Quote from: clearskys on January 06, 2016, 03:55:39 am

4. Use surgical EQ to remove noise, other artifacts

probably a really stupid question, but what exactly is surgical EQ'ing?

When you cut like 2Dbs on the 175 180 plague frequency add 1Db on the 345 freq eq , it's called surgical because it's really tiny thing that get eq'd

Try fuckin up with the eq completely then compress then re eq the reverb the Distort it the recompress it then re eq it then limit it and it should do the trick , did that some times ago

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

Why not clipping the master ? I've seen some descent Mastering engineer getting a little bit of soft clipping (T racks one for example) on their master to get some more warmth 

The interface is great whatever but in my opinion it will never sound how I like when i do it , so when i do a kick I'm kinda never satisfied so I prefer sampling , it's different for everyone

I've tried a lot this Kick thing but I don't really like it , what you can do if you're like me bad at making kick and drum sample, just sample one for your favorite song , I usually sample a Kick from a song I like ending up editing it a bit and there you have a really great kick without torturing yourself

Yoooooooo,

Remember that mix , most of all is about volume , don't try to over do it compress everything etc , it's kinda over rated , try to adjust volume first and when you'll be happy with the volume you'll see a HUGE différence , then try to eq thing gently by doing substractive eq , then if you're not that happy try to compress Groups gently and it will immediatly sounds proper.

But remember one thing you can't eq a sound wich is already bad from the begining , you can't make miracle with a synth wich is already not good , try picking some other synth that will fit better etc

Try also working with reverb etc to get space and depth in your mix but don't over do it 3-4 different reverbs is enough

Hope I helped !

As I'm more into sound designing things my good (and really bad Habit) is to eq compress process everything perfectly before I start even doin another thing , it's great in a way because it sound instantly proper and clean but it can be a bad habit when I'm losing the direction i was heading !

Hey so I've come up for a great idea for all the producer who don't wanna read 1000 word long text, All you have to do is put one Do and one don't in your post ! (Has to be about mix and master Ofc)

Imma begin and you just have to follow !

Do : Eq everything
Dont : Compress/Overcompress everything