As we recently covered in our article on how to clean up a muddy mix, one of the biggest causes of mud in a mix is the low-mids on your reverbs. The reason for this is because reverbs emulate the natural sounds of recording in large spaces. Specifically they’re emulating the reflections off of the
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When I first started mixing about 15 years ago, my mixes fell into one of two categories: it was a harsh and overly bright mix, or it was a muddy mix. If you have a problem with a muddy mix, you know the telltale signs. Nothing stands out, instruments get lost, and it just feels
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EQ filters are used to add/boost, attenuate, or completely remove certain frequencies from your audio. You can achieve a lot of different desired results just by using EQ which is arguably the most useful “effect” in audio production. Depending on what you want to do to the audio, there are different EQ filters for different
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