Production Basics 3: Mixing and Equalization (EQ)

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@Skizzaable 10 жыл бұрын

When you change stuff, stuff changes. - Seamless 2014

@Rand0mN0rwegianGuy 9 жыл бұрын

+Lets Fly To Pluto! Good to see I'm not the only one who found that funny :P

@hotdog3392 6 жыл бұрын

ROFLMAO HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…. jk lol, but yea that was funny

@reedcrisis 5 жыл бұрын

After 4 years, has the statement proven to be true?

@MrMultiMediat0r 5 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@chrisp6882 5 жыл бұрын

I C O N I C

@bshivam2001 7 жыл бұрын

At 5:06, "Vocals in general, because it is the focal point, ehehe vocal-focal", that laugh in the middle killed me xD

@12pm92 9 жыл бұрын

"When you change things, stuff changes" -SeamlessR, Wise Words.

@michaellarsen180 8 жыл бұрын

"When you change stuff, stuff changes" Brilliant :D

@ObnikOfficial 10 жыл бұрын

honestly some of the most basic stuff mentioned in this video i didn't know. (I'm not bragging either) this was a very detailed informative video! thanks!

@sirpdubs 9 жыл бұрын

"Do it if it works, don't do it if you don't care." Wiser words have never been spoken

@SweatMusicProduction 9 жыл бұрын

Vale Music "Today was a good day (The homie Ice Cube)" - Wiser words that were spoken.

@ShopSongs 10 жыл бұрын

Seamless, Would you ever try the Beethoven Challenge?, its a challenge where you have to produce a song in a set amount of time with your speakers turned off . The track must contain no live audio (all Midi and samples) and you can't hear anything until after it's rendered to an audio file.

@SeamlessR 10 жыл бұрын

I've done that before. It came out hilariously bad ;p

@ShopSongs 10 жыл бұрын

dont suppose you made a video of it? :)

@MrOriginalYT 10 жыл бұрын

SeamlessR you sooo should upload it

@fevrefevre 10 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna do that!

@fevrefevre 10 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna do that!

@vigneshekambaram8503 9 жыл бұрын

"there aren't any rules, these are merely guidelines just to ensure that even if you dont know what your doing u'll get somewhere good- and u'll learn what your doing and then u can do anything u want"- SeamlessR

@stevengallo1469 8 жыл бұрын

just randomly ran into your stuff today, ive been kind of looking for these videos for years, but nothing has satisfied my needs and what i wanted to learn for years! you rock dude thanks for the imput, who needs school?!

@Monstufpud 10 жыл бұрын

"When you change things, stuff changes." ~SeamlessR 2014

@symlo221 8 жыл бұрын

"When you change things, stuff changes." -Seamless, 2014

@symlo221 8 жыл бұрын

+Kaden Music(Official) sure bro, nice music :)

@Chillchoom 9 жыл бұрын

Seamless, I've learned more from this then any other tutorial about mixing and EQing out there. Thank you for doing what you do!! I love your tutorials!

@goodmorningcptn 8 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest: We've all fucked around with that Spoken Word sample at one point in our FL lives

@QW2227 7 жыл бұрын

GoodmorningCaptain oh

@kevinmartensson8267 7 жыл бұрын

GoodmorningCaptain Lmao My first track i used it to say "3 2 1 drop" cus i didn't have samples lol

@QW2227 6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Mårtensson tfuck😑

@MinimoogVoyagerMusic 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video, Seamless. It gave me a whole new insight into the mixing process and how I should go about doing things.

@viktoronopko2090 10 жыл бұрын

Production basics rule! Keep it up! Can't wait to see the next episode!!!!

@shawtywanna542 10 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate all your videos, thank you for making them :)

@PiMpPiStOl 9 жыл бұрын

this helps so much!! your a great teacher!! not just boring "do this, do that". you explain everything perfect

@TheRobZet 8 жыл бұрын

I'd like to take this rare opportunity and say: fuck my internet provider.

@deadmusik9969 7 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this seemless, thank you

@g0reh0und 10 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! It helped a lot. Can't wait for that compression video

@zpot420 9 жыл бұрын

Seamless you are both funky AND fresh as well as DA BOMB

@colinchapman16 8 жыл бұрын

great video man much appreciated, subbed forsure.. this playlist can help a producer of any genre !

@yrkobeats8966 6 жыл бұрын

I am not a EDM producer, but I still learn from theses videos.

@maxlarsen 8 жыл бұрын

Iv been mixing since 10 years back, funny thing is u teached me something i dint knew! im greatful thanks :)

@noisestrikeofficial 9 жыл бұрын

extremely helpful. Most of this stuff I really did not know and a drop for one of my tracks sounded terrible (the chords) and I was able to get it fixed finally because of this :D

@sa.ill9597 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information bro!

@ondskantheroller9051 8 жыл бұрын

I like the way you explain it. For the beginners, trying not to go too technical. Thank you for that ^^

@DJKoollord 10 жыл бұрын

Respect man, you know what you're talking about, I learned few things from you vid, thanks.

@AstroStepsMusic 10 жыл бұрын

This is so great ^_^ Thanks seamless!!

@RainbowDashie15 8 жыл бұрын

"when you change things, stuff changes" - Seamless 2k14

@threestripes333 9 жыл бұрын

It took me a long time to start thinking about eq as a balancing tool instead of a creative tool to adjust sound and timbre. I think that is important to understand in the beginning because it would have helped me mix much more efficiently when beginning.

@PhadeZMusic 9 жыл бұрын

"When you change things, stuff changes. good job." this one killed me. :D

@liamkwon_ 10 жыл бұрын

Actually I don't like to comment in youtube videos, but your tutorials are helping me every time when I making music, so I just decided to say thank you :) Thank you Seamless!

@MrKassassin 10 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so goddamn helpful it makes me cry :'( Keep up the great work!

@Matijahs 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help Seamless! My mixes, like, suck, but I'll get better I guess. Your explanation about the "evening the frequencies" helped a lot. At least I now know what I'm doing.. :)

@MyHellLevels 10 жыл бұрын

Christian trance rap? Why? WHY?!

@finn264 10 жыл бұрын

Mother of god.......

@SweatMusicProduction 9 жыл бұрын

***** lol

@hitoshihedgehog8620 8 жыл бұрын

+MyHellLevels Got a prob?

@benq994 7 жыл бұрын

At least not dubstep country song

@artemiswillow6148 7 жыл бұрын

RRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

@Rafaelinux 10 жыл бұрын

I like this series.

@xxroxaskh2xx 10 жыл бұрын

You god seamless i needed this

@tsobf242 10 жыл бұрын

Ooh cool, mixing! I wouldn't mind knowing more about that.

@hashtagsareuseless 9 жыл бұрын

dude you are AWESOME!

@John7E7Memphis 10 жыл бұрын

I love your video's . You really explain it all perfectly. Thanks

@John7E7Memphis 9 жыл бұрын

Still doing music and i must say i think of your videos everytime i edit lol

@JuancaSykes 10 жыл бұрын

Seamless, please subtitle this video, is amazing!

@theogknight2292 8 жыл бұрын

HIS VOICE IS SO DEEP HOLY BALLS

@EarlJasper 7 жыл бұрын

just learned that i dont have to change the way i EQ things. Thanks seemless :D

@mr_madnez 10 жыл бұрын

I feel like I havent been using the EQ2 as it was intended too... But thanks for the enlightment! the prod. tuts are great!

@jiwonpark4063 10 жыл бұрын

this is so helpful, thanks

@exonik8631 10 жыл бұрын

9:47 Good job Seamless!

@MDSPG104 8 жыл бұрын

Your videos are great !!! You have really helped me , I´m working on a couple tracks right now and I think their getting pretty good, ones they are done I would love to send them to you so you can tell me what you think

@ProFsxVideos 8 жыл бұрын

Straight to the point. Thank you Seamless ;). -MD

@marcomarkproductions 7 жыл бұрын

+Mike Dart straight to the point my ass

@campbellbaker3682 9 жыл бұрын

6:35 If anyone wants to know why you should not boost, then read this. When you boost a frequency, it takes up more headroom in your mix, making the sound much more present. This can make your mix muddy, and much more difficult to EQ. You don't need to boost it because it "sounds cool" there are other ways to make certain frequencies more present. By boosting, you are just making it much more difficult on yourself, because when you put the sound into the mix, IT USUALLY WILL NOT GLUE WELL IN THE MIX WITH OTHER SOUNDS. If it is necessary to boost, it is possible by using linear EQ with plug-ins like Fruity Convolver, but make the boost very small. Just thought I'd clear it up for everyone.

@NovaSpirit813 6 жыл бұрын

i know this was 2 years ago but thanks

@hotdog3392 6 жыл бұрын

i know this was 3 years ago but thanks

@lleewi99 6 жыл бұрын

But what if u have 2 sounds and you boost the other sound and lower the other in the same range? I think it sounds better that way

@hotdog3392 6 жыл бұрын

Leevi Ovaska Then you have something called a "paragraphic sound illustration frequency". I dunno 😂

@kensley94 6 жыл бұрын

i know this is in the end of the world but thanks.

@ayusharya3246 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video :)

@STAUNTONband 7 жыл бұрын

Good stuff

@willklep1 9 жыл бұрын

When you do your sweep method, can you only do this with vocals and which bands should you use to sweep? Thanks Seamless, love your tutorials!

@dominic8821 10 жыл бұрын

:) we want more !!!

@jpkeofficial 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Seamless, The whole mixing and equalization thing is something that I've had trouble with since forever. I get the point of "making a hole in one for the other one to be in :D", but I find it a really difficult thing to do when there are 4 or 5 sounds overlapping eachother. Or even like a pad, a bass-kind-of-pad and a piano that share the same frequencies in the middle. How do you deal with this? Thanks in advance, you're an awesome human being.

@danielwilliams4379 8 жыл бұрын

5:10 that moment when he realised he made a good pun 😂😉

@MichaelMaurice 10 жыл бұрын

Seamless, will you make a tutorial about mid/side EQing? How to widen the leads n such? Thank you.

@raverone909 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your videos! I'm noticing that when I make a bass/midbass sound, it has overtones/harmonics that make it sound like a major chord. This is problematic when working on projects in a minor key. Sometimes, those harmonics give a desired timbre to the sound, just not at the intended pitch, so surgically EQing them would take from the sound I'm going for. Any suggestions?

@packrat412609 8 жыл бұрын

How do you go about things like... layer'ed chords and melody's... this video is actually helping me a lot but it shows me with vocals and a saw... what about like... a pluck with piano and a pad all together mixing those things...? Not to sure i am explaining it right.

@israelolvera1993 10 жыл бұрын

El mejor tutorial muy claro breve sameless hazme un Dubhijo :*

@SmokedLasan 5 жыл бұрын

I cut down the unwanted frequency is that good? For example cutting out whole mid and low frequency from spectrum on hats.

@SoundsBy80K 7 жыл бұрын

subtractive frequency sweeping, very interesting. thanks. i only used the additive one.

@bshivam2001 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, thats one of the mistakes most beginner producers make.

@dreamingnomore 7 жыл бұрын

Bassbosst the kick "UNZUNZUNZ", I now know why everything I make sounds like a T-Rex making bubbles in a swamp.... +Seamless FTW

@Fyrah 4 жыл бұрын

Now this is a real tutorial

@leewardlaw4393 8 жыл бұрын

is it to do with equal loudness curves. The ear is specifically more sensitive to certain frequencies

@lennart9882 10 жыл бұрын

Maybe you will teach us next how to modulate and change the speed of soundfiles and how to remix songs

@stalkerko 7 жыл бұрын

make tutorial on how loud should be every sound

@JustDecentArt 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid :) but I've got a question. Why does widening a sound on a stereo tool make it sound airy and quieter?

@jjtt2931 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Seamless :) ! Great vid (as always)- Question about the Fruity Parametric EQ 2: I've come across guides that will recommend setting particular Q (bandwidth) values of say, 1.0 ( 1 1/3 octaves). Since the bandwidth knob in the Parametric EQ 2 only identifies percentages (from what I can see), would you happen to know the 'Q value' to percentage conversion? This has been bugging me for quite a while and I have been unable to find an answer in the FL Forums.

@DarrellHughes82 6 жыл бұрын

are the eq spectral analyzers vst or proprietary to fruity loops??

@edwardsnock1880 7 жыл бұрын

+SeamlessR is it okay to have your individual instrument mixer channels peaking just below 0, then turn down your master fader volume down to compensate? or does that digitally distort things?

@Bonechew-1 6 жыл бұрын

Good day to you sir! I have about 14 years most selflearnt (but then whats better than trial and fail over and over and over and so lol) I know everything in you video, but NO WAY I could explain this to anoyone. You are AWESOME dude! Keep doing this! il spread your channel to people who constantly ask me HOW U GET THAT SOUND SO GOOD bla bla bla.. LEARN READ lol but people are lazy. Possible to have a private "chat" sometime? I would love your input on some Mastering as iv started working in a pro studio, and we have vocal female artist with , you know that voice that just makes the text "meaningless" ? sorry for spelling errors I am dyxlectic and asperger. Have a nice day!

@Utomneian 7 жыл бұрын

that type of "peaking EQ" is called "bell" in Ableton's EQ8, just so other people know that don't use FLS. :)

@UriahSemper 8 жыл бұрын

When mixing a track, would you render all files and then EQ the audio files rather than just adding another EQ on the chain? I know you have videos already demonstrating which I have yet to watch, but I was just curious about your preference.

@ileryon4019 7 күн бұрын

6:33 is it because of phase? does anyone know what he was referring to?

@wolvAUS 10 жыл бұрын

Even for an Ableton user, this is still pretty helpful.

@kevinmartensson8267 7 жыл бұрын

wolv yes Ofc he is just eqing :)

@Obyvvatel 10 жыл бұрын

So to bring up my kicks I just needed to move some frequencies in the EQ? Why I didn't think of that.

@sikazman 10 жыл бұрын

Your studio looks nice in the facecam. Do you have a full studio show and tell video?

@finn264 10 жыл бұрын

He's doing a setup video after the 40k tutorials

@kbotter3955 6 жыл бұрын

So this is how I understand it. Many sounds played at once can group together and sound clustered. The purpose of mixing is to divide each sound's play time so that each sound has a chance to be heard. Am I right?

@BlackAera 10 жыл бұрын

I have discovered mixing with pink noise and it has been ridiculusly useful.

@chatubarecords 9 жыл бұрын

"When you do things, stuff changes" -Stephen O'Leary

@xXlDUBAHOLIClXx 10 жыл бұрын

Nice

@djfonplaz 9 жыл бұрын

SeamlessR : what did you say from 24:10 to 25:00? Sorry my English is not brilliant. Can you write down to me that concept?

@jordantyler.mp3 5 жыл бұрын

0:19 ..you good bro?

@nostalgiacat2518 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, half the time I don't even know what I'm doing when mixing.

@danethetool 10 жыл бұрын

I really wish you could reply to comments with pics on youtube. I would put in the "I don't know what I'm doing" dog.

@AtomEDM 9 жыл бұрын

SKattered nice meme

@disaiple 10 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend using EQ to balance individual tracks to your liking before putting everything together and actually mixing it with levels and EQ?

@danethetool 10 жыл бұрын

As long as I understand your question properly, that's exactly what he is talking about. I'm assuming you're talking about mixer tracks. If so, YES. Every track should be EQ'd so that it fits with any other track that has audio in the same frequency range. For example, vocals and synths. if you have them in separate mixer tracks, eq them separate from each other so that they sit evenly in the mix. Rarely, if ever, use any EQ in the master track because if done properly with the other tracks, you won't need any in the master...unless you are trying to mess with the equalization of something where you can't split up all the elements. In which case, do the best you can...and good luck. Hopefully this helped. Happy Producing!

@iKeMZz 10 жыл бұрын

Mixing in mono its a good tip too :)

@7XHARDER 10 жыл бұрын

Cool :)

@hrithiknirmal5705 7 жыл бұрын

Which sound packs are good for edm production

@nokkusuu 7 жыл бұрын

I would suggest going to Splice.com and buying individual samples that you think sound good :)

@andrewmartinjames 10 жыл бұрын

The FX on/off switch on my master channel in one of my songs got stuck to off. Does anyone know how to fix that?

@andrewmartinjames 10 жыл бұрын

Oops nevermind I fixed it, I just had to add a limiter back in

@7XHARDER 10 жыл бұрын

Nice beard seamless :D

@BrownCookieBoy 10 жыл бұрын

So this is the kind of technique artists use to mix many songs into a giant mix? They make the different sounds in different tracks fit into eachother by using equalizers?

@SeamlessR 10 жыл бұрын

That kind of mixing is a little different. EQing might be applicable, but I don't really know as I'm not super great at that sort of thing :)

@andrewpecoraro3591 10 жыл бұрын

Are you mixing Darude - Sandstorm ?

@IkusaGT 10 жыл бұрын

Stop

@IgotDaMan 10 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to Sandrude-Dandstorm?

@Rafaelinux 10 жыл бұрын

Jordan Jet I'm completely positive the PS4 is way better than the XBox One.

@danroe160 10 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@finn264 10 жыл бұрын

Noisia - Shitbox

@ninjitsian 9 жыл бұрын

So, if you were making a bass track and you wanted people to pay attention to the drums and bass, would you eq everything around those elements? or would you just try to do everything together?\

@KyleHottel 8 жыл бұрын

+ian baggett I would treat the other tracks around those elements. I find it useful to pick one or two elements of a track that take precedence and make sure the song flows around them. The other things obviously need to be heard, but don't let them get in the way of the elements you want to show off.

@xXRandomCamperXx 10 жыл бұрын

Isn't EQUO a graphic EQ?

@MovieeGraphicz 8 жыл бұрын

Listen closely when he talks, if you put a low pass cutting off the mids and highs you could actually make a sub bass of his voice :p

@KQY614 7 жыл бұрын

rebdzsfbdsf Lol wouldn't be as awesome as an actual subsonic bass. But a male with a deep voice could definitely hum and make a bass line. I've thought of doing it, but I need a mic first

@dotcom123dotcom123 10 жыл бұрын

What's the difference between EQ and filters? Can EQ replace filters?

@danethetool 10 жыл бұрын

Q1: Not much except for their purpose in life. Q2: Yes they can. In the case of Fruity Parametric EQ2 you can automate the parameters in the plugin and sweep the frequency of any node to create a filter-like effect. Check out, like, half of SeamlessR 's "How to Bass" videos and you'll see him do it to create crazy bass sounds. Hopefully this helped. Happy Producing!

@dotcom123dotcom123 10 жыл бұрын

It helped a lot, thanks :'D!

@iamtherealrenedescartes 10 жыл бұрын

EQ is what you are doing (i.e. you are equalising) - a filter is what you use to do it (peak notching, band passing, low/high shelving, low/high passing etc.). An EQ is better than using a dedicated filter because you are given multiple filters within a single instance of an EQ (and FL Studios EQ's allow you to choose what filter type you use for each band) - whereas most filters only offer you a single one. If you have a 7-band parametric EQ (as does FL Studios), each of which can be any filter type of your liking, you can see this as having 7 filters in a single instance.

@SwipFlitch 10 жыл бұрын

So what's the difference between pink and white noise? Also what's brown noise?

@ShopSongs 10 жыл бұрын

The frequencies involved is the differences , I cant remember exactly which is which but different types of noises have bigger and smaller bandwidths, some span the whole width of the human hearing, some are focused around different frequencies

@omier 10 жыл бұрын

And brown noise = more emphasis on low end. You can just look up the different noise types on Wikipedia.

@nazaretkazarian 10 жыл бұрын

White noise = same energy on every frequency Pink noise = same energy on every octave So pink noise has more energy on lower frequencies. It is useful because human hearing is in octaves, and so pink noise is what sounds flat to humans.

@KalleZz_ 9 жыл бұрын

Cant you just do highself"boostin" lowering the mids and lows and leaving the highs?

@KalleZz_ 9 жыл бұрын

KalleZz that way you dont add DBs

@SweatMusicProduction 9 жыл бұрын

KalleZz That makes sense to me, but I can't mix for shit. I suppose the compression is the answer to the "added DBs", and then you still get a louder and thicker sound by not taking a lot out of the mids and lows?