5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Reverse Crash - TheRecordingRevolution.com

Part 28 of 31 - Part of finishing up a great mix is to make smooth transitions from section to section. One way to do that is to use cymbal swells or reverse crash cymbals.

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[ScottySniper93]

I still can't shake that there's something dodgy with the vocals, they just sound wierd :/ almost synthesised at times

Great tip though! Love this one

[archenemy9898]

@ScottySniper93 that's the tuning you are hearing, all of the vocals on these songs are tuned very heavily

[march1959]

do you have any suggestions on what to do when audio freezes during recording? I just have ProTools SE for now, and I ve made a few recordings with some success,but sometimes when I try to to a "punch in" and it comes to the punch in point, the audio freezes or makes an awful screeching sound. Would I better off to just dedicate a computer for recording only ? Thanks

[Bugera369]

I love that vocal line at 1:30 or so where it goes into the next section with a Major 7th, then to the octave, and it keeps climbing.

[SchruteFarms69]

wow, thanks for this. i could never find what this effect was called. it's so simple yet sounds terrific.

[BeyondtheEndMetal]

Hey, joe has some cymbal swells for free on his site...got them in an email from him awhile back....

[rudeboys28712]

i like this trich, nice

[papinsqi]

nice trick graham!!! ive been looking how to do crash reverse...

fyi: this trick can be applied in dance music also

[awl67]

There are a lot of nice effects we can use in studio but how to get this sound in live performance on stage. Problem is that many people don't think this way ;-)

[Smurf431]

I hear this "effect" on the vocals all over You Tube, I think it has to do with the compression codec that they use.....

[Buhzie15]

I do this all the time! awesome for transitions.... Another great thing is to take a copy of the cymbal, pitch it up a little bit, and make one panned left and one right to make a wide stereo epic transition!