The Low End Mixing Trick That Could Save Your Mixes | musicianonamission.com - Mix School #12

This one trick could make your mixes sound tighter, punchier, and clearer.

Plus, you won't have to do the dreaded 'car test' every time you finish...

Because after doing this one thing, you will know that your mix is going to sound great on any speaker system.

This is how you get the low end right every time, even if you don't have a subwoofer or huge speakers to mix on.

[obrabts]

yes, my mix ist ready, take it to the car, and.... cry...

[watsonvisuals]

Trick finally begins after 8:30 or 8:58

[csn-audio]

Really never thought about putting a high cut for reference the low end. That really helped checking my low end! Thanks for the great tip.

[enigmazach]

Ozone 8's new Tonal Balance graph makes getting the low end correct so easy now! Have you tried it yet, Rob? It's excellent.

[maxmalmer]

Good trick! I actually use this at times when I get completely lost. Though one problem with this trick that you have to aware of is that the phase changes drastically when applying a strong EQ like this. And it's not certain that it changes in the same way as your reference track. So it's good to know that if there's just an incremental difference there actually might be no difference at all when using this trick. With all that said, this is still a good trick if the db difference is big when comparing.

[lequidbit]

Great trick for checking references and great way to fix the issue: all in the levels, so simple yet we always reach for a plugin to help instead of keeping it simple. TY!

[IamJonTyler]

You're like an english finneas. Always hits my brain when I see you here.

[arpy]

Boi your detailed ! And honest.
I guess most people cut their scenes where its getting too unexpected.
Keep it real. Keep it going

[Knutorius]

i think low passing on a mix is one of the best tools.. to get an idea of whats going on and where you might wanna go. when listening to the low pass only i can imagine the high end on top of it, create a vision of what the total mix should sound like (imo). its like standing outside of a club, hearing only the lowend, then entering through the door and adding all the rest.
i'm still amazed by this technique.

[mantarochenrecords]

This is very helpful to get a more balanced and clean mix!

[zelmusiclover]

Thank you for sharing.. it help me alot.. i don’t have a subwoofer.. by doing this trick.. now I can adjust the low end in my mix closes to professional mix.. 🤘🏾

[tisbonus]

Excellent tutorial! This is the best advice for saving a lot of time running back and forth from the car. I've always used reference tracks but that low-pass trick is invaluable! You nailed it my brutha!

[SyntherL]

Thanks for the LF pass trick. There is one question though. As a reference track you use mastered songs probably with multiband compressor applied for low end, while your mix is not. And at the end of the video your mix still has peaks in low end. Does it make to stop matching mastered track at some point, because master compression will eliminate the LF peaks eventually?

[AarnDown]

I only have studio monitoring headphones and my computer speakers so I will definitely try this.

[TimBunch]

I've never tried using a low pass to compare low end. Great tip.

[danielpool]

I heard A LOT more snare below your 160 Hz low pass in your mix than the references. A little 100 Hz on the snare on the snare adds some nice weight to the snare, but I was surprised how much you had. That's all. Nice sounding mix. Nice song, too. I'll have to check out more of their music.

[rickneibauer]

Very simple, but great idea. Have done this, but not the level match after the hp. Gonna try with low and reg mids as well!

[MixingGBP]

Great tool! This one is going right in the toolbox. Subscribed!

[roygertel]

Hi.
You are comparing a mix before mastering to a mastered referenced track. So even if you match the volume, the mastered track sounds different, maybe more compressed or tighter because of being mastered, not ?
Another thing- U didn't mentioned exactly where you put the low end filter & why you decided to put it exactly there.
Nice tutorial !

[m.k.]

Pretty cool stuff. Something really interesting to think about here. Thanks for sharing.