Finally Understanding Levels and Clipping

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Over the years I've seen a lot of confusion out there about levels and clipping during mixing - but only recently I came to realize that the confusion was so deep that people were altering their mixes to avoid clipping that wasn't even really happening! Once and for all, I thought I'd lay out for people in highly technical terms, but hopefully still keeping it fun too, everything they need to know about digital audio and clipping so that they can finally realize how little they really need to know. If you're the type of person who has found themselves worriedly watching the meters more than you're listening to the sound, this tutorial will put your mind at rest and your concentration back to the fun part: making music.

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@jasonbynoebynoetex1772 3 жыл бұрын

This single video has has explained to me what I have been worrying about for the last 8 months getting back Into production . Cannot thank you enough.

@TheDcrocks1 Жыл бұрын

How's it going?

@JimHudd 8 жыл бұрын

So blindingly obvious once it's explained! Now to go back and adjust all of my 8-bar masterpieces and hopefully they'll sound nice enough to inspire me to complete the songs!

@himdownstairsmusik 5 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of 8 bar masterpieces

@kahlilwolf 3 жыл бұрын

@@himdownstairsmusik Haha folders full of 8 bar masterpieces

@himdownstairsmusik 3 жыл бұрын

@@kahlilwolf fact

@ardiris2715 Жыл бұрын

I started stringing them together at random and keeping the ones that sounded good. (:

@MattRushtonMusic 8 жыл бұрын

Someone once asked Ray Charles how he kept his music from clipping when he couldn't see the meters. He said "I use my ears and when I hear clipping I turn the fader down. " I think we could all apply the same principle.

@RyanHarlin 8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Rushton If that's true, Matt. That's an awesome story. Yes... using ears and not eyes is one of my core mixing principles. :) Thanks for watching! /ryan

@waynevdk1 2 жыл бұрын

@@RyanHarlin but I bet he was working in the analog domain not in today’s digital world of digital DAWs. I don’t think this is comparing like with like

@RyanHarlin 2 жыл бұрын

@@waynevdk1 Well actually this story would apply even more to the digital domain where clipping is more easily heard. And either way, the core principle here is that if it sounds good, it is good. A universal truth.

@ZgraceLee 6 ай бұрын

Yea exactly. On analog mixers back in the 90s n early 2gs, I could hear the distortion n clipping. Then of course you'd hear it when u mix it to a cassette. Wit these digital daws n mixers, I can't hear when it clips. N distort. I can only tell by sight. I would like to learn by my ears tho if possible.

@yardblah5161 8 жыл бұрын

all these years scared to release music because the sound was weak and I was scared or red..soooo glad I found this..

@zfotoguy71 7 жыл бұрын

Several years ago I noticed what I thought was clipping in the meters, but I never heard the clipping. I always thought that was strange. Your video just explained why. Thanks for that!!! Thanks for being AWESOME! I just discovered all these videos and learned quite a bit in the last few days. Wow, this is a game changer for me.

@LearnReason 8 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial Ryan on the understanding of headroom and the red levels....rock on!

@phathandyman4537 7 жыл бұрын

agreed.

@ramirationpower 3 жыл бұрын

I just mixed a song following your advices, and it sounds great! Thanks from the buttom of my heart for share all this tutorials.

@TheOfficialProtostar 8 жыл бұрын

Very informative! Keep up the great videos!

@BirdsongCrochet 4 жыл бұрын

OMG, this is probably one of the most simplest yet effective ways to really bring my music recordings up a major notch! Thanks so much for making this video!!

@jeanlove8510 2 жыл бұрын

Same, my drums never sounded this loud before. Go get em!

@beckyriley4423 8 жыл бұрын

This was BY FAR one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen! Thank you Propellerhead team!!!

@reddenstudio 8 жыл бұрын

Yup, until I watch this video, I was pulling the channel down from the VU meter red position. Never again, thanks for the great video!

@SooshiShef 8 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I've had Reason for 4 years now, and I'm finally understanding why I wasn't getting that pro edge to my sound.

@song23ministries 2 жыл бұрын

New to Reason. It was actually my last desperate choice...but I love it. The DAW, the RACK, is perfect for my brain. Thanks Ryan for putting this together in 2016 so that many of us coming on board to REASON can benefit from it in 2021. There will be a little bonus in your paycheck!

@FreonTheFrozen 7 жыл бұрын

I really do appreciate Ryan's Videos. Video Production. It's cohesive and to the point. I truly enjoy them. Thank you!

@bratby 3 жыл бұрын

I did not realise how much I needed to see and hear this video. Amazing 👏

@joshualeake3038 8 жыл бұрын

These tutorials are really great. They are really well presented, well explained, and they don't waste time. Thank you and please make more like these! Super helpful!

@NoelScerri 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million for this video. You have just opened a horizon of possibilities for me. Respect.

@javierbza 3 жыл бұрын

I love (and miss) these video series!

@crouge 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tutorial, I have been confused about this for years!

@benjaminfabricius1478 8 жыл бұрын

Love this series of videos. Just always nails it.

@peterpaolini 4 жыл бұрын

This video deserves an Oscar. I’ve watched it over and over. Just brilliant

@LennyThroughParadise 6 жыл бұрын

Sheez these tutorials are like the best on the internet and makes me want to stick to Reason even more. Please never stop these series Ryan!

@DaveKeeton 7 жыл бұрын

I was guilty of freaking out over my levels on the mixer. Thank you for clearing this up for me. Now I can relax and get back to making music without fear of creating a wall of noise.

@MrUnsign 3 жыл бұрын

Love the perfect montage and design in this series of tutorials

@yustwastaken 8 жыл бұрын

This series is quite possibly the best series of videos I've ever stumbled across.

@RyanHarlin 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll be making more!

@KenKthulhu 5 жыл бұрын

Possibly the best Reason video I have seen.

@energylab227 8 жыл бұрын

Very informative and another great video. Keep 'em coming!

@superbot5189 8 жыл бұрын

Broh. All of your vids are phenomenal, but this one really helped me. Thanks for breaking that all down.

@fiddlestickzmuzik 3 жыл бұрын

This is way more important than you think, sooooo many people get way confused about volume and gain staging the final bounce etc.. this video is great.

@Lofi-Dreamscapes-Radio 7 жыл бұрын

THE BEST VIDEO ABOUT MIXING I VE SEEN IN MY LIFE

@edmurray3083 8 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Thank you!! I, coming from an analog background, came back to what I love and hit a wall with the digital world of production and engineering. Everything I did sounded so thin. Well had i not tweeked the life out of my works in the mixer channels... outstanding info bro!! Thank you!

@IsidroVerter 4 жыл бұрын

You explained it so easily! Your tutorial was great, please keep on doing these great vids!

@zoltanmpapp 4 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation, thank you for this video. I think I'll rewatch many times in the future.

@erudeigrek 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, such awesome explanation!

@jayfoster 5 жыл бұрын

Such a great tutorial. Thanks Ryan

@scguitarist 8 жыл бұрын

Love all your videos. Thanks!

@staffordmusicify 8 жыл бұрын

these videos are immensely helpful, thank you

@AlphaEchoZulu 8 жыл бұрын

Such an eye opener bruh!! Great job as always 🙂

@wesmatron 7 жыл бұрын

Reason 9 + These vids has changed my musical world. Thanks guys.

@drummatronic 8 жыл бұрын

Again, another great video. Thank you

@superart1421 8 жыл бұрын

Very good video ! I learn a lot and it's really fun, thank you.

@zeefour 8 жыл бұрын

This is the finest video on this topic I've watched. I am very guilty of smiting down a mix channel because it sees red. Its something I've always done with DJ'ing, I'll keep my EQ's flat and just boost the volume until it sits neatly in the amber. But this video is essential for folks like me how know how make a tune, but not really know how to improve its sound.

@mayzon111222 8 жыл бұрын

Superb video guys!

@zetetic666 8 жыл бұрын

You might not have envisaged doing this tutorial, but for someone who's been using reason since reason 1, that was very revealing. And sorted out a confusion I'd had between channel strip behaviour and master strip behaviour since the beginning. Thanks!

@SuperHonkyPodcast 7 жыл бұрын

You are literally the FIRST person I've met that has FINALLY agreed with me on this! In fact, I've had artists turn away from using me to produce their songs because they fight with me on seeing red LED's. Mind you my music sounds 10x better, more clearer than the "Producers" that they end up giving their money too.. I have subscribed, and will finally start pointing out this video to all my nay-sayers I've met over the years of producing music. #MISTA808

@ReasonStudios 7 жыл бұрын

Go team Red!! ;) This video has been really useful for me too because people still comment on my other videos about red LEDs they see and now I can just refer them here say "go watch this and then come back and say you're sorry." LOL And you know how I already know your production is good? Because you've already displayed your convictions to trust your ears and instincts instead of book learning and internet myths. Well done and thanks for the subscribe! /ryan

@N1nestein 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for "turning on the lights" for me. I had assumed that this was true when adding output buses because almost always when I output several channels to a new bus, it would end up in the red. I figured what good would that be if it was now clipping (and it didn't sound like it was clipping). But now knowing that all channels are not clipping just because the level is in the red is a HUGE piece of knowledge for mixing moving forward. Great video!

@painauchocolate2395 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos ive seen

@sammakesmusic 7 жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial - What isn't mentioned here is the RMS level and using reference material as a good guide to setting "How loud" something should be. At @9.00 - Many ozone presets recommend a certain RMS level at input - usually -12 dB RMS, -3dB peak - which I'm guessing the RE version doesn't show, so ideally you'd have a pre-gain knob just before Ozone, set that to get to the recommended input level , then your Ozone insert (to get the most out of the maximizer without sounding squashed).

@saberking7869 6 жыл бұрын

this is a truly excellent video, thank you

@YogevMontekyo 8 жыл бұрын

very precise and nicely done

@beatchewup 8 жыл бұрын

This video makes me smile!

@OMINOUSREDdotcom 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to explain this.

@StephenRybacki 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ryan and Propellerhead -- GREAT info for those of us just figuring these things out!

@alanshewitt 4 жыл бұрын

Well that was just a great myth-busting crash course in digital audio. Thanks!

@fxtheproducer 8 жыл бұрын

Another great video! This is an amazing tutorial series. Thank you Propellorhead

@ThatsMistaTwistToYou 8 жыл бұрын

As always, so well explained! Thanks for this :)

@Killerchan 8 жыл бұрын

Ryan. We definitely need you more than once a month :(

@vpsaxman 6 жыл бұрын

These videos must take an incredible amount of time to make and edit.

@PrAnG2000 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clearing this up. Great vid.

@LordCritish 7 жыл бұрын

"The thing about mastering limiters......" - Albert Einstein ... LOL! Great vid as always! XD

@darknoisepilot 8 жыл бұрын

OMG! I needed this!

@ianthesage-music 8 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Love this content

@keepitlo00 7 жыл бұрын

I learned soooooo much from this video. Thanks a ton. Once again Propellerhead shows us why they are in an untouchable league of their own.

@SteveSStepp 7 жыл бұрын

I love the subtle humor in all these videos. Ableton user here, but still find these useful

@Hoick 8 жыл бұрын

perfect timing, needed to learn this!

@oddacorn 8 жыл бұрын

Great video! Now I can spend more time focusing on the music and less time (or no time at all) worrying about levels. Thanks, Ryan

@phathandyman4537 7 жыл бұрын

the sound of the levels is most important... listen more look less. have good monitors, and a treated room and you can be accurate. which is what you want. LEAVE as MUCH headroom for you mastering engineer... to crunch out the last bit with the nice expensive gear they have... which will make things sound VERY nice :)

@0906WEST 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect. This is how you do tutorials. Propellerheads better give the MVPs that made this a bonus this Christmas! ;)

@Jonotheproducer 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining this! This helps a LOT!

@NMROSTA 6 жыл бұрын

Oooooh! Thanks! T his have been a pain in my mind for ages! ♥

@HAZARDOUS88 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, very informative and hilarious as always, you guys are great!!

@adolfosamudio789 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this video.

@Tryggvasson 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I love your videos.

@phathandyman4537 7 жыл бұрын

Reason is the bomb dude.... gotta love it!

@NoOne0439 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, this was absolutely enlightening! Good stuff!!

@sinematrix 5 жыл бұрын

thumb up for it even I didn't watch it over. I know the quality of this guy. now I'm watching...

@loccaleus1 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the info. I pull all of my channels down til I see no red. but now this video has changed that...somewhat. I've learned something new and hopefully my mixes will be better for it.

@roydalezobel4946 5 жыл бұрын

This lessons helped me a lot. Thanks!

@BedlamnSqualor 6 жыл бұрын

Great vids, easy to understand and no bullshit! Have used a few tips and tricks from the series, mixes sound much fatter now! Thank you!!

@AlbertoDelacruz92 8 жыл бұрын

Simple gain staging tut please! you make all of this so easy to understand and I don't even use reason!

@tyanttaylor60 8 жыл бұрын

thanks man ,great video as always!

@TheLennygod1985 4 жыл бұрын

This is super helpful!Save my tons of time!!Thanks,and also this video is soooo good!!

@waynethompson7460 8 жыл бұрын

I never comment on videos...... This one was is FANTASTIC !!!!

@tonescapes9673 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your knowledge &the way you explain things so clearly.Tonescapes

@WelshIron 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome! No more fighting the dreaded red zone for me! Keep up the great tutorials :)

@HAZMATLIVE 8 жыл бұрын

AWESOME ..AWESOME. VIDEO. .!!

@djsirprice7959 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video!!

@funny_isher 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video

@wdblogic 7 жыл бұрын

Great Video!

@evandejong355 6 жыл бұрын

IT ALL MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW

@levirphillips 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else give a hearty chuckle around 09:54? Magic...

@bforeman1 8 жыл бұрын

Great, awesome, super informative, and helpful video. Thank you Propellerhead!

@danieldv6171 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Sir, for this great video, that certainly is not just for me very helpful!

@sirjcurry2182 5 жыл бұрын

I barely hear at all after years of mixing in the cans/headphones. So it's all good. "What? What's that you said/played" lol Thanks. Great videos. Makes music production fun again like the we all started out and didn't know a fader from an EQ. Thanks bro.

@timetwisterlive 8 жыл бұрын

thank you very much for this video, i waited so much to understand this, you should have done it years ago !!!

@boristoualy4123 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice!

@paulweyer4339 8 жыл бұрын

I was having clipping anxiety just yesterday haha. This video gave me an idea for a refill. Call it "Bit by Bit," a bitcrusher that can go from 1bit to max by increments of single bits. I imagine you could get some versatile clipping out of it.

@TLOEric 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing video- thank you!

@simoneiavarone8860 7 жыл бұрын

this video changed my life

@SapphicSteph 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! No wonder my rough mixes never sound distorted when I export them! Really useful information.

@vmitchell1131 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, this is something that’s confused me for months 😂

@Matt_Aquila 8 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for this explanation. I'm guilty of leaving my master fader at 0db and having all my channel faders way low down for fear of clipping in the mix bus (a habit from using low quality hardware mixers in the past). Not that my mixes weren't bad, mind - I just gave myself less headroom to work with. I'm gonna try and force myself to mix differently from now on :)