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I know that I am asking simple questions to musicians & engineers with commercial studios but I could really do with your advice please -

I have a computer based home studio and am having difficulty in separating sounds in a mix. I use Cubase SX2, a UAD-1 card & Alesis M1 active Mk2 monitors, but my mixes sound jumbled even after e.q. (guitars, drums, vocals & keyboards - rock style) I found working with 4 track tape easier for this ! Do I need to start looking at using outboard processors eg. Lexicon reverbs and preamps to improve the carity and separation of sounds in a mix, or maybe outboard like SPL's Charisma 8 ? I am trying to find the most economical route without buying gear that I do not really need ! There is so much out there to choose from !

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tripnek

Try a few of these. Some work, some may not.









3D

Mixing and the Art of Equalization (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com

- 2002)




A

Day in the Life: Mix Magic on Music Row (by Brian Knave - Electronic Musician -

Dec 1999)




Basic

Overdubbing (by Hugh Robjohns & Mike Senior - SOS - Mar 2001)




Dance

Mixing: Increasing Loudness in Dance Music Production (by Paul White & Mike

Senior - SOS - Jun 2001)




Designing

the Large-Format Digital Console (by Roger Maycock - Mix - Aug 2000)




Fix

It in the Mix: How Not to Get a Good Recording (by Rip Rowan - ProRec - Aug

1998)




Getting

the Inside Dope from the Hottest Mixers in Manhattan (by Jimmy Douglas - Mix -

Nov 1999)




Got

You Covered: Multiple Mixes (by Kevin Smith - Electronic Musician - Nov 2001)




Hit

Men (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - Jan 2002)




How

2 Mix Good (by Kent Williams - beatmaka - Jun 2000)








How

to Mix a Pop Song from Scratch (by Jezar - Dreampoint - Nov 2000)




Improve Your

Stereo Mixing (by Paul White - SOS - Oct 2000)




Introduction To

Mixer Automation, Part 1 (by Paul White - SOS - Jan 2000)




Introduction

To Mixer Automation, Part 2 (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2000)




Mixdown

Formats: What Should I Mix Down To? (by Paul White - SOS - Apr 2002)



Mixdown Suggestions (by James

McCanna - pcrecording.com)




Mixed

Signals: Mixer Topography (by Barry Cleveland - Electronic Musician - Nov 2000)




Mixing Board:

Unravel the Mystery of the Mixing Console (by Brad Gallagher - just-for-musicians.com)




Mixing Fundamentals,

Part 1 (by Ed Rei - HomeRecording.com)




Mixing Fundamentals, Part

2 (by Ed Rei - HomeRecording,com)








Mixing Fundamentals, Part 3 (by

Ed Rei - HomeRecording.com)




Mixing

Fundamentals, Part 4 (by Ed Rei - HomeRecording.com)




Mixing

in a Pro Tools World (by Blair Jackson - Mix - May 2002)




Mixing

in the Round (by Mike Sokol - Electronic Musician - May 2001)




Mixing Made

Easy (by Michael Laskow - Audio Recording Center)




Mixing

Multi-tracked Drums (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2001)




Mixing

Programmed and Real Instruments Successfully (by Sam Inglis - SOS - Sep 2001)




Mixing

Tips for Vocals (by Jay Kahrs - ProRec - Sep 1998)




Mixing

with a Master (by Mike Levine with Eddie Kramer - Electronic Musician - Sep

2000)




Mysteries

of Mixing (by Brian Knave - Electronic Musician - Apr 2001)








Panning

Doubles (by Robert Dennis - The Recording Website - 2000)




Panning

for Gold (by Randy Neiman - Electronic Musician - Mar 2002)




Perfect Mix, The (by Rich

the Tweakmeister - Tweakheadz)




Point-to-Point:

Creating a Mix from the Ground Up, Part 1 (by Rip Rowan - ProRec - Dec 1999)




Point

to Point 2: Building a Mix from the Ground Up... Again (by Rip Rowan - ProRec -

Sep 2000)




Polished

Production: Giving Your Recordings a 'Produced' Sound (by Paul White - Sound On

Sound -Oct 1999)




Practical

Mixing (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Jan 2002)




Pros

& Cons of Software & Hardware Mixers (by Paul White - SOS - Mar 2001)




Recording

Garbage (by Sam Inglis - SOS - Jun 2002)




Remixing

Hotshots (by Erik Hawkins - Mix - Oct 2002)








Secrets of Mixing (by

John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - Dec 2000)




Shaping Your

Mix (by Robert Dennis - The Recording Website - 2000)




Stereo

Editing, Part 1 (by Paul White - SOS - Jan 2000)




Stereo

Editing, Part 2 (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2000)




Stereo

Editing, Part 3 (by Paul White - SOS - Mar 2000)




Software

Mixing With Hardware MIDI Controllers (by Paul White - SOS - Mar 2002)




Surround

(R)Evolution (by Blair Jackson - Mix - Aug 2001)




Surround

Solutions (by Blair jackson - Mix - Jun 2002)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 1 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Aug 2001)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 2 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Sep 2001)








Surround

Sound Explained, Part 3 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Oct 2001)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 4 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Nov 2001)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 5 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Dec 2001)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 6 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Jan 2002)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 7 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Feb 2002)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 8 (by Matt Bell - SOS - Mar 2002)




Surround

Sound Explained, Part 9 (by Matt Bell - SOS - Apr 2002)




Sympathetic

Mixing: How to Set Up a Good Mix (by Duke Ashton - Sound On Sound - Aug 1995)




Take

Control! (by Rob Shrock and Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)




- High

End Control Surfaces (by Rob Shrock - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)








- Inexpensive

Control Surfaces (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)




- Social

Mixers (by Larry the O - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)




- Top-Notch

for Pro Tools (by Larry the O - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)




Ten

Tips for Nailing a Mix (by Brian Knave - Electronic Musician - Jul 2000)




The Last Waltz:

Recording, Mixing, and Remaking the Music (by Blair Jackson & Chris Michie -

Mix - Sep 2002)




Thinking

Outside the Boxes (by Kenneth A. Woods - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)




Understanding

The Virtual Mixer (by Paul White - SOS - Aug 2000)




Universe

for a Song, The (by Tim Tully - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)




Using a

Hardware Mixer with Your Computer (by Paul White - SOS - Jun 2002)




Warming

Trends (by Erik Hawkins - Electronic Musician - Feb 2000)








Why

Your Mixes Suck (by Lionel Dumond - ProRec - Nov 1998)




Wide Angle:

Improving Your Stereo Mixing (by Paul White - Sound on Sound - Oct 2000)




You're

Surrounded (by Mike Sokol - Electronic Musician - Oct 2000)

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