by Kole Hicks In part 1 of this 2 part series, the idea of combining the mixing & composition processes were introduced… “Pre-meditated Mixing” if you will. Many of the potential benefits were laid out and even a few arguments on when it may not be practical. Furthermore, a hypothetical Game Audio example was introduced […]
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Mixing as part of the music composing process, Part 1
By Kole Hicks**In this article I refer to Mixing as if it includes all aspects of track production before mastering. Mixing is typically considered by the majority of people as the thing you do to “sweeten” the music after it has been written and recorded. Furthermore, the “Mixing” definition tends to only refer to what […]
Enhancing creative workflow with Sonar, Part 1
By Johan Hynynen Introduction Making music with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) involves knowing both hardware and software very well — you just can’t escape music technology. This can be a show stopper for our creativity when we need to write music. Many times we’re also working to match short deadlines, so with that in […]
