This article is provided by Church On The Move.īut even as much as I enjoy utilizing effects to build complimentary textures into a mix, they can completely suck the energy out of an input and make it much less important if you aren’t judicious in how and when they’re used. In my book, building and running a mix completely dry is one of the fastest ways to ruin it. Oh, I can hear the outcries even now as I step all over your sacred cow, but allow me to be clear: Most current live music can sound better with some well-placed reverb and delay scattered about. (click here for a breakdown of some recent effects on a COTM weekend)Īllow me to lay this on you: I propose that you can ruin your mix quicker by not using effects than by using them. Over many years and through much trial and error, I’ve found that my mixes translate better to the listener with a fairly liberal amount of effects thrown in. If you listen very long to anything I’ve mixed, you may discover that I like using effects. ![]() Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a 3 part series.
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