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Sexylexis
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Hey,
I am having a problem with my mixing with an R&B/Pop tune...I have
about 7 or so tracks going on my Sonar. The beat and piano are in
stereo and the rest are in mono....My mix sounds great how it's
placed, but when I go to export the audio, I can barely hear the
baseline or other background vocals....I don't want to EQ it to death
( I am a beginner working on my 1st recording and weary of EQ,
Reverb, and
Dessers/limiters..etc)...but I am afraid that I didn't properly EQ,
even though I followed guidelines in several books ( Modern Recording
Techniques, Home Recording for Dummies, The S.M.A.R.T. Guides..etc..)
Being that my mix sounds great and all the vocals (even lead and
background) are in mono, you would figure there would be no
problems...Is it how I have it routed perhaps?or panning or EQ?
Just to share more in-depth:
I made my beat in Kinetics, but it's full audio is my 1st track. I
have a Desser, Verb,Para-Q with it's out routed to my main
output...not a bus
TRACKS 2-5 ARE IN MONO
ONLY AUDIO AND PIANO ARE IN STEREO
All the buses, including master & reverb are in stereo
Track 2: Lead Vocal, also leading (routed) to the main output with no
bus....with a flanger, desser, limiter, verb, Graphic-Q, as well as
band eq..Panned in the Center
Track 3: Background Vocal (high end with some alto) leading to a send
that goes to it's own bus. This bus routes to a Reverb bus that I
have made for all my vocals...The Reverb bus is routed into the
Master which routes to the main output...Eq is on this track...Panned
25% R with bus 50% L
Track 4: Bass Background vocal...This track is sent to it's own "bass
bus" that it routed to the reverb routed to the master (like
Track3)..There is eq in the bus not track for this vocal...Also in
the bus is a delay...Panned 35% L with Bus 50% R
Track 5: Ad lib vocal....Track is send to it's own Adlib bus which is
routed to the reverb bus routed to the master and out....In the bus
is the EQ and Limiter (only way that I could get it to push up to
match the others)..Panned 20% L with Bus 30%R...This track is what I
wish to hear more of in the mixdown .wav
Track 6: "Ending Adlib"..the stronger parts of adlib that produces
that powerful diva sound at the end of the song...For some reason I
was able to send it to the Adlib bus, yet route it to a 5th bus
that's routed to reverb bus (goes to master and out)...No need for EQ
as this was very powerful when listening to the mixdown....Panned
Center...THIS TRACK IS ALSO PHASED
Track 7: Piano fillins from Midi that I converted to audio...No
problems with this...panned down the Center
Oh yeah, Also in my master I have vintage channel (desser) and a
limiter...And...I have Automation for all vocal tracks
Basically, everything sounds okay...ONLY...I wish for the Adlib,
bass, and other background vocals to come out more as the Lead drowns
it out....I don't know if it's my routing, panning, EQ/other
plugins...but I am begging for someone who has the least clue of what
I am babbling about to help me. I am unexperienced looking through
about 10 books and DVDS, including Scott's Sonar 6 Power!....and I am
totally confused...I know that there are different ways to do things,
but I don't quite understand routing and certain parts of
mixing....Hell my knees shake thinking about MASTERING...I also would
be more than happy to share my EQ #'s and info...
If anyone wishes to hear this song to see and get a feel of where I
am coming from, then I would be more than willing to send it
privately, as well as offer financial assistance for the trouble of
helping me out...My main objective though is to LEARN, not have
someone do my mixing...
Thanks so much to anyone who can help me.....
I also apologize about such a lengthy message, but I wanted to "sort
of" explain what kind of mess that I have gotten myself into
Alexsandria
I am having a problem with my mixing with an R&B/Pop tune...I have
about 7 or so tracks going on my Sonar. The beat and piano are in
stereo and the rest are in mono....My mix sounds great how it's
placed, but when I go to export the audio, I can barely hear the
baseline or other background vocals....I don't want to EQ it to death
( I am a beginner working on my 1st recording and weary of EQ,
Reverb, and
Dessers/limiters..etc)...but I am afraid that I didn't properly EQ,
even though I followed guidelines in several books ( Modern Recording
Techniques, Home Recording for Dummies, The S.M.A.R.T. Guides..etc..)
Being that my mix sounds great and all the vocals (even lead and
background) are in mono, you would figure there would be no
problems...Is it how I have it routed perhaps?or panning or EQ?
Just to share more in-depth:
I made my beat in Kinetics, but it's full audio is my 1st track. I
have a Desser, Verb,Para-Q with it's out routed to my main
output...not a bus
TRACKS 2-5 ARE IN MONO
ONLY AUDIO AND PIANO ARE IN STEREO
All the buses, including master & reverb are in stereo
Track 2: Lead Vocal, also leading (routed) to the main output with no
bus....with a flanger, desser, limiter, verb, Graphic-Q, as well as
band eq..Panned in the Center
Track 3: Background Vocal (high end with some alto) leading to a send
that goes to it's own bus. This bus routes to a Reverb bus that I
have made for all my vocals...The Reverb bus is routed into the
Master which routes to the main output...Eq is on this track...Panned
25% R with bus 50% L
Track 4: Bass Background vocal...This track is sent to it's own "bass
bus" that it routed to the reverb routed to the master (like
Track3)..There is eq in the bus not track for this vocal...Also in
the bus is a delay...Panned 35% L with Bus 50% R
Track 5: Ad lib vocal....Track is send to it's own Adlib bus which is
routed to the reverb bus routed to the master and out....In the bus
is the EQ and Limiter (only way that I could get it to push up to
match the others)..Panned 20% L with Bus 30%R...This track is what I
wish to hear more of in the mixdown .wav
Track 6: "Ending Adlib"..the stronger parts of adlib that produces
that powerful diva sound at the end of the song...For some reason I
was able to send it to the Adlib bus, yet route it to a 5th bus
that's routed to reverb bus (goes to master and out)...No need for EQ
as this was very powerful when listening to the mixdown....Panned
Center...THIS TRACK IS ALSO PHASED
Track 7: Piano fillins from Midi that I converted to audio...No
problems with this...panned down the Center
Oh yeah, Also in my master I have vintage channel (desser) and a
limiter...And...I have Automation for all vocal tracks
Basically, everything sounds okay...ONLY...I wish for the Adlib,
bass, and other background vocals to come out more as the Lead drowns
it out....I don't know if it's my routing, panning, EQ/other
plugins...but I am begging for someone who has the least clue of what
I am babbling about to help me. I am unexperienced looking through
about 10 books and DVDS, including Scott's Sonar 6 Power!....and I am
totally confused...I know that there are different ways to do things,
but I don't quite understand routing and certain parts of
mixing....Hell my knees shake thinking about MASTERING...I also would
be more than happy to share my EQ #'s and info...
If anyone wishes to hear this song to see and get a feel of where I
am coming from, then I would be more than willing to send it
privately, as well as offer financial assistance for the trouble of
helping me out...My main objective though is to LEARN, not have
someone do my mixing...
Thanks so much to anyone who can help me.....
I also apologize about such a lengthy message, but I wanted to "sort
of" explain what kind of mess that I have gotten myself into
Alexsandria