The 5 Rules Of Mixing
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1.Balance Your Mix
Balance is three very distinct things: Volume, Panning and EQ adjustment.
When you’re mixing, you do a static mix where you’re panning to create space and clarity. This is always a great place to start and finish; having everything make sense. Creating a good static mix will show you what you need to make your mix great. The static mix/the balance of a mix will is very important because it will tell you everything you need to know. Knowing the song and what you want from it is going to guide you in all of your decision making.
2.Using Plug Ins Too Early
There is no one was to use plug ins. Since you will most likely be working with a bunch of different genres, you have to learn how to work with all different styles of music. Create clarity in the low end; you don’t want to bring in your EQ too early because you don’t want to end up chasing your tail trying to make everything brighter. For the EQ you do use, trying using some high passing/low cut EQ.
3.Don’t Use Plug Ins Too Late
If you’re doing a big, loud, slamming track, if you don’t get in early with the plug ins, then you will be trying to fix things at the end. This is a massive, common problem.
Don’t be afraid to use plug ins in early in genres like hard rock. Shape the kick a bit more, shape the snare drum a bit more, cut some low mids and low ends out so it doesn’t get too muddy, even out the low end of the base, etc.
4.Do Not Use The Master Bus To Do Your Mixing
Fancy plug ins are great! But, you don’t want to be using them to fix the problems that should have been delt with inside of the mix. If you only rely on the plug ins at the end of the mix to fix this issue, then you will get even low end WITHOUT definition.
Multiple instruments in the area create frequency masking. Distracting the ear from being able to clearly perceive the simultaneous sound. If you’re not supply something that is defined to these instruments, then you’re going to get low end with no definition.
If you are mixing into multiband Master Bus compression, you aren’t going to learn anything. It is pretty hard not to get something that sounds “okay” when mixing using this, but a mastering engineers job is to enhance the music which is not possible with so much low end. Professional mastering engineers only use multiband compression to FIX issues.
5.Listen To The Mix As A Whole
Always be listening to the mix as a whole! You should always be thinking globally; if you focus too much onto one instrument then your mix may sound like it is built around that instrument and you might not even notice.
What many producers do, is they will play the track, but leave the room and listen to it from outside of the room. It will help you get some perspective and help you in thinking globally.
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1:38 Balance Your Mix
5:44 Using Plug Ins Too Early
9:58 Using Plug Ins Too Late
14:53 Do Not Use The Master Bus To Do Your Mixing
21:47 Listen To The Mix As A Whole
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What are some of YOUR rules for mixing? Let me know below!
I feel the most important mixing step would be organization! Setting up channels with labels, busing channels to groups, etc…
Balancing balanced balance! Cheers Warren!!
Reference!!! I need to know where im heading, having a end sound in sight is key for me!!!
My newest rule as a complete amateur is to listen at low volumes in headphones.
Took me a long time to get on with that one. But it’s now so important to me.
To be honest, I try not to add anything... even automation... until the song is what I call 'end-to-end' as a basic balanced arrangement before I start thinking about 'colouring in'... if that makes sense? 🤔
I'm 61, with 40+ years of tracking, mixing and mastering, with the bulk of my training done in the 80s and. 90s with the Zomba Group at Battery Studios in London UK, though I was a tape op and assistant engineer for some years before that - and a gigging musician since probably 1977. Everything here jives with my personal experience exactly. The man is completely right. Thanks for sharing with the up and coming folks!
Thanks ever so much for sharing!! I really appreciate it! Great to hear your journey
Low cuts, paraell compression, but I try to let the track breath.
“It made The Carpenters sound like death metal”. 😅
Great video Warren, thanks.
Haha yes, indeed Dan!
You might be on to something... would be really wild to do a metal mashup featuring The Carps.... hahahaha
@@danb1942 yes!! Do it Dan!
I can't say thank you enough! I became disabled a few years ago and because of neck injuries I had to stop playing in bands and I thought my lifelong love affair with music was over. One day I discovered your channel and because of your positive encouraging teaching I decided to learn to record and mix. I am having the most fun I have ever had! I have learned so much from you and could never express in words the gratitude that I feel in my heart! God bless you Warren! You are a wonderful treasure!
Wishing you a quick recovery and the best of luck in all your Musical endeavours Micheal ! Warren's beyond a treasure indeed !!!👍👍
@@reziahamed6654 thank you and God bless you!
Wow! Thanks ever so much Michael for sharing your experience with us!
@@michaeltablet8577 wishing you the speediest of recoveries!
@@reziahamed6654 well said!
When I find myself in times of (mixing) trouble, Father Warren comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, marvellouesly.
Hahaha thanks
Reminds me of my favourite Beatles song, Yesterday.
@@SK-od6et I'm pretty sure that was from Yellow Submarine. Yeah, definitely Yellow Submarine.
I am the Warren, goo goo g’joob
"Can I have everything louder than everything else." - R. Blackmore
Haha nice Tim!
I think it’s actually Ian Gillan that says that, but - yeah 😁
@@PANTECHNICONRecordings
Ritchie says it off mic, barely audible. and Gillan repeats it.
@@ardiris2715 a rare moment of Gillan and Blackmore agreeing about something!
Yes you can, it's called mastering in the 90s.
I am not a beginner mixer, neither do I consider myself a world-class mixer but I must say this particular video should be pinned up on my billboard (and everybody else's as well) as a daily reminder of what to do when mixing a song. Thank you so much from Canada!
Thanks ever so much Le Studio! I agree, I'm always reminded of some of the most basic things and that's ok!
I recommend this channel to anyone who is interested in audio, regardless of experience. Videos like this one are why PLAP & Warren get top billing
@@nocuh Wow! That's amazing!
@@Producelikeapro credit where it’s due, you do great work here. Whether it’s a condensed list like this or a step-by-step show&tell tutorial, as well as the song breakdowns and interviews. Great variety for reference material, especially to those of us in the cheap seats 👍
So true!
When you're 5 plugins deep and you ask yourself "did this improve anything?", be honest! It's sooo easy to bullshit yourself at that point, especially if you've just spent 15 minutes tweaking. The reality is if I spend that much time tweaking, it's quite obviously because what I'm doing is NOT WORKING.
Like Warren was saying, soving a problem by creating a different problem is not the way.
Yes! Absolutely Joe! We've ALL been there! Constantly leaning and evolving my friend!
Yep. It probably means a bad arrangement and/or bad performances. These days, it probably means, "I didn't bother to even think about it, I just started recording stuff and figured I could spend ten times longer editing it until it sounds ok."
If it doesn't sound 90% of the way there as recorded after basically setting levels, then that should be addressed, IMO. Of course that's pretty much anathema to the modernists. And of course of course, the incredibly plastic, inhuman nature of modern music means that '90% of the way there' is already inhumanly perfected.
took these tips so seriously I now high pass my skype calls.
Hahahaha me TOO!!
Swear everytime I see you upload, there's a huge smile on my face. So helpful man. Much love🤙🏾💖
Thanks ever so much Esa!
Same here
@@realtimestudiosgh3887 Thanks!!!
Yes! He’s so encouraging with that big smile! And to say he is so BLESSED by his viewers! Such humility.
Thanks Warren!!
@@TheMaddoxfam Thanks ever so much!
Really glad you called out that “top-down mixing” idea. Having just about got away with doing it largely inadvertently on a project, I can tell you I’m never going there again.
You feel blessed? I feel blessed that you take the time to teach anyone listening such valuable lessons from your accomplished career in music production. Thank you Warren, this video was particularly helpful to me.
You're very kind Murray! Thanks ever so much
there is absolutely no way im getting this information for FREE. TONS of love from germany
Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much
Brilliant stuff! Very helpful, Thank you.✊🏾
SO much information in this video. Great summing up Warren!
Really love your content. Learned so much by watching your videos. Love how passionate you are about what you do and how you make your point
So I've came across your channel before, and I'm really into making EDM/dubstep stuff and I wasn't sure if you were the guy I should come to to learn about mixing since you seem to work with only instrumental songs, but I was wrong! I've been coming to your channel for the past few days, and you've addressed A LOT of issues I run into when trying to mix a track. You're the man man! Thank you for teaching us about mixing music when you could be making your own. That's really noble in my eyes. I'm definitely going to subscribe your online course once as I get enough money.
Thanks for all you do I enjoy all your shows!👍
Thanks ever so much Lindsay!
This video is amazing. so many great tips.
your videos are so helpful. thank you warren. thank you ..!!!
These earlier videos are an amazing library worth of knowledge. I’m getting back to basics and this has been helpful. Thank you !
Thanks Warren, excellent advice, great channel, kudos to Eric!
Perfect! Thank you so much for your truthful and honest words and advices! This cannot be explained better!
Hey Warren! Kudos from the Philippines!
I've been watching your channel for almost 2 years now. Thank you ever so much for this wonderful videos about mixing. Really learn a lot from you and really helped me to mix better even from different genres. Really looking forward for more of your videos 😁
Thank you so much for this, Warren! Good stuff :)
This must be one of the most informative videos I've seen in years. The "Soloing" part really got me. That's exactly what I do way too much, and is causing me a lot of issues in my mixes now that you mentioned it. Thank you so much for this!
Thanks for the awsome tips ! You help me so much !
Thanks ever so much Florian!
Awesome video. Exactly what I have been forcing myself to do in all my mixes now! Thanks for the reinforcement!!
Wow this lesson on mixing is about the best I have ever seen on TH-cam. Perfect summary of mixing.👍🏼✨
It's all about using your ears, using your brain, paying attention to what's needed, when. I'm learning. I swear.
Agreed 100% Bobby! We are ALL always learning!
Amen to that!
Great video with so much useful information. Thank you, Warren.
Thanks Marc!
Really inspiration watching you..Thanks.
Thank you so much for your tips and expertise ! Many greetings from Germany!
These 5 Rules are so valuable.Thanks Warren.
Warren i can't express how helpful your videos are! Wonderful!
Thanks ever so much! Glad you like them!
Wow, I am so glad I've just stumbled on this series, and I'll definitely be viewing more. THANK YOU. After several years of mostly bumbling around in self-taughtness with my pretty spare and basic equipment, I approached this video with trepidation, but was relieved to realize these basic rules are pretty much things I've figured out on my own. PHEW! I must be doing something right.
I especially appreciate the emphasis on: Different genres have different requirements. I write songs in a number of styles, and I've come to approach them very differently -- even trying to think of myself as "different producers".
Also, the idea of subtraction: Initially I would pile effects on, going crazy with them because they sounded cool ... but almost inevitably I'd go back later, with more objectivity, and think, "Geez, it sounded better before," and end up taking much of it off again and going back to very close to the initial sound. I've found my mixing has become almost like a constant process of simplification and walking lightly. (Of course now it's ruined some of my listening to other artists: "Geez, Paul, did you really need all that reverb on your voice for a song like 'When I'm Sixty-Four'?")
Also, the idea of thinking globally: I've learned to set things aside for a few days, then run in and give it a quick listen at different times of day, in different states of mind, before I've had any time to think about it -- to hear the WHOLE THING fresh. Also, finding it helps even just to turn away from the computer to just LISTEN, without mentally tying that pure sound to a mindset of watching a little line pass through all the little blocks of sound-file and watching how all those blocks relate to each together in visual space. I've discovered a good sign is if the whole recordings sounds good, but then, when I choose to focus, I can still tune into and follow each instrumental part in itself fairly easily.
Anyway. Brilliant. This has been a confidence boost. THANK YOU.
This is a great video. Thank you Warren!
Thank you. I started watching these videos a few days ago and absolutely love them. They're so helpful. I'll have to search through and see if there's any videos on mixing to create proper space for kick, bass, snare, distorted tunes down guitars, "low end". And also a step by step guide on how to set up side chain compression.
Great content as always and some really
sound advice. 😉
Really enjoyed this video. Great as a wee refresher.
Hi Pat! Glad you enjoyed it!
Very helpful as always Warren! Thanks! :D
You're a legend, Warren. Excellent video.
I wish I'd seen this 20 years ago. If you're new to mixing, watch this a good few times!
Thank you, my friend.
Thank you so much for this one!!! Peace and Love
You're very welcome Mark!! You Rock!
Great video, clear explanations for less experienced people. Thanks!
Thanks for 6 years of great info, Warren! I love watching your videos and I've learned so much from them!
Thanks ever so much!
This is again some very informative and valuable content on mixing and using gear. Funny what Warren said. He said he evolved and learned more about mixing and music because of the questions asked. And on my end, I learn and keep evolving by hearing people like Warren talking about certain things over and over again. Thank you very much, great as always! Well deserved award at NAMM!
This is excellent, thank you so much for sharing your invaluable experience and knowledge. Total ledge 🙏
FANTASTIC video Warren. My favourite one I've watched. So informative. incredibly valuable important information. I did almost all of the those things wrong the first year of mixing! haha....thanks!
Absolute banger of a video!
You have certainly helped me a lot since I discovered your channel! Please keep up the great work! Marvellous! Thank you!
You're very welcome my friend!
Thank you very very very much for sharing your wonderful knowledge 🙏
Fantastic Video Warren!! This isn't a cheat sheet video, this is a high level text book for most of us mixing music.
I don't know much about mixing but watched every minute with great interest, for both the details and listening to your passion. For decades, I've wanted to be a fly on the studio wall to experience this creation process. Someday I'll be that fly. Thanks for the video, enjoyed the content.
First off, you are such a great educator Warren. I've been watching your videos for a few months now, I decided I was going to self-produce my next album in the middle of lockdown last year. I did know where to start, but I had no confidence in being able to get a decent final mix on my own, let alone master it to any reasonable standard. Now, with the instrumental parts almost completed, I'm really enjoying my mixes (and I'm usually highly self-critical) and I have a clear idea how much mastering may improve and what it won't fix. Your ability to respond to questions and comments is a super-power here. There is an adage about teaching a person to fish - hook, line and sinker. Thank you so much!
AMAZING CONTENT!! RIGHT TO THE POINT! THANK YOU!
Thanks again Mr. Huart, you make me rethink my mixing processes and get me out of bad habits, esp mixing into multi-band comp. I’ve usually toss C6 -Pooch mix buss preset because the mix always seems to clear up, but I should wait till the end and make the unprocessed mix as good as possible before throwing plugins around. Thanks for sharing your time and insight with us! Be marvelously well sir.
A wonderful rant! Absolutely spot on :)
Thanks ever so much Dave!
Thanks for all these amazing tutorials. I've learned soooo much. One luv!
Thanks ever so much
Hey Warren, I’m really enjoying the channel. I’m a Bassist, I write music and lyrics as well but have not involved myself in the recording process. I just enjoy the content and delivery so thank you.
One thing that has vexed me at times is the level of the bass in a mix that a self producing musician will settle on, so often it will be a touch too far back but that touch makes a big difference.
Since I compose and produce experimental drone and ambient soundscapes, when it comes to mixing there are no set rules. I just follow my inner instincts and tweak until I know sounds right! Always a pleasure to watch your videos! Cheers
So inspirational! I’ve sucked at mixing for quite some time but when I listen to my new projects and match them up with my old mixes...I get that awe moment!!! I’m improving a heck of a lot and don’t suck as much at it no more. I have spent thousands of hours trying to get my stuff to sound okay but now by watching videos like this I’m beginning to not only discover my own unique sound but learning how to mix along the way has shifted my whole view on mixing as an ARTFORM THANKYOU!
Brilliant - brilliant wisdom, my brother!
Thanks ever so much
Thanks!! Great and valuable information.
Always great to get a reminder of the basics to a great mix 👍
Thanks ever so much Gustaf!
Lots of wisdom here. So important things like genre, context and mixing styles informing technique. The idea of mixing globally -- at the end of the day you are making a two track no matter how many tracks you're mixing. And thanks Warren for going after so called "top down mixing" again -- Nothing's gonna do the work for you folks. I think it's important to say, there are so many TH-cam audio channels with dubious or horrible advice (many with real subscriber counts), but Warren is one of the few who speaks with real insight and authority. If you're new here, this channel is one of the best.
This was fantastic. Thanks a lot!
Words of wisdom. Love the channel and all of your advices. Keep it up! 🎶👍👌
Thanks ever so much
Wow, what an eye-opener! Thank you, Warren!
You're very welcome!
you are always top with your great advice Thank you so much Warren...
Thanks ever so much Ahmed! I really appreciate it!
Wonderful advice Warren, each point is really important to me. Thanks a bunch for what you do. :)
Thanks ever so much David! You Rock my friend!
Fantastic video! Lots of nuggets for just 5 rules! I have and continue to learn so much from you and this channel. Hope to be able to join PLAP in the near future!
Watching from Northern Ireland. Thank you so much for the Channel and your invaluable teaching. I have learned so much from you and incorporating those learnings in my own work.
Great video as always brotha.
That was great and good to hear re: a top-down mixing approach - that's been my (limited) experience in that it sounds great right off the bat but I rarely seem to be able to get to a great 'finished' point from there. It feels like fixing symptoms (admittedly effectively) rather than underlying problems.
Great tips Warren! I'm in the final stages of mixing my blues rock album and dealing with getting cymbals to sit nicely in the mix has been my issue. Found a bit of tape saturation on the overheads helped a lot.
I didn't learn a new shining thing from this video, but dude; what a great summary this is... Really admire this approach! Keep up the good work, thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed to listen to you. Thanks for sharing refreshing the basics. Good vibes from Barcelona
Thanks ever so much
Great info. Very insightful. Thank you
Thanks ever so much Antonio!
You have also been a great teacher for not just myself, but all of us where on the YT! Thanks
Mr. Lowery! Wow, thank you!
All of your advice, tips and tricks are super helpful and valuable Warren! Cannot thank you enough for all the good you do! 😀👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
You Rock Alexey!
as usual beautiful tips !! thank you
You are so welcome!
This is the fundamentals (as opposed to basics?) video one always needed. Awesome, thanks!
Thank you so much, always looking to improve my mixing, that was very helpful specially #5
Wow, what a breath of fresh air! In a world of BS and bravado, some clarity and honesty. You can hear Warren's brilliance in his mixes. Rock on...
Thanks ever so much Steve!
I heard you talking about all the mixing mistakes, made them all myself and then come back here and constantly nodded xD
Thanks for the great content man, you are the man! 🤠
This is great. We learn from you massive tools to rich finish line. Thanks a lot for everything you put out there as a knowledge. But it wold be wonderful to get your thinking about taste. Think that is a big one. Thanks Warren.
Being a musician that has played in many contemporary styles as well as classical styles, I find that my musical experience really informs the way I mix. I think the knowledge of a genre and how it works is a critical component that informs the decisions one makes when mixing. Thank you for this encouraging video!
I Agee without everything here, just fantastic advice.
Thanks Warren.🤟
Informative, presented with clarity and enthusiasm. :)
Any person willing to share their knowledge, often for free, deserves ALL the plaudits. This channel, while not usually using the genres of music I tend to stick to, has given me an incredible amount of tricks, tips, and the rest, that I can, and do, use in every mix or master. I love Warren and everyone involved in producing this amazing collection of knowledge.
edit: It made the Carpenters sound like Death Metal. I laughed out loud.
Generous, straight talking, love it. I wish you had been around when I was first fumbling around trying to mix my first bands. Never hurts to hear truths, no matter matter how well you think you know your craft. Thanks again Warren.
Thanks ever so much Chris for sharing!
Great video. Thank you
Thanks for the tips, Warren.
Warren is a brilliant teacher and super fun to listen to. And this one may have been the best one yet. Totally riveting from start to finish.
Wow! Thanks ever so much Andy!
That was a very useful video. As are all of yours, but that one stood out. Thank you!!
Thank you! Not many people really talk about building the mix. In our modern day of mixing, everyone turns to these wonderful plugins first and foremost and forget all about the foundation of mixing.
Warren, thank you so much. Grateful for your channel here every day!
Thanks ever so much
I’m glad to be able to help
NICE ONE WARREN👏🏻 LONG OVERDUE❗️
I just had to part ways with someone who couldn't get any of this through his "look what they've done to my song (mix)" head 😤🤯
Thank you!❣️
Amazing video for the beginners and pros alike! Really reiterates the principles of mixing well.
Thanks Aditya! Glad you enjoyed it!
All of this truly wonderful content, also done in an adorable soothing English accent no less, has truly made me appreciate all of those finished records I had so taken for granted before far more. This industry is apparently no 'piece of cake' at all when one realizes you're dealing with so, so many different variables AND the personalities of possibly technically ignorant "Artists" and even their producers AND Apple's publishing standards. Good luck with that.