Hey, friends! I'm having a dilemma regarding BALANCE MEMORY. I've been trying to feel the intensity of the Db in my head to figure out how far to raise the fader. But it seems that raising it individually doesn't feel the same as raising all the sounds, and it confuses me so much that I lose focus. Do you have any advice on this? Thanks in advance.
The way I do it is this: the first thing I listen for is what's the loudest element in the mix, then once I've got that, I listen for the second-loudest thing, third-loudest, and quietest, and I'll keep that arrangement in my head, like a tier list. Then I'll go back to the loudest thing and listen for where it is—is it all up in my face, or is it a bit further back? Then I'll start bringing the faders up; I'll get the loudest thing up where I think it is, then I'll bring up the second loudest thing and get that sounding like it was in relation to the first, then the third and fourth things, and by the end I usually have something pretty close to the original balance.
The only exception is when I have a balance that's way out of whack, where one element is like 15db louder than everything else. In those instances, I'll make a note of where the loudest thing is, but then I'll ignore it and go through the same process starting with the second-loudest element and get the quiet part of the mix right before I add the really loud thing on top of it.
A high/low shelf filter is going to affect everything above or below where the frequency mark is where as a peak filter only affects the area around the frequency mark based on how wide the Q is. A common example is this: You have two options, a low shelf filter and peaking filter both at 300 hz cutting 2 dB. The shelf filter is going to affect everything below 300hz so you can expect to hear less bass and kick drum. The peak filter will only affect the area around 300hz so you can expect the kick and bass to not be affected. Let me know if this helped or if you'd like me to explain it more
Switch back and forth between the EQ'd and original signal. If you hear a specific frequency come up or disappear, then it's the peaking filter. If you just hear a general increase/decrease in the high or low end, then it's a shelf filter. It can be difficult to detect the difference, but it will come with time and practice.
Same thought! Was doing music production half-assedly for years and could never figure out why I couldn't make anything, after a week of this the answer was obvious, I couldn't hear shit
I'll say this, having good fundamental frequency recognition skills has drastically improved my mixing and mastering abilities. Your ears become more sensitive to subtle changes and the amount of detail you can hear just keeps getting better and better
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May 15, 11:40