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Basic Mixing Tips
Instructor:
Lucas Fowler
Topic(s):
Recording
Style(s):
Any Style, Rock
Level(s):
Beginner
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Basic Mixing Tips: Aggressive Guitar
Instructor:
Lucas Fowler
Level:
Beginner
Topic:
Recording
Style:
Rock
Hi all! This month we're looking a some tips for getting a good, clean mix doing your own recordings. In this first example we'll deal with some ways to treat heavy electric guitar tracks. First we'll use our four band equalizer to find some offensive frequencies in the guitar tone and remove them. We'll also clean up the unneccesary bass frequencies to al...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Heavy Electric Bass
Instructor:
Lucas Fowler
Level:
Beginner
Topic:
Recording
Style:
Rock
Next lets tweak our bass sound! Bass can be a little difficult to mix into a track, particularly with a really thick sounding track that is drop tuned like our example. Since the low note we're dealing with here is "B", we'll want to keep the bottom end of the mix but we still want to be able to hear the attack of the bass. The way I like to do this is by ...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Searing Lead Guitar
Instructor:
Lucas Fowler
Level:
Beginner
Topic:
Recording
Style:
Rock
Now lets address the lead guitar. First and foremost, I like to use a different amp sound to contrast the rhythm guitars. Since we want the lead to sit on top of the mix to show off our hot licks, I choose a midrange heavy amp and use the equalizer to remove unneccesary frequencies(just like we did with the rhythm tracks). You'll notice I also take more bass...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Mixing All the Instruments Together
Instructor:
Lucas Fowler
Level:
Beginner
Topic:
Recording
Style:
Rock
In this last section, I'll listen through the track and make minor adjustments so that everything is clearly separated. Remember to listen to all the sections of your song back to back, so that you can hear if anything seems too quiet or too loud. If you, the person mixing feel that a part is obtrusive, you can be sure a listener who isn't familiar with the ...
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Basic Mixing Tips: Demo Track
Instructor:
Lucas Fowler
Level:
Beginner
Topic:
Recording
Style:
Any Style
And here's the demo track!