Recording Tips
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Be you a Musician, Engineer or beginner, you'll find the tips to be onto a winner!
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Use reference mixes to highlight the imperfect acoustic characteristics of your room. Thy are not about making your track sound like them.
Take out a few Db at 5k (ish) in the guitars in verses and bypass to open them up in the chorus'.
Mix just not coming together? Go through your session muting and un-muting 1 track at a time. It's likely that 1 track is the problem.
It seems obvious, but make sure your guitar is in tune. You don't want to get the perfect take, before realizing your guitar is out of tune!
Get to know your DAW. You'll get more benefit from knowing your current DAW inside out than upgrading to a so called "better" DAW.
The proximity effect is the increased low frequency response, as a microphone is placed closer to the sound being recorded.
Having high end gear is like a football team having the best stadium. It's the best stadium, but it doesn't mean they will win the league.
If nothing else, a clean studio and control room at least makes you look professional!
A soloed instrument sounds very different to when it’s played with all the tracks. Try and leave the solo button alone when mixing.
It may seem obvious, but you won't perform as well if you are dehydrated. Keep yourself hydrated for maximum concentration and performance.
To help with ear fatigue, mix at a volume you can talk over.
Big vocal sound? Copy the track compress it A LOT, distort it and carefully blend with the original. Better still, do it with an overdub.
Your snare not sounding punchy, whatever you do to it? Make sure it is in phase with the overheads. It will never sound punchy if it is not.
A simple way to balance your Kick/Bass. Cut the bass at around 80Hz and boost it in the kick.
Over sibilant vocals played loudly sound very harsh. Be sure to de-ess your vocals well and you'll keep the clarity without sounding harsh.
When mixing, ask yourself what you intend to get out out of the chosen effect before touching it. Don't be making changes for changes sake.
Sometimes, if you want a brighter snare, you're better off brightening up the overheads, as appose to the close mic on the snare drum.
When layering tracks, don't just throw tracks together for the sake of it. Make sure every track contributes to the bigger picture.
When you have finished a mix, leave it and don't listen to it for a day or two. If it still sounds good after that, you're done.
Before starting a mix, listen to a professional mix of the same style. See how it sounds in your room. It will you help going into your mix.
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