From the course: Mixing Techniques for Pop Music Part 1
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Carefully crafting the keyboards - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Mixing Techniques for Pop Music Part 1
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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Understanding signal processing order8m 4s
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Kick drum processing techniques5m 51s
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Snare drum processing7m 44s
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Tom toms and cymbals processing8m 56s
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Drum room mics processing7m 47s
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Lead vocal processing techniques12m 9s
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Background vocal processing techniques7m
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Gain processing using EQ and dynamics6m 40s
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Treating the bass guitar8m 19s
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Treating synth bass sounds7m 46s
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Making electric guitars sing with compression, EQ, and reverb11m 43s
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Placing acoustic grand piano in the mix6m 23s
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Carefully crafting the keyboards8m 41s
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Choosing the right EQ for the acoustic guitar9m 50s
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Taming and then featuring percussion7m 51s
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Mixing real and sampled strings13m 1s
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Treating real live brass8m 37s
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Parallel compression techniques7m 58s
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