Hello,
i started mixing a demo project with Cool Edit 2 yesterday, but here are a few general questions:
how would you pan: 2 drum Overheads, 1 Bass drum, 2 Guitars, 1 Bass-Guitar, 1 Lead vocals, 1 Backing Vocals
And how is it about mixing, does the ready mix have to go to 0db?
Or should i go to about -5db, and get the rest of loudness trough mastering?
Many thanks,
matthis
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Your first question is too subjective. The best answer is, put t
Your first question is too subjective. The best answer is, put them where you like. Every nuance of you mix, such as panning, should be expresive of composition goal.
-5db is good. between -5bd and -3db, and keep your bit rate up. 24bit or 32bit. if you are recording in only 16bit you might want to consider closer to 0.
Drum Overheads : Try to place them hard left and right , and th
Drum Overheads :
Try to place them hard left and right , and then step by step try to get them simmetricaly closer to the center ,then look for that sweet spot your ears likes ...
Bass drum :
Start with placing it in the center to share the bass load on both channels
Guitars :
No rules at all dude
Bass-Guitar:
Center
Lead vocals :
Center
Backing Vocals :
Depends on how many backing vox you have there , try to imagine the whole backing vox singers on a stage or even draw a picture of it , with the lead vocalist in the center and create this image by taking some vox to the left and some to the right or center
I would go hard L & R with the drum overheads. Bass guitar & bas
I would go hard L & R with the drum overheads. Bass guitar & bass drum center. 2 guitars L and R (either full or partially, depending an what sounds better). Lead vocal center. B/U vocal, either center, or I might consider using a digital delay set at something like 10 ms and pan the original full L and the delay full R.
Experiment. Try using the delay on one of the guitars also to split L & R , and hten put the other one center.
"And how is it about mixing, does the ready mix have to go to 0db???
Or should i go to about -5db, and get the rest of loudness trough mastering??? "
Usually you get the mix up to 0 dB. You should get it sounding as close to the final master as you can. However, it doesn't make a big difference in this digital age - in mastering you have plenty of flexibility.