Mixcraft - Mix an Entire Song Start to Finish - Part 1/8

How to mix an entire song within Mixcraft from start to finish. Includes mixing and effects for drums, guitars, vocals, bass, equalizing, editing, and mastering. Part one deals with the drum kit, starting off with the kick drum.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Mixcraft
• song
• drums
• guitar
• bass
• vocals
• edit
• equalizer
• reverb
• delay
• stereo
• series
• Eric
• VanLandingham

[shortbusheros4]

God I wish I had enough money to mic a drum kit!!

right now I just use Samples and can sometimes sound like a drum machine! grrrr lol

[acoustica222]

@shortbusheros4 The SM58 mic is as low as $99 new, I am sure you could find a set of them on craigslist or somewhere for cheap.

[acoustica222]

@shortbusheros4 I just did a search on craigslist and found all kinds of deals on SM57's 58's and others. One guy has one of each for $50

[Smmiley12]

do u no how to add an instrumental song 2 mixcraft 5 i really need 2 no how

[acoustica222]

@Smmiley12 You can add any audio file to a track in Mixcraft as long as it is in a supported format such as wav, ogg, mp3, wma, aif, mid

[ProphetsRose]

I'm using Mixcraft 4 at the moment. I have about 30 songs recorded but have no experience/idea re: production. I still found the mixing/production advise incredibly useful! thank you!!

[acoustica222]

@ProphetsRose That's exactly the kind of thing I wanted to hear, thanks for posting and thanks for using our tutorials!

[ElectroHousewife]

Hi Acoustica, thanks for providing so many easy-to-follow tutorials. I think Mixcraft is a brilliant programme, especially for those new to production. I've just posted my first two songs (electro-pop). Still a lot to learn but I'm pleased I'm making some progress after not getting anywhere with other software. Thanks again!

[RocknLester2011]

Ive recently bought Mixcraft 5 and cannot get the effects to work with my guitar while Im playing ,,they only show up after? why is this?

[TheKiki1292]

can someone please message me and explain how to create these vocals in mixcraft so they sound smooth and nice like on a professional cd. i recorded my friends whose genre is hip hop, but i can not get their vocals to sound professional like on a cd. please someone help me.

[DECIFERTHIS09]

@shortbusheros4 i have the mics not the kit lol but i need 200$ in cable/stands in order to use them lol i got them for free basically

[DECIFERTHIS09]

check into osp mics they have drum mics and the best mic you can buy under 1000 osp stm 1300

[altpath]

Ridiculously useful set of videos, I needed this EXACTLY when I started out and had to figure it out on my own. It's nice to see folks doing this for free :)

[fallen0skate]

on my mixcraft four point five the mixer tab isn't there how do i acquire it? :{ )

[WackySketch]

when u mic the drumset did u mic each instrument separately or did u have a ton of mics for each drum and cymbal?