My Philosophy on GETTING GOOD at Mixing

Cut through the noise and overwhelm - here are 5 things to simplify your journey to getting good at mixing.

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[AmishStringer]

Basically you are describing dunning Kruger. I have been in all these levels and just because you are a pro and did the 10k hours and crushed it doesn't mean you won't go backwards at times. Good video. More of this, please

[mattperreault]

Working my way outta overwhelm thanks to you man! I owe you big time!!

[reedcrapo]

Such a great video Jordan...and I'm a student and love your mixing course and all the guys in it. It's an amazing community who are so willing to share.

[audioglenngineer]

I’m working as a full-time, professional audio engineer and I still feel the overwhelm and get lost in the weeds often. The interesting thing though, is I have a couple of “gears” I shift into, which help me function. One, is the “learning gear.” This is a place of experimentation, struggle, reps, and ear and brain stretching exercises. I spend more time here than I do in “pro gear.” When I finally do a pro mix or master, I may try an experiment here or there based on things I’ve practiced, but it’s got to be about getting it done and it meeting concrete demands by the deadline. And, that disappointment never completely goes away - there’s always room for improvement, but you learn to celebrate the victories along side the defeats. The defeats become smaller (not deal-breakers to your client like when you were starting out) and motivate you to catch it next time.

[DavidDavis-FA-photog]

I always enjoy your honesty. Your tips have been some of the strongest things that have improved my mixes the most.

[OmarJano]

Now these steps of mixing progression are right on!

[tmman]

Great tips!!
I'm doing all the work on my mixes, from singing to the mastering and the impact of a good record is so important, room echo/reverb will really hurt your work! And you don't need much! I built myself a sort of "tent" with mover's blanket and it helped a lot!
Thanks again for the tips!!

[AdiPlaysYT]

Your video is totally unique, the way you think and teach with your experience worth watching video.

[drummerguyron]

Intermediate is so me.. Been doing it part time for friends for 10 years. Decided to take time off of doing other peoples stuff and just focus on my own music to re-learn and just get better. Not sure how long it'll take but I'm determined to get there. Love your channel dude. \m/

[djbigpump]

Great video. Best tip I got from you is focus on the midrange. Man did that make a difference

[Scrabadoodle]

101% accurate! this is exactly what a producer/engineer need to know. thank you for the amazing content as always. 💯

[Syklonus]

They say that gear doesn't matter, but it does. I slogged for a few years with outdated gear and kept wondering why I could never get stuff that I recorded to mix well, but I could get great mixes from projects that someone else had recorded with better gear.

I don't think you need a lot of equipment, but it's best to keep the core stuff updated and of good quality rather than chug along with a cheap interface from 2006 and an old PC/Mac.

[DrProgNerd]

I am a hobbyist noob - definitely in the 'Overwhelm' phase. I've been picking up great tips (your 'Magic Frequencies and Mixing Cheatsheet were huge for me). The problem I'm continuously running into is that I know there are a thousand holes in my process. When I encounter a new problem, I don't know which hole to fill. I know that there is no improvement without struggle - so I keep chugging along. Right now I'm in the all-too-common phase: My mixes sound good on my monitors and headphones and my renders suck when played through 'normal' speakers...which - according to one of your videos - means my mix sucks. Back to the drawing board. I'll eventually get it, but I feel like I'm 10 steps into climbing Mt. Everest.

[AlexSaheli]

Okay I'm in. Though I first have to buy a new mac

[Laptops]

I'm by no means an expert, but one of the biggest things I've learned (and am still learning) is adjusting frequencies to make a mix flow and sit well. Also, training your ears is huge. Something I'm still learning also, but the more mixing I do the better my ears get

[maxfreniere]

I really enjoy this kind of content. Thanks Jordan, although I still have to learn, practice and gain experience a lot, you made me realise that I am way more advanced in my journey that what I was thinking. 🤟

[BeccaLozierTrumpet]

My productions were better (while still amateurish) at first, and then got real bad for a while. That middle part of the journey sucks, but if you keep at it, it gets much better. Once I got my head around the basic philosophy of mixing, it all got much much better.

[DjMiflyn]

So much truth in this! Tried mixing on/off for a decade and I didn't get any better til I bought a year long online course where the engineer showed his enntire method..everything began to click after that. I'm still not great, but I finally know how to get the depth, punch, and space I've been looking for. I also have a better understand of what to listen for.

[MORGVE]

I have to thank you. I started watching your videos some weeks ago and your tips helped me a lot. I´m on the final stage of mixing and mastering our new release (9 tracks) and our sound really grew since I´ve been putting in practice your philosofy. It was all about "defense" mixing, I was very into it, cutting frequencies like crazy... not anymore, I let the elements sound as they were meant to. It was kinda hard couse we make high impact electronic music using programations, vocals and synths and sometimes I´m not sure how to mix all that stuff, mostly very distorted and noisy sounds. So my search of the perfect mix is still going but meeting your channel was a great help.

[reziahamed]

Love you man !!!! You are the BEST👍👍🥇😎