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Remixing and

Mixing in 9 Steps Electronic Music Production – Lesson 5

Benjamin Ang twitter.com/benjaminang | cosmicarmchair.com

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1. Choose the

right song Pop? Dance? Rock? Current hit? Unknown indie?

Different BPM = different genres

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2. Choose parts

that you like Vocal? Riff? Bassline?

Acapella or Remix kit or Filter your own?

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3. Choose your

musical concept Slow Dance? Fast Ambient?

Retain the original or change it completely?

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4. Choose your

instruments Beats / Loops, Bass, Lead, Pads, Arps

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5. Work out your

tune & chords Use the original chords? www.ultimate-guitar.com

Create your own progression? https://autochords.com/

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6. Build the track

structure DJ friendly intro? Quick radio entry?

Breakdowns, builds, drops

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7. Shape sound

with effects Reverb, filters, delays, distortion, beat repeaters

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8. Mix for clarity

and impact (a) Headroom (b) EQ (c) Sidechain

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Start with your most important instrument first

Give channels room to grow e.g. -5 dB

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Remove low frequencies for every channel that isn’t bass

Cut frequencies where channels clash

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Compressor | Sidechain

Use a kick track to ‘duck’ the bass and pads

{ 9. Share it!

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