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Building the mix from the vocals - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Audio Mixing Bootcamp
Building the mix from the vocals
There's this school of thought that since the vocal is usually the most important element in the mix; the entire mix should be built around it. In this video, I am going to show you how to build your mix by starting with the vocal first. So just like with all the other mixes, the first thing we are going to do is we're going to bring the vocal up so the master mix bus levels read about -10 dB. (music playing) Once again, that's just an average. It will peak above. It will be a little below. I just want to get it so it's around -10, just so you have some head room left for all the other instruments when they come in. Now we are going to bring the kick drum so it's about the same level. It doesn't have to be exactly, but you're trying to get in the ballpark. (music playing) Now we are going to bring the snare drum up, as well as all the other drums, just so we can hear them, and they are roughly the same level as the vocal. We never want to go louder than the vocal. If anything, we want…
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Learning the principles of building a mix1m 1s
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Assigning the drums to a subgroup3m 55s
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Building the mix from the kick10m 8s
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Building the mix from the snare8m 46s
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Building the mix from the toms5m 25s
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Building the mix from the overhead mics3m 53s
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Checking the drum phase4m 44s
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Balancing direct and miked bass channels3m 36s
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Building the mix from the bass3m 26s
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Building the mix from the vocals4m 19s
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Balancing the rhythm section2m 44s
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Balancing the rest of the instruments with the rhythm section5m 22s
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Making a mix without building it4m 20s
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Balancing the harmony vocals2m 35s
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