whisper words of mixing
SonicAlbert said:
One trick I use to get levels to match is to turn down the monitors to a very soft level, whisper soft. What happens is that when you listen this soft is that any tracks that are too soft in relation to the others will simply disappear. So if your drums are too loud, when you turn down the volume you won't be able to hear any other tracks.
What you do is *at the soft volume* adjust the levels so that you can hear every part in the mix. Then turn the volume back up to normal levels and you should be fairly close to the right relative volumes between the tracks.
this kind of relates,
listening to the radio fairly quite, an alarm clock radio...
listening to the "oldie hits" station...
noticed how the vocals were up front every word understandable,
guitar main riffs came and went usually when there's no vocals going on.... bass was there, but minimal drum ex: snare only heard...
but on songs that had more drums the bass was pushed back...disappeared as Sonic said.
while the vocals & guitar and/or piano rffs remain same,
with guitar or piano licks coming in and out and not stomping on the vocals.
it was like a whisper level, on a crap 2" or 1" radio/alarm clock speaker.
dolecek1...
i'm doin the same Mixing 101 man...its fried at times...each sounds ok, then little by little the mud creeps in or "masking"...very interesting like any art i guess..crazy.
i'm going to do the whisper thing...sounds logical and easy.