How do you mix lots of instruments? Do you balance them all out so you can hear every single one that’s playing? Then this one is probably for you!
In this video, Gregory goes into why you should prioritize a couple of melodic instruments in a mix and also how to think about mixing with the listener in mind.
Personally, it’s been very helpful for me to formalize what I was already feeling. Sometimes I make a track with a focus on a couple of instruments and sometimes I try to balance everything out. Whenever I balance I feel like the track becomes too overwhelming to listen to and I was tearing my head apart as to why it happens on certain tracks and not the others. Now I know why, and I hope this video helps you on your journey too!
Related to this, a good friend of mine is the engineer for a very well-known dub producer, and last time I saw him I ran through a live set I’ve been working on for a few months - (I make jungle/breakbeat/IDM stuff). He gave me two great tips - one of which I can’t be bothered to explain here as it’ll take me to long to type out, but the other was basically saying the same thing as this - make some elements really jump out of the mix, make stuff BANG and it’ll make the audience respond so much better than having everything sit nicely and politely throughout the whole set.
(Just want to mention that this is the first time I’ve commented on Lemmy and I’m not sure how the whole crossposting thing across instances works. I’ve left the same comment on the article at music.productiom - hope that’s okay! Just want to try to spark discussion and realised this is posted to two different places where I have an account 😊)
