How To Get A SKRILLEX Level Mix & Master
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15+ years of music production is also a factor of his level
There are people who have less time in who produce similar results tho
Seriously 15?? Lol I thought he produced for longer than that. I think the moment you play in that DAW is the moment you start. Not the moment you get signed.
@@AAABeatbox then in that case I have 25 years of experience!
Not really. There are producers of just 5-8 years who can produce of this caliber. Years of expertise isn't always a factor of having better experience than someone new but how well you have grasped information and learned doing it. It's not hard if you know what you're doing and can execute it well
Experience is an important factor but since it’s all in the box, new producers can accelerate timeline immensely due to less hurdles. Also, for EDM among others, there is a HUGE luck factor and a plethora of other factors that have nothing to do with making music. Do you and Party on 🎉🎉🎉
For obtaining as insanely loud at -5 LUFS, without huge compromises - one must design the song for being loud. It begins in the sound design/selection.
I’ve switched to using fab pro L2/ SIR standard clip for all actual dynamics control, and compression is more for effect/distortion/vibe. Every track has the pro L2 shaving off 3-5 db (sometimes more if it doesn’t need to be dynamic). Really tightened up my mixes and made mastering way easier.
Big Z … the man teaching us what other won’t , thanks so much king super helpful 🙏🏼
Solid explanation of the limiting busses. Seen a couple vids on it but this one was great
Saturation can also be used to increase the perceived loudness of a sound and control the dynamics while reducing the RMS.
Essentially what he is doing with the hard limiting
Limiting doesn`t add harmonics which is why saturation adds perceived loudness.
@@Bloquednb hard limiting does, but to those reaching the set limit, meaning you don't have to add unwanted harmonics to the rest of the sound, if your goal is only to increase perceived loudness
I use BlackBox by Plugin Alliance for loudness. It's perfect
@@Hovis_Enjoyer exactly...plus if you want catching the peack(and i do almost all the time) the attack should be 0 ...
every sound in your mix sounds so nice man and they all work perfectly together
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Something to mention, in Skrillex's Mumbai Power video you can see he's using the transparent setting on his bus limiter
COMING BACK TO THIS VIDEO 1 YEAR AFTER AND IT STILL SO RELEVANT. THANK YOUUUUU
Most mastering engineers use two limiters to get to a commercial volume as slamming it through one chokes the sound. Also things to consider are expansion which makes songs sound bigger, loud and jump out of speakers. Saturation, multiband compression, mid/side eq and compression etc. Being super loud is irrelevant nowadays but creating a punchy and bold mix is always good. Good job Big Z
This was such a well made easy to understand breakdown! For people interested in learning more about the last concept I want to reference AHEE and Baphometrix. They go super in depth on Skrillex’s bus mastering technique. Thank u for the tutorial!
Could you hook me up with the links of the tutorials, please?
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Amazing tips as always! You are amazing, dude!🤟🤝
this is - by far - one of my fav. music producing channels / mixing channels on youtube.
If you guys think rumble sounds like skrillex’s best master, it’s because he didn’t master it. Luca pretolesi did. He does all of diplos masters and he did the Jack u album too. I was impressed when I found out skrillex mastered about 70% of his own album. But you can clearly tell Luca is the dude.
As Always Amazing , Thank You Big Z
This video paired with the on that Ahee did about Skrillex's routing chains in ableton are way useful. If you're looking for more info on exactly why/how you can hit -4 LUFS, check that breakdown. Love your videos BZ!
-4 LUFS is just completely unnecessary these days.
Most of tracks on Eatbrain label are -3 to -4 Lufs
yeah doesn't anything above like -10 LUFS just get squashed anyways on streaming services
@@Danz_Partydjing tho
At least in dubstep djs like it around at least -6
Keep doing these content, you do it well
This video has so many gems in it. Thank you, I never thought to do this with the limiter.
Wow, your knowledge and communication approach are second to none. I have been producing for ages and I learn something new today. Subbed and keep up the awesome work.
Great video. Most of these tips / techniques are valuable even if you're not interested in super loud masters. BTW, standard clip allows up to 256 times oversampling. That's too much for live producing, but it's entirely ok when you print your mix/master. And, standard clip allows you to set one oversampling rate for live and a higher one for printing. And, it allows you to choose the type of brick-wall, anti-aliasing filter you want. It's a pretty great, very configurable clipper for buses and even your 2bus.
I've tried putting an L2 on my Drum/Bass/Synth busses but I get weird timings (latency?) all over the place in LPX. What am I doing wrong? Is it a Logic setting? Help..
You're still the LOGIC Pro and overall production GOAT!
Amazing video, this is the key piece I was missing in mastering my tracks for loudness. Thanks!!!
The master chain is also missing things like a mono maker, stereo widener, passive eq and many other things that add to the master but don’t have a place in the mix so much ✨✨
Big info from Big Z. Thanks for sharing, man. Always looking for things I don't know or have not thought of yet. I learned something today!
Hey bro, I make DnB and other electronic music. Thanks for all your tips and tricks, some of them have been very helpful to my workflow! thanks again bro!
Amazing reverb tip! Thanks Big Z!
So many useful and essential tips, I will watch it again many times
I saw Mr.Bill hitting +1.5 Lufs / 0.1 true peak once and it was amazing. Never been the same since that day.
I feel stupid admitting this, but the section about keeping your drums mostly fry was game changing for me.
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Insane video, man! Hope you will keep analyzing different artists and then make video about it!
This is such an amazing and simple tutorial for all of my vocals! Thank you so much!
"I don't want any distortion so i'm gonna back off a little bit"
*proceeds to lower volume by more than 50% 😂😂
is LD Elsewhere & LD Mirage a reference to the Brooklyn concert venues?
This vid was really helpful and straight to the point, huge W
Ty❤️
This is so on point. Thank you man!
I hope you use ozone 😢for this technique of loudness and pick it’s very interesting but i don’t have fabfilter
You’re a natural born teacher man, thank you for this 🙏
Thanku so much What lookhead does in L2
Thanks for sharing this! And those presets sound very smooth, looking to cop soon
Great video. I was thinking about this the past few weeks. Copped the presets as a thank you.
This is such a great video.
This beat is 🔥🔥🔥! You've got some serious skills. Can't wait for more! 🎧👏
This is heavenly good!
The bus comp you added back on after the group limiters will be adding back the extra dB's you gained - granted with a more even response.. You could add another agro limiter or Kclip/Standard Clip?Fire the Clip on after the comp to get those 1 or 2 dB the comp is reintroducing. Sounds really good man
Each and every Big Z video that comes out have become like crack to me.. Great work as always!!
don't get RMS and LUFS mixed up. A decently loud master should peak at around -4.5 RMS where as in terms of LUFS you usually land at around -8
Cant you use a clipper instead?
Also, his routing is crazy. His tracks are routed to different chains... Hype chain, basic chain, chain master, premaster.
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layers as one sound. simple concept, but great to focus in on!
I love hearing about production tips for Skrillax 🙌🏻
This workflow could be improved a lit by using clippers instead of limiters on the busses. Clippers are not pumpy, retain punch and saturate the transient to suppliment loss of level with wide eq bursts...
Great video again, bro! Greetings from the Netherlands.
Great videos, thank you so much man
Imma try that for sure! Thanks for the video 🙏
Big Z, thanks for your Channel and Knowledge!
This video is a golden nugget... Thank you so much!!
Really nice video! Thank you for making this
Thanks man it helps a lot
That limiter tip has to be one of the best things I've learnt on the internet, kudos brother.
I always enjoy your content
Awesome, just what I needed to know in an easy to understand way, thanks, subbed 👍 😀
Theres a lot more to it. EQing and removing frequencies for a clear mix.
what a great video! Again! you are killing the production videos man, So many useful and concise tips here, thank you for sharing!
That last tip was huge, helped so much .
Extra: You can also cut the unnecessary low or even high frequencies to leave out more spaces for the volume
ie. I usually low cut at around 20 to 25hz on my master track before bumping up the volume
It can also have the reversed effect and can actually increase the general volume due to low frequency aliasing
The only part of all this that I struggle with is what settings to use on the final limiter. I dont have Pro L2 which makes it harder. Been trying to get a result using Fruity Limiter or Maximus but can never get it anywhere near how I like it. The settings always feel wrong because I cant grasp how to properly set the attack and release settings
Honestly use LoudMaxx limiter, it’s free and is very clean and transparent sounding. It has no controls, it’s straightforward.
@@exceptionsounds6714 Downloaded it earlier its actually really good thanks!
Great content, thanks
That was awesome and amazing, thank you 💯
I needed all of this 🙌
Basically, make it loud without distortion
Is there a way to see more information on your packs? For example how many sounds are in the serum pack etc.
Thanks ! Great video !
This is something I haven't tried yet. Thank you .
whio do you think really makes skrillex's music? one ghost producer and engineer or a whole team? id go with whole team
Loud masters mean lower dynamic range. The platform is anyway going to reduce it to a certain LUFS, and you lost some points on dynamics. Anyway this works as well. When doing this keep an analyzer with dynamic showage as well. 8DB of dynamics is what you get at -8 LUFS. The higher you go the less dynamics. Depends on what you want.
Really valuable tips here thx mate
Hey man I was wondering can I use a soft clipper before this technique? Would that help even more 😊
Great video! Some good points here.
This could not have come at a better time. I enjoy my music thoroughly , however ,feel I need to level up on the mix.
Granted you're oversampling a lot, could you not do without the True Peak limiting on the busses?
For playing the track out in a club, you don't need True Peak on the master buss either, only there to keep the streaming platforms happy.
Do you reckon you its worth getting the fab filter plug ins?
Thanks for sharing. Great help.🤗
You are the best!! Pure
Super good explained! thank for this
Fantastic tips and breakdown
guys can anyone tell me whats the difference between using a clipper more agressively on the master bus and this technique
Nice video , you could also put a soft clipper before the final master limiter so it cut again a bit of peak ! :)
Which Logic Pro plugin does that soft clipper thing you mention here ?
Perfect, thank you! EDIT: I try in a mixing process and wow, really can get 2 or 3 dB more at -0 in my master! Thank you again!
The Group Mastering trick is Gold!!! ❤❤
I use 0 Attack to catch the peak bro...works like a charm
Secret: just pump it up all and kill the dynamics. Actually there should be variation in loudness of the notes and the percussion.
Interesting thanks
Great vid man!! Thanks!!
Thanks for tips Big Z ! ✌