> > having a good arrangement is every bit as important as EQ or dynamics > > control. there's no better sounding mix than one that needs little or no > > EQ. like the old saying goes..... "a good song mixes itself".
I wanted to add to this a little bit. Something I *always* do when mixing a track is use visual meters. The first thing I'll do is solo every sound that makes up the track, and do whatever amplification / attenuation is necessary to get it at -6db (or maybe -3db depending on how many sounds are in the song). Once all sounds are at the same level, I give it a listen, and work from there. Sometimes sounds will have loud attacks that sort of give a misleading reading on the meter, and I'll have to soften them, or maybe I'll want a particular sound to stick out more than others, so I make that change. Or maybe I'll notice that a sound fluctuates too much on the meter, so I'll compress it. Aside from using just a volume meter, I also use a spectrum analyzer, which tells me where each of my sounds is showing up in the frequency spectrum. If you work with lots of distortion, many of your sounds will have bass frequencies (sometimes very low) that need to be filtered out. Also, with the spectrum analyzer you get a picture of the whole mix, and you can determine maybe whether or not the entire midrange needs to be cut a little, or the highs, bass, etc. trey --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
