there are a few different things that im just starting to test out, that seem make a huge difference in the overall quality of a mix and help to give things more of a polished sound (assuming there is solid gain structure, eq'ing, compression, good source sounds and sound design, balanced mix, etc). im wondering what type of settings/techniques some other people might be using for things like:
- an aux with HUGE verb, that multiple things are sent to in small amount to give your mix a "wet" background for adding dimension to the track.
(what kind of reverb times? what types of reverb?)
- mix "glue" techniques like using the same compressor or distortion in small amounts across multiple busses or element that will create common harmonics and character throughout the mix.
(doing this on a aux? similar to the reverb aux technique?)
- bass that fills up both the frequency spectrum AND dimensional spectrum as well.
(sending to an aux with a wide stereo imager?)
(doubledtracked guitar approach where you use 2 tracks (that are slightly different) panned hard left and hard right?)
- heavy use of white noise to balance bass heavy sounds in a mix and keep the frequency spectrum full during drops.
after a couple weeks of experimenting with all of the above and seeing various results, im still kind of just taking stabs in the dark and guessing how to do apply these techniques. not all of my guesses have sounded good lol.
maybe someone wants to test out some of these techniques and discuss the results....
or maybe ill just get flamed with alpacas photos for no reason as per typical dsf response to everything
thats an interesting thread ldizzy, def got me thinking in a new direction.