10/12/24
Unit 9 - Mixing Research
To summarise most of what this video entails, balance is changing the volume levels of L and R whilst
stereo pan is moves where the sound is positioned. He recommends using stereo pan whenever you're going to be panning an instrument that you used two microphones to record. He states that sometimes stereo pan sounds better and sometimes balance will sound better, just experiment to see what you like.
Music Tech Help Guy is someone who's youtube channel I've recently found. He explains everything clearly and makes it easy for me to understand. He explained that the difference between Linear Phase EQ and Channel EQ was how the EQ treats the audio. I decided to research this further and read that Linear Phase EQ preserves the phase of the signal but can create some pre-ringing and latency issues. Alternatively, Channel EQ creates phase shifts and can add more colour. He has guitar left and guitar right. On guitar left he starts by turning the analyzer on his EQ and cuts out the low end as we don't need it and it'll just collide with the bass. He then walks through different kinds of EQ you can use in different genres.
Starting by EQ-ing the lead vocal, he cuts off the low end and says to be careful where you cut so you don't change the tone. He then searches for the treble area in the mid range and dips it and shortens the Q (bandwidth) for precision. He mentions that the best way to notice the 'problem spots' is by training your ears with practice. He then moves on to compression to get a consistent vocal that sounds professional. He turns auto gain off to do it manually in the stereo compressor. After adjusting the compressor he adds in a vintage EQ for character and increases the 2.oK area as thats about where we recognise a human voice and he also adds in a little higher resonance which is around 8.0K. He then creates a more compressed vocal and blends it in with the lead.