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Remixing and
Mixing in 9 Steps Electronic Music Production – Lesson 5
Benjamin Ang twitter.com/benjaminang | cosmicarmchair.com
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1. Choose the
right song Pop? Dance? Rock? Current hit? Unknown indie?
Different BPM = different genres
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2. Choose parts
that you like Vocal? Riff? Bassline?
Acapella or Remix kit or Filter your own?
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3. Choose your
musical concept Slow Dance? Fast Ambient?
Retain the original or change it completely?
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4. Choose your
instruments Beats / Loops, Bass, Lead, Pads, Arps
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5. Work out your
tune & chords Use the original chords? www.ultimate-guitar.com
Create your own progression? https://autochords.com/
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6. Build the track
structure DJ friendly intro? Quick radio entry?
Breakdowns, builds, drops
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7. Shape sound
with effects Reverb, filters, delays, distortion, beat repeaters
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8. Mix for clarity
and impact (a) Headroom (b) EQ (c) Sidechain
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{ 8(a) Headroom
Start with your most important instrument first
Give channels room to grow e.g. -5 dB
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{ 8(b) EQ
Remove low frequencies for every channel that isn’t bass
Cut frequencies where channels clash
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{ 8(c) Sidechain
Compressor | Sidechain
Use a kick track to ‘duck’ the bass and pads
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{ 9. Share it!
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