10 Years of Mixing Advice in 10 Minutes
It’s been 10 years since I bought my first keyboard and started making/mixing music. I almost can’t believe how fast the time has gone. Hopefully, this puts you a bit further ahead on your mixing/production journey!
In this video, I share 7 big mistakes I’ve made or lessons I’ve learned in 9 minutes.
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0:00 – What is this all about?
0:58 – How to mix clashing tracks
2:10 – Phase can ruin a mix
3:20 – The 5 Click Rule
4:33 – The Loudness War is Over
6:00 – Solo is ruining your mixes
6:50 – Gaslighting Nonsense
8:18 – More Nonsense
10:00 – Let me know what you think?
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0:00 – What is this all about?
0:58 – How to mix clashing tracks
2:10 – Phase can ruin a mix
3:20 – The 5 Click Rule
4:33 – The Loudness War is Over
6:00 – Solo is ruining your mixes
6:50 – Gaslighting Nonsense
8:18 – More Nonsense
10:00 – Let me know what you think?
Instructions unclear. Bought a bunch of gear and stopped doing a 400hz cut on my guitars to clean up mud and leave room for the bass.
I am so grateful you recorded this video again! Thanks for the tips man
At the end of the day its 99% about the song , the emotion and the story!
The production , the mix bla bla bla is just 1% to fill that gap!
If the song is bad it’s bad or good its good!
No amount of plugins and hours spend in studio can fix bad song from the start!
Tysm🎉