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M/S Processing
I wanted to cover this a bit because it is a segue into my next video project. M/S processing is also referred to as Mid/Side processing. So in order to not confuse people and also to not embarrass myself, I’ll be giving a pretty basic explanation. Another reason is because I don’t like to complicate […]
Continue readingBuses, Auxes, Sends/Returns
Buses, Auxes, Sends and returns – What are they and how do they benefit me? Well in this article I try to simplify it as much as I can so that anyone can really wrap their head around it. Mainly because I cant explain it technically, haha. I use them in every mix and you […]
Continue readingThe Rule of Thirds and How it Applies to Mixing
The concept of The Rule of Thirds, in regards to photography, states that your points of interest should line up with one of the horizontal or vertical lines. Now if you really think about this concept and compare it to music it seems kind of silly. That being said we can still use some of […]
Continue readingPreparing a Session for Mixing PART DEUX
In the first part of Preparing a Session I spoke about cleaning up tracks, eliminating unwanted tracks, organizing tracks into track folders and editing the volumes of tracks. These all lead into what I’m going to be speaking about today. Naming Your Tracks Usually when I receive a session or multitrack wav files, everything is not […]
Continue readingPreparing a Session for Mixing
Ever been in a mixing session and you couldn’t find something? Have you ever been mixing when you heard some noise you wanted to get rid of but couldn’t find the track it was on? Well I think this happens to everyone at some point. The problem is that it actually slows down your workflow. This is why […]
Continue readingGain Staging Before Mixing
In this article I want to discuss gain staging . Gain staging is probably one of the more boring processes of mixing but a very important one. I find once I have my gain staging in order I usually worry less about sound fidelity and can focus more on shaping my mix. We’re living in […]
Continue readingWhat is Mixing?
Before I begin I just wanted to make a disclaimer. Most people to come across this article will more than likely know what mixing is. However, I thought it was important to explain this because there still are a lot of people who want to know “What is Mixing?”. I receive the same old question […]
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