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Hopefully the latest post will have a detailed list of all the components to making a full track and more.
Of course, most tracks wouldn't need all the components. But anyone, if they're stuck on a track and don't know where to go, will be able to come here and this will help them jump-start the process.
This will also be good for people just starting out and want to follow some sort of guide to speed up their learning curve.
Or just for someone who wants to make the biggest track ever, implementing every technique you could imagine into one tune... me for example
List broad and general techniques and everything you can think of.
Be clinical, try not to add opinions or "single ways" to do something like numerical settings or Freq values. Be very very general. I have put some examples in to help guide the process.
Feel free to add new categories, although be careful not to be too specific. If you think you can put your technique into a category already there, do it!
Obviously, techniques can contradict others, that is the beauty of music production
Hope everyone gets it and can cooperate and help create a pretty cool thread
Bass:
Sub:
- Send Sub to Sub Group Bus pre fader for good mixdown control later. Reduce this tracks volume to nil.
Mid Range:
Percussion:
Crash:
Hi Hats:
Toms/Bleeps/Bloops/Block:
Snare:
Kick:
- Send the Kick channel to the Lo Kick and Hi Kick Fx Channels pre fader. This means you will able to split the kick into low and high frequency bands for greater control. Reduce this tracks volume to nil.
Leads:
Pads:
Melody:
Stabs:
FX:
Noise:
Sound FX:
Risers:
VOX:
Vocals:
Vocal Hits:
FX Channels:
Lo Kick:
- Add an EQ tool to this track and cut away the hi end until all you have is a nice low end punch around where the sub sits. Copy this freq location and apply it to the Hi Kick channels EQ tool.
- Send Lo Kick to the side chain on the Sub Group pre fader so every time the lo end of the kick hits you can control how much the subs volume decreases. This allows for a balance between the low end of your kick amplitude and the sub. This is good when you have a really low end kick or a sub track which uses higher notes.
- Insert a compressor into the fx chain of Lo Kick and apply side chain. Send the Sub Group channel to this pre fader and adjust accordingly. This is a reverse method of the above mentioned technique.
- Send to the Percussion Group pre fader for greater mixdown control and reduce volume on this track to nil.
Hi Kick:
- Add an EQ tool to this track and cut away the lo end until all you have is a nice hi end punch removing all sub. Copy this freq location and apply it to the Hi Kick channels EQ tool. Make sure you blend the two well, otherwise you will remove the punch from the sum of these parts.
- Send to the Percussion Group pre fader for greater mixdown control and reduce volume on this track to nil.
Snare:
- Send to the Percussion Group pre fader for greater mixdown control and reduce volume on this track to nil.
- Send to Reverb (Snare) pre fader for greater wet/dry mixing control.
Reverb (Snare):
- Insert an EQ tool and remove lo end freqs to stop reverb clashing with lo end sounds.
- Insert a quality reverb which has a nice tail.
- Send to Reverb Group pre fader for greater mixdown control and reduce volume on this track to nil.
Delay (1/4):
Distortion:
Flanger:
Phaser:
Filters:
Group Buses:
Sub:
- Insert a compressor into the fx chain of this fx channel and apply side chain. Once you have sent the lo end of your kick here, adjust accordingly for a good amplitude balance between the two.
- Send to the compressor on the Lo Kick channel to remove to low end of the kick whenever the sub plays. This is a reverse alternative to the above mentioned technique.
Percussion:
Mid Bass:
Hi Hats:
Leads:
Vox:
Reverb:
FX:
