Familiarise yourself with your setup and the tools needed to start mixing. Record that basic sound so that you can tell where you want to make improvements. After all that playing around and “familliarising” yourself with the mix, then you should have an idea of where to put the faders for an acceptable “rough” mix, […]
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Mix a pop song – 2 – Calibrating your Ears with a Rough Mix
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Mix a pop song – 1 – Familiarisation
Familiarise yourself with your setup and the tools needed to start mixing. Connect a short reverb onto an aux send, and a long reverb onto another. That’s all you need for now. Play back the song. Loop it, preferably, so you don’t keep having to rewind and press play each time. Now throw up all […]
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Mix a pop song – 0 – Starting Point
This article is written with the assumption that this isn’t just a mix you’ll throw together, but something you are going to spend serious time over – i.e. several hours – and the intention is to get a world-class result by intention, rather than by accident. I’m assuming here, that you have in your possession […]
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How To Mix A Pop Song From Scratch
This series is a rough guide on how to go about mixing a pop record from scratch. Many people don’t seem to know where to start, so hopefully this series of articles will give some guidance.
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How To Set Up A Drum Kit
Drum kits are, like many things, down to personal taste with their fittings and exactly where and how you place each piece. However, there are some standards which are worth knowing, and then you customise your kit from there. Building from a Shell Pack Most kits bought today are sent by mail, and are therefore […]
