- Within the context of the music production environment,…loudness deals with the overall apparent loudness of a track…not to be misinterpreted as loudness in terms of volume.…A track that has more energy pumped into it…will feel louder than a track with less, even though…they can both be played at exactly the same volume.…The idea with most dance music…and most modern music made today…is to have it sound as big as possible at a set volume.…This in turn helps the track to stand out,…sound more polished,…and compete with commercially mixed tracks.…
I'm gonna show you an example with the project…we'll be using in this course.…I'm gonna play you two passes on the same section…of the track, where they will both be played…at the same volume but with a different loudness,…achieved in this case by the use…of a limiter on the master bus.…Hopefully you'll hear that the perceived loudness,…or sonic energy, is actually quite different.…So I'm gonna start playing it…without any of the limiter enabled.…(techno music)…So as you can hear, it's quite dynamic,…
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6/26/2015- Using dynamics to create power
- 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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