Author Topic: Master Channel while Mixing  (Read 14036 times)

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Re: Master Channel while Mixing
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2016, 07:31:18 pm »
Hey hey,

Just depends really.

I developed my chain with time and recently I have always produced/mixed into it.

*It starts with NLS Summing Bus on SSL setting. A little bit of overdrive (+3).
* Then going into Fairchild Compressor (just for the sound) No compression
*J37 Tape to give more roundness to the bottom and soften top end
*API 2500 for some bus compression (max of 3 DB at the loudest point of the track)
*Pultec EQ boosting 60 or 100 and 10k or 15k
*Finishing off with Brainworx BX Digital (mono the low end up to 150HZ and spread the sides anything from 120-140). Sometimes some mid/side eq.

I find that when I mix into this chain i don't need to add too much EQ on the top and bottom. I'm trying to EQ as little as possible as otherwise things start to sound phasey and weird


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Re: Master Channel while Mixing
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2016, 08:08:42 pm »
The master chain should be left alone during the whole mixing process. The only thing I keep on my master is a utility with the width set to 0 so I can mix in mono. If the mix sounds good in mono, it'll sound better in stereo.

I've read somewhere about people who leave a master chain on all their templates and kind of carve the mix to accommodate their master chain, but I feel like that doesn't treat tracks as individuals.