Matthew
All you need to do is use your ears and work out
if your tune sounds as good as someone elses that you like when played
back on the same speakers...CALIBRATION is the name of the game...
Its as
simple as that - there are no rules...
If you like it, then you have
successfully mixed a track...
However, if you want it to sound as
good as someone elses then start reading the SOS tutorials on mixing down in
that link i gave you, read the Future Music articles on remixing and mixing and
experiment with the levels on your mixer/samples.
Also tape your
tunes and listen to them on different stereos. Each one will give you an idea of
where the mix is going wrong and allow you to reign it back in.
Also buy
some flat response monitor speakers (Tannoy Reveals, Absolute Zeros or Twos are
the best low cost ones) and read about speaker placement on the internet
(SOS again).
Tip: mount your speakers on stands - immediate
improvement and don't move the bass/treble from the 0 position on your amp -
(use source direct button on the amp if you have it).
Tip 2: If you have
your speakers on a desktop like me, simply cut out a pad of heavy duty bubble
wrap for underneath each monitor- air suspension float for accurate monitoring -
its a bit Blue Peter, but it costs about �1 and it does the same as the �40
lumps of foam that Digital Village sell.
Record your finished
tune thru soundcard into Cool Edit or Wavelab etc and Normalise (DC bias 0 and
stereo link) to 100db and cut all bass below 20hz using a high pass filter -
improves the track loudness no end before burning to CD for listening elsewhere
or even just recording to tape for the car.
Theres loads more to
learn, but I have to do some work 8(
Dan
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Message-----
From: Johnson, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
11 February 2003 09:53
To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List
Subject:
[dnb-prod] RE: mastering question
I would like to know more about
Mastering.
how does one know what levels to set everything to
etc?
lets say I just sample things and lay down a track as the samples
are
recorded.
what would I then need to do to
mixdown?
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From: Andy Abang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
Monday, February 10, 2003 10:51 PM
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List
Subject: [dnb-prod] RE: mastering question
pre-production
(mixing down samples), adjusting levels (during and after the
track is
arranged), and final mixdown.
i don't think there's really any order you
have to do anything in, but if
you mix down any samples you're using before
or while you're arranging your
track it saves you some time at the end of the
project.
mixing down samples would DEFINITELY require eqing. You could
compress
samples and shit too but if it's for something like drum sounds
i'd
recommend leaving that off and just compressing them in whatever
program
you're working in. compression/limiter stuff would be more of an FX
thing to
be applied while arranging everything (or when you're doing your
final
mixdown, whatever works for you).
Noise reduction is an optional
thing, all depends on what elements in your
track you might need it for. Not
everything requires noise reduction.
What are you using to make your
tunes? each program requires kind of a
different approach to all this stuff.
Logic, Cubase, and protools can all be
used for arranging and mixing down
your stuff, but programs like Fruity
loops and Reason need something else for
final mixing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TJ Cinnamon
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>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: Drum & Bass Arena
Discussion List
> Subject: [dnb-prod] mastering
question
>
>
>
>
>
> what are the main
components or elements for mastering a track?
> Is it Eq,
>
Compression, Limiter, Noise Reduction, do I have it in the right
> order
and
> am I missing any components.
>
> Thnks
Joe
>
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