I HATED Mixing Until I Learned This Hack
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🤔 Do you find that your current mixes don't sound clear? There are too many sounds competing in the mix?
🤔 Do you then struggle to find which specific elements are actually competing and overlapping in a mix? And more importantly, what EQ settings should you be using?
In this video, Zack is going to show you the 3-steps, and questions to ask yourself, that will help you solve all your EQ problems.
What we will cover:
-how to identify which sounds / instruments are competing
-when to use regular EQ
-when to use dynamic EQ
-when to use mid-side EQ
-when to use mid-side, dynamic EQ (with a sidechain)
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Wow. I actually cannot believe the quality of this video. You are not PRODUCING you are TEACHING and I can't say I have seen this before in our production space here.
I greatly appreciate you saying that! I take a lot of pride in what we do here at cosmic!! I’ve been teaching for a while now (10+ years, 800 artists) and quickly learned it’s not about what “I” am capable of. That doesn’t help anyone. Instead, I need to find ways to make these topics, tools, and techniques valuable in everyone else’s music!! It’s a challenge I can’t get enough of!! Now I just get to do it with everyone on YT too haha ♥️👊
@@TheCosmicAcademy Well if this is how you teach your students, I applied and I hope to hear back from you guys soon. Thanks for the awesome content.
thanks for being so clear about your technique being a general technique and not just a vocal mixing trick or pro audio engineering trick of some kind. i hate when people bait like that
♥️👊 yessss! It’s so important to understand the fundamental concepts and tools that can be used!! Allows you to solve many problems, many different ways!!
That last line is an excellent line. Quality mixes are made by quality decisions.
I say something like this a lot. That mixing is ALL ABOUT JUDGMENT. You can teach people how, you can teach people why, but it's up to them to decide when and where, and that's why some get it, and others don't.
Spotttttt on!!! ♥️👊
Mate literally all your videos correct me every mistake I'm actually making, I feel like you're polishing my skills lol greatest content out there, thank you so much for this!
Hahaha really happy that these videos can help! I’ve been lucky enough to work with so manyyyy artists over the past 10 years here at cosmic. It’s me helping them fill the gaps and holes in their knowledge and understanding of tools, topics, and techniques. This channel has now allowed me to help all of you too!! Appreciate you watching 👊♥️
This is one of the best mixing tutorials I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen way too many 😂), none of that ‘do this exact EQ then compress by exactly 2db’, this is a real practical technique explained in an engaging manner! Thank you !
you're very welcome! appreciate you watching and dropping the comment! means a lot ❤️👊
You just got anew subscriber!! These 6 minutes were worth more than a whole year of my mixing classes!! 🔥 🔥 GOAT!
Happy it could help!! 👊♥️
This whole "I'm not going to show you the result" thing is brilliant! You're explaining the how to in general and not a bunch of "best practice" things that tend to suite only specific cases. I love it! 🙌🔥
Really appreciate you watching and dropping this comment ♥️👊 You know what it is, we work with students who make alllll diff genres. I’ve had to learn how to make these concepts work for everyone! The way I like to think about it…If I teach you how to drive…you can drive any car, right?!
Love the clarity of your videos... and length is just perfect for my short attention span ADHD brain. BIG THANKS...keep'em coming ⭐
Thank YOU! Appreciate you watching and dropping the line to me! 👊♥️
Zach is my favourite Cosmic Academy member. They way he talks and his overall appearance kind of keeps me focused and enganged. Nice video with an important topic - nothing new to me personally, but very well explained and as long as necessary but as short as possible to not make people feel overwhelmed! Good one!
This finally made it click why this can be so difficult. People are attacking 3D problems with 2D tools
Happy it clicked!! I also loveeee that saying haha
i never thought about mid side eq... thank you
I was really uncertain about the title cause I thought it's just another one of those clickbait videos with some wacky secret technique and magic plugin but this is actually an amazing advice. Thanks!
Hahaha I totally feel you on this. It’s the annoying part for us too…playing the ridiculous TH-cam title and thumb game🥲. At least it worked, got you here, and couldn’t be more appreciative for you watching the video and enjoying! 👊
discovered Dyn EQ years ago, it really made my mixes amazing sounding.
Yesss! Great tool 👊
I mean... This is hands down one of the best music production tutorials I've seen in my life. Excellent job mate, and thank you very much for this
Means a lot ♥️👊 thank youuu!! Always happy when these vids can help
amazing video. thank you so much! 💯😄
You’re very welcome!! ♥️👊
Nice one bro! Sidechaining the subdominant sound using the pro-c is also a great help
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Knocked it out of the park with this efficient yet comprehensive tutorial ❤
👊♥️ thank you!! Means a lot to hear that
Do you blink sometimes?
My mom swearssss I did…
…once 😏
@@TheCosmicAcademy 😂😂🔥
This type of video is all I can ask for.
I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee this format.
Straight to the point, friendly person, insightful tips, teaching you what you should look up for... and not just '' Here is how my mix sounds good''. Thanks for explaining the process. 10/10 !
So glad! Appreciate you watching and dropping the comment ♥️👊
Clear and concise. Subbed.
Really good points. Thanks!
You’re welcome!!
Probably one of the best channel in TH-cam for music production each and every video has tons of value and knowledge packed in. Can't believe how you guys manage to keep every single videos this good. Huge shoutout to Zack and Justin and other people involved.
One question
I make this big festival kinda progressive house and i always find it hard to fit every elements in the mix causes when it comes to the drop there's a lot of elements competing with each other like the leads, chords ,mid basss, sub, kick with claps ,rides and crashes layered on top of each other and each one of them are important as well so its kinda impossible for me to get a balanced clean mix
Any tips or suggestions will be highly appreciated
Thank you so much , hope to join the program in the nearest future 🙏🏽💚
Thank you for this video🙌
My pleasure! 👊♥️ Hope it helps
Amazing, short and in depth
on point! Just On point. Thank you so much
Thanks!! ♥️👊
Wow, i never tought about mid side dynamic eq, its amazing thanks!
Ur the goat man, learned more from this channel with mixing than anywhere else
Means a lot!! Happy these videos have helped
This is fantastic! Would highly recommend Fuser, which is quite similar to Soothe, but helps detect m/s vs mono requirements. Also deals with phasing issues too. Doesn’t do the regular resonance adjustment aspects of Soothe2, but for de-masking, its the most complete IMO
Fuser is an insanelyyyyy good plugin!! It’s seriously becoming goat status in my eyes!! 🐐
Brilliant explanation! This gave me a proper 'penny drop' moment - thanks so much!
master quality Video! thank you
You’re welcome! And thank you for watching and dropping the line! ♥️👊
Great video thanks
Cool!!!
The down side is we can do worse arrangements because tools like these...
But the tips were great!!!
Thank you!
Thanks!! You bring up a great point though that’s worth mentioning! These mixing tips can’t fix a poor arrangement. Proper instrumentation and arrangement of those sounds comes first, because it can avoid 99% of the “mix” problems we face!
Very useful video! Thanks a lot!
Youre welcome! ♥️👊 happy it can help
I feel like in theory this should always work but in practice at least in my experience sooth sidechain trick can sometimes make that vocal feel like its standing out too far from the mix, where as sometimes the sculpt method sounds better to my ears. I use both methods just depending on what works better for each song. Excellent video bro your channel is amazing 💯🔥
Spot on! Each scenario usually requires finding the right eq solution. The fun part about mixing. One day, one plugin is the perfect solution…the next it may not ♥️👊
@@TheCosmicAcademy Facts thats the fun part is every song is a new challenge 😊🤘🤘
dude please please keep this up, im struggling so hard with getting good sounding vocals lol
This is surely one of the best Tutorials I have ever seen on YT! Shared!
Much appreciateddd!!! ♥️👊
Perfect video thank you
New favorite channel😊
Woow thanks for the plug-ins
Of course! 👊♥️
THX for "The Masker" tip. I recommended ppl with smaller budget the Trackspacer from Wavesfactory. Only thing missing in this (except M/S) is the Low- and Highpass. Should be no big deal with another eq in front.
Man quality mix = quality moves 🤯
♥️👊 the truth!!
Incredible video!
Much appreciated!
TL/DW for people who don't want to be freaked out by the extreme close-ups burning into your soul: use a dynamic EQ/trackspacer, and treat the mono/side signals differently (assuming you're not worried about people listening in mono).
Nice video. On point. 🔥
Thanks! ♥️👊
thank you so much!!!!
I ment to get into this a long time ago as I kinda knew it would be important, but you explained it so good, I hope this free plugin has mid/side option otherwise I think Im gonna pull the trigger on Soothe finally... Expensive yes, but I think this is the step to get my mixes where I want them to be, I felt for a while that there is something that can be done on surten areas of my production and I think this is it.. Thx alot
Happy it can help! Trackspacer is another cheaper option that has mid side capabilities! Worth exploring. See if they let you demo or trial it!
Wow, this video is helpfull, thank you so much! ^_^
In Live you can also build a dynamic EQ (incl. mid side) by yourself, using Lives envelope follower.
There is another Soothe clone available as free M4L device, called Boba. Works pretty well, even if in the higher frequencies Soothe 2 is better.
Great Job 👏🏻
Thank you!! 👊♥️
Well, fabfilter Q3 does the same thing and even more. If you use it on every track, you got an analize option where all the conflicts are which makes it easy to detect. Even the C3 you can use for this as it also has a frequency option. All with sidechain of course.
Pro-Q is def another option and tool! Although it doesn’t move as the frequencies move like soothe. All the different dynamic eqs have their strengths!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Yeah indeed, so many plugins and option nowadays. Remembering the days we only had an Akai S3200 sampler with an 8 track mixer making huge hits in about 3 days. Your ears were the only thing you could rely on,..in fact, it still does, lol ;-)
This guy knows his stuff. 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks! But I’d be the first to tell you I feel like I know nothing 😂 everyday I learn some new shit that makes me question everything haha. It’s the best part about production though!
No no... Quality mixes start from quality tutors like Zack.
Muchhhhhh appreciated 🥲👊
A+ gold star this is what great teaching looks like. Also, Moose got the timer just perfect.
I really appreciate you saying that! So does the moose man. He wagged his tail when I told him you approved of his work 😂
You got me at static vs dynamic solution
Amazing video! I think instead of doing the EQ on individual instrumental tracks, I would rather do it very subtly on certain instrumental bus to avoid changing the vocal balance too drastically throughout the song.
Thank you ♥️👊 and 100% that’s an option!
It's rather bizarre as I'm new to recording/mixing and just this morning I had a lightbulb moment about whether I could somehow reduce frequencies based on another track dynamically and up pops this video this evening!
Nice video and nice remix of Say It Right :)
Thanks! 👊♥️
Love this. Would you say Soothe 2 is better for this vs trackspacer?
I wouldn’t say one is better or worse…soothe is just my go to for when I need the added control and higher resolution.
Another important tip..thanks guys...
Our pleasure!👊♥️
Excellent video! It's a very important topic that needed this fine explanation. Thank you!
Kisses to moose ❤
Thank youuuu!!! Much appreciated!! ♥️👊
Great video. Wise choice to discuss the process and concept instead of demonstrating the outcome. Most people are listening on a phone and can't hear the difference in the comparison, so videos A-B videos are often pointless. This way instead lets us try for ourselves.
11/10 explanation of eq🔥
Much appreciated!!! ♥️👊
If u aint learning from cosmic academy ru rlly even in the competition
Hahaha ♥️👊 much appreciated
You would think we would want to use this all the time then. But that's not the case. Thousands and thousands of mixes have been done without the power of digital dynamic EQ. Knowing WHEN to use it, that's the key. And i'm not sure i've got that figured out.
I try to think of the sound as energy: those parts u want it at a consistent level, reach for dynamic eq. Or when u want it to bounce around as dif sounds are triggered, then reach for static eq.
You’ll want to achieve both methods at dif parts of the song, and likely depending on the genre too.
good stuff!
Appreciate it! 👊♥️
Great video! Let me add that in my opinion the plugin "trackspacer" does an even better job than the two you mentioned. Yes it's 60€, but its dynamic with sidechain obviously, you can high-/lowpass and you can select mid/side or L/R focus. Also you are able to set attack and release times, which is useful for some cases, however I did never use it, as it does such a great job on more or less default settings.
Thanks!! I use Trackspacer too haha another good one. Little more of a broad stroke than soothe though. I find it to be less subtle, and more obvious sounding…which in some cases is exactly what I want!!
what about people who mix with the thought of keeping things sound live? like for example,
the vocals and synth, yeah dynamic would help for removing tbe mids when the vocals play, but that would change the tone of the synth, and wont sound as full, just sound almost compressed together since it technically is in the mids when the dynamic eq is applied. if jazz music is playing, i dont believe many will use soothe or dynamic eq to heavily eq a sound to “fit” the frequency, when it will change the tone, as well as not give the full amount of mids that you’d naturally hear from them playing together, like if its live. or if a soloists playing a few lower mid/bass notes, would sound not as heavy or impactful if it was suddenly reduced to the bassline. imo it could/would sound better to keep it natural and mix them without dynamic eq to preserve the natural overlaps, and allow lets say a piano and vocals to sometime occupy the same range if it does for a second to further the mid impact it gives
I have soothe 2 and had no idea this was a feature. Insane
Hahahaha let’s goooo!! Put it to good use now!! 👊♥️
@@TheCosmicAcademy maybe I finally get my 200 dollars worth
if i could only use 1 plugin to mix an entire song it would be soothe2 or MAYBE pro q3. goated
Great video
Thanks! 👊♥️
Legit! 🙌
What's the Ableton theme you are using?
Excellent thanks. How do you rate Izotope Neutron’s unmasking feature to do the same thing?
Appreciate you watching and dropping the comment! I haven’t used it enough to comment on it. With that said, I always hear great things about neutron. Maybe someone else can help out here and give their thoughts!
its weird after so many years of producing my brain wanted to solve this problem by itself.
I usually think that the soft mode in soothe doesn’t sidechain as much as I need. Do you use the hard mode at all?
I FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy it helps!! 👊♥️
F6 is great option too
Liked and subbed!
Much appreciated! ♥️👊
Can you do these things with tdr nova?
Great tips, can you remind me of where are the vocals from? i think it was a trance hit
It’s a Nelly furtado - say it right acapella hahaha
@@TheCosmicAcademy Yes thank you!! its very similar to an old vocal trance song when remixed into edm haha
@@TheCosmicAcademy Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (Peter Rauhofer Trance Anthem Mix) it is a remix of it after all haha
Hahahaha you nailed it!
All i can say is that EVERYONE should be listening to this advice... guy is dropping gems 💎💎
♥️♥️♥️ hahaha thanks dude 👊
What's the track in the beginning?
Good video
Thanks Tommy! 👊♥️
couldn't find the masker on my daw after I downloaded from the website on Mac.
Moose is a GREAT name for a little chihuahua mix! I bet he gives lots of taco-flavored kisses!!!
Hahahaha Moose might be 3.5lbs but he’s got the heart of a lion! And of course, plenty of taco flavored kisses
Can't one just do a sidechain compressor on the competing sounds? than using dynamic eq?
Yes but it does duck the volume of the entire sound. This can be fine in some instances, but others it might sound too dramatic and obvious. In those cases dynamic eq’s are much more transparent and natural
I’m only here for moose
Aren’t we all! It’s Moose’s world…we’re just living in it! 🫎
Balanced mixes could also be boring haha but good video!!
Where can i get the song you used as a reference 😢
Hahaha gotta steal my personal hard drive 😅
@TheCosmicAcademy 😭 that's song is 🔥
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even though i dont do much electronic music, these tutorials are gold
huge
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johnny sins of production
I love mixing but I'm bad, so I'm here
Quality
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Soothe 2 is a great plugin and all but its $209
That’s what I talk about the masker! Different strokes for different folks!
I was aware of the dynamic eq but wtf is this plugin bro?
YOU LEAVE SWEET MOOSE ALONE
Hahaha at the end of day…we’re all just here for moose. It’s his world…we’re just living in it! 😂
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