From the course: Mixing Techniques for Pop Music Part 1

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Carefully crafting the keyboards

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Carefully crafting the keyboards

- [Voiceover] So, keyboards. The trick for me, and one of my favorite things about Pro Tools and any sort of DAW in my experience is being able to see the waveforms for little parts that only happen occasionally. And what I want to talk about along with the important keyboard elements of a rock mix like this is what the little things can do and how you find them and what you do to make them stand out. Now as a rule, I can attest to the fact that there are so many great-sounding synthesizers now and actually in the past that they rarely need a lot of help. But let's take a look at some of the things I like to do to make the parts that are there really jump. Let's listen to the whole song first. ("Reckless" by Max Liberty) That's this. ("Reckless" by Max Liberty) Okay, so right away, the keyboards are making themselves known in this piece. This is a huge part of the song. It's kind of everything. (keyboard component of "Reckless" by Max Liberty) It doesn't need a lot on its own, but…

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