Thick Vox: Use stereo pitch shifter 10ms delay and 10 cents up and down on each side, filter off top end, mix in subtly!īigger Chorus Vox: Copy vocal and compress and distort. During chorus, automate up 2db so that compressor kicks in & fattens em!Įxplosive Poppy Snare: Copy snare, compress heavy with fast attack and release to bring up sustain, gate the tail off, mix in subtly Vocal not POPPING out of the mix? Copy it, compress it hard, add some distortion, add some upper mids, mix in SUBTLY with original vox!įat Chorus Guitars: Send guitars to buss. if it’s not in phase with the overheads, it won’t get punchy! No matter how much eq or compression you put on your snare. Start with a quarter note!ĭry Vox with “life”: Use a stereo pitch shifter, left side 9cents down 20ms, right side 9cents up 40ms, mix in very subtly! Vox Delay Tip: If you time out your delay to the tempo of the song, it can add depth without being audible. Ultimate AIRY Vox w/o being harsh: Copy vox, crank 10khz shelf, then follow with heavy de-essing, heavy compression, mix in to get AIR! Simple kick drum and bass guitar balancing act: cut a small notch of 80Hz in bass, boost a little 80Hz in kick. De-essing properly ensures clarity without being ear piercing! #protip
Over-sibilant vocals make music very harsh when played loud. automate the master fader a db or so to enhance sections, especially the hooks! #protip I always recommend eqing drum overheads and room mics WITHOUT soloing them since they really impact the entire drum sound #protipĪiry Pop Vox: Hi Pass till 100Hz, boost 12khz 5db, then compress hard then soak up the sibilance with a strong de-esser #protip Mellow out ur vocal delays: attenuate using a hi shelf eq at 8k by about 3db, then follow it into a medium room verb at 20% wet #protip Don’t eq your close mic drums until you’ve checked their phase coherency with the overhead mics #protipīefore you touch the eq or compressor knob, make sure ur brain knows what you intend to do with it, & how it may enhance the mix #protip Wide Bass? Copy Bass to stereo track, hi pass till about 300Hz, distort a bit, send to wide chorus, mix in SUBTLY with dry Bass #protip wider smaller boosts tend to sound more musical #protipsĬarving off some top and bottom of background vox helps them blend in with the lead vox without sounding too defined. you’ll get there quicker than just eqing the close mic alone #protipsĭull Vocal Recording? Gently pull out the mud frequencies, compress hard, then add some upper mid eq 4 clarity & air, then De-Ess #protipĭon’t be afraid to extend the bandwidth of the eq to it’s maximum width. Want a brighter snare? EQ some top into the overheads. Listen before you dive in with the EQ or Comp #protipsĬompressing your reverb returns a bit can thicken them up in a cool way, try it #protipsįollowing your delay with a small reverb at 40% wet can mellow it out, and create even more depth #protipsĭigital Peak Limiters are effective for transparently taming overly dynamic acoustic guitars. The best mastering engineers know when to tweak a mix, & when to leave it alone.
Split ur Lead Vox into 3 Copies: 1 Natural, 1 Bright and Compressed, 1 tomate the 3 throughout the mix to make it POP #protipsĬhris Lord Alge: I always do an automation pass w my drum faders to keep them dynamic in the mix #protips Thank him by ReTweeting or checking out some of Slate Digital’s awesome plugins.
Steven Slate has been dropping knowledge on Twitter for a long time, so I thought I’d round up all his mixing tips and put them on one page for you to read.
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