I Mixed The Same Song On $1,400 and $10,000 Monitors And The Results Are SHOCKING 🤯
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Published 2024-01-26
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DAW: Cubase 13 Pro - bit.ly/47zT3eK
Monitors: ATC SCM25 Mk 2 - bit.ly/atc-scm25
Subwoofer: Dynaudio 18S - bit.ly/mpm-dynaudio18s
Interface: RME UFX ii - bit.ly/mpm-ufxii
Interface Controller: RME ARC-USB - bit.ly/mpm-arcusb
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations - bit.ly/mpm-artista
Main Microphone: Lauten Audio LT-386 Eden - bit.ly/3tEExop
Other Microphones:
Lewitt LCT1040 - bit.ly/47wEM2o
Lauten Audio LA-320 - bit.ly/mpm-la320
Lauten Audio LA-220 - bit.ly/mpm-la220
Lauten Audio LA-120 - bit.ly/mpm-la120
Slate ML-1 - bit.ly/mpm-ml1
Shure SM7B - bit.ly/mpm-sm7b
Advanced Audio 251 - bit.ly/mpm-251
JZ BH-2 - bit.ly/mpm-bh2
JZ V11 - bit.ly/mpm-v11
Voiceover Mic: Lauten LS-208 - bit.ly/mpm-ls208
Compressor: AudioScape 76D - bit.ly/mpm-76d
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 (Discontinued)
Keyboards:
Arturia Polybrute - bit.ly/mpm-polybrute
Roland Juno DS88 - bit.ly/mpm-DS88
Roland Juno 106 (Vintage)
Guitars:
Fender American Professional Stratocaster - bit.ly/mpm-strat
Gibson Les Paul Studio - bit.ly/mpm-gibson
Taylor 214 CE Plus - bit.ly/mpm-214ce
Preamps:
Heritage Audio HA81A - bit.ly/47x1IyK
Audient ASP800 - bit.ly/3NUB23S
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Camera: Sony A7iv
Lens: Sony 24-70mm f2.4
Camera Lights: Aperture Amaran 100Xs
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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Listening To The Old Focal Mix 1:02
My Issues With The Mix 1:48
Synths Feel To Ambient And Washy 3:09
Dialing The Kick Drum In With EQ 3:30
Spreading Out The Percussion 6:04
Getting The Sub Bass To Sound More Warm 6:45
Leveling and Fine Tuning Synths 8:05
Controlling The Mids In The Guitars 10:00
Picking Elements To Sit In Specific Places 11:40
Listening To The Old Vocal Mix 12:40
Getting The New Vocal Mix To Pop 13:15
Old Mix Vs. New Mix 15:42
Mix Bus Processing 17:02
Final Thoughts On Both Speakers 18:10
Outro 19:20
Cleaning Up Guitar Mid Range
All Comments (21)
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first person that says they like the Focal mix is getting BANNED 😂
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The clarity of the synths in the new mix is night and day. It really seemed ambient in the old mix.
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The ATC mix is sooo much more groovy and alive, it's incredible
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You definitely cleaned up a lot of that congestion. Amazing what hearing the truth does for a mix :D
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I think the clouds played a bigger part of the final mix😂
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It's surprising how these little moves make so much difference! Your videos are great.
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So, I have Focal Shape 65s matched with a Genelec sub, but for years I worked with a big old pair of Genelec 1032As matched with the same sub. I could never afford your ATCs but that's not the point. When I first got my Focals, a perfect size for my room, I spent weeks playing my favourite reference tracks, hearing details I'd never heard before, and loving them - From there, I embarked on hearing and achieving the same details in my mixes, and if I can do that, it's job done.... whatever the speakers (and I have three other cheaper pairs to check, one set up in mono.... plus the most BEAUTIFUL pair of Hifiman Arya headphones that cost more than the Focals, gulp). How does your ATC mix sound when you play it back on your Focals?
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Super cool video, Austin! ❤🔥🙏
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i don't think the difference comes generally from the speakers, i think its 3 things 1. you've had more time to audition the mix 2. remixing it gives you a new perspective 3. The listening change of the speaker (the speaker is the least effect on the result)
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Listening on ATC SCM25's and the ATC mix has significantly more depth! Same on my very old PMC's TB2S. Great work!
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Sounds great. Aside from the obvious top and openness, there is just so much more good transient energy on the ATC mix. Also sounds inline with other mixers mixes done on ATCs. You can really tell in the chorus when it sonically still has somewhere to go, where the Focal mix stays pretty flat section to section.
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I agrree, the new mix translates much better. Well defined, more depth and clarity... I would even go still further in this direction... 😉 Listening on Adam S3H... well done. 😊
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way better seperation, the focal mix sounds a bit warmer but i really like the seperation and openess in the atc mix. Its clear that you can hear more on the atc
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random question.... What plugin/ sound do you find yourself using most out of anything in Cubase?
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Very cool! i like the new mix so far! hey can you show how the ATC's looks like in your studio? 🔥🔥
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Its amazing that I can even hear the difference on my lousy laptop speakers. It really shows the sound translates to other environments, the listener doesn't need expensive monitors to appreciate it.
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how do you feel about active JBL 708p for a mid range monitor? also I am liking the looks of Cubase I am not too comfy in Logic
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Can you talk more about the wide bass layer you added? How does it differ from the mono sub track?
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Man it sounds so alive with the new speakers! (listening with the same focals haha)
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In Matt we trust 🙏 Austin this sounds sooo good!! Congrats on the new monitors, they must be a freaking blast to listen to music through