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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Tips for Clean Mix like Professionals
« on: January 14, 2016, 08:48:52 pm »
When you listen to the first 10 seconds of this song, you hear some kind of white noise and it sweeps from left to right and back through automation. That makes the intro interesting.
Of course you don't want to create a mix that's lopsided. The main parts (kick, snare, lead and bass) are in the middle. Genres like this play around much with FX. Like a pingpong delay on hihats or on risers, stuff like that.
@ 1:00 you hear a lead (+bassline?) that's very wide. Yes, it's in the middle but there are also parts on the sides left and right. Probably small delays that are panned, wide reverbs (there are reverb plugis with 200% wideness, for instance). If this was just one synth in the middle, it wouldn't sound that massive. The guy who mixed this, did a great job, making use of stereo width!
But you're right, don't expect to find a certain instrument completely panned to 1 side.
Of course you don't want to create a mix that's lopsided. The main parts (kick, snare, lead and bass) are in the middle. Genres like this play around much with FX. Like a pingpong delay on hihats or on risers, stuff like that.
@ 1:00 you hear a lead (+bassline?) that's very wide. Yes, it's in the middle but there are also parts on the sides left and right. Probably small delays that are panned, wide reverbs (there are reverb plugis with 200% wideness, for instance). If this was just one synth in the middle, it wouldn't sound that massive. The guy who mixed this, did a great job, making use of stereo width!
But you're right, don't expect to find a certain instrument completely panned to 1 side.