ProTools Column
Audio engineer and producer Charles Dye has launched
Harddisk Life, an online column written for ProTools users. This week's installment, "Mixing For the Masses," looks at using ProTools as a way to understand the extremely complex art of mixing audio, and Dye's own learning curve:
But, I was determined to be able to do this. I was not going to give up on this dream. And one day, as if the final piece of the puzzle simply fell into place and "click"—it happened.
I can actually identify the specific mix in my mind that was the turning point, the first time I heard back a record quality mix that I had done. I don't mean it was just good. This mix was head and shoulders above anything I had ever done before. This was it. This was what a record sounded like. [...]
I began to examine what brought me to this point. If I wanted to get these same results again, I had to understand what made this possible. One of my first thoughts was, that if being able to mix had required such hard work and dedication on my part, then mixing may not be an inherent ability. Looking at it from that point of view I compared this mix to my other work, and started to hear what set them apart. There were clear and specific elements that this mix had that my previous mixes did not. Where did they come from and how did I learn them? As I worked backwards I was actually able to identify each one, and when and how I learned them.
Posted by johndan at August 22, 2004 12:46 PM
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