Category: Mixing and Production Tips
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Example Reverb on Guitar and Put it Behind Singer
1) Simply Reduce Pre Delay so the Guitar Part is Almost in the Room 2) Also Reduce High Frequencies of Reverb to Simulate a Further Away Guitar 3) Also Think About Putting the Guitar Reverb Opposite of the Guitar Itself and Use Reverb in Mono 4) Add the Same Delay as Vocal After the Reverb
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EQ Bass Against Guitar
General Workflow 1) First Insert EQ on the Guitar 2) Now Insert EQ on the Bass and Enhance with Peak Bands Around 70Hz, 260Hz, 1kHz and 6kHz (All by Max 3dB, Rather Broad Default Q) 3) Now Insert a Multiband Compressor on the Guitar Buss and SC the Bass into it 4) Insert a Multiband…
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80ies Lush Unison Background Vocal
1) Sing Everything in Unison 4 Times, i.e. at the Same Pitch 2) Nudge Each Part in Small Increments from Each Other 3) Pitch Shift the Tracks Differently, Just a Little Bit (Up to +10/-10 Cents) 4) Highpass Severally, Around 200Hz to 300Hz 5) Compress Like Crazy 6) Use Loads of Chorus, Delay and Reverb…
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Boom Bap Drums
Kick 1) Add 1.5dB at 60Hz with a Pultec EQ 2) Add Transient Shaper to Increase the Attack a Tiny Bit 3) Send to Parallel NY Buss, Add a Limiter After Parallel Compressor to Chop Off Peaks Even More (Limit About 2dB) Snare 1) Compress About 3dB to Get More Out of the Snare 2)…
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Bob Power Ideas
– you can Look at a Mix in 3 Ways, Top Bottom = Frequency Content, Side to Side = Stereo Field, Front to Back = Depth of a Mix (Most Difficult of the 3)
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Set Relative Levels for Kick Bass Hat
1) Normalize Reference Track and then Check Max Volume via DR Meter of Reference Kick, Bass and Hat 2) Check in Detail How Much DR the Reference Bass Track has 3) Also Use Waveform to Visually See the Elements and Differences in the Reference 4) To Actually Set Levels in Your Mix Against Reference, First…