Track 3: claves/electronic drums track 4: bass, Track 3: claves/electronic drums, Track 4: bass – Yamaha Professional Audio Workstation AW4416 User Manual

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Tutorial—Mixdown

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— Tutorial

Track 3: Claves/Electronic Drums

This track needs a bit of compression to make the electronic drums jump out of
the mix when they appear at the outro. Later, when we work on the automation,
we’ll boost this track a bit at the outro for extra impact.

1. Press the track 3 [SEL] key to select the claves/electronic drums track.

2. Press the MIXER [DYN] key to access the dynamics parameters.

3. The “COMP” dynamics type should already be selected (it’s the default).

Move the cursor to the “ON/OFF” parameter and turn dynamics for the
selected track “ON”.

4. Use the cursor keys and data dial to make the following dynamics settings

for the claves/electronic drums track:

Track 4: Bass

The bass track is a bit “flabby” and lacks punch. We’ll use EQ to tighten the
sound up a little, and compression to give the track a little more uniformity and
power.

1. Press the track 4 [SEL] key to select the bass track.

2. Press the MIXER [EQ] key.

3. Make sure that the EQ for the selected track is ON.

4. Use the cursor keys and data dial or the virtual EQ controls to make the fol-

lowing EQ settings for the bass track:

5. Press the MIXER [DYN] key to access the dynamics parameters.

6. The “COMP” dynamics type should already be selected. Move the cursor to

the “ON/OFF” parameter and turn dynamics for the selected track “ON”.

7. Use the cursor keys and data dial to make the following dynamics settings

for the bass track:

THRESH.

RATIO

OUT GAIN

ATTACK

RELEASE

KNEE

–24

10:1

0.0

29

6

hard

LOW

L-MID

H-MID

HIGH

Q

6.3

7

8

F

66.0

223

4.75 kHz

G

+2.5

–4.5

+6.0

THRESH.

RATIO

OUT GAIN

ATTACK

RELEASE

KNEE

–15

8:1

+2.0

51

192

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