Music Prod (Mixing)

Question 1

What plugin should you use before anything else?

Answer 1

Gain

Question 2

Loudest to quietest in the mix?

Answer 2

1. Drums
2. Vocals
3. Bass
   ETC.

Question 3

What should you do if the overall balance is good, but its clipping in the stereo out?

Answer 3

Turn EVERYTHING down a few dbs

Question 4

EQ - Orange

Answer 4

Orange = low shelf or high cut (sounds more tinny)

Question 5

EQ - Green

Answer 5

Green = parometric band

Question 6

EQ - Purple

Answer 6

Purple = high shelf or low cut (sounds like more bass)

Question 7

EQ - Red

Answer 7

RED Hi pass filter = cuts the lows and allows the highs to pass

Question 8

EQ - Pink

Answer 8

PINK Low pass =
(these two are different to shelfs as they completely cut them out, different to a shelf where you can control how much you want to cut out)

Question 9

EQ - HIGH

Answer 9

High - above 5000 Hz

Question 10

EQ - HIGH MIDS

Answer 10

High Mids - 2000 - 5000 Hz

Question 11

EQ - MIDS

Answer 11

Mids - 500 - 2000 Hz

Question 12

EQ - LOW MIDS

Answer 12

Low Mids - 200 - 500 Hz

Question 13

EQ - BASS

Answer 13

Bass - around 100 - 200 Hz

Question 14

EQ - SUB BASS

Answer 14

Sub bass - below 90-100 Hz

Question 15

What should you do when you first open the compressor?

Answer 15

Turn off auto-gain

Question 16

What does the Threshold do in a compressor?

Answer 16

The threshold determines the point at which the compressor will become active

Question 17

What’s ratio in compression?

Answer 17

Ratio refers to how much gain reduction is applied once the threshold has been reached

Question 18

What does a high ratio mean?

Answer 18

More extreme the compression will be

Question 19

What does the Make Up Gain mean in compression?

Answer 19

Allows you to compensate for the gain reduction the compressor has applied

Question 20

What does the attack do in compression?

Answer 20

The Attack setting controls how long the compressor takes to compress the signal