Mixing and Mastering

Mixing and Mastering is the process of tweaking attributes of sounds within music to make it sound clear and organized. This skill is essential to make music regardless of which medium is used to create it. In Online Sequencer, limited tools are available for mixing, but good results are still possible, even with complex and layered songs. Here, most mixing is accomplished through the instrument settings, using volume, panning, equalizer, and reverb. Others like detuning and distortion are useful too but are not always necessary.

Hardware

To mix correctly, speakers or headphones that provide an even listening experience are required. Many will sound wildly different from one another, but professional and critical listening models will be calibrated properly. In order for a sound device to be appropriate for mixing, it must have a flat frequency response. This means that the device will produce an equally loud sound regardless of how high are low pitched the signal it receives is. Listening to music with speakers that provide extra bass sacrifices clarity elsewhere, and gives you an experience that is skewed toward those frequencies. It is long debated whether headphones or speakers are better for mixing; that will not be addressed here.

Hardware OS Creators Actually Use

• Ashduino101: Audio Technica ATH-M40x
• Alex!: Audio Technica ATH-M50x
• Calico: Audio Technica ATH-M40x
• Cool172: Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 80ohm
• Syntax: Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro
• Lopyt: Kali LP-6

Creating Clarity in Music

A well-mixed song allows the listener to easily hear the parts that different instruments are playing, without blasting the volume or causing discomfort.

Volume

Volume is how loud the viewers are listening to the sequence.