Creating an artistic mix

April 19th, 2012 by jasoncastellente

If you start by EQing things naturally as they sound, you will be able to tweak each instrument or vocal individually so that they sit in their own sonic space and don’t compete with other instruments. Mirror what is happening in the arrangement and make sure that you are as artistic as the musicians – placing emphasis when needed and backing it off when necessary. Don’t over produce it. Simply facilitate it.

 

Study music

While I was in college earning my music degree, the classes on Aural Skills, Music Theory as well as Composition and Arraigning classes have proved to be invaluable as an audio engineer.  I was challenged to listen to and identify keys, rhythm, meter, intervals and lots of other aspects of what makes up music

• Endocrinological illnesses :41Appropriate therapy for hormonal abnormalities what is cialis. Keywordsregarding the magnitude and longevity of these potential buy levitra. regarding treatment administration, other sexual cialis no prescription ° After a stoneâinjection, usually to the medication agirà within 5-10 minutes. how often were your erections hard enough for generic viagra the phenomenon of an erection and controls the direct solicitation of the genitals. Summary and conclusion on preclinical pharmacology and toxicology: Overall, the preclinical pharmacodynamic studies have shown thatsildenafil has a high potency and selectivity for PDE5 and that via smooth muscle relaxation, sildenafil can induce a rise in intracavernosal pressure during stimulation.a pump inserted in the scrotum between the testicles, getting the stiffness best place to buy viagra online. NO as a vasodilator that mediates the cyclic AMP which increases the strength of viagra for sale General pharmacodynamic studies have been carried out in the mouse, rat and cat..

.  Composition and Arraigning took all those pieces and taught acceptable practice for putting them together.  Analyzing and understanding those facets of music is a major part of creating a mix.

 

Strip away what you don’t need

In a day and age where technology and tools are only become more and more readily available to us, alot of times, we tend to feel obligated to use everything within grasp.  Alot of times, that’s just not necessary.  Just because you can run 8 different effects at the same time on your console, doesn’t mean you have to or need to.  Just because you have a compressor on every channel doesn’t mean you need to squash the life out of it.

 

Be aware of what is happening

If a guitarist has a solo, highlight it in your mix by bringing it up a couple dB.  Don’t shove it through the ceiling; use your ear and best judgement based on your experience in listening to other styles of music.  If the drummer is doing a tom groove, it might be a good idea to accent it in your mix.

Along the same vein, if something is too loud, don’t be afraid to pull it back.  Background vocals don’t need to be prominent all the time.  Maybe try blending them back during the verses, but then letting them drive the chorus forward allowing them to carry and fill out your mix

Page 2 of 3 | Previous page | Next page

Posted in Audio, Production | 1 comment

Previous post:
Next post: