I like to make life as simple as possible. Here is an article I wrote to help you understand stereo and how our brain decodes that information. It really helps to understand the psychoacoustic nature of stereophonic sound.
Panning is one of your most important tools in the mixing process.Īgain, think carefully about your sound stage and pan your tracks in a way that best compliments the mix as a whole. This is the natural next step after fader work. Use them only to resolve issues that arise in the balancing process. Resist the urge to dive straight into plugins. Once you’ve got your gain staging down, simply listen to what’s there, work the faders, and focus solely on the act of balance. NOT for the benefit of the individual track. Your goal is to make sure you position the elements in the stage for the benefit of the mix as a whole. The sound stage is a 3-dimensional space. One of my favourite pieces of advice is to watch the stage! The very quality of the mix is predicated on how well balanced the elements are in the sound stage.
Logic pro x tutorial walkthrough pdf#
Here is an article I wrote before about Gain Staging in Logic Pro X (FREE PDF Inside!) Understanding how signals flow in the DAW can drastically affect the behaviour of your plugins and how you use them. Overly literal audio engineers will tell you how it isn’t needed in digital, which is true until you use a compressor or any analogue-modelling plugin!īut the benefits go beyond those of a technical nature, it’s also a matter of workflow. If you know me, you know I am hot (pun excused) on the issue of gain staging. I have broken down the process into a handful of simple steps that you can apply to any genre of music. This article is designed to give you a simple workflow for mixing tracks in Logic Pro X.
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