The Core of Mixing

1 What is mixing?

Putting sounds together

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Creating a whole

Putting sounds together

Guiding the listener

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Playing with attention

Guiding the listener

Creating feelings

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Sound = emotion

Creating feelings

2 Balance

Balance

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Volume is fundamental

Balance

Mute and solo

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Focus your listening

Mute and solo

Starting with silence

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A practical approach to balance

Starting with silence

Levels and meters

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About headroom and gain staging

Levels and meters

Balance in Practice

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Balance your own music

Balance in Practice

3 Basic EQ

Frequency

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Highs and lows

Frequency

High-cut EQ

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Removing highs = softer sound

High-cut EQ

Low-cut EQ

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Removing lows = tinnier sound

Low-cut EQ

Basic EQ in practice

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Give your own music a high cut

Basic EQ in practice

4 Reverb

What is reverb?

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Room feeling

What is reverb?

The decay knob

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Smaller and bigger

The decay knob

The mix knob

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Closer and farther

The mix knob

Blending

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Creating a shared space

Blending

Reverb in practice

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Apply your reverb skills

Reverb in practice

5 The soundstage

Building the soundstage

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Different ways to imagine space

Building the soundstage

Width

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Move left and right

Width

Separation

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Avoiding clashes

Separation

Depth with reverb

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Move closer or farther

Depth with reverb

Depth with EQ

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Tweak highs, control presence

Depth with EQ

Highs and lows

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EQ for focus and separation

Highs and lows

Soundstage in practice

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Real world exercises

Soundstage in practice

6 Advanced EQ

Peak EQ

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Cutting and boosting

Peak EQ

Q value

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Wide and narrow peaks

Q value

Combining filters

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Using EQ to shape the sound

Combining filters

Tone shaping

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Warm, boxy, sharp, thin…

Tone shaping

Advanced EQ in practice

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Tone shape your own music

Advanced EQ in practice

7 Basic Compressor

What is compression?

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Automatic volume

What is compression?

Threshold

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Turn down the loud parts

Threshold

Makeup gain

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Turn up the quiet parts

Makeup gain

Hard compression

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Bringing sounds to the front

Hard compression

Smoothness

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Consistent energy

Smoothness

Compressor in practice

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Your music — smoother, louder

Compressor in practice

8 Listening exercises

Identify the effect

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Learn to hear the difference

Identify the effect

Match the chain

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Tweak several effects by ear

Match the chain

Everything all at once

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The final boss

Everything all at once

9 Putting it all together

Mixing workflow

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Where mixing begins and ends

Mixing workflow

What's next?

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It’s been a pleasure 🙏