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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 10Automation

Performing the Mix

 

Music changes constantly, which might be the main reason why you want to listen to it. Therefore, there’s no such thing as finding a position for your faders, pan pots, equalizers, compressors and effects that’s right for an entire song. You could even say that a static mix is unmusical by its very definition. That’s why this chapter is about following the music with your mix. This might seem like a lot of work at first, but once you get the hang of it, it will feel liberating and work faster to constantly adapt your mix to the music. For example, you can try to make the vocals blend with the music by running them through three compressors and a deesser, but after an hour of looking for the perfect ...

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ISBN: 9781351624237