Disclaimer: I'm no mixing engineer, I'm just saying what works for me as a music artist. If there is a professional here that can help make this video better I'm all ears.
Hey, I'm actually really surprised for once. Me and my buddies blind watch mixing tutorials as a drinking game where everytime the person says something ridiculously stupid, you take a shot. (it gets you shitfaced in no time usually) So this one caught us by surprise since you actually explained things really well, and your chain and knowledge are pretty solid. I'd still like to give some criticism, though. First of all, taking out resonating frequencies with notch filters can make a huge difference, but you shouldn't actively search for them. Boosting any frequency with a notch will make it sound terrible. My recommendation would be to only cut out harsh resonances you can actually perceive as being problematic without looking for them. Also, using a dynamic EQ might give you an even better result. If you notice a lot of problematic frequencies in one tight area, using a brought bell to just attenuate the area as a whole might be the right move. Your compressor section was really nice. One thing I'd add just as a little bonus for you to mess around with would be to keep the attack time in mind. increasing the attack can make the vocals punch through the mix in a nice and subtle way. If you work with fast rap vocals, a slower attack might help the individual sibilance to be more understandable, and the vocal to sound more natural, even with a lot of compression. Just mess around with the attack and really try to focus on the subtle difference it can make when finetuned. (this isn't as important with singing) Now, a big suggestion I have would be to get rid of the soundgoodizer. If you'd like a similar effect but with more control, go for a saturation plugin. I myself like camel crusher since it also lets you compress the vocals some more, similar to the soundgoodizer, but with a lot more control over the overall compression and saturation separately. Another free option would be saturation knob, which has a nice sound, especially on vocals, in my opinion. Notice how, in the soundgoodizer bypass you did, the vocals got a LOT louder. This increase in loudness will fool your ears into thinking it's automatically better. This is why I personally like camel crusher the most as a free option because it has a master gain knob which makes it possible to easily volume match the vocals to hear exactly what's going on. Overall, I'd say that you are actually really close to having an amazing vocal chain. It's just those last 15% I'd urge you to explore. If you have any questions or would like me to get into more detail about anything, let me know. Keep up the grind, and most importantly, continue having fun.
@@heroicdragon i feel like i never understood wtf fruity compressor did and how to use it effectively, and the eq explanation was rlly good on how to take out the bad frequencies
Thanks bro, when you want to start taking your mixes to the next level I suggest watching mastering.com, they give like 10 hour courses on stuff like compression and eq lol
fire content bro i definitely learned some new things for workflow, around 3:44 is the notch filtering section, id recommend using the FREQ knobs and gain meters on the right, rather than moving the numbered points on the graph. Doing it like this means you wont accidentally change the frequency of the notch when reducing its gain. On some surgical EQ shi 😂 Love bro 🔥🔥
Also 4:51 - compression just decreases the difference beetween loudest & quitest part of audio treck, increasing LUFS which makes your track to seem louder , it has nothing to do with clipping
W tip at the end whare you said to find an artist's raw vocals and practice mixing, however what I'd recommend is this. Record your own vocals and practice on that because at the end of the day, you have to mix your own vocals not juice wrld's... And these bigger artists be using $10,000 mic w analog gear to record their stuff, so the vocal chain which might work for them might not work for you.. Awesome Content btw 🔥💯⛈ I'm subbed, hope to see more of these and how to create Content as a rapper;)
@@heroicdragon Yeah, take your time. An example of this would be what I'm kind of doing on my funneling IG. It's somewhat combining anime, memes, and my music. Let me know what you think. I'll reach you you out there
4:10, bro is just filtering all of the necessary frequencies. "Removing resonances" - is in 90% of cases will just make worse, especially in your vocal, since it basically consist of different resonances(coming from your throat, mouth, skull etc.). Its just ruins consistenty, readability & colour
@@missing_RF it's alright, through this vid I realised I only know one way of mixing. There are many ways to mix something, I know the basics I can build off of that now.
Hey man, nice video, really cool editing! However, the stuff you are talking about is mostly just semi-information, that is not really accurate and sometimes wrong. This can be harmful to new musicians. So pls spend more time informing yourself about topics you end up making videos about.
@@heroicdragon Nice. Also i recommend watching long videos about the individual effects. There is like a 8 hour long video just about compressors. It may seem like much, but watching such a video is eye opening. Also if you have questions about mixing, just feel free to ask. I am currently getting my diploma in audio engineering. i know what i am talking about.
@LukasWirz message me on discord, fr input from professionals combined with this video format together we will be able to properly teach mixing to the people watching. I'm currently watching the mastering.com 10 hour compression course lol
I wanted to click off the video as soon as I saw the first step, but I’m leaving feedback. Do NOT do that. That “sound” will happen no matter what frequency you boost with a tight Q like that, so by that logic you might as well remove the vocal. What you’re doing is removing unnecessary frequencies and taking away the main “body” of the vocals. Everything else does seem pretty okay however, nice editing too
respectfully, you are not qualified to teach this process. you're leaving out tons of nuance and, at times, giving extremely poor advice. you preach the importance of habitualization and practice when in reality you've internalizing a "one size fits all" pathway you take to every vocal you mix, which is littered with negligence. if you truly care, i beg you please do better before you offer advice in such a digestible format. this type of content is extremely unhelpful to the newer kids tryna learn
This is the most common way I see people mixing vocals in this niche. Thats not to say people can't start experimenting on their own and start making their own adjustments. Just for future reference, would you mind letting me know how teach it to a beginner? I'm open to any constructice criticism :}
FIrst, Editing is fire now gimme my cookie
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Disclaimer: I'm no mixing engineer, I'm just saying what works for me as a music artist. If there is a professional here that can help make this video better I'm all ears.
Hey, I'm actually really surprised for once.
Me and my buddies blind watch mixing tutorials as a drinking game where everytime the person says something ridiculously stupid, you take a shot. (it gets you shitfaced in no time usually)
So this one caught us by surprise since you actually explained things really well, and your chain and knowledge are pretty solid.
I'd still like to give some criticism, though.
First of all, taking out resonating frequencies with notch filters can make a huge difference, but you shouldn't actively search for them.
Boosting any frequency with a notch will make it sound terrible.
My recommendation would be to only cut out harsh resonances you can actually perceive as being problematic without looking for them. Also, using a dynamic EQ might give you an even better result.
If you notice a lot of problematic frequencies in one tight area, using a brought bell to just attenuate the area as a whole might be the right move.
Your compressor section was really nice. One thing I'd add just as a little bonus for you to mess around with would be to keep the attack time in mind. increasing the attack can make the vocals punch through the mix in a nice and subtle way. If you work with fast rap vocals, a slower attack might help the individual sibilance to be more understandable, and the vocal to sound more natural, even with a lot of compression.
Just mess around with the attack and really try to focus on the subtle difference it can make when finetuned. (this isn't as important with singing)
Now, a big suggestion I have would be to get rid of the soundgoodizer.
If you'd like a similar effect but with more control, go for a saturation plugin.
I myself like camel crusher since it also lets you compress the vocals some more, similar to the soundgoodizer, but with a lot more control over the overall compression and saturation separately.
Another free option would be saturation knob, which has a nice sound, especially on vocals, in my opinion.
Notice how, in the soundgoodizer bypass you did, the vocals got a LOT louder. This increase in loudness will fool your ears into thinking it's automatically better.
This is why I personally like camel crusher the most as a free option because it has a master gain knob which makes it possible to easily volume match the vocals to hear exactly what's going on.
Overall, I'd say that you are actually really close to having an amazing vocal chain. It's just those last 15% I'd urge you to explore.
If you have any questions or would like me to get into more detail about anything, let me know.
Keep up the grind, and most importantly, continue having fun.
W advice bro I'll defo take that into account
damn, i play the same game:D btw anything you wrote spot on.
amazing comment tbh 💯
My fav music youtuber fr. Tne best one out there
Thanks bro, I've got a long way to go though lol
THE EDITING IS SO GOOD WTF
I'm reviving this niche lol
finally a tutorial that taught me how to mix vocals
Yessir! Would you mind letting me know what makes this one different?
@@heroicdragon i feel like i never understood wtf fruity compressor did and how to use it effectively, and the eq explanation was rlly good on how to take out the bad frequencies
@@heroicdragon also i never understood soundgoodizer before this
Thanks bro, when you want to start taking your mixes to the next level I suggest watching mastering.com, they give like 10 hour courses on stuff like compression and eq lol
fire content bro i definitely learned some new things for workflow,
around 3:44 is the notch filtering section, id recommend using the FREQ knobs and gain meters on the right, rather than moving the numbered points on the graph.
Doing it like this means you wont accidentally change the frequency of the notch when reducing its gain. On some surgical EQ shi 😂
Love bro 🔥🔥
lol, thanks for reminding me about that :}
The irony of making a video about mixing and then making your bg music so loud we can bearly hear your voice. But keep going
i observed many producers ignore this part and its weird, considering audio is their niche
editing is actually impressive
Thanks bro, been doing yt for ages tbf, how long u been on the platform for?
@@heroicdragon man since i was like 11
@@AnbuHeart You sound dedicated, thats one year before I started lol, cool stuff, hope to hear from you soon bro
good video for beginners
Thanks bro!
had to comment + join your discord bc of this wholesom vid!
Cheers bro!
Genius
tysm bro, what vid do you want next?
Also 4:51 - compression just decreases the difference beetween loudest & quitest part of audio treck, increasing LUFS which makes your track to seem louder , it has nothing to do with clipping
Thanks bro, I'll use that next time
Bro you are a good teacher ❤
Thanks bro
top tier editing , great explanations and good vibes please keep up the good work.
cheers bro, new vid dropping this month!
This helped me a lot man. Nice work
Glad to hear!
AMAZING CONTTENT FR
@@3_3.3 thx
Knew 95% of this information but I subbed anyway! Good video📈
haha thats cool, im about to start diving into topics that music producers dont usually talk about so get ready lol.
@@heroicdragon we all waiting goat ❤️
i love this!! editing!
Haha thanks
@@heroicdragon :)
Thanks alot bro keep doing this, appreciate man
@@qxmulonimbus will do
thank you🙏🙏🙏
Happy to help bro
Fire editing
Thanks
ur the goat
Cheers bro
W tip at the end whare you said to find an artist's raw vocals and practice mixing, however what I'd recommend is this. Record your own vocals and practice on that because at the end of the day, you have to mix your own vocals not juice wrld's...
And these bigger artists be using $10,000 mic w analog gear to record their stuff, so the vocal chain which might work for them might not work for you..
Awesome Content btw 🔥💯⛈
I'm subbed, hope to see more of these and how to create Content as a rapper;)
Thats actually a really good point. What vid do u wanna see next?
@@heroicdragon an indepth video on what kinda content you can make to market your music would be awesome 💯
I don't know if I can teach that yet, I'm only just getting started lol but I'll definitely take it into account :)
@@heroicdragon Yeah, take your time. An example of this would be what I'm kind of doing on my funneling IG. It's somewhat combining anime, memes, and my music. Let me know what you think. I'll reach you you out there
Dm me on discord about it, thats what I check the most :} . But I've seen the content you're describing and they definitely work
thank u so much for ur help
Always happy to help lol
Really dope bro 🤌💥
Thank you bro
Great Teacher And Straight To The Point
thx bro, appreciate it!
do a video on how to make beats that would be sick
Alrighty
the AND 1 shirt got me 😭
I just inherited that got no idea what it means 😭😭
tysm
you're welcome bro, 2025 our year fr fr
@heroicdragon Yes it is keep going hard
Thx bro
Thank you 🙏
You're welcome bro
i fw u bro
Thats good to know
LESGOO! just subscribed also can you tell me how can i get this grainy vhs effect for my videos, Editing so sick!!
Yeah bro its one of the retro effects on capcut, thanks bro.
this took me two whole weeks to make though I need to find a more efficient way to do this
So yeah I also need. That help from yah in ma music FAM😅
Join the discord bro or drop me a DM through discord, I'll be there to help you :)
my caveman brain almost understands, thank you
I might have simplified it a bit but I hope this helps!
@@heroicdragon yes it does alot, im just barely experienced in fl so its a bit challenging but i understood most of it!
@@torrhap glad I Could have been of service!
@@heroicdragon :D
@torrhap :)
looked for this vid
Cool stuff
Better microphone or use low pass filter
did that on purpose bro, for the vhs effect.
best video for compressor thanks a lot can u do one for mastering
Sure thing bro
where would auto tune land in the vocal chain? the first slot? or second
first if you have no noise gate, second if you have a noise gate, a common pattern I see is it goes in the second slot after the noise gate
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4:10, bro is just filtering all of the necessary frequencies.
"Removing resonances" - is in 90% of cases will just make worse, especially in your vocal, since it basically consist of different resonances(coming from your throat, mouth, skull etc.).
Its just ruins consistenty, readability & colour
I'm no mixing engineer, just an artist so by all means, listen to this guy everyone
@@heroicdragon, just free tip for you. Keep going, keep educating
@@missing_RF thanks bro, really appreciate the advice!
@@heroicdragon, hope that i do not sound mean. Im not a big professional, i just share what i know. Good luck man
@@missing_RF it's alright, through this vid I realised I only know one way of mixing. There are many ways to mix something, I know the basics I can build off of that now.
que edição sensacional irmão 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No idea what that means but I assume its something good!
@@heroicdragon yes it is! i say u have a amazing editing
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk @@heroicdragon
I just know you have a At2020
Blue yeti x bro 💀
Dragon tell me you did this as a course
I've got a course in the making but its going to take a while :}
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Thanks bro, if you have any requests for vids just let me know
GREAT CONTENT BRO ...
please reduce the music a tad bit
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This song good lmao
Haha cheers man
Soodgooder is just maximum preset
for sure
bro not the soundgoodizer 😭😭
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Hell no i came here where the eq, how tf someone pulls off that pattern in the thumbnail?
A lot of photoshopping 😭
never use soundgoodizer
@@evke up to you ig, I dont use it anymore I use logic now. But dont be disrespecting the best plugin ever 😭
producer hamza😂
Haha lol, I'm just using that style of intro because its goated
Bro why is this video a horror movie style tutorial
Experimenting with styles at the moment :}
Can you mix my music bruv? 😢
I got some vocal presets for ya in the discord community, it'll help.
Hey man, nice video, really cool editing! However, the stuff you are talking about is mostly just semi-information, that is not really accurate and sometimes wrong. This can be harmful to new musicians. So pls spend more time informing yourself about topics you end up making videos about.
Yup, just watched an in the mix vid all about mixing vocals so next time its gonna be a lot better :)
@@heroicdragon Nice. Also i recommend watching long videos about the individual effects. There is like a 8 hour long video just about compressors. It may seem like much, but watching such a video is eye opening. Also if you have questions about mixing, just feel free to ask. I am currently getting my diploma in audio engineering. i know what i am talking about.
@LukasWirz message me on discord, fr input from professionals combined with this video format together we will be able to properly teach mixing to the people watching. I'm currently watching the mastering.com 10 hour compression course lol
Thats not how you ACTUALLY mix😭 but nice video tho. The EQ one is kinda wrong.
@@YOKARASU21 tbf I realise now, don't worry I'm gonna update the tutorial soon
@heroicdragon keep it going dude, i've just watched 9 hours video on EQ and it f*cked my brain out now.
@YOKARASU21 aah 😭
@YOKARASU21 was it by mastering.com 😭😭😭
Step 1: buy waves plugins.
Lol
@@heroicdragon they’re goated trust me even if u get them….. not legitimately…
@@SwerveDoeOfficial im sure they are lol, i have no idea how to do it though, so I'm gonna buy them eventually. I think I need a better mic first.
@@heroicdragon just keep working hard. You got it
@swervedoeofficial thx, and you
I wanted to click off the video as soon as I saw the first step, but I’m leaving feedback. Do NOT do that. That “sound” will happen no matter what frequency you boost with a tight Q like that, so by that logic you might as well remove the vocal. What you’re doing is removing unnecessary frequencies and taking away the main “body” of the vocals.
Everything else does seem pretty okay however, nice editing too
@@Nox1ousBBX thx bro, appreciate it 🙌🙌
respectfully, you are not qualified to teach this process. you're leaving out tons of nuance and, at times, giving extremely poor advice. you preach the importance of habitualization and practice when in reality you've internalizing a "one size fits all" pathway you take to every vocal you mix, which is littered with negligence. if you truly care, i beg you please do better before you offer advice in such a digestible format. this type of content is extremely unhelpful to the newer kids tryna learn
This is the most common way I see people mixing vocals in this niche. Thats not to say people can't start experimenting on their own and start making their own adjustments. Just for future reference, would you mind letting me know how
teach it to a beginner? I'm open to any constructice criticism :}
Yap yap