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Drum Mixing Part 1 (Getting Organised and Balancing Levels)

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Greetings, For this mixing process, I'm going to be choosing Belmonte as the track to push my mixing capabilities. This track caught my attention the most as it has a sort of Led Zeppelin rock and roll vibe to it. Hopefully by the end of this I'll be able to enhance my skills if not, learn to. Getting Organised:  It is essential to segregate and tidy things up a little before I even begin mixing. When I first opened the Logic file, there were tracks scattered everywhere. Although I could mix with this layout, it isn't necessarily ideal. To organise things, I begin by grouping certain tracks together according to their instrument type and put them into a track stack by selecting 'Create Track Stack' from the 'Track' window. After grouping the tracks into a track stack, I renamed them according to their instrument type. By doing this to all the tracks, it makes things look more pleasing to to the eye. I then opened the mixer and start...
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The Knowledge That I've Gain In This Journey

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In this short four months alone, I've managed to accumulate a vast array of knowledge in terms of audio recording and production. In this blog post, I'm going to give a summary of what I've learnt in this journey by segregating it into six parts: constructing a song model, arranging, songwriting, audio recording, production and mixing. 1) Constructing a Song Model Before I even get started on writing a song, I need a source of inspiration, it doesn't have to be brilliant, but it will get me started. I've learned to listen more closely and pay better attention to songs. In this semester, the song that I chose to emulate was Helpless by John Mayer. So I formed a template and start noting down every detail of the song, here's my template: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Style: Blues  Tempo: 104 Bpm  Mood: Energetic  Instruments: Electric guitar, ...
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