AA Week 11 - Mixing (1)

This week was the start of our mixing process, and to be honest i actually had no idea what to do. After asking about 50 thousand people i had a rough idea of what to do, so I am hoping what i have done is right.

Mix #1:
For my first mix i individually changed the faders and changed it to stereo form, with the same panning as when loaded.I Turned up the vocals quite loud, and i believed it had a good effect. It was a personal choice as i don't like hearing all the songs that come out these days where you are unable to hear the lyrics. I also had the piano and 'effected' piano up quite loud. I liked the effect.

http://www.mydatabus.com/public/rewind/Fadedmono1changed.mp3


Here is the fading i used kept in mono form.

Mix #2:
This time i kept pretty much the same fading as i had in Mix #1, but had it instereo form and put panning in, mostly in the parts which already had a left and right setting, and also in things like the guitars and piano parts. When listening to this in my headphones i thought this sounded awsome, although, as i was told in Audio Arts (1), i knew that you would have to stand right in between the speakers to hear the full effects when being played out loud.

http://www.mydatabus.com/public/rewind/Pannedstereo2changed.mp3


This was the panning i used for mix #2

Mix #3:
For my last mix i kept it in stereo and had the same fading, but by this time it was plainly obvious that the drums needed to have some EQ put on it, as they sounded horrible. I applied different EQ effects for the kick, snare and KitFX. Overall i found the drums to be a lot clearer and the whole piece seemed to have a lot more clarity.

http://www.mydatabus.com/public/rewind/EQtodrums3changed.mp3


Here is the EQ i added to the kick


Here is the EQ's used on the drum parts.

References:

(1) Fieldhouse, Stephen, Audio Arts 1 - Week 11 - 'Mixing (1)', EMU University of Adelaide, May 22nd, 2007