This is the secret to every great mix (parallel processing)

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@andrewhuang Жыл бұрын

Hope you found these tips helpful! Let me know of any other topics you'd want a video on. Thanks again to Baby Audio: babyaud.io/ Here's my new album: fanlink.to/AndrewHuang-DustAndDewdrops

@Trickster7916 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the amazing content as always! I'd be interested in any insights you had on correlations between oscilloscope sample views and the (perceived) quality of plugins. For example, do 'higher quality' plugins produce a perceivable difference in oscilloscope readings compared to 'lower quality' ones when fed the same midi information? The golden rule always remains 'use your ears', yet there are certain underlying 'industry standards' when it comes to acceptable quality transitioning to quality music. Figured knowing a method of determining quality would be more useful than just being told the most used plugins in the higher music industry echelons. If you could make content related to this, that would be great! Thanks for your hard work always!

@jimlampshady Жыл бұрын

I clicked the link to your new album, then stopped at the point I realised I would have to pay for it. Please consider giving your music away for free. I believe the gifts you would receive in return would far outstrip the financial revenue from sales.

@BenLowther Жыл бұрын

@@jimlampshady You're joking right? Please tell me you're joking! What are these "gifts" exactly?

@dannypqliar8763 Жыл бұрын

The sub-low-pass chain for phaseless frequency splitting is a wonderful tip, thanks, Andrew! Would love a video on how to make glassy/marble-ball reverse glitch transitions - for instance, like on Ochre's album 'A Midsummer Nice Dream', or on the Plaid track 'Wallet' - the way it envelopes the drum hits. I'd like to know how to set it up and control it... particularly in Ochre's case. Thanks again and keep doing what you're doing. Greetings from Moscow ❤

@NasnuvenPaulo Жыл бұрын

Hey, Andrew, how u doing? I’ve just been called about a winning prize by a profile in your behalf. Your name, your official pic, 5 followers… is that really you or may we be talking about some scammer?

@pyromaniacbridge Жыл бұрын

I've been making music for 25+ years and have had a career in professional sound design for about 13 of those years. Despite all of that experience, almost without fail, I learn from your videos and they make me want to go make things. I sometimes don't even get all the way through the video before I have to go make noise. A great record makes me want to make records. A great youtube video makes me want to go put parallel processing into all of my songs that don't have it. Your videos are a constant inspiration. Thank you for that.

@derrincalk9579 Жыл бұрын

Check out Night a new album released by Johho

@switchezgdc Жыл бұрын

Agreed 🤌

@BrianAndersonTT Жыл бұрын

This is why mixing is a science of its own, just like composing and sound design.

@Lance_G Жыл бұрын

10+ years here, and I couldn't agree more🙌

@DrumAndSpaces Жыл бұрын

I've only been making music for about a year. All self taught so not great but I enjoy learning with videos and playing along with them. It's good to know I'm on the right track if I feel exactly the same way as you after 25+

@regojozsa Жыл бұрын

The tip with shaping the bass while paying attention to phase, and the sends tip were golden! I really appreciate that Andrew exaggerates a lot of these effects in these tutorials at first before dialling to taste, because it's easy to hear this way. There's way too many KZfaq tutorials where the presenter doesn't accommodate for this and they end up making a bunch of really subtle and tiny changes that are not obvious for those with an untrained ear/not listening with a professional setup. So it's no exaggeration that Andrew has taught me the most out of anyone on KZfaq over all these years, and continues to even today!

@averagebedroomproducer5008 Жыл бұрын

tbf the processed side of the parallel should be exaggerated otherwise you're just blending more dry/not fully wet signal in which is phase issues galore

@wired-up5677 Жыл бұрын

That mr.bill phase trick is fire

@hughharsher Жыл бұрын

You should check out Mr. Bills channel. His stuff is next level

@Acolytemedia Жыл бұрын

Been watching Andrew for years but only actually checked out his music recently. He's a fantastic and diverse producer. Massive respect to the dude.

@andrewhuang Жыл бұрын

Ahhh thank you for listening 💖

@Alkatross Жыл бұрын

That new album Dust and Dewdrops has been on repeat.

@JacksonSadinsky Жыл бұрын

That phase flip tip :o you’ve always got some really sick tip in there for those who’ve been around for years, I really appreciate you making music creation accessible.

@PieterLaroy Жыл бұрын

That phase flip tip doesn't seem to work when I set it up?

@ElPita17 Жыл бұрын

same here

@rist98 Жыл бұрын

If you mean the splitter he tried to make with EQ eight and a utility, he actually made a bell shaped EQ boost. Because he put the Utility in the wrong place. You want to put it in the chain called "EQ" not the one called "DRY".

@rist98 Жыл бұрын

Im not even entirely sure its a bell shaped EQ he made. Either way, it wasn't the splitter he intended, and I explained how to make the splitter he intended.

@ElPita17 Жыл бұрын

@@rist98 you're right, that fixed it, thanks! :)

@LivingTimmy Жыл бұрын

Love your 'forever a student' comment, because even though I've studied music and mixed my own stuff for a while now (by no means as a professional haha), I'd NEVER thought to have used polarity flipping for splitting out lows and highs without affecting phase. Such an awesome wee gem in that piece of knowledge alone! Fantastic examples in this video too! ✌

@Itsanasmusic Жыл бұрын

Wow! I always LOVE how much you go in detail on EVERY TOPIC! I’ve been learning about parallel for a year and it never made as much sense as it does after this video. AMAZING! Thank you Andrew🙏🏽❤️

@Standbackforscience Жыл бұрын

This video should be mandatory watching for anyone trying to mix, good grief, so much useful info, so clearly presented, in so little time.

@majdmonther840 Жыл бұрын

Man thsee tips are awesome!! Huge respect for sharing it for free .. it seems to me that as you're getting more confident in your game and musical brand you're sharing bigger and more complex processing. I mean there are a lot of mixing engineers out there who wouldn't even consider to share any of these things (like the parallel bass process). They sleep on it like it is a treasure they need to guard. It takes a lot of confidence in what you do to share it in detail without being too preoccupied with how you can profit from it or how someone else might "steal" your process. Thanks a lot for sharing. Great stuff!! 🍻

@Officeninja428 Жыл бұрын

I love baby audio! Out of all of my plugins, I reach for theirs the most glad to see them show up here!

@lassorb4752 Жыл бұрын

Andrew your production value is world class - both audio AND video

@TheOfficalAndI Жыл бұрын

I've been using the frequency split trick for bass sounds for quite sometime. But the idea with a low and high compression/distortion send for mixing is damn good. I will definitely make use of this very heavily from now on. These tips are dope, I hope people will pick them up.

@rawalshadab3812 Жыл бұрын

Any tips? I'm gonna try doing parallel compression. Do I just make sends with different EQ filters and adjust the levels of the send or is it something else?

@rawalshadab3812 Жыл бұрын

@@pappasierra703 I don't know much about it but I watched Dan Worrall's videos on parallel compression. They were very comprehensive and had a number of tricks relating to things like Delta signals and notch filters. Gonna try those as well.

@rawalshadab3812 Жыл бұрын

@@pappasierra703 Nice. Thanks for the clarification

@TheOfficalAndI Жыл бұрын

@@pappasierra703 I always prefer sends on post, as it keeps the balance between dry and wet sounds. If at some point you like how many high frequencies there are in a sound (by using the send) and later have to change the channel volume to improve the mix, your previously dialed in balance would change with a pre-fader send. I did boost both sends a bit with like 3 to 10db so I can go nuts if I drastically want to change the sounds timbre.

@Makker_1 Жыл бұрын

Andrew is such a good music producer! 👌👌👌

@mrotaveria Жыл бұрын

and a good teacher

@whatskraken3886 Жыл бұрын

He’s a good producer but not a great mixer tbh

@mwood1618 Жыл бұрын

Don't sell yourself short buddy. You are a pretty good KZfaq commenter as well!

@zian3694 Жыл бұрын

How do you know ? I think he is just a good youtuber.

@theaddictofgaming9174 Жыл бұрын

@@zian3694 You know by listening to his music. It's not that difficult

@mariusnitzbon8215 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Andrew for the detailed insights! It is the most useful and inspirational video on mixing that i have seen so far! lots of love to you ❤

@SundayVibesmusic Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the hard work in getting these videos out! Much needed tutorial!🔥🔥🔥

@justinbouchard Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I've always felt like I've been missing out one some mixing techniques. This is perfect. Please do more? Love from Ontario :)

@jimwideboysullivan3165 Жыл бұрын

Great tips Andrew. Love the MIX POLISH tip in particular. Been in the industry for 30 years and still learning from you. Many thanks.

@martymo2 Жыл бұрын

Always love seeing Andrew in the background when Andrew is talking… great video as always!

@juanuribe8876 Жыл бұрын

Awww man, as time goes on your videos just keep getting sharper and sharper with the content and with the production omg

@birviva Жыл бұрын

Andrew, What a amazing new background lighting you’ve got over there! So atmospheric 😍

@5methoxy Жыл бұрын

thank you for introducing ‘ihny2’! just the type of plug-in I’ve been looking for. also minimalistic enough for my squirrel brain.

@retepclips Жыл бұрын

YES! ive been struggling with mixing for quite some time. thank you

@jimmyced4419 Жыл бұрын

I think I finally understand how parallel processing works now. Thank you Andrew!

@jonathansamuels5630 Жыл бұрын

Excellent breakdown of parallel processing. The depth of your knowledge is crazy. 👊🏿

@yasseford Жыл бұрын

This video is amazing. Really see the value in using the rack over sends now.

@benshaminmusic Жыл бұрын

Really cool tips, I can seriously improve my mastering and I really need to try some of these tricks out! I really like the lighting in this video and the last one. Also, I am looking forward to last Theory Thursday's follow up video, I can't wait to hear what everyone else came up with!

@mcdan2696 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I agree! Base should always be dry, but equalized so that the kick does not get distorted!

@vgmandstuff1381 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Lots of tricks here and there that makes me want to do more music. Composition-wise I'm in love with the little glide arp in the last track, hopefully that comes out soon if it hasn't already!!

@andrewhuang Жыл бұрын

The last track is on my new album, link in the video description!

@steven_porter Жыл бұрын

That lo and hi send trick is gonna come in real handy on the track I'm working on now. Thanks for the ideas!

@ramizian Жыл бұрын

Ableton is just so good when it comes to parallel processing, great video!

@kiimvenus Жыл бұрын

youre the best andrew, the best thing i found on youtube was your videos

@Thorrison Жыл бұрын

I got super lost in the reverse phase bass stuff but I will have to try some of these. I'd been using compressors with wet/dry mix but I hadn't done separate sends for delay and reverb, for example.

@AlexLong98 Жыл бұрын

This channel has the best for educational content for producers by far

@cpt.white96 Жыл бұрын

Always love getting new producing tips!

@juntapao Жыл бұрын

Wow, I did not know I could do this kind of stuff. As a beginner, I also learned the dynamics of send busses and their functionalities. Thank you for sharing this information.

@static-san Жыл бұрын

Wow... you cover so much in this! Definitely the first time I've genuinely understood parallel processing - will be using that a lot more in my own tracks. P.S. Love the lo/hi phase trick.

@ArnthorPhotography Жыл бұрын

you always leave us with some cold nuggets, thank you Andrew!

@mantenbrink Жыл бұрын

Wow this video gave me even more drive to create then usual. Once I get more time on my hands I really want to rediscover music creation and I'm thinking about buying a first analog synth once I figure out how to easily send it midi or sound from a daw and bring the sound back at the same time.

@JaesNSC Жыл бұрын

So, so, so useful. Thank you very much

@LesSondiers Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool tracks and tips ! Thanks !

@AnotherDimentionRadio Жыл бұрын

You are the best. Thank you so much!

@MistyMusicStudio Жыл бұрын

Eyyy I'd been using some of these tricks for a hot second but never had any terminology for it haha. Thank you! I am going to have a way easier time explaining to students why the mix knob on a compressor / FX / etc. is so important lol. Phase inverting the bass EQ is a super neat trick 😮 Fantastic saturation on that master 👏

@peterrostgaardbojesen5790 Жыл бұрын

Great examples, Andrew - and clever product placement from Baby Audio - I just bought IHNY2 immediately after watching your video 😂

@djbeto1 4 ай бұрын

awesome tips...thx so much!

@kennethsmith5383 Жыл бұрын

Bruh, the bass treatment...going to be my go-to!

@flake8382 Жыл бұрын

A lesson on how you set up side chains and frequency blending would be helpful. This teaching format is great, thank you!

@MYSTIC5925 Жыл бұрын

BABY AUDIO PLUG INS ARE SOOO GOOD! I use the spaced out plug in in almost every track

@the_rdrksh Жыл бұрын

Massively inspiring. Thanks Andrew.

@ringsystemmusic Жыл бұрын

I came up with this idea or something similar independently earlier this week and have been having tons of fun doing a generative twist on this in VCV Rack where the computer decides which FX to blend together. That’s how you know it’s a good idea- someone came up with it before you did!

@maxflailer Жыл бұрын

This is unbelievably helpful holy moly

@realBlueMoonMusic Жыл бұрын

I go to Full Sail University and this is one of the first things that they teach in my degree program. Utilize sends to put all the effects in (minus dynamic effects like compression and such)

@mrmooch2163 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video for parallel compression. Finally think I can understand it

@flake8382 Жыл бұрын

These are the lessons we actually need. Yeah I can record and mix... But processing signal levels and effect chains is hard! Cheers champ!

@ticklingtheivories1 Жыл бұрын

This is extremely valuable info dude. Thanks for sharing this with the world for free haha you rock.

@jaimevargasalvarado579 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks :) 💜

@stripedelicstudios Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video! You rock!

@smartassrecords Жыл бұрын

Very articulate , sending students to this .

Жыл бұрын

Almost everything you talked about in this video is suuuuper super simple in FL Studio, all effects in FL have this Mix knob automatically. Also the phase stuff is really easy to do in the basic sampler in FL

@mhidday Жыл бұрын

As always thanks bro, genius!

@WhereDaDuckAt Жыл бұрын

great timing for mixing my new electronic EP "Andrew".

@AaricBeats9 Жыл бұрын

game changing. learned something special

@dextreme123 Жыл бұрын

Very inspiring video 🤌

@nickjohnson398 Жыл бұрын

The phase flip trick for splitting the signal is next fucking level, I've seen so many people recommend this "signal split" idea but I'd have phase issues every time, also stuff like this is why I mix in Ableton, imagine trying to conveniently do this in protools lmao. Thx a lot Andrew!

@awaiout Жыл бұрын

i tried it, and dry signal track with no effect is different from split track, don't know what's wrong

@awaiout Жыл бұрын

so, it won't sound the same i think

@finctank Жыл бұрын

Amazing tips, thank you

@cloudifulmusic Жыл бұрын

that applying same LP filter and flip one's phase to achieve parallel without phase issue is so 🤯🤯🤯

@andrewhuang Жыл бұрын

Assign both cutoff points to the same macro knob for easier adjustment too, and save the rack as a preset :)

@neptunogaudio5460 Жыл бұрын

thank you man you are the best

@WrigglyRees 7 ай бұрын

Really helpful!!!

@NormanTiner 9 ай бұрын

Hell yeah 👍 fantastic video

@sleepysloth847 Жыл бұрын

Just wanna say the studio lighting is a VIBE

@parboilrice Жыл бұрын

Absolute gems

@JayFiCreator Жыл бұрын

Thank you, my friend!

@EscherNadeau 22 күн бұрын

amazing video.

@deanerdaweiner3829 Жыл бұрын

Patcher in flstudio is so powerful for this, i like using it to isolate the delay for sounds

@henryisaway Жыл бұрын

Thank you for writing the answer on the title and saving me the anxiety of having to watch the whole video just so i could have it. I am still watching the whole video nevertheless.

@anthonycruz9238 Жыл бұрын

SHARING SECRETS?! Love this! Ableton is not great for send flexibility as you only have 12 for the whole project, so duplicating tracks or using the effect rack is incredibly useful!

@NasnuvenPaulo Жыл бұрын

Great great material

@NonTwinBrothers Жыл бұрын

Ah man I'm in love with that pink light

@pauljs75 Жыл бұрын

On 5:22, some software like LMMS using sends is really the only way to do parallel processing with FX. Otherwise any FX put on a channel runs sequentially through the stack. (Although each effect has a W/D control, it's still going to the next FX on that channel.) To parallel you basically put instrument(s) to an FX channel, then use sends on other FX channels to parallel from that, and possibly recombine in a final channel. (Sends work at the FX channel rather than instrument level on that software. And don't forget to disable send to master on channels not considered final output.) That's no-budget music making without having to go to the high seas; awkward, but it does work doing it that way. There's probably some portion of those watching that may find that info useful (hope it was explained well enough), otherwise not knowing that there is a way to make the process work with that particular program.

@dinghoti Жыл бұрын

Ty Andrew!

@Darksagan Жыл бұрын

12:15 this beat slaps. Although I am familiar with these, I really liked the plugins you used and the way you explained them.

@andrewhuang Жыл бұрын

“Cloud Loops” from my new album, a fave of mine :) Link in the description if you wanna listen!

@jushimx Жыл бұрын

GENIUS

@amicarla Жыл бұрын

Seems Dan Worall is setting the trend recently. I like your audio bits Andrew!

@diegomora_02 Жыл бұрын

That phase trick is priceless

@TheVampireKit Жыл бұрын

Cool. Thanks.

@klausmuller2352 Жыл бұрын

Phase Flip tip by MrBill 8:15-9:00 one of the beste Ableton advises of my life. Combine it with a Makro to set the frequency boom you have a clean splitting tool 🤯

@hamacaboy Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤the king of production Andrew Huang

@WesMott1994 Жыл бұрын

Oh god multiverse Andrew is back. Spacetime Vol 2

@noahvandenabeele Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, thank you for this tutorial, really great. Especially the section from Mr Bill, splitting up the low and the highs. However I think you should put the utility plugin with the switched polarity on the EQ effect and not on the DRY effect, otherwise you do a polarity switch and the sound of high and low together is different. I just tried it out and this was my experience. Thanks again anyway for this great tutorial!

@gerardfabisch Жыл бұрын

Nothing new "mixideaswise" but great teaser tracks in between. Especially liked that piano keys snippets beat at the end, great stuff!

@lawinter1949 Жыл бұрын

I own all of their stuff and its amazing!

@EclipseAtDusk Жыл бұрын

Oh hey I just did this for a contest on Emily Hopkins’ channel! Three layers of the same recording, each processed differently to make a rly cool & dense but distinct mix

@collins_channel8643 Жыл бұрын

Autotuning the reverb sounds interesting. Gonna try it out!

@samstevens4390 Жыл бұрын

Andrew! Please do a video on cymatics! I am in love with the phenomenon and love your content. Andrew Huang + Cymatics = 🔥💥✋🏼🤯🤚🏼💥🔥

@JRDProduction Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@BodyOfPlayMusic Жыл бұрын

Mid side + parallel is my fav

@a.rad_music Жыл бұрын

Man I love your videos. One of the reasons I switched to ableton

@alejandromontanez2977 Жыл бұрын

10:45 ahh this is the exact problem with chorus bass ive been trying to get around! Gonna figure out how to make this happen in studio one hehe

@amandabear64 Жыл бұрын

Gonna go ahead and edit my default scene to include those high and low sends and save that phase flip frequency separation thing as an effect rack

@carbon.creates Жыл бұрын

amazing

@Telesko Жыл бұрын

I learned to do this right from the first thing I ever mixed but I didn't know it had a name or was anything special. I was just told this is what people do. I guess I had a good teacher