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Tutorial 4: Mixing and effects
2. Let’s pan our two guitars slightly left and slightly right.
This will spread them out a bit.
3. Keep the “Drums” track in the middle but let’s move
“Loop 1” a bit to the left and “Loop 2” a bit to the right.
This will give our rhythm section a larger, more spacious sound.
That’s it for pan, let’s move on to Mute and Solo.
Mute and solo
• For each track there is an “M” for mute and “S” for solo
button. Mute will prevent you from hearing the track and
solo will only play that track or tracks which have “S” high-
lighted.
• You can have several tracks muted or soloed at a time.
• When you solo a track, the other tracks become muted.
• If you want to clear or deactivate all the mutes or solos,
click on the “Deactivate all Mute” or “Deactivate all Solo”
buttons in the common panel to the left of the Mixer.
• There may be times when you want certain tracks to al-
ways play even if another track has solo active. If you [Alt]/
[Option]-click on the “S” button, this will place the track in
“Solo Defeat” mode. This allows the track to always play
even if you solo another track.
• To take a track out of “Solo Defeat” mode simply [Alt]/
[Option]-click it again.
That’s it for mute and solo, let’s move on to adding EQ.
Adding EQ
EQ or equalization amplifies or attenuates frequencies so
that we can place each instrument correctly in the mix. EQ
is subjective and can be influenced greatly by the style of
music that you are mixing.
We’re going to run through the EQ features that Cubase
AI has to offer, but feel free to experiment and try out the
different presets on your mix.
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Load the project called “Mixing 3” found in the “Tuto-
rial 4” folder.
Solo
Mute
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Load the project called “Mixing 4” found in the “Tuto-
rial 4” folder.
Deactivate all Mute
Deactivate all Solo