If you've ever fiddled with the bass and treble settings on your car stereo, or tweaked the equalizer on your dad's old amplifier, then you've dabbled in the fine art of mixing. In digital audio production, mixing comes after all of the tracks have been recorded and edited. In the mix, the audio engineer needs to adjust all of the individual sound sources and tracks to create a balanced, polished, rich-sounding final product. It's harder than it looks. In many ways, integrated hardware and software systems like Pro Tools have made the mixing process much more streamlined. But with thousands of Pro Tools plug-ins at your fingertips, it's also tempting to go overboard and end up with a mix that sounds overproduced. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your mix using Pro Tools.
Becoming a music producer can mean discovering and helping shape the careers of award-winning musicians. However, it takes time, talent, training and contacts. That's because a music producer has plenty of responsibilities during an album's production, both on the creative and the business sides. The producer supervises all aspects of the recording process, from helping to select songs to contracting with session players, selecting the studio and engineers, booking studio time and overseeing the recording budget [sources: Full Sail and Berklee College of Music].

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While Auto-Tune has taken the front seat to many audio editing software packages, there is so much to gain by tapping into other great resources. The best example is MELODYNE!!! DO WE USE IT??? HECK YEAH !!! Melodyne software is at home in all the great studios of the world and can be heard on countless productions. Leading producers are of one voice in praising the sound quality, flexibility, swiftness and reliability that Melodyne brings to their day-to-day work. Melodyne editor continues this great tradition and with DNA Direct Note Access permits completely new applications that make Melodyne still more indispensable.

With Melodyne editor you can edit your audio material in an intuitive and flexible way. Simply move an audio note to a different pitch or a different position. Make notes longer or shorter, louder or softer. Delete notes from chords or add new ones by copying. Transpose or quantize your material, create from it melodic, harmonic and rhythmic variations. Once you’ve experienced the power to reshape audio in this way, you won't want to live without it.

Dre and Josh Music Group is always learning and searching for new and innovative ways to enhance their sound. Logic Studio is definitely one of the many tools used to make magic in the studio. Here's a little trick used by some of the hottest producers in the game. Check it out!

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