5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Mixing In Mono - TheRecordingRevolution.com

[byouno93]

why I love mixing dance music: not too much panning to worry about :D

[lentejTV9]

@byouno93 depends the style!

[BobSince1981]

Is that Annie Lawrence singing?

[recordingrevolution]

@BobSince1981 Yes indeed.

[Pascosuhfar]

hey i am new at this mixing thing am a young producer fr Jamaica with a simple home studio not much equipment just a tube mp-studio,a mxl 900 microphone and my laptop am having problems with my vocals in terms of them sounding too hard how do i cushion this without using too much reverb? and do you think that the eq and and the compressor has anything to do with it? i would really appreciate ur advise. nb i use waves plugins. mainly R Vox, stereo imager, de esser and waves reverb.

[jilz01]

hello, great tutorial but how to i view this "mix bus" in protools? or is it just an aux with all the tracks bused to it? if its an aux i find it kinda annoying when soloing a track as i have to also solo the aux track lol i there a way to fix this?

[recordingrevolution]

@jilz01 It's just an AUX with every track routed to it. Simply hold command or control (on a PC) and click the solo button to put it in solo safe mode.

[andyyager10]

I just want to thank you for using songs of faith in this series. What a great surprise.

[amirhe6]

i I've noticed that in mono everything got louder , now I think its beacause of the pan law or somthing ,anyway , was that fine for you ? I mean , if the volume gets louder in mono , is that ok ? you just want to check for seperation and clarity ?

Another thing , the mix bus , is that a regular setero aux channel you sent your mix through ? (I am a cubase user so I dont understand this mix bus... I think in cubase there is an option to sum it in mono on the master fader...)

[recordingrevolution]

@amirhe6 Yeah, the pan laws might be different but your'e checking for balance and phase in mono. Not overall output level.

Yes, i mix everything to a "master fader" which is a stereo aux track basically.

[jms3music]

Excellent and very useful tip. Similarly, I test mixes in the car - load on the iPod, and listen as I run errands or go to/from the office, and I find that it also helps me to more reasily identify trouble spots in the mix (this works well for me during the composing process also).

[Playingmuhguitar]

Amazing point and example Brother, thanks!!!!

[Smurf431]

I have mixed in mono for a few years now, and I think it is the most important thing you can do to get your mix to translate well. Probably 60% of my mix time is in mono anymore.....

[TheComposer1979]

In loivgc i put gain pluging and clik on Mono option it does the job nice man continue i like ur videos alot

[TheComposer1979]

this guy knows waht he talked about it ;) i always mix in mono

[AllysDad2008]

I had never considered the idea that a stereo across the room is still sounding, effectively, in mono by the time the sound gets to you. That's a great point. It's probably also why my wife never notices things bouncing around left and right when she's sitting at her computer and I'm sitting at mine playing her a mix. I guess I just needed you to spell it out for me.

[sdeanmusic]

Thanks!