mixing

boomstick · Post by **boomstick** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:36 pm

where should i start if i want to learn how to mix? i know some very basic things(like what basic effects and tools do), but i want to learn how to really apply them.

Spurn · Post by **Spurn** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:47 pm

+1

i finally have a track like 90% finished and i need to learn how to do a proper mixdown on things.

livecollective · Post by **livecollective** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:55 pm

ill say it simply....

put your kick anywhere between -6 and -9 db, then build up from there.

hydrogen · Post by **hydrogen** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:43 am

livecollective wrote:ill say it simply....

put your kick anywhere between -6 and -9 db, then build up from there.

+1 this is best advice in whole forum.

JonasEdenbrandt · Post by **JonasEdenbrandt** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:53 am

Theres a bunch of great litterature on this subject as well. If you really wan't to learn it I say read one of these books.

jobbanaught · Post by **jobbanaught** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:42 pm

livecollective wrote:ill say it simply....

put your kick anywhere between -6 and -9 db, then build up from there.

+1

This is commonly referred to as gain structuring. For a real good read on this subject with lots of info try this:

http://www.dubstepforum.com/this-thread ... 74832.html

Lots of stuff in there has been posted by a well known mastering engineer.

Keagan · Post by **Keagan** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:11 am

i believe he was talking about mixing as in dj'ing

start with that carl cox thing

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:48 am

who knows?

mixing thread in a production forum?