By recall
Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:13 pm
Most mastering suites ive used in the uk are happy to mix from stems.
IE. A stereo vox stem, bass stem, music stem, and beats stem.
what i do is get a mix sounding tight in logic and bus similar stuff together ie, vox, beats, bass, loops etc. then balance these off in hardware mixer, taking advantage of limiters, mic pres analog echos etc.
then you can record your stereo mix, then solo single stems. what you will have is the stereo mix and the separate stems at the level they would be in that stereo mix.
when you master you then have the option of lifting elements up down if need be compressing the bass separate etc.
its a really good way of doing it.
Ideally you wont want to spend too much time messing with the stem levels or it becomes like a remix, but i guarantee if you take a stereo mix to a studio and can't quite get the sound right you'll be crying out for stems.
Its well worth the extra time to do it.
IE. A stereo vox stem, bass stem, music stem, and beats stem.
what i do is get a mix sounding tight in logic and bus similar stuff together ie, vox, beats, bass, loops etc. then balance these off in hardware mixer, taking advantage of limiters, mic pres analog echos etc.
then you can record your stereo mix, then solo single stems. what you will have is the stereo mix and the separate stems at the level they would be in that stereo mix.
when you master you then have the option of lifting elements up down if need be compressing the bass separate etc.
its a really good way of doing it.
Ideally you wont want to spend too much time messing with the stem levels or it becomes like a remix, but i guarantee if you take a stereo mix to a studio and can't quite get the sound right you'll be crying out for stems.
Its well worth the extra time to do it.
