How to mix acoustic guitar in any DAW

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Жыл бұрын

Mixing acoustic guitar recordings can be a bit tricky. In this video, you can learn how to get great sound within a few easy steps.
Follow along as Brian shows how to mix acoustic guitar from start to finish.
You'll learn how to use an EQ to shape the signal and a compressor to get the dynamics right.
If you want to follow along, you can download the multitracks here: www.lewitt-audio.com/download...
▶︎Chapters◀︎
00:14 - Intro
00:46 - Overview
07:13 - Controlling problem frequencies
12:14 - Tonal shaping and adding texture
14:12 - Adding ambiance and depth
16:13 - Before and after
16:47 - Outro
▶︎About us◀︎
We're LEWITT, a microphone manufacturer based in Vienna, Austria. We believe great sound is for everyone, whether you're recording at home, on stage, or in the studio as a beginner or professional. To ensure that nothing limits your performance on the technical side, we're here to push microphone technology forward. Our microphones can help you accomplish your ambitions easily and with better sound than ever before. You can get to know us better on our website: www.lewitt-audio.com/

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@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

What's your favorite way to mix acoustic guitar?

@MikeandMandy Жыл бұрын

Great timing for what I am currently working on. I am going to immediately apply some of these tips and save for later reference as well. Thanks for sharing!

@tybrooks559 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the tutorial, finally i found the best eq settings

@kriscampbell3364 Жыл бұрын

Man, I'm making a track right now... Was having a HUGE issue with the mix... Found this gem of a video... This helped a lot... Appreciate it...

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that!

@elleeenon8530 Жыл бұрын

Super! You explained it in the simplest ways! There are very few videos on the internet that really are to the point and helpful. This is one of those! Thank You Brian and Lewitt!

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it! Thanks for the kind words

@Ed-davies Жыл бұрын

That was fantastic ! It’s amazing how so many little changes make such a big difference 😎

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

It's amazing to hear the difference before and after!

@PooNinja Жыл бұрын

I like how you created a realistic depth of sound field with the pre delay.

@davemorris5941 Жыл бұрын

Great video!! Thanks so much!! Very clear and helpful

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Thanks for watching

@mikecole4489 Жыл бұрын

EXCEEDINGLY helpful definitely might wanna get my hands on one...

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@purklang 9 ай бұрын

Great Job! Very helpful. Thanks!

@LEWITT-audio 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Rod-Wheeler Жыл бұрын

Really great stuff!

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@phillosopherguitarist2673 Жыл бұрын

Gave me daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn good results! Thank you!

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@mikesmith1290 Жыл бұрын

Finally, a clearly explained tutorial! You not only show what your doing, but what your doing it. That’s equally as important

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! And the kind words!

@dyonissiszoes3747 Жыл бұрын

I like it better without processing :-) it sounded very natural. Great mics for guitar!

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! And that's totally valid. It all depends on the mix and genre you're working in. We presented a range of processing steps you can adjust to taste to find the sound you like.

@LekkerDops 9 ай бұрын

I also liked it better natural, the processing made it harsh and lack the warmth. Why mess with all this when all you really need is a great recording and it'll work. Most of the greatest records have very little tinkering. Bring back the ssl consoles and tape. Sounded better

@dyonissiszoes3747 8 ай бұрын

@@LekkerDops I know what you mean. Each generation has its tools and sounds. To each his own. The older I get, the more I love simple things that let the qualities of the sources shine. But some “overprocessing” can create something new and cool too. It all depends on the vision of the artist/producer. I’m glad some people are there to push things forward but I know I tend to stick to the basics 😁. Part of growing old, I guess.

@csb90 Жыл бұрын

At 2:27, what you are referring to as a low pass filter is actually a high pass filter.

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Yes you're right, it's a low-cut. Thx for paying attention.

@Trads_Tabs 22 күн бұрын

Thank you. Would be really helpful to have chapters in the video to jump to sections FYI

@LEWITT-audio 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback

@EyeMusicStudio Жыл бұрын

How is that JBL studio monitor? Is it good for mixing and mastering?

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

They have Brian's seal of approval! He's made some great mixes on them.

@kintubeats Жыл бұрын

you forgot to nudge down the frequency d6 aka 1174,66 Hz on Acoustic brigde take 2 stem ,u can especially hear it at @13:09

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Sorry, no revisions! 😂

@calmstormambience1875 Жыл бұрын

What is the mic positioning ? I see you have it panned 100 left right thanks

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

The guitar tracks for these examples were recorded with an LCT 140 AIR stereo pair in an XY pattern.

@SeekerGoOn2013 10 ай бұрын

I’m new to recording and mixing. Some differences I don’t hear. Also, if “the listener” doesn’t have Before and After comparisons how does he know what’s better or worse? (Eg, Does one Compressor really do a “better” or “worse” job?)

@LEWITT-audio 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure who you mean by "the listener". Assuming that "the listener" is the mixing engineer, then they need to make a decision about whether the processing they've added is beneficial to the source in the context of the song. In cases, yes, a certain compressor will sound better than another for a certain context.

@LeeNeitzel Жыл бұрын

One thing you that didn't get covered here is....are you putting the layered tracks into a single bus and then only putting the effects on the bus? Or, do you do this per track?

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Created a summing stack in Logic to treat both tracks at the same time. This is what I would do the majority of times, but occasionally tonal issues pop up that are better addressed in the individual mics.

@OrSaar 4 ай бұрын

beautiful tutorial! thank you! btw u can absolutely give up the background music my friend

@panamak8778 4 ай бұрын

Do you mix the two guitars individually or in a bus

@LEWITT-audio 4 ай бұрын

Hey, good question. If you record your stereo acoustic to 2 mono tracks then yes, you'll need ot bus them together in order to process them together. Or you can just record to a stereo track. Technically you could mix each mono channel but I think it's easy and sound more cohesive to sum them to together before processing.

@Sam-vl9je 9 ай бұрын

Do you recommend recording acoustic with DI?

@LEWITT-audio 9 ай бұрын

Short answer: No. Long answer: Go watch our video about recording acoustic guitar!

@OrSaar 4 ай бұрын

i felt that the tape added un necessary compression, unless you gonna mix in more instruments

@LEWITT-audio 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Context is definitely important

@officialWWM 8 ай бұрын

The raw recording sounded better than my fi used recording 😂

@putmeinthemovies 11 ай бұрын

what kind of guitar are you using there?

@LEWITT-audio 11 ай бұрын

It's a 1973 Guild D-40

@putmeinthemovies 11 ай бұрын

Thats a nice sounding guitar.@@LEWITT-audio

@putmeinthemovies 11 ай бұрын

Great tutorial.

@LEWITT-audio 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@arrow8516 Жыл бұрын

Interesting and useful tutorial but do we have to have bouncy music playing during the descriptions? It's really irritating.

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Background music too loud or would you just prefer no music at all?

@arrow8516 Жыл бұрын

@@LEWITT-audio Hi - thanks for responding Actually I would prefer that it was not there at all - it jars with the music/audio you are working on.

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Noted. Will pass along feedback and take into consideration

@chris_nalder Жыл бұрын

Sorry, Chance Mic if you need to do all this stuff. Or change the position. Sorry!!

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Thx for commenting. What's your favorite mic position then?

@jamesleplant8841 Жыл бұрын

Think you meant high pass

@LEWITT-audio Жыл бұрын

Yep. Will probably continue to mix up low cut/high pass the rest of my life 😅

@allankeenmusic 9 ай бұрын

Leave off the background music! Very distracting.

@evgeny9412 4 ай бұрын

The voice is very loud. Background music for nothing. The balance is bad.

@Tony-yp7ok 4 ай бұрын

I don’t think this is good advice. You cut far too much of the body of that guitar sound out, it didn’t need most of that doing to it. If you were thinning it out to sit in a mix, it would have been better shown in context

@LEWITT-audio 4 ай бұрын

I'm demonstrating what I think are useful techniques for mix problem solving on acoustic guitars, not providing a one-size-fits-all template. Sometimes the acoustic might not need any processing but sometimes you need to do several steps to achieve the sound you're going for. Take or leave whatever is helpful for you!