Another smashing video, It's definitely more common these days to see the writing, production and mixing all happening in the same environment by the same people. Focussing on the bulk or core of the song helps me so much too, I used to sit tweaking the fun stuff for ages before the song was even ready for it. Can't wait for the videos we have planned :)

Hi Friend, the number one thing I've noticed is we now write and record from scratch as we go, just the way a lot of our favourite albums were made. I really enjoyed making this video covering 10 Home Studio Production, Mixing and Mastering Tips, for me this demonstrates all of the things I find most important in spending up my work flow and getting the best out of my creativity!

WOW ! I´m more than 30 years in the business and I´m completely with you - you´re absolutely right with all advices.

I set a 20 minute alarm with a 5 minute snooze to get into the habit of taking breaks. That really helped and I still use it when I'm pressed for time or tracking myself.

I crank up the monitor volume not only to hear how well it "punches", but also to hear how harsh guitars are, and so on. On lower levels, we can accept harsh sounds, but on higher volumes they become painful, so it's a good way to find those frequencies that need treatment. Then I lower it to the point where it's almost too quiet to hear it, to see whether I can still hear the individual insturments, or if all I really hear are guitars and the snare, for example. I use a set of Genelc 8040B's, btw. Genelec still are the best.

I have to thank you Warren for your demeanor, it’s so relatable and your knowledge and experience is unsurpassed. Thank you for your help.

1. Know Your Workflow 2. Organize/Create templates for your DAW 3. don't focus too early on sound design...add FX later... 4. Don't spend too much time tweaking 1 small element 5. Monitor with multiple speakers in multiple environments. 6. Use stereo enhancement plugins sparingly... 7. Monitor at low levels... 8. Know your plugins... 9. High pass super low frequencies 10. Don't overdo Master bus plugins....simple EQ/compression/limiting only....and no extreme db gain/reduction...

Perfect timing, Warren. Can't thank you enough.

I love this guy he’s so nice and not a old head rude snob ! So helpful !!

I will listen on every device I have. Especially in the car. I love listening to music when I drive, because there is nothing else to do. Sitting there at home trying to listen to an entire album can be boring. I believe headphones are the worst for hearing damage so I use them sparingly. I want to learn how to get that thunderous low end pro's get without blowing small/cheap speakers. I may be wrong, but I'm convinced that it's possible to get pro sounding recordings at home. I'm talking about the best ones, not "OK" ones. Thanks for the tips Warren! I am looking forward to watching more of your videos since I subbed.

My day job is really cramping my style.

Since I have yet to purchase monitors, I literally test my songs on the 45min car ride to and from work every single day. I love that you brought up that point.

You are really blessed and I’m happy that you share your blessings with our wonderful community. Stay blessed Mr Huart!

I will active the dim switch every so often when I'm mixing, it's a great way to get a new perspective and give my ears a rest.

Thanks. I need to remember the reference sounds, and also breaks.

the more I'm watching this guy's videos...the more I realise how many seriously wise little tips I'm picking up. On this one, simply him saying, hey, doesn't matter how many inserts/effects plugins you have...you're better off even if you only use a couple but REALLY understand them. So you can use them expertly. So obvious. But I needed someone to tell me that.

So correct about tweaking and making something sound good when you might not even have a full song finished , I've spent so much time making an intro sound amazing (to me at least ) and then nothing ...the song just stops after the intro and I have nothing else because of hours spent on that intro , I must remember this advice ...it is so so true..

So beautiful seeing a sensible and experienced musician/producer share these organized spot-on thoughts. Thanks so much.

This guy changed the world, only with a KZfaq Channel... Do you only know how heavenly you are ? Do you know just that ? Thank you so much for all your videos ! You're a Messia to me ! Keep it up !

Ah... what great advice from you on this one sir. Marvelously done Warren. I would be lost without your guidance in the recording and mixing process. Thanks for all you do.

Great tips Warren! I have a little tip regarding templates. I have used this method with Reaper when i upgraded my PC. Instead of making one from scratch, make one from another previous project of your choice. Just strip everything from tracks to channels and keep the most common used configuration and routing and save as a template. Cheers from Sweden!

I put my hand up for number four. I spend far too much time tweaking and fiddling in the early stages. I am slowly learning so many things from you Warren. I have learned to spend more time setting up busses early on so that much of the tweaking becomes easier and more organised later on! I also treated myself to the Beyer-Dynamic 1990 Pros and they are already making a big difference. these tips are so obvious when they are listed one by one, but hearing them explained so clearly and then having them printed on my wall as a reminder is really helpful.

Thank you Warren, these cheat sheets are really great reminders.

Truly amazing Warren, thank you for all the great information

One of the most important things I ever did was challenge myself to sort of master via the mix. Get the loudness and equalization as close to a mastered sounding track before it actually got mastered. It's hard and time consuming but worth the effort. Can't be lazy if you're looking to be on top of your game. Basic knowledge for experienced guys but didn't we all learn this lesson at some point and have it change everything about how we mix? Yep. Some guys needed to see this.

This is Gold. Thanks Warren

I agree with the "listening in the car" bit. I even listen to mixes in other people's cars, just to see what it sounds like. I agree that it just gives you another point of reference on your mix. Anyone else?

BTW, I only solo for EQing and for limited amounts of time, but that's just me. I'm a big picture man, also love little mistakes and never use copy and paste, autotune or the likes

I don’t know why when i watch your videos makes me happy. You are amazing. Thanks 🙏

This channel is a god send. Thank you thank you thank you!!

As always, great tips from Warren! Worth revisiting often. Thank you!!!

Always learn so much

Hi Warren, it's always great to hear your advice and tips, the biggest piece of advice I took from this session is to have discipline when working and stick to your workflow, it's such an obvious piece of advice but one which I am guilty of, constantly straying from the task in hand and being distracted. Thankfully having your channel with all the fantastic info from your good self and other guest producers is rubbing off and helping to focus my workflow and production knowledge, thank you ever so much.

We love you Warren!😀

I'm really enjoying these pearls of wisdom. What frequency analyser would you recommend?

I’ve just begun messing around with garage band after buying the iRig HD2 to be able to record without a microphone finally, and I have to say when you talked about listening on different headphones or in the car I 100% realized this very early on. I noticed on different devices I wasn’t getting the sound I really wanted sometimes ending up too muddy. This could be cuz it’s garage band and I don’t have complete control over everything (and I have no fucking clue what I’m actually doing yet) but this was super helpful to realize that that’s an actual thing that people do is listen on other things. You are super helpful, thank you.

I should have watched this video before I started mixing my songs. Very informative, and enjoyable to watch. If you haven't mentioned this in another video, what I would like to throw in as well is that you won't be able to mix and master like a pro overnight. Like any other skill or trade, it takes a lot of time to perfect. Heck, my mixing skills are in the "amateur" category right now and will be for some time. Practice, patience, and time. That's what it takes.

For me you are like my audio production professor without having to pay the tuition!!!🙏🙏🙏

Thank goodness for notifications....now I have a valid reason for a coffee break, Thanks Warren......Best wishes from Wales!

Now, im not producing music and not all of the tips works for me BUT some of your insights and tips have helped me with Mixing in short story films. Thank you Warren.

These tips are golden for a beginner like me who have already fallen into the tweaking-rabbithole. Thanks!

Thanks for all these videos, Warren! Since I've watched them, I think I've improved a lot at getting my songs to sound better. Keep it up! (Also, the "Revolution 9" reference was excellent)

11:50 Regarding Stereo Enhancement, i can really recommend the "wider" from infected mushroom, it makes every signal stereo, without loosing the mono compatibility.

Really good video. I also tweak a lot, but hey, it's because I'm actually in the learning process, including learning my plugins and the "best uses".

i like this camera angle more! oldskool

The best channel on youtube for mixing engineers and artist

The Beatles Revolution 9. The White Album. You Rock Warren. Your a good Teacher.

After 5 years I’ll be making that template now. Thanks for the reminder :)

One of the best tip videos ever. He she'd a ton of light on topics.

Even as a total amateur at this recording game - my most advanced piece of kit a pair of AKG K701 headphones - I think I can offer a good piece of advice. It's one thing to reference a pro recording to understand how yours compares sonically but it's also a good idea to actually listen to the song within that reference track. So many times i have thought a mix needs a guitar part here, a synth part there, or the drums need a bit more going on to make it fuller and then I listen to my reference track and it's the most simple of arrangements just recorded so very well, with everything in the right place. Case in point: Thin Lizzy's Cowboy Song on the Jailbreak album. I was using that as a reference track and I actually ended up taking things OUT of the mix and polishing up what remained. Worked a treat. Our brains play funny tricks on us sometimes...

Always the best info from the warren

I realize different genres require different approaches but I feel like overproduced sound takes from the song. Simple is beautiful. Let the song be the song.

Thankyou so much for this. And what I like overall is your positive energy, love of music that transpires. Inspiring ! 🤗

Amazingly great video Warren such valuable information!

Thanks Warren. Just want to say, there are many videos on music production, out of which there are many good ones and there are many bad ones. But yours is one that we can really trust. Thanks again sir 👍🏻

That's a very wise video. As part of speeding my workflow, I had to abandon a DAW I was using for more than 5 years for final mixing/gluing which sounded great but was a chaos to work with. So, I decided to use only the one I really love and have a pleasure to work with. Seeing your #1 and #8 tips gave me sort of a relief for doing the right decision, believe it. Thanks!

Knowing the plug ins is excellent. I have been a Reason user since 2007. Every few years they come out with an upgrade with so many new sounds, effects, instruments and patches. I still feel like I'm barely scratching the surface, but I do have my favorite go to plugins and sounds to improve my workflow. I have some instruments and effects that I haven't even touched yet. Haha Other monitoring environments is also great. I will actually step out of the room sometimes while the mix is playing just to get that perspective. Sometimes I can catch a few blaring issues moving around the room or stepping out of the room. Maybe I'm just weird..haha

Hey Warren, thank you ever so much for making this video. Have a marvelous time recording and mixing. And of course have a marvelous time recording and mixing

Thanks Warren, number 7 answered a question I asked in one other video about why some music out there sounds uncomfortably bright. I first noticed this when I noticed a consistent number of edms have that phenomena which got me comparing with other genres and they are also present in some. Got me wondering how that could happen. soThanks.

To clarfy , Do you mix as best as possible then treat your masterbus , or begin mixing with already inserted comp and limit to influence mix choices

Thanks for this Warren. It's interesting to hear you mention the pitfalls and habits that we tend to fall into. I found myself nodding at the mention of spending ages getting the perfect sound for a snare for example or adding final flourishes before getting melodies right or finishing the idea for a song first before adding enhancements or 'ear candy'. And yet... we still do it. Haha, still it's reassuring to know the Pro's have been there. One thing I'd love to know Warren, is how you use reference tracks when mixing. Or rather how you go about emulating a sound you hear and desire to achieve in your own mixes? Perhaps in a future video... many thanks for all you do.

thanks for another great video warren, about the master bus, i find i never put any fx plugins on my master, only meters, i make a submix with all processing, now people have told me this is ok, others that this is completely wrong, thing is i honestly believe that in the field of music whether it be playing or recording, etc.. one can keep learning things until their last moments in life, so i try things, if they work fine, if not fine, I'm NO Expert by any means.. And in my humble opinion as a experienced musician but a novice recorder, there are no experts, only more experienced people, the real trick here is how to deliver your experience in a positive manner to less experienced individuals, and I for one applaud the way you have done this so far :) not only yourself but the wonderful community aswell.. keep it up.. from a smalltime belgian musician living and working on the atlantic coast of spain.

Amazing video Warren, great information, really helps me!

This info is GOLD!!! Actually, it’s PLATINUM!❤️🎶

I’m a performer who is dipping a toe into home recording. Thank you for the tips and education. Much appreciated ✌️

Super Amazing info . the first 4 I have down so my workflow really is above average I think. but my biggest obstacle is myself. I start projects and tell myself I won't quut until I am done and then two days later I am off on another idea. needless to say I have a lot of unfinished songs . my favorite tip is to leave the tweaking until the end very guilty of not . Thanks again Warren You are just awesome And God bless .

I do love that a lot of this video is about drums 👍🏼

Great stuff! a lot of the points helped me confirm what I need to work on like "oh yeah, I actually should be doing that"

I walk into my studio with an idea and pretty much stay there till the song is finished. I usually start with a guide vocal and acoustic guitar and go from there. I don't know why I'm sharing this 😂

My God the "stop tweaking" tip stabbed like a knife. I used to be super guilty about it. Now I'm regular guilty haha. The way I've lessened my addiction is to save the settings I "hate" as a preset before I tweak. I give myself 10 minutes of futzing. I go back to the original. If it's worse I keep going. If it's not, I keep it and stop. It's amazing how many times I find myself saying "why on Earth did I start messing with this?"

Sometimes with the sound design bits that have spent way too much time on, if i must delete it/ move it/ or protools crashes when i come up to do it again i execute it in a min compared to the 30 it took the first time around and sounds better

Love this. I’ve heard all these already but the way it’s put across here sinks in way more. Cheers Warren 👍

Great way to start out the week with your great tips!

The template is a game changer. Great video.

Great information as always! Between yours and Glenns knowledge, i've definitely seen an improvement in my drum mixes. Thank you!

i use a DigiTech 2120 because i can tap tempo delay..and because i just have guitar equipment and no money. having said that i still have more than what some of my all time favorite albums were made with. i can save presets for compressor, eq, reverbs, and distortions. it saves time, shortens the signal chain(important if good cables are a premium) gonna use that hp and lp filters on drums with more regularity it seemed like a good idea Warren says it's a great idea, I'm inclined to believe him!

Very Very Help Full

Great video, as usual. Very helpful!

Thanks for another great vid Warren! #4. "Too Much Time Tweaking" , Yep, Guity as charged! Lol

Thanks again and again Warren for these wonderful tips as I fine tune my skills.

Great advice! I've been using Yamaha HS5 monitors, Beyerdynamics 990s, Philips SHP9500, ATH-m50 cans & Edifier R12 usb small speakers for the analytical reference method of madness. Can hear some difference in the mixes.

I love your sincerity and passion. Thanks so much, sir!

So glad I found your channel. I’m just starting out making and mixing my own music and I really appreciate your thorough and relatable videos. Subscribed. Thanks!

You`re doing such a great job Warren, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

Thank you Warren, great advice as always

Thanks again for your videos this one was a good one for me coz to day I will mix my first new singel reslese in about 6 years. so tanks for some reminders. Be safe and skilful. Pinge

Ten tips I'll take to the bank! Question for ya, when using midi drum kits do you still have to use high pass to remove mud? Or because they are recorded drums they should be left as they are? Thanks Warren.

Splendid video! Thanks a lot.

Hi-passing to remove low frequency content was a revelation for me when I started putting it into practice. I'd spin down the track list and ask myself if particular parts needed low frequency content; did the mix benefit from it being there. Oftentimes I'll do this at the group level. I tend to create folder tracks for song function (depending on the type of production). For example, airy synths and other wide ear candy could be grouped as they may be there to serve the same purpose; provide some interesting elements but not be the centre of attention. I'd put a high-pass EQ in place, then I'd play the entire mix and toggle the EQ off/on. Then I'd listen for the impact of the change. Did those EQ'd elements become a little clearer? Did it allow other elements of the become more focused? That's the approach I'm gradually learning. Become more focused on the impact of the changes I'm making. On the whole, I'm making less changes but more improvements. Handy stuff as always, Warren.

Thank you for being honest and going into detail about mixing and using filters.... you made me subscribe 👍👊

Revolution 9!

Okay, that's it. This video said what I needed to hear. (not necessarily what I wanted to hear.) I will be signing up for the academy as soon as I can! Very useful!!

Excellent video.

"When you find yourself obsessing about something for too long, it doesn t usually end the right way. " ..." Avoid over tweaking" - Exactly ! it happend to me about 300 times in the last 10 years. I know what to do now. In the last 8 months I work faster with much better results.

Watching this video is far more interesting and relaxing than watching England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 play football! Thanks.

Thanks for the great video Warren. Awesome 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you so much Warren for this video. It was very helpful and above all else, very interesting too. Covered issues that I never really thought of. Many thanks. Sean

Thank you very much for your time and expertise!

Thank you for all the great information Warren , and Good enrergy and lots of tips that are so crucial , love this!!

Thanks Warren.. I'm going thru the stage of wondering what the hell to do with the master bus, and have not a clue in reality.. so by default, i do nothing and work like hell to get the mix as good as i can.. which is what i should be doing.. your advice here confirmed my instinct on it.. keeping it simple and only going for a better balance with light compression (or whatever..) seems the way to go for me.. knowing what to do in this stage is the mystery i haven't unravelled yet.. do you have a video on this stuff?