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mixing
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I am an amateur recording artist and have recently completed my first
project. I recorded my band's first full length album. Now I don't
even know where to begin in terms of mixing and I am looking for some
tips to get me started.
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Iv been producing music for about 5 years now and im still learn how
to mix now. But heres some starting tips.
Try and remember what it sounded like to you in the studio and then
think how you want it to sound now.
Depending on how your mixing i.e. in digital or analogue theres
different ways to go about it.
Start with getting a good sound out of each track wilst its soloed.
For drums start with the kick then snare and work your way through
each track to get the best sound. Then change the levels of all the
drum mics so they sound nice together.
Move on to the next track and so.
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I'm sorry to say, but this is not the best advice. Making a track sound
good solo'd is a whole lot different than making it sound good when
combined with the rest of the tracks. Your goal is to make everything
sound good together, not make everything sound good on it's own. Stay
away from solo'ing specific tracks, concentrate on making them all sound
good together.
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I mean you soloing i useful for tune specific drums like a kick or
snare. Of course you have to then mix it in with the other tracks to
make sure they all work together.if some thing sounds really good
soloed it may still need tuning more to fit with the of tracks. When
mixing think with in a 3d room and where you want the instruments to be
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The main effects and porcessors to use to for a beginner are EQ and
compression. you could later add others like reverb on a vocal to give
it more a more airy sound.
When using EQ boosting or cutting different frequency will change the
sound and texture. By careful not to over do it.
Check out this useful link. the section called ' mixing cookbook' is a
really good reference to use with EQ.
Any other explanations of processing and effects you need let me know
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You could look at the Owsinksi book, which isn't bad. Part of the problem
is that it's too late now... you really need to have the mix in mind before
you start tracking so you know how to make each one of the tracks sound
so they fit together. If you haven't done that, it becomes mostly a matter
of using eq and dynamics processing to try and make them fit together.
Bring up the thing that is most important in the mix and make it sound
good. Then bring up the thing that is next important, and make it fit
in so the track that is most important stays dominant. Then bring in
everything else, one bit at a time.
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What have you got?
How many tracks, each containing what?
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