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CHAPTER 10Bringing It All Together

The final steps of a project are the culmination of all the skills we’ve discussed so far. First, the project needs to be mixed, incorporating many of the tools discussed in the previous chapter. Second, the mixes need to be mastered, processing the mixes and putting them in order for an album. Third, the project needs to be presented to the world, either on CD/DVD, the Internet, or any other way.

MIXING

Mixing is the near final process of adding all of the track elements together. It is sometimes mistakenly called post-production (since tracking is referred to as production), but in audio the term post production

Figure 10.1

People mixing on large-format analog consoles. (Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Anna ...