Clicked because im a Sub :D But wanted to chime in on a big mistake I see mixing engineers, mastering engineers, producers make. They build a studio, get some decent speakers (or super expensive high end speakers), put in some room treatment (in the correct places too with the correct kind of room treatment) and maybe even invest in some room correction software. But they dont listen to music. They spend all this money and time building the studio to sound right....but then dont understand what they are listening too. I just moved into a new house in February and I was finally able to have a room dedicated to just my studio. I spent maybe 2 months building it out to make it sound perfect. But I knew everything was going to sound different than the last 3 studios I have lived in. So for an entire month I made zero music. I mixed/mastered zero tracks. I spent an entire month listening to music. Every single track I have in my DJ crate folder (the songs I tend to DJ at a club/festival that isnt any of my own tracks) And just listened. I listened to what was going on down in the low end, where the mid range was, how the high end was doing. I was listening to the depth of all the tracks. How far back or up front certain elements were. I needed to understand the room. I needed to develop a new relationship with my equipment in this new room and we needed to understand each other. Were now in September and not once have I took one of my productions to the car and went "UGH! THIS MIX IS TERRIBLE!!" It literally translated to my car exactly how it sounded in my studio note for note, frequency band by frequency band. And it was all because I sat in my room every day, maybe for about 2-3 hours a day just listening to the room, so that when it came time to do a mix down and even master the track, I knew what to listen for. I was able to know right away if something didnt sound right. People need to stop making music or mixing music for just a little bit - and get to know their room.
Hey Colt, Thanks for the Video. I never boost anything bellow the fundamental , I like to put my low cut at about 1 cycle bellow the fundamental of the instrument that I`m EQing so as an example if my Kick is at 60 I will start fishing around 30 and listen for the tonal boost that I get when I find that sweet spot were all the energy get in focus .
yes sir... HEADPHONES ARE A MUST when checking low-end... I most ly mix on headphones (90%) for that reason.. and to be independent of which room I am in. But i know it's controversial to write that. I get a lot of "whaaaat.. monitors are the only valid option when mixing.".. well.. no :-)
I fixed the problem by listening with speakers, where the "low end" is in fact low mids and also with speakers, that has real low end and speakers, that can't transport low mids properly, so not getting unwanted surprises. About vocals, the sound becomes better, when I cut below 250 Hz, clear and believable. About bass instruments, we recognize the first harmonic frequency, that is between 60 and 80 Hz, so frequencies can roll off at 60 Hz, not too much, but roll off
I think room correction software can help a lot of people, but should only be employed AFTER you have done your very best to fix it with treatment. Thanks for the comment!
More cowbell! This discussion reminds me of marketing VS engineering. More *cough* compression! *cough*. Commercial music's long death began with the advent of compression (AKA loudness wars)
Fantastic, thank you. Just a musician here, decent at mixing, and I'll mix my own stuff for social content, not for albums. But I don't have proper listening environment, so this gives me perspective and motivation to farm out more mixes to pros with good rooms. And of course, unlocks more of the mystery of low end for me!!!
I made myself some panel speakers as per "Tech Ingredients" channel. They're excellent, but they bottom out at 90 hz. So I decided to try building a panel subwoofer by putting a bass shaker on a 1" sheet of polystyrene. That doesn't work until you get to a fairly huge size, 4ft by 5ft. I suspend them from my ceiling and at first I had my sub too close to the back wall, about a foot, and it was cancelling the subs. When I moved my sub panel out to about 4ft away from the wall, magic happened. I now have a nearly perfect 20/20k flat response curve. In addition, suspending these panels cuts down on reflectance. An additional word about panel speakers is that, while traditional speaker cabinets only have tiny little tweeters, a panel speaker has its entire surface as a tweeter. This makes for excellent crispness and presence. The drawback is that, though they're flat, they do take up considerable space in your room.
Now, I get boosting the fundamental of the kick, because it's static, but why on earth would you want to put a bell filter on a bass guitar/synth?! Wouldn't that just add gain to certain notes within the frequencies affected by the filter while leaving those outside at the same volume? Wouldn't that create more problems than it fixes? Good luck with your low-end!
Just curious, you have top shelf gear for almost everything - why concrete blocks for your speaker stands?? PS. I've just run across your channel. You have a great way of explaining things and a lot of good things to say. Subbed and thanks! :)
I always thought it isn't what you add to the mix, but what you take away. Not sure why I have always thought that way and not saying I always follow it, but I notice when I don't and it sucks.
I just experienced a mix I have to remix because of too much low end when I played it on a device. This video came up spontaneously on my feed at the right time. Thanks.
Colt, I think you have someone trying to scam some of your followers claiming to be you and that we should reach out on Telegram to claim a Mac Studio and a Hoodie. You may want to look in to it..... I almost fell for it
Hey Colt - I always love your videos. I was just wondering if you could link some of the songs you've mixed that is in the public domain so that I could listen to them. I'd love to hear some of the songs you've produced/mixed/mastered or whatever. Thanks.
Funny to see that video today. I just checked a trap mix in my car. The first time I can say I have better bass control than a lot of current top producers. I am so happy right now.
Before watching, I would tell my experience. That, what is noticed as Bass on car stereo systems and smaller portable speakers is in fact low mids. Low mids is something, not easy to set. On the one hand, some smaller speakers responds to low mids with some kind of roar, on the other hand to turn down this let other speakers sound thin.
I know your main focus is recording, but I can 100% say this exact same strategy set applies to live sound too. There is no sense sappping power from your subwoofers trying to reproduce frequencies you can't fill a room with, and if you want the low end hitting hard in the room, do everything he said here. Maybe even take it slightly higher depending on the dynamics of the room. In a big open area I've high passed kicks and bass guitar as high as 45hz before to clean them up and try and at least get a little punch with my slightly underpowered subs. Also for IEM mixes, which you have to have as absolutely clean and distinct as possible, notching things around each others fundamental ranges really helps. Its how I was able to get my bass to cut through a really dense mix of crunchy guitar and dense synths.
This video convinced me to finally pull the trigger and order a sub. Seeing that my near fields only go down to 80hz and that I'm missing a lot of info when mixing.
Monitor placement and sitting position are huge, too. Also, it's important not to have the woofers equidistant from the floor and ceiling. I wanna try this ITB trick soon: th-cam.com/video/zrWA9rglG24/w-d-xo.html (gotta grab a Neve emulation first)
OMG how did I not realize concrete blocks don't decouble - lol. Thanks for mentioning this. What are your feelings on sorbothane discs as a cheap alternative to iso pucks?
Great video as always. I watch all your video's. What I miss is some reference of what you talk about. Can you put links to songs / artists you produce or mix for so we can hear your final product?
Thanks for watching! There's a link in the description of all the recent videos to an Apple Music playlist of music I'v worked on. Nearly all of it I produced, mixed, and mastered.
if you are using Reaper there is a genius EQ plugin that is based around fundamental frequencies. ReDrumEQ. As the name suggests its meant for drums.. but it can certainly also be used for other instruments. Just a tip
Greetings Colt. You got me hooked. You are so good at explaining things. My low end will stop sucking after watching your expert tips. Thank you. Peace and love.
Great instruction, Colt! Your explanation of Hi-Passing and EQ-ing the lows is the most clearest, concise I've seen on the internet OR in a book -- and I've read them all. You are a first-rate teacher!
Thank you. Between the Mids video, the explanation on compression ( I took notes) and this video things are really taking shape for me. I'm a newbee.... The idea of looking at where each track fits in the frequency range was really a captain obvious moment for me. I was like "Duh" when you said it. Thanks for the short concise pointed topic videos. Super helpful man.
I have a pair of Yamaha 5" monitors and a pair of aurotones (sp). I have my sub woofer hooked to my Yamahas. When I switch outputs between the monitor pairs the sound is vastly different. Should the sub run thru the aurotones instead? Thanks!
I thought I'd chime in here. I'd keep the Auratones without the sub, since those are kinda like focusing on the midrange, and not very hi-fi. The Yamahas with the sub should contrast nicely against the Auratones. That's what I'd do anyway. Good Luck!
That was fantastic content for a very amateur mixer! Worked on my first band demo for months and was never really happy with the bass mix. Thanks Colt from your new subscriber 😎
@@ColtCapperrune yeah but for instance you don't talk about things like slight time shifting of the competing wave forms to make phase correlation better etc. EQ isn't the only thing to help phase correlation.
Drinking game: take a shot every time colt says: "low end"
Great…. Now I’m f***ing hammered…. 😂
Woah.... Ur dope 🔥💪😂
Please delet this. My granddad died bcus of this game
It's faster if you take a shot everytime he says htz.
Clicked because im a Sub :D But wanted to chime in on a big mistake I see mixing engineers, mastering engineers, producers make. They build a studio, get some decent speakers (or super expensive high end speakers), put in some room treatment (in the correct places too with the correct kind of room treatment) and maybe even invest in some room correction software. But they dont listen to music. They spend all this money and time building the studio to sound right....but then dont understand what they are listening too. I just moved into a new house in February and I was finally able to have a room dedicated to just my studio. I spent maybe 2 months building it out to make it sound perfect. But I knew everything was going to sound different than the last 3 studios I have lived in. So for an entire month I made zero music. I mixed/mastered zero tracks. I spent an entire month listening to music. Every single track I have in my DJ crate folder (the songs I tend to DJ at a club/festival that isnt any of my own tracks) And just listened. I listened to what was going on down in the low end, where the mid range was, how the high end was doing. I was listening to the depth of all the tracks. How far back or up front certain elements were. I needed to understand the room. I needed to develop a new relationship with my equipment in this new room and we needed to understand each other. Were now in September and not once have I took one of my productions to the car and went "UGH! THIS MIX IS TERRIBLE!!" It literally translated to my car exactly how it sounded in my studio note for note, frequency band by frequency band. And it was all because I sat in my room every day, maybe for about 2-3 hours a day just listening to the room, so that when it came time to do a mix down and even master the track, I knew what to listen for. I was able to know right away if something didnt sound right. People need to stop making music or mixing music for just a little bit - and get to know their room.
I totally agree with you on this 😊
Hey Colt, Thanks for the Video. I never boost anything bellow the fundamental , I like to put my low cut at about 1 cycle bellow the fundamental of the instrument that I`m EQing so as an example if my Kick is at 60 I will start fishing around 30 and listen for the tonal boost that I get when I find that sweet spot were all the energy get in focus .
You should have used your lowend shirt, instead of the mid range shirt. (LOGO) LOL
Pro-tips: Mix with a spectrum analyzer and check your mixes in headphones to hear what the low-end is doing.
yes sir... HEADPHONES ARE A MUST when checking low-end... I most ly mix on headphones (90%) for that reason.. and to be independent of which room I am in. But i know it's controversial to write that. I get a lot of "whaaaat.. monitors are the only valid option when mixing.".. well.. no :-)
I fixed the problem by listening with speakers, where the "low end" is in fact low mids and also with speakers, that has real low end and speakers, that can't transport low mids properly, so not getting unwanted surprises.
About vocals, the sound becomes better, when I cut below 250 Hz, clear and believable.
About bass instruments, we recognize the first harmonic frequency, that is between 60 and 80 Hz, so frequencies can roll off at 60 Hz, not too much, but roll off
Great tips. I also recommend using room correction software if you're treatment cant get your there. And reference using headphones.
I think room correction software can help a lot of people, but should only be employed AFTER you have done your very best to fix it with treatment. Thanks for the comment!
More cowbell! This discussion reminds me of marketing VS engineering. More *cough* compression! *cough*. Commercial music's long death began with the advent of compression (AKA loudness wars)
Awesome video, especially the tip about the fundamentals!
WHAT ABOUT LOW END SUCKING ON OUR PHONE SPEAKERS!!!! btw love you colt thank you for another banger video!!
Another kick ass offering Brother! Please make the video you mention at 11:02 here! Keep Doing That Voodoo That You Do! 😉👍
Fantastic, thank you. Just a musician here, decent at mixing, and I'll mix my own stuff for social content, not for albums. But I don't have proper listening environment, so this gives me perspective and motivation to farm out more mixes to pros with good rooms. And of course, unlocks more of the mystery of low end for me!!!
I made myself some panel speakers as per "Tech Ingredients" channel. They're excellent, but they bottom out at 90 hz. So I decided to try building a panel subwoofer by putting a bass shaker on a 1" sheet of polystyrene. That doesn't work until you get to a fairly huge size, 4ft by 5ft. I suspend them from my ceiling and at first I had my sub too close to the back wall, about a foot, and it was cancelling the subs. When I moved my sub panel out to about 4ft away from the wall, magic happened. I now have a nearly perfect 20/20k flat response curve. In addition, suspending these panels cuts down on reflectance.
An additional word about panel speakers is that, while traditional speaker cabinets only have tiny little tweeters, a panel speaker has its entire surface as a tweeter. This makes for excellent crispness and presence. The drawback is that, though they're flat, they do take up considerable space in your room.
Now, I get boosting the fundamental of the kick, because it's static, but why on earth would you want to put a bell filter on a bass guitar/synth?! Wouldn't that just add gain to certain notes within the frequencies affected by the filter while leaving those outside at the same volume? Wouldn't that create more problems than it fixes? Good luck with your low-end!
hey Colt can you teach us how to mix with the shure sm7b your videos really helped me a lot but i am having difficulties mixing with a dynamic mics😅
Add an ssl waves on the channel and see the magic. Everything just comes to life. Drums starts hitting wow
You had me all the way up until you're talking about decking out the room in all sorts of extra acoustic panels and fluff. I'm broke as a joke, hoss.
Man, fck this. I'm turning to AI for mixing and mastering.
Just curious, you have top shelf gear for almost everything - why concrete blocks for your speaker stands?? PS. I've just run across your channel. You have a great way of explaining things and a lot of good things to say. Subbed and thanks! :)
I always thought it isn't what you add to the mix, but what you take away. Not sure why I have always thought that way and not saying I always follow it, but I notice when I don't and it sucks.
Great video, but why do American youtubers always cut out any pause or silence in the audio?
Just get Genelecs and your speaker problems will go away
Hi Colt. A shelf do the Job mostly with less artefacts in my opinion.
if you cant get all this shite done in your room, simple alternative mix with your eyes. span is a neat little plugin i found, use it always.
Nice. On many tracks I record and mix bass guitar last.
anyone know an engineer that can mix/master songs for me, looking for high level pro
I just experienced a mix I have to remix because of too much low end when I played it on a device. This video came up spontaneously on my feed at the right time. Thanks.
The greatest Records ever made, for the most part, never had 100+ tracks …
It’s not hard bro, it’s quite easy…you just have to pay attention to what your drums and percs for your low end to work properly
Age and a bad diet is a major cause of a flabby bottom/low end. :)
ISO Acoustics Pucks link dosn't work
Thanks!
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@@ColtCapperrune "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" nope :)
The reason why your low sucks is because you need put autotune on it lots of reverb 🤣
Great content, thanks for sharing. God bless! Just subscribed.
What console is your deck setup???
What about option #3?
I know this issue, found a solution, but could also need some other ideas?
Haaa .. you stole my Barry White reference ;)
Thanks for your content, dude! I've learned so much from you!
7:15 whats with the phaser sound when he says “hundred” 😂
Colt, I think you have someone trying to scam some of your followers claiming to be you and that we should reach out on Telegram to claim a Mac Studio and a Hoodie. You may want to look in to it..... I almost fell for it
That is a scam, please do not reply or send any money. Winner will be notified via a reply to your entry email.
Subscriber and my low end is crap. Double Double!
Just started the vid so no comment on the content yet, but had to say a quick hnnnng!!!!! for that D-Style amp back there 😊VHT D-50?
Hey Colt - I always love your videos. I was just wondering if you could link some of the songs you've mixed that is in the public domain so that I could listen to them. I'd love to hear some of the songs you've produced/mixed/mastered or whatever. Thanks.
Funny to see that video today. I just checked a trap mix in my car. The first time I can say I have better bass control than a lot of current top producers. I am so happy right now.
That’s a fantastic feeling! Congrats!
@@ColtCapperrune Indeed! Cheers bro!
Cause youre not mixing on ns10s
I added a sub to my system that fixed it simple
check your mixes through a pair for beyerdynamic dt770's (80's) you won't go far wrong !
There's a buzz in your audio
Another great video Colt
Thanks for another great video Colt! I'm curious about the intro / music change?
Thanks man!! I really appreciate your videos 👏🏻👏🏻
Before watching, I would tell my experience.
That, what is noticed as Bass on car stereo systems and smaller portable speakers is in fact low mids.
Low mids is something, not easy to set. On the one hand, some smaller speakers responds to low mids with some kind of roar, on the other hand to turn down this let other speakers sound thin.
Low end.. does he mean booty ?
I know your main focus is recording, but I can 100% say this exact same strategy set applies to live sound too. There is no sense sappping power from your subwoofers trying to reproduce frequencies you can't fill a room with, and if you want the low end hitting hard in the room, do everything he said here. Maybe even take it slightly higher depending on the dynamics of the room. In a big open area I've high passed kicks and bass guitar as high as 45hz before to clean them up and try and at least get a little punch with my slightly underpowered subs. Also for IEM mixes, which you have to have as absolutely clean and distinct as possible, notching things around each others fundamental ranges really helps. Its how I was able to get my bass to cut through a really dense mix of crunchy guitar and dense synths.
This video convinced me to finally pull the trigger and order a sub. Seeing that my near fields only go down to 80hz and that I'm missing a lot of info when mixing.
Monitor placement and sitting position are huge, too. Also, it's important not to have the woofers equidistant from the floor and ceiling.
I wanna try this ITB trick soon: th-cam.com/video/zrWA9rglG24/w-d-xo.html (gotta grab a Neve emulation first)
Thanks for the info. It is much appreciated...I love Sweetwater , too!
Very helpful. Thanks Colt!
OMG how did I not realize concrete blocks don't decouble - lol. Thanks for mentioning this. What are your feelings on sorbothane discs as a cheap alternative to iso pucks?
Haha. My low end sounds great in the car. I'm here to find out what I may have done right.
Congratulations on passing this level! Hope the video helps anyway!
Great tips!
Great video as always. I watch all your video's. What I miss is some reference of what you talk about. Can you put links to songs / artists you produce or mix for so we can hear your final product?
Thanks for watching! There's a link in the description of all the recent videos to an Apple Music playlist of music I'v worked on. Nearly all of it I produced, mixed, and mastered.
@@ColtCapperrune I have listen to the playlist on Apple music. You're mixes sound amazing!
New camera? Lights? Looks good man!
Great thought. Low end doesn't matter if mids aren't right. Thanks
again a great video ! Thanks for this superb content every time !
if you are using Reaper there is a genius EQ plugin that is based around fundamental frequencies. ReDrumEQ. As the name suggests its meant for drums.. but it can certainly also be used for other instruments. Just a tip
Colt you've changed my life, God bless
🔥🔥🔥
Greetings Colt. You got me hooked. You are so good at explaining things. My low end will stop sucking after watching your expert tips. Thank you. Peace and love.
Yes please do a video about measuring your room! That would be super helpful!
The image isn't as sharp as usual, but it has a very cinematic look + feel. Digging it bro 😎
Cady: THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST
What is "crotch" 8:40 ?
Just stumbled onto your channel and all your videos are absolute gold. Keep ‘em coming!
👌👌👌
a lot of good advice here..
Thank you so very much!
Thanks Colt - again quick and to the point understandable and useable for a non professional like me who just want some better results.
My mixes came alive and got much louder when I started hi passing more things.
Thanks for the advices 🙏🏾🔥
Colt da 🐐 no 🧢
My man 🙏🏻
Great instruction, Colt! Your explanation of Hi-Passing and EQ-ing the lows is the most clearest, concise I've seen on the internet OR in a book -- and I've read them all. You are a first-rate teacher!
☕☕☕🌮🌮🌮
Great video. Very helpful.
Thank you!
Thank YOU! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
great video and pure advice, good job sir
Thank you. Between the Mids video, the explanation on compression ( I took notes) and this video things are really taking shape for me. I'm a newbee.... The idea of looking at where each track fits in the frequency range was really a captain obvious moment for me. I was like "Duh" when you said it. Thanks for the short concise pointed topic videos. Super helpful man.
Trying to verify I am communicating with you on Telegram. No offense but lots of scams these days..
Great stuff Colt. Your videos are straight to the point man.
Thank you!!!
Thank you for watching!
Would love to see your take on acoustic treatment, particularly would like to see your spectrum and RT60 waterfall…
Check out my Focal Trio 11 video. It’s quick, but you can see a waterfall and spectrum of my room about halfway through that video.
@@ColtCapperrune Wow, that’s pretty good. The high ceiling vaulted ceiling must help a lot…
Colt, thank you for all the knowledge you share.
Colt always on point
Thanks for watching!
I have a pair of Yamaha 5" monitors and a pair of aurotones (sp). I have my sub woofer hooked to my Yamahas. When I switch outputs between the monitor pairs the sound is vastly different. Should the sub run thru the aurotones instead? Thanks!
I thought I'd chime in here. I'd keep the Auratones without the sub, since those are kinda like focusing on the midrange, and not very hi-fi. The Yamahas with the sub should contrast nicely against the Auratones. That's what I'd do anyway. Good Luck!
@@devon-graves-studio-D thank you for your input!
Pro Tip. Always put reverb on the sub-bass. 👌🏼
but only long plates
A video about acoustic treatment would be wonderful! Specifically on how you got yours so flat!
bass traps to sort out 47 hz? good luck! why not focus on speaker and listening positions? That will make way more of a difference
That room treatment thing is a myth tho i've heard countless bad low end mixes & masters that came from a well treated room
Just because someone did shitty work in a great room doesn’t mean that having a great room is pointless.
@@ColtCapperrune great room is a plus for recording purposes other than that mixing wise its mostly about skill
That was fantastic content for a very amateur mixer! Worked on my first band demo for months and was never really happy with the bass mix. Thanks Colt from your new subscriber 😎
No talk about phase relations for layering low end? I guess good mix engineers keep these techniques a secret?
Uhhhh…. Literally the point of the synth and bass living in the same range part of the video.
@@ColtCapperrune yeah but for instance you don't talk about things like slight time shifting of the competing wave forms to make phase correlation better etc. EQ isn't the only thing to help phase correlation.
Trying to do this dawless. 🥸