You Suck at Mixing #6: Layering Sounds

Onions have layers. But so do beats. In today's lesson, we're gonna learn how to properly layer our sounds so that each layer is playing a distinct role in our composition. Let's get started.
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[@willakana3369]

Dude. You're such a good teacher. Seriously, teaching is an art in and of itself and I feel like you're an absolute MASTER at it. It's amazing how you can deliver such succinct, well-informed, content in such a fun way. I'm floored.

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And a comedian too! He’s an genius! Who can make something like music producing funny? Takes real humor lol!

[@danmamo5849]

I couldn't have said that better.

[@amondhawes-khalifa1949]

"Onions have layers, but so do beats." Someone give this man a cookie, because that's brilliant.

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I feel like I'm a child when watching your video.

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I did too until he yelled “whAT the FUCK!!”

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[@citiesinspace]

In all seriousness, this channel inspires me to keep making music. Thanks, Underbelly.

[@GuruxMusic4eva]

1:15 that's how I feel every time I'm mixing

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[@ihaetschool3361]

true! mixing is a fucking nightmare

[@snowy_beats5715]

a show with igloogost!?!? thats crazy.

[@freashty]

Dude and shades, nutty lineup

[@LianDyogi]

This actually really helps you understand mixing without the jargon. Thank you for the onion reference!!

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[@trs1590]

You are so UNDERRATED. Thanks for the FREE and HIGH QUALITY education.

[@kouyopoto]

Oh wowsers

[@urielseptim9860]

The genuine smile after casually insulting us always gives me just enough inspiration to keep going

[@louis-charlesdufresne522]

You should definitely finish cooking up a track from these onions.

[@papa_da_engineer]

"I'm gunna eat onions all day today and cry about it" 😂 😂 😂 😂✊✊🔥🔥🎤

[@porcinohumanoid6902]

I subscribed because you zoomed when using the EQ . That attention to detail was what i was looking for , Thank You!

[@robindgordon]

Fabulous! "Onions have layers... But so do Beats!!" Had me dying. had to watch it over and over again

[@benja303]

Synth Layering ------ Round Tones Dull and Soft , good for foundation -Sawish for upfront layer. -Turn up octaves to help layers, turn up the sync or proccess a layer differently to make it stand out more -Cut extra frequencies not helping the layer. Kick Layering: -Again make each sound play a role.

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legit the best teacher - so glad i found this channel!

[@JorgeRamirez-mj1qp]

You always teach me new things thank youuu Underbelly

[@amirseifert7470]

This is one of his best videos

[@vinaespinas4468]

Those onions were beautiful! It made me cry

[@amonchhetri1053]

great..learnt new stuff.m a sucker in layering instruments..but yo showd some good phylosopy right here..

[@alphahotel0076]

this is the most beautiful synth I've ever heard

[@yohjinonoki]

SOPHIE coded

[@sonicinsights]

Amazing demonstration and explanation of layering. Super concise and of course so bloody funny at the same time. Masterful!

[@Itsmeitscharles]

Thanks for sharing. Great insight and distributed in such an easily digestible way!

[@easterntwin9919]

Very good tips! see you next time

[@skost8825]

Another dope vid, big ups on that gig..lineup looks dope and SHADES is wild

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1:16 when she uses her teeth

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[@pocketpicker6613]

He sounded like Mr. Plinkett there lol

[@amirseifert7470]

That was funny thnx bro

[@med111cen]

can't believe you played a show with iglooghost (my fav producer) you are a legend. i still suck at mixing-- but you give me hope. now if only derek could get his shit together..

[@rossbentley3000]

This kind of humour is what I've been looking for oh my. Great info as well, thank you man this is amazing

[@otakuversatile2233]

I just noticed that I didn't subscribe to this channel, so I didn't suck at producing. But now, I do.

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The amOUNT of knowledge in this series is blowing my gosh dang mind.

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thank you for all the nice tutorials bro!!

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Super helpful. Thanks!

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[@IloveDAGAMEZ]

''oh wowzers'' fucking lol'ed fairly hard

[@compucocina5567]

This is a very important lesson of sound design and to get distinct sounds. PD: I would love a show about anything by underbelly. Like cooking or something, just imagine it.

[@nickknee-case298]

I didnt realize beets had layers. This my favorite cooking channel!

[@febrero-luv]

I really appreciate this tutorial man!

[@pyroghost11]

this video is actually more about sound design than mixing down

[@swackymusic]

1:30 this scene actually shocked me for me underestimating capabilities of layering, I put a shocking face for sure😂😂

[@M2Mil7er]

*checks it*

[@joshlb7373]

You crack me up man. Great work! Have a wicked gig. Gotta get you to UK for a gig sometime!

[@reverendoz]

nice vid as always, just a tip, you can layer multiple kicks in the same slot in the rack, just cmd+drag in it.

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*cntrl

[@JohnPaulBuce]

stack those soundgoodizers bois

[@spamytv]

These videos are a really great way of teaching ableton thanks :)

[@kiillabytez]

With captions on, he said, "Onions have layers, so do beets." Lol. I thought that was funny.

[@jeronic05]

Wowzers. Even I start to make sense of this.

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Dude, your videos are great!!!

[@cooloutcoexist]

In your video, where you mixdown your individual tracks to audio, to start mixing a creatively finished song, you turn off the EQs and some other effects first and I get why, I think. In it you say, that if the respective effect is integral to the sound, you let it on for that process. So in this case for the EQ'd layers I recon you would not turn off the EQs on the layers, cause they are part of the sound of the instrument. Is that correct? Thanks, I love your content and the way you present it :-)

[@Chr0mePisto1a]

Thanks for the tips gonna add this to my repertoire.

[@vovkaman1]

perfect layering , thanks 🤗😭😏

[@michaelbatchelor8531]

That whistle at the very start nearly deaded me

[@karlzimmer4860]

"I'm gonna eat onions all day today, I'm going to cry about it"

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dude you gotta drop this song its fire

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Shades & igloo & underbelly. happy for you man. thanks for the vids

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“Onions have layers but so do beats...” wise words 🧐 🤔

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You maniac, i love your videos !!

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whoa. a show with igloo. that's fuckin crazy. good luck, dude!

[@aetherbound4239]

I wasnt ready to hear him swear. legit scared me lol

[@bilnabiln]

In video #1 before you bounced all the audio, you turned off all the EQing effects on all tracks. For layered tracks like these, would you still turn of the EQing before bouncing the audio?

[@tk94127]

Dope tutorials!!!

[@ExonOfficial]

So that's the reason why my beats make me cry I learned everything I needed in the intro. Bye.

[@jimthesalad]

That hit me in the feels

[@twanner_]

Great topic! Could you do one on how to utilize the other forms of eq in regards to layering? (Shelf, Bell, etc)

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Superb!!!

[@leiocerayt]

Arigato, Underbelly-san! *takes a bow*

[@davidbrown8600]

Yeah. You're pretty much the only guy on KZbin I depend on to explain this stuff properly. I mean, you know what's better than a 303 baseline? 3 X 303 bass lines. Now how the hell am I going to layer that? I'm just going to do it.

[@gabrielpoustis1135]

Good stuff bro, on point subjects, well though, well explained and fun to watch. Would analog or semi-analog processing improve significantly the sound? Guear or not understanding the concept behind mixing is what must be learned so thanks.

[@040mafia]

You mean I can put different elements in my music that complement each other? That's crazy! OMG Mind = Blown.

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Oh wowsers, this is so funny but so didactic at the same time, thank u for this

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Love the "NOT ASS favorite"

[@suptho808]

I do suck at layering, this is perfect

[@joshschmaling9339]

wish i couldve caught u with shades man that woudlve been epic hahah

[@lens8933]

fun and helpful. thanks

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Take a shot every time he says “wowzers”

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Best tutorials ever...

[@djGreenALERT]

A condescending arrogant misfit. Definitely my type of person! You really know your peppers NO. tomatoes NO.. ONIONS, that's it I meant onions!! Thanks for this set of videos. Thoroughly enjoyable and I learned something too!

[@AndyBalearic]

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[@roadman420]

Playing with Shades as in Eprom and Alix Perez? Make some of that shit in one of your videos. That shit is dope, thx Dad.

[@tristanlenczner]

I'm a bit confused. Episode 1 you mentioned to convert everything to audio files, but here it seems you're doing the mixing/ eq to midi files like the drum rack. Shall we be applying these eq elements before or after converting the track to individual audio tracks?

[@slammerton]

I don't understand where the "layers" come from? Do I have to dublicate every track and layer it manually?

[@dipughale6031]

hey Underbelly, got a question...So when I exported the tracks for mixing, I turned off all the effects and automation applied to the tracks then I converted it. Loading back those track in the arrangement view for mixing, how do bring those effects and automation back or don't i need them back??????

[@syokiofficial]

this is kind of an old comment but to anyone wondering. maybe u do now but 3 years u didnt quite get it. There are two things, 1. sound design. 2. Mixing. So mixing is stuff like cutting some hertz in eq, stereo shaping, gain staging, sidechaining, gluing things together. With underbellys method, you dont do mixing while producing or doing sound design, dont do any automation when producing or any kind of reverb effects and such, thats mixing most of the time. Now, sound design on the other hand, DONT TURN OFF THOSE EFFECTS, if you put a phaser with distortion on a sound and it will make a unique sound, those effects are what makes the sound, or you have a bass synth loop and you automate the pitch envelope so it creates some kind of vowel, you dont turn that off during exporting!! because without those effects and automation, its not that sound anymore and when u export it turned off, u will basically be doing sound design in a mixing stage. Now underbellys guides are really nice, but there is nothing wrong not bouncing anything and just do mixing and stuff while producing, what underbelly said, its really good for begginers because they tend to lose focus on producing and end up mixing on a kick drum for hours and all the ideas will go away, so its advisable to quickly make an arrengement and then do mixing.

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@@syokiofficial very well said.

[@shebrr]

Hope your show went well

[@DavidBlaze420]

How is this mixing? Like how does this fit into the mixing stage after we've gain staged everything and shit?

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I need those tickets!!!!

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1:17 i didn't expect him to cuss like that much hahahaha

[@madpie109]

I was turned off by the sarcastic tone of these videos initially, even though I know it's semi-tongue in cheek. But anyway I've continued to watch 'em and I thought this one, in particular, was pretty helpful. Thank you.

[@101iswhatsup]

Midnight oil burnin'?

[@shaunmaq9404]

madpie109 the guy is very annoying bt lot of useful tips ....I keep coming back dnt mind him jst take the info .

[@ivanrosado1747]

How is it annoying? I find him hilarious

[@Azza.10]

SHAUN MAQ I think his idea, is don’t take it seriously and don’t over complicate. Keep it simple.

[@guywithaguitar1827]

@@Azza.10 the synth is literally called onion why would you take it seriously?

[@NivlacDX]

you mean to tell me I've spent the past year duplicating every midi track then panning one left and and making the right one an octave higher for no reason? kill me

[@sleazemongerr138]

I think you are the funniest man in the world

[@diptonsauce1985]

congrats on playing with igloohghost! Hope to see ya at hypnothesis sometime soon

[@telecaster9988]

Hey Dude,this is so cool! Thank you for making this video man!🔥 Would you make some layering technique production in a style of radiohead especially on their synths,texture,ambience production?

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[@NateSassoonMusic]

so wholesome

[@sokleangDotCom]

Could we use this for vocal?

[@purplism4857]

hey sorry man im confused, in the first video you say it's better to work with pure audio when you're mixing, but here you're working with midi?

[@JakePhobix]

Do a video on serum?