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| Tips for Creating a Professional Music Mix |
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| Written by SFXsource |
| Tuesday, 07 October 2008 02:06 |
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When one piece of music seems outstanding next to the mediocrity of another it is commonly not because of the melodies involved. Instead, one track sounds better than another because it has a balanced and sweetened mix while the other has been patched together with in an amateur and guesswork fashion. The list below gives some tips to consider when mixing a piece of music that has professional aspirations.
When one piece of music seems outstanding next to the mediocrity of another it is commonly not because of the melodies involved. Instead, one track sounds better than another because it has a balanced and sweetened mix while the other has been patched together with in an amateur and guesswork fashion. The list below gives some tips to consider when mixing a piece of music that has professional aspirations. 1. Always use the very best and cleanest recordings or samples to create your music track. Terrible recordings will only muddy up the mix and make it sound amateur and dull. 2. Utilize equalizers to cut out spaces in the audio spectrum for each instrument. For instance, cut cymbals at 1KHz to keep them in the higher registers and cut bass guitars at 100Hz to keep them from muddying up with the bass drum. 3. Create a nice stereo field by panning some instruments. While the bass drum and guitar should stay in the center to give the track stability, other elements such as cymbals and strings can be panned to add depth and sonic intrigue. 4. Understand and use compression to give clout to presence to each instrument. Tracks sound weak and lame without compression and is often a main difference between professional and amateur sounding tracks. 5. Find favorite CDs in the same genre as your track and compare it to yours. If your track doesn't sound as good, or has too much bass for example, then figure out why and fix the issue. 6. Let your track achieve maximum loudness by employing a limiter on the final mix which smushes down the highest peaks and allows you bring up the whole mix. After you've mixed down to CD, play your fresh new track in a variety of speaker systems to make sure it holds up in all listening environments. About the Author: SFXsource writes articles on a variety of interesting subjects, hosts a sound effects library here, Sound Effects and hosts vast amounts of royalty free production music which can be heard here, Royalty Free Music |