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Tutorial 3: Mixing
Mute and Solo
For each track, there are buttons for Mute and Solo. Mute
will prevent you from hearing the track, and Solo will only
play that track or tracks that have Solo enabled.
Ö You can have several tracks muted or soloed at a time.
Ö When you Solo a track, the other tracks become
muted.
To disable a Solo or Mute simply click the button again.
To simultaneously mute a track that is soloed and solo an-
other track, [Ctrl]/[Command]-click on the solo button of
the track that you wish to solo.
That’s it for Solo and Mute. Let’s move on to adding EQ.
Adding EQ
EQ or equalization adds or subtracts frequencies, so that
you can place each instrument correctly in the mix. EQ is
subjective and can be influenced by the kind of music you
are mixing or the kind of music that you like to listen to.
We are going to run through the EQ features that Sequel
has to offer, but feel free to experiment and try our differ-
ent presets on your mix.
1. Select the “Drums” track in the Arrange Zone.
2. Solo the Drums track and select the Track Inspector
Page in the Multi Zone.
3. Click on the “Equalizers” tab.
Ö Make sure that you have a section of your project play-
ing that features the “Drums” track so that you can hear
your EQ changes.
Each track in Sequel has a 3-band EQ. The low shelf or
bass frequency sets the frequency at which the low tones
will be affected. The parametric mid or middle frequency
sets the frequency at which the middle tones will be
affected. The high shelf or treble frequency sets the fre-
quency at which the high tones will be affected.
You can adjust the frequency of each EQ by clicking on the
corresponding frequency slider and dragging left or right.
The exact frequency that is being affected is displayed in
the EQ settings display.
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Load the project “Mixing 3” found in the “Sequel
Tutorial 3” folder.
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Load the project “Mixing 4” found in the “Sequel
Tutorial 3” folder.
The different sections where Lo, Mid and Hi EQ are shown