MIXING TECHNIGUES

anyone wanna share some mixing techniques also anyoneknow how to play a sample over like the roc tape vol 2

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Mixing techniques, I try to keep all my tracks at -0.3db so as not to clip.

I solo tracks alot and look for/listen for clips and volume distortion (using ears and wave editor).

I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT LESS IS MORE..THE LESS YOU DO AS FAR AS EQING,COMPRESSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT,THE BETTER YOUR MIX WILL BE..TRY TO USE EQ AS A TOOL INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE THE SOUND BETTER..WHAT I MEAN BY TOOL IS JUST USE IT IF NEEDED LIKE CANCELING OUT BASS&KICK DRUM FREQ.THAT CLASH..I WOULD USE COMPRESSION ON LIVE THINGS RATHER THAT THINGS THAT ARE ELECTRONIC..ELECTRONIC SOUNDS ARE NOT GONNA CHANGE AS FAR AS LEVEL(IT IS WHAT IT IS)..LIVE THINGS TEND TO GO UP&DOWN SO COMPRESSION SHOULD BE USE TO KEEP THOSE THINGS STEADY..BUT LIKE I SAID"LESS IS MORE"..IF YOU CHOSE TO USE EQ TRY CUTTING BACK ON CERTAIN THINGS..HOPE THIS WELL HELP,PEACE..

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I WOULD USE COMPRESSION ON LIVE THINGS RATHER THAT THINGS THAT ARE ELECTRONIC..ELECTRONIC SOUNDS ARE NOT GONNA CHANGE AS FAR AS LEVEL(IT IS WHAT IT IS)....[/quote]

Depends if you use velocity and loads of expression in your sound... There's no right or wrong way... I certainly agree that less is more....
when I first started producing, I used to eq things to death and then wondered why it sounded so flat and boring.
now after years of producing, my faders are all aligned, my gains are nearly identical, my eq's pretty flat, practically no boosting, just cutting,
and compression is used where need be... It's a matter of practice, cross referencing on loads of monitors so that sooner or later, it sounds good no matter where you play it......
getting the best signal to tape is the key to a good recording... it's like telling a photographer to print a greaat smooth picture when the negative is scratched.... he can fix it but it won't be half as good as if he has a good negative to start off with.

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Here's a trick I've been using lately to get a bit more life into my mixes... Mic them up! If you lay out your MPC tracks so you are happy with the levels, panning and so on, then stick a stereo mic (works OK mono too) configuration in front of your speakers (Mid and side works well) and hit play and record.

You'll get so much air into your programming that you won't know what hit you, and the live feel is awsome. It also works fantastic on bass - push the speakers until they almost give out, and record that ish - shivers down your spine every time you hear it.

Of course, you can use micing for which ever part of your song you want, not just the whole mix. The quality really depends on your mics and their placement, as well as your room and converters. Think of it like going back to being a recording engineer in the days when nothing was programmed - played and micd up only

If you listen to some of the basement Jaxx stuff, they gotta use these techniques on some of their tracks.