TDE's In House Mix Engineer Derek "MixedByAli" Ali

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TDE's In House Mix Engineer Derek "MixedByAli" Ali - Pensado's Place

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8 жыл бұрын

This week's guest is TDE's in house mix engineer, Derek "MixedByAli" Ali. Derek is best known for his work with rapper Kendrick Lamar on "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" and his Grammy award winning album " To Pimp a Butterfly". Derek has also worked with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Robin Thicke, Drake, and more.
On today's episode, MixedByAli sits down with Dave and Herb to share how got his musical start and found his own workflow. He speaks on the importance of educating yourself, shares knowledge, and tells the Pensado's Place audience what he foresees in the future of music making. Also, we are joined by the co-founder of Landr to describe the incredible capabilities of the Landr tech. Landr is on the cutting edge of mastering technology. Check out our ITL with Landr to find out how you get top notch mastering from the comfort of your own studio!
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@superflyTv94 8 жыл бұрын

Hands down, one of the most innovate mixers of all time and definitely the greatest mixer of this generation.

@andresesqueda1424 8 жыл бұрын

hell yeah man, it trips me out that this dude had NO experience with mixing real instruments and yet HE MADE THE MOST WELL MIXED ALBUM of the year, vocal and instrument wise. GENIUS!

@manpost18 8 жыл бұрын

He's great but there're some more that's very dope b. Drew Tucker, Dj Swivel , James Royo and etc.

@andresesqueda1424 8 жыл бұрын

ill check them out, thanks

@manpost18 8 жыл бұрын

No problem.

@andrewobuchow 8 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he changed the way I think about music & mixing

@lBuckman13 8 жыл бұрын

" Let It Run Ali "

@ArtbyAtlas 8 жыл бұрын

I was about to say that :)

@lBuckman13 8 жыл бұрын

+Art by Atlas great minds

@jboyd2891 7 жыл бұрын

haha

@pml139 7 жыл бұрын

" kick her out the studio Ali "

@jazminhernandez5617 7 жыл бұрын

Omeeka Trinity Williams "Ali, you thirsty on Twitter!" 😂

@MikleShnikle 8 жыл бұрын

if there's one dude i want to see on here it's flying lotus

@h.j.w2783 6 жыл бұрын

yeah, him and Teebs

@prozakmorris7287 6 жыл бұрын

MikleShnikle that would be amazing I've always thought that as well. He's kind of vague and cryptic when asked about his process on other interviews I've heard...adds to the coolness I guess

@ATastyEnd 6 жыл бұрын

100% yes

@bhargavdobhal5327 7 ай бұрын

Thank You Pensado's Place and "MixedByAli" 🙌🙌🙌🙌Great Episode🔥🔥🔥🔥.

@StayTrueJBake 8 жыл бұрын

Try and get Young Thug's audio engineer Alex Tumay if you guys can.

@BrandonShoopMusic 8 жыл бұрын

He's super dope

@chopper8582 7 жыл бұрын

YES

@els1f 8 жыл бұрын

To Pimp a Butterfly is the best album to come out in like over a decade (IMO, and of course only opinion). Every time I listen to that album I feel like I'm better off for having listened to it.

@JosephPembroke 3 жыл бұрын

I phrased it that way exactly as well.

@spiritparty 7 жыл бұрын

what I like about this is you would never expect a dude that looks like Mike and guy that looks like Ali to be friends, but its the fact they have both dedicated their lives to the same thing, its beautiful stuff, wouldnt you agree

@mickey8217 8 жыл бұрын

Dude, Ali is the man behind so many hits. He mixed to Pimp a butterfly from my understanding, which is arguably one of the best albums to come out in the last 20 years... This dude is a legend and the fact that his advice essentially boils down to 'work hard' truly shows anyone can do this... Just gotta put in the work. Thanks for the super inspiring video guys

@0ut0fid3as 8 жыл бұрын

@Pensado's Place the irony of me watching this video right now is uncanny! Here I am sitting on the east coast one week after you guys had a meet in California, when 7 days ago I was right there! I could kick myself for not seeing this video sooner. It would've been an amazing opportunity. I hope everything went great on last Saturday.

@abinari 2 жыл бұрын

sosososo sickkkk

@NeoDrizel 8 жыл бұрын

love this show,inspired everytime .Thanx Dave and Herb

@MOSHAEMUSIC 8 жыл бұрын

Great episode! 16 years in the game and I still love audio like the day i fell in love with it. I felt Ali's story like it waa my own up here in Seattle. Y'all awesome! Much love!

@zane2673 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best episodes for sure!

@monkeyxx 8 жыл бұрын

25! wow

@ProducedByCyrus 6 жыл бұрын

Skip to @11:10

@hibobbywoody 8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see Alex Tumay (Young Thug's engineer) on the show

@TheJoeGizzle 8 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting my question to make it lol! How many of you guys do processing in mono? If so, how much and why? Over this last year I've noticed that I am hitting that mono button more frequently and am also enjoying the results.

@kame5271 8 жыл бұрын

I Reference in mono when I want to check if phasing is happening on let's say stereo BG's, Cymbals, synths etc. A good habit to get into is to start your mix in mono and mix your main elements first, that way if it's played on a mono PA system or any system which is a bit dodgy you won't loose elements, that's just my take on it though. Another method is to turn your mono mode on and mix your kick n snares with just one speaker, I learnt that from Ali and it's a great method if you don't have fancy Avatones.

@user11539 8 жыл бұрын

Fancy Avantones are a great investment !

@kame5271 8 жыл бұрын

And very hard to get in my country hehe.

@AcelatinobeatsTV 8 жыл бұрын

I always EQ in mono, then for other things I will usually go back and forth, but for EQ it's always mono

@benja303 8 жыл бұрын

So guys, When you mix in mono. How do you do Stereo Widening? DO you wait until the end and then go back and do panning and stereo widening? Please walk me through the process, I'm struggling.

@ThaBroskeez 7 жыл бұрын

crazy man. ali humble as hell much respect to this guy

@Papi.Labouche 8 жыл бұрын

This really makes me want to work even harder when making music. I can relate to MixedByAli by not having many people to look up to in my city especially when it comes to music. The most famous people I got from my city is George R.R. Martin and Zakk Wylde. I needed this inspiration Thank You :)

@mrmusic1931 8 жыл бұрын

ALI is an inspiration!!

@keilorforest1789 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you

@holyxanoly 8 жыл бұрын

God I absolutely LOVE this show!

@adriiiane42 8 жыл бұрын

He's back!!

@ahabahshiloh 6 жыл бұрын

Ali is a legend!

@EarthEagleGT 8 жыл бұрын

Such a great interview

@onlyferrecords9038 8 жыл бұрын

Saludos y gracias!!!!!

@NathanNgakuru 8 жыл бұрын

MY FAV!

@phyzaan 8 жыл бұрын

best engineer

@alyen589 8 жыл бұрын

Great episode

@SeriousBeats 5 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck is disliking videos like this?! Engineering gold here!

@StayTrueJBake 8 жыл бұрын

thank you for this.

@GDMartin 3 жыл бұрын

he look so fucking lit hahaha

@soulbrown7838 8 жыл бұрын

Dope episode

@johnnyx767 8 жыл бұрын

yeeaah Ali brung it back! Huuman music!

@GARZA_ICMG 8 жыл бұрын

yes yes

@BusDrivingPOV 7 жыл бұрын

Would Love To Have Derek Ali As My Mentor

@verdean11 8 жыл бұрын

Fam the camera is too far away from y'all this time. Now imma feast listening

@MitchellFxnesse 7 жыл бұрын

Ali is amazing yo such a chill dude and just as he was Dre's protege I wish I could be his. But Imma continue to work and hopefully one day I'll earn his respect. I'll visit this comment later.

@johnLennon255 6 жыл бұрын

Creepy

@JustWander660 2 жыл бұрын

Any success?

@MitchellFxnesse 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustWander660 not yet but when I posted that I was in school for audio engineering. Fast forward it’s been a year for me engineering at the studio I work at.

@baltaza 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing fucking GEMS

@jasonjasonjasonjasonjason 8 жыл бұрын

Thought another episode was playing but it's still the Ali one....but then there's an interview with the co founder of Landr! Derek's interview was less than 30 mins long! The co founder of Landr should have his name mentioned in the description, he's a fan of the show you know he will look! Plus, he seems interesting enough to be worth having his own episode, his company is significant also! Really wish the interviews were longer!

@georgethompson1535 Жыл бұрын

16:28 Section 80 24:00 Dre SSL

@h.j.w2783 6 жыл бұрын

You guys need to get Teebs on here.

@Recospok 8 жыл бұрын

A lot Better then the recent CLA Episode :)

@NathanNgakuru 8 жыл бұрын

#TDE

@tylerheist2692 6 жыл бұрын

No batters box? :(

@jeffreybyrd2364 4 жыл бұрын

at 41:10 he def predicted exactly how it ended up being...

@SuperJaymanning 8 жыл бұрын

Dj Dahi interview plz

@CertifiedMuhammad 8 жыл бұрын

And I was bout to go to sleep!!!

@angieelovezya 6 жыл бұрын

"Ali you thirsty on twitter"

@bigboi7366 7 жыл бұрын

yayyyyyyy

@kame5271 8 жыл бұрын

My favorite mix from MixedByAli is definitely Kendrick Lamar's ADHD, go check that out if you haven't.

@romancarrillo6304 8 жыл бұрын

Bitch don't kill my vibe is a nice mix

@kame5271 8 жыл бұрын

***** Swimming pools as well, that reverb on the snare is sick, and it's one of the best modern mixes i've ever heard in a club, basically anything that goes through this guy's Pro Tools session haha

@romancarrillo6304 8 жыл бұрын

Kame Yeah fr, I think he mentioned that Dr. Dre helped him with that mix too.

@SeriousBeats 5 жыл бұрын

Insane mix. He makes Kendrick’s vocals stand out from any other artist out period

@thegeek310 8 жыл бұрын

Is there a podcast ?

@Go_CeddyDaBlakk 4 жыл бұрын

Anybody engineer for the low or for the love?

@KarinaKapri 8 жыл бұрын

Did he mix Habits and Contradictions?

@BlakKat206 8 жыл бұрын

ayee

@LucidSoundz 8 жыл бұрын

great interview.

@Cactusblu7676 8 жыл бұрын

sweeeetness

@peakingmantis5331 6 жыл бұрын

I master my own songs but I normally don't know what the fuck I'm doing.

@therealkruz 4 жыл бұрын

11:30 starts

@kevinkilpatrick7510 7 жыл бұрын

super rad interview with MixedByAli aaaaand then anyone else kinda sketched out by the Landr spot sandwiched in there???????????? maybe i'm just scared of the future maybe Landr is a company pouring loads of money into getting users for a service that will simultaneously improve production in some instances and damage the art in others... daaaaaa i dunno!

@Boissinova 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Landr is pretty horrible, but they gotta put food on the table. You can tell they don't truly believe in it or use it and Ali is advised to just sort of smile and nod... intuition is key. They do not use LANDR. I've heard it. Sounds crappy. Human ear cannot be replaced.

@KingJTheGr8 7 жыл бұрын

Can a person mix and master thier own work?

@KudosCultureCartel 8 жыл бұрын

Who else has been on this twice ?

@renzell.9804 8 жыл бұрын

s/o Landr

@averyallen1839 5 жыл бұрын

What are they talking about at about 14:30-15:00 minute mark. I’m a noob sorry

@cybermike8732 8 жыл бұрын

Is this guy Sponserd by Polo?

@jasonjasonjasonjasonjason 8 жыл бұрын

soon....soon

@nsipid 7 жыл бұрын

"Ali, turn me up"

@alwaysexplicit4587 6 жыл бұрын

what is up with dave's beard

@strictlyjuice6851 7 жыл бұрын

sounds like Napa know how...

@supersquare 6 жыл бұрын

LMAO UPVOTE JUST FOR L-AND-R

@granmasgarage2541 8 жыл бұрын

herb talks way too much these days. stop interrupting Dave, please!

@devrennchrisp1216 5 жыл бұрын

exactly like the part at 22:02 i wanted to know exactly the question pensado was asking but herb added to it but it was not the same question which made him answer different than the question pensado asked i was pissed like broo come on

@ifihanayooluwaakinsola7367 3 жыл бұрын

Hustle like you’re broke, cause you are 😂

@clintonubiquity7437 8 жыл бұрын

ANOTHER episode ruined by HERB... Its PENSADO's PLACE not herbs... as the last episode its such a shame as the guess was great.. Please Herb kick back and allow it!!!