In this week’s Audio Premium content, Björgvin Benediktsson takes you in detail of the mixing process, using a folk song as an example.
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Dense mixes can be tough to work out. There’s a lot of instruments, vocals and stuff that needs to be heard. A lot of times it’s about creating space, but there are a lot of different ways you can go about it. In the following Premium tutorial I’m going to walk you through a folky pop that has a lot of things going on. At the end you will see how you can use EQ, compression, routing, A.D.T. And a plethora of other processors to make everything in the mix play nicely together.
Listen to the difference he makes to the song:
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Listened to the before and after; ironically, I liked the song better before the mix. It sounds like you took a lot of the body out of the instruments (especially the acoustic guitar). The result had more space, but sounded worse. Granted, I’m listening on tiny, crappy earbuds, but even so, your mix should sound good – that’s how people will be hearing it on an iPod.
That said, the vocals sounded really nice (especially the harmonies.)