Category: Mixing and Production Tips
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CLA Ideas
General – Approach is if the Levels are Set Good 80% of the Mix is Done – Never Cuts Frequencies, Almost Always Looks What a Instrument Needs to Cut Through the Mix and Boosts there), Only Cuts Lows (Rumble) – for the Highs he Boosts with a High Shelf and then Cuts the Highs at…
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Phil Collins Double Vox
1) AMS Delay for Double Voice 2) Left Delay 17ms, Right Delay 35ms 3) Spread Delay Lines Hard Left / Hard Right 4) No Feedback 5) Use AMS Pitch for Pitch Variations, i.e. Left Down a Touch and Right Up a Touch
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Solve Resonances
General – Most Resonances Occur between 200Hz and 800Hz – if You Realise the Problem can Not be Solved, Trans the Idea of Fixing it Like that and Look for the Fundamental Problem – i.e. Too Many EQ Points and / or Using Many EQs Cause Phase Issues – Make the Cut Never Too Sharp…
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Mix Vocal High End Ideas
– Make Vocals Bright Enough Without Adding Harshness 1) De-Esser 2) Digital EQ to Amplify High End with a Shelf – i.e. Similar Range to What the De-Esser Attenuated 3) High Shelf EQ with Dynamic Expansion on Sides to Expand the Stereo of Highs 4) Mild Distortion of Transient with a Compressor, Use Fastest Attack…
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Space Perception
a) More Reverb = Farther Away, i.e. Less Direct Signal and More Diffusion b) Distant Sounds are Quieter c) More Distant = More Muffled, i.e. Less High Frequencies d) Further Away = Narrower Image