When we talked about defining mixing in week 6 this is the definition I got:
Strategy for fitting the right things in the right way for the desired effect. How hard should I hit with this and where should it sit?
Sounds pretty important to me but how do I go about it…?
Key things that I learnt this week (week 9):
- Order of mix adjustments doesn’t matter. I could put the punchiest track up front, eg the vocals
- Don’t focus on one thing for too long, dance around your project to keep perspective
- If I make a big change and it feels good a nice rule of thumb is try half the amount of that change and leave it for a while
- If there is dead space in the EQ, we can’t put in there what doesn’t already exist. If I don’t like it, I may just have to re-record differently.
- When mixing MIDI tracks, save it to audio first.
- REMEMBER the relativity of a solo track and the whole mix, keep switching between them.
Now for something a struggle with: COMPRESSION
–> Threshold is the line in the sand for volume – cross this line and the sound will be squashed.
–> Attack is how quickly this happens and Release is how long it happens for.
–> Makeup is how much we are turning it up or not.
Here’s a quick exercise for me to consolidate this:
