The Secret To Mixing Like The Pros (In Ableton)
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Here's the finished song (congrats Casey!!):
open.spotify.com/track/7pzLQt...
In this video I break down my exact mixing process after 10 years of trying to perfect it. I hope you can glean some wisdom and apply some of my techniques to improve your mixes! Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate you guys!
Cheers,
Ethan
Great to see that its not simple to mix, but that we shouldn't think to difficult about it. Thanx for simplificating the proces so we can follow along 🔥🧡
that's right! it just takes practice and you get better with every song you mix
you are one of the most insightful music producer youtubers, so good to see you post so appreciated
Got my subscription! This is exactly what i needed to see right now, after struggling and getting stuck with what to do next i now have a checklist to follow and a much better understanding of the whole mixing process in general! Thankyou!
The stick of butter vs mountain analogy for compression is the most simplest and easiest way to interpret how it works! My man! I'll be watching more!
I love the song you are working on. Your friend has a gorgeous voice and the instrumental is fire. You did an amazing job on the mix and master. I love it. Thank you so much for the tutorial. Really brilliant and helpful ❤🙏
Many thanks for this video! You are one of the best ones I’ve seen on the internet, very pleasant to watch, always to the point, relaxed and efficient. Appreciate your work, cheers, Alexandros 🙏👍👏
thnak you!
Hey man, been following for a while, love your vids and ableton tuts...thanks for sharing !
Thank you brother, you’re doing a great job! This method of mixing is hands down - the best tutorial i ever found on internet in many years! God Bless 🤝👍 Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Pro Tools is my DAWr, but I still found this very useful and that part at the end about simply creating music and practicing was a great reminder. Good stuff. Thank you.
this video feels like a big warm hug. thank u
I’m so grateful for this video bro you have no idea how much this helped watching. Lately I’ve been discouraged and have wanted to give up but this is something that has really inspired me to not give up on the process
love to hear that, keep it up!
I often feel the same too. It is not easy is it. What kind of music do you make.
the way you are explaining difficult things is just amazing!! I can't thank you enough for doing that! I did a college course on production and wasn't sure about some of mixing techniques even after. Your style of teaching is just so relaxing and clear! it's just ❤
YAY!! I didn't realize you put this up already! thank you ethannnnn
this is honestly one off the best mixing videos I have ever seen on youtube!
Thanks for the vid Ethan. Brilliant message at the end too...
Thank you Ethan and thank for the pdf God bless you
Had me interested from the start and hooked me right in when you said "Splice the new version is whack". I was legit laughing so hard cause it's so true and a few number of people understand the struggle!
Amazing video. Very knowledgeable and helpful.
Thanks!
This was still somewhat helpful and taught me good practices for organizing the tracks. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial. Very step-by- step which I love
Bro really big thanks for your vids! I started to lern how to make music and it feels so good making progess cause i learn that stuff from you
Thank you for sharing your workflow ! Love it
Its like if you are some king of production angel and you just uploaded a video of exactly what i wanted to watch, at the perfect time, and with that nice chill vibe you record with hahah amazing thanks
hahahah
Love it! I'll be trying this out ty!!
This man is going to help me go far 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I wasn't able to use all of the plugins due to cost, but damn this video was spot on and super helpful. My first mix ever and it sounds waaaaaay more professional than I could imagine.
This is fantastic in it's simplicity. Thanks
Thank you for the video and the pdf check list!!
Thanks ethan really loved this one 💙
Thank you so much for this! I started producing my own music one month ago and your video has been the best one I watched so far.
You're so welcome! Glad to hear it. Keep it up
You successfully made mixing, which I find to be the most boring part of the entire process, to be very approachable, easy to understand and replicate. It seems like a lot of people who teach mixing just want to talk about plug-ins and talk about mixing in a abstract sort of way that it’s hard to even follow and sort of feels like they are gatekeeping so thank you for not being that way.
really appreciate your analogy at the end! super important
(:
You are a fantastic teacher 🙏
You have taught me sooooo much! Thank you!
Such a good helpful video. Thanks man.
This was so productive thank you so much
Man you’re god sent 🙏
thanks so much Ethan!
What I do like about Ethan Davis is the simplicity of work flow also the way how everything is organized , I really do like your videos keep doing more
thank you!!
That was great. Thank you so much!
Highly Appreciate This ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽🔈🔉🔊🔥🔥🔥
Mixing tips are always good
This is really easy and effective technique. Most CZcamsrs make stuff way complicated like mix bus processes calshing frequency. Compression for glue and all of these stuff i know is good to get them right. But stilll I’ve noticed if we use less plugins sound become more natural and warmer.
Oh my God ANOTHER ONE🔥
Love It!
at 12:00, you can eq the hats out by finding their frequency and either pulling down with EQ or by using the frequency option on the compressor or using multiband at the hat freq.
I was wondering why he didn't just EQ the hats. Obviously he's a pro mixer so there's got to be a reason for that but I can't quite figure it out.
You could do that (and I have plenty of times bc I mix like an animal) but you’d lose some of the character of the other elements like the kick. Then again compressing also changes those elements. Maybe a matter of taste or how the specific track reacts that guides whether that makes sense or not.
Thanks for another helpful video :)
Amazing video Thank you!
Bro you are a legend
Joe's Cafe Santa Barbara, I have had many a good nights there! Dope tutorials brotha, very insightful.
Thank you Ethan
Great video! Damn that edit at 1:20 was dope also
thanks! that was courtesy of my editor, i told him i loved it! haha
1 min into the video and this guy dropping gems shortcuts 5stars
I've been dragging in stems 1by1 for way too long - I didn't even know that was a thing 😂 Thanks Ethan!
😂😂😂
Great video thank you
Some very good advice here.
In my opinion, reference tracks should be used from the very beginning of the mixing process.
Without doubt.
Every damn time ❤
great video, thx!
super cool video. helps a lot. thx :)
These are some truly helpful tips, Thank you. You also put lots of efforts in video editing🔥. Do you prefer put effects on a group over on a bus channel? or are they the same?
Thank you man
Ethan! Today I made my first song that sounds great almost instantly and I for sure want to thank you for your insight! I haven't even watched this video yet, just want you to know how much your guidance and the clarity of it helps! Thank you!
i love to hear that!
@@CompleteProducer Thank you so much ('://Do you have a format where your viewers share music, they've made with you using your shared knowledge?
Thank you bro! 🤟🤟🤟
This guy is the real deal
Jeez these vocals are niiiiiice
Love from India ❤❤❤
OMG. This channel is what i need. Insta sub
Awesome video. Shouts to Dave Pensado too 💪🏼💪🏼 I watched so many of his videos back like a decade and a half ago
Same!! I once went to his studio when he was working on a mix for a friend of mine. I literally found a Grammy under the couch in his mixing room haha
@@CompleteProducer what a cool moment, absolutely jealous you got to hang in that legend's studio
awesome
pep talk at the end got me lowkey
No way he knew the exact BPM 😂
He used the track ruler, but yes, he was in the ballpark.
It’s honestly not too hard when the drums aren’t very humanized. With no groove or purposeful human error, it’s quite easy to line the drums up with the beat lines
Subscribe to this guy man almost on 100K, we want more of these so support!
Hey Ethan! If you click "Collect All and Save" right away, it creates a new folder, adds all the correct folders inside the project, and you don't need to save as anymore 😎
Super video! Thank you so much... may I ask why you don't use any saturation except for the CLA 2A build in saturation?
usually for saturation i assume if the artist wanted something to sound saturated they would saturate in the production phase!
great video. Big question though should all the levels be at zero when starting mixing? Whats the foundation starting level?
hahah your the man what a great video
2:55 was looking for how to do that
Great info alltogether! great tips on the workflow. But umm; that isn't a rimshot that's crosstick. A rimshot is when one plays the snare "normally" but has the stick also hit the rim giving a "ping" with the snarehit.
great video some things i didn't know so thanks for that. i cant see the 3 steps to finish for spotify video you said about can you link it?
Same
1:44 genius
hello, does anyone know why there is no "Master" in the output type of the midi track? There was two option whenever I click it "CONFIGURE and NO OUTPUT"
Those tracks dropping in with the audio on my speakers scared the shit out me lmao
Great video!!!
Can't find "3 steps to actually finish the song" can you link it, please?
it's now called "What Pro Producers Do That You Don't"!
Great🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Do you have a course strictly on mixing in Ableton for those who produce outside the computer but track their audio into Ableton?
Sorry what button to you need to ensure that the different tracks dont collide with each other in terms of sound. So that the best matches?
Holding Alt+Left Mouse Click a track arrow will minimize every track in Ableton including the Groups.
Would me grate if you could mix a Bass House song, thanks for nice content
My issue is with knowing what “sounds good” or not.
Any tips on what I should be listening for?
Hi Ethan, I notice you are using the Audeze LCD-XC headphones, would you recommend those 100% for producing & mixing EDM tracks in Ableton? Thanks!
Buy monitors with a flat signal. Monitors will always be better than headphones.
I subbed before he finished his second senstence lol
Should I use stems instead of midi tracks when mixing my own songs?
where ya been!?
Fucking LOVE this video
there’s no point in using a preset on rvox, since it has basically no settings. there’s no attack and release to tweak, the only thing that the preset sets is the amount of compression, which is dependent on the source, so you should adjust it based on the source volume and how many db of compression you want. a vocal that’s peaking at 0 is gonna be compressed completely differently than a vocal that peaks maybe at -6 db, using the same preset. it’s the same situation with a vocal that’s been compressed while tracking, the compressor will react differently to it.
sounds like you should probably start a youtube channel!
how long on average does it take you to master a song ?
1:07 holy shit I've never seen that 🤯
lol it's the little things. i remember when i first learned that too haha
Why are the vocals in stereo? I thought they supposed to be in mono
Good point
Please make remake of drake search and rescue please ❤ live from india … yours all videos are helpful and useful thanksss a lot ❤❤❤❤
I know you're going super-quick, but in the 'Balancing' section you don't talk about automation, to change levels within the sections of the song?
Fadr can separate your drum stems now!! 💪🏽😁
You really look like Benson Boone with your cap off