How Industry Producers Perfectly Mix Their Beats | Fl Studio

In this tutorial, I'm gonna be going over the exact mixing and leveling methods used by some of the most prolific producers in the industry. Examples of producers who use this method include Metro Boomin, Wondagurl, and Pierre Bourne. In this video, I'm going to be going over the exact levels they use, their goto mixing plugins, hows to properly eq your sounds, the best effects for your drums and melodies, and overall how to achieve a perfect mix every time.

What should I cover in the next video, let me know in the comments? Also, make sure to like and subscribe.

[RodneyD]

I’ve been a producer/ beat maker For well over 30 years. Started making beats I was 13 years old. I just turned 49 in November. So I’m a dinosaur😂😂😂. These tips are spot on. It’s very important to have some basic mixing skills. It’s also good to have your beats mixed. Here’s why... most artist will use the 2 track about 90% of the time. Very few will purchase the actual trackouts (or stems) of the beat. Usually because the trackouts will usually cost more. In order to compete with the industry standards. Your beats need to be mixed well straight out the gate. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told the artist to reach out to producer to obtain the trackouts because the Two track beat sounds terrible. Mastering a song with a beat with a terrible mix it won’t yield good results. The worst thing to hear is an artist rapping over your beat and it sounds like shit on Apple Music and all the streaming platforms. Not only that but it makes you as a beat maker sound amateur due to bad sound quality. A mediocre beat with a great mix will stand out more than a great beat with a bad mix on it. If you’re gonna compete as a beat maker it’s imperative that you learn how to mix your own beats. Plus mixing your beats can and will give it your own unique sound signature. In these modern times you’re beats aren’t really finished until you’ve mixed it. It’s a part of the beat making process nowadays. He did a great job in this tutorial.

[elxjah]

Great Tips to use from this video:

Wave Candy Meter: 2:05

EQ'ing Your Sounds 2:21
(Mix in Mono)

EQ'ing Melodies 2:55

Great Trick: 4:25

EQ'ing 808s: 4:55
(People can't hear beyond 20hz, Don't cut too much low end)

Melody Effects: 5:51
(mess with panning and reverb, don't go too crazy)

808 Effects: 8:02

Leveling: 9:05

Ideal Levels to use: 10:25

Master Effects: 12:05
(Limiter also works, Make sure to turn envelope off)



Awesome Video bro.

[electricbeatmachine]

I love that you’re talking about the 808 at 8:08! Nice work

[baddiemcbadbad]

This is good for basics. Something really important to know is that you will mix differently depending on your genre. If I was making some heavy riddim/Dubstep I wouldn't follow some of these

[onestopjubee]

who is this guy dropping gems like this?!

[memorimf]

I definetly agree with a lot of teqniques in this video, and for youtube mixing/mastering it definetly works best with a loud kick.
But it cannot be stressed enough that for spotify/apple music etc. releases, you need that snare/clap to be on the same level as the kick.
Levelling your sounds according to DB is also a HUGE issue, since that is not a correct measurement for sound. You should instead use your ears and listen to the mix.
Lol just hit 13:00 in th video and you said pretty mch that, great video man! Gonna support you for sure!!

[prod.joetedesco]

EQing the sub frequencies on the 808 was something that never occurred to me and 100% makes them harder. This video has 2 much sauce 🖤

[MayFlowersGarden]

If I’ve seen this video by the age of 20, ill probably be a billionaire right now 😂😂🤘🏼 major gems

[NewNoise]

I did this on all of my last few beats and this actually works. You can hear every sound in its own little pocket without interfering with others sounds. I would bring up the frequency where the sound sounds good and then grab another sound and do the same. Then I grab both eq’s and turn down the frequency where the opposite sound sounds good at, on both sounds. This helps create space, avoids interference and allows both sounds to shine in where they sound good.

Now when I master i dont have to do much. The bass frequencies sound perfectly and tucked in the melodies don’t interfere with the bass frequencies and don’t interfere with the hi hats. When i play each sound alone they sound empty but when you play all the sounds together they sound full because each sound fills its particularly frequency.

[ClawedJord]

I just mixed the tips from here with the tips on the Metro tutorial and it's my most pro sounding beat ever WTF you're a wizard.

[larry]

*Levels for drums:*
Kicks: -7 to -5 db
Claps: -10 to -8 db
808: -12 to -9 db
Snare: -13 to -10 db
Percs: -19 to -13 db
Hats: -20 to 16 db
Open Hats: -25 to 20 db

Adjust levels according to the beat...

[MrChickenstalker]

You’re officially GOATed and nobody can deny that

[jjjjjjjjjj]

The amount of information packed into your videos is impressive. Please don't stop

[internetalpha]

Everyone be wanting the mixing sauce the top producers use but in reality they just throw fruity soft clipper on and toss it to an engineer lol

[Scarxcrow]

All the mixing engineers be hating on the comment section lmaooo

[pablolee-davis]

Original Beat 12:28
Mixed Beat: 12:37

love the tutorial, really helped me out!

[darronlt]

Yeah, we're going to need that sound selection video.

[radthesnake]

This is the first mixing tutorial I’ve seen that has helped me immensely thank

[natexo]

Bro you are a saint, giving us the sauce for free

[googleplusisnotevil]

This is a dope tutorial and I have a bunch of old beats I can fix up now. One thing I would say is don't play beats in between "before and afters" because it's extremely hard to switch between before and your background beat and after. Keep it up your tutorials are amazing my guy.