Tutorial—Mixdown
— Tutorial
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❍
Female Chorus 2 Compression
❒
Track 13: Male Chorus
The quality of this singer’s voice makes EQ unnecessary in this situation, but
some compression will be helpful to help the blend with the female chorus.
❍
Male Chorus Compression
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Track 14: Lead Vocal
The lead vocalist on this track has a beautiful wide-range voice, one of the attrac-
tions of which is the rich, sensuous low-end. We want all of this to come through,
so we’ll only use a high pass filter set at 79 Hz to cut out the extreme low fre-
quencies (mostly ambient rumble), and a bit of high boost to provide a little extra
presence. The lead voice is well controlled, so not much compression is required
… but we’ll use a little anyway, for a subtle boost in punch and power.
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Lead Vocal EQ
❍
Lead Vocal Compression
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Save the Song!
Once again, now’s a good time to save your work. Press the WORK NAVIGATE
[SONG] key to go to the SONG display, if necessary also press the [F1] function
key to select the “Song List” page. Move the cursor to “SAVE” on the display and
press [ENTER]. When the confirmation window appears move the cursor to “OK”
and press [ENTER] again to actually save the song.
THRESH.
RATIO
OUT GAIN
ATTACK
RELEASE
KNEE
–16
2.5:1
+2.0
22
226
4
THRESH.
RATIO
OUT GAIN
ATTACK
RELEASE
KNEE
–20
2.5:1
+2.0
31
315
1
LOW
L-MID
H-MID
HIGH
Q
HPF
—
—
H.SHELF
F
79
—
—
10.0 kHz
G
ON
—
—
+1.5
THRESH.
RATIO
OUT GAIN
ATTACK
RELEASE
KNEE
–13
2.5:1
+1.5
26
6
3
As you make adjustments to EQ, dynamics, etc., don’t be afraid to adjust the fader levels
as you go along. EQ and dynamics invariably alter the levels of the tracks, and you’ll
almost certainly need to make minor adjustments to compensate.
Tip!
