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Studio Feed #4 Pt 3
🕑 Added 2022-08-05 18:01:01 +0000 UTCHey Everyone, like I mentioned earlier, Pt 3 picks up after a bit more time in Ableton, though I did realize and restart right before I began the proper "mixdown phase". I often jump to mixdown when the composition is at a good place, and then afterwards go back to start refining/cutting stuff out, etc. before a final mixdown polish phase.
I start off with some bus processing on drums and then the music bus, including a healthy does of my favorite parallel distortion techniques.
Around 15:00, I start to get more surgical with some of the EQs and continue refining the arrangement of various one shot elements and breaking stuff up onto new channels. It's key that I adjust the EQs separately for the duplicated vocal sounds once I change their pitch/octave (as the surgical EQ curves are very specific to the pitch)
At 37:00 or so I start developing/refining the intro and outro some more, before continuing on random refinements with arrangement and automation on many elements. At around 50:00 I continue enhancing the transition into the bass solo.
At 55:00 I add my go-to mastering chain and finesse it a bit for a quick self master. Then I go back to some of the Soothes and Pro-Qs to fine tune the harshness control on various elements and busses, now that the master is in place. From 1:04:00 onward its back to random adjustments and enhancements.
At the end point, it's ready to start testing on other sound systems and sharing with a few friends for feedback.
Comments
Michael
yeah once the chain is on and im working at full loudness its easier to hear and see where the different freq areas are hitting and then I can adjust accordingly in the mix, as early in the signal as possible (not on the mastering chain--because then you're relying too heavily on the chain and when you send out the premaster it'll be quite different)
Also crazy how much changing the curve on Inflator changes the dynamics of the track
It's really cool to see at 56' when you put the new mastering chain how the highs of the drums appear to not seem bright enough so you subtly change the eqs of the drum bus and instruments to make more room for the high frequency energy.
