What’s your process for mixing 2 tracks?

[u/Callmeanoob13]

What techniques do you use to get the vocals to cut through the mix and sit in a nice pocket?

[u/LimpGuest4183]

When i mix two tracks i usually just use an EQ on the beat and EQ out the parts where the beat is masking the vocal.

I like to take a bell curve, boost it by around 5 to 10 db then sweep from right to left until i find the the frequencies that really covers up the vocal, then reduce them.

It's usually around the 3k range, 1k range and sometimes the 600 to 800 range. It always varies from track to track

[u/j3434]

Feel it man …. Just feel it .

[u/Viper61723]

Soothe Soothe Soothe

[u/Callmeanoob13 → u/Viper61723]

I have speccraft which is similar but honestly don’t know how to use it.

[u/JayJay_Abudengs → u/Callmeanoob13]

Don't bother with spectral compression if you're a beginner engineer, same with multiband compression where all bands are engaged and working

[u/Viper61723 → u/JayJay_Abudengs]

The guy asked how to mix a 2 track together, using something like Soothe is the cleanest way to do this.

[u/Firm-Wolf1948]

Compression.

[u/JayJay_Abudengs]

I use everything under the sun and countless techniques 

 Ideally it should sit well automatically in the rough mix tho so you're just fixing shit essentially.

My process is look at the issue and treat it accordingly. 

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[u/Fluffy_Comfortable16]

What I just started doing is putting youlean on the instrument bus and the vocal bus, then with both open, I just try to make sure the vocals are sitting at around the same integrated level as the instrument track. It honestly works very well, just for reference, I was using trackspacer before.

[u/daknuts_]

Good monitors for midrange clarity. I love my old Yamaha nS10ms for this. Of course EQ and Compression, but if you can't clearly hear problems it won't matter as much.

[u/Callmeanoob13 → u/daknuts_]

Yea true

[u/Callmeanoob13]

What is youlean?

[u/Megahert → u/Callmeanoob13]

1) www.google.com

2) type 'youlean' into search bar

3) click the link to the website.

4) read the website to learn the thing.

[u/Callmeanoob13 → u/Megahert]

STFU 😂

[u/JayJay_Abudengs → u/Callmeanoob13]

Googling too hard