nme
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......Ok, so Im happy with the track Ive put together & Im now looking to put the final touches too it.
Am I correct in assuming that I need to do things in the following order,
A) Set channel & master levels ensuring that there is zero clipping
then,
B) Add in device effects such as delays, panning, chorus flangers, compressors/limiters etc... then recheck levels again, adjust if necessary, ensuring that there is zero clipping.
then,
C) EQ each channel, or at least those I feel require it, then recheck levels again ensuring that there is zero clipping.
then,
D) Add in final effects such as reverb etc... which I assume completes the process.
I seem to be making real hard work of getting levels & EQ right!
Regarding track levels & EQ, Im tending to struggle with identifying which sounds are too high/low etc... which leads me to indeciveness & then confusion & then frustration
as to the structure of the track Im trying to put together. So I feel Im on a bit of a merry-go-round, not really getting anywhere in this perspective.
Is there a piece of software (a kind of diagnostic EQ/Track level tool, I guess?) I can purchase (or rather which software would you reccomend) that will map out graphically each track of the song & my efforts to level & EQ so that I can see a more detailed, accurate & reliable visual representation of both the volume levels and/or the frequency levels of each sub track within my song which I can use to either reassure myself that Im ballpark with what Im doing or alternatively way off base, a kind of sanity check of the work Ive completed?
At present I have no way of knowing & previous efforts which I had thought were ok, clearly were not. (Im using Reason 3 & just starting with Cubase SX which at the moment I find the mixer channel/eq interface unuser friendly).
I understand that this is not an exact science & that experience will come with use, however any pointers or tools that will help short track & serve as reassurance of the process Im undertaking will be a welcome choice for me at this current stage before Im able to trust my ears to do the job correctly.
Also, Ive watched lots of different tutorials from different sources which seem to contradict each other regarding what they term mixdown & mastering.
For clarification what does each term mean as there clearly different from each other?
Cheers