Hi guys, I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and sharing everything you have. Simple things like (what is considered) absolutely cranking compression and EQ until it sounds good has been such a game changer for me and many others. I used to be so cautious about this stuff for the longest time and made such boring/flat sounding mixes. It wasn’t until I realised you need to add character to a greatly captured performance make an amazing mix. Too embarrassed to admit how long I’ve been trying to polish turds!! Now I have a band I’m super proud of and I finally feel like I’m progressing my mixing again. Looking forward to see where all this takes me from here!! Thank you.
wow, that frequency change on the enhance function in low control made a huge difference! Definitely need to pay more attention to dialing that in the context of the mix to find the sweet spot. Fire!!
Hey I just found your channel, I've got my Bluetooth IEM headphones in and you by far have some of the best ears and techniques I've heard on these TH-cam tutorials, a lot of people do and say stuff and it just doesn't translate into the mix, but I can clearly hear what you're doing! Awesome job
Hey Man! Very interesting to see your approach to bass. I like its simplicity (compared to having 2 bass tracks), surely easy to blend this in my actual workflow.🤘
This guy uses the Brainworx SSL 4000 E, and I saw Jordan use a Waves one a long time ago. I wonder if he still uses it or has any thoughts on the difference?
Love the videos but any chance you can normalize the audio\LUFS so that the talking is either same volume as the music or slightly higher than the talking? Not sure what video editing software you use, but in DaVinci Resolve this is in the audio > Loudness > LUFS . Love getting my ears blasted when using earbuds/headphones.
This is very informative! I was wondering, did the band send you the tracks already edited? I see they are edited to the grid. When you mix for bands, do you do the editing or do you ask the band you work with to edit the tracks for timing before they send them to you for mixing?
@@RoelofKlop they sound pretty gridded up to me! I’ve been wondering how far to take editing guitars and base for a project I’m working on. It seems like if I get them too tight, the stereo separation isn’t his wide. A video showing your style for guitar editing would be appreciated.
Nice video, just notice that the SSL low mid and low band are quite off with the frequencies, for example low mids 1K are more around 500hz definitely go by the ear
idk if he wanted that tho. The bass plays in different regions throughout the song, if he sidechained the low end, the lower parts would be reduced less in volume. I think he actually wanted to compress the whole track, and change the frequency balance after.
@@iurigrang sidechaining compressors doesn’t affect frequency, only how much the compressor is reacting. He said he didnt want the compressor to react to the low end. That is exactly why you have a HPF sidechain on a compressor, so it doesn’t react to the low end as much
@@dougleydoriteI understand that, what I’m saying is that I think he wanted the lower parts of the track to hit the compressor (and be reduced) equally hard. HPF sidechain makes so it doesn’t react to the low end at all, but I think the goal was to have low end control that’s independent of how hard each part is hitting the compressor, not that the low end isn’t compressed. EQ after compression sounds like it fits better than HPF in that case
Bad playing tho. Works in the mix to some extent, but if I were to mix this song, I'd highly recommend the band to re-record this or just re-record it myself.
i hear music like this and im instantly bored , its just a wall of sound, everything slammed together, no definition or separation , cant hear a bass from a guitar from a drum
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I need the full mix guide on this track.. its sounds insane.
I was thinking the same. Could be a course.
I'd pay for that
Hi guys,
I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and sharing everything you have. Simple things like (what is considered) absolutely cranking compression and EQ until it sounds good has been such a game changer for me and many others. I used to be so cautious about this stuff for the longest time and made such boring/flat sounding mixes. It wasn’t until I realised you need to add character to a greatly captured performance make an amazing mix. Too embarrassed to admit how long I’ve been trying to polish turds!! Now I have a band I’m super proud of and I finally feel like I’m progressing my mixing again. Looking forward to see where all this takes me from here!!
Thank you.
Dude... Make a full course and I will buy it, this sounds great!
Thank you so much for making these videos!
Low Control is great! I also use it it on Toms to really make them bloom.
wow, that frequency change on the enhance function in low control made a huge difference! Definitely need to pay more attention to dialing that in the context of the mix to find the sweet spot. Fire!!
Just started this, but very glad to hear a super dynamically played DI like most of us are going to be dealing with.
Hey I just found your channel, I've got my Bluetooth IEM headphones in and you by far have some of the best ears and techniques I've heard on these TH-cam tutorials, a lot of people do and say stuff and it just doesn't translate into the mix, but I can clearly hear what you're doing! Awesome job
Sounds massive!
Roelof always delivers absolute gold!! 🔥🔥🔥
This mix is slamming! Love it.
Hey Man! Very interesting to see your approach to bass. I like its simplicity (compared to having 2 bass tracks), surely easy to blend this in my actual workflow.🤘
Sic track!!
Cool, now we're needing the same for OH and rooms please :D
Rolly! Madman!
Scotty!
I love that riff, what's the band/song?
Trickstate - New Heights
This guy uses the Brainworx SSL 4000 E, and I saw Jordan use a Waves one a long time ago.
I wonder if he still uses it or has any thoughts on the difference?
This is gold! Greatly explained! Thank you!
Funny, I like the DI signal already
So no EQ cuts really apart from low mids from the amp?
Love the videos but any chance you can normalize the audio\LUFS so that the talking is either same volume as the music or slightly higher than the talking? Not sure what video editing software you use, but in DaVinci Resolve this is in the audio > Loudness > LUFS . Love getting my ears blasted when using earbuds/headphones.
Record Bass-done
This is very informative! I was wondering, did the band send you the tracks already edited? I see they are edited to the grid. When you mix for bands, do you do the editing or do you ask the band you work with to edit the tracks for timing before they send them to you for mixing?
Depends on the project and the bands skills! For this project I edited it myself. I'm not hard-quantizing guitars or bass to the grid
@@RoelofKlop they sound pretty gridded up to me! I’ve been wondering how far to take editing guitars and base for a project I’m working on. It seems like if I get them too tight, the stereo separation isn’t his wide. A video showing your style for guitar editing would be appreciated.
@@dylanjastle good guideline is to edit just what is distracting. If you can hear it, edit away. If you can't, leave it alone.
what headphones do you use?
Sennheiser HD 428
@@RoelofKlop ok. Thanks!
Nice video, just notice that the SSL low mid and low band are quite off with the frequencies, for example low mids 1K are more around 500hz definitely go by the ear
That plug-in sounds like a real tube bass amp.
I wonder if you could use less instances of EQ if you used a compressor that had HPF in the sidechain
idk if he wanted that tho. The bass plays in different regions throughout the song, if he sidechained the low end, the lower parts would be reduced less in volume.
I think he actually wanted to compress the whole track, and change the frequency balance after.
@@iurigrang sidechaining compressors doesn’t affect frequency, only how much the compressor is reacting. He said he didnt want the compressor to react to the low end. That is exactly why you have a HPF sidechain on a compressor, so it doesn’t react to the low end as much
@@dougleydoriteI understand that, what I’m saying is that I think he wanted the lower parts of the track to hit the compressor (and be reduced) equally hard. HPF sidechain makes so it doesn’t react to the low end at all, but I think the goal was to have low end control that’s independent of how hard each part is hitting the compressor, not that the low end isn’t compressed. EQ after compression sounds like it fits better than HPF in that case
After today I know I need this plugin.
Bad playing tho. Works in the mix to some extent, but if I were to mix this song, I'd highly recommend the band to re-record this or just re-record it myself.
*actually very useless video. thank you*
Milions bands like this today.Screaming like a mad man and some pop singing for simple minds.But mix is awesome.
So what is good to you?
@@BukanIbuMu yoko ono
Time for bed grandpa
Where as I'm sure you have a very advanced mind 🙄
i hear music like this and im instantly bored , its just a wall of sound, everything slammed together, no definition or separation , cant hear a bass from a guitar from a drum