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Visualising the mix.....

thefruitfarmer

thefruitfarmer

Feb 25, 2006
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Kent UK
#1
The Art of Mixing.

This is an interesting way to look at mixing, imagining the mix as a visual thing.

Personally I never got on with this approach and prefer something like Mike Stavrou's "mixing with you Mind."

The idea of visualising a mix seems to me like something that could be done after the event to explain what has happened rather than a method to build up a mix. It's a personal thing though!!

Does anyone visualise a mix as they are doing it?
 
#2
For some reason our filters at work blocked those two pages. Don't know why. But to answer your question, I do that (visualize a mix). I've always seen it as a 3-D kind of thing - panning instruments left/right, stacking them "vertically" by frequency range, and by moving them front/back such as with the depth you can get from a little bit of reverb. I got that from people "on another forum" and I thought it made sense, to me anyway, so I've used it.

That seems to work well for me since it gives me a way to "see" a place for the tracks I'm using. Granted, I'm using only a manageable number and not 789765928 tracks of overdubs, layers and layers of each guitar track, effects tracks, etc., etc, etc., etc. (K.I.S.S. ;)).
 
#5
niro said:
Kudos to thefruitfarmer for that link. The diagrams in that document are really neat, I downloaded a pdf version of it. It will come in handy when trying to explain certain mixing concepts to the talent (other band members).
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Glad you like it.

They are from this book - "the art of mixing". I found it a good read but his method did n't work for me, and I did give it a good go.

I am interested in how people visualise a mix and how people use another sense to judge their mixes.
 
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#7
I think what is important is being like great composers and artists, they see/hear a complete work of art from the beginning. The have an idea what the whole project will be like from the start. It might not have all the details maybe some things will be added, but they know the foundation from beginning to end. I would say mixing is no different, know that its okay for something to sound thin now because in the whole mix it will be full and have its place. Got to know where things are going else your going be spending a lot time going back and changing things done early. I would say thinking in the big picture saves time in the long run too.
 

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