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Why Your Mixes Sound Thin (and how to fix in 6 mix)

Alice Efe - Mercurial Tones Academy

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Let's take a look why your mixes may sound thing and how you can actually fix in 6 mins

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00:00 Experiment
00:18 Thin mix fixing in 6 minutes
00:51 Frequency tilt theory
01:17 How to fix tilted mix
02:36 Dynamics theory
03:24 How to fix dynamics
04:16 Stereo image theory, fixing
05:27 Saturation theory
06:05 How to fix saturation
07:05 Eeeeeeee
07:15 Ambiance theory
07:54 How to fix ambiance
09:30 Before and after

20 Comments

@Alice-Efe Creator 3 years ago Pinned

🔊Do you know I have a whole 16 hours mixing course as well? (Theory + Application)😊❤
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@Projektor_music 3 years ago

As a content creator myself I'd say that the most underappriciated part of your channel is delivery. Everyone praises the information being correct and helpful, which is true, but what many might not realize is that is is also presented in an entertaining and engaging manner. Big props for that!

@B24Fox 3 years ago

This video should have been called : "how to strip ALL the character from a track, and make it sound as generic as possible, in just a few easy steps"

@Syndrome121 3 years ago

At this stage in my music production journey. I definitely know I need all these things. I think the most important tool of all, at least for me, is patience. I guarantee that most of aren't top notch producers who have a million and one deadlines to meet. The best thing to have when it comes to building out your mix is to have. some. patience. Just slowly tweaking it overtime VS trying to cram it all out at once will save you loads of stress about how your mix is sounding. At the end of the day, we're having fun with it.

@WizardOfArc 3 years ago

i love how saving the panning effects until the ambiance phase sounds so much more enveloping - like you are really in the space

@_TheViewer_ 3 years ago (edited)

Another wonderful researched tutorial, thanks a lot for that ! 🎉

@westbethkid 3 years ago

This is the best mixing/audio channel on the entire internet. Well paced, gets to the point, not trying to be "funny" but delivering quality ideas and content in a personal, physical way.

@iamastrage 3 years ago

Hey Alice, thank you very much for all of your advices, I've been watching your videos probably from the beginning of your channel and i must admit that you most certainly offer the best content for us music producers over the internet. Your work is invaluable and please, don't you ever stop being that awesome and producing such great tracks !
Thank you <3

@DomSigalas 3 years ago

Absolutely love your content Alice - keep it up 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@fancha831 3 years ago

what a beautiful way of explaining things

@Ursabomb 3 years ago

omg your graphical explanations are awesome!!!!!!

@muppetzboy9738 3 years ago

Your channel is a diamond, thank you very much for everything <3

@NormanTiner 3 years ago

Holy shit. This is the best video I've seen on thickening a mix in like a decade of YouTube tutorials. Really good hands on examples, tons of before and after comparisons, and even little physical science demonstrations like Bill Nye. Great content.

@marksenofficial 1 year ago

Hands down best production videos on youtube, keep it up!!

@rockysikander.8177 3 years ago

For people who cant afford to go to expensive colleges for music production education, you are nothing short of God for them. If I ever get a chance to meet you, ill touch your feet as a form of respect for what you are doing for people like me.🙏 Thank you Alice.

@sommaiya 3 years ago

I am so glad I found you. I will be improving so much!! I can feel itt

@jonathanmaybaum4167 3 years ago

WOW!

I loved all of the info contained in this one, but strangely, the most impactful lesson for me was when you side-chained the reverb.

I never paid attention to the output of the compressor, so it was always side-chaining the entire midi track; this just opened up so many new possibilities!!

@djlokho 3 years ago

Your tutorials have become top notch! So well presented, you can really teach better than most university professors

@7echnoid 3 years ago

Great tutorial! I knew some of it already but definitively some new tips as well. Also - Great work with the before/after for each section. I hate when people do a 10 min video with tons of steps and then just show a summarized before/after - it doesn't give you the difference of each step!

@Dawncopal 3 years ago

Love the way you're presenting and explaining audio, it's something really different than the usual, I don't do electronic but I will be definitely keep learning watching your channel, all the best !