1/10/2024 0 Comments Mixbus processingThen we get onto mix bus effects and dynamics, and it was a revelation to me that rather than simply boosting EQ, you can liven up a mix more successfully by instead using an exciter to add extra harmonic richness, followed by compensatory post-processing (to roll off any frequencies we don’t need, and then apply some subtle dynamic control and tweaks to stereo imaging). So many musicians slap a compressor onto their mix bus before considering the gain structure of their project, but Eddie passes on vital advice right from the start when he rightly maintains that “you cannot have a transparent and spacious mix if you do not have ample headroom to explore”. Nevertheless, I found his initial discussions of headroom, metering, LUFS and K metering, and even project track colouring, very helpful, adopting several of his suggestions immediately for my own projects - he really has thought everything through in great detail. It’s obvious from the start that this e-book is a real labour of love, as the neatly-zipped 893MB download file expands to nearly 1GB of data, comprising the 185-page e-book itself (which includes 187 explanatory images), 130 audio files (mainly in high-quality 320kbps MP3 format for demo purposes, but also including a clutch of 24-bit WAV files where maximum resolution makes more sense), and 17 associated MP4 video tutorials that in themselves provide a total of 3.5 hours of viewing.Īs Eddie explains from the outset, this isn’t a tome for beginners, but a reference work he expects people to jump into at various points depending on their previous experience. However, this is certainly the first time I’ve been able to delve more deeply and systematically into all the options, courtesy of SOS Contributor Eddie Bazil’s latest release. A huge number of us (including me) now tend to mix with one or more plug-ins permanently across the main stereo mix bus of our DAWs, so we can hear a living, breathing mix with some built-in ‘glue’, to more closely match the final sound we’re aiming for.
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