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RiShi P
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I use Cool Edit for recording vocals (rap) and was wondering what type of steps you guys use for mixing....what I do is good for my voice, but was wondering what else is out there.
Massive Master
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You do what you feel the mix needs.
Trick question?
Trick question?
RawDepth
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It is different for every mix.
Start by doing lots of reading and research to learn what each piece of equipment does. Once you understand those basics, then deciding how and when to use each piece will be a no brainer.
RD
Start by doing lots of reading and research to learn what each piece of equipment does. Once you understand those basics, then deciding how and when to use each piece will be a no brainer.
RD
dobro
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RiShi P said:
I use Cool Edit 2.1 for a lot of my mixing.
1 Get the levels of each track about right and pan things where you want them. That's pretty easy. You can fine tune the levels later, after you've done the EQ and compression and reverb as well.
2 EQ things until they sound right. This can be really difficult. It requires various skills and subskills.
3 In the beginning, compress tracks only if you need to. Use volume envelopes instead if you can.
4 Figure out how to use reverb TASTEFULLY.
There's more, but if you get on top of these four steps, you can produce a very good sounding mix.
sloom
New member
dobro said:
Yes! Vol. envelopes are awesome. No artifacts from a comp, and the learning curve necessary for learning to use a compressor does not really apply here. It's the 'straight-line approach' to compression.
I took an ear-piercing guitar solo and made it downright friendly with vol envelopes applied at a close-in zoom. Signal too hot? Pull it down- exactly where it needs to get pulled down. Then bring it back up with such subtlety that no one notices anything at all.
This is essentially what a compressor wants to do, see.
And I love the way CEP uses this feature. The best envelope tool I've ever used.
dobro
Well-known member
sloom said:
Yeah, although I'm starting to like some of those compression artifacts on certain tracks, cuz it helps the track stand out a bit sometimes when it's too dull or too lost in the mix.
That said, using the volume envelopes is an education that takes you into levels in a way that really shows you what's going on. And while you're listening closely to levels, *other* stuff that you weren't looking for becomes apparent sometimes too. Bonus. Sweet.
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ikon
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record one main vocal then record again to thicken it up...dont copy and paste cause it sounds like poo...then record do some overdubs on key phrases recording that twice......bring volume down on second vocals and pverdubs...pan overdubs out to like -50 and 50 applying a nice reverb on the left overdub.....compress and eq as needed
dobro
Well-known member
ikon said:
Why the reverb on just the left overdub? Why not both?
