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1. Gain staging is important to avoid clipping when signals hit the master bus. Use gain plug-ins or channel faders to properly adjust output levels. 2. Create buses to group instruments like drums, bass, guitars, vocals for quick and effective mixing. Buses help mix large songs efficiently. 3. High pass filtering removes unwanted low frequency rumble from sources like vocals and acoustic guitars to give the kick drum and bass definition in the low end mix.

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Top 10 Things To Do Every Mix PDF

1. Gain staging is important to avoid clipping when signals hit the master bus. Use gain plug-ins or channel faders to properly adjust output levels. 2. Create buses to group instruments like drums, bass, guitars, vocals for quick and effective mixing. Buses help mix large songs efficiently. 3. High pass filtering removes unwanted low frequency rumble from sources like vocals and acoustic guitars to give the kick drum and bass definition in the low end mix.

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TOP 10 THINGS TO DO EVERY MIX

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1. PROPER GAIN STAGING


Always leave enough headroom when mixing. Don’t max out every channel so that when it hits
your Master bus the signal clipping heavily. Use Gain Plug ins (some DAWs have this built into
the channel) or simply reduce the output going to your master bus from the channel fader.

2. CREATE BUSES TO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY MIX YOUR


SONG
Divide the Song into Stereo Groups such as Drums, Bass, Electric Guitars, Acoustic, Keys,
Programming, Background Vocals and lead vocal and send them all to their individual Buses.
These Buses will help you mix quickly and effectively.

3. HIGH PASS PROPERLY


Using High Passing Properly removing removes unwanted low frequency rumble. Vocals,
Acoustic Guitars, Percussion and many other sources can pick up the sound of Air Conditioners
and may other other sounds that will cloud the bottom and confuse the Low End Mix, leading to
less definition in the Kick Drum and Bass.

4. FOCUS AND CONTROL THE LOW END


All great mixers have amazingly well controlled low end. The Kick and Bass can inherit cross
over areas, however in a great mix if a Kick for example is boosted around 60 Hz and the Bass
is Boosted around 80 Hz then there is very often a cross over point around 100-110 Hz, cut
lightly from the Kick Drum the Bass will start to breath and the low end will feel bigger!

5. COMPRESSION, USE IT IN STAGES


The secret many Mix Engineers use is multiple sets of Compression, this is sometimes known
as ‘serial compression’ when used on one source. However the real secret is compression not
just on the Channel, but also when in a group sent to a Group Bus Compressor, even if very
gentle. when applied it can add the Audio ‘glue’ you hear Pros talk about. Then lastly the Master
Bus also has compression further giving extra energy to the Mix.

6. USE PLUG INS TO GIVE AN ADDITIONAL SONIC STAMP AND


CHARACTER TO YOUR MIX
Have you ever wondered the reason for the multiple plug in Compressors and EQs on the mar-
ket? The enormous amount of emulations of classic/legendary pieces of gear? Well, here is the
secret, not all Compressors and EQs are created equal! While the stock plugins in ANY DAW
will do an amazing job to control the dynamics of a sound, emulations and other great plug in
Compressors and EQs will not only control Dynamics and EQ but impart a sound, a character
on the mix.

7. DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE PARALLEL COMPRESSION


So many great mixers use Parallel A LOT! Typically a drum mix compressed aggressively in par-
allel pushed up underneath the main drum bus will add a huge amount of energy even before
feeling that loud! Vocal Parallel compression adds energy to the singers performance, a Parallel
Compressor on a lightly played Acoustic arpeggio will bring the smallest pieces of articulation
up.

8. PAN YOUR INSTRUMENTS TO CREATE SPACE AND WIDTH


IN YOUR MIX
Moving things from the Centre will create space for your Lead Vocal, Kick, Snare and Bass
Guitar to stand out. Having guitars and keys wide will also crate greater width! A common trick
amongst all great mixers is to use 50% or less panning in the verses and then go full 100% Left
and Right on heavy guitars for instance to get the Chorus to jump out of the speakers!

9. USE REVERBS AND DELAYS TO CREATE SPACE AND DEPTH


Reverbs and Delays are a not so secret weapon in the Professional Mixers arsenal. Mixers such
as Michael Brauer and Chris Lord Alge use multiple sets of of them, featuring different lengths of
reverbs at different sections of the song. Not all effects are made to heard loudly at all! A touch
of Delay or Reverb can help create depth to an instrument and space, placing it in a different
place to the sounds that surround and just giving it enough separation from them.

10. AUTOMATION! USE IT!


This could be the most important one of all! Great mixers use automation to push forward and
feature vocals and instruments and also duck them to play a supporting role when needed. Au-
tomation can take a little extra time at the end of the mix but will definitely give your mix is very
professional feel!

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