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Just came across this! what a spectacular way to explain it all! I really like how you explained the loudness of the kick and then the loudness of the kick with the bass and finally the entire mix. this has really demystified the vu Meters for a lot of people I can imagine

Really good tips. As a noob, One of my biggest mistakes is not leaving headroom on the tracks.

Too much talking!

thank you...time to dig out the old under-utilized Klanghelm VU meter> and yes it is not without some real bells and whistles.

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EQ is so powerful. after months of frustration mixing my album, it all clicked last week and mixing became a creative process i enjoy instead of fear.

great to see the ladies in the mixing/production side of things. usually these tutorials are full of sweaty bearded guys no offence, always good to hear a lovely lady's voice. thanks for all the tips

Greetings from Puerto Rico...! Your channel is one of the best on You Tube... Thanks..!

It's times like this I think about how wonderful the internet is. I need to know how to do a thing I'm struggling with, and I'm a few clicks away from a comprehensive, well-presented and professionally edited video explaining EVERYTHING I need to know that an expert on the subject has taken the time to produce. This is so fantastic thanks HUGELY for what you do Sara.

Hello. I installed the VU Meter on the track and I have a terrible overload, although there is no overload on the master track. Is there even a limiter installed? Could you explain what my problem is?

Hi Sara, I really love your way of explaining the topics, I was really tired of fast food videos. Thank you so much for these incredible video lessons

I like your explanations, but I do have to admit that my ears remain firmly locked. I can't hear a difference in the snare no matter how many times I listen to it. With transient shapers I can hear the difference, but with the sort of mild adjustments you make here, I just can't recognize it.

When you use words like "Skews", it makes me have to pause the video and go look it up...makes it harder to understand but am keeping up...😊

Man there's so much string bleed on those guitar tracks. That inexplicable combo of recording at low volume while standing or sitting right next to the microphone always boggles my mind.

thanks for the tutorial!. btw how about adding other instruments such as guitar?

This was EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you, Sara!! 💯🙏🏿

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Are you still using the Apollo Twin X for mixing and mastering?

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Loved your review...your quality of your mic, and the video quality.

I can't hear the difference in msot of these settings. I'll listen to the snare but can't tell the difference been variation in compression and variation in drummer's performance. I'll try it myself with a drum machine to eliminate that variable!

When you flipped the attack from 3ms back to 30ms at (from 23:40) it seems the snare was still dull for a couple hits. Do you think there was some lag in the compressor doings it's job? do you hear that too? Or was it just the drummer's performance? Actualy it sounds less there are less transients at 30ms..or maybe it's just a tone difference. ugg, it's so hard to make sense of this stuff.

wow really surprised how dramatic the difference was between Attack 10 vs 30 ms! Usually I'm just picking a number based on shit I read somewhere. BUt after listening twice and focusing on the snare and kick like you said, I could also hear a dramatic difference. I need to get in the habit of using my ears more.

please add chapters to your videos. I find the outline very useful for jumping to a specific section.

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I Really thank you for deep tutorials!! really learn a lot from your channel! Can you make tutorials like eq and compression for brass like trumpets and tronbones or Saxs also? 🙏🙏

A few points: - other analog meters existed pre-digital aside from VU meters, such as PPM. - -18VU is confusing and wrong. Analog meters are typically calibrated so that 0VU=4dBu. When this is in a DAW, the default calibration that is often (but not always) used is -18dBFS=0VU=4dBu. This is only when using a sine wave, as dBFS is peak level and dBu is relative to voltage. This also assumes your converters have 22dBu of headroom (this varies between different converters). With 22dBu of headroom, at 4dBu, you have 18dB of headroom (therefore -18dBFS). If your converters have 20dBu of headroom, then you’d adjust the meter to show 16 etc, as they’d have 16dB of headroom above 4dBu. - Many analog modelled plugins use 4dBu=0VU=-18dBFS as their internal reference level. For these plugins, you’d probably want to use a meter set to -18 to make sure you aren’t running into these plugins too hot. For plugins that use -12dBFS=0VU as their reference level, you can adjust your meter to -12 and gain stage accordingly. Always check as plugins vary with their internal reference level (as do converters). This one is more opinion than fact, but I don’t really like the idea of setting kick and bass levels with a meter without knowing what role they have in the arrangement. IMO it’s better to just mix the song and keep an eye on the entire mix level at the mix bus. VU meters generally don’t show much useful information for kicks because they are too transient heavy and short. I think it’d very good practice to use and understand analog and digital levels, and different meter types. The problem is there is SO MUCH bad/contradictory advice online that people misinterpret or just turn a blind eye to.

@SaraCarterSimplyMixing just curious if you have ever considered mixing using In Ear Monitors vs. over the ear headphones. I am talking about the custom versions most notably. Would be great to get your perspective. As you noted having the weight of headphones on all day is exhausting. I've been using in ear monitors for audio editing although the universal version from Sennheiser. Thanks for your thoughts in advance and all of your great content.

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Thanks for the informative video ! How would you make space if the piano was a mono track?

Sara, should I be afraid of my meter if it’s still yellow at +12 db or only when it’s red?

how does this only have 6000 views??? there is so much terrible nonsense on yootoob and your videos are outstanding. plus it’s lovely to hear a fellow northerner on the interwebs. keep it up

Your're simply the best, better than all the rest... lalalala...🎶🎶

I've discovered your videos today... I can't stop watching and taking notes! I have a band with friends and I'm working on backing tracks. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! From Buenos Aires, Argentina

If I don’t have speakers what are good headphones to do this kind of work with? I’m asking because I’m honesty using this information to mix live inside of a church. I strongly believe that every instrument should sound good no matter what and that later you can do things to your pa and do some sound treatment to help make the room sound better. Because every time I come here and I try something it works. I understand other people are learning and they’ll change things and that’s okay for me because I’d rather someone learn than stay stagnant not trying to see what things sound like. But at least when I mix I can give my best thanks to you and many others

Thanks for the excellent video. Moving from analog to digital workflow was difficult for me.

As usual, a very smart and classy tutorial. „…Love, love, love…”

Thank you for this video exactly what I needed!! I love your style of teaching, highlighting why to do things opposed to little tricks that don't get fully explained. Very excited to watch more of your stuff as I learn more!

wow great!

Some great ideas in this. I thought using two compressors simultaneously intriguing, would the same result be produced if run separately, one after the other? Gonna try it, working in a master track editor like Sound Forge I have to tinker around a bit more compared to a DAW. I like that multiple LP/HP use of the same file also. It's great to see how these ideas cross different media, I've used that LP/HP idea in Photoshop to restore old photos!

Your videos have been extremely helpful, thank you! And, sidenote, I really like the ambiance of your room, it's relaxing to look at haha

I watched a few of your videos and loved your demure demeanor and lilty voice, and Sage wisdom, of course. I did not know that you would be able to help me with a hard rock song that I was working on, but you were! Thanks!

I really love proper gain staging because it helps the mix. I remember 15 years ago I mixed with hot channels on a digital mixer Yamaha O2R 96k resulting in the fader of the 2buss being lowered, mixing became a struggle (compared to analog) and the result just disappointed. Getting pre fader levels around -15dbfs made such a big difference and opened up everything.

Hi Sara, Side question… would you ever do a video showing how to Mix and EQ guitar tracks in a mix that are recorded from a modeler like a Fractal? I know there are EQ issues that you know how to tame and it would help a lot of the folks like me who do use modelers to record songs.

Hey Sara. Just a quick question . I payed for a copy of Klangheim VUMT and i noticed in your video that you have your setting on the -14VU mixing preset and i noticed in my presets that there isn't one i can choose from the list. How do i get it? Do i need to download it? In the mixing presets there is only the Subtle Widening.

I'm a gangster from USA and this lady tutorial is super dope fo real!

This and the other EQ tutorials are exactly what I have been looking for! Thanks!

Love, love, love :)

Hey Sara. I know you're talking here in post-production; but as a guitarist, can I uses the same principles you teach with the 10-band EQ on my pedalboard, to achieve the same result and free up frequencies for the bass and vocals live? I hope you understand my question 😕and thanks for the great lesson.

Hi I mix by my mobile app .. is big Different between laptop? 😢😢