What is your Mixing Procedure?

[carp_81]

More of a question! Beginner's Bad Luck

Hey, everyone I'm new to the forum; I'm using Acid 4.0 and an M-audio box to record vocals over instrumentals; the question I have is how do you edit the sound levels of each recorded vocal; when listening to the finish product some verses are louder than others; I've tried editing it in sound forge; however it is not working, me and some friends of mine are just starting out, we have a home built studio; we're using a studio mic, with a mic screen and all; but some tracks are more louder, because of the differences in voice levels of each person recording; I also wanted to know how do you hear yourself recording in Acid, cause I can't hear myself while recording. One last question does anyone know how to make a chorus or a hook sound more like a chorus, than just like a normal verse? What plugins could I use in Sound Forge 6 to accomplish these problems, thanks for any help that you can give.

Greg

 

[darnold]

i dont think it matters as long as you know what your looking for.

usually when im ready for mix i remove every effect or other processing and start from scratch. No eq or anything.

then get basic levels and pans. then i just do whatever i hear. i usually start by checking the drums and deciding what they need, then bass, then guitars. i actually sometimes mix the instruments without the vocals. I get them all good mixed together and then throw the vocals in and make changes accordingly. Some people might say this is stupid but it usually doesnt cause problems. I think once you get a good base down then its pretty easy to fit the vocals in their. But i think the main reason for this is i cant stand listening to the same vocals over and over and over again for sections that i am working on. It just helps keep my sanity for a couple more minutes .

I think when i get the drums right, and the bass is solid and filling out the bottom end, then everything else seems to fit in right. I think when the bass is wrong it messes up the entire mix.

thats just me though, not really a step by step precedure. i just open it up and go as i hear it. I check at all volumes, but i think listening at louder volumes are more important than quiet volumes. Usually if you get it right in the high volumes it works well in the low volumes also.

Danny