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I always liked Mixerman's quote of "Mixing cannot be taught. It can only be learned."

I've watched 1000+ hours of every "mix like a pro" video, every "10 secrets the pros don't want you to know" video, every "10 essential plugins or your mix will be crap" video, and you know what? My mixes suck. My mom says they suck, that's how bad they are. Great video, Dan.

To get rid of bad frequencies in my mixes i do the best thing. I throw the entire project in the trash. Rinse and repeat.

It is said that Dan Worrells heart beat is actually a sine wave at 1000hz

This is the only chan I let the ads run 100%

Here it is guys, my first and probably only channel I'm about to be a member of, and I'm more than happy to be on this particular one.

Thanks Dan! This exact method you've identified as being bad advice has really been screwing up my mixes by removing all the character from my sounds, and I've really been struggling trying to apply this bad method successfully. It's great to hear this advice from someone like yourself

Hi Dan, been watching your stuff a while -- Glad to see you offering this course. Sadly after years of abuse, my hearing now starts to roll off around the 10-11 kHz mark, so I was hoping for a half-price discount.

One of the best ear training tips I ever learned (in an ear training course) is that 1000 hz sounds like a crowd going “ahhh” (cheering). I almost always can get close to the frequency I’m looking for by making that sound with my mouth and then pitching it up/down by an octave accordingly. Makes finding the frequency I’m looking for a lot easier

You've just got yourself another channel member! This sounds like a fascinating aspect of music production to explore and develop skills in, also I really enjoy your style. Looking forward to seeing the course develop. Thanks Dan.

great to hear ur feeling a little better dan, thanks for your teachings dude

Beautiful. I am even more “seasoned “ than you, and we both know that there is absolutely no substitute for experience. I am happy to see that you are doing the ear training stuff, and it’s about time that you charged a nominal fee for your expertise. Btw, I am praying for you and your health issues. I noticed a hoarseness in your voice in this video that I hadn’t heard. Again, I respect you and I am praying for you.

Thanks, Dan - you're greatly appreciated. Speedy recovery, fella. Cheers from Toronto.

GWS, the information that you have shared over the years has me in no doubt I see your channels value. Thank you for the opportunity to learn more.

Thank you for not planning on keeping the course behind a subscription plan. For that reason alone, I'll join now to support the creation of this course.

I love it when you get pristine ready eq'd stems to mix. Really reinforces that mount stupid.

Just bought the first tier subscription and also been binge watching the mix feedback videos. It's cool seeing topics you've mentioned in passing that haven't gotten a main video yet like the difference between reverb and eq, alongside such consistent wording of topics you've brought up before. It actually feels like Dan Worrall DLC, which I guess is what memberships are. Very excited for the training courses!

I was ready to subscribe to your OnlyFans for the ear training course.

This is the best news of the year I heard so far, I signed up immediately wish you a quick high frequency recovery

Im already so grateful for your videos and i feel like i am dodging so much bullshit on the internet listening to all your competent and down to earth advice. First of all that you put it out straight that no technique will ever compensate for your inability to hear what you are listening to in order to make determined decisions on what to do an apply the right technique to do the job. I will sign up for a membership, not in order to bullshit myself into believing i will get some magic shortcut in the reality of actually putting in the effort of training my ears, but simply to express my gratitude! The extra content is a great bonus though and i will look forward to watching them and listen carefully 🙏

Fair. You're a proper gentleman Dan. Thanks for all your advice over the years, by far the most useful and honest I've had on line by far...🤘

Love u dan. Thanks for all that you do.

While courses can give one tips and techniques, a course cannot give the one thing that truly makes an excellent mixer, and that is taste. Taste is not really something that can be taught. Either one has it, or at least some sense of it that can be developed through practice, or they don't.

Excellent Dan Worrall infomercial, will watch again...

Cautious is the most reasonable kind of optimism.

Cheers ! Signed up ! Thank you so much for this

DW just makes every single youtuber 'pro mixing right here' irrelevant. great work.

Dan! You are grounded in facts - that is what made me follow you! Keep at it!

I hope you get better soon 👍🏻. Thank you for the video

Wow, now I have my confirmation. I used to follow that eq advice and sweep and even followed proQ3 frequencies grabbing function. After couple songs, I quit because it just look stupid to do that. But I saw ppl teach that online, like Sage Audio (well, naming is my style). I feel bad not following their advice, but now you made me feel so released, Dan. Thank you!

I know how pedantic you are on making the highest quality of audio learning and understanding. So I will be joining your ear-training course because, if anything else you won't put it out unless its the best! A+ Dan... A fucking Plus!!!!

Awesome idea Dan. Wish you all the best with your health!

Quality content and information as always.

Thanks Dan - I just upgraded to a higher membership tier to say thank you and support this endeavour

Take care of yourself first Dan! Will take membership for sure. Have a good one!

I'm in. Thank you muchly, sir 😎

Dan you’re the best. So happy to hear this. Signing up!

Good call Dan that sounds great!

Thank you! I think this is going to be very helpful course, I really like how you explain things.

love the quotation marks around your logo

Wishing you ALL THE BEST health and GO YOU GOOD THING!!!

Sounds fair. I'm guessing I'd find these ear training videos very relaxing, which is my main reason for watching KZfaq, so I'm considering signing up.

I’d easily pay for an ear training course from you tbh. Easy to trust you given your track record of super helpful and informative content.

Sounds all fair to me. So I jumped in to my first channel membership. Thanks for your amazing no-nonsense vids ❤

Nice to see a realistic possibility of a realistic course that can help enthusiastic people get there quicker than they might. Wish I could have had this available. Still not there, but after 30+ years of learning (self taught) I would have (literally) killed for this course!! (perhaps not ABSOLUTELY literally) but what the hey. All the best Dan. You seem to me to be an absolute gent. Hope your health improves.

Definitely signing up for this!

The past year I tried to learn to mix, but there are not many affordable courses. On youtube is a lot of information and is a great way to get stimulated. But the information is not given in a structured way and can be incorrect. Your channel helped me to see the incorrect information or bad advice. And I'm very glad that you are now introducing your own course for a reasonable amount of money even for a poor student. I hope the health problem won't be an issue in the future. Thanks for the videos!

instant purchase. thanks dan

Fantastic deal, Dan, thank you! Joined. I'm a happy Worrallite!

You are one of the best!

Hey Dan! I have watched a lot of your videos, and learned a lot from you. Please do bless the world with an ear training course. I am a classical musician, a viola player. I have absolute pitch, I feel like my ears are pretty well developed. I would lovingly pay for a step by step guide by you that helps me use my ears better in a mix and master context. Mixing and mastering are a way of being involved with music that I really enjoy. I feel like my background as a classical musician playing a instrument that can be out of tune, gives me a nice base to start work on

I’m always here for Daddy Dan 🎉

Always a pleasure Dan. It’s also worth mentioning that I have gotten promising results regarding feedback from my music. I still have yet to learn so much. Never in a million years i’d see myself absorbing all this wealth of information. But as I keep going further down this journey. It’s all starting to make sense now. the chance of me doing something with my music is more positive than ever. You know my father was a janitor and he still is. But doesnt work as hard as how he used too. I remember i used to work with him as a kid graveyard shifts. Ppl say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I’d say the hell with their silly played out metaphors. In this case im beginning to realize i might possibly achieve a quantum leap. I should literally be mopping floors rn but i chose not to. I’d choose science over theories any day. :) . Anyways cheers, RL@Y

So glad you've confirmed my thoughts that, at least what was apparent to my ears and my going about it, sweeping narrow bells is not the best idea. In my beginnings it made me use up all bands sometimes, having to open another EQ under, and often canceling a boost or cut I had done in the previous one. The next day I'd come back and knew something was off but it was such a mess to repair, when there was probably almost nothing to repair to begin with. Later when I downloaded old EQ emulators (like 1073) I learned less is more, unless you really know what you're aiming for. And as you point out, you could be cutting non-problematic frequencies just because they sound bad boosted 10 dB in a narrow bell.

Sounds very fair to me. Best of health Dan

Thanks Edit: Someone recently mentioned that you should start a course, I'm glad to see it

Best wishes re your health Dan.

Dan, I think this ear training course may be the greatest piece of music mixing education content produced up to this point.

I tell students all the time: stop sweeping around,. By the time they think they got it, their ears are mush and they are no longer really aware of what they were looking for in the first place. Listen and learn. Good one. Its insanely annoying that I never hear any one say that. Several thumbs up.

Dude is not only the best teacher, but a totally fair dude with pricing. Nice one

Yes, sounds good.

Excited

Got it. Saturation tier, here we go.

A legend in the game

Yippeeeee the only channel I would pay money for

YEP!! Sounds fair to me buddy. Love ya!

Dan dropping the bombs exploding with knowledge...again.

again: just yes. thankyou.

I imagine Dan's free content has helped countless people (including pro engineers) to add a few more tools to the kit and improve their mixes. I think it's about time we pay the man a little extra for his invaluable advice! Thank you Dan 👍

Thank you so much, I will become a member :)

Zero BS. Priceless.

Joined! Thx

The general guide to frequency bands given in the book “live sound reinforcement” is a great way you can make you stop and think before you jump on to the eq board. Taught a lot of new church live engineers using this method. Once they got trained in it, they were better than the seasoned engineers at church.

I might sign up once there is more of them available. I like bingewatching

Long time "analog" musician which sees this sort of thing when learning instruments. That's how I ended up on your channel, cuz I couldn't understand it, but you spoke about it effortlessly. So it was obvious you're legit. That and you don't try to sell me shit other than fabfilter, but cuz you actually like the tool I have 400 hours in reaper in my 40 days of trial time, thanks for all the help

Get better soon Dan.

Sounds like a fine approach. If you need a different platform at some point, it will become clear by itself anyway. If you run into too many bugs with the platform, or don't like the cut you get or something.

I'm a total amateur producer. But I think my strongest skill is listening. I think it might be in part due to my way of partaking in feedback exchange channels (Also because I always dabbled in music, and did DJ for like 10 years or so, before really going into production). I won't do it often, but when I do, I always go all in with feedback. Usually even throw it in a daw, sync/set correct time signature, and label my comments with bar numbers (if it's gritted anyway). I figure it really is win-win. You train your ears, sometimes get inspiration, broaden your horizon genre-wise. And the one receiving feedback always is very happy for the detailed thesis it ends up being. Edit: In fact, I am so confident about my hearing (recently I stood next to a live mixer and every time I was thinking, there is something wrong, you should do "this", he was already doing "this" to adres it. It really was an ego boost) that I am thinking of applying for voluntary work at this nightclub. To do the live mixing at gigs in the weekends sometimes. I really am confident I could learn this, and I heard they do offer a course for it, and that they are in need of new audio peeps. Lately whenever I am at live performances, I can't help but consider/judge the mix. Maybe the time is right, and I should jump into it.

Get innnnnn there

I would definitely be up for buying the whole course with a one-off payment 👍

Bang on Danno. Listen first innit 👍

at the same time, your even most casual videos are a masterclass in extrasensory or metaphysical eq-ing* *a process which balances vibes between speakers, a speaker and a listener and then of course listeners whereas all of them feel and act invited and in a purposeful and proper place which naturally radiates itself into finest harmonics of logos and "all senses on overdrive"

Take my money, Dan!! I'm in

Dan videos are my oasis on youtube

oh my. thank you for the courses. I cannot pay for subscription for now but if you make your courses accessible with a one time fee. i will start saving up

I need to wait til the cub goes back to school, but I intend to join. A great teacher has an edge, for the impression made is deep enough to hold the knowledge and it becomes treasure. I still think you should do the book thing. Like an encyclopedia of frequencies kinda thing, not an A to B to C, but the spectrum of sound in numerical dictionary format.

I’m allllll about it!!

uncle Dan is absolutely right! , if u sweep around without firstly knowing what you are looking for then you are heading for a disaster. I always laugh when I see people telling others to use that method😂

Good on ya my guy. KZfaq is a great call.

I wish there was a way to just...buy the videos outright. But I hear you on having short patience for the "business" side of things. Maybe I'll wait until at least a bigger set of them is available.

I love the way you used actual quotation marks to approximate finger air quotes.

You are a damn treasure

Some of my favorite mixers have very little technical understanding. They intuitively know the balance that makes a feel, and can’t be bothered to care why. Primarily, I’m talking about musicians. I’ve learned a lot by spending some quiet time with them. A very famous salsa performer showed me how to find the volume of the cowbell, and I’m being serious. It changed my ability to mix salsa forever. It is the most important instrument in the band and finding its volume unlocks the secret of salsa’s amazing polyrhythmic and harmonic fundamentals. It took all of 60 seconds. My mind was blown and I owe him forever. EQ? Panning? Effects? Pfft! Surely you jest.

Dave Pensado has an interesting couple of In The Lair episodes sweeping a low shelf and then a high shelf and listening to how the character of things change in a track .. Something for folks to search for.

the dont entirely work. They all taught me a alot, led me towards what concepts to learn, and what drills to run. Jason Joshuas master classes on mix w/the masters helped tremendously, so many videos on helped me tremendously, and running drills on sound gym helped train my ears. If you want to learn you must be open and walk the path, it shall illuminate as you go.

... and Mr. Worrall has a new channel member.

Fair! Good man

For problematic frequencies the "sweep and cut" method works quite well. But like you said: you need to identify that a single frequency bit is the issue first. I also like to sweep without boost. This makes the frequency stand out enough Imho. When cutting I really over cut. Then un-solo the band. Go between the eq being on and off. Identify how much of the important information was cut. Then reduce the cut until it feels like I'm not taking away from the instrument but am fixing the issue. Then go back to the full mix. Bypass the eq, listen through the section. Active the eq. Do that a few times until I'm convident the issue was properly fixed. At that point I usually abandon the track and move onto something new and shiny.

Best click/bait switch ever. Well played, consider me signed up lol.