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adjust the volume faders until everything sounds nice

D+ wrote:adjust the volume faders until everything sounds nice

Could you possibly be a little less specific? All this technical mumbo jumbo is way over my head.

Feral Witchchild wrote:

D+ wrote:adjust the volume faders until everything sounds nice

Could you possibly be a little less specific? All this technical mumbo jumbo is way over my head.

an approach i like to use is turn everything completely down. depending on what style of music im mixing i would be looking to highlight different aspects of the song but with most dance music especially dubstep your main elements in the song will be kick snare and bass so i would bring these 3 up first and have them at levels where they sound good together, once youve got these 3 sorted bring up everything else so it sits around them nicely. another technique i will use is to create a good mix for my drums where theyre sounding nice together then group them so i can turn all the drums up or down without affecting the actual mix.

mix quietly and bring the level up post-mix

MiscreanT wrote:an approach i like to use is turn everything completely down. depending on what style of music im mixing i would be looking to highlight different aspects of the song but with most dance music especially dubstep your main elements in the song will be kick snare and bass so i would bring these 3 up first and have them at levels where they sound good together, once youve got these 3 sorted bring up everything else so it sits around them nicely. another technique i will use is to create a good mix for my drums where theyre sounding nice together then group them so i can turn all the drums up or down without affecting the actual mix.

id have to agree with this tbh

I usually eq, compress, etc so nothing is clashing(tbh I do it just as I add a new instrument), then finally turn everything to 0 bring kick and snare up to be peaking at about -6 and then start bringing everything else up..

thanks to most of the replies

set all faders down to low and start the mix the next day. Then mix the most important elements first - kick/bass/snare etc.. then mix in all the other stuff.

When you start the mix dont have the fader up too high so you got plenty of headroom.

always make sure your not clipping the out put.

I would do the volume part of mixing down as you go along making sure nothing is going above -6db. Then when you come back the next day you might notice something sticking out - if so sort it out. If nothing does then it's probably not too bad. Eq things as you go along making sure each part is in it's own freq range, add some compression to the bits you want to punch out (bring the levels down on these after). I wouldn't get too worried about starting from scratch i personally find that a royal pain in the backside just make sure your kick is up there and mix everything else around it.

Pretty much what everyones said in this thread...Although I send mine to buses.. 1 for low end, one for mid end and one for high end.. another send for verb and another for delay.

make sure the snare is high enough in the mix, too many mixdowns where it's been left really quiet and I've had to redo it

Personal taste imo @ lowpass

R wrote:Personal taste imo @ lowpass

Fair enough, having the volume of the snare where you want it is up to the producer but having it at the point where it's pretty much inaudible means that it's just a useless part cluttering up the frequency band.

Having kicks and snares with around the same amount of punch is pretty essential. also EQing your main reverb (the one put to a bus, if you do your verb that way) so its giving the right frequency of reverb and not making it sound clashing is also essential in dubstep.

Unless you're one of those who like really tight, snappy stuff, a great medium (30-45%) decay on reverb whats EQ'd nicely generates A LOT of space in the mix so saves a lot of leg-work in the long run coming down to the final mix before it goes to mastering.

Does anyone know a good free metering plug-in? You know, the ones that look like channel strips? I've seen them being used in some of my mate's set ups and they look very handy as they're a lot bigger than the ones in Ableton!

I've got freq analysers, I'm just looking for a good metering VST for mixing and mastering.

Karmacazee wrote:Does anyone know a good free metering plug-in? You know, the ones that look like channel strips? I've seen them being used in some of my mate's set ups and they look very handy as they're a lot bigger than the ones in Ableton!

I've got freq analysers, I'm just looking for a good metering VST for mixing and mastering.

http://www.rs-met.com/

Track Meter should be what you're after.

Legendary wrote:
Track Meter should be what you're after.

Nice one dude, exactly what I'm after. Legend! Oh, that IS your name...

SSL X-ISM too.