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6 Strategies for Taming Midrange in a Busy Mix — Pro Audio Files

Achieving a well-balanced midrange in a recording is one of the biggest challenges of mixing. Beginning producers especially tend to struggle in this area. The ranges of many instruments overlap quite a bit, and some negotiation will always be necessary to help them share space in a mix. Muddy room resonances only complicate things further. When we have a session with a busy arrangement and high track count — a pretty common occurrence in digital recording — midrange problems can multiply out of control.

Snap Automation Mode: 1/16 Triplet (1/24) — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Snap Automation Mode: 1/16 Triplet (1/24)

Automating performance characteristics is something I wanted in 1990. Seeing a 1/16th triplet describe as a 1/24th note is intriguing, but only because it makes sense when trying to regularize time for performance. What would 1/24th note look like?

Snap automation to grid positions — Logic Pro X

You can snap track automation to grid positions. You can choose if you want automation to automatically use the division value chosen in the Snap menu, or you can choose a different snap value for automation.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

1/128 Note 8 — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  1/128 Note    8

Set the default note duration to a 1/128th note. Kind of overkill? I’ve seen and played 1/64th notes but 1/128?It isn’t even shown on the keyboard 😉

Use step input recording techniques — Logic Pro X

Step input allows you to insert MIDI notes when you’re not recording in real time. You can use step input to create note runs that may be too fast for you to play or to replicate sheet music that’s too difficult for you to play.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Extend Track Selection Down ⇧↓ — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Extend Track Selection Down    ⇧↓

Add the next track (below the currently selected one) to the selection. I normally do this by selecting a track, holding down the shift key, and clicking on the next track(s) to be added to the selection.

Full control of the application from the keyboard makes a lot of sense for a “hands on” scenario. On laptops with trackpads it might make less sense — the trackpad becomes a very big surface for manipulation.

I have worked with extended keyboards for many decades. I am used to the keypad. I should try using the smaller keyboard.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

10 Great Reference Mixes for Electronic Music

by Nick Messitte, iZotope Contributor November 14, 2019

Electronic Music has changed since it went palpably mainstream. From EDM to deeper subgenres like Dubstep, Trap, Future House, and various combinations thereof, the genre has evolved, both in the mainstream and the underground.

Thus, I thought a modern tally of great reference mixes was in order to aid in your own productions, mixes, and masters.