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title: 'Diary of an Amateur mixer: Part 3'
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date: '2007-08-29T00:00:00+00:00'
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categories:
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- blog
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- milar
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- mixit-1
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- music
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layout: post
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This mix is now starting to sound like a record to my ears! Tonight I concentrated on tying everything together better and using automation to add some dynamics to the mix.
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Somebody in the Mix thread pointed out that the top snare drum track was clipped. I hadn't actually noticed, but I did think it sounded a bit rough, so my first task was to fix that using my favourite audio editor. This produced a much better sounding snare track and I used PSP Springverb (a Computer Music freebie) to give it some life. While I was on drums I also muted the toms where they weren't being played. This cleaned up the drum track nicely.
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I created a set of buss tracks so I could group together instuments for automation (drums, drum overheads, guitars, bass, vocals and backing vocals).
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Then I listened to the track and added in the automation where I felt it was needed, using it to bring up the guitars during the choruses, and drop them out a little during the quieter parts of the track. I used it on the vocals to stop them getting lost with the guitars, and also to help parts of words from getting lost in the mix too. I brought the backing vocals up for the outro to really bring the track to a big close.
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You might also notice that this mix is quieter. I was running it quite hot before with the W1 limiter on the main buss, but I've dropped the level back so it's not hitting the ceiling anymore. I think it sounds better that way.
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<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="15"
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data="http://www.pixelhum.com/xspf_player_slim.swf?song_url=http://www.pixelhum.com/downloads/music/milar/SLB_2007-08-28.mp3&song_title=Simple Little Bird, Mix 3 (with Automation)">
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<param name="movie"
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value="http://www.pixelhum.com/xspf_player_slim.swf?song_url=http://www.pixelhum.com/downloads/music/milar/SLB_2007-08-28.mp3&song_title=Simple Little Bird, Mix 3 (with Automation)" />
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</object>
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And finally... under the fold you'll find a list of all the plugins I've used so far, not including any of Reapers built in ones.
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* SSL Listen Mic Compressor
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* PSP SpringVerb (PSPaudioware.com)
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* NyquistEq5 (Magnus)
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* X-cita (elogoxa)
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* W1 Limiter (George Yohng)
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* Classic Chorus (Kjaerhus Audio)
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* Classic Reverb (Kjaerhus Audio)
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* RubyTube (Silverspike)
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* Ambience (Magnus)
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* SIR (Christian Knufinke)
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* SupaPhaser (Bram)
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