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28 November, 2007 - 10:21 — DanstheTsar
anyone able to help in this area? i am an absolute noob at this but really need to learn as i cant mix for shit!!
my music needs a louder more polished sound but i have no idea where to start or what to do any help would be much appreciated i use adobe audition 2.0 and an audigy creative soundcard as an audio i/o would a proper audio interface help?also how do u decide where certain instruments sit in the mix? as u can see i have no idea so any links, advice suggestions would be awesome (in laymans terms)
PEace!!
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Do you have spectrum analyser? If not check here: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/win95/SPECTRUM_ANALYZERS/
If you already have one, try use it on each track to separate Frequencies of your tracks using EQ , so that the bass drums not use the same frequencies the bass line does, for example.
u just have to know what the song needs
(ok quick sound lesson:) every sound in a song fits on a certain frequency of the sound spectrum, i.e., bass and kicks lower, mid-range to highs being snares, hi hats, etc...
so to get rid of the muddy sound, you may have to lower some the lower frequencies while giving the mid ranges a slight boost..
with that in mind, filters are your best friend; i usually put a low pass filter on my kicks and have the cutoff frequency high enough to get some of the punchy mid-range frequencies in my kicks.. and to really make the kicks KICK, use a compressor and some eq.... mid range eq and maybe a little bit more on the lower ranges... not too much though...
and as far as making the song louder without distorting it, you should use a compressor over the entire song so you can bang it out and still understand what the hell is going on...
also, so that you can hear all the sounds in the song, you should use panning smartly, even the use of lfos to automate panning works great...
ok and to make this comment even longer, make sure u have everything leveled out; one sound shouldn't drown everything else out when it comes in!
so try this song out for starters... turn it up loud and tell me how it sounds!!
http://www.maketunes.com/audio/12243
http://www.looperman.com/tutorials-mixing-8-eq_overview.html
http://www.looperman.com/tutorials.php
There's just a couple I found after searching "audio mixing tips" on google. There's a bit of stuff, just find one that makes sense to you I guess ;)
I think the main thing to make sure of when EQ-ing is each separate instrument needs it's own "dominant frequency" that is different from the rest. This ensures that no two sounds share the same frequency range and clash/cancel each other out/dominate the whole mix.
I also find that it is better to scoop out bad frequencies, than to boost the good ones. Some need both. And sometimes it just needs a bit of volume. Play around, see what works best.
Of course, the best thing to do is make sure that whatever sound you record is the best you can get it to tape/hard drive, because sometimes, you don't need to EQ certain sounds at all.
Experiment - see what works best for you and the song.
Happy mixing.