10 Years of Mixing Advice in 10 Minutes

It's been 10 years since I bought my first keyboard and started making/mixing music. I almost can't believe how fast the time has gone. Hopefully this puts you a bit further ahead on your mixing/production journey!
In this video, I share 7 big mistakes I've made or lessons I've learned in 9 minutes.

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0:00 - What is this all about?
0:58 - How to mix clashing tracks
2:10 - Phase can ruin a mix
3:20 - The 5 Click Rule
4:33 - The Loudness War is Over
6:00 - Solo is ruining your mixes
6:50 - Gaslighting Nonsense
8:18 - More Nonsense
10:00 - Let me know what you think?

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[inthemix]

☕ I want to say a huge thank you to those who support my free videos here:


0:00 - What is this all about?
0:58 - How to mix clashing tracks
2:10 - Phase can ruin a mix
3:20 - The 5 Click Rule
4:33 - The Loudness War is Over
6:00 - Solo is ruining your mixes
6:50 - Gaslighting Nonsense
8:18 - More Nonsense
10:00 - Let me know what you think?

[Davisk]

The amount of snake oil online really is insane and I completely agree with that point. I've been helping some newish mixers and mastering engineers learn the craft and the amount of terrible advice, limitations, and thought processes I have to basically tear out of their brains are insane. I know now everyone has access to teachers or industry professionals who can cut through the noise, but my advice to any new mixing or mastering engineer is to take everything you hear online with a huge grain of salt. Consider advice, advice, not a rule set and you'll do just fine.

[FauvesCage]

I’m a professional mixing engineer and tutor, and I’ve taught hundreds of students so far. You my friend are one of the few on YouTube that’s no-nonsense (I’ve started my channel on YouTube myself and I want to be a part of this “10%”) and I’m really glad the numbers on your channel reflect a great deal of success that you deserve. I’ll keep pointing students towards your channel!

[DanielTGaming]

I've been self-producing music & audio for my videos since ~2017. I've taken in so much nonsensical advice that nearly hindered me from doing any of it, and I ultimately came to the conclusion that what I've been doing was not only perfectly fine, but was perhaps best for my given genre or video I'm working on. This video was honestly REALLY informative, and helped a lot to destigmatize any choices made with mixing or equipment.

[jesperlugger]

As someone who started producing 4 Years ago with the help of one of your videos I can say: I always felt like you were one of the only YT-Producers that didnt try to sell me complete bullshit advice. Thank you for that :)

[amazeus]

I say 90% of advice online is pure marketing! 😂😂😂
Especially compression and eq topics! 😂😂😂

[Zeno]

Thank you for all of the help over the years 🤝

[keithmadeit]

No matter how much I learn, this channel will always be a blessing to me. Thank you Michael for the wealth of knowledge you've provided myself and countless others over the years.
Peace

[bober]

it would be really cool to see video about evolution of your music since you started :D

[chrisbardolph]

A hugely important thing to keep in mind - now in the DAW age more than ever - is, don't mix with your eyes. It's so easy to look at a plugin and think, "that compression looks about right because the meter is moving the right amount".... or, "there's no way this isn't too much of a midrange bump for the guitar. Look at how big that curve is!" Nope. Close your eyes and listen with your ears. What you hear is what actual reality is.

[guerzoufares]

Your FL Studio for beginners video happens to be the first ever music production video I watched, when I first got FL Studio 20.4 back in October 2020. Thank you for all your efforts, Mr. Wynne 🤝

[Boannski]

I needed this video soo bad...you deserve whatever comes your way man!!!! I'll forever be #inthemix

[paroxysmismusic]

You really helped me with recording, mixing, and mastering over the years. Thank you!

[TRVladdy]

OMG THANK YOU. I love that you spoke about the fact that most stuff you find online is nonsense.
I've really been getting sick of it and I think you are the first person I've seen who actually talked about it.

If there is one thing to take away from this video, it's that skill comes from years of experience, not from internet tutorials and especially not from people who try to sell you mixer presets.

[kekente]

I think a good piece of advice is to listen at a low(ish) volume when mixing. It makes it so much easier to spot tracks which are too loud/quiet

[airwavv]

The loudness one is always so interesting. In school I got told that it was an absolute thing and that you NEEDED to stick to a specific lufs level. Even though i am still super green, I have already been realizing that not every song or genre i work on is going to be at exactly -14 lufs (like they always said to keep it at), but more so based on the genre and feel of the song.

[XXROCKANDROLLPOWERXX]

I would love to see you dive into each advice/topic for a longer video. Even if it's a 25-30 minute video, we will definitely enjoy learning from it.

[Prayt]

You're so pleasent to hear dude
Smooth video

[nevertheless]

I'm an absolute beginner, your videos have helped me alot, appreciate the amazing knowledge that you possess and help others! thank you legend 🔥

[sunghoonmoon]

Thank you and congrats from Korea.
Wish you have more prosper years to come.
This channel is informative and insightful for me.
When I was on serious shipping for the speakers set, I saw yours and decided to get PSI A25.
You saved me a lot of time, energy and money.