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The added delay has the effect of making the vocals less dry. In the image you can see below, I used the 1/4 Delay setting, and then I set the ‘left mix’ and ‘right mix’ to 30% equally. The Stereo Delay, I used very minimally, because only minor adjustments are necessary to dramatically change the sound for the better. For female vocals, I imagine it’s probably the opposite, although I could be wrong. It really depends on the person’s voice.Ī man’s voice typically has more low-end, which is one of the reasons why you boost the higher frequencies and decrease the lower ones. When dealing with male vocals, a common practice among mixers, from what I understand, is to jack up the frequencies between 5000kHz and 20,000kHz and then decrease the low frequencies.

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Many of the presets that one has access to are actually pretty good, especially in the case of Garageband and Logic Pro X. Channel EQįor the channel EQ, I cleaned up the vocals by using a Garageband pre-set titled, “Soften Background Vocals.” This eliminates any undesirable sounds, without pulling the life out of the track. I set the Noise Gate to the Background Vocals to -35dB. However, Noise Gating is a very common practice among metal guitar players and others, and my favorite amp simulator plugin, Blue Cat Audio’s Axe Pack (also from Plugin Boutique), is probably the best way to achieve that sound. It’s one of the reasons why I typically don’t add a noise gate to the guitar instruments, especially in the case of punk rock, because the “messiness” of guitar tone is part of what makes it punk.

In many cases, they’re intrusive and should be eliminated, but sometimes they’re part of what makes it sound good. A transient is a short-lived part of the audio signal that often gives body and character to a sound. One has to be careful with a noise gate because you can end up eliminating desirable transients. Background Vocalsįor the background vocals, I dropped the dB to around -2.3dB, then I added a Noise Gate, Channel EQ, and a bit of Stereo Delay. No one can show you the actual steps for lowering and increasing the volumes, because it’s up to you to figure out what you think sounds good. Once the volume is set to the point you want, you can start adding the plug-ins and EQ to clean things up.Īt this stage, it’s really up to you to mix the volume of the instrument tracks to your liking.

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Move down each software instrument track, one at a time, perhaps moving to the drums, guitars, and then the vocals in that order.

You listen to music while slowly moving the volume to the point that sounds good. My personal choice is to get the bass-guitar/808s handled first because the low-end is perhaps the most intrusive audio frequency, however, if you’ve chosen to use something like Initial Audio’s 808 Studio II from Plugin Boutique (my favorite), I find less mixing is needed. The first thing I do is I just listen to the song as it is, without any changes to plug-ins or volume settings.

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So, you’ve opened the Zip File and loaded all of the music into your DAW.

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How to Mix a Song or Audio Recording With Garageband I recommend checking out the aforementioned article if you want to learn how to do that. I’ve outlined how one can export each track on its own in ‘Solo’ mode, gather up all of the files individually, put them in a zip file, and then send them using Gmail or another emailing service.

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The most important thing right away to know is that the person you’re working with has to understand how to actually record music and send it across the internet (here’s my guide on how to do that).īy the way, I’m always on the lookout for deals in the music industry (there’s usually something if you know where to look). In the very first section, I briefly outline how the person you’re working with can send the files to you in an email. The list shown above is a great “meat and potatoes” introduction into what I would typically do for a mix, additionally, in this tutorial, I’m going to show an example of a song that I mixed for a client. How to Mix a Song or Audio Recording With Garagebandġ) Drop the VU meters to -15dB, and then slowly bring them up so every recording sounds good together.Ģ) Use presets like “Studio Vocal,” “Electric Guitar,” and “Electric Bass,” with dynamics processors like Compressors and Channel EQ.ģ) Use Melodyne 5 or Garageband’s default pitch correction to fix any vocal errorsĤ) Add effects to any recording that is too dryĥ) Add volume automation to ensure the song has dynamicsĦ) Ensure there are no plugins on the Master Channelħ) Export the project as an AIFF to your desktop with “Share” > “Export Song to Disk,” to get it ready for mastering.

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