Tutorials

[mercifulfuzziness]

What are good tutorials on YouTube about mixing your recordings?

 

[MirrorProfiles]

What kind of genre? and what difficulties are you having? Are they actually related to mixing or are they dealing with recording/production/arrangement issues? Can you accurately hear what you're trying to achieve or are you fighting your monitoring?

Its a total lottery on YouTube, you're likely to get completely contradictory advice on whatever you're looking for and even if its useful so much depends on what you are working with (which probably has little in common with the YouTube demonstration). So many of them are really trying to funnel you towards some kind of online course, buying some plugin you don't need, sell you viagra, or just trying to get engagement.

I think https://www.youtube.com/@mixingwithmike is a proper engineer with actual credits and a decent depth of knowledge. If there are general topics you'd like to learn, check through his older posts and he'll likely help understand the concepts better. He does offer paid things which I've never done, but he's one of very few that I trust on YouTube

 

[FuzzyAce]

Do you already have a DAW, or one in mind? If so, I'd look into tutorials focused with that particular software firstly. The kind of stuff that is more process driven, to get you comfortable with basic technical needs.
Once you get familiar with the tech, there are plenty of vids that are creative/production oriented. Tons that are focused on a particular plug-in, etc. At that point it doesn't matter what DAW you're using so much because there is a lot of crossover products and skills being utilized.

I started on Protools and Ableton about 23 yrs ago but really only use Studio One these days. Their basic tutorials on new features and process are done well without a lot of unnecessary info. Their beginner vids are dead simple if you're just learning.

For more inspirational and production related vids I've watched stuff from Mix with the Masters to Marc Daniel Nelson, and tons more I can't remember right now.

 

[deathbyguitar]

I've had great success with Sonic Scoop videos. They're long form and talk about the theory behind certain approaches, rather than just saying "Do this, do that". I find that I learn better that way. Also, you could post some clips on here and get some tips to help you get where you're going.