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The Final Mixdown- A Guide from Professional Mastering Engineer

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“Garbage in, garbage out” is one of the common quotations of the mastering engineers. The source material quality that is being used determines the quality of the final product that comes as a result. Most of the clients do not have any problem in following the simple preparation procedures, but they usually do not reach out further too much. Once the sound mix feels good to them, they can get it done. Generally, there are high levels of refinement that are paying to high levels of dividends. Mastering and mixing are two important aspects of sound engineering. In the earlier days, both these procedures are not taken into too much consideration. But, now the musicians have realized their importance and what role they play in bringing the best sound that is good to hear. These techniques also remove the bad sound from the tracks and make it more audible. The musicians, band members or the solo singers now send their raw music files to the professional music mastering engineer thro...

Important Steps to Know When Mixing Audio Professionally

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As an audio engineer, you may see many important techniques missing from the student mixing sessions. Here are some of the crucial steps that should be kept on the checklist when you are mixing audio or you are teaching your students to mix and master the sound. You may think that these tips can work like magic and will make your sound amazing. They are not actually magic or spell. They will help you to become more efficient and systematic. Look below for some of the audio engineering tips for mixing the audio that is based on the Pro Tools, but these steps are applied to any DAW version and any genre of music that you are comfortable with. Most of the professional mixing and mastering experts follow these steps for bringing out the best sound when heard. 1.    Name and colour your track- On the Pro Tools, it is very easy to rename a track by just double click on the name and rename. When the tracks are having the default name, it is very diffic...