People don’t realize how many hits they love came from setups like this.
Nathaniel W.
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Nathaniel W.
@natemixing
I mix music | Billboard credits ☆ | Mixing Engineer | DM for a mix | Vocal Mixing Course nathanielwing.com/vocalmixing
Joined December 2011
- Artists who produce their own music are really special
- Do you want the truth? • Tidal pays more to artists ($.013/stream) • Tidal has Hi Fi sound for listeners And Spotify is hated, yet everyone uses it. This is how marketing works. Spotify spend tons on ads, and that’s why they can not pay artists more. Tidal spends less and
- Producers who always include BPM and key to their beats are goated
- 🎚️ Future lead vocal chain. Engineer Seth Firkins spoke about the vocal chain he used on almost EVERY song he mixed. ↓
- Someone has to make an app like Tik Tok but for music. You scroll through songs. You hear music from ALL artists. Songs with better engagement pushed more by algorithm. Seems fair to me. What do you think?
- Stop being obsessed with achieving ultra-clean mixes. Sometimes, dirt and texture are what make them special.
- 🎚️ My signature delay. Technique that I developed for one of the songs I mixed 1. Create two ping pong delays, 1/4 note 2. Make your first delay exactly two repeats, and narrow the width to like 50% 3. Then send it to another aux channel with another ping pong delay, that is
- There is a separate place in hell for producers who make BPM like 132.7456
- 🎚️ Mastering chain A good, WORKING mastering chain. I usually start with it. 1. Compressor I use either SSL Bus Compressor (there are a lot of emulations of it from different manufacturers) or API 2500 Bus Compressor Settings: • Attack - Slowest (~30 ms) • Release - Fastest
- 🎚️ Pro mixing tip When you apply EQ, you should always consider masking. You probably noticed that when you cut low frequencies it starts to seem that there is much more midrange in the signal. Because lows don't mask mids no more. It's normal but you can use it to your own
- Chase goals that seem unbelievable
