7 Gain Staging Mistakes That Most Producers Make (and How to Fix Them!)

►► Download my Essential Mixing Guide here [FREE]: https://bit.ly/3PgKwWj. Gain staging is an important and often misunderstood concept in mixing. Learning how to gain stage properly can make a huge difference to the quality of your mix.

These 7 gain staging mistakes could be ruining your mixes, so in this gain staging tutorial I show you how to instantly correct them all, and it will show you how to get a perfect mixdown.

Proper gain staging doesn’t have to involve a VU meter (but it can help), as most DAWs can measure peak and average volumes nowadays.

But what is gain staging, and is gain staging necessary? It’s simply making sure the volume of your signal is measured and adjusted throughout your entire mixing chain (AKA gain structure) to make sure you’re getting the best results from your plugins and - ultimately - your final mix and master.

So, if you want to learn how to get a perfect mixdown, or advice on setting levels for mixing, this tutorial is a must!

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In this tutorial we go in-depth into:

00:00 - Intro
01:43 - Ignoring Gain Staging 01:46 - What is Gain Staging?02:48 - Why Do I need Gain Staging?
03:20 - Not Setting Your Initial Levels Correctly
06:04 - Super Low Faders07:52 - Clipping on the Busses
09:05 - Not Gain Staging in Between Plugins
11:24 - Not Using Gain Staging Templates 12:18 - Obsessing about Gain Staging

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