How to Mix a Song from Start to Finish | iZotope Music Production Suite 2.1

Mixing an entire track can seem scary, but it doesn’t have to be. In this video, we break down the most important steps in mixing a track. Learn how to import and organize your tracks and get them to a good level balance. Then dive into best practices for mixing each core part of a typical mix: your drums, bass, guitars, synths and vocals, all before polishing the final mix into a rough master. Download Free Session Templates: Free Neutron 3 Demo: Table of Contents: 00:00 - Intro 1:05 - Importing tracks and understanding level balance 3:25 - Introduction to the Visual Mixer 4:30 - Choosing your Focuses for Balance 6:10 - Reclassifying instruments and using the group sliders in Balance 7:30 - Bypassing Mix Assistant’s default result and tweaking the group sliders 10:55 - Organizing the tracks in your session 12:00 - *Mixing Drums* 13:00 - Using Track Enhance to jumpstart kick drum mixing 16:00- Molding a kick drum with Sculptor 18:30 - Using the Masking Meter to remove muddiness between percussive elements 23:58 - Adding reverb to rimshots 25:38 - Mixing a snare drum with Sculptor 27:40 - Taming hi-hats and mixing bells 31:45 - *Mixing Bass* 33:43 - Using Track Enhance to jumpstart bass synth mixing 36:53 - Using dynamic sidechaining to unmask the bass synth from the kick drum 40:54 - *Mixing Guitars* 41:45 - Using Sculptor’s Targets to fit guitars into the mix 44:50 - *Mixing Synths* 45:00 - Tackling resonance and broadband issues in analog synths with Neutron 3 49:42 - *Mixing Vocals* 50:26 - Using Nectar to mix a lead rap vocal 53:02 - Using Auto Level Mode in Nectar to automatically gain-ride a vocal 55:56 - Quickly processing ad libs with presets in Nectar 3 59:19 - Mixing and panning chorus and verse vocal doubles with Nectar 3 and Visual Mixer 1:07:58 - Drum bus processing with Sculptor 1:11:21 - *Mastering the track* 1:12:09 - Using Master Assistant to jumpstart the mastering process 1:17:33 - Using Tonal Balance Control to ensure track translatability 1:20:00 - Addressing tonal imbalances using Ozone and Tonal Balance Control #izotope #musicproduction #mixingmastering