- Joined
- May 21, 2007
- Location
- Bristol/Southampton
It's the part I hate most about making tunes, but it has got to be done.
When I feel I've finished a tune, I used to just find a good balance of the different tracks using the mixer, then EQ specific tracks that need it, sometimes using spectrum analysers to try and get drums that punch through the mix.
Then export the wav file and normalise, & do any final EQing to the whole track
This was enough for just listening to my tracks on their own, but I've now started to use them whilst mixing, and they never sit right in the mix like professionally mastered tunes.
Common problems are too much bass, making it thick & muddy, or a really loud snare. But when I go back and change these problems, it then sounds weak.
So I was just wondering what's the process or steps that other people use to create a more professional clean sound to their final mixdown of their tracks.
Cheers
When I feel I've finished a tune, I used to just find a good balance of the different tracks using the mixer, then EQ specific tracks that need it, sometimes using spectrum analysers to try and get drums that punch through the mix.
Then export the wav file and normalise, & do any final EQing to the whole track
This was enough for just listening to my tracks on their own, but I've now started to use them whilst mixing, and they never sit right in the mix like professionally mastered tunes.
Common problems are too much bass, making it thick & muddy, or a really loud snare. But when I go back and change these problems, it then sounds weak.
So I was just wondering what's the process or steps that other people use to create a more professional clean sound to their final mixdown of their tracks.
Cheers