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Equilizyme
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Posted : Jan 13, 2012 07:00:40
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Hello friends of psychedelic music,
Due to the recent number of really good posts on percussion processing (PsiloCybian i'm lookin at you), I have some really great perc sounds in a track I am currently working on, and I'm thinking about mixing strategies to have them be prominent in the mix without having them be overpowering.
My thought was to:
1. Mix all the synths and sounds together (complimentary EQs and placements in the stereo field)
2. Route all the synths to a return track, then that return to the master.
3. On that return track have a bunch of multiband compressors sidechained to the various cool sounding percs so I can duck a small bandwidth of the synths and sounds by 1 or 2dB each time a perc hits. The SCcompressors will have super fast attack and release. The part of the synths and sounds that ducks will be a narrow bandwidth corresponding to the best sounding part of the particular perc in question. The amount of ducking will be small (1-2dB).
The results of my thought-experiment tell me that this technique should highlight the array of perc sounds I have without having them be overpowering.
My questions are:
Does anyone already do this and if so does it work?
Is there a better way of doing this?
I will give this a shot in the next few days and let you guys know how it goes.
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Equilizyme
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Posted : Jan 14, 2012 01:56
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PoM
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Posted : Jan 14, 2012 02:38
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it could work man,one problem i m thinking is that your leads may loose some of their original groove...depending of how are sequenced the perc |
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Equilizyme
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Posted : Jan 14, 2012 03:00
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hmmm.. that is good point, i will listen for it when I apply.
Are there techniques you use to make perc stand out more? aside from arrangement and EQ?
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ansolas
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Posted : Jan 14, 2012 03:06
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Padmapani
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Posted : Jan 14, 2012 06:34
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volume levels! scnr 
maybe compressor or a little panning to get the attention? but ime it's mainly sound design and eq. |
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