1. Old tutorials suggesting you mix drums to -10db are now irrelevant. 2. Setting up a master channel that 'fake masters' your music and mixing into that is essential when using analyzers to compare your track to mastered tracks. 3. If it sounds right to you, that is more important than following directions. 4. Never, ever, ever, ever delete the original synth patch; parallel mix it into your hyper-aliased, hyper-effected version. 5. The texture of high energy sounds comes from a rapid lfo affecting at least one of the oscillators. If your synth sounds too vanilla and clean, tweak this before layering other sounds. 6. Trackspacer. Trackspacer. Trackspacer. 7. Clippers are better than limiters in mixing. 8. Always reduce the volume to send -18db into plugins whenever you can. 9. Watch more Alice.
Some of it might be redundant but anyway: 1. EQ only when really necessary and learn when it is. Its possible to get pretty ok mixes without any eq at all. 2. Don´t be afraid to use visual references (tonal balance control) ,even though your ears should have the last call, it helps to get you in the ballpark and lets you make more informed desicions of why you want to break the rules. Also if done right it helps training your ears. 3. Make your music sound as good as you can with using as little processing as you can. 4. Compression is overrated, except for drums. 5. Pay for your plugins, you value them more which helps learning them inside out. In general a few plugins you know very well are way more usefull than having all the "pro" stuff and not knowing what to do with it. 6. LEARN YOU DAW INSIDE OUT FIRST (you dont need any external plugins to get good mixes if you know the science, and it also spares you a lot of $ cause you will know what plugins you want and why.) 7. If you have the money don't be afraid to invest in Education. Especially nowadays there are so many renowned producers sharing their Knowlege, use it if you can! 8. Have a long breath and you will get there, I promise. After all a lot of stuff is just practice practice practice. 9. If you want to be good don't look for a shortcut. Do the dirty work!
@@weselle1391 Good ergonomics will save you from doctor's visits, wearing braces, PT, and even surgery. Take care of your body and it will take care of you! Keep your wrists straight as much as possible, keep feet flat on on the floor or a foot rest, get a sit/stand hybrid desk if you can afford it. Be sure to take quick breaks once an hour so so and move for just a couple minutes ("sitting is the new smoking"). Keep monitors close to eye level to keep from straining your neck. I was fortunate to have trained under one of the world's foremost office ergonomics experts when I was in college a few decades ago, and as a software engineer by day and a musician and now producer by night, I have followed his advice for the last 35 years and have avoided many of the physical issues that commonly plague all of these professions. My worst of it is some mild carpal tunnel that I keep in check with some stretching exercises and VERY occasional wrist brace use.
I cant thank you enough for these videos. theyre perfect for my ADHD. it can become such a chore when a video like this is stretched out into a 20-30 minute video. informative and straight to the point. perfect
Thanks for your tips, I've been following you for a very long time. It's nice to see your posts. You are all about personal growth and also about sharing some of your spirit. You have a good soul, please keep it up. Love from good old and cold Germany.
This is my new favorite channel. I love the fast pace. Most other channels seem to be for beginners and I fall asleep as they are explaining all of the basics. You jump from concept to useful concept and it keeps me engaged. Well done
So true. I think one of the most important habits is “organization”. And learning about the things available to you, the types of tools, libraries, and similar things you have helps a lot along the way. Another issue may be to remember that the visual measurement data provided by the tools is a reference and to make the final decision by listening. Of course, being familiar with the system you use to listen is very important at this point.
this is about the best sum of advices I received ever, most of them I knew, but so many solid and good to understand tips in a short amount of time. this is excellence
Hi Alice, really good tips you have! Straight to the point without trying to market to us, I like it. Hard work definitely pays off. This is a serious discipline and not something one can be casual about. A big lesson I’ve learned is not to do too much with analog saturation whether it’s plugins or my Fusion. Since it’s non-linear, it’s tough to discern what’s the right amount at times. I just watched a video about mastering with Fusion and the guy showed what each module does with graphic representation. Yeah, I learned I have to back off the vintage drive and density for sure. Sometimes you work on something a long time and you don’t realize that you don’t need to saturate it so much. I’m guessing in an all analog studio that they could only make things so loud or saturated before the equipment had a problem and didn’t have to worry as much. Keep up the great work and I will be watching more of your videos!
Excellent video not only for beginners but also for us experienced. It's always good to look over the Bible of how-to when wokring... We all tend to look for shortcuts and they may end up giving wrong results... So getting back to basics it's the only way.
Thanks for delivering insane educational content for free, you and Oscar from Underdog got me so far ahead in understanding music production, really appreciate it!
This girl gave one very valuable advice that will save your ears: don’t use the bell boost swiping method and do not work in studio headphones for more than one hour a day, and do not do the boosts in headphones, because your higher frequencies will be blown away in three months.
Alice, fire content as usual! 3:21 - Yes, and also there's nothing wrong with fanboy / fangirl tracks. I've heard Dada Life talking about that. One can learn a crap tone copying, and recreating their favorite tracks. There is nothing wrong with citation either - people are using this all the time. As always, it's all about the context. Honestly, if someone can make a fire track, shamelessly copying, and have the finesse to pull that off and that track becomes organically theirs - that's some freaking genius stuff and we are all jealous. But if you can't pull off that trick, release it and get a copyright strike - jokes on you lol. To summarize - copying is one of the best and overlooked tools IMO, especially if you can backtrack and feel why certain things were done at a certain point in the song. And if you follow Alice's channel - you'll learn how to make that shit your own 😀
I got myself some low cost M-audio studio speakers, approximately 320 euro for the two. I just want to enjoy music at fair quality. Small room, empty walls. What shape sound treatment (foam i guess?) Is best? I am not getting bass ringing. Recorded the room feedback and compared with original track and most of the noise comes from the 9kHz range and up. Google is not proving useful haha.
May I add one? Are you stuck getting a good kick like "that song"? Just sample it. Download the song and sample the kick. You'll save a TON of time to focus on the rest of the track. You are going to have plenty of time later to make your own perfect kick, eventually, but until then your work flow will benefit immensely.
How about a video on how to make a good intro? :) Also one that goes beyond just kick and bass. I was searching on your channel but cant seem to find any videos on that topic! Cheers and thanks for all the amazing work you do
After some trials and errors i realized that spectrum analyazer is a great tool to compare your track to the one in the same genre. I mean, there are tons of legendary records from the past that don't look great on the analyzer, but sound great. So don't go crazy if your mix's spectrum lacks high or mids. Depends on the genre and feel you want to give to your track. I have tons of tracks that look amazing in analyzer, but soundslike crap. Probably obvious, but still.
What do you mean by looking great in an analyzer? A spectrum analyzer is only telling you about the volume of audio information in any given frequency band. It doesn't say anything about tone, texture, timbre, rhythm, stereo field, compressor settings, delay repeats, reverb sustain, modulation rate, melody, harmony, chords, or anything about the relationship between elements. It's simply a volume meter. You should never ever judge a song's quality by the way a spectrum analyzer looks! This is one of the most common problems in mixing and producing- mixing with your eyes. We need to be mixing with our ears!
What other secrets do you know now that you wish you knew when you started?
1. Old tutorials suggesting you mix drums to -10db are now irrelevant.
2. Setting up a master channel that 'fake masters' your music and mixing into that is essential when using analyzers to compare your track to mastered tracks.
3. If it sounds right to you, that is more important than following directions.
4. Never, ever, ever, ever delete the original synth patch; parallel mix it into your hyper-aliased, hyper-effected version.
5. The texture of high energy sounds comes from a rapid lfo affecting at least one of the oscillators. If your synth sounds too vanilla and clean, tweak this before layering other sounds.
6. Trackspacer. Trackspacer. Trackspacer.
7. Clippers are better than limiters in mixing.
8. Always reduce the volume to send -18db into plugins whenever you can.
9. Watch more Alice.
@@rkdmiii Thank you for sharing ❤
Some of it might be redundant but anyway:
1. EQ only when really necessary and learn when it is. Its possible to get pretty ok mixes without any eq at all.
2. Don´t be afraid to use visual references (tonal balance control) ,even though your ears should have the last call, it helps to get you in the ballpark and lets you make more informed desicions of why you want to break the rules. Also if done right it helps training your ears.
3. Make your music sound as good as you can with using as little processing as you can.
4. Compression is overrated, except for drums.
5. Pay for your plugins, you value them more which helps learning them inside out. In general a few plugins you know very well are way more usefull than having all the "pro" stuff and not knowing what to do with it.
6. LEARN YOU DAW INSIDE OUT FIRST (you dont need any external plugins to get good mixes if you know the science, and it also spares you a lot of $ cause you will know what plugins you want and why.)
7. If you have the money don't be afraid to invest in Education. Especially nowadays there are so many renowned producers sharing their Knowlege, use it if you can!
8. Have a long breath and you will get there, I promise. After all a lot of stuff is just practice practice practice.
9. If you want to be good don't look for a shortcut. Do the dirty work!
Ergonomics - a good mouse, keyboard, desk and screen setup can be way more beneficial to the process and result over miscellaneous gear and VSTs
@@weselle1391 Good ergonomics will save you from doctor's visits, wearing braces, PT, and even surgery. Take care of your body and it will take care of you! Keep your wrists straight as much as possible, keep feet flat on on the floor or a foot rest, get a sit/stand hybrid desk if you can afford it. Be sure to take quick breaks once an hour so so and move for just a couple minutes ("sitting is the new smoking"). Keep monitors close to eye level to keep from straining your neck.
I was fortunate to have trained under one of the world's foremost office ergonomics experts when I was in college a few decades ago, and as a software engineer by day and a musician and now producer by night, I have followed his advice for the last 35 years and have avoided many of the physical issues that commonly plague all of these professions. My worst of it is some mild carpal tunnel that I keep in check with some stretching exercises and VERY occasional wrist brace use.
I cant thank you enough for these videos. theyre perfect for my ADHD. it can become such a chore when a video like this is stretched out into a 20-30 minute video. informative and straight to the point. perfect
4 minutes of pure gold. Thanks a million!
My marriage was in shambles until I watched this video. These 19 pro secrets saved our marriage, thanks Alice! 10/10 would recommend.
Laughed for a solid minute after reading this comment.
which daw does your wife use?
@@88benz lmao 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm sure pro tools
This channel is the best. 0% bulls*it, 100% knowledge.
Aww ❤❤
Thanks for your tips, I've been following you for a very long time. It's nice to see your posts. You are all about personal growth and also about sharing some of your spirit. You have a good soul, please keep it up. Love from good old and cold Germany.
Thans a lot for following the channel and being a part of our awesome community. Cheers to you and Germany!
you're such a gift & as a female music producer I truly appreciate your presence. sending love
This is my new favorite channel. I love the fast pace. Most other channels seem to be for beginners and I fall asleep as they are explaining all of the basics. You jump from concept to useful concept and it keeps me engaged. Well done
Awesome video! Where can I listen to the track at 0:56 it is 🔥
Instead of room treatment and acoustics the Slate VSX system seems like the way to go for home studios these days.
Wow... really love the production value of this video. Great video, well done Alice! Love you and your incredible talent!
So true. I think one of the most important habits is “organization”. And learning about the things available to you, the types of tools, libraries, and similar things you have helps a lot along the way. Another issue may be to remember that the visual measurement data provided by the tools is a reference and to make the final decision by listening. Of course, being familiar with the system you use to listen is very important at this point.
Alice, keep it up. These have been so good!
Best channel for music production by far! Thank you!
this is about the best sum of advices I received ever, most of them I knew, but so many solid and good to understand tips in a short amount of time. this is excellence
Daaamn this video editing is insane!
Also great information
Hi Alice, really good tips you have! Straight to the point without trying to market to us, I like it. Hard work definitely pays off. This is a serious discipline and not something one can be casual about.
A big lesson I’ve learned is not to do too much with analog saturation whether it’s plugins or my Fusion. Since it’s non-linear, it’s tough to discern what’s the right amount at times. I just watched a video about mastering with Fusion and the guy showed what each module does with graphic representation. Yeah, I learned I have to back off the vintage drive and density for sure.
Sometimes you work on something a long time and you don’t realize that you don’t need to saturate it so much. I’m guessing in an all analog studio that they could only make things so loud or saturated before the equipment had a problem and didn’t have to worry as much.
Keep up the great work and I will be watching more of your videos!
Excellent video not only for beginners but also for us experienced. It's always good to look over the Bible of how-to when wokring... We all tend to look for shortcuts and they may end up giving wrong results... So getting back to basics it's the only way.
Solid Video as usual, the infos in it are so worthy ! 🎉
Wow 🤨, the best tip of Music prod, this is pure gold.
Cheers 🤓🤘
You have no idea how much good your channel does to the life of music producers 🙏🙏
really love your channel! keep up the fantastic work and thank you for your content!
Excellent compendium of tips! "You will fix your eyesight first." EXACTLY! Excellent advice. Thanks!
Ellerine saglik abla:) This is like the best producer channel on YT!
0:37 this... 😅👌
All these good tips, summed up in such little time... thanks Alice ! 🙏
Hi Alice, do you already have a video that shows what gear/midi keyboards you use?
One word: you're amazing!
can you please tell me what the deep house song at 0:52 is? i really liked it!
The goat farm story was hilarious. Subscribed!
You are so awesome and underrated!!! Love you! 🎉
"It's intentional" is also my rule when I trip and fall on the dancefloor... Just fall again, make it look like an intentional dance move hahaha
Excellent tips!
And really, good luck with your goat farm!
You're amazing. Love your channel!
You are so strooong i'm really enjoying it and laughing a lot 🤣😂 you'r magic! Thaaaanks!!!!
Love this channel!
Thanks for delivering insane educational content for free, you and Oscar from Underdog got me so far ahead in understanding music production, really appreciate it!
This girl gave one very valuable advice that will save your ears: don’t use the bell boost swiping method and do not work in studio headphones for more than one hour a day, and do not do the boosts in headphones, because your higher frequencies will be blown away in three months.
The tips are great and very inspiring - thank you Alice, I needed that!
Whoooaaawwwww SPEED DEMON 🤯Go Alice!
haha cheers Oscar! 😊
Incredible tips. Thank you Alice!! 🤗
0:41 What does "best song" mean? What things put into the "best song" can make it a breakthrough despite mediocre tools? Thanks.
Love these tips. Thanks Alice!
Love this. New sub!
Thank You Very Much!
🙂🙏
çok açık ve net anlatıyosun her seyi super video
Thank you love. U the best music production in youtube
Just the motivation I needed. Thank you for this !
1:26 Felt like Mike Wazowski! BTW Awesome content every video is so useful!
Alice, fire content as usual! 3:21 - Yes, and also there's nothing wrong with fanboy / fangirl tracks. I've heard Dada Life talking about that. One can learn a crap tone copying, and recreating their favorite tracks.
There is nothing wrong with citation either - people are using this all the time. As always, it's all about the context.
Honestly, if someone can make a fire track, shamelessly copying, and have the finesse to pull that off and that track becomes organically theirs - that's some freaking genius stuff and we are all jealous.
But if you can't pull off that trick, release it and get a copyright strike - jokes on you lol.
To summarize - copying is one of the best and overlooked tools IMO, especially if you can backtrack and feel why certain things were done at a certain point in the song.
And if you follow Alice's channel - you'll learn how to make that shit your own 😀
Thank you Alice! Awesome tips!
0:37 i saw a quote similar to that in another similar video
Very inspring video, thank you Alice!
Great tips, love your video editing too!
I got myself some low cost M-audio studio speakers, approximately 320 euro for the two. I just want to enjoy music at fair quality. Small room, empty walls.
What shape sound treatment (foam i guess?) Is best? I am not getting bass ringing.
Recorded the room feedback and compared with original track and most of the noise comes from the 9kHz range and up.
Google is not proving useful haha.
I always learn something valuable from your videos. Thank you for the coaching!
You are one of the producers who help me improve a lot! Thank you a lot!
farimuses
I really like your content and your friendly attitude ✨
Great video as always! I have the same SONIC plushy
"i grew my own goat from a baby goat" hahahahahaha!!
Top content as always 🧡
Great tips! Thanks for making this :)
Thank U so much! Very inspiring video.
P.S. Love U!
Cheers
BEST VIDEO I WATCHED IN MY LIFE ❤❤
Thank you will watch again(many times) respect .👌☮
You are great Alice!!!
Good Video. Good reminders on what we should (re)focused. Some might say you get lost on the journey sometimes🚀😊
as always excellent contents, presented in a clear-fun-competent way. Thank you!
What is the name of track in 2:35? If it's finished
Thank you very much for this video,it's very insightful.
Great tips and a good watch all round 👍🏻
wtf this content is ON FIRE!
0:05 OMG BURIAL ARCANGEL I LOVE ARCHANGEL SO MUCH
i totally agree with everything
Would love to learn more about how you're using folders to arrange your presets
what kind of monitors you got there?
May I add one? Are you stuck getting a good kick like "that song"? Just sample it. Download the song and sample the kick. You'll save a TON of time to focus on the rest of the track. You are going to have plenty of time later to make your own perfect kick, eventually, but until then your work flow will benefit immensely.
Do you have a file organization video?!?!
How about a video on how to make a good intro? :) Also one that goes beyond just kick and bass. I was searching on your channel but cant seem to find any videos on that topic! Cheers and thanks for all the amazing work you do
Love it! Thank you :D
plugin producers SENT ME!!!! 🥴😂💀 You're not wrong!
uzun zamandır takip ediyorum güzel içerikler, teşekkürler
I love you and your content, thanks for exist
most helpful 4 minutes i have ever seen!
P.s. Sonic ❤️
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1:33: 🤣
Good advice! 😄👍
excelent video!
I can’t believe I never new about auto gain on Pro Q! Such a simple addition that would’ve saved me from some bad decisions in the past hahaha
loving this tips, thank you a lot
do u know some discord groups to join and share music for feedback etc? I cant find
LOVE YOOUUUU
Super. Very Happy that I found Ur channel
A bit late, but welcome aboard! And thank you for being a channel member! ❤
@@Alice-Efe thank you :)
Great stuff. Thank you
Great advice. Thank you. 😃👍
Last tip is the most important ❤
Thank you, this was very helpful❤
Some fire tips right here
After some trials and errors i realized that spectrum analyazer is a great tool to compare your track to the one in the same genre. I mean, there are tons of legendary records from the past that don't look great on the analyzer, but sound great. So don't go crazy if your mix's spectrum lacks high or mids. Depends on the genre and feel you want to give to your track. I have tons of tracks that look amazing in analyzer, but soundslike crap. Probably obvious, but still.
What do you mean by looking great in an analyzer? A spectrum analyzer is only telling you about the volume of audio information in any given frequency band. It doesn't say anything about tone, texture, timbre, rhythm, stereo field, compressor settings, delay repeats, reverb sustain, modulation rate, melody, harmony, chords, or anything about the relationship between elements. It's simply a volume meter. You should never ever judge a song's quality by the way a spectrum analyzer looks! This is one of the most common problems in mixing and producing- mixing with your eyes. We need to be mixing with our ears!
It may be the most important video for noobies and pro producer overhere
Idk how I came across your channel but good gems! #Subscribed
The back up note is very important. My laptop just died last week, luckily I backed up everything