Remember that Ali also made Section 80 sound great purely in the box w/ cracked plugins and a broken mic. Dude is special lol
@Sleeplessnights0075 ай бұрын
Knowledge comes b4 the tools. You can have the whole console but with no knowledge the result not gonna be the same.
@HuntersGalaxy9 ай бұрын
Remember everyone, the #1 mixer in the world Serban Ghenea is completely in the box. Don’t worry about gear, do what you can with what you have 👍🏾
@trevorellis-guice57949 ай бұрын
He’s working with recordings that are going thru top end gear.
@HuntersGalaxy9 ай бұрын
@@trevorellis-guice5794 Love yours, do what you can with what you have. Worrying about what you don’t have is pointless 👍🏾
@gh0stransist0r9 ай бұрын
he's still using some of the old ass Metric Halo plugins too 😅
@trevorellis-guice57949 ай бұрын
@@HuntersGalaxy I agree, but Serban works with top level source material
@michaelbain64029 ай бұрын
I don't think that there is a "#1" mixer. I'm sure Serban is great.
@JMLRecording9 ай бұрын
So true. Having worked in some of the biggest studios in the world I can say this dude is totally on point. I’m not saying plug-ins won’t eventually catch up to outboard gear, but they’re definitely not there yet. When I compare my analog outboard to the plug-ins, none of the plug-ins can touch Physical outboard. It’s not a matter of opinion or preference, it’s just a fact. Just put a JunoDS next to a 106 & pull up same patch. Not even a fair fight.
@MrFatmac875 ай бұрын
You not lying most ppl can't afford it. I've been analog hands on for the last 5yrs and its a sound that can't be duplicated no matter how hard they try. From the tubes to fet transistors
@LONDONHARRISMUSIC8 ай бұрын
You can mix in the box and make as many hits as mixing on an SSL. But the problem is. If the song ain’t a hit it don’t matter and if the song is a hit it don’t matter. It’s all about the song. These young producers have way more creative options by mixing in the box and I’m an analog guy hard core. Worked on SSL for years I mix in the box.
@Sleeplessnights0075 ай бұрын
The box is the same like when digital daw just came in the game...we can do way more in the box with plugins and its easier to do in the box. Ppl only talk about warmth when comparing analog
@LONDONHARRISMUSIC5 ай бұрын
@@Sleeplessnights007 I agree with you. The only downside to the box is too many options. Analog will always sound better why because humans are analog and analog strikes a different emotion on humans then digital does. But with that being said nobody cares only us engineers can hear the difference but the listeners can feel the difference they just don’t know what there feeling. So with all that being said nobody care as far as the listeners goes they either like the song or they don’t. Analog will make like most songs because analog just feels better , and it has more emotion. But analog is over. For the most part l.
@edwardcolon86149 ай бұрын
So what secrets did we learn today kids? That Ali likes mixing on an SSL! Whoo hoo!
@3rty6ixRaps5 ай бұрын
Most of those Analog equipments don't have Mid-Side capabilities amd nowadays its really a big deal. And with the warmth or character, i beleive that its a personal taste and sound and the way i go about it is to use multiple instances of analog emulation plugins each one with a fairly sound till i feel like its warm or bright enough. If i have to use 3 nls plugins to achieve a certain character on drums i will do it, if i have to use 3 ssl bus comp on my mix bus i will and it really works for me, its literally a hack that i use when mixing my clients mixes at my home studio. Another one is, i can make a sound dark/warm and punchy enough and later use something like Fresh air at the end of the vocal chain to give it that air, beleive me, it sounds way better. Its just personal taste and workflow.
@emanuelwhitehead60395 ай бұрын
The greatest mixing engineer in the world is individual peoples ears
@waynepayne8649 ай бұрын
NEW GEORGE T CANT STOP WONT STOP
@T00nMusic9 ай бұрын
thank you for the useful information, very helpful 🙌
@johndecelien9 ай бұрын
in the dj Khaled recording God Did, you said the Avalon vt-757. But you are supposed to say the Avalon vt-737 cause there is no such thing as a Avalon vt-757 and he also uses the Apollo from Universal Audio.
@scottshepardson99699 ай бұрын
dude how are you mixing your voice? what is with all the clicks. love the content though
@mixedbyjocelin9 ай бұрын
Smashed it 🎉
@hassetjimenez9 ай бұрын
For me since I cant afford one of those consoles at the moment is kinda sad LOL but I would love to get my hands on a consoles like those. God job George. Greeting from Panama
@BigPES09 ай бұрын
Get ssl 2+
@faaip0de0oaid9 ай бұрын
If you know how to mix it doesn´t matter
@shevyjohn93082 ай бұрын
Get a loan bro
@larrytan738 ай бұрын
he uses a SSL4000 and plugins! hardware!
@014Marines9 ай бұрын
So basically saturation… hahaha
@xyxyxyxza22529 ай бұрын
bro you are boss
@ejaybeatz36099 ай бұрын
Been tryna figure this out for a long time but do you just hook it up to your computer or how does it setup?
@dubgreens1237 ай бұрын
That intro lol
@Idc.3509 ай бұрын
Just so y’all know, Jesse ray ernster mixed Burnaboy’s grammy winning song “Twice as tall” all in the box!
@ifelovemusic8 ай бұрын
You’re wrong in two out of three ways. Tracked on top notch analog gear and mastered on analog too. Tell the whole story.
@amazeus19809 ай бұрын
This video can discourage some people. He is saying that analog is the best. Well it isn’t! Sometimes it is a huge problem because analog has lots of noise, sometimes you want it and sometimes not. I use Universal Audio plugins SSL E and Neve 88RS ch.strips and I love how these sound! One advice for aspiring producers from me…use analog drum samples…multisampled instruments like guitars and orchestral stuff and these days we have soooo many analog samples for free that you do not have to worry about anything! ;)
@shevyjohn93082 ай бұрын
Analog dont have that mich noise i got hybrid and its a cheat its faster to get that finish sound you can never get that glue and 3D vibe from plugins because it cannot replace real voltage its facts its not discouraging ppl you can still make good music itb but otb gives that polish and with depth that plugins cannot do period
@shevyjohn93082 ай бұрын
By the way i was mixing in the box for years also i saved up a buy my gear piece by piece
@TutorialesMezclaMastering9 ай бұрын
Hey george Its possible your ultimate effects template for Reaper?
@PlatinumMastering9 ай бұрын
Just because you have ssl no guarantee you make things sound good 👍 it depends
@HearShotKidDrummer9 ай бұрын
Wow so insightful who woulda thought
@ScottThePisces9 ай бұрын
but that chances are that if you have an ssl console, you're probably coming from a family who professionally do music, and have been trained to use it lol
@NickScottProducer7 ай бұрын
Yo these videos are amazing, but please throw on a HP filter on your voice lol. Any time you hit a plosive, I think somebody's slamming a car door outside my house.
@garygoldman46038 ай бұрын
where can i find clip of ali mixing DNA?
@MoveTrueRecords_9 ай бұрын
yea its fun but expensive. This field is not cheap. I promise i will be the greatest in the box to do it. Just watch
@NurseWalker9 ай бұрын
Nah You gotta go through me first lol
@MoveTrueRecords_9 ай бұрын
lol how i see it i wanna keep working all together. BEAT this AI ish@@NurseWalker
@NurseWalker9 ай бұрын
@@MoveTrueRecords_Big facts. They trying to replace us smh
@MoveTrueRecords_9 ай бұрын
NEVER. LETS WORK BRO!!. Cant replace the SOUL@@NurseWalker
@numero-_-uno9 ай бұрын
F@ck man , its been almost a year that i compare and mix my songs comparing goodkid n butterfly ... no wonder why no matter what i do my drums n bass can't go as high as his ... a legend love him - cant wait to work with him and get my own ssl :)
@terenceblack37249 ай бұрын
Did you use lots of saturation, distortion and parallel compression?
@incognitiveincognito9 ай бұрын
I garuntee you don't need an ssl to get what your missing, at most his hardware might make it simpler to get the exact sound, but I promise you could also do it entirely in the box and get just as good of results with just as much work if you found a process. Like the other guys said, saturation, compression, and then good sound selection and arrangement will get you 95% there on its own.
@numero-_-uno9 ай бұрын
well saturation and distortion wont work as you may think - that's why he says no matter what these companies promise you ,you cant achieve the analog "good" clipping ... maybe and little bit of saturation to the upper mids of 808 or upper mid of a kick .... but it wont do a difference cause saturation is about flavour ... parallel compression i wont suggest it - what i would do is double track basically parallel compression without the compressor but again you can double as much as you want the track but the sum should go below -12 rms ....or else there is clipping digital which sounds bad - thats where the analog comes in , he clips it on the ssl which sounds good and then routes it back into the daw and he has an advantage over me or over anyone who uses just the computer daw , sonically and level wise :P thats why his drums especially kick n snare go so loud and clear :)@@terenceblack3724
@numero-_-uno9 ай бұрын
no it won't -but never mind :) if you want you can show me a track you ve made and we can comprare it to let's say money trees- kendrick lamar @@incognitiveincognito
@TrapBoiFuse5619 ай бұрын
Get a summon mixer
@LONDONHARRISMUSIC5 ай бұрын
But if I had an unlimited budget I would mix solely in analog. I don’t want templates either because if you use templates all your mixes will sound the same and you will not discover new tricks through mistakes. Templates will make you lazy and less creative. I would rather have to start from scratch on every single mix just for the creative process. Because I feel different every single day life is not a template neither is music.
@MagicCvstle9 ай бұрын
Is that your real voice?
@georgetmusic9 ай бұрын
No
@akazicprod9 ай бұрын
He sounds like he is getting horny speaking about audio stuff LOL
@geoffreyogaro57279 ай бұрын
In short he clips the sounds, distorts them or saturates them
@breezyoakk9 ай бұрын
2:30
@DappadanD878 ай бұрын
What tf is the box????
@morelife65086 ай бұрын
Computer box. Laptop. Desktop. A box
@TallFrenchy9 ай бұрын
Seems he mastered a cracked version and shitty mic before he got out the box and so he got the chance to use real authentic gear so of course it would change the game
@faaip0de0oaid9 ай бұрын
Analog consoles are not magic, to sound good you just need to learn mixing, don´t believe the hype of rich people
@mdptg19909 ай бұрын
Ali mixed Section 80 with cracked plugins and a broken microphone. He earned his stripes and it's cool to see younger mixers like Ali preserve the great engineering that went into those boards and still utilise it
@jovantrendmaker47228 ай бұрын
Wow REALLY??? His secret is using 150.000€ ssl G 4000 console??? Wow who would of thought his mixes sound great and his mentor was Dr.dre lol. People dont even know how much $$$ you need to spend to mantain these old consoles. And if hes using this console hes probably using all analogue vintage gear worths millions. No wonder his sound is good. Oh i forgot thats "his secret" while madvillain was recorded on 1500€ of gear and slaps
@georgetmusic8 ай бұрын
Watch the video he is using the console to just sum at this point. He could mix all itb and it would sound 97% there. It’s the ear not the gear to some extent 😉
@Gualaguala6599 ай бұрын
Bro honestly I don’t really like how Ali mixes stuff. I mean it sounds ok, it sounds “nothing special “ IMHO
@mdptg19909 ай бұрын
all subjective, i really fuck with his mixes
@Gualaguala6599 ай бұрын
@@mdptg1990 that’s what IMHO means, it was my personal opinion, thanks
@nuellemusique9 ай бұрын
@@Gualaguala659Come back in a year or two to this comment.
@Gualaguala6599 ай бұрын
@@nuellemusique for what?😂
@user-fo6vo5wt5d5 ай бұрын
he is a better mixer than jaycee Joshua....jacen Joshua sounds like what a Mitsubishi eclipse would sound like if it mixed for a living