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Using time-based effects to add depth and width

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Using time-based effects to add depth and width

By mastering the use of EQ and dynamics processors, you'll be able to achieve a solid, clean mix, no doubt. But if you want to take your mix aesthetics to the next level and really extend the emotional context of the song and the vocal, time-based processors like reverb and delay are going to be your key ingredient. I like to think of my mix as a cast of characters, standing in a line across the middle of the stage. Now, if no character is allowed to come forward or step backwards, no sense of depth or perspective is expressed, and it might be hard for the audience to know who's the main character and who's just the background. Now imagine you're the director and you're able to place any character at any point within the stage and light them in a specific way. Now the audience has perspective on the cast and no problem knowing who's important and who's just a background element. Time-based effects like reverb and delay give the mixer the ability to creatively place elements in the…

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