Chapter 15
Mixing and Processing
Once the elements of a project have been recorded and edited, the next steps of the project’s development may take place: mixing and processing. Processing includes adding effects that can enhance the main parameters of a mix, which are volume, width, and depth. Controlling these attributes can only be accomplished in an environment that has been treated to appropriately present audio signals.
Room Preparation and Monitoring
Acoustic Treatment
Care must be taken to treat your studio room appropriately, so that it absorbs and deflects frequencies in a way that doesn’t cloud the sonic atmosphere. One widespread issue related to room design is flutter echo, a ringing effect that is caused by sound reflecting back ...
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