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WIPs / Re: Telepopmusik - Breath (RxD Remix)
« on: January 28, 2016, 05:21:13 pm »
The low end is one of the hard parts for me to work on thatll be the next thing i focus my attention on!
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A large number of overall mix issues are solved with levels and panning, long before you even touch an EQ or other tool.
As a general rule, I try to get as much as I can out of the mix with volume gain and panning levels before I get to the EQ (unless I'm using EQ for sound design).
Also, panning (or the lack of it) tells a story, just like any other aspect of the instruments, rhythms, etc. The instrument it goes on matters. And there are some awesome efforts out there with mono pads - so cool sounding!
That all being said, I think producers seem to pan way to much these days. It works a lot better if only a small handful of things are panned while the majority lives in flatland. When so many elements are panned, it loses dynamics just like if the mix is too loud/compressed.
I've used this example before, but since its a new forum experience for me, I'll post the example here - Armin van Buuren's Waiting for the Night feat. Fiora. Typically vocals are panned to the center, but in this approach, Fiora's vocals are mixed pretty wide even during the choruses. What's not expected is what Armin and gang do with the lead synth. The synth is wide-panned until you get to the chorus at :43. Then it jumps the center. The result is that the sound of the chorus actually gets larger, not smaller. Fiora's vocals seem to stick out even more (though the effect on them has changed very little).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_tpbriGpE
In addition to being a useful mixing tool when mixing sounds that occupy the same space (or just trying to widen up the stereo image) in my opinion panning can also be used for effect when there is minimal instruments involved. I quite like listening to minimal songs that pan instruments for effect. I think you are assuming that panning is only neccessary as a mixing technique. Luckily, there are no rules when making electronic music, so experiment and if it sounds good to you, use it!
-K
sounds so well produced how long have you been producing music?
5 most recent years on my own with another 5 years before that songwriting and playing in a rock band - I was putting together lite ideas on garageband and working with other engineers during that time.
Consistently writing and producing has definitely shown progress from my early crap, that's for sure.