{"id":317,"date":"2022-02-04T14:20:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:12:53","slug":"mixing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/mixing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sex On Fire Mixing by Blake Kimberley\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1205510731&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=840\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-1024x445.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-1024x445.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-1536x668.png 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-2048x890.png 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.17.11-1200x522.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-1024x674.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-1536x1011.png 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-2048x1348.png 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-04-at-14.21.44-1200x790.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This here was my first attempt at mixing. what I did to start off with was remove unwanted audio and fixed the timing between the guitars and drums. Once this was done I was then ready to mix. firstly I looked at the instrumentation and decided what I was going to do, looking at the drums I thought the bass drum was really weak, so I went into the EQ and boosted the drum to make it more prominent. with the bass drum I thought the actual bass itself was overall weak so I improved that too. The guitars also required some improvements. I added different effects to 2 of the guitars, including reverb and phat effects, I then beefed them up with some amps, the apms really made the guitars sound better, and a-lot closer to the actual song. Finally the last main part that needed tweaking was the singer, so I added a little reverb to make it sound a bit fuller. Overall I&#8217;m happy with the mix, but it obviously could have been better, I feel like I could have done the the singer a bit better and control the volume a little more. I did however add some automation, which made it sound a little better, but even from the begging and other projects I always seem to keep the instrumentation too loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leoni &amp; Blake - Blake by Blake Kimberley\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1214068843&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=840\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-1024x334.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-1024x334.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-1536x502.png 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-2048x669.png 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-11-at-15.33.34-1200x392.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my own songwriting and mixing task, I&#8217;ve approached  it the same way I did sex is on fire. This was mainly supposed to be recording and little to no midi, but it was a last minuet decision to have the drums midi and not record them. I also added another midi track to just thicken the texture a little because I thought it needed a little more to it. When starting the project I went full in with a cringy Christmas sounding tune, but in the end thought it was too much so I mellowed it out, and turned it onto a more ambient track. starting the mix with me being really picky with stuff, I had to try at least get the chords on the recorded piano exactly on beat, as well as the piano , I had to tweak the bass a slight bit, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snake Eyes By Indecisive 1 by Blake Kimberley\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1218284680&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=840\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-1024x400.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-1536x600.png 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-2048x800.png 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10638681\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/318\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-16.12.28-1200x469.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This here was my first attempt at mixing. what I did to start off with was remove unwanted audio and fixed the timing between the guitars and drums. 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