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anonymous 25 March 2004

Hi - Can you advise me on mixing for house/RnB music that may be played in clubs. - I am living in fear that if one of my tracks gets played in a club it will sound wimpy .

I have some Genelec 1029+ sub moniters and i'm going to treat my room with some bass traps.

I want the tracks to be tight and punchy with as much bass as i can get away with without making the tracks sound dull and boomy.

Should I use a compressor like Wavesto squash to whole mix a little?

Should eq the mix be a little bass heavy or should i leave it quite flat.

Any tips for making a club mix sound beefy would be brilliant. :)

Thanks
Chris

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anonymous Fri, 03/26/2004 - 12:56

mixing and producing club orientated music is what i do for years now. mixing and producing a track to sound right in a club is a science of its own. there is always a record that sounds better. i still go to a club where my dj friend plays my mixes on a good p.a. i found out that original CD mixes dont sound as good as same mixes on vinyl, which i think its a important part of club sound. the speaker system you have is to small to get a feeling of club sound, best thing is to mix without any master eq or compression to keep the dynamics. focus on definition of bass spectrum and midrange sound and clear all sounds with low cut filter. some loops and sounds contain sub bass info which takes definiton from kick and the bass. its good to do two mixes, one with kick drum up one or two dBs. then send it to a proper mastering facility, where an engineer can balance your dynamics and frequencies. mix with more kick drum, can be compressed in a creative "pumping" style , which sometimes sounds much more clubby.

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