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I just want to clarify something about multiband compression. You seem new to production. I want to explain this the easiest way I can. You will choose sounds to determine how the frequency range of the track is shaped. This is called sound selection. Main sounds like drums, leads and basslines, pads will fill out, respectively, their own part of the mix, frequency wise. So if you have good sound selection you can just properly compress those element of the mix as you go, and forget multibrand compression entirely.
Honestly, at this point in your production phase, one of my best recommendations to you is that there are far more things you should be worrying about in terms of gaining a cohesive and present mix, and if you fiddle around worrying about this it will just delay your journey.
An example can be a lead. A lead will take up a certain frequency area, relative to the octave and notes being played, that is how it works in a mix. So, you would just compress the lead normally. Multiband comp. is not only unneccesary for you, it's also unpractical and not useful in your situation.
Multiband can be very useful for mastering, and that is basically where its usefulness lay. I would also not worry about mastering your work. Many new producers think that if their track is louder it seems better, this is an auditory trick that neophytes mistake as improvement of quality. If you need it to be louder, turn it up on your computer or speakers.
Last edited by Evolve140 on Jan-13-2013 at 07:58
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