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Don't have much experience mixing. So I'm trying to mix a song. My method so far has been to find the moments in the song where the mix is busiest, per part (e.g., breakdown, buildup, climax, etc.) of the song, and start carving away. For example, during the climactic (post-drop) part of the song, the moment where all instruments are playing (mix is busiest) is the moment I use to create a decent mix of all those instruments for that part of the song. I then extend the new, mixed volume levels, etc. from that 4-bar, etc. moment to the rest of the climax part, but not to the rest of the song (in my experience, the mix for one part needs to be modified pretty heavily to make another part sound good, though I may be wrong about this). This method, entirely, may be where I'm going wrong but I'm not sure, so let me continue.
The issue is: I have decent mixes for the climax, for the breakdown, for the buildup, outro, intro, etc. using this method, but going between any of these parts (eg., breakdown -> buildup, buildup -> climax, climax -> outro, etc.) there is an audible jump in volume of certain frequencies, instruments, or the song as a whole. I guess (if my method isn't wrong) how does one blend/transition from song part to song part while still keeping the mix intact? Maybe gradually automating levels from part to part? Automating the master volume (this doesn't sound right)? My kick track is the same level throughout the song, regardless of part, and I can see this might present mix issues per part (or maybe not).
Or have I got it all wrong, in which case: what would be a better mixing method?
Submitted February 02, 2017 at 04:21PM by intentional_feeding https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5rotyp/mixing_how_does_one_blendtransition_different/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Thursday, February 2, 2017