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Other ways of using subgroups

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Other ways of using subgroups

- So we've covered groups, mixed groups. I just have a couple last thoughts on the subject. Some things that maybe I can add to your arsenal that will help you to really dial in your mixed group configuration. So firstly I just wanna make sure you know that these are rough guidelines. There are no rules but I find these work really well in terms of getting consistent results. And I also want to emphasize that it's really important that no matter what you do is to have some kind of gain structure. So that you're giving yourself lots of headroom. Because you can always add it back at the Master Buzz or Two Buzz, however you want to call it. But, basically whenever your tracks get summed and go to your master channel, you can always add more to gain back. And on the master channel I have a very simple setup. I have a little bit of EQ just to get rid of very low and very high stuff. And I'm adding a bunch of gain back in, right at 11.7 DB. So, I'm adding it all back. I have a very, very…

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