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Prototype
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Posted : Feb 2, 2004 12:08
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Hi everybody,
I thought that it would be nice if each one of us will share his ideas and methods on how he mixing the finished track.
What to do and what's better to avoid of.
We got here some great artist in this forum-
I think their feedback might be very usefull.
Thanks to all participants,
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IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Feb 2, 2004 14:29
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I'm not that proffesional in mix's but what i'm doing is muting all the channels and then set the volumes again exporting alike channels together(Which using the same frequency range)
When i'm exporting the channels I 1st bypass all the effects and try to minimize the eq's as much possible,
The 2nd phase is compressing few important channels separately like kick/bass etc.
Then I putting small compression on the whole mix.
This is very very in short and you need to have a good pair of monitors and good ears,
Good luck
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Feb 2, 2004 16:26
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Copied from another thread:
Mix quietly. If you can still hear everything in the track when it's quiet enough to talk over easily then you're doing ok. Give it a burst of volume every so often to check the 'club effect', and also take it RIGHT down occasionally to see how it holds up REALLY quiet.
Use as many different sets of speakers as you can - and make sure one of them is a home stereo or boombox. Every so often, turn the mix up a little and listen to it through the studio door - this can really help you gauge the bass level, and also see if there are any sounds 'poking out' of the mix.
Check the mix on headphones too (but only check!! Don't use them to mix unless you have to!); I sometimes take them off my head and turn them right up; this can help with levels of hi-hats etc. (I have Sennheiser HD25SP. by the way...)
Try gently resting your fingers on the surrounds to the cones of your main monitors. In my experience you should be able to feel each bass note and kick drum very distinctly, with the kicks being bigger than the bass.
It's possible to get very close to a mastered sound without doing any mastering at all, and still avoiding squashing the life out of every channel.
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