In this tutorial series, we are going to professionally mix and process vocals that have been recorded in amateur/bedroom producer style - an approach most of us should be guilty of. We will go through cleaning the vocals, pitch correction, compression and more. This is part 2: Using Melodyne to correct pitches. If you don't know Guido, he's giving our Masterclass in Mixing and Mastering where you can learn how to mix your own production from A to Z.   YOUR ULTIMATE VOCALSAMPLE COLLECTION Professional Vocals Have Never Been So Easy! Get Here About Vocals Vol. 1 The pack contains female and...

Guido is back, showing awesome tricks on How To Mix 808 Kick and Bass - for example in the style of Drake - Gods Plan and 2 other examples (Lil Pump, Travis Scott). You can pick up this Ableton Project from our Freebies section! If you don't know Guido, he's giving our Masterclass in Mixing and Mastering where you can learn how to mix your own production from A to Z.   Resources / Files:  Check out: Masterclass: Mixing and Mastering a Track from Start To Finish (Full Course) Drum Sample Pack used: Deep Premium Vol. 2    Keywords: Mixing 808 Kick and Bass...

We had some requests for another tutorial on drum compression. So in this video, Guido from CatandBeats will show you how to compress your drums with Ableton Glue Compressor.  And he will be sharing his setting that "works nine out of ten times" - which is great! If you don't know Guido, he's giving our Masterclass in Mixing and Mastering where you can learn how to mix your own production from A to Z.   Resources / Files:  Check out: Masterclass: Mixing and Mastering a Track from Start To Finish (Full Course) Drum Sample Pack used: Deep Premium Vol. 2 You can...

Mastering Chain Setup: Lets set up a powerful mastering chain in Ableton with the goal of only using built-in audio effects. When “mastering” on this basic level, we are trying to accomplish 3 things: balance the mix clean up resonance add loudness (punch) to the track Of course there are different definitions of mastering and many philosophies on the order of your effects used. For example, one could perfectly argue, that the multiband dynamics should go in front of the Glue compressor. Chain Layout: But lets go ahead and lay down our chain as we are using it inside of the...

Did you know that the mixing engineer behind Kendrick Lamar’s breakout album, Derek Ali, mixes in mono for the first 80% of his process? Today we’re going to discuss what pros and cons of this approach. Why mix in mono? 1. Because it’s better for achieving the right EQ balance When you mix in stereo, you have some elements coming from the sides, some coming from the center. That may fool you into thinking that your frequencies are not clashing, when in fact they are. When you mono your track it’s easier to spot the mistake because you don’t have...

Contents covered in this video: Workflow:00:30 Producing without strong musical ideas02:25 Focusing too much on sound design at the beginning04:16 Not organizing your DAW properly Mixing:06:00 Mixing solely on monitors in a non-treated room07:30 Tweaking samples instead of choosing the right sounds08:42 Using effects without knowing what they do09:45 Not mixing in stereo11:31 Too much stereo enhancement13:22 Not dealing with clashing frequencies14:58 Not dealing with transients on drums Mastering:17:18 Too much master processing19:00 Not taking advantage of monitoring tools   Join our MIXING COURSE (from start to finish)      k-pizza I’m a music maker who likes to share his experiences with...

1. Doing all the compression/limiting on the master While master compression and limiting is great for making a track loud, too much of it will kill the dynamics of a track. You can often achieve more natural sounding results if you compress in stages. Try grouping or creating bus tracks for different kinds of instruments and compressing them. A common example is putting a compressor on a drum bus to even out the volumes of drums before the master. Try also dealing with transients on loud drum hits (like kick and snare) before the master (for example by limiting them)...

1. Mixing on monitors in a non-treated room Before you start mixing a track you need to be able to hear it in enough detail. The problem with studio monitors is that often producers buy them before investing in room treatment. With bad acoustics you’re not going to hear your track the same way you would in a treated room. If you can’t afford room treatment a temporary solution could be to buy good studio headphones. With headphones you’re not dependent on your room’s acoustics. I recommend that you still use monitors to check what your mix sounds like on...

  In this 3 part mini series, @nuckychulo shares his vocal mixing techniques on a nice Hip Hop Ableton project. Contents of this series: Gate and EQ EQ8 and Compression Reverb and Delay + Bonus tricks  Pick up the effect chain rack for this vocal mixing tutorial from our freebies section.   5h+ Course: Mixing A Track From Scratch in Ableton (with stock effects)     Keywords: mixing vocals like drake, vocal mixing like post malone, hip hop vocal mixing, vocal mixing in ableton   Check out other content on Hip Hop / Trap: How to Make a Trap Beat? Top 5 Elements Trap...

At PML, we love sharing our production tips with you. Today we've prepared for you 8 tips we found useful. 1. Making bass cut through To make your bass cut through better, split it into two tracks. Use one track to play sub frequencies (lowpass everything below 60 Hz with EQ8) and another one to play harmonics (highpass at 60 Hz). Then make sure your sub frequencies are mono and stereo enhance the harmonics. 2. Jazz up your chords To give your chords a more jazzy feel, try these techniques: - Extend them into 7th, 9th, 11th or 13th chords for that...