10 Mixing Mistakes Beginners Should Avoid! | Make Pop Music

In today's video, Austin will be discussing 10 things beginners should avoid when working on a mix!

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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Poor Quality Stems / Tracks 0:45
Sloppy Editing 2:27
Unorganized Sessions 4:04
Over-crowing the Mix 5:28
Stuck in Solo 6:47
Doing Way Too Much 7:59
Not Knowing Your Plugins / Tools 9:40
Following Too Many Rules 11:21
Referencing Too Much 12:45
Too Many Unqualified Opinions 14:40

[sumairarif]

It’s insane how we get access to all this information for free

[agentcalm]

I'm glad Austin mentioned number 10. Christ the number of freakin' back seat drivers on forums is insane. Even on songwriting forums it's the same.

[rapstarxD]

One of the Best Pop mixers on YouTube 🙏

[krizjr]

Austin could you do a detailed video on compression and how u come up with ideas we r really grateful for these videos thank you so much 🤠

[elchikoriko]

I liked that you made a distinction between quality stems and time-aligning. I think my major issue currently is the second, not the first -- but I wasn't thinking of it this way until you cleared that up :)

[Johnnylaurelli]

Cannot stress #1 enough. When I was starting out I couldn’t figure out why my mixes weren’t hitting as hard as “commercial” mixes and it’s all due to the source recordings. Then I stumbled across a really well tracked song and the mix came together seamlessly - changed everything for me. You can only polish a turd so much.

[christianwicked]

Austin, man you're so sweet! A great teacher, humble, and super talented. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!

[thecovercircle]

This are amazing tips! It’s incredible to get all these experienced point of view for no money! Pretty valuable content!

[bandninkasimusic]

Another great video Austin and fantastic tips/advice. I'm obviously NOT guilty of any of these mistakes. 😬

[bastienb]

I can see myself a lot on this video ahah ! Thanks, it was very helpful !!

[streammonocowards]

finally getting back into music so time to binge watch everything i've missed!

[thedrivereraworld]

Your videos beat every single course i've signed to, just amazing! I would love if you could make a tutorial on Zedd, something like the middle or stay! The chainsmokers would be awesome as well!

[ceciliaperez]

super valuable information here, thanks for the advice!

[filiprangus]

Great, thanks!
Also, could you please do a video on how to create a drop if you don't know what to create? I am in the EDM and so if I don't want to do classic future house, progressive house etc. then I don't know what to create that is not yet there. Can you help?

[electricwassabi]

Great Video! Would love to hear from you on how to produce an indie-pop track.

[williecolonmusic]

Honestly, my friend You're Amazing!

[heinrichsmit]

How do you feel about mixer presets for workflow? For example of once the vocals is routed to your mixer channel, pull up a preset that opens your compression, delay, reverb etc

[blacklist]

What should we need to record professional vocals?

[keegan]

Great lessons here Austin, thank you

[moomtones]

Great tips, I was chasing all the dragons.