Mixing and Mastering

To listen to my mix go to this url:

https://soundcloud.com/mrjamierox/mixing-task-stick-together-1

Before I started any work on my project, I fist sort out the tracks that I had into different sections so that they are easily recognisable and are easier to find and locate. It goes as follows: Vocals in Red, Guitar and Bass in Orage, Drums in Yellow, Piano in Green and Brass in Cyan. The screenshot below shows you a better example at how the tract lis is laid out.

As you can see from the screenshot above, there are a lot of space where there is nothing going on and within the vocal tracks there are a lot of different noises which detract from the quality of it. So, my next step was to go trough and edit the tracks so that they sound a bit more streamline and aren’t full of little quarks. Also, as a rule of thumb, if the sound if the thing you’re trying to cut is less than a bar it is best to leave it but if it more than a bar then it is best to cut it. As you can see from the vocal track, this is what remains after it has been edited.

When you have different tracks but you want add the same effects on to them, you can set up something so that you can edit all of them at the same time. I have already set this up for the vocals so for the purpose of this blog, ill be demonstrating using the guitar and guitar solo. The first step is to add a new track and this track will be and FX Channel then you can add it to the project.

·        The next step would be to add the guitars to this channel. To do this, you have to go onto each individual teach and then open the little ‘E’ on the track underneath the name and then a window will open up on the screen. On the right, you’ll have to open up and then you have to set the track onto the right channel you want.

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     EQ is an abbreviation for Equalisation. It’s main purpose is to manipulate tone and we have all used it at some point – even without realising. EQ is found on our iPods, in a Car Stereo and in a guitar amplifier – for example; and it is likely that we’ve all had a basic grasp of what EQ does and how to use it. EQ essentially allows you to increase or lower the volume of selected frequencies within the audio spectrum of a sound.
      The use of EQ is quite subjective and each person will have different views and different ways of using them. However, EQ remains highly used by many in popular music.

·         It adds clarity or crispness to tones/signals

·         Creates particular ‘sonic effects’.

One way on which you can EQ a track is through reverb and to get that you click one of the boxes on the left side of EQ window, and then you select ‘Reverb’ from one of the many options that it has to offer. Then this screen will appear, then you have to select the different setting you wish to change and the way to do this is by turning the little dials and once that is done and you’re happy all you have to do is close the window.