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Conny
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Posted : Mar 5, 2005 12:53
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Hi friends !
I would like to know about different way to mix and create a proffesional well mixed song, right know im trying out something i have read about and it´s working quite good.Im trying to build a song from scratch without any effects or eq yet cause i will ad that later when everything sounds good.What is important at this stage and what should i think about ? should i pan the different instrument ?
and the volume of the indivdual instruments
i tend to put them to loud could i use some kind of reference.
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Freeflow
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Posted : Mar 7, 2005 18:34
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dont put them to loud then...
"Here`s a little trick to use to test your mix for transparency. This is a trick is used by some of the best mixing engineers in the business. They don`t talk about it much, maybe it`s because they want to remain, "The Best Mixing Engineers In The Business." Use this trick and your mixes will serve you well. Bring up all your faders until the sound level on all tracks is approximately the same. Then, starting with the first track, slowly move the pan pot all the way to the left, then all the way to the right. Did you hear the sound on that track moving from left to right? If you did, there are no frequency conflicts. That track is transparent. If you couldn`t hear the sound going from left to right, then that track is being masked by one of the others and needs to be equalized. Next, do the same thing with the second track, the third track, and so on. Once you have performed this little trick on all the tracks and made the necessary EQ adjustments, your mix should sound transparent."
On the pan question, Pan the percussion, the leads, FX sounds... Pan to make the stereo picture wider and to make more "Room" for other elements...
if you are composing you can leave pan till last stage, the fine mixing stage...
if you have a creative goal with the panning then you should do it when you compose...
when you start adding FX and Eq, you are basicly mixing again....but mixing FX, its good to have a stage for everything in production...
it can always be good to have a good dry sounding mix, options increase and ideas can come quicker...
and the satisfaction factor increase aswell.. spending a long time with dry elements and adding FX on them later will make it sound 10 times better...
though i tend to use eq in a early stage, making it nicer to listen to some elements... just some basic Eq, often just some cuts... |
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fregle
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Posted : Mar 8, 2005 21:45
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wow, that's a great tip, tnx |
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mexicancactus
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Posted : Mar 8, 2005 22:52
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hi conny, maybe you remember me  irc?
new era scientist said many right things! i just want to add something i think is quite a good way to work. i prefer to adjust the kick and bassline very early in production stage, at least to a perfection level which makes those two tracks fat so i can improvise to the sound and jump around and play different things. i think its good to have those adjusted well so that making music is fun. in a later stage you still can make another 'revision'
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Conny
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Posted : Mar 8, 2005 23:14
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Hi dudes.
Thanx for your replys, yes the bass and kick is the most important part, if they doesn´t sound good together then the rest of the song will also fail.
I´ve started and ended many songs because of this.
Next song i make i will spend a long long time with only the bass and kick and get them to sound really good |
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