- When you're working on projects and you're trying…to get things to sit in the stereo field,…oftentimes, at least for me, the biggest issue I have…is trying to make things sit wider in the mix…because it's always more difficult to do…than making things more mono.…I'm gonna show you some tricks that I use…if I have something that's very mono only but there's…very little side information or it's just very narrow,…some ways that I can make it sound wider.…The best example is either to have something…that's mono only or I can just add something here…and I'll make it mono to illustrate what I mean…because oftentimes I've done that, too.…
Making things mono after they're already stereo…and then adding something that makes them wide again…can have some cool, interesting effects without the phasing…issues often associated with some stereo things or stereo…instruments or anything like that, that you might get.…Firstly some techniques, so let's just take…this first piano track here in the instrument group…and I'm gonna solo it out and I just wanna have…
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- Balancing a mix
- Avoiding ear fatigue
- Improving consistency with gain
- Working with compression, limiting, and clipping
- Using subgroups
- Understanding stereo and frequency placement
- Tricks for achieving stereo width
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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Welcome49s
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1. Mixdown Introduction
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Mixdowns explained2m 14s
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What is loudness?3m 33s
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Balancing a mix2m 12s
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Avoiding ear fatigue1m 8s
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Patience is your ally1m 36s
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2. Headroom and Gain
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What is headroom?1m 28s
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Ways to manage loudness1m 44s
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3. Compression, Limiting, and Clipping
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Ways to use compression6m 19s
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Ways to use limiting7m 17s
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Ways to use clipping8m 24s
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4. Subgroups
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What are subgroups?1m 56s
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Organizing a mixdown1m 29s
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Using a kick subgroup2m 1s
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Using a drum subgroup3m 11s
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Using a bass subgroup4m 42s
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Using an FX subgroup2m 42s
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5. Stereo and Frequency Placement
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The philosophy of wideness1m 16s
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Conclusion
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