Modular Concepts: Mixing

Mixing is central to all audio work, including sound design and synthesis. And a good mixer offers unique features and, well, sounds good. In this episode, we cover many universal concepts (gain-staging, wet/dry blends, pre-/post-routings, etc.), while seeing Bitwig's special powers and hidden treats. Once you know your mixer, you might just make it an instrument. 🎛️ 🎵

Contents:
0:00 Sound design is built on mixing
1:36 And mixing can also borrow sound design ideas, by modulating the mixer or even using project-level animation
3:01 Workflow tip: Exclusive Solo, to save clicks
3:58 Workflow tip: Solo as Cue, to balance better
5:53 Topic 1: GAIN STAGING (where to put volume adjustments) matters
6:55 Bitwig's gain expressions give you visualized pre-gain control
7:51 Polyphonic note gain to create moving FX textures
11:38 Gain controls are also poly, meaning every instrument can do AM 📻
15:08 Topic 2: WET/DRY (balance) is just gain. And sound design.
16:53 Nesting FX within the Chain device = elegant Mix structures
18:32 Topic 3: PRE vs POST for independent FX control
22:04 Twist: What if our mixer.. was a synthesizer?
23:44 Project modulators can control everything
26:23 Some Euclidean rhythm, animating the lead sound
28:43 With FXs feeding back to each other, the mixer is an instrument 🎷

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