Quote from: imreach on January 06, 2016, 04:26:13 am

Quote from: clearskys on January 06, 2016, 04:17:44 am

Quote from: Mat_Zo on January 06, 2016, 04:16:04 am

Clipping is absolutely a great way to fatten up individual channels, what you should never do is clip the master. Other than that clipping is a great tool

Weirdly enough, if you listen to Onra, the guy has some super minor clipping post-master to give it analogue warmth...whatever that means, LOL

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can get warmth from digital clipping.

Of course not, it's just something Youtube listeners pick up on and seem to attribute a whole lot to. LOL.

**REACH'S 4 STEP PROGRAM TO GET YOU SOUNDING LIKE A PRO IN NO.........time** 


1. Identify my main elements. (Drums, Sub, Bass's/Cool shit)

Usually once I choose my focusing elements, I drop everything out of the mix except these elements and make sure they all work together well enough on their own.
This helps the listener know what he/she should be listening to in the song. **These are usually the loudest things in the mix**

2. Identify aggression or energy of track. (Mellow, Aggressive, Hype, Chill, or Both)

Knowing the type of energy you are trying to convey really helps you understand how hard you can push things in the mix. The more aggressive the vibe the more distortion and compression your able to get away with.

3. Identify what elements don't need to be there. (Less is more)

More often than not my tracks have a lot of unnecessary shit in them. i.e. Random swooshes or vocal loops with 100% wetness doing nothing but cluttering the headroom.

4. Wideness. (generally speaking the higher up in the spectrum, the more wideness you can get away with)

Wideness can sometimes be the difference between a commercial sounding track and a bedroom producer track (even though the line is being blurred more and more everyday) with that being said, ^{please make sure your not phasing.}

Those are my four main tips for mixing my own tunes, this is completely subjective and none of this even matters, to be honest, as long as you enjoy your music that is all that matters.

Cheers, hope this helps.