10 Mixing Tips I Wish I'd Known When I First Started- Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro

Hey Warren, thanks for another great video. I have a quick question, I'm looking at purchasing the audiant ID24 interface and was wondering if I can achieve what I want.

I'm looking to connect both my laptop to the interface (via USB) and also my digital piano/keyboard to the interface (via the left and right line in inputs on the audient) and then connect the interface to my monitor speakers.

I want to be able to listen to my digital piano and also my computer through my speakers via the audient interface (not simultaneously).

I want to be able to play my keyboard and listen to it through the speakers without having to turn my computer on as well.

Can you please advise if this will work? 🙏

Thank you very much

What im getting is that the Static mix is super important:)..Buut, do i care Matching volume after EQ/comp moves,making sure i stay true to the balances in static mix ?Warren The Great thank you for everything you do !

Warren, as usual, brilliant and extraordinarity helpful and educating stuff -- thanks a lot!

..thank you so much Warren and PLAP - you guys are gold!!

this is amazing, thank you so much!

Wow, thanks for this one! I'm saving it for future reference. Please do more on automation, you mentioned several interesting uses that I never even imagined. So grateful.

Hello sir please tell me what is experience on kali audio lp 6 ..

Love all your feature shows here Warren, couple of unusual things to ask or even say, if have ever come across these two points. As a producer for about 4 decades, both before and after my audio production degree.. hope ok to mention in my path have been signed to EMI/SONY/UNIVERSAL & BMG... plus lots of the lesser known labels... my first question is have you ever listened to a track on monitors, then slapped on headphones and the bass line changes pitch slightly? I discovered adding a very slight 10% or just less chorus on bass seems to fix it ?! - the other point is tricky to explain though will say as best as possible, when mixing... have you ever experienced what is most like your ears pop like taking off in an aircraft due to the pressure change.. everything sounds great then... pop... like suddenly you feel back to the true listen.. a few producer friends have noticed both these things so am just curious if it is widely known from your experience ?! Tks / TREPANIC

He's thought of everything. Can you imagine him in about 20 years. He can flip this and push a button and BAM. You are perfectly set. Love it 😎

As always, a joy to watch, infectious enthusiasm and great learning points from the experience shared. Cheers Warren.

marvelous

More great advice! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Very well presented information and great tips / advice 👏
My god, right on⭐

All of these are wise and true.

HAH! Mute! This got me to pause the video and comment. I’ve been listening to a region in a current work that had me baffled on why it doesn’t sound right. Muting tracks in the region found the culprit! 👌🏼
Thanks! Now back to tip 5.
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Good sound advice there. Took me a few years to understand these points and the accumulative effect of nailing them can make such a difference,

Hey Warren,
Why don't you use your new room you made a year ago.?

Top advice! ❤

Super helpful!

Warren, another obligatory video!!!

A friend of mine, incredible pianist, composer, arranger in Jazz, reported me about his solo piano album recording in the big Deutschlandfunk- studio, huge room, big Piano... the engineer installed lots of microphones, close, distant, room, from top, from bottom, however. After recording they listened to the tracks, discussed, checked out and finally they took the two close mics, nothing else. Similar problem in some Softwarepiano libraries, that are just useless to me, because even their close mics do have too much reverb.

You'd be amazed how many tracks I've muted out from all them amazing multis we get to do mixes and prods of! :) Absolutely fantastic tips!

I've found this channel to be a godsend, thanks for the content. As a hobby songwriter who gets zero streams a year, I can't justify spending money on a mix so I need to learn to do it myself, and I've found a lot of self-improvement with practice and lessons like these. Thanks and I enjoyed the Andertons cross-over vids.

So much great stuff here!

Reference tracks are such a big one! Checking back and forth with them helps greatly. And trust those tracks, don't make "the low end bigger" than your favourite track. It will most likely suck on any other playback system...

Fla fli fling flin fling ....I liked that refernce for editing from you😂😂

I am doing marvellously well, thanks for asking

Really great summary Warren! For sure I'll be sticking your cheat sheet into your masterpiece "Complete Guide Home Studio Recording". I've been telling my friends that that guide is literally the "bible" to all things music making and production 👍
Many thanks for your invaluable knowledge sharing

As a songwriter and a self-produced artist, mixing is my least favorite thing to do the necessary evil I guess in the trio of things necessary for an independent artist. But the way Warren presents these videos with his not only obvious technical expertise but just his enthusiasm about mixing and making something magic just makes me want to go home and mix music all night it's just great and I really really appreciate it

I thought I was the only one who dreamt of snare Tracks at night. Good to know I'm not alone in my insanity. LOL!❤

This is a bit of a long shot but I'm looking for a mixing and mastering engineer/s for my bands 5 track EP. Its alternative rock in the same ballpark as QOTSA, Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, Tigercub etc. Our budget is £500. Please get in touch if you or anyone you know may be suitable and interested

What a GREAT video🎼even if you’ve been producing for years this is a perfect watch for creating a consistent work flow and for overthinkers like myself. Love it!!

The Static Mix thing is really good. Since I create as I go (as the artist + mixer) I can start getting into plugins too early.

First thing I learned was to have someone else do it.... o.o

as a guy who is just scratching the surface of all of this - mono idea is something I'm kicking myself in the butt about now! Funny enough - fortunately mute more vs. solo just made more sense to me inherently and has been my general go too. I really appreciate these videos that you do Warren! Thank you kindly

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Great advice, thank you!

Just want to add something for newbies who write and record their own material. The points made about automation here are, of course, totally valid, however you should be using arrangements as much as possible rather than mixing techniques to make your choruses stand out and your verses quieter etc. Just saying, if you're recording your own material, don't leave it till the mix stage for those things.

Point #8 got me thinking and perhaps my mixes and masters will sound better from now on. Thank you Mr Huart!!!

My student note on this pro course :
1. Ignoring common sense
2. Overcomplicate think
3. Too much information = confusing
4. Know your monitoring /Room or Headphones, how ? = 5
5. Reference tracks / Listen in the sweet spot
6. Make a static mix (Static volume and panning)
7. Bounce the static mix
8. Take breacks / Ear fatigue / No rest = No objectivity = Wrong decisions
9. Don't ignore mental and physical health
10. Stay hydrated, Rest, and get fruits, nuts ...
11. Check your mix in mono
12. Mute more than solo'ing will tell you far more, mixing in solo doesn't work in the track most of the time
13. Session Prep (Naming, Grouping, Color Coding) and Cleaning the session up
14. Commit the best sounding mic, remove unessary mic that doesn't sound good together, commit to one
15. This is 13 one but clean the audio clips, remove noise and silence
16. Gain Stage (I use reaper when there no balance and normalize to -20dbpeak)
17. Don't be affraid to edit, especially drums, if It don"'t knock don't rush on compressor, edit, nudge it so they bang
18. Label the arrangement
19. Tuning can be useful, you can edit just a bit area when Its needed, have good taste.
20. Mix in contest; solo is to find, adress issues, try solo'ing the groups of tracks also
21. Trust your ears, the only thing that matters, don't damage it so take breaks, watch out about volume, look about 8
22. EQ your effects, low end on reverb can destroy the mix, de esser on vocal verb is huge
23. AUTOMATION !!!!!! Its a massive part of the mix, automate panning, volume, verb is what separe great mix to pro mix

Great advice Warren! The static mix especially is key to keeping a fresh perspective.