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walters
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Remixing Remix ideas
How do i take a MIX and then Remix it
What are some key things i should do to Remix a Original Mix
Remix
1.) Tempo is different?
2.) Added Overdubs?
3.) what else is different?
How do i mix to make it sound like a remix ?
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Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:58 am |
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uncle_jerr
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i don't think so
you want to take a completely mixed down song and remix it?
that ain't gonna happen.
there are some amazing things you can do with audio, but you can't separate out the individual components in a song.
a great instructor taught me that a recording is like a cake.
you add flour, and milk, and eggs and sugar and all that, but once it's baked, it's baked. you can't revert back to flour and eggs.
You can isolate each sound with your ears, but there's no algorithm that can separate them.
go ahead and chop it up and turn it around and over dub, but that's about it.
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:04 am |
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walters
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Before Baked Uncle
I was mixing my song and i know there is different ways to create
Remixes and BLENDING the tracks different
How can i BLEND the tracks together different?
What are some basic Remix techniques?
How do i mix different so i can have like 10 different mixes?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:09 am |
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uncle_jerr
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oh
well then, that's no problem, sorry i misinterpreted you
so are you asking for creative ideas?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:11 am |
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walters
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Thanks Uncle
yea very much so creative ideas behind this blending and remixing
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:13 am |
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uncle_jerr
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remix ideas
my favorite thing is to chop up a bunch of loops and totally twist the song.
you can add other synths or drum beats, dice up the vocals, use filter sweeps, re-eq stuff.
or just accentuate one of the instruments more. I like to beef up the bass.
I work mostly with rock. i think you said once before that you work with other synth and experimental stuff right?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:25 am |
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walters
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Yes i write rock music
what did u mean by this dice up the vocals?
use filter sweeps?
how do i dice up the vocals and use fliters to sweeps?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:28 am |
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uncle_jerr
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filter sweeps are like using a wah wah, but with a low- or hi-pass filter instead of a peak. (done with automated EQ)
dice up vox: just cut samples out and make them sound wierd, make them stutter, stuff like that.
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:39 am |
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walters
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Thanks Uncle
Oh yea i know what u mean
So how do you BLEND the audio tracks or MIX your audio tracks really
good?
The blending the audio tracks and Mixing the audio tracks i have a
hard time with what are some tricks i should know
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:43 am |
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uncle_jerr
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um, let me think... PRACTICE
yeah.
try switching to a commercial cd that is close to the sound you want and compare it to your mix while you are working on your mix. find what you like about each instrument and effect and what you don't like, and go from there.
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:49 am |
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walters
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Thats the problem how do i practice i mean what should i be practicing
i don't know what im doing really
I have a engineer friend and when he mixed the same song it sound
so much different and i couldn't understand why and what he did
What do you think he did ?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:13 am |
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uncle_jerr
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ask him. I've never heard any of your mixes. If he knows what he's doing, spend as much time working with him as possible.
i learned by playing around. then I would hear about a technique and just try it. once you learn how to use your eqs and compressors, you just have to use your ears. listen to what makes a guitar sound good. is it the frequency balance? is it the distortion? an effect? then try and replicate it.
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:37 am |
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walters
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When mixing the tracks are playedback in PARALLEL?
the bussing of the tracks are in PARALLel right?
and the routing of the tracks are in Parallel ?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:42 am |
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uncle_jerr
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what do you mean?
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:44 am |
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walters
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8 tracks of audio recorded playingback those 8 tracks and mixing
those 8 tracks they are playback in PARALLEL not in SERIES
Its like a break out box or 8 spliting signals so they are in PARALLEL
and not in SERIES
track#1 output
track#2 output this is the buss its in parrallel and the routing is also
track#3 output
track#4 output
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Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:47 am |
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