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I have a track that's low-energy at the start, breaks for most of the song, then it comes in with a lot of energy at the end. I'm wondering if I should bounce the individual clips, with their own volume at the optimal level (around -12dB), normalize each individually (again, around -12dB), then...

When mixing multi-mic orchestra library instruments, are the room and ambient mics supposed to be the best approach to adding reverb, or do reverb plugins come into the mix? Is it common to only use the close mics then use reverb plugins to better match the rest of the mix?

Pretty much done. I rearranged my monitors. The stacked monitors are ultrawides, and I'm learning the drums, so it's convenient to have the monitor by the drums which I can drag windows to.

Thanks Man 🤙 Yep, those are the Monitor 7s. They're excellent speakers but weren't big enough to fill my garage home theater conversion, of which I have 13 speakers. For a while i was using them for my racing sim audio, but they were overkill, lol! Glad I got them in the studio. Without any...

Thanks! That's not a bass trap to the right of the drumsticks, it's a 4ft wide glass av stand. I have the receiver for the floor speakers, the amp for the sub, and a few other things there. I've got four, floor to ceiling bass traps, one for each corner.

It does tend to resolve a number of audio issues 🤣

Almost done. Got some more wall panels to put up. For reference, that's a 43" monitor and 76-key keyboard on the 8ft wide desktop (one of four, lol). I only paid about $100 to build the 2x4 framed, Rockwood sound isolation insulation filled bass traps in the corners. They were shockingly...