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Category: Mixing and Production Tips

  • Out of Phase Tricks

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    General – How to Play with Phase and Polarity of a Signal Inside “DMG Dualism” to Make it Appear “Outside the Speakers” – this Trick can Do Magic to the overall Mix Picture since you can Place a Sound exactly in a 360 Degree Stereo Field (when No Mono Compatibility is Required) – Important to…

  • Classic 80ies Gated Drum with Hofa Reverb

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    1) INIT Preset and Search for “Gated” IR (or Any Other IR of Course) 2) Enable “Gate” and Adjust the “Hold” Parameter to Match Length / Rhythm 3) Also Adjust Threshold if Necessary 4) If you Enable “IR Cut” you can Tailor the IR 5) Enable Compressor with Strong Ratio, Fast Attack and Fast Release…

  • 4 Ideas to Make the Bass Cut Through 

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    1) 1176 Compression, Ratio 8, Fast Release, Attack at 3 2) Adding Distortion Such as Sans Amp 3) Push the Midrange Instead Low End, Push Bass Around 1kHz, e.g. 9dB at 1.3kHz, Optionally Use a De-Ess / De-Click Tools After to Manage Pick Ups from an Electric Bass that Got Pushed by the Midrange Boost…

  • Mix Rap Vocals Basics

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    General Method 1 1) Basic EQ, Cut Boomy Part with a Rather Wide Bell, Add a High Shelf and Boost Highs  2) Compress for Consistency (e.g. Brit SSL), Fast Attack  / Slow Release (0.50), 3:1 Ratio 3) Compress for Thickness (e.g. 1176), 8:1 Ratio with 5dB to 10dB GR, Fast Attack / Fast Release, Parallel…

  • Dimension (Reverb / Delay)

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    – Try Dense / Warm Chamber IR (e.g. Hofa v1 Large Dense Chamber) or Dark Rooms – What you Could Do is Use the Convolution to Place e.g. a Orchestral Snare to the Back and then Add a Algorithmic to Add Life – so what is Important is the Relation between the Dry Sound (Singer…

  • Pre Delay Basics

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    1) Front Send Bus (Close) = Pre Delay 25ms to 40ms 2) Middle Send Buss = Between Pre Delay 10ms and 20ms 3) Back Send Buss (Back) = Pre Delay 1ms to 10ms

  • 5 Tips for Better Mixes

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    1) Group Individual Instruments to Busses for a Better Overview and Faster Way of Finding Tracks to be Optimized 2) Avoid Adding Plugins Immediately, i.e. Do a Static Mix with Only  Adjusting Levels and Panning, then Automation per Track with a Gain Plugin and Finally Consider Adding Plugins 3) Mix into Compressor and Limiter, i.e.…