FL Studio Mixdown/Pre Master Tutorial - Hard Dance

[DoctorHpoduction]

Can you do a video explaining what "arps" are and how to use them?

[EdgeOfPanic]

You cut off the low frequencies of the bass line in order to make more room for the kick.

That in it self is a good thing to do.

What i normally do is i side chain the bass-line to the kick and then add a limiter to the bass-line (compressor target on the limiter) so when the kick plays the bass-line 'ducks' on the kick.

That way you can have both, a kick that thumps and a bass-line that is also very prominent in the mix, a nice side effect is that your bass-line will have a nice pumping effect

[almazonly]

You do not have to do this ! It is just ya mix Sucks. that was it.

[almazonly]

@almazonly sorry i was wrong, u mixed it at the end, didn't know that. Make an Intro please, u dont want people to be blind, right. but the lead is just still loud for me. It is just hitting the critical band frequency, where our ear membrane says to our brains to stop listening to this. u definitely have to mix ya lead and ya perc's. If you're boosting above 14 kHz or so to make a track brighter, you're probably just adding noise. Try the same thing between 7 kHz and 10 kHz for better results.

[ragonetti]

Hey my question is whenever i turn the fruity limiter off on the master track it seems to quiet the entire song. Isn't that a bad thing??

[tracid2008]

Thanks for that!

I am wondering why you use often the blood overdrive. I would love to see an appreciate replacement with an basic compressor.

When i got lessons from a pro, he told me to compress kicks and snares very hard. He told it "compressed to f**k" :)

[TheFrankMedia]

Hey dude. Nice tutorial. Gives an overall idea how to do a mixdown, no matter the genre, I think, though I have a question. In hardstyle, the kick and bass is kinda different, mostly because the kick contains a tok, tail and bass all in 1, which makes it confusing how to EQ. Any suggestions?

[DeJreplica]

Ty! good tutorial... anyways, when i listen my song in fl studio it seems to lack some volume... if i raise volume in master it starts to clip... so i should put limiter on master or what? :o

[messiah791]

please do a tutorial on mastering in ozone yr video has really helped me undersstand maxdowns ans the spectrum. thanx very much.lol

[DjKrunosMusic]

I've allways heard from my college professors and people who knows a lot about mastering that you should never get the volume of the master below the 100%. They've allways told me that the easy way to mix a song is to avoid the pre-mastering volumes the maximum as possible, and do that in the end, on the real mastering process, when you add compressors, limiters, eqs, etc. and when you level correctly the volumes. Just a tip I've heard from professionals, what you think about it? Nice vid btw :)

[mmmburgers]

@DjKrunosMusic That's a great way for mixing/mastering. Generally what I do is I keep the mixdown volume so it doesn't peak past -6db, that way when I take it in for mastering there's lot of headroom available for adding additional EQ's, Limiters, Exciters, Stereo Shapers, ect.

But then again everyone has their own way of mixing/mastering, just find a technique that works well with your style of music.

[DjKrunosMusic]

@mmmburgers totally agree. Keep it up, have fun and, by the way, thank you for uploading tutorials.

[icyds]

Noob question. Can you please tell me what youre clicking or pressing to turn your "lows" off on the fruity parametric EQ2? I think I know what youre doing... but then again im not sure.

[mmmburgers]

@icyds Hi, on the right area of PE2 where the sliders are for each band, at the very top of each slider you can click and drag to change the shape (Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass, ect) Then below that there is the dots, you can drag those up or down to change how sharp you want your EQ band to be. Hope this helps!

[icyds]

@mmmburgers Thanks dude! This tutorial helped me a lot when it comes to the quality of my sounds! They no longer sound compressed! I watched the entire video! Making electronic music for me is just a hobby, and you just made things easier for me!

[linker112233]

Wow man this is fantastic. I've been using Fruity Loops for a good four years now and I can wholeheartedly say i'm still learning tons thanks to your tutorials! :D Thanks again!

[SolidSp33d]

"It sounds pretty shitty." *Plays great track*

ಠ_ಠ lolwut? *watches tutorial*

*Track plays at end*

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[leavesofgrey]

Awesome tutorial man. REALLY helped. Also, what kick are you using in your songs? I'm just looking for a few suggestions.

[ForceAcid]

Yo man, just wondering thus cutting off lows belongs to all genre's for instance i make drum and bass it comes with basses pads and everything normaly a kick and snare are at a 70-80 hz low range so do I have to cut all the other basses and pads on about 100 hz or something?

[mmmburgers]

@ForceAcid Cutting some could do well with Drum n Bass, although I can't say much since I don't know all there is to know about DnB productions. Use your ear when trying to cut certain frequencies, you want to cut enough to make extra headroom in the mix or to make other instruments stand out and clear up certain areas.

Another thing you could do is lightly sidechain your bass/pads to your kick and snare, that would help clear up the low end in case your kick interferes with your bass, ect.

[ForceAcid]

@mmmburgers Thanks Man! But most of my kicks and snares are low cut about 70-90 Hz, so I guess i can just cut all the my basses and pads etc on about 100 hz somewhere most of the time Paramatic eq 2 shows where to cut it off, and maybe do same for synth but like boost them a bit in the high end I guess thats what I need to do right :)? anyway thanks didnt come up to sidechain my kicks with pads Think that will sync much easier and quicker then using gross beat or something like that :D

[xbdayx]

EQ Sandwich.....yum

[setejambillo]

podrias hacerme uno en español??

[merquto]

great vid, clear tutorial thanks man :)

[rekaepa]

"Dowwwn son! " oh god that was funny XP

[Hnai18]

I Need To know How Make The In Center Do You Have A Tutorial For This

[Fa1led]

nice job! mmmburgers where can i learn basics for melody making? im also very bad at making melody =/ so i want learn how to make melodys my current self made melodys are just terrible :D

[RambinocX]

this helpped me so much, some mastering videos show u how to do it but dont really go into great detail like this did. great vid thank you

[sebastiendjuk]

This is a pretty cool Vid. I have been spending money on mastering engineers. This has helped me a lot.

On ur off beat lead would u use the same presets for a pad and 303?

Also did u do the tutorial for the ozone 4?

[wdkbeatz1]

Thnaks man you taught me alot and i do Hiphop tracks

[BassHarderonline]

You should sidechaining your lead with the kick mate ;)

[keosni391]

This is exactly what iwe been looking for :) im waiting for the izotop tut :D

[RemixXFX]

Dude, mistake :D Blood Overdrive = Distortion. Not compression!

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

"It sounds pretty shitty." *Proceeds to play amazing track*

You have high standards man.

[dnice4732]

wow that was pretty cool and thnks for the vid to cause i wanted some more insight on eq n i guess im not to far off as i thought i was ;)

[OfficialXzyl]

hey im just wondering u can please answer this, im wondering how u got ur main melody witht he saw 1 saw 2 saw 3, whitch plugin u get the saws from

[SacredAlpha]

Hey! Very helpful really! I'm about to make my song for the UV recordings.... This helped me a lot!

And, i see that you hit #1 with your clubwalker!! Nice one there!

[XxBlackIntoBlackxX]

I have a song that sound like crap so I tried using the things you did for my Track and I don't know what to use to give it a louder sound. Like Is Iztope good for a Omph?

[phs2Chelsea]

TYVM. :D

[DJChaotik]

Just what I've been looking for^^ great tutorial man;). My mixing usually sucks :p

[Chekkogrnteam]

Hey. I'm not new to FL studio but I'm not good with music.

The most important question I have is, how do you make a melody? Do you have to follow certain rules?

[mmmburgers]

@Chekkogrnteam Yup, music theory helps a lot. Once you know basic music theory making melodies comes with ease.

[vocaloidluffer]

@mmmburgers did you take a class for music theory or did you just read it up online?

[mmmburgers]

@vocaloidluffer I am self taught for everything. Before I began music production I had been playing guitar for a few years, so I already had some basic knowledge on music theory, over the past 4 years I have just learnt what I know now reading online and such.

[rekaepa]

@mmmburgers You created an illusion at 25:35 :0

Are the playlist clips straight or slanted ?!! D:

*GEniuS!!!!

[germaniumproductions]

Your tutorials have been so useful to me. I'm just beginning to create electronic music, and this just helped me out a lot.

[Zdragow]

You don't know how incredibly helpful this was for me. I can't thank you enough for this.

[EldeMarjo]

Tnx for share this mmmburgers keep itts up a good Job

[TechnosaurMusic]

I pretty much do the same for the beats, but when you got to the lead, bass, and all after, my mind was a bit blown. And you probably also fixed a problem I was having with my kick and bass! :D You know how much I love you?

[DoctorHpoduction]

Hey clayface I'm new to hard dance trance and what exactly are the things labeled arp? It looks like only one note but it has a rhythm. Is there anyway I can create that same rhythm without the VSt's you use?

[7171duane]

hey clay thank you so much for passing you knowlege on it really helps and i guess that is what makes you one of my idols keep up the good work dude

[ArchXAngelProduction]

I thought you were gonna mix my song that I sent you for the UV label?

[obscureXone]

How do you make up for putting the volume to only 65%? The track is gonna be very quiet.

[mmmburgers]

@obscureXone I generally bring it down to about %50 percent when I am done, as said in the video I then bring it into Ozone4 to do final mastering. During the Ozone4 process I use it's built in brickwall limiter to bring back maximum volume.

[17drcrazy]

thanks man!this helps a lot !

[Accordeons6000]

Trés bon:10/10.

[DjPaen]

pretty shitty: something i would put my name on.

after mixing: something god would put his name on.

[YungKiiDD01]

Nicee. @YoungKid_NJ

[NoobFLProducer]

Thank you very much, but what about IZotope, i use this to master

[mmmburgers]

@NoobFLProducer Yup, I said that in the video near the end. Once the entire project has been prepared and ready for the final mastering I will open it up into Ozone4 to do the final touches. :)

[NoobFLProducer]

@mmmburgers

Yea man just watched it fully, fucking epic thank you !, before this i was only using izotope and nothing more, i wasn't mixing the vsts and stuff :D thanks again sub'd !

[MolotovSolution117]

thanks a lot man that was very helpful for a newbie like me

[llindenau]

nice video, but for my preferences the mixdown sounds too much like it has some major filter on it, too much highs

[mmmburgers]

@tom43154315 You're very welcome! Glad it was a helper!

[mmmburgers]

@MrTrollski You're very welcome, sir!

[dytuga]

i just use your technique and is really really good am gonna start doing this way thank you... just one think which program you use to rec vids

[mmmburgers]

@dytuga Thank you! For recording I use Camtasia.

[BestRogueEu]

Didn't really learn anything new, but thanks for the tutorials!!

[BennyCrap]

Great man, thanks alot!!

[hellchaser11]

what headphones/speakers do you use?

[mmmburgers]

@hellchaser11 At the moment I have no "good" headphones to use, just shitty ear buds. But I for speakers I have Fostex PM0.4n Studio Monitors running through an M-Audio external soundcard.

[MrBangJung]

just what i needed :)