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Today I dwelve deep into mix bus processing, one of my favorite topics. Mix bus processing can be crucial to make a mix sound better, but if you don't do it right you can kill your mix. In this video I share my own mix bus processing, mindset and philosophy.
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0:00 Big News!
0:38 Let's Address this first
1:00 Why Is It Necessary?
3:00 Original Sound
3:17 Tighten and Glue it
4:32 My go to Mix Bus Comp
5:28 When to use it?
5:42 Sculpt the Sound
6:38 When to use it?
6:45 Other Great Tool
7:11 Choosing the Right Frequencies
8:17 Trying New Toys
9:06 Final Touch
10:15 Other options
10:54 Before/After Mix Bus
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[@Betongtempel777]

Wow, super tutorial! Thanks! Great song too!

[@AlexReidStudios]

Thank you!

[@DerekPower]

So because I do my own mastering, I do what can be called mix-bus processing on the clips for my EP/album as well as an overall processing to give it a cohesive shape. And yes, subtlety goes a long way when doing it because it’s about an overall tone and shape. Hence mastering grade EQs and compressors play more of a role here.

[@AlexReidStudios]

exactly! Is a very detailed work, almost not noticeable until you A/B the full chain

[@GillamtheGreatest]

reverb, especially convolution stuff also works good on busses. i try to think of bus stuff as taking disparate bits and putting them in the same space recorded all at once by the same gear. or at least attempting to emulate that sorta feel. i think thats why people always use words like "glue" for this step

[@AlexReidStudios]

Agree, the elements feel they belong together :)

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

I figure mastering is where you could get creative. I just use a regular chain for mastering, and I should change it out. For all intents and purposes its a better case to master from a few descrete stems. One has the latitude to choose the final product more so now than the past. The fewer tools applied to your final mix or master the better' Its simple physics, common sense and reality, Write create, rinse and repeat The trump card is wether you think it sounds good, just get shit (levels) in the competative ballpark. Not much else to do.

[@AlexReidStudios]

Agree, mastering is all about small tweaks