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Cube Theory

• Imagine a cube
• At the very centre of the cube is the listener
• The three axis of the cube are volume (DB), frequency (hz) and panning (l/r)
• Try and have your track fill the cube as effectively as possible
• Spread out the elements of your tune so no part of the cube is overly cluttered.

This is similar to that article about eq that uses a shoebox

the dB thing is quite interesting.
its so obvious now that you mention it but i tend to have a lot of stuff hitting the same volume no wonder shit's muddy.

This is the best explanation of box theory I've read so far.
http://www.dnbscene.com/article/88-thin ... q-tutorial

th@-pu$$y wrote:This is the best explanation of box theory I've read so far.
http://www.dnbscene.com/article/88-thin ... q-tutorial

Very good read, Really helped me get the concept of db and what happens when you hit 0db.

there compression article was also fantastic

http://www.dnbscene.com/article/1474-co ... n-tutorial

A little bit like this.



There are other ways of acheiving the z-dimension, like transient shaping, reverb and amount of high-end.

Im gonna need to take some acid and try to watch this again.

I have the link to a good article at my house I'll post it when I get home from work

wub wrote:Cube Theory

• Try and have your track fill the cube as effectively as possible

The million dollar question...what's the most effective way...

As promised: http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mix ... 3d-mixing/

OfficialDAPT wrote:As promised: http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mix ... 3d-mixing/

that might be the best (and possibly first) literate, intelligent, and well-thought-out summary of an individual mix that i've ever seen on the web. it's a great article for sure.

Sharmaji wrote:

OfficialDAPT wrote:As promised: http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mix ... 3d-mixing/

that might be the best (and possibly first) literate, intelligent, and well-thought-out summary of an individual mix that i've ever seen on the web. it's a great article for sure.

Yeah if you can get past how shitty the sample loops is and apply it to your own music it's amazing. I haven't read it in awhile I'm going to need to go back through it again.