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AlecBeretz
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First, sorry if there are similar posts.
I have mixed music for about a year now, self learned, etc. i find some stuff that works, but i don't really know when/if I'm committing musical sins.
So, my question is:
What am i missing? Here's generally what i would do, sort of in order (using logic 9). quantizing would be somewhere in the beginning, i just don't know how to do it yet. also, im a rock/punk musician, if that makes a difference:
-Record instruments/dub guitars and vocals where necessary
-take out unwanted noise
-barely tweak some EQ, to improve tone. mainly the mids. i leave treble and bass enhancement for later in the mix, unless i need to cut the bass on cymbals and stuff where it just adds mud to the mix
-pan tracks / do stereo spread
-balance levels
-add reverb, compression, noise gates where its needed (ex. compress the drums a bit with some roomy reverb for a bigger rock sound. maybe dub it so theres a normal drum track and an ambient one. gotta love layering
)
-i move on to the master track, boost the treble and bass a bit, add compressors and limiters, barely noticeable track reverb
-fade the ending off or whatever it needs
am i missing anything? doing things in the wrong order? applying FX or EQ where it shouldn't be? it seems to quick and simple.
Thanks! i f**king love this website.
I have mixed music for about a year now, self learned, etc. i find some stuff that works, but i don't really know when/if I'm committing musical sins.
So, my question is:
What am i missing? Here's generally what i would do, sort of in order (using logic 9). quantizing would be somewhere in the beginning, i just don't know how to do it yet. also, im a rock/punk musician, if that makes a difference:
-Record instruments/dub guitars and vocals where necessary
-take out unwanted noise
-barely tweak some EQ, to improve tone. mainly the mids. i leave treble and bass enhancement for later in the mix, unless i need to cut the bass on cymbals and stuff where it just adds mud to the mix
-pan tracks / do stereo spread
-balance levels
-add reverb, compression, noise gates where its needed (ex. compress the drums a bit with some roomy reverb for a bigger rock sound. maybe dub it so theres a normal drum track and an ambient one. gotta love layering

-i move on to the master track, boost the treble and bass a bit, add compressors and limiters, barely noticeable track reverb
-fade the ending off or whatever it needs
am i missing anything? doing things in the wrong order? applying FX or EQ where it shouldn't be? it seems to quick and simple.
Thanks! i f**king love this website.