Don't start mixing in Ableton Live without THIS!

I'm perfectly happy using the stock limiter on the master. Just don't push into it. Color limiter is definitely not something i'd recommend or want on a master. Great for smashing individual sounds though. Blue Cat free gain suite plugin bundle has a plugin that allows you to link channels together in groups and adjust gain on them all together. Now that's a useful tool for quicker mix gainstaging.

I use a utility tool in every channel to turn volume down. The faders stay mostly on 0dB and get only minor movements in a later stage. Due to the logarithmic scale of the faders, you will have more control on upper parts of the fader, one of the reasons I do it this way.

I usually have my kick and snare sitting at 6db, mids about 20 and bass around 15 up to 25 db depending on a song. Other elements will depend on my mood but never louder than a 12 db. I like to use tons of compression , mb compression and limiting on my master chain so in the end it sounds pretty decent. Being using this method and master chain that I discovered for myself for a few years now and still very happy about results. Never disappoints.

Great video brother, when i saw you doing all these tricks it just brought a smile to my face because I’ve been using this method of mixing for years now and it never fails, still managed to find useful tips in here, keep it up bro 👏🏽

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Man I just had to come back to leave a comment to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. I pulled off all my plugins on and old mix and reset my levels as you have described here bewteen the ceratin ranges provided on the level meter.... listen man THANK YOU from the bottom of my soul. This is going to make things so much easier from now on. I pray from this day forward that my mixes stay consistent now. The part about using the same drums is absolute gold. I've been making music for years. My most succesful instrumental was used in a song with now over 18million views and the lady is damn near famous in Jamaica because of it. The mix I sent them was terrible but still it was successful. I can bet my life on it that now with these tips I can do it again but much easier this time. A major thing for me was that after the song got so big I was overthinking my mixes way too much.... not anymore, Thank you Zdrewe. Thank you. Heres the beat I was talking about - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB0kae8TwOE

Hey there! This info is so empowering! Thanks so much for your awesome content!

Thanks for the tips!

Great video Zdrewe!!!

Dope Video - Interesting to see your method. Will give it a go. Cheers 🙌

This was very educational, thank you.

Respect mate great upload, and now have subscribed 🎉❤

Thanks for helping

subscribed today , great how you teach !!!

One of the best mixing videos I have ever seen. Using -6 / -12 should be common sense but you are 100% in that theory. Thanks

very good!!

I always leave -3 to -4 headroom after a mix very similar to how this is done. It's plenty. Round about -15 Lufs which I boost to -9 in my master chain

Thanks for the content, mate. How much headroom are you left with after applying god particle on the master?

That last point about sound selection, which is basically song arrangement, is really important.

wow that plug is powerfull!