He's a good engineer for two reasons: 1) he shows you his mixing technique w/ a reference track present (humble man, A+++ in my book), 2) his approach to mixing is simplistic; there's no redundant gear name-dropping, over-the-top self-praise, and unnecessary jargon that just comes off as 'doing too much' as a engineer/teacher...DOPE, he's got my respect and my full attention. Cheers, mate! Real engineers appreciate you!
@brandtreppond2167
4 жыл бұрын
I used these tips on a cover song I recorded for my buddy. He did it for his mom and the song made her cry, I felt very validated seeing a mix I made elicited such an emotional response. Thanks!
@masteringcom
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@ELLIOT8209
3 жыл бұрын
@@masteringcom OMG, what kind of 808 is that? It's so beautiful
@guitarbreak88
2 жыл бұрын
It was the song not your mix
@SunlightOfTheSpirit
Жыл бұрын
@@guitarbreak88 😂
@465marko
Жыл бұрын
That's nice :) My songs have made people cry too, but for me, they were wailing "Make it stop!! Make it stop!!". I'm happy to give them a curated emotional experience, it's humbling.
@MuscleEire
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like I have a good grasp of most basic mixing parameters - eq, compression, reverb etc, but saturation is something I hadn't quite understood properly, until now. Thanks a bunch man
@Willigrow
4 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for this... you should also mention one crucial thing about saturation and modern mixing, and that is gain staging and perceived loudness. Saturating snare or kick a little bit can make them sound even louder and fuller while reducing peaks by 3 or more dB... meaning more headroom and less pumping on the master buss compressor. This was really a game changer for me when I discovered it.
@masteringcom
4 жыл бұрын
Cool tip!
@alyasrf8390
4 жыл бұрын
yess man nobody wants to say about that kind suff.. u read my mind dude... gd luck
@Bittamin
Жыл бұрын
Holy hell this is great
@Homestudiosimplifed
4 жыл бұрын
I have told several of my subs the huge benefits of saturation! It’s good to hear someone else applauding this!
@DanielDeakin
3 жыл бұрын
finally understand saturation, i dunno why other people dont explain it like you!!
@JS-bo2xl
4 жыл бұрын
Useful vid.Subscribed. Saturation in general and decapitator in particular truly work wonders in electronic music
@Jay.Ramone
4 жыл бұрын
Nice tut. Worth mentioning saturation can really help give you more perceived loudness even at lower volumes which is handy in mixing/ mastering for obvious reasons
@thomastreppenhauerphotosho3972
4 жыл бұрын
great! Now I know what saturation really does to a voice. Thank you for the video.
@ALLGOOD_MUSIC
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Its like you have this remarkable ability to put up a video right at times when im having trouble thinking of something in mixing. I have a song I've been wanting to add more excitement to the vocals so this vid has given me a great idea at just the right time. This happened twice last year when you posted something. It was like boom ureka. And helped the songs come out great. So I dont know how your reading my mind but keep doing it! Lol Thanks again!
@ChallisKelvin
4 жыл бұрын
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@JuusoHoo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks ! Now you opened my eyes for this matter!!
@takhetabyo871
3 жыл бұрын
I was so frustrated what saturation does other than distorting and adding volume...watched more than 10 videos on saturation and everybody is just like "it adds harmonic" i still couldn't get its use...but after watching this video i got the very purpose to use saturation and when to use it..thanks from all of my heart..the idea of refrence track was so useful..gonna do it that way now..
@rishabhbose29
3 жыл бұрын
Great tip regarding the low end saturation man. Never knew that saturating the highs on any low instrument can help them cut through better in a Mix. Thanks mate.
@davelordy
4 жыл бұрын
The thing I always like about saturation/distortion is the automatic built in compression !
@nightowl-dz3sm
10 ай бұрын
Shout out for the track you used. Everyone uses “Rock” and “Metal” to do tutorials!. Thanks for switching it up !!! 👍
@retsmej
3 жыл бұрын
i have this plugin sitting for 3 years already, now i have to try it. i usually use waves kramer master tape, NLS, and FF saturn. very good review !
@mikebrown9953
Жыл бұрын
This explanation given here is great. Thank you.
@Nick_007ia
4 жыл бұрын
Great tips 💚
@jeroenfigee
4 жыл бұрын
I love the low end that really came alive in her vocals. Almost had something of..: don't touch it, stop right there, its great!! I also thought, why don't you make it a little bit over the top and instead of dailing back ...... use the wet dry mix, to get the right blend :-) oops ... you are doing just that on 8 minutes :-) sorry. Cool video. I really enjoyed this. I once put this plugin on a mix, so on the 2buss. Sounded great. Came to other speakers and it sounded wayyyy to much. That thing got me ignoring decapitator all together. never used it again. So it's kinda fun to see u use it and get really great results on her vocal. :-)
@MilchoMalefic
4 жыл бұрын
very helpful, i thought that i knew many things about this topic but i still watched this through and still learned something. Thanks man
@masteringcom
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@kenjidrake7809
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video man! Yeah I have decapitator. I have the whole soundtoys bundle. It's really great. I love it on about anything. It's my favorite buss and channel saturation plugin. I also love the VSM-3 saturation plugin from plugin alliance on the mix buss. Its adds a really nice shiny harmonics to the whole mix.
@reyhprodbeats4605
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, great video. Can you do a full tutorial about the way(s) to emulate a full analog console and tape workflow/chain/structure on Logic Pro X with plugins?
@RyanandSaraDelling
3 жыл бұрын
Great saturation tutorial but WOW to the magic A/B plugin!!
@bboymac84
4 жыл бұрын
great great tips on 808 saturation! Im gonna use those tips!
@masteringcom
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@thesuncollective1475
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining man..I just thought it added distortion so gave it a swerve..I got ST plugins and they are great..Shame I didnlt know b4 I could have got it during the sale..useful..vocals is the most imp track so every bit helps
@ProfessorSaibertin
4 жыл бұрын
Another cool video. Thank you for the tips Rob.
@zadi42
3 жыл бұрын
Best tutorial about saturation
@terrashae5300
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!
@virajbhujbal4015
4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial mate,learnt alot thru this.❤
@mastod0n1
2 жыл бұрын
You are a fantastic communicator
@espyrecordstv9556
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, just thank you
@masteringcom
4 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@trapproductionzllc1593
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks this video taught me somethings I didn’t know .... Keep it coming 💯👈🏿
@DeltaRecordsStudio
3 ай бұрын
Great video, I've dowloaded the cheats sheets but I can't see the Saturation Cheat Sheet, can you help me?
@nachobeats4733
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Rob, how would you reverse engineer a song ⚙️🎵 ? Love your channel. Thank you 🙏🏼
@Dolbytall
4 жыл бұрын
Really cool tips as usual! thanksss!
@ginotarabotto
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool man. Thanks!
@greenlightstudios3469
2 жыл бұрын
How about the one knob Greg Wells Tone Centric and mix centric plugins for saturation which adds tube, analog circuit and tape saturation.
@EggZema_
3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful!
@quezquez3084
4 жыл бұрын
Great topic!
@BillGraper
Жыл бұрын
This may be the best saturation video I've ever seen! I'm actually looking for plugins to replace the Fabfilter Saturn & Pro-L2. They are a bit too complicated, and the Saturn's 4 band EQ is too much "power" to work with. I like to keep it simple, while still getting results. I like your style of going until it makes a noticeable difference & then backing it off a bit.
@therealliveguy
Жыл бұрын
Softube has a FREE one knob saturation plugin and its good. You’re welcome.
@Joshua_Griffin
6 ай бұрын
Very nice. I've just started using saturation for adding brightness. I saw a video talking about using distortion in place of OTT (for the addition of crispiness without destroying your dynamics like OTT does). Came here to try and verify the validity of that claim, and seems to be true? :)
@DavidDorenfeld
4 жыл бұрын
interesting and very helpful. Thanks!
@ryun3307
3 жыл бұрын
Low end is sick on this song
@andreasatlars4281
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty much all of the music I enjoy listening to was recorded in the era of analog tape and tubes so I literally use saturation on everything.
@basstentacles
4 жыл бұрын
thanks man!
@xavierfaison1813
2 жыл бұрын
Great video but I never did get any type of saturation cheat sheet
@MAKERSONBEATS
10 ай бұрын
Nice one! Can I use a saturation to track only without vocal?
@shoeengine1161
4 жыл бұрын
one of the biggest misconceptions about saturation is that you emulate it with a "saturation" plugin and toggle the wet/dry as desired. its not a very good way to think about it. to understand saturation you have to have context of what signal flow is. the real saturation comes when you emulate each stage of the signal flow. how was the beat made? traditionally samples coming from vinyl going to a channel of a mixer track, then probably the master of that mixer, then its being processed with analog eq's and such, then its going into a drum machine, then its going out of a drum machine into a console and out the console master bus. emulate each stage.
@anotherego6073
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome valuable tips! Which amp do you use to mix for your headphones?
@c-boom7248
3 жыл бұрын
So, it means we have to use eq after saturation..... Cause it's adding additional tones🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@willytonezone
19 күн бұрын
We’re loookin Scandalous. Can you handle This.
@phonicBOOM.
2 жыл бұрын
The cheat sheet seems to be gone? But still loved the video -- I understand saturation 200% more than I did, previously. Thank you!
@Mixingmachine774
Жыл бұрын
guys always ask what it the mixing secret ? the mixing secret is the saturation and harmonic distortion.Analog desks make this.If you find the true saturation mix sounds perfect.
@hiddenbeatz2
2 жыл бұрын
Are you supposed to put saturation before a compressor, or after?
@JimmoBeats-si5vm
Ай бұрын
i didn't receive the cheetsheet via email,why?
@IainRobertMacLeod
4 жыл бұрын
Cheers v useful
@iqbalji427
4 жыл бұрын
How to make airy crispy vocals ???? And how to do parallel compressing on vocals
@djnickhodgkins
Жыл бұрын
Saturation cheat-sheet not there
@favordude9303
2 жыл бұрын
What are your settings on your FF-limiter and what plug-in is that after the compressor on the lead vocal? 🙏🏿
@VSARecordsDelhi
3 жыл бұрын
Your mix is already sounding batter than miley 😃😃
@syedshahbazali1417
4 жыл бұрын
I love you videos upload more often
@callowaykehoe
4 жыл бұрын
Might be a dumb question, but why the Gullfoss and the FF Pro Q? Could you get the job with one or the other? Or does both really get the job done?
@ANY.NE-music
4 жыл бұрын
Would you ever consider doing mixing and mastering tutorials on harder bass music like dubstep and edm?
@mentalprogram5256
2 жыл бұрын
I need to know if u take sample rate into consideration when using saturation.
@ajinkyasengar134
11 ай бұрын
❤
@dulmin_
4 жыл бұрын
For some reason I hear a significant hard clipping and feedback in hi freq (predominantly at "s" pronunciations), even before decapitator's saturation engaged
@Khariis
4 жыл бұрын
De esser
@PuppySupreme
4 жыл бұрын
This song slaps.. also how would you describe the relationship between drive and and mix? I understand how mix works but what specifically does the drive do to sound? Edit: typo
@drmedwuast
4 жыл бұрын
The drive is the amount of saturation. (Was that your question?)
@PuppySupreme
4 жыл бұрын
drmedwuast kinda, so the drive is the actual amount of the effect pushed into the sound whereas mix is like the volume of that sound?
@drmedwuast
4 жыл бұрын
@@PuppySupreme "Mix" in this case is a special function, where you can use the unsaturated signal alongside the saturated signal. In other words, you run the saturated signal in parallel to the original sound. The "Mix" knob lets you decide how much of each signal you want to hear.
@masteringcom
4 жыл бұрын
Correct!
@ronmer
4 жыл бұрын
I see you use Gullfoss EQ. Nice plug in.
@TheBATTranceMusic
4 жыл бұрын
Do I really need this saturation plugin? Can I use a distortion plugin instead? I have FL studio. I'm a little confused. I make Trance music.
@SidneyAugustoDaSilva
3 жыл бұрын
I have to confess: I fry my vocals.......and I love it 😜😜😜😜😜😜
@SNUBAUSA
Жыл бұрын
great tutorial, sick of this style of vocals though
@branimirkruzic9453
4 жыл бұрын
In which order would you use the saturation in general? After all processing or like in your chain somewhere in the middle 😃 thanks
@izvarzone
4 жыл бұрын
change order until you like result
@brianhudson7058
4 жыл бұрын
Is it mainly applicable on the mix or individual tracks
@therealconfidentiality7526
Жыл бұрын
The vocal was a bit bright tho
@LurkzBeats
3 жыл бұрын
I watched this on my phone so I can understand the references to small speakers
@rjjrdq
2 жыл бұрын
Needs eq. Annoying low mids boom.
@TheComposer1979
4 жыл бұрын
man the vocal u had was better than the referance before u add saturaiton ....who is agree
@troeteimarsch
4 жыл бұрын
elysia karacter - ur welcome
@danlettuce8429
4 жыл бұрын
TDS FERRIC VST
@BrBeats-Arabic-algeria
3 ай бұрын
Sous-title
@deamhub
3 жыл бұрын
Demystified at laaaaaaaaast...... Where is the love button???
@bubelemkhosana6628
4 жыл бұрын
Dope vid and I'm the first to comment...
@chriswillis6747
4 жыл бұрын
Show us Pixie Dust
@sahilkhatri4182
4 жыл бұрын
Mother's Daughter,, really ??
@shaft9000
4 жыл бұрын
Ouch. She was sounding almost Karen Carpenter....but then you went for Miley freakin' Cyrus (!?!!???)
@richardaling5278
4 жыл бұрын
That drummer sucks, and his drumkit too...
@DBTHEPLUG
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a edm producer that tries to make a trap beat
@frankiesunswept
10 ай бұрын
Very helpful!
@reyhprodbeats4605
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, great video. Can you do a full tutorial about the way(s) to emulate a full analog console and tape workflow/chain/structure on Logic Pro X with plugins?
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