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The best way to achieve a great sounding mix that sounds as good on your laptop as it does in the studio is to mix it in mono. If you can’t hear every vocal and instrumental in mono, you aren’t mixing it tight. Mono clarifies what you are missing. If you can mix it in mono, then it will sound perfect when played in stereo. Clarity achieved at it’s worst scenario in mono mixes beautifully and sounds killer in stereo.
Read more: Why Mixing In Mono Is The Secret
BLOCKS Dashboard is a free program that allows consumers to control DAW. This app is currently in its early stages. It should be notated that this application was done by the familiar popular company ROLI. Any possessor of these controllers will have the opportunity to communicate with the Personal Computer version of the software installation. This particular board can be utilized to have the chance to use a MIDI that is exposed on the end. This controller can be put together any way the user so pleases. The dashboard houses the Live and Loop functions amongst others. This item also features new lights that will help to showcase the light pad option. Certain software’s opportunities are also available such as Logic Pro and Ableton Live. This beta program also works with a wide array of devices that will continually be updated periodically.
Prior to starting, a drummer should make sure they have the time and proper parts to begin. The next steps are creating a selection group from the tracks, and then tabbing until you reach the first kick transient (this helps keep the tracks in time). Next, make a split over all of the clips. Once these three steps are done, you should tab back to the first high hat transient and split once again. This is done second because this drum pattern typically has the high hat occurring after the kick drum. Following this, then tab to the next snare transient; this is where you will slice it. Afterward, all that need be done is tab to the next high hat transient and then split across all of the transients. Repeat all of the steps following tabbing to the first transient kick all the way through splitting at the high hat transient until you reach a downbeat measure of 23.
Read more: Multi-Track Drum Editing – Identifying & Splitting Drum Hits
Mixing with EQ is all about creating space for every track to sit nicely together. Graham, from the Recording Revolution has a powerful trick to help you do just that – carving out EQ holes. This one strategy, when used on only the outside instruments in your mix can give you more clarity + width in just minutes!
I have an article here at Home Brew Audio that talks about this topic as well. Check that out here: 5 Audio Recording Tips – Part 3: Cool Stuff About EQ
Key Takeaways:
“Mixing with EQ is all about creating space for every track to sit nicely together. Today I have a powerful trick to help you do just that – carving out EQ holes.”
http://therecordingrevolution.com/mixing-with-eq-carving-eq-holes/
Overhead microphones are an integral part of capturing a quality drum kit sound. They provide the richness and power to the recording, whereas microphones close to the drums capture the bite or attack sounds. Using the ORTF technique, one can mimic the position of human ears giving a natural sound to the recording. This is done by positioning the microphones at a specific angle and distance from one another.
Key Takeaways:
“There are several ways to record overheads. We we’ll see the most common here. However, we had to strike a compromise during the recording sessions for this chapter”