The Secret To Mixing Like The Pros (In Ableton)

Here's the finished song (congrats Casey!!):

In this video I break down my exact mixing process after 10 years of trying to perfect it. I hope you can glean some wisdom and apply some of my techniques to improve your mixes! Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate you guys!

Cheers,
Ethan

[gdgzhrr]

people have 0 excuse as to why they can't figure stuff out on their end when videos like this exist. Usually people forget to explain something or gloss over it and that leaves me confused.. but this video fired on all cylinders and left me speechless without questions! exactly what I needed and looking for, very intelligent!

[erikbosgra]

Great to see that its not simple to mix, but that we shouldn't think to difficult about it. Thanx for simplificating the proces so we can follow along 🔥🧡

[Slimcado]

You successfully made mixing, which I find to be the most boring part of the entire process, to be very approachable, easy to understand and replicate. It seems like a lot of people who teach mixing just want to talk about plug-ins and talk about mixing in a abstract sort of way that it’s hard to even follow and sort of feels like they are gatekeeping so thank you for not being that way.

[wowflower]

this video feels like a big warm hug. thank u

[dimsumchili]

you are one of the most insightful music producer youtubers, so good to see you post so appreciated

[eliasgportillo]

I’m so grateful for this video bro you have no idea how much this helped watching. Lately I’ve been discouraged and have wanted to give up but this is something that has really inspired me to not give up on the process

[TONELOWOFFICIAL]

The stick of butter vs mountain analogy for compression is the most simplest and easiest way to interpret how it works! My man! I'll be watching more!

[archiespeller]

This was great. As a beginner I have been taught a lot of over complicated 'tricks' and 'hacks' and it's easy to forget that the essentials need to be mastered before any of those more advanced methods can be used. Watching you use the EQ was a lightbulb moment, thanks mate.

[precisionsoundworksstudio]

Pro Tools is my DAWr, but I still found this very useful and that part at the end about simply creating music and practicing was a great reminder. Good stuff. Thank you.

[zacklovesdrums]

I wasn't able to use all of the plugins due to cost, but damn this video was spot on and super helpful. My first mix ever and it sounds more professional than I could imagine.

[laytonkelly]

Got my subscription! This is exactly what i needed to see right now, after struggling and getting stuck with what to do next i now have a checklist to follow and a much better understanding of the whole mixing process in general! Thankyou!

[MVinny]

Love your videos man please keep em coming especially Ableton tutorials 🙏

[DivergentReactions]

Ive just started recording some of my old songs and this is exactly the video I needed to make everything come together. Can't thank you enough!

[julesester]

the way you are explaining difficult things is just amazing!! I can't thank you enough for doing that! I did a college course on production and wasn't sure about some of mixing techniques even after. Your style of teaching is just so relaxing and clear! it's just ❤

[alexandrosbitoulas]

Many thanks for this video! You are one of the best ones I’ve seen on the internet, very pleasant to watch, always to the point, relaxed and efficient. Appreciate your work, cheers, Alexandros 🙏👍👏

[xapk]

Hey Ethan, great tutorial thanks for sharing your knowledge so generously!

[Miss.ChiefStudios]

I love the song you are working on. Your friend has a gorgeous voice and the instrumental is fire. You did an amazing job on the mix and master. I love it. Thank you so much for the tutorial. Really brilliant and helpful ❤🙏

[nami]

this is honestly one off the best mixing videos I have ever seen on youtube!

[davesworld]

Ive watched a bunch of mixing tutorial videos on YouTube, and I have to say this video has been the most useful and most informative video I have come across.
Your tips are helping me immensely and l just wanted to say thank you very very much.

[iziotenth]

This is invaluable. Tysm for posting this, you're a beast!