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PREPARING MIXING

Reminder: we are working on the song Life, an original composition:


(mp3 file)

What software and hardware do we need to produce this song? What is the instrumentation? How is the project organized?

Here is the list of everything I used to record and mix Life:

- A reasonably powerful computer
- An audio interface
- A preamp (optional if the audio interface already has decent built-in preamps)
- A vocal microphone
- A mic stand
- A pop filter
- Monitoring speakers
- Headphones
- A MIDI controller (master keyboard)
- A guitar
- A bass guitar
- All necessary cables

- A sequencer (DAW)
- Effect plugins (EQ, reverb, compression, saturation, etc.)
- Amp simulation plugins
- Impulse loaders (IR loaders)
- Impulses (IRs)
- Software synths (VSTi)
- Drum software

THE TRACKS

- 4 synth tracks
- 2 clean rhythm electric guitar tracks
- 2 distorted lead electric guitar tracks
- 1 bass track
- 1 vocal track
- 2 backing vocal tracks
- 2 sampled choir tracks (orchestral and choral sound plugin)
- Drums

Each instrument track contains its own plugins. Previously, I used to create buses for every track and place the plugins on those buses, but despite the organizational logic, it made tasks more complicated and significantly slowed down the projects. I now opt for a simpler method.

Don't hesitate to create a blank template containing all the tracks and buses you need; this saves you from rebuilding everything for every new project. I describe the template I use on this page.

One last point: the song has a tempo of 75 BPM.

THE BUSES

For the drums
- Each element will have its own bus (kick, snare, hi-hat, ride, etc.), on which various sound processing plugins will be placed (EQ, compression).
- These buses will be routed to a main drum bus.
Life - Drum bus
Drums
Main group buses
- Each type of instrument is routed to a main bus: the rhythm guitars (2 in this case) are routed to a "Rhythm Guitars" main bus, all synths to a "Synths" main bus, etc.
- Each of these main buses is then routed to the Master bus.
Life - Main buses
Main buses

The Master Bus
- The "main" buses for each instrument group are routed here: the rhythm guitar bus, the lead guitar bus, the synth bus, the vocal bus, the bass bus, and the drum bus.
- The mastering plugins are placed on the Master bus: a multi-band EQ and a limiter to achieve the final sound.
Life - Master bus
Master bus

Don't worry if this all seems a bit messy or complicated at first; we'll go through the details step by step—it’s not rocket science at all.

Mixing in practice : Preparing the session | Bass | Drums | Rhythm guitars | Lead guitars | Synths | Vocals | Mastering
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Arcio
le 10/09/2020 à 09h44

This website is absolutely phenomenal. The work you did is outstanding. Are you okay to help obtaining me the specific tones in exchange for donations?



igloox
le 31/08/2020 à 23h10

Bonjour,

j'aurais aimé savoir si la qualité de la carte son est primordiale pour avoir une bonne simu HP. En effet, à réglages équivalent, je n'arrive pas à avoir le même rendu avec le plugin WOS de chez two notes et le Torpedo CAB M qui utilise pourtant les mêmes algos. Merci (et bravo pour le site)



youraty
le 17/08/2020 à 13h49

Bonjour,
Pour répondre à la question de Pranasonic, les fichiers fxp sont à charger par ton hôte. Dans Reaper par exemple, il y a une croix au niveau du VST avec l'option "importer fxp" et ça charge tous les paramètres du VST.
Pour Grebz, vraiment super site ! Merci ! Les explications sont top, les comparatifs de sons vraiment intéressants.
Je me rends compte que depuis amplitube 3, il y a eu du progrès. Perso, je suis sous Linux et tous les simulateurs d'ampli ne fonctionnent pas, mais je vais creuser. Concernant les IR et chargeurs d'impulsions, je me suis couché moins bête après t'avoir lu. Dommage que le Cab2 de Poulin ne fonctionne pas avec moi. Je vois bien la charge CPU augmenter, mais aucun son ne sort si je le mets sur On. J'ai vu sur le net que d'autres ont ce souci, mais pas de réponses.



Pranasonic
le 13/05/2020 à 08h36

Salut, je ne sais pas comment appliquer les preset (*.fxp) aux amplis. Je ne vois nullepart une commande pour les charger sur l'ampli? Merci d'avance pour votre aide.



Lostin70s
le 01/05/2020 à 08h30

Bonjour, j’adore ton site c’est une super référence de sources Merci !

Dans la liste des simus d’amplis vst je ne vois pas de test sur le tonedeluxe v2, je t’invite à le tester c’est du made in France 😀 (www.lostin70s.com)
Julien

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