Keyboard Magazine - August 2012. International Songwriting Competition | The #1 Song Contest for Songwriters. Explore Music - Popular. Cleaning Tips. Internet Radio Broadcasting - Online Radio. Create your own internet radio station! Be heard by a global audience Create a radio station! Personal Broadcasting FREE 7 Day Trial Professional Broadcasting Learn More. Maroon 5 - One More Night. Master Class – Perfecting Your Mix. I like to tell my clients that a great mix happens in the last five minutes of work. Because an adjustment on one track can change the way the entire mix sounds, the final tweaks make everything fall into place. Getting there, however, is fraught with danger. Make the lead vocal a couple dB too loud, and the backing tracks will sound wimpy. Allow the guitars too much low-midrange tone to give them warmth and girth, and the mix’s bottom end will sound blurry. Bump up the reverb returns a tad too much, and the wonderful punch you crafted on the kick and bass will go out the window.
A few misplaced adjustments are all it takes to disfigure your mix. In this article, I’ll offer pointers on deciphering what’s wrong with a disappointing mix and how to correct it. Avoid Headroom Hara-kiri Starting your mixdown session with all faders close to 0dB is a recipe for distortion and a harsh-sounding mix. Crest factor is the difference between peak and RMS (or average) levels. The Art of Synth Soloing: Pitch-Bend as Manual Vibrato. By Jerry Kovarsky IN OUR DECEMBER 2011 COLUMN, WE INTRODUCED USING AN LFO TO PRODUCE vibrato. Since vibrato is a form of pitch modulation, you can also produce it manually, by wiggling the pitch-bend mechanism. Many players like this approach, as it keeps your hand on the same controller the whole time (you’re not jockeying between pitch and mod wheels), and lets you be truly connected to the amount of vibrato you produce.
Wheels and Joysticks Hold a note and wiggle your pitch wheel up and down (or your joystick side to side) to get a smooth, rapid alternation of pitch, first below and then above the held note. With a pitch wheel, you have to get used to moving through the center detent of the wheel, which is a “null” or non-bent safety area. This takes some practice, as you can end up with a jagged or jerky sound at first until you gauge the amount of force needed to travel through the detent smoothly. You’re aiming for a smooth gesture that sounds like the LFO-driven effect. Logic Tutorial - How I Flipped Nadias Theme. How to Chop Samples in Logic Pro. PUNK-COVER songs.