No matter how you use it in your mix, automation adds life to a song. As I covered in my overview of mixing automation, this is the process of actively changing some aspect of a track while the song plays. Let’s talk how to automate in my favorite DAW of choice, Ableton Live, with a
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Drums delay can be used to add some ear candy or more practically to add some fatness and sustain to the drums in your mix. Let’s talk drums delay and how you can use it in your next mix to enhance both your drums as well as the mix. Drums Delay First, let’s talk the
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An equalizer or EQ for short is one of the most important types of audio processing in mixing. Outside of audio production, most audio players physical and digital feature an equalizer so that you can customize the sound of what you’re listening to to your taste. The process is the same either way, so let’s
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I always like to say that if the low end of your mix isn’t properly balanced, the entire mix will suffer. This is where the anchor of your mix in the kick resides as well as the low end of the bass which represents the notes and acts as the compass of the mix exists.
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While some mixing and mastering engineers might roll their eyes at this, most clients want a louder mix. And it’s not for nothing – despite the “normalization” if you will of normalized audio on most streaming services, a louder finished song still sounds “better” than a quieter song when played back to back whether that
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