While as a general rule we want to keep our snare panned in the center of the mix (see my drum panning guide), adding some size to our snare after the fact can help it sit better in the mix overall and give this top-three essential component of the mix the real estate it deserves. […]
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One of the most important types of processing in mixing is EQ as this allows you to sculpt the tone of your audio by cutting or boosting certain frequencies. In my many EQ cheat sheets (grab my free ULTIMATE EQ cheat sheet if you haven’t already, by the way), I talk about fundamental frequencies of
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Saturation is a great effect to use alongside EQ to fill out the sound of a lot of instruments in your mix. Today I’m going to focus on how we can use snare saturation to do just that or even add some transient grit to your snare. How to Use Snare Saturation There are a
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I recently did a complete overview on how to mix drums, including detailed EQ cheat sheets and compression cheat sheets for every single piece of the kit. While processing individual pieces in your kit is a huge part of getting your drums as a whole to sound their best, I love adding processing to the
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Chorus is a modulation based effect which relies on an LFO, or low frequency oscillator, to actively affect two major parameters of your audio track you apply it to, namely its timing and pitch. As I’ve covered in my many chorus tutorials, chorus can be used to add width to a track or tracks, achieve
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