One of the kindest men on youtube! Thanks for your knowledge

It would be awesome to see tutorials about mixing the midrange, with lots of guitars, synths and vocals. Thanks Dom!

I appreciate your expertise, Dom, but mostly I appreciate your passion for all things musical.

Please do a video about sound selection. Thank you.

Oh yes Dom please hit us with the "how to select the right instruments" lecture☺ I'm sure many of us will need this lesson.

One of the most important video for Mastering

Excellent advice. Thank you for sharing. I knew about a few of these 7 tips, but many of them I had not considered before.These tips can spare us all from so much wasted time, effort and disappointment.

Gain staging is everything. Dom is right to say that we should ignore people that say it doesn't matter.

truth after truth after truth!!! master of masters! Dom's word!

My favourite channel! Dom is very engaging and really loves what he does. His energy and focus really motivates me. Thanks again Dom!! You rock!!! 👍🏻🤟🏻

Many thanks! Your video on gain staging changed the game for me on my current project, and the other 6 points are going to be helpful too. I'm not to the mastering stage yet, but I'd definitely watch a video on the process if you make one.

I went through this list proudly checking off each reason. It feels good to know what I'm doing when I mix and it's mostly attributed to the YT community at large but I'm particularly grateful to Dom. Wish he would put together a course (using Cubase as the DAW)...

What an essential outline! Thanks Dom! You're the best!

You're the Cubase guru Dom! I learn so much from these videos. It's insane how long I've not understood, for instance, inserts vs sends. I still don't completely get it, but way way more than I used to. Thanks!

Dom, Thank you for your knowledge, charisma and time, Good Man!)

Dom, I love your truth! This is not about science, but this is about using your knowledge and knowing what you're doing and what you want to achieve... Thanks for this video!

Love your passion for the rudiments of music production Dom, Real talk. Nuff respect dude

Dom you are such a pro. Putting in the work for years and being fortunate or good enough to make a living at it, yields a unique and mature perspective. Bravo Maestro!

Dom, Invaluable advice, much thanks. Love the intermittent dream sequences for effect, funny!

Loved the cutaway at 10:36 lol Thanks for grounding us on some of these mysterious points :P

Thanks loads for the real TRUE revelation of all this when the whole world misunderstands the basics.... 👍👍🥇

First off - Dom love your channel, best tutorials on KZfaq IMO. However - I think level matching most/all changes as a beginner is a good thing to do. Otherwise you make a change, it's louder, sounds better and so you go with it, regardless of whether it was actually the correct move or not. When you're developing your ear, you really need the level matching to actually hear whether something is better or not. That will also help you determine whether the correct move is actually just turning up the fader vs. putting a CLA 2A on, getting 4dB of gain and getting the volume that's needed but now having more midrange and compression than it needed. Thanks for the video!

Thanks Dom about filtering the reverbs. I had purchased the spaced out effect plugin after seeing your demo so im trying to do that into the mix..

thank you dom... you helped me on so much through cubase 12 pro and it so easy when I though it was so hard. thank you

The best video of 2022! lol! Brilliant advice, that’s opened my eyes on some things, and hopefully my ears now! 👏👏👏👏👏

Thanks so much, Dom! It's a joy to learn from you. 🍻👍

Outstanding Dom, thank you very much!

A big thank you Dom. I am learning every day......also from your videos. I love the way you explain things.

Thank You, great input!

Every of your videos helps always. Thank you Dom! I cannot wait for your full mastering video :)

Dom, This is GREAT Info... I wish you were still teaching because Id take your courses...Keep em coming!

This is golden knowledge.

I knew as soon as you said headroom that’s why my final bass would not even be heard while playing the tracks. Makes sense, thanks

I love your point about sound selection and why that is so critical to getting a loud mix. Many times we always start talking about mixing solutions, effects - clippers, saturation - what not, before actually looking at the sounds. Reality is that I personally tend to unfortunately pick sounds in isolation to one another - great sounds on their own, but too great together. So I think professionals have this uncanny ability to use sounds that blend in the right way and create the right psychoacoustic effect when everything is put together.

Thanks, Dom. Learned again.

Great, as always 🔝🔝

Yes please do the video thankx❤

I really like your videos,because you know what you are talking about!I know!👌😜

Super helpful, Dom. You hit The right spot. Thanks so much

Thanks very much dom

This guy is good!!

Said like a true Master! Salute 🫡

It was really helpful!

even good arranging tactics helps to fix things in the mix. you're so right

Hey Dom, thank you for your video. Regarding the fourth chapter ("being overly conservative"), we all know that mixing is about emphasizing the emotional impact of a musical piece hence every action you take should improve the piece you are working on. From my experience and the way I learned, the 'bypass' button is one of the most important buttons in every plugin and you should always bypass and compare the changes you do to each track in order to be sure that you did improve the song by this change and not the opposite. Also, we all know that our ears tend to fool us and they would always prefer the 'loud' version. Having said that, I think that level-matching is a key to be sure that you are doing a fair comparison and not fooling your ears into thinking that you improved something while you actually just made it louder. I would be happy to hear your opinion about that.

Of course we want "how to select propere sound" tutorial Dom. You are making good work. Keep doing.

Thank you for making this video. Mixing has been one of my challenges and your tips are extremely helpful. I’ve been trying to mix one of my tracks for the last two weeks and I feel that it still sound muddy. I have so much to learn. I really need a mentor on this. By the way, love your energy, your passion and wisdom that you put into making your videos.

Maestro, looking fresh! Happy new year!

Another great video Dom, thank you! 16:09, Yes please! Do make one about mastering. Cheers!

10.37 😂crack up Loving your videos. Learning lots. Cheers 👍

I'm very new to this and your videos are exceedingly helpful! I am adding drums to classical music and I am struggling with making my drums sound good. I know that I'll get there but I wanted to thank you for doing what yo do here!

Thank you Dom .iam really learning a lot from you

Thank you, Dom!

Thanks Dom - fantastic content as always. Appreciate your passion for sharing what you have learned through trial and error. (...and yes you have converted me into turning on the Control Room button and using that as a basis for experimenting with the sound.....caution out the window). Thanks.

Great video!

"Mastering is not for everyone". That totally made me laugh out loud.

very good video, thank you!

midrange is magic !

Great video Dom. Thanks

Watching the vid - literally just pressed play. However, feel I've got to share this revelation... It's taken an embarrassing amount of time to realise this. Had a issue with a mix, couldn't see why. The audio tracks had all been EQd already. They sat nicely and played well with each other. Good start. 👍 As I started things still good, the low end compression for the kick drum - good, meaty but not overbearing. High hats fizzing nicely in the mix... Guitars and vocals again good - not pin point perfect, but good enough at this stage. Then we get to the meat of it... The main music (all digitally created, with a few analogue samples) and there was the issue. Much of it sank into the mix without a trace. I wasted a chunk of time (not client time - just mine, so not a disaster) with filters, EQ, compression, exciters, bass booster and so fourth. Everything fell short. I then, out of desperation put it through a spacial image visualiser. And had a shock. Pretty much everything in the mix,aside from effects (looking at the dB info) was from the effects such as delay. Was literally set to center. So, went back to the mix - put a widener on a few stereo tracks, set to full (100% wide), medium and narrow (25%). It was like a different mix - everything that got lost was suddenly there. Some aspects were too bright , so a bit of HF roll off but it's cool as I could now HEAR what was going on. Never ignore the stereo image. It gets messy

Brilliant!~

Thanks for the level match plugin thing, am kind of obsessed by it and what u said here just clicked something in my mind. I hope i break free from it soon couse its making my mixes take to damn long... Thank u 😊😊😊

U are the best teacher ❤❤

Thanks Dom . Very helpful 👍

GREAT video, Dom!

Very insightful.

As a producer and mixer. I say always choose the best sounding sound, the sound that is as close to how you want it so sound in your final song....you can always tweak it and modify it in many ways, but the closer to perfection it sounds from the beginning, the better. Also pay attention to how it fits with sounds you've already chosen. A good sound depends a lot on the genre, and on what sounds are around it. A great kick drum for one song night be bad for another track. So consider the big picture, the vision, the goal, the purpose and role of the instrument, and the context

Love all your videos thank you!

You're a gold, i wish to be part of your students❤

Hi, I am new to the party and started a week ago with mixing/homerecording etc. I found this channel by accident and wanted to give my two cents on this: 1st: This channel is so underrated, I am learning so many things just alone from this video and I appreciate how much in details you go (in every vid/guide), 2nd: You talked about, that if someone doesn't feel secure in mixing to let made done by a professional. This so true. Nowadays with KZfaq every one can become a photograph, sound engineer, video editor etc. But there's a reason why in some countries these professions are done during an apprenticeship and you then can earn a title, like let's say "master of sound engineering". I don't want to say that there aren't talented people out there who did a lot by self-study but when you have done an apprenticeship for a job you know how much more and detailed input you get by that. That leads me to a question, do you actually apprentice students? 😁 And last but not least: thank you so far for sharing your knowledge with us, I can speak for myself and say it really helps me a lot and I appreciate the afford you put in these guides and tips.

Sound selection, yes please

Sound selection video 👍🏾

Thank you so much

Great, Thank you so much!

Just found your channel and it's awesome, thank you. I really hope you will make a video on mixing mid range, it would be incredibly helpful

Thanks for an intresting video. Be safe and skilful. Pinge

Thanks for this...and yes... please, make a video about sound selection :D

Good to know the first two to come to my mind were your first 2 which are key. Gainstaging was a key moment for me awhile back - I didn’t even realize the difference between input and output on Cubase metering which definitely is necessary lol!

Thanks!

Dom Sigalas. Respect 🫡

Lately, I've found that Tonal Balance Control and LCD-MX4 give my super accurate mixes and masterings. Sean Divine channel also taught me how to make perceived louder music, one of the methods is the using of multiband compressor on the mid-range during mastering.

dom is the future of a much bigger cubase community

Excellent Advice Dom...... Agree with the RTFM.......I also had a fully printed Cubase Manual.....Took for ever to print.LOL

I love your videos. You rock ^_^ x

So true... 🙂

Introducing I use the same exact trackball mouse! :)

Thanks, very good video 👌👍

you can, top down mix post fader and start with the drums and bass hit the top then back away dont be afraid to use ears

This is a very very very good video 👍🏼

Thank you so much Dom, you are incredible. Love from India. Please make a video about right sound selection and instrument selection.

Hi Dom….. great content as ever….. keep at it because you bring a heck of a lot of value with what you do…. :-)

Good video... Great tips

These lectures are a pleasant oasis in a desert full of emptiness.

Please do a video on sound selection 🙏🏾

YES! sound selection please

Back Again 2022 Happy Newyear

Dom, Please make that video about sound selection, I would love to know on what criteria you do that, besides style.

Thank you.

Thanks for yet another excellent, informative video. A video on mastering would be great, even though (as you say) "mastering might not be for everyone". I always set up an separate "mastering" project for the mix of my songs. But I am always a bit unsure what chain of plugins to set up for mastering. Usually I end up with: compressor - frequency - a tiny bit of Quadrafuzz - Magneto II - Limiter - Brickwall limiter. But I am never sure if I found the optimum for the particular song.

Hey but Don jus look gorgeous in this video. Keep level up ❤️🔥