Tips & Examples

If you’ve been with us since the beginning, and have read this far in the manual, we salute you. As part of our look into Neutron’s General Functions, here are a few humble words of advice to consider as you mix:

• Mixing: To avoid over-processing, use the Mix sliders to blend in some dry signal.
• Intelligent settings, such as those delivered by Track Assistant, are not final settings.
• Compression: Start with one, and add more bands if needed.
• Hybrid EQ: While EQ’ing, use two Dynamic EQ nodes to compress the sibilant areas.
• Analysis can be great — but it has to sound good too, so don’t forget to A/B.
• Exciter blends: Try balancing Tube/Tape on vocals or Tape/Retro on electric guitars.
• Limiters in post production. IRC LL is our favorite True Peak, low-latency algorithm to use.
• Balanced mixes: Start in mono, setting gain, then EQ, then panning to stereo.
• Unmask a mix by comparing all other tracks against the lead vocal.
• Ratios are important. High ratios may suck the life out of a mix.
• Kick drum and bass drum relationships, are a bedrock of any groove.
• Equalizer’s “Learn” potentially problematic areas in a signal.