THE MUSIK-ZONE
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Tutorials

How to Mix Your Music So It Doesn't Sound Like Crap!

Being able to record and mix professionally in your own studio is a blessing. It allows you to piece together tracks and fine-tune them to avoid "Take #1057."

Most musicians use MIDI instruments for instrumental tracks and WAV files for audio/vocal tracks.

A good mixing program lets you then combine the two (or up to 64!) and weed out the bad and keep only the good.

The mixing tutorials I'll be presenting show how to do that, as well as how to add some depth and reverb to your tracks where needed.

In these tutorials you'll also learn about sampling - how to add guitar riffs or beats that maybe you didn't have when you first recorded.

The final step in mixing is mastering - laying down the final product. But remember to keep all the individual pieces you've worked with in mixing in case you want to re-mix and create a new master later.

1. Demo Diagnosis

2. How Good Do Your Demos Have to Be?

3. Making Demos

4. Mastering - What It Is And Why You Shouldn't Do It In Your Garage

5. Mastering - What It Is And Why You Shouldn't Do It In Your Garage