8 Reasons Your Mixes Sound Thin and Muddy (and How to Fix Them)

►► Download my Essential Mixing Guide here [FREE]: Do your mixes sound muddy, thin and unclear? Here’s why… Clarity and separation is what we’re all after in the mix, so we need to know what’s giving us a muddy mix - and how to fix it. Whether you are mixing drums, mixing vocals or mixing synths, there are 8 key reasons why you still can’t get a clean mix. In this mixing tutorial I share with you those 8 key reasons, and the solutions you can use if your mix is still sounding muddy. In this video, we go deep into: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - What a muddy mix sounds like 01:28 - 1. Sound Selection 02:47 - 2. Composition 04:23 - 3. Phase Cancellation 06:46 - 4. Frequency Masking 09:41 - 5. Mono switch 11:17 - 6. Low End Roll-Off 12:21 - 7. Auxiliary Channels 14:10 - 8. Top-Down Mixing 💪 [EDM TIPS COACHING - SPOTS LIMITED] Learn how to produce chart-topping electronic dance music and make money from it in a matter of weeks not years. 👉 Grab the EDM Tips Creative Toolkit here: 🐦 CLICK HERE to share this on Twitter: 📝…And here’s the blog version of this tutorial, for anyone who prefers words and images: Here’s the gear I used to make this video! 🔈 My Audio Gear: Monitors: Headphones: Audio Interface: MIDI Keyboard 1: MIDI Keyboard 2: Microphone 1: Microphone 2: Computer: 🎛 My Plugins: 👥 Join our community here! ….AND SAY HI ON THE SOCIALS, BRAH: 📌Twitter: 📌Instagram: 📌Web: Cheers, and happy producing! Will OTHER VIDEOS TO CHECK OUT: ► How to Make TECH HOUSE (like FISHER) 👉 ► How to Make TECHNO (like CHARLOTTE DE WITTE, Amelie Lens, Adam Beyer) 👉 ► How to Make DEEP HOUSE 👉 ► How to Make HOUSE MUSIC in Ableton 10 - Step by Step 👉 ► How to make PROGRESSIVE HOUSE (Like BEN BÖHMER, Lane 8 and Anjunadeep) 👉 ► How to Make HOUSE MUSIC (like DUKE DUMONT) 👉 ► How to Make HOUSE MUSIC (like CAMELPHAT) 👉 ► How to Make MELODIC TECHNO (Like TALE OF US) 👉 AND… ► How to Mix a Track in 30 Seconds 👉 ► How to Turn a Loop into a Song 👉 ► How to Mix Low End (Kick & Bass) 👉 ► How to Make EDM Chord Progressions 👉 ► How to Make Music Like Flume 👉 ►► My ENTIRE Music and Video Equipment: #mixingtutorial #abletonlive #musicproduction