The Ultimate Tool for Louder Mixes (Without Losing Punch)

For years I simply could not achieve modern loudness without completely destroying my mixes with limiting…

Until a mentor told me how to do it. And now, I'm sharing it here with you.
In this video you’ll see:

- The ‘normal’ way for getting loudness that makes your mixes suck
- How to do it without sacrificing any impact or punch
- Examples of where you’d use clipping in a mix
- A new plugin that makes clipping simple, easy and satisfying

[xmarioxde]

Great info.
For all Reaper-Users: give JS Event Horizon Clipper. Works kind of similar, except for the lack of a fancy interface :)

[voidboi]

You're a godsend for indie home artists. Each video I've seen so far has been a much needed source of answers for my mixes.

[timbenton]

To start, I never bother to comment, I just don’t. But I just found your channel and in the last few days you have cleared up several issues for me. (I’m about 1-2 years into learning how to mix). We all know that there are a million different videos from a million different people with a million different mixing tips but yours are very clear and concise. Thank

[tylergunn]

Literally 30 minutes after trying the free trial for this plug-in I can’t imagine life without it, thank you Jordan for this and all your teachings 🙏🏾 a couple years ago I wouldn’t have imagined getting this far

[HardTimesStudios]

I started using clipping last year, I make electronic music and it's made such a huge difference, I really wish I had learned this years ago.

[solaceprevails]

I use gclip on my drum busses and on my master right before a limiter. It was a game changer for me.

[TheMixAcademy]

Love it. My OCD thanks you for not making the lights red. Option-c in Pro Tools has become a twitch I can’t get rid of. 😂

[zeclomal]

I remember 4 years ago, listening to my first mixes (they were the definition of "horrible") and watching Jordan's videos. Nowadays I'm so fucking proud of how I mix and I'd say at least 50% of it is thank to this guy!

[brianvillage]

Newfangled saturate is a pretty great clipper. You can really push it hard without it destroying your mix. It’s also included in Elevate which is a great mastering limiter.

[jonathanoates]

I work in dance muisic and realised this clipping business after watching the amazing series by Baphometrix. I can't reccommend this series enough. Massive detail on how to do this right. 22 episodes and about 35 hours. But it's a gamer changer. So if any of your subscribers want to see how this is done in huge in depth detail then this will show them. Kazrog clipper is one of the simplest to use and has a wave form showing you the clipped peaks. If i was going to use BSA clipper i would have to use an ocilliscope to see what's going on.

[BrainDeadTX]

It sounds awesome, really love that energy/aggressive character that it adds to the drums.

[great_peace]

This video right here. Super helpful. This adds a whole new level of confidence to making music and I like how you clearly defined the difference between just squashing everything with a limiter vs trimming the unwanted information with a softclipper and keeping the integrity of the track and even adding energy to it, not taking energy away. Thank you!!! I'm gonna check your softclipper out👍

[champagnecasuals]

I've not found any videos so far that explain this topic in such detail. Its like people don't want you to know. Great video - thanks!

[bluenitriletouch]

I really like how you spoke about not using red lights when designing the clipper with your team. I think that's honestly a refreshing take. Stoked to grab this plugin.

[stevendevries]

Extremely clear and no nonsense explanations. Thank you. Wish I would have found your channel sooner. Keep it up! You're helping a lot.

[jakobole]

Regarding clipping in general : You can often see the tracks that benefit from it. If you see a lot of very fast/short spikes on a track, it's a candidate. You can't hear them anyways - they are too fast for that.

[davidhayman]

Really appreciate the clear and straightforward explanation (referring to your experience helps to clarify too). This is great tip...have been using a limiter up till now.

[djdeathcore]

Wow.. I've struggled with this for years. Just clipped everything and my track sounds almost twice as loud. Thanks HCMS!

[gulagwarlord]

I use OVC-128 by Voxengo. It's 3 knobs. Input Gain (clipping), knee softness, and output gain. It's oversampled by 128x. I've tried almost every clipper out there and it sounds most transparent to my ears. Newfangled Saturate is amazing too because it actually puts the detail back onto the clipped waveform so it's not just a square wave at 0 db.

[sbd-music]

THANK YOU FOR THIS LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE IDK HOW I NEVER CAME ACROSS THIS BEFORE BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE