Gain staging is the process of setting the proper amount of clip gain for every track in your mix. Note that this is different than setting the faders which just moves the output level up and down. Finding the proper amount of clip gain for every track should be the first thing you do in […]
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Unless you’re going for some very specific aesthetic, like a claustrophobic mono reverb heavy vibe, you want your drums to sound full and wide. This drum panning guide will explain exactly where to pan each drum to achieve that professional, open sound. Drum Panning Let’s go piece by piece in the kit to explain the
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As I covered in my tutorial on what is a noise gate, this is a useful tool to use on your vocals to remove background noise. At the same time, we don’t want to HEAR the noise gate doing its job, so here are the best noise gate settings for vocals. Noise Gate Settings for
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EQ is one of the most important effects/plugins to master in your mixing. It gives you the ability to sculpt the tone of your audio in every track of your mix. It also creates space for every track in your mix so that it fits together sonically. With all of that in mind, I’ve put
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When you’re trying to get better at mixing, you might check out a site like MusicGuyMixing.com here to read a tutorial or two. And while you’re there, you might run across a particular term mentioned like, oh, I don’t know, what feels like a THOUSAND times but it never gets explained. Let’s end the confusion
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