Top 10 Mix Tips!
Ready to improve your mixes but aren't sure where to start? Start here! This mixing tips video course teaches you 10 indispensable mixing tips that will help transform your mixes in no time at all. Mixing wizard Larry Holcombe breaks down topics like mix organization, sidechain circuitry, low-end control, using a reference track, and more in an easy-to-follow manner with plenty of demonstrative examples. You'll begin to see notable improvements in your very next mix! These mixing videos are designed for intermediate-level mix engineers looking to improve their mixes.
Videos
• Organize Your Mix (16:52) - We start the series by concentrating on organizing the mix, consolidating parts, and gain staging. This allows us to start the mix in the right way.
• Bussing & Stereo Bus Metering (07:20) - We discuss organizing the tracks into busses and adding metering so we can properly visualize the mix in terms of frequency and loudness.
• Internal Sidechain Circuitry (11:01) - Next up, we focus on the importance of using internal sidechain EQ to make sure your compressor is responding to the correct aspect of the sound. This can prevent compressors becoming ?gummed up? with low end, for example.
• Control Your Low End (08:11) - This video is concerned with creating a tighter low end by taming a resonance in the bass alongside a more general low-end boost. This gives us a more controlled, thicker low end.
• Focus on the Midrange! (13:16) - Next up, we discuss mimicking an Avantone Mix Cube approach to allow you to focus on the midrange. The midrange is often overlooked even though it's the most important frequency area to get right for a good mix.
• How to Use a Reference Track (13:12) - This video covers using a reference track and comparing different areas of the frequency spectrum.
• Multi Analyzers & Pitching Kick for Bass Separation (05:34) - Here, we visualize the kick and bass to help us to make decisions on pitching the kick drum for improved separation from the bass.
• Stereo Bass (06:00) - Next up, we focus on generating extra harmonics and pushing them out to the sides for stereo information on bass while maintaining mono compatibility.
• Compression Threshold (08:46) - We investigate how we can use different thresholds on a compressor to add either groove compression or smoother, averaging compression.
• Front/Back Perspective (11:44) - Finally, we use both compressor attack times and mono/stereo balance to create front/back perspective within a mix.