Focus on Key Elements in a Clear Way
- i.e. Where Intention of the Listener Should Drawn
- this can Even Save a Busy Mix Where at the Same Time Lots of Things Going On, as Long as the “Key Element” Maintains in the Focus
- e.g. Draw a Vocal as the Key Element, or Think About a Arrangement Where you Need to Focus Specific Lines at Specific Times
Natural Sound
- Sounds Relaxed, Free from Distractions and Easy to Follow
- i.e. No Resonances, Build Ups, Distortion or Other Technical Distractions
- a Way is to Carve Out Space on Not Focussed Elements but Make the Key Element Full Natural Sound
- e.g. a Bass or Vocal is Often a Key Element and has Its Fundamental but also Sounds in the Rest of the Frequency Spectrum that Need to be Maintained in Order to Perceive it as Natural Sounding
- while Non Essential Elements can be Stripped via an EQ to Only Its Fundamentals
Proper Dynamics
- i.e. Dynamics that is Suitable for the Genre / Recording / Arrangement
- e.g. No Compression can be OK but also it May Sound “Out of the Mix”, while Too Much Compression can Make it Sound Dull / Lifeless
Right Amount of Saturation
- while a Classical or Specific Acoustic Performance Does Not Need that Saturation, Most Modern Forms Ad Some Kind of Saturation
- it Adds Little Texture, Clarity, Transients, Excitement
- Usually you Tweak Single Instruments with Dedicated Saturation, Maybe on Busses, but the More you Get to the Full Mix / Mastering Stage the Less Saturation can be Applied
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