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Mixing with Impact
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Mixing with Impact

by Wessel Oltheten
March 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
364 pages
10h 55m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 9Effects

Craziness with a Purpose

 

Acting crazy for the heck of it tends to amuse only one person: yourself. A mix with special effects flying all over the place is like a bad joke that only makes the joker laugh.

This chapter explores the means that you can use to make many bad sound jokes. But they can also help the music a lot, if you use them sensibly. Effects can attract attention, but they can also work more subtly, like the clues you subconsciously pick up in a Sherlock Holmes book. You can direct the listener’s attention with them, give extra meaning to certain things, and use them to build tension or make suggestions.

9.1 Distortion: Simulating Intensity

Using distortion is like coloring outside the lines, which might be ...

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ISBN: 9781351624237