From the name itself, editing includes cleaning up the audio
for mistakes and unnecessary noises. Various sections can be added, removed or
spliced together.In doing your editing, focusing on the natural
flow of the music or voice should be your main concern.
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Listening to your audio more than once is a must
after splicing or cutting your song together in order to get it right. Through
this, you will be able to get the right perspective about the audio’s flow. If
you notice that the song is too slow or too fast, then you can adjust the clips
to get the rhythm that you desire.
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In order to avoid clicking in every cut, you
should make sure that the beginning and ending of each clip has a small fade in
and fade out. In some piece, the technique used is to have the overlapping
clips on separate tracks still with a fade in and fade out. That is how
important a cross face is in clips that is overlapped.
When it comes to online music mixing, it consist of
different processes such as compression, leveling and equalizing. The
requirements in mixing may differ from one piece to another but the rules are
all the same. Below are the basic rules in mixing:
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Always remember that when you mix, the monitors
should be at a low level in order to get a better perspective of the mix. Avoid
having loud levels because it can cause an ear fatigue.
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Instead of boosting the frequencies, try to cut
them.
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One of the absolute must in mixing, you’ve got
to hear your mix on various audio systems to determine how well they translate.
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The first thing that you should do is mix the
background first, you have to make sure that it won’t drown or conflict with
the vocals. If you are already sure about the background music, then you can
now introduce the vocal.
The third and final step in producing an audio is the
mastering. This should not be done unless you are an expert on this because you
might do something that can’t be fixed by a professional. Aside from having a
good experience, you should have a very good monitoring system and a very well
trained ears because this is a crucial part for your piece. It is really
advisable that you let professionals do these kind of things for you, but of
you really want to give it a shot, then here are some tips for you.
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You should eq according by using a good spectrum
analyzer, through this, you will b able to determine which frequencies are low
and high in your mix.
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Before putting on the limiter, you should use at
least use 2 or more compressors.
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In order to determine if some frequencies are
missing, try to compare the final sound with tracks that is commercially mixed.
