

Let's take a look why your mixes may sound thing and how you can actually fix in 6 mins
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00:00 Experiment
00:18 Thin mix fixing in 6 minutes
00:51 Frequency tilt theory
01:17 How to fix tilted mix
02:36 Dynamics theory
03:24 How to fix dynamics
04:16 Stereo image theory, fixing
05:27 Saturation theory
06:05 How to fix saturation
07:05 Eeeeeeee
07:15 Ambiance theory
07:54 How to fix ambiance
09:30 Before and after

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[@WizardOfArc]

i love how saving the panning effects until the ambiance phase sounds so much more enveloping - like you are really in the space

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Thank you for picking those topics which is so relevant and wow the way you explain things is just insane!!!

[@Syndrome121]

At this stage in my music production journey. I definitely know I need all these things. I think the most important tool of all, at least for me, is patience. I guarantee that most of aren't top notch producers who have a million and one deadlines to meet. The best thing to have when it comes to building out your mix is to have. some. patience. Just slowly tweaking it overtime VS trying to cram it all out at once will save you loads of stress about how your mix is sounding. At the end of the day, we're having fun with it.

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[@kephalosmusic]

Its like you knew i needed this! i legit couldn't find a video like this😍. Currently working on a mix and felt pretty stumped on fixing some of these issues.TY Alice!

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[@Alice-Efe]

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[@RogueFire29]

always improving! And always something to learn! Thank you so much

[@NormanTiner]

Holy shit. This is the best video I've seen on thickening a mix in like a decade of KZbin tutorials. Really good hands on examples, tons of before and after comparisons, and even little physical science demonstrations like Bill Nye. Great content.

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omg your graphical explanations are awesome!!!!!!

[@AsiCmusic]

First Tip is Amazing ! thank you so much and keep up the amazing work !

[@jonathanmaybaum4167]

WOW! I loved all of the info contained in this one, but strangely, the most impactful lesson for me was when you side-chained the reverb. I never paid attention to the output of the compressor, so it was always side-chaining the entire midi track; this just opened up so many new possibilities!!

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You’re saving my mix, thank you so much!

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Thank you! The "Why vs how" thing really touched me

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Yes! You are the best channel i have discovered to help my mixes! ❤ thank you for everything!

[@Alice-Efe]

Happy to hear that and good luck with your productions and mixes! 😊✌

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what a beautiful way of explaining things

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so far the best tutorial for the topic..kudos

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Really good advice. Thanks!

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Visually easy to understand, amazing video!

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The amount of work that must have gone into this one video! just the editing alone, I know, as i used to be an editor. Everything is great and on point on so many levels-congrats!

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So good at explaining. Appreciate this video. Thank you.

[@7echnoid]

Great tutorial! I knew some of it already but definitively some new tips as well. Also - Great work with the before/after for each section. I hate when people do a 10 min video with tons of steps and then just show a summarized before/after - it doesn't give you the difference of each step!

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[@brettshrekington]

Beautifully well made video. Thank you so much for this. This is one of the best explanations I’ve ever heard for this subject and I’ve tried to figure this out for years!! Always struggle with my mixes sounding thin & you worded it in such a way that I am able to make sense of it

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@@brettshrekington You can search for "biskuwi" on Spotify 😊

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[@Alice-Efe]

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[@mrlee6740]

Just the video I needed. My mix always sounds thin. I'll apply these techniques. Thanks so much.

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This is so far outside of how I work with sound, I love it!

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[@Allan-et5ig]

Another good video. Somtimes rather than distortion for thin or weak sounds writing new sounds is a better solution. I also liked a TAD bit more of the pinning in terms of stereo movement. Agree the 'before' version was over-kill but the after needs a bit more movement - opinion only.

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[@SammiLucia]

it's good to understand your ears have a "white balance" ... if you've listened to this mix for a while, it will begin to sound fine, because your ears start to adjust. this is why it's important to take breaks, so you can come back and go OMG that sounds terrible. what has happened is your white balance has reset. maybe listen to some reference music (even in a different environment) as part of your break

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[@rayjayvids]

Wow, a concisely explained audio visual presentation of how to use plug ins to view and effect a track. Tbh, the original, unaltered track, sounded good but not as good as when you applied focussed dynamism. Why and how was nicely explained . Why first followed by the How! I use Logic Pro with mostly stock plug-ins but it matters not because I can see the same principles will apply. I was interested to see the EQs graphic display of the final mix and how your techniques of a fattening and focussing of the whole mix and gave it depth and heightened energy. Thanks for that Alice, I learned a lot.

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Thank you!

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Golden content so glad I found your channel! Is there a video that looks at the opposite of this? When your mixes are too thick (kind of muddy)?

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I guess it would be to follow the opposite of what you showed here with some balance.

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[@rayran507]

really cool video! What did you do with the hats at 3:35 ? You just changed the sample no? it sound really niice after

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