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Full song

The full mixing process for full song, split into sections.

About the full song

This is where everything that doesn’t belong to one particular instrument lives: organizing the session, the overall balance, space, automation and mastering. The settings for each instrument are in its own section of the stage.

Sections

  1. ⚡Quick guide: mix the songThe mixing session from start to finish: prepare, balance, process, add space, automate and check.
  2. 11. The balance: half of the mixHow to build a balance that already sounds like a song before inserting plugins: the order, what defines each part and how to check it.
  3. 22. Buses and routingHow to group the mix into buses, what processing goes on each one, and the difference between a bus and an effects channel.
  4. 33. Parallel compressionHow to add density without losing attack: why it works, how to build it in Studio One and which instruments it's useful on beyond the drums.
  5. 44. The space of the whole mixHow to put the whole band in one place: how many reverbs to use, what each instrument gets and how to create depth without muddying.
  6. 55. AutomationHow to make the mix follow the song: what to automate first, how to do it in Studio One and where to stop.
  7. 66. References and checksHow to compare with a record without losing your way, what to look for, how to check on different systems and when to call the mix finished.