A live band on stage: Usually only about 4-10 instruments. Each different. Each you can hear. Home recording : Sometimes 40+ tracks. This is where the trouble starts.
Thanks Joe! One of the things I love doing with a mix as I go is to listen to the entire song with the drums/bass/vocals soloed, or any other random combination. I find it helps to hear how things are interacting to add that mud. Or like, drums soloed, add in the guitars, no bass, background Vox, mute the guitars, add the leads, vocals, etc. It's also a great way to waste time! haha
I love this video, super duper helpful! Joe, could you please make a video on EQ’ing vocals to remove harsh frequencies or boxiness? You’re amazing and I love your channel ❤️
“Everything in its Rice Plate” 😂😂😂 CLASSIC! Great video. This gave me a lot to think about regarding be intention of the tones you are recording and where they will fit in the mix.
I think a good suggestion for anyone who mixes or wants to be a mixer is you should first, get a hearing test done and make sure your ears can hear all the frequencies well. If your hearing lacks in certain frequencies at least you will know that these areas need to be compensated for when mixing on your own. Getting a second opinion from someone that can hear these frequencies will be beneficial and help you learn to deal with those spots better😊
Joe, these are ALWAYS great. Paused it to answer your question of us. My singer-songwriter-style mixes are rubbish when the performances are. Performances suffer when my monitoring is poor. Will someday get to point where EQ will be the subtle remedy. Ha! Watched the rest and it wasn't about EQ.
"Fix it in post!" Right? 😁Great stuff Joe! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Muddy, but I've never had a good listening space. Sitting too close to the speakers and not having enough room to let the low frequencies unfold properly.
I’d love more content on non-traditional rock instruments / vocals. Brass is hard. Strings are hard. Personally, I do a lot of marimba & vibes. Like: mic an instrument you’ve never recorded before…like timpani or bassoon…and then walk us through making them sound good. Just a thought.
So you don’t ever layer 2 full electric guitar chords over the same acoustic guitar chords? Because I like that on choruses but as you said, it does make it muddy. But it needs to thicken up and I don’t know that just playing higher voicing on electric will do it? Still super helpful vid; thank you
Got a question for you! I do Afro-Cuban compositions, 18-piece big band. 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 5 Saxes (2 Altos, 2 Tenors, Bari Sax), then! Bass, Piano, Congas, Timbales, and Bongos. I want to find the EQ that has the flat line and you can move it up and down to cut or add frequencies. I can't find it!! Free or Premium. Can you suggest one for me? Thanks!!!
Can u u anser tht question, when I record vocals around -18 db my recording print comes thin not so fat so is it ok aur I need to record more hot ? Can you make a small video on tht 🙏
Hey Joe. For the question of today. I normally struggle with the fact that my instruments sound great and well mixed on their one. But when I put them all together the mix sounds horrible. How can I fix this?
Hi Joe, thanks to your videos I have learned many things... but there is one that for me is a big limit. I've seen tons of videos on "daw recording levels" but, I swear, I couldn't find one where an example was given with an electric guitar connected directly to the sound card. What is the optimal input level? -20 dbfs? -18? -16? The manual for my sound card says for a balanced signal 'max input level' +24dbu and, if I understood the calculation correctly, the optimal level on the digital scale DAW is -20dbfs. Now: always the manual, for an unbalanced signal it reports +5.8v, well, here I got lost. What does it mean? How do I calculate for an optimal guitar recording level? What reference levels should I have in the input and output channels? So I wanted to ask you if you have the time, desire and think it could be an interesting topic to make a dedicated video. Congratulations for your channel and thank you
You are overthinking it. The optimal level is whatever sounds best with the guitar amp you are plugging into. If everything is too loud/overdriven, then maybe turn the input down and vice versa. The more you can get away from trying to get all of the “numbers” correct, the more fun you will have.
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I have problems with the sound level of every track,what is the ideal sound level of any type of track?
A live band on stage: Usually only about 4-10 instruments. Each different. Each you can hear. Home recording : Sometimes 40+ tracks. This is where the trouble starts.
Everything in its rice plate is my favorite radio hedge song
I think “budget” is probably the best single-word metaphor for mixing I’ve ever heard! 😄 Thanks!
You're a real doctor of frequencies ❤❤❤
Simple, yet specific suggestions, go a long way. Thank you for these tips.
Thanks Joe! One of the things I love doing with a mix as I go is to listen to the entire song with the drums/bass/vocals soloed, or any other random combination. I find it helps to hear how things are interacting to add that mud. Or like, drums soloed, add in the guitars, no bass, background Vox, mute the guitars, add the leads, vocals, etc. It's also a great way to waste time! haha
I love this video, super duper helpful!
Joe, could you please make a video on EQ’ing vocals to remove harsh frequencies or boxiness?
You’re amazing and I love your channel ❤️
Love these gems you drop on us. I look forward to your videos daily!
Honestly, getting mixes to sound better on different speakers. I do plan on getting studio monitors once I get more money
Thanks Joe. I LOVE the way you explained this.
Gosh i thought i was totally alone but there's others .Time for mudmix therapy watching Joe hehe
thank you man it was really helpful for me
“Everything in its Rice Plate” 😂😂😂 CLASSIC!
Great video. This gave me a lot to think about regarding be intention of the tones you are recording and where they will fit in the mix.
These are some great tips I'll definitely try, thanks Joe!
I think a good suggestion for anyone who mixes or wants to be a mixer is you should first, get a hearing test done and make sure your ears can hear all the frequencies well. If your hearing lacks in certain frequencies at least you will know that these areas need to be compensated for when mixing on your own. Getting a second opinion from someone that can hear these frequencies will be beneficial and help you learn to deal with those spots better😊
Joe, these are ALWAYS great. Paused it to answer your question of us. My singer-songwriter-style mixes are rubbish when the performances are. Performances suffer when my monitoring is poor. Will someday get to point where EQ will be the subtle remedy. Ha! Watched the rest and it wasn't about EQ.
Contrast is key in balancing and mixing
"Fix it in post!" Right? 😁Great stuff Joe! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
Muddy, but I've never had a good listening space. Sitting too close to the speakers and not having enough room to let the low frequencies unfold properly.
Lmao David has too much low mid information ! I laughed so hard
Thanks (again!), Joe!
Thank you for this. Loads learnt 👍🏻
I’d love more content on non-traditional rock instruments / vocals. Brass is hard. Strings are hard. Personally, I do a lot of marimba & vibes.
Like: mic an instrument you’ve never recorded before…like timpani or bassoon…and then walk us through making them sound good.
Just a thought.
Thank you for this video
Dude I just found out about your channel and these vids are insanely helpful💪💪
Love this! ❤️ Thanks for sharing! 👍
Great Joe
Can you show visually where you make tweaks of low mids? Just visual examples? That would be much easier.
So you don’t ever layer 2 full electric guitar chords over the same acoustic guitar chords? Because I like that on choruses but as you said, it does make it muddy. But it needs to thicken up and I don’t know that just playing higher voicing on electric will do it?
Still super helpful vid; thank you
everything is in its rice plate 😅. Great video anw💯
Kid A is the best album ever produced! ❤
Literally lmao about the David example😂
Another classic eye , err... ear opener :)
Everything I do is muddy...I finding hard to get a loud n clear track
My biggest struggle is getting rid of intense resonances in digital samples.
6:08 🤣weird John Wayne impersonations abound...
Also, thank you for not editing your videos at every sentence.
Game over? 😮
Dont hate me lol but is there a good "in the mix" method to clean and control mud/low mids?
Got a question for you! I do Afro-Cuban compositions, 18-piece big band. 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 5 Saxes (2 Altos, 2 Tenors, Bari Sax), then! Bass, Piano, Congas, Timbales, and Bongos. I want to find the EQ that has the flat line and you can move it up and down to cut or add frequencies. I can't find it!! Free or Premium. Can you suggest one for me? Thanks!!!
4:30 or you could just use an sm57
Can u u anser tht question, when I record vocals around -18 db my recording print comes thin not so fat so is it ok aur I need to record more hot ? Can you make a small video on tht 🙏
Hey Joe. For the question of today. I normally struggle with the fact that my instruments sound great and well mixed on their one. But when I put them all together the mix sounds horrible. How can I fix this?
Hi Joe, thanks to your videos I have learned many things... but there is one that for me is a big limit. I've seen tons of videos on "daw recording levels" but, I swear, I couldn't find one where an example was given with an electric guitar connected directly to the sound card. What is the optimal input level? -20 dbfs? -18? -16? The manual for my sound card says for a balanced signal 'max input level' +24dbu and, if I understood the calculation correctly, the optimal level on the digital scale DAW is -20dbfs. Now: always the manual, for an unbalanced signal it reports +5.8v, well, here I got lost. What does it mean? How do I calculate for an optimal guitar recording level? What reference levels should I have in the input and output channels? So I wanted to ask you if you have the time, desire and think it could be an interesting topic to make a dedicated video. Congratulations for your channel and thank you
You are overthinking it. The optimal level is whatever sounds best with the guitar amp you are plugging into. If everything is too loud/overdriven, then maybe turn the input down and vice versa. The more you can get away from trying to get all of the “numbers” correct, the more fun you will have.
A muddy mix is usually the result of a bad arrangement. Too many stuff playing at once in the same region
Ironic that the Radio Head example actually describes the principles of mixing i.e. putting everything in its right place.
This is not a fender rhodes
Yep. You are right. But he did use a fender Rhodes when playing it live.
I am a mud person sadly 😞
Mine tend to be over bright. Part of it is my old ears.