Mixing Hi-Hats, Kick and Snare

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Mixing Drums, Bass and Guitar

https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/types-of-kick-drums-and-how-to-mix-them.html https://www.izotope.com/en/products/trash.html Overview of iZotope Trash 2 | Distort. Mangle. Transform https://youtu.be/21nm-l8dMpE Add Dirt to Your Synths and Drums with Trash 2 & Mobius Filter https://youtu.be/4_ikzaWshbI Mixing Tips Mixing Tips | Part 1 of 3: Mixing Drums with Trash 2 https://youtu.be/KxBKNXe_hOE Mixing Tips | Part 2 of 3: Mixing Bass with Trash 2 https://youtu.be/rJmlGfgX5sQ Mixing … Continue reading Mixing Drums, Bass and Guitar

Tonal Balance Control

How and When to Use Improved Tonal Balance Control | iZotope Ozone https://youtu.be/PhAPM2XQWGI Tutorial: Using Tonal Balance control with Neutron 2 Advanced and Ozone 8 Advanced https://youtu.be/P_irH8qflEY How to use iZotope's Tonal Balance Control for mixing and mastering https://youtu.be/Y1kTO5KW17E What's New in Tonal Balance Control 2 | iZotope Audio Reference Software https://youtu.be/tLPYDOIRVM4 iZotope Tonal Balance … Continue reading Tonal Balance Control

Mastering Tips

10 Steps to a Quick Master in Ozone https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/10-steps-to-a-quick-master-in-ozone.html Step 1: load your track Step 2: choose a reference track Step 3: experiment with presets Step 4: set the maximizer ceiling Step 5: adjust the threshold Step 6: select a maximizer mode Step 7: engage gain matching Step 8: compare to the bypassed version Step … Continue reading Mastering Tips

Mixing Tips

Build a house https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/2-basic-approaches-to-mixing.html 1. Drums kick/snare/hat 2. Bass (electric, acoustic, or keys) 3. Piano or keyboards 4. Electric guitar 5. Acoustic guitars try panning acoustic guitars opposite the electrics 6. Strings, horn sections, and other accompaniment 7. Background vocals 8. Check your meters 9. Lead vocal reverb/delay/effect plug-ins on a send 10. Melody and … Continue reading Mixing Tips

Best Mixing & Mastering Plugins

2020 https://youtu.be/EkVc1t_04j0 https://youtu.be/i9nqxqkk_tc 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfQ9nNCuNVM Acustica Audio Ceil https://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/specials/acustica-audio-ceilTemper https://creativeintent.co/products/temperTDR EQ/Comp/Dynamic EQ https://www.tokyodawn.net/tokyo-dawn-labs/Softube Saturation https://www.softube.com/saturationknob#/Auto Panner http://www.cableguys.com/pancake.htmlLoudness Meter https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/Frequency Analyser https://www.voxengo.com/product/span/Acustica Audio Tan https://www.acustica-audio.com/store/products/tan-free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJkLSQBVzGs BitterSweet https://www.flux.audio/project/bittersweet-v3/Headcrusher https://goo.gl/gkNfvKPancake 2 http://www.cableguys.com/pancake.htmlSPAN http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/TDR NOVA EQ http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/TDR Kotelnikov http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelnikov/TDR SlickEQ https://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-vos-slickeq/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DuidRgNGiIYoulean Loudness Meter 2 by Youlean 0:53 https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/Bitter Sweet V3 by FLUX 8:20 https://www.flux.audio/project/bittersweet-v3/Stereo Buss by Minimal … Continue reading Best Mixing & Mastering Plugins