Okay then.Stargazer wrote:Im legitimately looking for help and i figured this forum would be a good place to go to. In fact my last couple topics all had to do with mixing since thats something that i have a lot to learn about.nowaysj wrote:I really can't tell if this is trolling.
Hmmm... okay.Stargazer wrote:When it comes to that would that mean that Au5 and Fractal were using a combination of limiting/compressing, filtering, and EQing all at the same time to enable multiple sounds to overlay each other so smoothly?
What is sound?
What is electrical or digital sound?
A sound, a slice of a time of a sound, every sound, has two essential characteristics: its volume and its frequency.
Compressors alter the volume of sounds.
Equalizers alter the frequency.
Those are the two primary tools used to shape and mix sounds.
A limiter is a compressor and a filter is an equalizer.
There are only really two, compressors and eq's.
And as such, they'll probably be used to shape every sound or every channel of your mix.
If you'd like to understand mixing, start figuring out how to use compressors and eq's (and filters and limiters).
The mix you referenced doesn't sound particularly incredible to me. It just sounds digital, bright and heavily limited.
There is no objective quality to mixes. Every mix is a style or an expression. You may prefer a style of mix, but don't delude yourself into thinking that that type of mix is objectively better. There is a great diversity of tastes in mixes. IMO the mix should work in two axes:
First, it should be a furtherance of the character of the song/music, so therefore is artistic. The music/song is not different than the mix, the mix is the incarnation of the song, therefore it should take on the character of the music/song.
Second, the mix should allow the character of the song/music to be expressed in the desired type of playback system(s), so needs a technical understanding of how to embody the character of the song/music. Here objectivity does enter the process. Playback systems, for whatever reason are always shit! We are at the human apex of music production technology, and the nadir of playback technology. Most music seems to be played back on laptop speakers or ear buds. It can be difficult to express a song's character on laptop speakers, but there is a skill to it, there are ways to do it. And compressors and eq's are fundamental in that process.
But anyway.
There is a whole lot for you to learn, so take the mindset of a student NOW, and if you are any good, you will never leave that mindset.
