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Exploring mixing tips and tricks: creating mix depth

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Exploring mixing tips and tricks: creating mix depth

Remember, through the use of reverb, delay and other time-domain processors, you can really start to capture the vibe and message of the song. But before drenching everything with verb and slap-back echoes, go back here mix plan and think about how these spatial processors can work to achieve your idealized goal for the song. Is it wet and dreamy or is it close and intimate? Is it off in the distance or in your face and big at the same time? Here are some of my tips for using reverb and delay in your mixes. I talked about is already a bit, but I can't stress enough that a little goes a long way. I find that many beginning mixers tend to overuse reverb and delay on too many elements of their mix, where everything is too wet and too out of control. And especially in faster tempo songs everything can kind of just bleed together and sound messy. It's totally normal to have a few completely dry elements in your mix, so don't feel like everything has to have reverb added to it. Remember dry…

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