I receive a multitude of mixes each month where the song sounds like a wall of instruments, unable to detect where some instruments begin and others end. A muddy labyrinth of sonic confusion if you will. Sure it’s sounds thick and full but it has no clarity and a complete lack of “space” within the mix and […]
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Mixing Tips: Pay Attention to the Gain Structure of Your Session
This post is geared to all recording artists who own their own DAWs and mix their own material. It provides some insight into a commonly over-looked mixing issue which I refer to as “gain structure.” Gain structure is the amount of gain (volume increase) on a music track at each point it can be […]