3 MIDRANGE Mixing Mistakes You Want To Avoid

People ask me about midrange all of the time and for good reason...

The midrange is the most important part of your mix. If your mids are jacked, your MIX is jacked.

As a matter of fact, I can pinpoint 3 exact areas where people tend to go wrong with midrange EQ and luckily they can be soooo easy to fix.

​Watch this video to learn how to steer clear of these all-too-common mistakes and/or how you can easily correct them if you're one of the guilty ones

[tswright]

The reason I tell other people to check out Bobby's channel is because his mixes actually sound good! You're straight to the point, no fancy pants bullshit. It is criminal that more people don't come here. But hey, maybe this can be our secret space

[justinreynolds]

I keep coming back to this channel because he doesn't push crazy gear or plug ins or whatever Dude is practical and always comes back to it's HOW to not Gear with mixing. Everyone can make a pro mix now on an interface that's 10-5 years old or newer. Does expensive crazy gear help. Maybe. Sometimes it makes it worse as people don't know what to do with it. Thanks again Bobby! Mid range is tricky and overlooked.

[arnoldwatkins]

You're dope, man. I've been doing this for a while, so I'm not a novice, but I still learn from you on how to simplify things and get out of the mindset that mixing is supposed to be complicated.

[jamescendrowski]

Here's the process on Saturdays; I go to my brothers to record, we watch whichever of your videos we need for what we're doing, follow the instructions and then the song sounds that much better. I feel like we owe you a credit on our next album! Thanks again.

[MarcinBBlack]

Cool tips! I really like your philosophy of mixing and I try to follow it even though Im just mixing for fun.

[charlespowell]

Your shirt: "Silent Night Deadly Night." That movie has been a classic staple in my family for my whole life. It is the crowning moment of our Christmas every year. My mom passed that on to me, and I am passing it on to my kids and grand kids. Simply fantastic!

[michaeldouglas]

Great tip. What a difference. Going though your Heaving Mixing Unlocked and really learning a lot. Keep up the AWESOME work. Was going to say the snare sounds like someone is beating a box and then you EQed it what a difference.

[ShoeSirJohn]

I asked for this review months ago and it’s finally here! Thanks for the straight forward informative video Bobby!

[Duskydog]

Just added Stella Luna Album i love this sound! Takes me back you my middle school days

[leearmitage]

Good common sense advice as always, Poeta are a great band too

[Slugcoil]

Hey Bobby! Thanks for the video. The Magic Is In The Midrange!

[thesaguitarian]

Wow, I don't know if this is divine intervention but this content is Exactly what I need right now! Thanks for this!

[carlwhittle]

Great advice as always, thank you for all you share man!

[Durkhead]

Im one of those ppl that like to boost more than cut, but i understand that eq is like a scale
I think it might be a good video to explain which freq you want to bring out on specific things like for example 200hz is where most snare ring is

[codycreepcore]

The overheads to sound cleaner with those cuts, but do you ever find that you are missing some of the attack/punch of the crashes that exists in the midrange? I feel like that is a part of a cymbal sound that I have been wanting to bring back into my productions.

[justinreynolds]

I would love to see a video about how to check phase with drums without using a alignment tool. I have a few buddies who bought an align plug in for like $200 and I told them you can check phase easily with a normal meter in like 2-3 mins. Tried explaining it and they are not comprehending what I am saying. lol. You can hear it and see it pretty easily. I also think a lot of newer people in mixing don't know what phase relationship even is and how it can make things sound terrible or small.

[davejohnsonaudio]

I'll throw another one out there... low pass your drum rooms around 8k or so. And if you use programmed drums, send less cymbals to at least one room channel, so you can smash it good.

[VanClemons]

Another great video! Seems like you’re using the Sm57 a lot more these days. Do you prefer it over the Sm7 now?

[jorgecaicedo]

Snare still sounds boxy even w/ the eq

[rudyzee]

Am i tripping or didnt he used to do horror movie reviews?