I do believe that the most wholesome way of developing your listening skills is to make a lot of music / do a lot of mixes and keep listening to a lot of music that you love, however, these sorts of audio challenges did help me identify some weak spots in my hearing and I also thought it was a lot of fun!
Hi Michael, Sonarworks has a fun little game too called 'match the mix', just do a search for it and it's easy to find. Good if you just fancy a quick test of your EQ ears! All the best to you good sir, thanks for the videos
Great video! Inspiring honesty about yr start in this business for people in the same boat now. Also I love the warning at the end. To all beginners out there! Very important that advice. Preserve your ears at all costs! I went to a west end musical over the weekend. Should have taken ear plugs! Sitting next to a small raging infill speaker! Whilst everyone was standing clapping along to the final medley the kids voices between 2khz - 7khz were killing me. Within 1 sec i had my fingers in my ears and sat down to take cover till it had finished. If you come out of a club and yr home in bed wondering what that noise is in yr ears still. That's hearing damage. You should always wear ear plugs to clubs and loud events. Just someone shouting in yr ear in a loud environment can do quite severe damage too. Keep up the great videos! :-)
Michael's voice is so calm and soothing and very relaxed. It makes the production tutorials a lot more easier to understand and I consider them more fun in a way. Loudness, fast speaking and memes like other producer TH-camrs isn't always the best for me, sometimes calm, relaxing and slow speaking is the best. Much love to you my dude
this guy is an inspiration straight up. thank you michael! ive literally avoided learning how to mix decently for like 20 years because I was so bad at it but wanted to believe I was naturally good, if that makes sense. Now im still bad at it, but I know that Im bad, and im willing to get better. Thank you
i liek that song at 3:26 too man even b4 u mentioned it im like "yo, the songs in this game is kinda cool" names? i really love your videos. if i was a beginner the tips you give are literally gold.
In THE MIX IS THE MAN!!!! Your Videos have helped me so much in my progression. You have inspired me to start my own TH-cam Channel and YOU took me from a complete begginer in Fl studio to someone who actually Knows what im doing.
This s just a phenomenal experience to go through I have been producing for only 2 years yet I got all of the frequency bands wrong so it shows that This takes time and a lot of it
I've bought Syntorial and gone through it and even though it is for synths and sound design it is also the most powerful ear training software for mixing. You ears get exposed to a lot of different sounds and characters and learning to hear the details of the sound is critical to get through the lessons. Even though they didn't have a compression module I could hear attack and release times after I'd gone through Syntorial.
I’m the biggist noob ever, and I’m trying to understand FL studio and everything and you just help me making it understand so quickly. You’re the best man and please keep doing this type of helping and explanation video’s
yoooo i work in the bike industry and when you mentioned Strava i nearly jumped out of my seat haha love the videos man, you're a superhero for us beginners. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos, music production would seem more vast than the actual cosmos if it weren't for you guys on youtube teaching us how to do it for FREE. Much love!
as always, thank you for helping! I was so surprised that there is a website like that for improving hearing skills! as a person who just started learning to mix, this is such nice information. the best teacher ever! I really want to develop my listening skills so much. will practice like what you said.
Insightful video!! I’ve been training intermittently but consistently for a year on soundgym, and went from an overall 63 percentile to the (overall) 97.6 percentile. I’m really bad at EQ but quite strong at compression and distortion recognition. So as a living proof of it I agree it is possible to not only improve but also master this stuff. It’s just a matter of putting in the hours, and I’ve found on soundgym a very interesting tool to intensively workout those basic mixing skills and make faster progress when we start and are kind of tone deaf still. I’ve also seen even faster growth / improvement doing everyday both soundgym and actual mixing work. For some of us mastering this craft will take longer than for others (I double Mike’s age and cannot hear anything above 11KHz), but definitely we all could get there eventually.
This exactly what I was my thinking last couple of weeks, how can I trust my hearing, how to train it, too many courses I bought but nobody is talking about this.Too many people telling about "what" but no body was telling "how".I find this video a great advise, a mandatory view of the things, thanks a lot!
Great video! Inspiring honesty about yr start in this business for people in the same boat now. Also I love the warning at the end. To all beginners out there! Very important that advice. Preserve your ears at all costs! I went to a west end musical over the weekend. Should have taken ear plugs! Sitting next to a small raging infill speaker! Whilst everyone was standing clapping along to the final medley the kids voices between 2khz - 7khz were killing me. Within 1 sec i had my fingers in my ears and sat down to take cover till it had finished. If you come out of a club and yr home in bed wondering what that noise is in yr ears still. That's hearing damage. You should always wear ear plugs to clubs and loud events. Just someone shouting in yr ear in a loud environment can do quite severe damage too. Keep up the great videos! :-)
Much love Micheal, your tutorials has set me on my feet as a beginner. Thank you so very much. God bless you. I'm currently producing my first gospel song now. But the mixing stage is a bit challenging. I'll like a beginner step by step mixing video if possible.
Wow absolutely amazed by how you just nailed that first game, I just came from another video of a mixing engineer who tried this and just got them all wrong lol. Also the pan game I just think you weren't as precise because you were on headphones. I was listening on my monitors and it was super easy
We all started out like that one day, don't get too worried about the technical things as you have just started, it's best to simply have fun with your beat making and workflow first. Good luck!
With Quiztones I can compare before and after and hear the difference. Only being able to hear the processed version without knowing what the original is means you have to guess half of the factors you need for comparisson. Its a calculation, 'processed version' - 'original' = 'the difference'. Learning this skill is about recognising the difference, which is not possible. You have to make a calculation with 2 unknown factors out of 3... Maybe a good excercise for someone who's been doing this for years, but not for learning the skill, if you ask me.
love your videos man! Very grateful! Oh and the irony of you saying "Tone death" instead of "tone deaf" 😂 I think you've been hearing it wrong your whole life my friend! 😁
The compressors test is what Im lost on, not knowing what exactly to discern and how to describe whats happening. Still turning dials til the sound seems right. Thats something I need to change.
Cant tell difference between 10k hz and 1hz ... Any pro tip where to start to train the ear muscle ? to know what frequency, filter, effects etc its one. How to know what scale, tone etc a song plays in?
I've been using the free daily workout for about 10 days now. I've been enjoying it. I wish they had an answer-review option. Say, I answer that the boost is at 5k - but the correct answer is 2.8k - I'd like to be able to compare the difference between the two - before moving on. It would be more helpful to know WHY I was wrong - rather than just THAT I was wrong. Also, $25/mo. is too much IMO. If it were $10/mo. I wouldn't blink. But for $25....I'd rather put that towards a new plugin.
Wow this very interesting, thank you. I might even try this out, test my skills, seems like fun and Might be a great way to boost skills in different areas. #InTheMix
Would you ever get into launchpadding? There aren't many FL Studio tutorials with launchpads, at least not to the depth that ableton tutorials go into. Thanks for making awesome content :D
Hi, I'm also rocking a pair of DT1990 and am currently using the Scarlett 2i2 for now but am struggling with some technical issues. As you switched from the 2i2 to the Audient Interface, are you happy with this change? Would you recommend it? Does it pair well with your Headphones? I can imagine that u're very busy, however I would really appreciate your feedback :)
I had driver issues and noise problems with the focusrite and so far on audient I've had no issues with the 1990s. I can get well enough gain to listen loud, I don't have to go above 75%
Recognize wich one was more compressed was so easy, I did fine wihout errors and could respond earlier than Mike. Weird, though, cuz I'm on a very cheap speakers embeded on my pc.
It was so odd listening back on my monitors because I was like "dude it's that one, click it!" But in headphones at the time I was not finding it easy!
I been making my 4 year old nephew watch all your videos occasionally and he actually sits through them very well... I’m gonna quiz him on fl studio in a few months and see if he gets the hang of it 😂😂
Good video bro but please can u tell me why my ears are hurting whenever ur playing more than 6kh ? Do i hv any hearing problem?? I also faced this same issue with my headphones or 5.1 Dolby digital sound system i always have to minimise the 4k and the 8k frequencies. Any suggestions??
It could be that your hearing is naturally more sensitive. I don’t want to alarm you but it could also be a sign of something more serious like an ear infection, hearing damage or a sinus/head cold putting pressure on your ears. It would be best to get it looked at by your doctor to be sure. Good luck
@@inthemix Hello brother, good new i went to an ent doctor and the told me i hv no major issue with my ears and my ears are younger then my age 😄. And u was right my hearing is very sensitive. So doctor recommended me not to listen music with high volume and if possible don't use earphones
If it's like duolingo then I hope they don't have an owl that will kill my family after not training
The notifications are so passive aggressive! It's intense
hahaha so annoying
I love Duolingo. The harassing sucks, yea. But it's free bro! Freeee
No it will be worse
I do believe that the most wholesome way of developing your listening skills is to make a lot of music / do a lot of mixes and keep listening to a lot of music that you love, however, these sorts of audio challenges did help me identify some weak spots in my hearing and I also thought it was a lot of fun!
Hi Michael, Sonarworks has a fun little game too called 'match the mix', just do a search for it and it's easy to find. Good if you just fancy a quick test of your EQ ears! All the best to you good sir, thanks for the videos
Great video! Inspiring honesty about yr start in this business for people in the same boat now. Also I love the warning at the end. To all beginners out there! Very important that advice. Preserve your ears at all costs! I went to a west end musical over the weekend. Should have taken ear plugs! Sitting next to a small raging infill speaker! Whilst everyone was standing clapping along to the final medley the kids voices between 2khz - 7khz were killing me. Within 1 sec i had my fingers in my ears and sat down to take cover till it had finished. If you come out of a club and yr home in bed wondering what that noise is in yr ears still. That's hearing damage. You should always wear ear plugs to clubs and loud events. Just someone shouting in yr ear in a loud environment can do quite severe damage too. Keep up the great videos! :-)
I love u brother
Ur very inspiring
this was way too cool mehn
you are good at this
Michael's voice is so calm and soothing and very relaxed. It makes the production tutorials a lot more easier to understand and I consider them more fun in a way. Loudness, fast speaking and memes like other producer TH-camrs isn't always the best for me, sometimes calm, relaxing and slow speaking is the best. Much love to you my dude
He has a bit of nasality in the 500k range which I use a eq preset when I watch his video.
@@trollingisasport xD get outta here neeerd
Huge loud intro > "YO WHAT IS UUUUP TH-cam!?" :D
@@trollingisasport😂😂😂
Lol @@trollingisasport
As someone with asymmetrical hearing loss in the higher frequencies, this could be useful for more accurately identifying my weak areas.
I hope so, definitely go to an audiologist if you have hearing issues through best to play it safe!
this guy is an inspiration straight up. thank you michael! ive literally avoided learning how to mix decently for like 20 years because I was so bad at it but wanted to believe I was naturally good, if that makes sense. Now im still bad at it, but I know that Im bad, and im willing to get better. Thank you
A music producer, vlogger and now a gamer! Great content Mike 🙂
bro you need to teach big classes, u r one of the best teachers on here when it comes to this shit no lie. but obviously do ur thing!
i liek that song at 3:26 too man even b4 u mentioned it im like "yo, the songs in this game is kinda cool" names? i really love your videos. if i was a beginner the tips you give are literally gold.
What's the title of the song? I was looking for it and I got nothing lol
@@AlbertJaron i dunno bro
2:40 Yo0u left me speachless i did teribly on that test
In THE MIX IS THE MAN!!!! Your Videos have helped me so much in my progression. You have inspired me to start my own TH-cam Channel and YOU took me from a complete begginer in Fl studio to someone who actually Knows what im doing.
This s just a phenomenal experience to go through I have been producing for only 2 years yet I got all of the frequency bands wrong so it shows that This takes time and a lot of it
I've bought Syntorial and gone through it and even though it is for synths and sound design it is also the most powerful ear training software for mixing. You ears get exposed to a lot of different sounds and characters and learning to hear the details of the sound is critical to get through the lessons. Even though they didn't have a compression module I could hear attack and release times after I'd gone through Syntorial.
I love syntorial but it feels like a program made for "sound design" rather than "mixing"
I’m the biggist noob ever, and I’m trying to understand FL studio and everything and you just help me making it understand so quickly. You’re the best man and please keep doing this type of helping and explanation video’s
Whenever i click on his video and in the starting he always says in a veryyyyyy polite manner which melt my heart every time love from india
Yes bro
Seriously man
Bruhhhhh....
Even the devil agrees
yoooo i work in the bike industry and when you mentioned Strava i nearly jumped out of my seat haha love the videos man, you're a superhero for us beginners. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos, music production would seem more vast than the actual cosmos if it weren't for you guys on youtube teaching us how to do it for FREE. Much love!
My hearing must suck because I thought he was saying "Sound Gem" at first.
No its just an accent nothing wrong with you ears mate!
Haha
as always, thank you for helping! I was so surprised that there is a website like that for improving hearing skills! as a person who just started learning to mix, this is such nice information. the best teacher ever! I really want to develop my listening skills so much. will practice like what you said.
Man your videos deserve so many more views than they get. This is just absolutely incredible.
Insightful video!! I’ve been training intermittently but consistently for a year on soundgym, and went from an overall 63 percentile to the (overall) 97.6 percentile. I’m really bad at EQ but quite strong at compression and distortion recognition. So as a living proof of it I agree it is possible to not only improve but also master this stuff. It’s just a matter of putting in the hours, and I’ve found on soundgym a very interesting tool to intensively workout those basic mixing skills and make faster progress when we start and are kind of tone deaf still.
I’ve also seen even faster growth / improvement doing everyday both soundgym and actual mixing work. For some of us mastering this craft will take longer than for others (I double Mike’s age and cannot hear anything above 11KHz), but definitely we all could get there eventually.
Jesus Christ, you're pretty fast and insanely accurate with the frequency boost one.
Had no idea about this site. Looks like so much fun!
Honestly, it was a load of fun. I started getting very competitive on it!
Lovely as always, been really busy and fun day at producing and now cherry on the top. :P
Thanks, that's awesome to hear!
Love the lighting and overall professionalism in your videos!
This profile is a gold treasure! thank you so much for sharing!
This exactly what I was my thinking last couple of weeks, how can I trust my hearing, how to train it, too many courses I bought but nobody is talking about this.Too many people telling about "what" but no body was telling "how".I find this video a great advise, a mandatory view of the things, thanks a lot!
Great video! Inspiring honesty about yr start in this business for people in the same boat now. Also I love the warning at the end. To all beginners out there! Very important that advice. Preserve your ears at all costs! I went to a west end musical over the weekend. Should have taken ear plugs! Sitting next to a small raging infill speaker! Whilst everyone was standing clapping along to the final medley the kids voices between 2khz - 7khz were killing me. Within 1 sec i had my fingers in my ears and sat down to take cover till it had finished. If you come out of a club and yr home in bed wondering what that noise is in yr ears still. That's hearing damage. You should always wear ear plugs to clubs and loud events. Just someone shouting in yr ear in a loud environment can do quite severe damage too. Keep up the great videos! :-)
well i was waiting for this and it is finally here.Thank you Michael👍👍
Much love Micheal, your tutorials has set me on my feet as a beginner.
Thank you so very much. God bless you.
I'm currently producing my first gospel song now. But the mixing stage is a bit challenging.
I'll like a beginner step by step mixing video if possible.
Thank you for all that you do. I love your videos. God bless you and yours!
Wow absolutely amazed by how you just nailed that first game, I just came from another video of a mixing engineer who tried this and just got them all wrong lol.
Also the pan game I just think you weren't as precise because you were on headphones. I was listening on my monitors and it was super easy
your videos help a lot... thanks!
You're welcome :)
Always a treat to watch your videos. You are the best
Great video! Gonna use soundgym more often now. Thanks! ♥️🔥👍
I'm amazed how you did on EQ, on compression I made the same points as you, I think for EQ I should try with headphones
Your are so good in make tutorials, even if your not making an tutorial im thinking it is an tutorial.
I learn something useful in all your videos, thank you!!
Early squad. Thanks for the fantastic info each and every time. Great teacher and relaxing voice. Peace up!
i cant tell the difference between any frequencies,i just started making beats about a week ago,i guess i have to start learning as soon as possible
We all started out like that one day, don't get too worried about the technical things as you have just started, it's best to simply have fun with your beat making and workflow first. Good luck!
sure will @@inthemix
Hello Mike
Can you make a video about music genre or can you refer a source so I can learn about them
Thanks in advance
Wow very surprised with your first test, you are the frequency master!
This video was complete fun... Love it... Thanks for sharing
Amazing video with lots of information, thank you Michael :)
One of the best you've done
With Quiztones I can compare before and after and hear the difference. Only being able to hear the processed version without knowing what the original is means you have to guess half of the factors you need for comparisson. Its a calculation, 'processed version' - 'original' = 'the difference'. Learning this skill is about recognising the difference, which is not possible. You have to make a calculation with 2 unknown factors out of 3... Maybe a good excercise for someone who's been doing this for years, but not for learning the skill, if you ask me.
Looks awesome, thanks for sharing. I'll jump into it this weekend
I notice how much I trained my ears since I started making mixes.
more vids like this good Job Michael ;)
Thank you! Great find. Just what I need.
When ever i see your videos it keeps motivating all the time i love u brooo u areeee nice man
Yo, a Malayaliee here!?
Thanks for making this video!!!
love your videos man! Very grateful!
Oh and the irony of you saying "Tone death" instead of "tone deaf" 😂 I think you've been hearing it wrong your whole life my friend! 😁
A Detailed Video about, Dynamics & Compression Please.
Thank you so much, very helpful. I'm learning so much from you
sooo glad i found your channel😍😍😍😍😍
This brings me a brand new life :)
Thanks Mike! This is very helpful.
Good advice. You helped me.
Thanks for sharing!
The compressors test is what Im lost on, not knowing what exactly to discern and how to describe whats happening.
Still turning dials til the sound seems right. Thats something I need to change.
Hey mike, nice video as usual. I have a suggestion for your next video - can u Make a video on writing spooky melodies ?
i love how your mic arm hides perfectly behing the microphone because of the camera angle
Cant tell difference between 10k hz and 1hz ... Any pro tip where to start to train the ear muscle ? to know what frequency, filter, effects etc its one. How to know what scale, tone etc a song plays in?
great video as always! :D
I've been using the free daily workout for about 10 days now. I've been enjoying it. I wish they had an answer-review option. Say, I answer that the boost is at 5k - but the correct answer is 2.8k - I'd like to be able to compare the difference between the two - before moving on. It would be more helpful to know WHY I was wrong - rather than just THAT I was wrong.
Also, $25/mo. is too much IMO. If it were $10/mo. I wouldn't blink. But for $25....I'd rather put that towards a new plugin.
I agree on both fronts. On the price, I decided to pay for the year because it's worth 3-4 months. I suppose they price it this way on purpose.
Thanks you helped me a lot!
whaaaa,he just almost perfect in everything
Your the G.O.A.T of mixing ....... Mixing God 💪🔥
Well I guess I'm good at detecting compression! 😂
I struggled with frequencies but i got all compressions right 😅 i guess i know what i need to improve
this was fun, I'll give it a try, I was mostly lost in the mid range so I need to improve on that.
Wow 😲😍😍💯 💪...Thanks Mich...You are great....thanks for sharing
Thank you for this video 😊
Your videos are so interesting..!
You're the first production let's player!
Very helpfull video, thanks a lot 👌🏻
This one sounds Dope
Wow this very interesting, thank you. I might even try this out, test my skills, seems like fun and Might be a great way to boost skills in different areas. #InTheMix
great video, it didn't even occur to me to do this.
ThanX. Very interesting.
Do you use the balanced or analytical pads for your head ones. Going to buy them next week.
That's absolutely inspiring :D
golden ears bro
THX
It's a lot easier to EQ when there is a visualizer with the plugin.
That says a lot doesn't it? I feel like I sometimes EQ with my eyes too much
Hi there I just bought dt 770 250ohms can you please suggest amp and if I need anything thing else to get full out of it
Its a very good video! Thank you!
Is SoundGym for free?
he said it at the beginning there's a basic free one and a premium one with more features
@@ternitamas thank you!!!
My hearing sucks sadly. Always have a tad bit if ringing, which makes it hard to mix sometimes.
Thanks alot man ❤💯
good video, im glad i found your channel
nice video, this stuff is so overwhelming haha
Hey Mike! Can you a make a video about how to make a music Full time for Independent Artists?
I do not get it Sir. Do you determine the loudness of the sound? or the overall EQ of the music?
Would you ever get into launchpadding? There aren't many FL Studio tutorials with launchpads, at least not to the depth that ableton tutorials go into. Thanks for making awesome content :D
Thanks for the kind words. It's not something I think I'll do very soon but it has always fascinated me, especially for live remixing and such!
Hi, I'm also rocking a pair of DT1990 and am currently using the Scarlett 2i2 for now but am struggling with some technical issues. As you switched from the 2i2 to the Audient Interface, are you happy with this change? Would you recommend it? Does it pair well with your Headphones?
I can imagine that u're very busy, however I would really appreciate your feedback :)
I had driver issues and noise problems with the focusrite and so far on audient I've had no issues with the 1990s. I can get well enough gain to listen loud, I don't have to go above 75%
Recognize wich one was more compressed was so easy, I did fine wihout errors and could respond earlier than Mike. Weird, though, cuz I'm on a very cheap speakers embeded on my pc.
It was so odd listening back on my monitors because I was like "dude it's that one, click it!" But in headphones at the time I was not finding it easy!
can you make a whole video about compression if you havent already?
I been making my 4 year old nephew watch all your videos occasionally and he actually sits through them very well... I’m gonna quiz him on fl studio in a few months and see if he gets the hang of it 😂😂
Good video bro but please can u tell me why my ears are hurting whenever ur playing more than 6kh ? Do i hv any hearing problem?? I also faced this same issue with my headphones or 5.1 Dolby digital sound system i always have to minimise the 4k and the 8k frequencies. Any suggestions??
It could be that your hearing is naturally more sensitive. I don’t want to alarm you but it could also be a sign of something more serious like an ear infection, hearing damage or a sinus/head cold putting pressure on your ears. It would be best to get it looked at by your doctor to be sure. Good luck
@@inthemix Hello brother, good new i went to an ent doctor and the told me i hv no major issue with my ears and my ears are younger then my age 😄. And u was right my hearing is very sensitive. So doctor recommended me not to listen music with high volume and if possible don't use earphones
Hi Michael do you still live in Scotland ?
刚买了一年的会员… 挺棒的一个耳朵健身房。