This is really really helpful and awesome. Loved Kimbra for a long time. To see her so expertly explain and reveal all this is priceless. I don't yet have Neutron but it looks great and these tips she's giving with Rachel apply well to any mixing situation or tools.
I love Kimbra so muuch, I've been listening to her music since I was 14 (I'm 21 now) and it's great to see how her music has been evolving eversince. Gotta admit I didn't know she had a hand in producing/mixing her songs. Oh well, one more reason to stan!
i could watch and listen to them all day , i love her visioning, i can tell she thinks visual but is an audio person, she would be a good director. Need more
Nice! I like how she deals with such a complicated mix with a lot of conflicting frequencies. I wish to see more videos/examples/tutorials on that topic because it's not a big deal to mix a simple hip-hop track with less than 5 instruments but it'a a pain in the S to mix something really complicated with a huge number of instruments.
I love this video is very detailed, and every move is explained, and i love listening to female producers and song writers they have a different approach and of course think differently. Need more of these
Nah, don't listen to who says "use what u got". Get yourself a new laptop. Been there and now, with my new laptop (PC), I'm feeling much better about mixing and making music in general. It's good to have a machine that keeps up with you. It's fundamental nowadays. Have a great one! #JUNGWUCCI
@@JUNGWUCCI yeah, but don't buy it because you can't run "that many instances of x" most PC's these days are fine for music. Maybe you can't run 50 vsts at once but you can work with what you have ;) if you have the money though, why not!
I mean... For a super muddy dense busy music which is not my cup of tea, Neutron did a pretty good job. If I have to mix that song, I probably cut and create lil bit more more pocket of separation to improve the clarity and the dynamic of the track especially in the low-lowmid range of some tracks. But who knows, maybe the artist prefer a kinda sustain wall of sound that have less dynamics and almost all of the tracks have a low and low mid frequencies to sounds full in solo. Who knows, maybe she's just that kind of person who love their song sounds full both as a song and as individual tracks. I just hope she sent those tracks to mixing and mastering engineer that work in an ideal studio environment, better monitor and better in mixing before the song released. Great video, Izotope :)
I do! It enables tracks containing Neutron 3, Nectar 3, Insight 2 or VocalSynth 2 plug-ins to interact with one another for automatic mixing, unmasking, and more! You can learn more about it here: www.izotope.com/en/products/neutron/features/relay.html
nicebluejay irk!? Lol. meanwhile, I’m over here, just happy about the length of her hair. It’s very circa 2012-her best music year in my humble opinion 😌❤️
Imagine using vst plugins with that many tracks and effects, your laptop would explode! I'm one of these producers that is too lazy to convert everything from midi to wav
I wish the representative would say more than just "yup" "yeah" "yup" :/. Serously iZotope if you need a producer/sound engineer that can talk with artists and bring even more life and energy. Consider hiring me. This video was great but it also had potential to make me even more excited about the software, you know TALKING ABOUT IT when the artist says it did something they like!?!? and i use your plugins all the time too.
the way she's panning stuff to 'make space' for similar frequency elements in the mix without thinking about mono compatibility irks me. When it all collapses to mono, they're gonna mess with each other bad
@@LouisLinggandtheBombs if that's the case then it shouldn't be much of a problem. But the way she was talking about putting elements 'midway left' etc could still give her issues(her mix engineer ofc)
Who cares. Just enjoy the music. It doesn’t require you to analyze and judge other people’s work. Everybody has their own way of doing stuff. Things that you do may irk someone else, this is her way and you have yours. I’m 200% sure it’ll sound fine in mono, cause it’s just not that serious
Lupe Brooks How a mix collapses into mono is definately one of the most annoying things about modern music production. We have tools and techniques that make amazing stereo sounds and we have to make them sound great in mono too for those bluetooth speaker things. Sometimes it’s just not possible to do both. I think Kimbra’s amazing and what she did will sound ok but I’m not 200% sure about it! Some of my mixes that are amazing in stereo just don’t work in mono. It happens sometimes.
It sounds like regular pop music .. however everyone can make it and have fun while doing so ... Lets hear / see some female composers on the fringe please with narratives and talent ...
Listen to "Top of the World" and "Black Sky (Reimagined)" as well: she is anything but "regular"! ;) Also, her narratives power/raw talent shines even more live (th-cam.com/video/RToggzmFbBA/w-d-xo.html + th-cam.com/video/VwkPprFUp8k/w-d-xo.html) 💖
@Murada Thanks for the reply. Given her previous work might have been 'doing their own thing' a while ago - This content hardly shows or speaks of it. Yet its not about her - This is about 'cherry-picking' done by Brands and Institutions. The motivation is to sell products and maximize profits. It has nothing to do with talent or creativity. One must not forget that there are thousands of Kimbras and XYZ to fit that industry itself. What good does it do to you or anyone (as an artist) Think? Adios.
This interview obviously doubles as an iZotope commercial--which is fine, because clearly Kimbra is a user of the software. But what I wonder is: did Kimbra do it JUST because she likes iZotope (i.e. for free), or did she get some kind of compensation? Maybe some free stuff...
Kymbra is a professional artist who is promoting a product.... of course she's getting paid! She's also self-promoting. And I'm sure she's really using the Neutron. It's a great product. I use it. She also mentions some other non-izotope plugins too.....
@@TheMirolab Ha! You're right, what was I thinking. Hey, would you do me a favor and just *kick me in the ass* for asking such a dumb question? _[turns around and bends over]_ I'm serious: just kick me in the ass. I'm not asking with this, I'm _telling!_ th-cam.com/video/T4Nh7E9BMdM/w-d-xo.html
Yes. Learned that in a hard way. You tend to get too biased and overprocessing your own song (thinking "I know the song better I know what it needs"), not to mention you'll keep on having "ahh that snare should've been different pitch" and keep changing things when it's actually done perfectly - which will prolong your release and on some cases, the song will be shelved. Sometimes all you need is to trust your engineer. If not, find another.
definately one of the best Izotope vids so far...
Agree. Fantastic video. I'd love more of these.
I've got hope for more high profile artists, this is great!
So cool to spend half an hour with Kimbra.)
This is really really helpful and awesome. Loved Kimbra for a long time. To see her so expertly explain and reveal all this is priceless. I don't yet have Neutron but it looks great and these tips she's giving with Rachel apply well to any mixing situation or tools.
Saw this now and this is amazing!!!! She explains everything in a clear and perfect way!!!!! Please invite her more...
I love Kimbra so muuch, I've been listening to her music since I was 14 (I'm 21 now) and it's great to see how her music has been evolving eversince. Gotta admit I didn't know she had a hand in producing/mixing her songs. Oh well, one more reason to stan!
i could watch and listen to them all day , i love her visioning, i can tell she thinks visual but is an audio person, she would be a good director. Need more
And a great producer!
Nice! I like how she deals with such a complicated mix with a lot of conflicting frequencies. I wish to see more videos/examples/tutorials on that topic because it's not a big deal to mix a simple hip-hop track with less than 5 instruments but it'a a pain in the S to mix something really complicated with a huge number of instruments.
Exactly. The biggest problem with lots of mixing tutorials is when they are working with pre-eq'd samples and not layers of recorded sounds.
Great Point!
Song is sick... Can't wait for it.
Nice to see more and more women getting their hands dirty in the mix...Kimbra rocks!
yes yes
I bet beyonce couldnt do that shit
EDIT
or mariah carey
or spears
or cristina
or Maybe gaga could seems like she would mix a LITTLE
@@totigerus ye but neither could most male artists of a similar vein
@@totigerus Beyonce is literally in the studio detailing the mix with her engineer and producers till the records are done.
You should try out more music, lots of gals do theirs from the ground up, mainly electronica.
And love Kimbra just how she approaches a project like a mad scientist is dope
I love Kimbra. I would love to make a record with her.
1:34 - synchronised head bopping
Lol, I didn't catch that earlier! 😄
A glitch in the matrix
VERY "Always Something There To Remind Me" 80s driving rhythm! 🎧🎶 💯
Hymn
I love this video is very detailed, and every move is explained, and i love listening to female producers and song writers they have a different approach and of course think differently. Need more of these
Might as well do a full masterclass on this.
Now I'd love to see a follow up where John Congleton critiques what she did to his original mix.
Nobody : Hmmm, what Kimbra doing today?
TH-cam: Kimbra share mixing technik !
Kimbra is the best
Really valuable video for beginner mixers like myself!!
Man...I really need a new laptop. My laptop would crumble under that many instances of Neutron.
hahahhahahhahaahha
Work with what you got. Process in busses or just use stock eq and compression ;)
Nah, don't listen to who says "use what u got". Get yourself a new laptop. Been there and now, with my new laptop (PC), I'm feeling much better about mixing and making music in general. It's good to have a machine that keeps up with you. It's fundamental nowadays. Have a great one! #JUNGWUCCI
@@JUNGWUCCI yeah, but don't buy it because you can't run "that many instances of x" most PC's these days are fine for music. Maybe you can't run 50 vsts at once but you can work with what you have ;) if you have the money though, why not!
@@MrVleker limitations are absolutely a creative driver, but it's only so useful if you can't eq all your tracks individually
I am in love!!
Cool. Nice to see how she works. More of these!
Kimbra is fantastic.
Thats great insight
Very cool video and love Ratatat too!
I mean... For a super muddy dense busy music which is not my cup of tea, Neutron did a pretty good job. If I have to mix that song, I probably cut and create lil bit more more pocket of separation to improve the clarity and the dynamic of the track especially in the low-lowmid range of some tracks. But who knows, maybe the artist prefer a kinda sustain wall of sound that have less dynamics and almost all of the tracks have a low and low mid frequencies to sounds full in solo. Who knows, maybe she's just that kind of person who love their song sounds full both as a song and as individual tracks. I just hope she sent those tracks to mixing and mastering engineer that work in an ideal studio environment, better monitor and better in mixing before the song released. Great video, Izotope :)
Awesome insights.
Side note: any idea on what that first painting is? The one with the purplish splatter at 0:01.
shes the best
I love that song.
that's dope ! thanks a lot
Such a masterclass WOW
Kimbra is somebody I used to know.....
* somebody
@@guitaristssuck8979 Good Call!!!! Edited!!! LoL
reminds me of mini mansions. one of my favorites.
Where can I listen the song? I can’t find it yet on TH-cam
I hope it will be included on her next album.
damn she kimbra is on point!
Straight up marriage material
1 hundid
??????? Now that's one stupid point of view jesus
Did the meaning of intensity change in Neutron 3?
Nope lol
That's a ton of tracks
Does somebody know, what that Relay-Insert Plugin is?
I do! It enables tracks containing Neutron 3, Nectar 3, Insight 2 or VocalSynth 2 plug-ins to interact with one another for automatic mixing, unmasking, and more! You can learn more about it here: www.izotope.com/en/products/neutron/features/relay.html
Is this room her studio?
everyone in these comments is an expert. lol
nicebluejay irk!? Lol. meanwhile, I’m over here, just happy about the length of her hair. It’s very circa 2012-her best music year in my humble opinion 😌❤️
Just little people trying to validate themselves by spewing what they think they know on a public forum as if they were asked.
Imagine using vst plugins with that many tracks and effects, your laptop would explode! I'm one of these producers that is too lazy to convert everything from midi to wav
Most DAWS have a freeze button for VST tracks. It takes about 20 seconds so it's not exactly a time waster.
Nice!
Rachel Alix look at 2:16
Fascinating Woman.
I wish the representative would say more than just "yup" "yeah" "yup" :/. Serously iZotope if you need a producer/sound engineer that can talk with artists and bring even more life and energy. Consider hiring me. This video was great but it also had potential to make me even more excited about the software, you know TALKING ABOUT IT when the artist says it did something they like!?!? and i use your plugins all the time too.
7:14 tame impala elephant
sorry im in love
where are the subtitles?
Hey there, click the "CC" icon at the bottom right-hand side of the screen to enable English subtitles.
Thank you!
the way she's panning stuff to 'make space' for similar frequency elements in the mix without thinking about mono compatibility irks me. When it all collapses to mono, they're gonna mess with each other bad
not sure about that 'cos the notes and playing were different on each side. That should be alright shouldn't it?
@@LouisLinggandtheBombs if that's the case then it shouldn't be much of a problem.
But the way she was talking about putting elements 'midway left' etc could still give her issues(her mix engineer ofc)
Who cares. Just enjoy the music. It doesn’t require you to analyze and judge other people’s work. Everybody has their own way of doing stuff. Things that you do may irk someone else, this is her way and you have yours. I’m 200% sure it’ll sound fine in mono, cause it’s just not that serious
Lupe Brooks How a mix collapses into mono is definately one of the most annoying things about modern music production. We have tools and techniques that make amazing stereo sounds and we have to make them sound great in mono too for those bluetooth speaker things. Sometimes it’s just not possible to do both. I think Kimbra’s amazing and what she did will sound ok but I’m not 200% sure about it! Some of my mixes that are amazing in stereo just don’t work in mono. It happens sometimes.
@@lupe2947 it's a video from Izotope. I sub to this for music production knowledge not to 'just enjoy the music' don't tell me what to do boy.
I see that samsamp 😎🧐
Would I love a girl who likes the same things as me we would never be bored
Yo I need isotopes
It sounds like regular pop music .. however everyone can make it and have fun while doing so ... Lets hear / see some female composers on the fringe please with narratives and talent ...
check out her song "90s music" or "waltz me to the grave"
@@menteencoma Thanks will listen/check!
Listen to "Top of the World" and "Black Sky (Reimagined)" as well: she is anything but "regular"! ;) Also, her narratives power/raw talent shines even more live (th-cam.com/video/RToggzmFbBA/w-d-xo.html + th-cam.com/video/VwkPprFUp8k/w-d-xo.html) 💖
@Murada Thanks for the reply. Given her previous work might have been 'doing their own thing' a while ago - This content hardly shows or speaks of it. Yet its not about her - This is about 'cherry-picking' done by Brands and Institutions. The motivation is to sell products and maximize profits. It has nothing to do with talent or creativity. One must not forget that there are thousands of Kimbras and XYZ to fit that industry itself. What good does it do to you or anyone (as an artist) Think?
Adios.
hmmm you might have told her to hide that UAD interface before filming lol
Why?
you girls ROCK! P.S. Kimbra, get yourself bigger speakers and room treatment, the rest is marginal ... just my 2 cents :)
The host looks like Lily Allen.
Now she's just somebody that I used to know
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This interview obviously doubles as an iZotope commercial--which is fine, because clearly Kimbra is a user of the software. But what I wonder is: did Kimbra do it JUST because she likes iZotope (i.e. for free), or did she get some kind of compensation? Maybe some free stuff...
Kymbra is a professional artist who is promoting a product.... of course she's getting paid! She's also self-promoting. And I'm sure she's really using the Neutron. It's a great product. I use it. She also mentions some other non-izotope plugins too.....
@@TheMirolab Ha! You're right, what was I thinking. Hey, would you do me a favor and just *kick me in the ass* for asking such a dumb question? _[turns around and bends over]_ I'm serious: just kick me in the ass. I'm not asking with this, I'm _telling!_
th-cam.com/video/T4Nh7E9BMdM/w-d-xo.html
You shouldn't mix or master your own tracks ! Both for your own sanity, and the quality of your work.
Yes. Learned that in a hard way.
You tend to get too biased and overprocessing your own song (thinking "I know the song better I know what it needs"), not to mention you'll keep on having "ahh that snare should've been different pitch" and keep changing things when it's actually done perfectly - which will prolong your release and on some cases, the song will be shelved.
Sometimes all you need is to trust your engineer. If not, find another.
Yeah she did this mix in this "studio" which has the acoustic properties of a bathroom, right..
Boring track stuffed on top of each other. Just a pc playing tracks. Where’s the guitar they are raving about? I can only hear a bunch of synths
Their chemistry does not match ;)
Reverb makes your vocals more feminine?........
Lol just more fuller I guess
honestly her music is odd on a good day
Kimba - Settle Down... this is much better/more than odd
@@WillyJunior okay i'll check that one out
Sounds like it's all over the place. Over produce to me.