Effects: The Subtle Side Of Mixing – AudioPlus

Sep 30th in General by Adrian Try

In this week's Audio Plus content, Bobby Owsinski explains when, why and how to effectively use effects while mixing.

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Author: Adrian Try

Adrian is writer and editor for Audiotuts+ and the AudioJungle blog. He has been playing keys and acoustic guitar for three decades, and has six kids. Follow him on Twitter at @audiotuts.

"In a previous post we discussed some of the intangible aspects of mixing like arrangements and finding the point of interest, but this post is about a more subtle, yet vastly underrated aspect. Most engineers just developing the art of mixing usually concentrate on instrument and frequency balancing (EQing), but perhaps the most important item after that is the use of effects.

"Effects can make or break your mix since their addition can make it sound larger than life or washed out and distant, depending upon their use. And the best effects are sometimes the ones that you don’t even know are there, but you’d notice immediately if they were muted, which is why this post is titled “The Subtle Side Of Mixing.” So let’s take a look inside the world of effects and how they’re applied to your mix."

Table of Contents

• When and Why to Use Effects
• Predelay
• EQing Effects
• Layering of Effects
• Compression in the Mix Buss
• A Little About Modulation Effects

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