Having muddy mix or masking between instruments ..Believe me..Turn that MONO switch On.Mixed Everything in MONO (Eq, Compressor, Saturation,)then switch back to stereo and feel the magic.🔥
@@GrantProducing no it's not, when you have a decent setup with a decent room and a decent ear, you know where to put each element in the stereo field in a cohesive way that is going to translate to any speaker in the world
Those spectral masking graphs are top tier sauce - I never realized there was such a wide “fallout” of potential masking from frequencies so low on the spectrum. Fascinating stuff.
If anyone else wants to know, the song is ‘mindme feat. Le June - Hold you one last time’. That aside, I don’t know how you do it but your videos often gives me a surge of inspiration!
I really enjoy watching your videos and I use the tips you provide in this regard and I am very glad to meet you, thank you for making instructional videos, we support you on RU-vid
I appreciate the interesting topic. The definition of masking, I believe, refers to the "difficulty in hearing" caused by two sounds occupying the same frequency band. Yes, indeed, when there's a lot of 250Hz frequency, the mix tends to sound muddy. However, this is because the fundamental tones tend to concentrate around 250Hz. Masking occurs in any frequency band, not just at 250Hz. It has been explained that the 250Hz sine wave masks the 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, and 4kHz sound, but this might be slightly inaccurate. I believe it's more accurate to say that the sound becomes unclear at 250Hz because the fundamental frequency of instruments that have 4kHz overtone overlaps with 250Hz, rather than stating that the 250Hz masks the 4kHz sound. I think masking occurs only between two sounds that exist in the same frequency range.
Your videos are amazing! Big ups to you guys. However, in my humble opinion the playback example could be a little longer (at least by 5 seconds more than the current length) so as to clearly understand the difference that's there before and after. Cheers.
The conclusion I come away with from this post is get the Gulfoss plugin ! Soothe 2 clears up resonances, does that have the same effect ? Removing the bad stuff ?
Thanks for watching! I found the original version of it in a study on masking (some scientific paper, can't remember the exact one), then recreated it for the video.
I have a question. In what order should we do 1. Resonance control eq 2. Subtractive eq 3. Additive/tonal shaping eq and 4. Unmasking eq ? Can you make a video on this topic please ?
Thanks for the question and watching the video - I'd start with subtractive EQ and combine that with unmasking (so subtractive EQ and unmasking work in tandem within the same processor/insert). Then resonance reduction, lastly additive/tonal shaping.
@@yikiokumoofficial but that’s not necessarily true. a clipper can damage your audio just the same as compressor depending on the parameters you’ve set on either hardware/plugin. i will say i agree that you can kind more leverage through clipping before too much damage gets done
The main drawback with oversampling is extra CPU usage. Another, much smaller issue, is very small latency compensation when using higher levels of oversampling - this will have a mild negative impact on transients, similar to linear phase processing, but to a lesser extent. SageAudio.com
Good points… BUT… This really applies just to mixing finished recordings of course. The STRONGEST way to avoid both masking and the “cocktail party” effect is in the COMPOSING and ARRANGEMENTS. Even in the mixing phase, we do have some control over how the composition and arrangements are delivered to the listener’s ears. While the techniques shown here are indeed valid, it is also VERY important to not only understand music composition and arrangement, but also how the instruments themselves are played. Historically, most of the best producers and recording engineers have had a strong background as a musician, or at least a strong musical education or knowledge background. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts - absolutely. It's always best to have the best possibly recorded signal before mixing. That said, that's not always an option for engineers, so tips like these/a good understanding of what's causing masking are helpful. But like you said, composition, proper recording, and thoughtful arrangement play a big part as well.
In second point when u said that 500 hz will mask 250 by 30 db. Then does it mean that in order to hear 500 clearly. We need to reduce 250 by 30db in equalizer?
