Track 8: Piano; Tracks 9 & 10: Strings; Tracks 11 & 12: Female Chorus 1 & 2 - Yamaha AW4416 Tutorial

Tutorial—Mixdown

Track 8: Piano

We'll use some EQ to "thin out" the piano sound a bit, and give it a touch more
presence so that it will come through in the mix a bit more.
Piano EQ
Tracks 9 & 10: Strings
If we'd recorded real strings we might have needed a bit of processing here, but
since this is pretty-much a "pre-processed" synth string patch, we can leave it
alone.
Tracks 11 & 12: Female Chorus 1 & 2
Processing to make a chorus "blend" well can be tricky, but in general you'll just
have to rely on you ears. In this case we've used high-pass filtering to remove
rumble from the studio and other low-frequency noise that can lead to unclear
overall sound. Some midrange has been removed to prevent the chorus from get-
ting in the way of the lead vocal, and a touch of high-end presence has been
added to help the voices cut through. Compression also helps to achieve a tighter
chorus blend by smoothing out dynamic variations.
Female Chorus 1 EQ
Female Chorus 2 EQ
Female Chorus 1 Compression
THRESH.
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LOW
Q L.SHELF
F 74
G –3.5
LOW
Q HPF
F 94
G ON
LOW
Q HPF
F 50
G ON
RATIO
–16 2.5:1
L-MID
8.0
21
–4.0
L-MID
10.0
841
–1.5
L-MID
1.0
1.00 kHz
–2.5
OUT GAIN ATTACK
+2.0 21
H-MID HIGH
— H.SHELF
— 7.55 kHz
— +2.0
H-MID HIGH
9 H.SHELF
1.49 kHz 13.4 kHz
–2.5 +4.0
H-MID HIGH
— H.SHELF
— 13.4 kHz
— +3.5
RELEASE KNEE
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