4 The process of mixing
The arrangement
The arrangement (or instrumentation) largely determines which instruments play, when, and how. An arrangement that lends itself to the mix will have its frequency, time, and stereo domains reasonably shared between its featured instruments.
Consider an arrangement that involves only one percussion instrument—a shaker. If panned center in a busy mix, it is most likely to be masked by other instruments; but panning it to one side can create an imbalanced stereo image. It might be easier for the mixing engineer to have a second percussion instrument, say a tambourine, so the two can be panned left and right. Then, if the shaker and tambourine are playing the same part, they ...
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