Next EQ is applied, and finally, the whole mix is given some stereo width. Hopefully, you can recognise the power of 2-bus processing. Mixing directly into the 2-bus provides a shortcut I don't like that word for amateur mixers. It takes a mix from zero to eighty with a 'template' setup.
Of course, things need to be tweaked each time for individual songs but this a great way to turn mono recordings into a great sounding first-round stereo mix. All of the processes, in their small way, add to the total cohesion of the finished audio through the 2-bus. Use a highpass sidechain filter to get more control over the low end. EQ is applied sparingly and with broad EQ curves on the 2-bus. There are a few ways to accomplish widening and plenty of decent plugins to help.
The order in which the four processes are sequenced changes from engineer to engineer, however if you are new to the 2-bus, just stick to this order for now.
With more experience you can tweak the order and the settings. A preferable method when starting out is to:. Whatever you do DO NOT mix into a limiter when mixing and then remove it when you bounce the track down and pass it on to the mastering engineer - you will undoubtedly not get the results you desire. Back in , I bought myself a copy of Pro Tools and recorded some home made music.
It was challenging to start with, as I had no idea what I was doing. I made many mistakes on my journey - some fun, some expensive, and many time-consuming! I find running a Home Music Studio a fascinating and rewarding hobby and still enjoy it every day. What is a 2-bus in Mixing and what is it used for? Bass Compression Pedals. Bass Multi-Effects Pedals.
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Secondly, using certain plugins like reverb and delay or even compressor in parallel might give your mixing workflow some extra flexibility in terms of control. So in order to run it in parallel, you will have to put it on the new audio track, route signal that you want to be compressed on that audio track, and adjust volume faders according to your preferences. And, finally, the question of using an audio bus in your mix and project is actually a question of tidiness. Whether it would be your desk or mixing project, a well-organized and coherent working space is halfway to achieving a gorgeous mix.
If you are efficient in your workflow and precise in your mixing, you will spend less time and resources, which in turn will let you stay inspired and not to burn out at your work. Actually, you can go even further than that. Using audio buses, you can create templates for your DAW of choice and recall them whenever you feel like or need to record or compose some new material.
Imagine that you are working on a very ambitious and over the top project where a lot of things are going on. So if the math is correct, you have ten mono tracks of background vocals. And you panned those tracks and gain-staged them beautifully, but it still needs a bit of compression. The obvious choice would be to apply your favorite compressor to one of those tracks and copy-paste that instance of the compressor nine more times.
But here is the thing, your favorite compressor has some very advanced anti-aliasing algorithms which are very CPU intense, so having ten of those in your DAW will make your computer very unhappy and thus your mixing experience excruciatingly painful.
And we are not even considering that there are a lot of other tracks in the mix that may have some sort of processing on them. So unless you are perfectly comfortable with constantly freezing PCs and crashing DAWs, there is another choice that you could implement.
What if instead of ten instances of your favorite compressor, you can use only one? You can create a separate track and route the output of your background vocals through that track. This will give you, amongst others, two very crucial benefits.
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