Link https://youtu.be/xGQM9s99JUY
I have found that I save CPU and a lot of hassle by mixing backwards from the mixed bus to the auxes and then to the individual tracks.
Another great thing to combine with this is to use summing tracks in Logic. Summing tracks should be created before you start mixing backwards and they work like this:
- mark the tracks you want to lead to one aux (all background vocals for example)
- right click and choose create a track stack
- choose summing not a folder
Now Logic Pro X will automatically create an auxiliary (summing) track for all the tracks you marked. Now all the vocals flow into this one aux track before flowing to your stereo out mixed bus. This means you can, for example, slap on a de-esser or a reverb onto the aux that will work on all the vocals simultaneously. Saves mega CPU and makes life so much easier.
If you think that there is some harshness on all of the vocals in a certain frequency (room problems) then you can used subtractive EQ here on the mixed buss. Then, if one of the tracks need extra subtractive EQ you can add that to the individual track and so on. I'm just getting into this now.
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