Yhay's why we have to know which mic to use, its placement, the place where it's recorded.It's really crucial. One of the biggest challenging in production is layering sounds that work together and don't fight, even before the mix happens.Īs said before, loadza issues come from the takes.You can't create new frequencies on your recorded tracks, even with the best plugin or hardware.
And by that I mean good mic placement, good mics, good mic pres and most importantly good players. The only other advice I have is that the best mixes come from the best recordings. I would recommend to put a brickwall and a compressor on your mix bus about 1/2 way through your mix and then finish the mix with them active because if you do a whole mix without them, and then throw them on you will find that suddenly your mix is uneven and lopsided. I think people mistake EQ usage for panning. Something else I like to do is use stereo field enhancers to get things away from phantom center where my vocals live. This tends to glue my mixes together very well. Often I also put this all through a nice transparent mastering grade compressor set for a 1.5 / 1 compression ration with a slow attack and medium release just to add a bit of power (not really to give compression characteristics). My normal combo is a Tape SAturation Plug in (McDSP Analog Chanel) this is often replaced based on content of the mix for the T-Rex Fairchild 670 plug in, with a setting 1 or 2 and just barely tapping the gain reduction. Typically I use a combination of different plugs on my master bus BEFORE the brickwall limiter. I am thinking honestly you may find a compressor on your masterbus may help a bit.