![]() ![]() Lightyear the animators made the characters skin tone and color perfectly When Pixar, the makers of Toy Story first created Woody and Buzz Recorded, perfect images can be created, and digital machines and softwareĪre made to manipulate our digital data. In the digital world, we suffer from perfection. Use a very open Q.įigure 2: Waves PuigTec EQP-1A Smiley Face EQ Adding Color and Warmth With Harmonic Distortion ![]() ![]() Tonal Stereo EQĪlso knows as the smiley face EQ, this stereo processing applies a low end and high end to both channels. Soundtoys’ Panman or Microshift, Waves Reel ADT or Imager and, Eventide'sįigure 1: Izotope Ozone Elements Stereo Imager 6. Imager for free, which is highly recommended. There are numerous plugins available forĪt the time of writing, Izotope provides their Ozone There is often a little processing ‘magic’ that can occur too, forĮxample, reversing the polarity of the combined signal or delaying it ![]() Stereo width is principally achieved by duplicating aĬopy of a signal from one stereo channel and mixing it back into the Tracks, so you shouldn't need to add much more processing to theĪim to take the stereo image out another 20% each side from the hard Low-end and brightness to recorded material. The EQs acts as a preset tone control which, in most cases, adds instant Of 60Hz with an equally broad Q to the mid-channel. Broad Mid Low-Frequency EQĪttenuate 1db at 300Hz with a broad Q, to the mid-channel only. This filter will apply to the right and leftĬhannels and will provide some pleasant air and space for your mix. Use a mid-side EQ to add a high shelf filter of 1.2dB to 1.4dB at 8kHz to There are a lot of choices out there but remember toĪpply this effect in moderation. Use the signal that feeds the mixīus and apply an HPF, filtering out the low frequencies, so the compressorĭoesn't react as much to bass guitar and kick drum.Īdd some coloration to the mix with a tape, valve or transformerĮmulation plugin. Sidechain: For added control, optionally feed a For pumping your mix gain reduction of about 7 or 8dB is okay. To Pump: Use a higher ratio, faster attack, and faster Reduction is no more than 3dB - for most of the time anyway. To Glue: Use a ratio of about 1.5 to 1 (do not exceed 2 Use the mix busĬompressor to glue your mix together - or to pump if that’s your thing! The first insert on the mix bus is compression. Insert plugins on your mix bus in this order: Mixes using the processing above give my music anĮxcellent low-end, an appealing bright sounding top end, a pleasant stereo Own experience, the mix bus always starts off and stays the same, with Multitude of other plugins that can be used in the chain.ĭifferent music styles demand different kinds of processing, but from my Standard DAW plugins are usually more than up-to-the-job. Processing can be broken down into these areas: So what mix bus processing is best for mixing music? The Mix bus chain Plugins, my mixes have a respectable low end and a nice touch ofīrightness – and all this before I have even touched the individual instrument tracks! Now I don't mix without my favorite plugins pre-installed on the session.Īfter leveling the different instruments with my pre-set When I first started mixing, I didn't do any processing on the mix bus. ![]()
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