Brian discusses the technique of placing your drum kit in a new room, or altering its "location" in a mix. Brian shows how he experiments with room ambience when he's getting a feel for the right drum sound. UAD Ocean Way Studios is featured.
- [Instructor] One of my favorite things to do is to take…an instrument that is…generally placed in the center of your stereo mix…and giving it the illusion of placement in a room…other than the center,…and adding that signal back into the direct signal.…This maintains the power of,…for instance, we'll use the snare drum in this example.…The power of the drums that should be coming out of both…speakers, but gives the listener the opportunity to…hear it in a space that's not so balanced.…A little bit off on the left-right side,…like a real drum kit would be.…
If you stuck your head right in the middle of a drummer's…drum kit, you'd hear this snare off to one side,…the floor tom off to another side,…and so on and so forth.…But you really want that kick and snare to feel like…they're in the middle of the mix.…So how do I get something that should be mono…to sound like it's a little off-center without taking…the mono part away from it?…And without using tricks like the center plug in or…the spacial plug in like S1, imager?…
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3/30/2017Join multiplatinum producer, engineer, and mixer Brian Malouf as he covers the many terms that musicians and non-musicians use to describe music. Brian explains the meaning behind the comments and also demonstrates techniques that can be applied to a mix in response to the notes. He covers lo-fi mix techniques, EQ techniques, changes to levels, adapting the ambience, making vibe and energy adjustments, working with compression options, and revising the placement location of elements in the sonic sphere.
- Lo-fi glossary
- Volume glossary
- Ambience glossary
- Location glossary
- Attitude adjustment glossary
- Compression glossary
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 8s
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1. Lo-Fi Mix Techniques
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Lo-fi glossary1m 7s
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Make it lo-fi6m 42s
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Make it distorted4m 29s
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Add some grit5m 15s
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Add more saturation2m 55s
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Overdrive it7m 20s
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Drum destruction2m 19s
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2. EQ Mix Techniques
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EQ glossary6m 6s
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Brightening something6m 18s
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Add more presence5m 40s
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Darken the bass guitar5m 40s
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Make it warmer4m 23s
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Make it more edgy3m 54s
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The vocal is too harsh4m 10s
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Add body to the snare drum3m 46s
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3. Volume/Level Mix Techniques
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Volume glossary1m 58s
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Faders and pan pots3m 55s
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Specific frequency EQ boost2m 55s
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4. Ambience Mix Techniques
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Make it wider11m 36s
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Give it more space4m 26s
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5. Location Mix Techniques
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Location glossary1m 49s
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6. Vibe/Attitude/Energy Adjustment Mix Techniques
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Make the vocal crunchier3m 33s
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Augmenting the production3m 50s
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7. Compression Mix Techniques
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Compression glossary5m 55s
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8. Other General Mix Requests
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Relating to transients5m 38s
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Other terms you should know9m 37s
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Conclusion
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Next steps37s
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