10 Mixing Mistakes Beginners Should Avoid!

10 Mixing Mistakes Beginners Should Avoid! | Make Pop Music

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In today's video, Austin will be discussing 10 things beginners should avoid when working on a mix!
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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Poor Quality Stems / Tracks 0:45
Sloppy Editing 2:27
Unorganized Sessions 4:04
Over-crowing the Mix 5:28
Stuck in Solo 6:47
Doing Way Too Much 7:59
Not Knowing Your Plugins / Tools 9:40
Following Too Many Rules 11:21
Referencing Too Much 12:45
Too Many Unqualified Opinions 14:40

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@sumairarif97 3 жыл бұрын

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@bekelronyt 2 жыл бұрын

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@bjarnyg 2 жыл бұрын

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@rapstarxD 3 жыл бұрын

One of the Best Pop mixers on KZfaq 🙏

@krizjr5746 3 жыл бұрын

Austin could you do a detailed video on compression and how u come up with ideas we r really grateful for these videos thank you so much 🤠

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely can do one on coming up with ideas! House of Kush just put out the best video I've ever seen explaining and demonstrating compression so definitely go check that out!

@krizjr5746 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic thanks Austin ❤️

@tyrellaxe8841 3 жыл бұрын

Yea for real 💪💪

@izmar 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic Great video and great channel, love Kush.

@krizjr5746 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic happy birthday Austin 🎉🥳

@agentcalm 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad Austin mentioned number 10. Christ the number of freakin' back seat drivers on forums is insane. Even on songwriting forums it's the same.

@christianwicked7604 3 жыл бұрын

Austin, man you're so sweet! A great teacher, humble, and super talented. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!

@Johnnylaurelli 3 жыл бұрын

Cannot stress #1 enough. When I was starting out I couldn’t figure out why my mixes weren’t hitting as hard as “commercial” mixes and it’s all due to the source recordings. Then I stumbled across a really well tracked song and the mix came together seamlessly - changed everything for me. You can only polish a turd so much.

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Literally night and day difference!

@bandninkasimusic6484 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Austin and fantastic tips/advice. I'm obviously NOT guilty of any of these mistakes. 😬

@izlo7377 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice. Thanks!

@thecovercircle7749 3 жыл бұрын

This are amazing tips! It’s incredible to get all these experienced point of view for no money! Pretty valuable content!

@streammonocowards836 3 жыл бұрын

finally getting back into music so time to binge watch everything i've missed!

@mrgoesta 3 жыл бұрын

Great as always, Austin!

@keegan6298 3 жыл бұрын

Great lessons here Austin, thank you

@ceciliaperez1069 3 жыл бұрын

super valuable information here, thanks for the advice!

@directive-4 Жыл бұрын

Solid advice. Thanks.

@elchikoriko592 3 жыл бұрын

I liked that you made a distinction between quality stems and time-aligning. I think my major issue currently is the second, not the first -- but I wasn't thinking of it this way until you cleared that up :)

@bastienb8355 3 жыл бұрын

I can see myself a lot on this video ahah ! Thanks, it was very helpful !!

@ruzikaimuzika 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always!

@victor260698 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! this helped meA LOT!!

@johnkhalkho798 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful guy - Love watching him!

@williecolonmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, my friend You're Amazing!

@thedrivereraworld6033 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos beat every single course i've signed to, just amazing! I would love if you could make a tutorial on Zedd, something like the middle or stay! The chainsmokers would be awesome as well!

@davejohnsonmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips brother!

@josealfonso5260 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Would love to hear from you on how to produce an indie-pop track.

@SarahSpencerMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Raaaad. thank you for this!

@carlodevivomusicontent2138 3 жыл бұрын

4 and 5 are the key in my opinion 👏

@nathalielow4504 10 ай бұрын

loves it

@kelvinfunkner 3 жыл бұрын

solid advice.

@unclemick-synths 3 жыл бұрын

Good video. Yep group opinions can be hilarious and the poor OP has no idea who to believe! Streaky just posted an A/B of a £50 interface vs a £2500 interface and even on cheap computer speakers the difference was clearly audible but some commenters still preferred the mushy brightness and lack of depth of the £50 interface. 🤪

@jia-yeelee3645 3 жыл бұрын

thank u :)

@SweetDreamJennie 3 жыл бұрын

Thanksssssss

@filiprangus5826 3 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks! Also, could you please do a video on how to create a drop if you don't know what to create? I am in the EDM and so if I don't want to do classic future house, progressive house etc. then I don't know what to create that is not yet there. Can you help?

@moomtones8156 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips, I was chasing all the dragons.

@Tube-yo9tj 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always. I have been listening to Westside by Ariana Grande a lot lately and I am wondering if you could spend some time explaining how to create a similar loop like that song with reverse and chopping screw sounds.

@blacklist5834 3 жыл бұрын

What should we need to record professional vocals?

@oliverlucas7811 3 жыл бұрын

You are a legend

@kronyly 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I watch your videos from Russia, I apologize for the clumsy English) could you make a video on how to write music in the Jon Bellion style, broken rhythms, creating melodies and mixing his voice, so that it would also come out cleanly and on the topic in the general mix?

@xuamox 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! What’s your opinion on pink noise mixing? Also, many plugins like Nexus add a lot of default reverb to sounds. Do you turn reverb off and add back in later in a bus? And finally what acoustic panels do you have in your studio?

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I don't like mixing to pink noise. Typically I will adjust the reverb of the synth preset to fit the timing and depth of my track. If I am adding a ton of different synths and the reverbs are all over the place, occasionally I will turn the internal reverbs off and use a send or an insert with similar settings to get the synths in the same space, but that's rare for me.

@ELLIOT8209 3 жыл бұрын

South Africa is in the building.

@daronmusic2000 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about digital platforms lufs and how to master it

@chiaraastegiano4066 3 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to write pop music I would like to know which software you use to write songs

@mehmetemin4714 3 жыл бұрын

ı do not like pop to be honest but for producing technique ı ve got a lot from this video thanks :)

@Xbenda7 3 жыл бұрын

Hi bro can you make video about gainstaging please 🙏🏻

@heinrichsmit7045 3 жыл бұрын

How do you feel about mixer presets for workflow? For example of once the vocals is routed to your mixer channel, pull up a preset that opens your compression, delay, reverb etc

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I don't like presets unless I'm mixing that artist again and I have a chain from the last time I mixed it. I rarely ever use preset chains. I have a template with my general routing and color coding, and from there every project gets its own treatment :D

@heinrichsmit7045 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic Thank you

@goldblatalex7516 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Austin , i would like your point of view about Bus compression or bus (groups) for multi channels , is it good option? is it a must to do A side chain ? can you make a tutorial of a Side chain once?

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Bus compression can be great to glue elements together. I will add some bus compression to my drum group, lead vocal group, and background vocal group sometimes!

@goldblatalex7516 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic thanks very much Austin, and your tutorials are great! keep the good work!!

@riktascale4 3 жыл бұрын

Very good points. Do you use a SUB with your focals to mix? No one really talks about this topic. Thanks!

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I do now! I didn't use to when I worked in an apartment, but once I got a house I threw on a sub! I have the Focal Sub.

@riktascale4 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic ok l am in my own house too and have been looking at those too since l have a pair of solos. Would really love to hear your views on mixing with them. Thanks!

@CasenWatson 3 жыл бұрын

This had 666 likes before I stepped in, just over here doing the Lord's work.

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

😈

@benirodriguez9516 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic right? 666 was way cooler (it was me) XD

@dafingaz 3 жыл бұрын

🙌🏾

@LionMillz 3 жыл бұрын

Bro.. how did you get so articulate? You must have some kind of training in communication. Lol I appreciate it man. ✊🏾

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I went to school for education. I always wanted to be a high school English teacher 😁

@LionMillz 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic man that’s it! I knew I recognized that cadence! That’s a teacher’s cadence! Lol Dope man! Again bro, I appreciate the expertise!

@anugrahsoni872 3 жыл бұрын

Plzz make a video on how to make a Kpop like song

@tevnbeats9965 3 жыл бұрын

First comment 👐👐

@icoda1273 3 жыл бұрын

Love the facial expression on the promo cover.... " hum... Honey.. Honey come here for a sec.... Do you smell popcorn ? "

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

me every time my wife fires up her popcorn machine

@icoda1273 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic love it.. haha

@tsukkikei571 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get vocal lesson?🤣😊🙌

@dlmc2451 3 жыл бұрын

Please remake a One Direction song🙏

@skyggegutt 3 жыл бұрын

Your mouth speaks the tru-true - jerry

@Quant-Beat 2 жыл бұрын

Compression is over estimated when it comes to one shots…

@Quant-Beat 2 жыл бұрын

Asking fake pros on forums is waste of time; they compete in nonsense…

@TheShinsakuto 3 жыл бұрын

You can file it under taste, but for me your mixes are too muddy (From the Videos I've seen). Seems to be a quality channel though, cheers.

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever found the final mixes on streaming platforms? These videos are quite a bit darker than the actual mixes because the recording software doesn’t capture lossless audio and then KZfaq also steps on it. The mixes sound pretty different on the channel than the final mixes.

@TheShinsakuto 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakePopMusic Found you on www.austinhull.com and the Spotify versions really aren't muddy at all. Slipped my mind that KZfaq steamrolls everything. Thank you for your answer and my apologies :).

@MakePopMusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheShinsakuto No worries! I didn't realize how lossy it was until I was listening back one day and I was like "wait huh?" Vocals always have this weird lispy sound and the lows lose their transients after getting screen cast which sucks.