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[DjJay]

Pure Gold My good man. Been producing, mixing and mastering for about 15 years now and probably watched most of the videos, trick and tips out there, but you come up with stuff I've never seen or heard of before on a regular basis. I just tried the Pro Q3 vocals sidechained to the instrumental method in my last mix and was blown away and how effective it was. This sounds bloody awesome too, can't wait to try it out!!!!

[zwsh]

This trick is great for folks mixing for artists who exclusively stick to one key, but many songs will borrow notes or chords from other keys, and I wouldn’t trust these auto-detect websites to catch that. For example, buddy holly by weezer is mostly in F minor also. It’s a very simple song in almost every sense, but even in something as basic as that, in the prechorus, the song uses a C# minor chord which is not in the key of F minor. That chord has an E natural, one of the notes we saw that you should turn down in this demo. So if I’m the client and my mix engineer puts negative gain on all the E naturals across the mix, I’m probably firing that person. Theyr reducing the impact of my prechorus by using cheap tricks and internet shortcuts instead of learning how to actually analyze my music and treat it properly. This truck works fine for top 40s style pop for the most part, edm, house, club, etc, where many of the artists don’t understand this either… but I want to mix for truly creative musicians who are pushing the boundaries of their genre, and I will never impress them with tricks like this. I’m sure this video wasn’t intended to be a “one size fits all” solution, but it was presented that way, with no mention of talking to the client, or analyzing different sections of the song to ensure that the verse and chorus are in the same key, or alternative solutions like having an instance of pro q with E natural turned down for the verses, and another instance with E natural turned up that would get turned on or off with automation for the appropriate sections of the song. My point is-as a mixing engineer who also is a musician and composer, this trick is indeed great, but is much more advanced than this video implies. In the wrong hands, it can cause way more problems than it solves. This would never work on a Radiohead song. I’m not saying don’t use it, I’m just saying… be careful, and maybe make sure your clients know you’re doing it so they have a chance to let you know about that E natural in the pre chorus before you unintentionally damage your own mix

[matt_nyc_audioengineer]

I would be concerned this could lead to some pretty nasty comb filtering artifacts in some instances tho. Seems like it could be useful in the right context but I would be very careful and make sure to listen for artifacts.

[MOSMASTERING]

In Cubase 12 there is audio to chords function, it gives you all the chords to the entire song in a second.

[palinoman]

You quickly became my number one teacher. Great techniques and easy explanation. Thank you.

[StevieBoyesmusic]

Those scale things get my music wrong often. Also I wonder how much different this sounds to turning instruments down ~2dB and using a +2dB high and low shelf boost, given how subtle it is reducing midrange.

[RealBassPhat]

Streaky, I've been watching you for years now and you're an incredible resource. I purchased your FabFilter presets which are really useful and a huge time-saver. It feels great to support you. I'll be looking into your other offerings. Really appreciate how you're helping a lot of producers up their game.

[hermanshermits]

I was always taught that using too much eq (and narrow bands) will make a sound dis-jointed. This example sounds great, you have amazing original ideas that I was never taught!

[Seanrayamusic]

For those that own Soothe by oeksound, you can achieve a similar effect sidechaining soothe. I find it to be a really transparent way to do this. Trackspacer is another great plugin for spectral sidechain.

Also, techno would like to have a word with your "every track has a key" statement 🤣🤣

[TokyoSpeirs]

I’ve done this before in small degrees, it’s awesome. I limit it to only turning up the notes in the melody up dynamically instead of removing the notes not in the melody. Similar concept

[Nedvio]

Thank you Streaky. Subscribed. Best mixing and mastering channel ever. I even bought FabFilter plugins because of you. God bless 🙏🏻

[dimund]

Been following you for a while, but just wanted to say that your channel continues to be the most useful resource in my feed. Thank you :)

[juanochoa]

Been recording professionally for 20 plus years but i'm new to mixing and mastering my own music and your videos have been like GOLD to me!! I just bought your FF ProQ3 preset pack and was'nt sure how much I would use them, if any but your some of your presets sound like they are polishing up my mixes to an industry standard level... This preset alone is worth the $30 I paid fo the whole pack so I am a more than happy customer! Thank you for sharing your secrets and wisdom with us aspiring engineers!

[cameronblack]

Other YouTubers definitely give some value but you can just tell how much more of the real deal Streaky is.... thanks!

[fytstaff]

Maybe using something like Wavesfactory Trackspacer would be better for this problem. This seems like a way to create some nasty comb filtering. But that's only my opinion. Love your videos.

[tomdouglas]

dude your the man I have to hire you to master one of my records in the future.

[negvey]

Absolutely amazing pro tip, thanks so much!!!

[ChrisThomasBone]

Just use a broad scoop, people. The net effect is a broad scoop, but this will eat up 10x as much of your processor. Just scoop your dang mids

[Dane_Riazer]

I never ever EVER thought about doing this! This is why I subscribed and hit the bell notification you got the good stuff!!! 🙌🏾

[OmnionAmbients]

isn't the fix a lucky byproduct? In essence you are removing out of key freq also affecting the vocal etc as well, it just happens to reduce the piano more as it sits louder in those out of key freq?