SOUNDING Stuff

[south mirage]

yep its a mixing and mastering issue
so first learn the fundamentals, and learn how to use your tools
then train your ears so that youre able to hear problems in your mix

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6e8wfdmIuLGALV-6x3arKIK2Hw5Mjlxx&si=nyomKvLHtidbtQh0

check this playlist out on the basics

they even have more in depth videos on different concepts of mixing&mastering

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6e8wfdmIuLEDpO3rd5jORcqsLrxCe9wX&si=d3zxDtGMpszUIn47

but it’s a process so take it one step at a time don’t try to learn everything at once

also watch mixing breakdowns

https://youtube.com/@mixwiththemasters?si=jYiGoHjbhCF5PrLt

seeing how people use their tools is very good
so watch this on the side

they have paid breakdowns which i recommend investing into

and lastly
if you’re connecting your headphones straight into the jack of whatever device

just know that they all have their own DAC (digital audio converter)

meaning they have their own sound engine
and the way they process signal from digital to analog will differ from each device

it’s not a big difference
but it’s noticeable
and you shouldn’t use it to compare your mix

rather use it as reference to know what it would sound like in that particular context

but the best way to have a consistent DAC is to listen directly from your audio interface

[covert iris]

thanks so much bro but i am on logic and theres videos on mixing and mastering already, i'll take a look anyways

[covert iris]

i will train my ear

thanks a lot bro 🙏

[south mirage]

the videos ive suggested have information that can be applied in any daw and even in analog studios

[south mirage]

but for sure

[covert iris]

@south mirage i just have a question yesterday i spent like 8h on logic with earphones, now my left ear feels weird you think if i take a break i will be better ?

im scared

[covert iris]

ohhhh ok thanks bro

[south mirage]

yeahh nah take a break
you need to rest
especially if youre trying to mix, sound design cause your sense of judgement wont be the best

[covert iris]

you think my ear will recover ?

[south mirage]

but if you still have problems after like a day or something you might need to get that checked out

[south mirage]

idk what exactly youre hearing or feeling but lets see what happens after a couple hours even days

[covert iris]

hope i will not

[covert iris]

yea

[south mirage]

yeah me too
but take it easy 🫡

[covert iris]

yea

[covert iris]

you also have it ?

[south mirage]

i meann ive never had problem like yours
but i remember this one winter i was so sick i was deaf in my left ear

this went on for like a week i think
i thought it was the end of my career

[covert iris]

damn im so freaking scared, maybe my ear is just tired

[south mirage]

nah i feel you for real
but aye i was still making music even tho i had one good ear 😭

i just distracted myself

but you'll be good

[covert iris]

hope , and thats fine cause its the first time i do this, i dont usually listen with earphones

[south mirage]

i feel you
im on headphones most of the time
but i always work on a low volume

[covert iris]

DAMN BRO ITS LIKE A GRAPHIC ARTIST BE LIKE AM I GONNA BE BLIND CAUSE I STARED TO MUCH AT MY PC ???? DAMN THATS THE SAME THING

BUT I FEEL EARS ARE MORE SENSITIVE

[covert iris]

yea

i want sm to go on logic but i cant lol i need to see how my ear is going

[south mirage]

thats why you gotta take breaks
and turn on bluelight filters

or use something like that

[covert iris]

yea

bro i think i love making music

[covert iris]

dw i am not a graphic designer

i also have to let my left arm rest of yesterday logic pro

[south mirage]

🔥
its good that youve found something
so many people dont know what theyre passionate about

[covert iris]

i actually know this since young tho lol but i love the fact that the magic happened when you spend countless hours on the software

"the magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding"

[south mirage]

yeah you can honestly go so deep and explore and experiment with things forever
but too many people just wanna make what the other person is making

[covert iris]

yea, i think the best way is to try and not be scared

[covert iris]

my neck hurts tho;......

i HOPE i have nothing

msuci is all about the feel, what do you want to create as a feeling, do you want ppl to dance ? be emotional ? be immersed ? be chill and so on , thats how i see it

[south mirage]

bro thats hits so hard
cause ive been avoiding practcing piano for a couple weeks now but i really wanna work on my music theory and improvising
so yeah sometimes we just need to do the things we avoid, so that our future selves will be thankful

[south mirage]

you'll be good

[south mirage]

exactly, im with you on that

[covert iris]

actually starting working is the ahrder when you are in it, it flowssss

[covert iris]

good luck , me too i wanna go back to my harp

[covert iris]

but sometimes after spending 10h a day on something you'll be 'damn ? i did this ?'

then you zre like damn i wanna do this everyday and feel that shit everyday and to surpass myself

[south mirage]

im gonna get to it soon
just need to get some work out the way but yeah

ive never met anyone who plays the harp, but aye get to it 🔥

[covert iris]

you play harp ????

first time i meet someone play harp

[south mirage]

nooo i only know piano
youre the 1st person ive met who plays it

[covert iris]

oh ok ok

i wanna start guitar one day

MY EAR is going better i feel like

YESSSSS

BROOO

[south mirage]

yeah me too lowkey
specifcally bass guitar
or maybe both but bass first tho

[covert iris]

sounds crazy

[south mirage]

nice 😂

[covert iris]

i do harp since like 9 and i got bored so i started piano side the harp courses and lowkey stopped investing in harp when i was like 17

but now i wanna go back to it

i started piano at like 17

[south mirage]

you should i think it would sound cool in modern music

[covert iris]

yes, totally

i lowkey wanna learn alll the orchestral instruments and record them in a cinematic track

thats my toxic trait 😞

actually the only limit to learning is yourself

[south mirage]

ive only started like 2 years ago 😂
i had a bad mindset on music theory

[covert iris]

the more you learn the more your brain will be able to learn

[covert iris]

you knwo the basics of music ?

next year imma move to another country and talk english for courses and live in romania

so i'll be even more training my brain to leanr languages

[south mirage]

music theory to be exact
but the other aspects of music production is what i use as a crutch

but i want to make more complex music and express different ideas so ive been practicing

[covert iris]

ohh ok i see what you mean

i try to do the same

but i also go back to music i like and see the piano of it, to see the chords

and to like open new ways of playing things

[south mirage]

i mean youre still young so its possible
but damn 😂

[covert iris]

its like food the more you eat , the more you'll be fat, the more you'll wanna eat

[covert iris]

yea lol but i prefer using vst or hire ppl lol

i mean you cant achieve everything

[south mirage]

yeah ive been doing that too
but i cant read sheet music tho
so learning from books is a mission 😭

[covert iris]

i really am anxious when i see successful ppl in music i'll always check when they got like blowup how they blew up, when did they srart music , thats also my toxic trait lol

[covert iris]

ooooo try its not hard

[south mirage]

yeahhhh
i can read Cmajor or the choramtic scale but 😅
i havent invested enough time
but i'll keep trying

[covert iris]

great

how old are you tho

i am 19.5

[south mirage]

19.5 😭

[covert iris]

same ??

damn brooooooooooo

[south mirage]

nooo

i was reacting to your answer 💀

[covert iris]

i mean turning 20 in two months 😞 😞 😞 😞 😞

[covert iris]

lol

[south mirage]

im 23 turning 24 next year

[covert iris]

damn you are young bro

you post music ?

[south mirage]

yeah we are
so theres a lot of life for us to explore and things to learn

[covert iris]

i dont have much time

imma put a ear plug on my left ear to let it recover

[south mirage]

not anymore
ive taken a break
i decided to just work on my overall craftmanship
but im planning on making public releases soon

right now i just want to get a few things in order, like i want to start a business first
which will be the foundation of my music career

[covert iris]

how tf does dj are not deaf ????????

[south mirage]

i just post ocassionaly snippets

[covert iris]

wow , a business ?

im actually going to dental school and i wanna post on soundcloud, if it works well imma post on spotfiy and aple music

idk

[south mirage]

💀
they probabbly will become deaf earlier than us
but yeah theyre always in loud environments

[covert iris]

true

like i wanna be a feeling not a look

create unique experiences through music

[south mirage]

nah that sounds cool
it could work
you just need to build a community

[covert iris]

i already have some ppl after i posted on some social server reach me to ask for more

and i think theres always an audience to find, whatever i post theres always an audience

sometimes its a small audience but theres always a way

[south mirage]

yeah there is
use the alogrithm to your advantage 💯

[south mirage]

yeah thats a good sign honestly
you just need to figure out how you'll expand

[covert iris]

true ! and i think it also works (it you truly proving something unique and honest to you) ppl will be talking about your stuff

bc it provides something no one usually provides

[covert iris]

yea

i mean dont be scared to be you

[south mirage]

and i like this
we need more people who care about music like this

[covert iris]

like i wanted to go to film school to make movies and make ppl go through experience but thzts not the case unfortunately so i wanna make ppl go through experiences with my pusic

[covert iris]

you know that feeling after a concert or a movie , you 'll be that shit was crazy af, and thats my goal honestly

[south mirage]

you can always incorporate film later
but yeah music is still a good way to convey that

[covert iris]

true

what type of music you do ?

[south mirage]

😂 😂 😂 😂
me too lowkey
i want people to learn from the stories i share
and for my music to be like their happy place

[covert iris]

ooo you do stories ?

[south mirage]

right now im into alternative stuff like tame impala, ging (frank dukes)
but i also like making rnb, indie, neosoul, hip hop and trap

what about you?

[covert iris]

🤯

you do so many stuff

wow

[covert iris]

im just exploring genres through an album, try stuff, innovate, then at the end of this album i'll found my style , and jump on another album more specific of what i wanna do

[south mirage]

yeah thats the direction
i want my music to be
usually theres a story behind the beat you know
something that maybe i went through and i wanna talk about or an idea you know

[covert iris]

Oooo yea i see

like blending genres, trust my creativity

[south mirage]

nah that sounds cool
you can learn so much and probably even discover a new sound for yourself

[covert iris]

yes, every song i feel is getting sm better and more complex, tho i have to work on mixing and mastering

try vst or plugins i'll never usually use

[ember mango]

@covert iris Watch your profanity.

[south mirage]

yeahh i like doing that too
like you said before surpassing yourself
im just always curious 😂

[covert iris]

ye

at the end of the day music theory is just maths

so people talking about talent does not know music theory

[south mirage]

nah just keep at it
with the right teacher and information it doesnt take long honestly

we have so many good tools now

[covert iris]

ye, in like 2 weeks i'll be good at it

[south mirage]

this is supposed to be best era of music, cause of the tech we have

[covert iris]

i have a work i have to do for like 10 days and i need to master mastering and mixing before

sounds impossible but nothing is impossible

[covert iris]

true

[south mirage]

nahh not 2 weeks
more like 2 years 😂

[covert iris]

i mean not be a master at it but like understanding, tho you dont need to be a master at it to make stuff that sounds good

[south mirage]

you can get to an intermediate-advanced level in 2 years learning mixing and mastering

[covert iris]

yea but like you can make things sounds very good without being an absolute master at itt

[south mirage]

true especially with all the stuff we have now
its way easiers

[covert iris]

ye

imma try to work on the 4th track today

[south mirage]

yeah if your ear is good but rest 😭
or at least watch some bts videos on mixing

[covert iris]

imma do this

[south mirage]

yeah whatever you feel like you know 😎

[covert iris]

ye

[covert iris]

im so scared to have the time to really work on music when i'll be in dental

like my heart is in music but my brain is in dental

so im just rushing music

bc its holidays

anyways im yapping way too much here

[south mirage]

nah dont worry, life just gets like that
but dont give up on music
even if it means you wont have a lot of time for it, just keep doing it

theres always a way to make it work

[covert iris]

no it doesnt gets like that, like i dont wanna slowly give up on my goals and give up on music and never post my stuff and waste the potential i have and be like 'thats life anyways'

i mean that freaks me out

you know

[south mirage]

yeah but what i mean is, you need to prioritize certain things first
like you being able to live on your own without your family, and theres many ways to do it, you just need to have a plan.

but once you have that out the way you can focus more on your passions

[covert iris]

im not gonna wait 6 years before focusing on music

i'll be focusing all the time i'll be not working for dental

nothing is impossible

[south mirage]

yeah 6 years is a long time
the industry will be different then

[south mirage]

yeah its all about balance

and a way for you to breakthrough

[covert iris]

im working on a new beat do you want a neak peak ?

[south mirage]

yeah sure you can send it

[covert iris]

you can live with earphones now ?

[south mirage]

yeah im onmy pc

[covert iris]

on ?

[covert iris]

ok

[south mirage]

yeah my bad

😭

[covert iris]

but close your eyes please ok ?

[south mirage]

what 😭
how will i know where to click

[covert iris]

HAHAHA i mean after clicking

[south mirage]

alrighttt got you

[south mirage]

this is pretty cool
i like how the progression resolves
did you use a real piano?

[covert iris]

no its a vst

[south mirage]

damn nah it sounds good

🔥

[covert iris]

did this make you emotional ?

[south mirage]

ehh not exactly but i could imagine a sad scene
it has that atmosphere for sure

[covert iris]

np

[south mirage]

i like more darker stuff.. which probably means i should get help

but keep working on what you got there 😎

[covert iris]

can you tell me about this too :

[covert iris]

its disturbing cause sometimes im like very proud of what i did and ppl would not respond in feedback

[south mirage]

hmm well its kind of hard to give feedback on something like this
but dont take it the wrong way, maybe they just dont know what to say

[covert iris]

yea

they only like EDM and trap here 😭

[south mirage]

this sounds nice though
i would like to hear this type of progression, atmosphere with like some drums

it reminds me of the type production that sonder makes

thats a different context

but yeah\

[covert iris]

e

ye

i feel i am the only one finding that i am getting better

[south mirage]

hmm not sure what you mean
but they probably dont hear what you hear
or see the results the same way you do