7 Untold Mixing Tricks That I Had to Figure Out Myself 🤯

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Alice Yalcin Efe - Mercurial Tones Academy

Күн бұрын

Absolut Vodka has challenged me to spill the beans and share with you my top mixing tricks that I know of. So here are my 7 untold mixing tricks that I had to figure out myself.
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06:07 The depth
08:00 Dynamic vs static
10:54 Understanding the sound selection

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@mikem859 10 ай бұрын

I am speechless... Without your videos I would sound like newbie for few years. With your tutorials, last time I give my friends listen to my song (without telling them!) and they thought its radio hit! Thanks Alice, I know that you don't want to work with "collab bro/sis" guys but I have amazing melodies so maybe one day we will do some hits! If not, still I am very thankful for all your work. Good luck! 😃

@monochrome_sweatsuit 10 ай бұрын

you are a fantastic teacher! extremely easy to understand and your videos are paced perfectly!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Cheers! ❤️

@tomthexton7813 4 күн бұрын

I have to say, I've watched a few of your recent videos and I was glued! So many gems 💎 in such little time, thank you so much for all thr amazing knowledge and it's free!? I will eventually join your mixing course forsure when I get some money! You're an incredible teacher! Thanks so much Alice!

@MCForty 10 ай бұрын

That dynamic and static mixing tip I figured out all by myself just a couple of weeks ago. I've been really nerding out on my mixing and sound design in the past couple of months and I have to say that your channel Alice has really helped me a lot - keep up the good work.

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Keep producing!❤️

@Ravver 10 ай бұрын

I always learn so much from these thank you!! Best tutorials on here

@Erebus369 8 ай бұрын

Great tips! Always love learning from you new production techniques

@gunnarschuettler 10 ай бұрын

Best video ive seen so far from you. Great lesson and reminder for every musician. thx ja

@mdk1983 10 ай бұрын

Wow Alice! Thank you so much for such precious tips. This video is going into my favorites ❤

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

So glad!😊

@rillegistechno4057 10 ай бұрын

I love your tutorials so much they help me a lot in my projects keep going with these wonderful tutorials!👍🎧🔈🔉🔊🎶

@Not0ver 10 ай бұрын

This really helped me a lot so thank you for sharing!!

@_TheViewer_ 10 ай бұрын

Never stop learning ! Thanks for the time and effort put into this, congrats as well on the Absolut-Possibilities 🥳

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Learning never ends, but I will share whatever new trick I learnt here on this channel. That you can count on 😊

@_TheViewer_ 10 ай бұрын

@@Alice-Efe I’m sorry, it might sounded like I meant you would have to learn 😳😂 I meant in general and cause I’m learning here from your knowledge ✌️🥳 not meant insulting, anyway thanks a lot !

@PaulEubanks 10 ай бұрын

Okay the ambiance/depth trick is cool. I've done the same w/ just a short reverb to put the mix in a room, but this approach takes it up a few notches.

@peterelfman 10 ай бұрын

The quality of some of these tips are next level. Seriously, great video!

@RogueFire29 10 ай бұрын

Golden tips as usual! Thanks so much Alice 🫶😁🙏

@Od3ll_Official 10 ай бұрын

This is sooooo helpful!

@FXWLL 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant tutorial. Your knowledge has really helped me take my productions up a level

@joshuajackson193 10 ай бұрын

These are all such original tricks, thank you so much :)

@AllenKraft 10 ай бұрын

You're doing some great stuff! Thank you so much! You are on another level!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Awww thank you!❤️

@FurkanTopal 10 ай бұрын

I love witnessing how music is endless and learning is literally infinite! This depth part is really f*cking logical! I was doing that with adding texture and according to the genre by adding some crowd fxs which also works, and I was adding freezed reverb of the main lead under it but using return channel with this way, I hadn't think of and it is really a gamechanger tip. And it gives me new ideas like creating automation of that return channel to manipulate that depth intermittently and imagine how it could be so catchy! The other thing I learned from this video is that I didn't know Pro-MB has a dynamic sidechain function. Lately, I was producing a song and I was adding two different dynamic Pro-Q3 parameters for whenever the vocal comes in, to compress the high-mid and high frequencies where the vocal's frequency is busy but this MB does that thing with more practical way without needing a second fx plugin. Damn. That was a precious information. Thank you for sharing these legendary tips Alice! Much love! ♥

@Expandable12 3 ай бұрын

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@JustSkySounds 3 ай бұрын

Amazing tips. Thanks so much Alice! ✨

@prodbydata 10 ай бұрын

Such a great and effective teaching style! Thank you, Alice!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Cheers😊

@jaketidd9198 10 ай бұрын

Hey Alice, awesome video! That depth trick is a really good idea and definitely sounds like something I have been missing but couldn’t exactly work out what! Especially with more minimal styles. Do you have any videos going into this technique in more depth? Thank you!

@ProfessorSaibertin 10 ай бұрын

Awesome tips Alice!

@briancase6180 10 ай бұрын

Another useful video! I've found that saturation tools are critical. I've also found that airwindows makes a wide variety of saturation tools that are great when used in the right circumstances. I recommend Chris' plugins. It takes some time to understand them (no GUI at all), but there's a freedom you get from not looking at an interactive display. You listen instead of looking all the time. Thanks for another great video!

@abrahamseven8019 10 ай бұрын

Great knowledge thx❤

@strud32523 10 ай бұрын

keep doing you!! i've learned so much form watching your videos!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do! 😊 ✌

@Hanzi_96 10 ай бұрын

Very helpful!!

@WeissAdvice 10 ай бұрын

Great tips!

@__teles__ 10 ай бұрын

I love you owning your new self! Well done Alice.

@hpnascimento95 10 ай бұрын

Great video, as always! Thank you, Alice!

@cwehden 9 ай бұрын

Your channel is very very helpful, thank you!

@Alice-Efe 9 ай бұрын

Aww thanks a ton!

@lorez6063 10 ай бұрын

You are awesome. Thanks for such great and educational videos.

@anseowesmile1143 10 ай бұрын

great vid!

@appearingthroughdimensions8117 10 ай бұрын

The return trick is absolute Power. Appreciate it Alice

@bryanromero7206 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic content 😁🎉

@lackofaffektmusic 10 ай бұрын

Always appreciate the clarity in your style of teaching 🤍

@burtonrider08 10 ай бұрын

You are an angel 👼.. you give better advice than what I pay for. Amazing asset to the community! Thank you!! 🥰

@PhillTHEMusic84 10 ай бұрын

Very nice explained, very nice edited video. Real deal ✌

@davidemori739 10 ай бұрын

Incredible video! Incredible!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Cheers!✌️😊

@GASPYCM 10 ай бұрын

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎶 Ajustar el nivel de graves es esencial en la mezcla, y puedes lograrlo comparando con una pista de referencia y reduciendo los graves en tu mezcla. 01:55 🎚️ Utilizar un "transient shaper" para controlar la dinámica de los sonidos y mantener la claridad en la mezcla. 03:38 🎛️ La saturación selectiva con dispositivos como el overdrive y la utilización de distorsión en bandas específicas pueden mejorar tus sonidos de manera efectiva. 05:22 🎤 Evitar la resonancia excesiva en tus pistas al escuchar y eliminar las frecuencias problemáticas en lugar de buscarlas. 06:23 🌌 Agregar profundidad a tu mezcla mediante la creación de un canal de retorno con efectos de ambiente para darle amplitud y ambiente a tus pistas. 08:21 🎚️ Aprender a mezclar de manera dinámica y estática, adaptando tu enfoque según la naturaleza de los sonidos en tu mezcla. 11:05 📊 Seleccionar y esculpir el sonido adecuado en la mezcla se trata de comprender la riqueza y la duración de los sonidos, lo que puede lograrse utilizando una escala de energía y duración. Made with HARPA AI

@djvoid1 10 ай бұрын

Targeted distortion is something I was doing with Wavesfactory Spectre, but Overdrive actually goes one better with the dynamics knob. Thanks Alice!

@Antweezy 10 ай бұрын

this is some serious sauce, thank you

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Happy to spill the beans!😊

@gutshisalamanca1191 10 ай бұрын

Nice video, thanks! The pro mbs attack & release times are program dependent so whatever you set the dials to is gonna be added ontop of their automatic gain reduction/makeup. In the example with the sidechained "beeps" you can clearly hear that this "added" release is too long, so with percussive sounds you can easily use the fastest settings.

@Keroser1983 10 ай бұрын

AMAZING! you are probably the best. Amazing video as always...

@kabirchoudhary1359 10 ай бұрын

DAMN THESE TIPS especially the low end one are such gems. You earned a sub from me!!

@Itsleakim 10 ай бұрын

Alice and her tutorials needs to be protected at all cost. Så jävla bra!!!

@gutshisalamanca1191 10 ай бұрын

I never understood why people are saying this? It seems like such an empty phrase like what do you mean? Protect her tutorials from what?

@Od3ll_Official 10 ай бұрын

@@gutshisalamanca1191 From tutorial theft 😂

@jeromelester8 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, it's always helpful!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@williamchen454 6 ай бұрын

Video so good I'm gonna watch it twice

@kai6424 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Alice, for sharing to us all these techniques for free that takes people years of training to learn.

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

I am happy to share everything I know! Hope it gelps upcoming producers and they make awesome tracks! 😊🎶

@adpt_music 10 ай бұрын

insanely good tips. been trying to figure out some of these things for years

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dani.papaya 10 ай бұрын

I just hitted the 1000nsd Like👍🏽 may I get any Bonus lesson haha? Thank you so much for this great advices!

@higuyssssss 9 ай бұрын

thanx u my one and only

@keremcengizz 8 ай бұрын

Great videos thanks 🙏🏼 im just wondering the depth bus ambience effect, which channels are you applying that effect ? Just melody or synths or include drums ?

@johnwitcher7039 10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Alice!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Any time!

@xrabbz2010 10 ай бұрын

Ambience return channel is golden

@antoineschillemans 10 ай бұрын

thank for the tips Alice...greetz from amsterdam!

@pirymusic4804 10 ай бұрын

Nice video,Keep on the good work,consider doing a video teaching the groovy bassline in minute 4.31 it is really bouncing all the track.Cheers

@hippienoise 10 ай бұрын

amazing, uir just amazing milady!!!!

@jacksolarmusicmastering 3 ай бұрын

solid tips, dam

@stenlyspa1325 2 ай бұрын

Very helpful and useful! definitely!!! And the Boris Brejcha track - sound so good! did you make already a tutorial how recreating this or... i should ask for this? (pleace)

@shirin6915 2 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for this video, another great one! Just wondering, this Ambiance return channel, isn't it just like a Reverb return? Do you then have another channel for Reverb? Thanks!

@user-ko3tj2vm2c 10 ай бұрын

You are my KZfaqr teacher Thank you always.🙏

@bvrbvs 10 ай бұрын

great tip on the Overdrive device. i guess Fabfilter Saturn can accomplish same and more, but Overdrive is just there handy and easy.

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Saturn is great as well.

@LiminalStvte 10 ай бұрын

can you make a tutorial on tricks on making groove with things triggering fx on other things, like triggering distortion on cymbals when kick hits and stuff like that.

@SuperElmundo 10 ай бұрын

as I couldn't see it, how much of the ambiance do you mix into the original sound? very interesting overall, thx for doing these

@Thilo-zh3nt 10 ай бұрын

Really Nice Especially the send and return track ambiance is a very good tip but what would you take as an alternative to fabfilter pro r?

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Ableton's own hybrid reverb is actually pretty good.

@frankcerra3216 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 😘

@ALDVIR 10 ай бұрын

yall, this is the only TUT u need for bass! Youlean are heroes

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Youlean is truly amazing for a free plugin.

@zionhdhg8183 10 ай бұрын

legend

@anonymerhiphop5427 10 ай бұрын

Big thank you, Alice ❤

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

And big thank to you for being channel subscriber for 13 months❤️

@giggipoops 10 ай бұрын

I love you!

@SonicDephect 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! What instruments are you sending to the depth channel?

@infesticon 10 ай бұрын

Im gonna try the bass mixing trick, One thing I ended up resorting to was using pink noise to mix to so every thing was basically the same level. But that's not much fun as you have the constant hiss noise as your getting your levels right.

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Give it a try. It is really straight forward and gets the job done most of the time.

@gutshisalamanca1191 10 ай бұрын

Dont do that, as you said it yourself you dont like listening to noise so why take reference from it? One of those KZfaq tips no pro would ever use exept when measuring acoustics. We are making music so take your favorite track of the genre as a reference and compare it to your own production soloing different frequency bands. This will help much more, promised!

@ErnestPaulRavi 10 ай бұрын

Could you make an in-depth video about depth using ambience techniques?

@Sunartica33 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate what you do for the music community. 🤝 good one!

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! We have a great community so I am more than happy to help.

@PilzE. 3 ай бұрын

Pure gold. Thank you for sharing...... AGAIN! 🤍😁

@skarab9 10 ай бұрын

Nice remake of Spacedriver!! One of my favourite Boris Brecha tracks 👍

@skarab9 10 ай бұрын

Maybe you can dedicate a video to it? What you learnt. Such a killer track. Those bass squelches🤩

@misterphb2183 8 күн бұрын

I use your video. I download on patreons with my profile. have the files of the video is so much time saving!!!!! Especially after ideation phase when creating the song. Your advices make it solid. thx! Let's check the rest!

@cedricblomhof1269 10 ай бұрын

Very helpfull, thank you 👍🏿 I see fabfilter mb, can you get the same result with pro eq dynamic ?

@Alice-Efe 10 ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely! That would work as well. Pro-mb just gives you a bit more control but both works fine.

@SpaceOfStarsDark 8 ай бұрын

🧡Gold Bass🧡

@Hanzi_96 10 ай бұрын

I have a question on the 1st tip. I need to increase the volume levels of my instruments way too much to get to minus 2-3db below the reference track. This leaves no room in my master volume. How do I fix this?

@CayneCarva 9 ай бұрын

I really like you videos, I think you are a great teacher! Only thing I have to admit is that it's somethime a little to fast for me, otherwise I feel like I am really learning from watching your videos!

@partlysimpson5154 8 ай бұрын

This is good forpeopel who are home producers, we can't hear the bass and kick so well, so we can see it

@frano5957 10 ай бұрын

Brillant

@Lateraluz777 10 ай бұрын

I was surprised to find out that Boris Brejcha doesn’t actually use aux sends. If you speak German, there is a 2 hour video of Boris in his studio giving you a lot of insight into his tracks, mix down, mastering, etc. Here it is: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7CnpdWWqsumqH0.html

@bobrobertsNotUrBob 10 ай бұрын

Nova eq is a great free dymanic eq, you can side chain with it etc

@gerasimos-dimitriostheotok7071 10 ай бұрын

Another brilliant video! Thank you so much Alice! One question please, what is the purpose of the limiter after the transient shaper? Can’t we just decrease the level? I’m having trouble to understand usage of limiters outside the master channel 😅 thanks in advance and much love ❤️

@gutshisalamanca1191 10 ай бұрын

A big part of mixing is managing your dynamics in order to create potential for loudness in the mastering stage. If you have ever seen the waveform of an untreated, recorded snare drum, you will witness a relatively thin sound but peaks near 0dB FS. What you now have to do, is to gradually shave off some db here and there (single tracks, busses, master) in order to push back those transients closer to the "meat" part of the waveform of your track. This is called the "crest factor" and it is showing the ratio of peak values to the effective value of you waveform. The Reason why she does not just slap one limiter on the master, is that it is not as transparent as managing the dynamics beforehand. Cheers!

@gerasimos-dimitriostheotok7071 10 ай бұрын

@@gutshisalamanca1191 thanks so much for your response! I totally understand the purpose of managing dynamics. What I actually don’t understand, is why to use a limiter instead of a compressor? In other words, when to use a limiter instead of a compressor? Thanks in advance!

@gutshisalamanca1191 10 ай бұрын

@@gerasimos-dimitriostheotok7071 there are multiple reasons I would opt for a compressor over a limiter. Shaping the envelope, the "sound" (mostly in analog models), Glueing or pumping & rythm. However if you ONLY want to attenuate the signal and shave off peaks, a limiter, or sometimes a clipper for that matter, is one of the most transparent ways of doing that (reasonable amounts obv.) Also dont forget that a limiter is basically a compressor with very fast settings and a ratio higher than 20:1

@gerasimos-dimitriostheotok7071 10 ай бұрын

@@gutshisalamanca1191 yes that makes a lot of sense! So basically in this case Alice is using the limiter only to catch the peaks! Thanks a lot 🙏