Mixing an entire song with Magix Samplitude Pro X4

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Mixing an entire song with Magix Samplitude Pro X4

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5 жыл бұрын

In this video, I take free mixing exercise tracks and mix them. I didn't know the song, the artiste or heard the tracks before starting to mix.
I thought it would be a good Idea to show the thought process and steps taken when mixing.
On top of that, I forced myself to only use included tools in samplitude so you can have an Idea of what it offers.
To download mix exercises (multitracks) : www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm
Tom McKenzie: 'Directions' tommckenzie.bandcamp.com/
www.magix.com/fr-ca/samplitude/
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@Cml_guy 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Marco. Great video! Thank you for it. Big help right there for me in this. Btw i liked more your mixing and mastering of this song. I would like to see more videos for mixing and mastering in diferent styles and situations. It really helps. Thank you again and keep it up!

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

I like to do the exercise of working on someone else tracks 2-3 times a year just to keep me on edge. So I will certainly do more of those ! ;)

@ramxa3724 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Posting this useful Video!!

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Za Ram !

@starlonmedia 21 күн бұрын

Great lecture 👍

@mikaelsnare 3 жыл бұрын

The help index is terrible in Samplitude, so thanks for making these videos, I've learned a lot!

@glennward3443 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have been searching for a video like this for a long time. It is the best one i have found so far. However, there were times when you were doing things and remaining silent, not explaining what you were doing. Do you have a video where you take time and explain what the options you choose actually do? At the end you talked bout another video for mastering. I am going to look for that now. Thank you, my mixing and production results stink.

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped... I wanted to show how it can be done with Samplitude but explaining all the tought process of every decisions would make a 5 hours video and I didn't want to invest that much time. Mixing is all about reacting on what the tracks are about.. If you have a specific question, write it down here. I'll try to answer you or I may even make a video on the subject if it could benefit others. Thanks for your interest !

@okewoleoluwafemijoshua6883 3 жыл бұрын

I need help on my MIDI usage sir. Anytime I tried using MIDI devices the response is always late.. I need help about this sir

@MarcoPrimeau 3 жыл бұрын

This is called latency. It can depend on many things. Are you using the internal sound card or a proper audio interface ? The drivers should be the latest asio drivers found on the maker's website. If it's the case, try lower buffer settings. Usually 512sample and less makes a VSTi playable in realtime.. If it still not working, you have to many things going on in your project, Try freezing tracks (most daw have this fonction.. it process the effects and instruments in new files so they are not done in realtime.. Let me know if it helped !

@sylvainbiensur7370 2 жыл бұрын

Merci très bon vidéo, j’aurais pas mis de guitar amp sims juste plus de eq mais c’est très personnel. Merci encore

@eddiegetdownortiz Жыл бұрын

Hopefully someone can help me with this. When recording on track one and then track two. The timing is off and it sounds like a train reck. Is there a setting to fix this so am able to record they are time perfectly together 😢 thanks 🙏

@MarcoPrimeau Жыл бұрын

This sounds like a latency problem. Make sure the buffer is as small as possible usually, I start at 256 and try lower if not try higher step by step. In all regards if you add many virtual instruments, there isn't any fix for latency cause your computer as to many things to do. If you are using samplitude you can freeze those tracks to limit the realtime processing.. same goes with some heavy plugins, you can remove and see if it helps.

@abigaillynn15 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Marco good day to you sir. Was curious if you ever did surround sound mixing in Pro X6? Dolby Atmos? I don't see a single video on KZfaq for Samplitude utilizing Surround sound. Thanks a million.

@MarcoPrimeau 2 жыл бұрын

You are right.. I never explored this aspect. The projects I worked on never needed surround sound, so I never investigated.. But It's a great Idea for a video.. Give me a few weeks, I'll try to post something about it.. ;)

@abigaillynn15 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau Awesome!! I went into my Pro X6 and see it's very simple to start off with a template. It will be very interesting to see how pro x handles this type of editing. Thank you ounce again for replying to my comment about the headphone mixes... 😊😊😊😊

@ACOMPA 5 жыл бұрын

sorry for my english .. i want to ask you how to spatialize several synths? how many times record back;; for exemle soprano,, alto;; and tenor how use quantisation tools merci

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean, but most DAW including Samplitude are only limited by the ressources of your computer, HDD or SSD, CPU and Memory...

@maximecousson7711 3 жыл бұрын

super vidéo , merci beaucoup ! C'est moi ou la voie à déjà eu un petit coup de vocoder avant l'import des pistes ?

@MarcoPrimeau 3 жыл бұрын

Le leadvocal semblait assé cru si tu l'écoutes tout seul kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pM2Ch8em1Z_eZKs.html.. Par contre c'est possible qu'il y a eu un peu de Tuning.. surtout sur les backvocals. Mais ça je ne suis pas certain.. avec le doublage de la voix sur plusieurs pistes.. différent micros et distances. c'est surprenant l'effet naturel qu'on peut donner..

@naminnooman 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marco... just a quick question. How do you level a track in samp? Like clip gain in pro tools?

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

sorry I didn't answer earlier. In samplitude you can use the object editor and the button normalise. it's none destructive ;)

@kiddiescripterkiller 4 жыл бұрын

Hate to disagree with your technique, but you should start with the drums and assign them to a sub, then get a balanced mix and consistent levels and add any Eq or effects. Then add the bass and get it so the drums and the bass work together for the whole song. Don't sit there and play with one instrument too much all alone, you have to see how it is working with the other instruments, get a quick decent sound, then add. And while the underlying tracks are playing, then tweak it to fit. I have mixed songs where it all fits together and sounds awesome, but if you listen to one instrument on it's own, it sounds like crap, but sonically with everything else, it works. Then start adding the rhythm guitars, keyboards, etc... to a sub and get them working together with the drums and bass, one at a time, then add main vocal, then background vocals, to a sub, then any solos, to a sub. With them assigned to subs easier to pull whole sections back, so you don't overdrive the final output and so you don't screw up your underlying base mix. The underlying base mix is what holds the song together and drives it. That way as you add each part for the song, you can see what, if anything, is stepping on the others and adjust one or the other or both accordingly. And you will get better masters faster... It's kinda like making soup... if the soup stock is crap (drums and bass), then no matter what meat (rhythm section), vegetables (vocals) and spices (solos) you add, it will still taste like crap.

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Kiddlescripter ! I never mix the same way, depending on the project and the intent behind it. I often use busses but I wanted to do a simplified and minimalist mix here.. If you want, take a look on those : Session Preparation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9pmjLd7l8W4eIE.html Mixing part 1 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8ukgJylnqeXhok.html Mixing part 2 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZ6Hi8qblprbaJc.html Mixing part 3 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nd6AfZek0OClYXU.html Mastering : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNijjNZktczQcWg.html

@wille7888 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! You don't know how much this helped me! But I have one question. Why put different elements in the mix on the same bus with the same reverb? But again thank you and I looking forward to the mastering video! Hope you sometimes can do a video with payed plugins and compare it to stock plugins in Samplitude! Bye😊

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wille, I'm going to keep your suggestion for a compared plugins video. The idea of using the same reverb for many instruments/tracks is to create a common acoustic environement much like a stage situation. Sharing the same reverb make the instruments sounds like they were recorded at one time in the same room which is not always true. It's a personnal preference which you aren't forced to share. Some mix engineer like to build 2-3 reverbs for the vocal only. The other point of using busses to put effects on is to lower the amount of work you need to setup the same effect on many tracks and also be gentle on your computer ressources.

@wille7888 5 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau Thank you Marco! Makes much more sense know, and kind of you to like my suggestion!:)

@Randallkoller 3 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau And if you're clever Marco and handy with a reverb bus and a latency delay plug you can easily make all the instruments effectively sit in their own place in the mix altogether!

@theadvocate6899 Жыл бұрын

Hi Marco, great video and thanks for that. My question is ... if you use a reverb in an aux for the drums, do you use the same amount of reverb on each tom, snare, kick etc...? I sometimes put more reverb on the snare en less on the kick than the other parts of the drum. What do you think is the best thing to do ? Thanks in advance. 👍

@MarcoPrimeau Жыл бұрын

I do think that everything that works for the song is ok.. I often go the natural way about it.. meaning puting more reverbs on room mic(s) the a bit less on the overheads, then nearly none on the close mics or maybe a bit on the snare.. This the creative parts each of us need to explore ;)

@theadvocate6899 Жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau Thank you so much for replying and the info Marco !!! 👍

@LossLeadas 4 жыл бұрын

hi is it possible to have tracks in a folder on the mixer console????

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

You can group or hide tracks but I don't think the idea of folders have been implemented

@LossLeadas 4 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau wow..thanks

@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888 5 жыл бұрын

Hi what third party EQ you use and thank that's better than eq116

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think there is better EQs regarding sound quality.. But as far as look and features, I like Fabfilter Pro Q2 very much.

@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888 5 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau thank you family I love the eq116 I'm use that and the f6 wave dynamic eq to contain certain frequency while I surgical with EQ 116 thanks alot

@wredmuneentertainment3207 4 жыл бұрын

how do you get the audio interface into magix samplitude

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

Check my video on initial setup : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcWlibB_qdm0gqc.html

@abigaillynn15 4 жыл бұрын

Hello sir can you kindly post a video on how to do a headphone mix with samplitude x4 i have i have separate headphone outputs but it seems no matter what i try they always blend into the master track and I cannot control it independent of the master fader. Also can you tell me is there a way to set up a second master fader?

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good suggestion. In the mean time, try to set a new aux and send the output to your headphone amp. Then send what ever you want to hear to that aux.. Let me know ;)

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

Video about reamp : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc53dNOItMi0Z5c.html

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

Video about signal flow : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdmDhsmBm7Sdd3k.html

@abigaillynn15 4 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau Is there a way to create another Master fader? I can't seem to find a way to do that

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

@@abigaillynn15 No, but you can create a Buss, on which you will send all the tracks outputs (call it main buss or any other names) then send the output of this but to the master buss (fader). What this allow is to send the signal of this main buss to an aux and send this aux to a physical output for the headphone amp. Check this old video where I explain the busses : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcWlibB_qdm0gqc.html

@garyingersoll9349 5 жыл бұрын

I'm using Samplitude and just about finished with a new song. In the past I was able to select all objects and move the whole project to the left with 4 seconds before the song starts to play. For some reason after I select all objects the project will not move at all. I could record to an external cd recorder but would rather go directly from Samplitude to my computers cd burner... Can you tell me why my whole project will not move to the left?

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

There is 2 kind of selection in Samplitude, Range and Object selection. You don't need to move anything to export your song, you just make a Range selection by selecting the in the area where the measure numbers are or on the upper part of a track. To select an object you make your selection in the lower part of the track/object. Think of each track as beeing separated in half. Left click on the lower half of your last track on the beginning of the song and while keeping the click down move to the end of the first track and let go. You should have all your objects selected. If needed I can do a video about Selection and object manipulations...

@garyingersoll9349 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your help... I'll give it a try...

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

@@garyingersoll9349 Let me know if it worked !

@garyingersoll9349 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it worked. The first time I tried it I put the 1 marker at the beginning of the song and the 2 marker at the end and then burned a cd. That did not work as well as putting the 1 marker and the beginning of the song and the end marker at the end of the song when played in a cd player. Thanks for your help.

@fabiosantos3408 5 жыл бұрын

What is the version of this program?

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

Magix Samplitude Pro X4, not the suite !

@lindond-music9905 5 жыл бұрын

can samplitude 17 proyects open in samplitude 19 program ?

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

Yes Samplitude is backward compatible. The only bug I had was when recording punch in and out with the new version (on an older project) The monitoring wouldn't mute the range while recording. But this might just be me who didn't setup it up properly. The New X4 version is nicely done and is very stable.

@lindond-music9905 5 жыл бұрын

okey tnx @@MarcoPrimeau

@johnfandjo2674 4 жыл бұрын

Très bel accent Marco!

@glumpy6079 5 жыл бұрын

Is this samplitude music studio, or music maker?

@MarcoPrimeau 5 жыл бұрын

Magix samplitude Pro X4

@torsvaghavfiske2528 4 жыл бұрын

How does this compare to Digital Performer?

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

Samplitude and Digital performer seems to offer similar features as to record, mix and master activities. But honestly I never try Digital performer, so I can't comment on it regarding quality of sound and ease of use. If you ever try both, please come back to give your opinon. tx

@torsvaghavfiske2528 4 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau I like Ableton and Reaper but essentially wanted to convert audio track to midi notes for manipulation. It can be done in Reaper, not sure about Ableton Live, the other way i do it is through a mixer but thats good for efx rather than assigning a vst emulator (if that makes any sense?) ;) thx

@torsvaghavfiske2528 4 жыл бұрын

@MarcoPrimeau 4 жыл бұрын

@@torsvaghavfiske2528 Samplitude uses Melodyne to convert audio to midi. It can be added to any DAW (with a cost of course) I will eventually do a video about it ;)

@torsvaghavfiske2528 4 жыл бұрын

@@MarcoPrimeau You're so helpful mate. Thank you.

@AliA.ZSinger 2 жыл бұрын

Feel the drum needs some groove plus backup chords for the vocals.

@MarcoPrimeau 2 жыл бұрын

My approach to this song was to make a minimal mix with focus on the vocals.. Did you listen to the mastering video of this song ? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nrmjmJV3vq3LY4U.html