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 | | 08/28/2006 5:37 PM |
| I have a book somehwere that talks about mixing in 3 dimiensions. I wish I could find it so I could more accurately paraphrase it but whatever...
The premise of the book is basically to say that music happens in three dimension. Visually speaking the 3 dimensions are left/right, up/down, and forward/back. Musically speaking they are similar:
left/right = panning or balance you can control the position of a sound from left to right using the balance or panning controls on your mix.
forward/back = volume and reverb a louder volume makes something sound closer and lower volume and it's farther away. Reverb has a similar effect. The more reverb the farther away a sound is perceived.
up/down = frequencies (high to low) Frequencies occur from low (basses, kick drums, tuba, etc) to midrange (vocals, guitars, piano, etc) to high (flutes, hi-hats, piccollo, etc)
Now the key to a great mix is a balanced mix, meaning try to have a mixture of all the elements spread across the various dimensions.
Some examples:
For left/right you might pan a guitar to one side, a piano chord to the other and the vocals in the center.
For forward/back you might put the vocals louder than the piano which is louder than the violins.
For up/down you might remove the guitar part during the vocal parts or remove some frequencies with EQ. Of course you have you bassline thumping away.
As with anything in life good balance of elements can result in a good experience. So think about that the next time you're mixing down a track. | |
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Slavebell
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| | 08/29/2006 1:49 PM |
| | Yeah i readed that book... I think its David Gibson-Art of mixing. Try to get it guys its a good book. | |
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Crunk Man
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| | 08/30/2006 8:36 AM |
| What stores can I find this book, or any similar books? I need read up on some of these things, so I can educate myself musically. | | | |
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The Usual Suspect
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| | 08/31/2006 6:37 PM |
| word up^
does any 1 know of any other gud books on mixing, mastering, scales..... cause i am gonna apply to attend full sail (a school for recording arts n ect.) and try to get a degree in recording arts and i want 2 learn as much as i can b4 i go | |
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| | 09/03/2006 3:23 PM |
| | interesting | | | |
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NFX
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| | 09/05/2006 12:43 PM |
| Heres the book I referenced.
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Slavebell
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| | 09/05/2006 2:02 PM |
| | well that is David Gibson-Art of mixing just like i said... He he i know everything!lol | |
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| | 09/21/2006 6:19 PM |
| | cool , im getting that book , imma be reading it on my free times and theres also a video on it which im also getting , it should be good too(better than reading atleast...lol.) | |
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Slavebell
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| | 09/22/2006 7:43 AM |
| | YEah i have that video to... And cant believe ill say this but book is much better than that video... | |
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homer symson
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| | 09/25/2006 4:03 PM |
| | everybody should keep in mind this principles when creating beat and choosing instruments.great article. | |
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Master Eleven
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| | 11/22/2006 11:08 AM |
| | can't wait to learn more and more and more, expecially "the art of.........." | | | |
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jctrax
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| | 12/22/2006 5:13 PM |
| YEAH THE VIDEO IS PRETTY GOOD, LILTTLE CHEESY, BUT HE BASICALLY BREAKS IT DOWN FOR U IN ALL ASPECTS OF MIXING... | | | |
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erks telovski
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| | 12/25/2006 6:26 PM |
| | iv bean learning this .my mate a work went to sae collage.and his telling me how to mix in 3 dimensions.he tells me to picture (when your mixing)as if your song is a live band.paning puts the the instrument (obviously) left to right on the stage.reverb and delay puts them front to back(he also so told me alway put just a little reverb or delay just minor ajustments).i just thort i shear this with you as i am learning heaps from this guy.but anyway peace guys | | | |
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A2K a.k.a. Azrael Kalashnikov
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| | 05/27/2008 7:38 PM |
| | This was an interesting topic... that book seems to be dope! I might grab me a copy of it too! | |
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A.B Beats
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| | 05/28/2008 11:08 PM |
| | good topic. i thinkiing of getting this book! looks very interesting! | |
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FL 8 XXL
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| | 08/27/2008 7:01 AM |
| | you know every time i read or see a tutorial that NFX did it helps me out alot good work | | | |
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Da Moose
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| | 08/28/2008 1:17 PM |
| | Havent read the book, but what ive learnt from expierience is those ones u mentioned, plus taht thing sterio seperation or something is actualy infront of you or behind u | |
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T.Mill
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| | 10/30/2008 11:43 AM |
| | Yea, for a long time now i've always panned and applied these methods to mixing. don't b afraid to try new and odd things too. | | | |
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