2.1 What Is Corrective Action?
Before you go about commencing your “real” mix, listen to each track individually to see if any require corrective action.
Kind: concept (reamix-section) Chapter: 2 Pre Mix Fix: Corrective Action Source: ReaMix (October 2009)
Before you go about commencing your “real” mix, listen to each track individually to see if any require corrective action. Corrective action may need to be applied if there are blemishes or other problems in your recorded material and for some reason these blemishes cannot be corrected by overdubbing or re-recording.
Examples of instances where this may be necessary might include:
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A guitar track that sounds too boomy.
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A piano track that sounds too honky.
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Hi-Hats that sound muddy.
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Small glitches that need removing.
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Vocal issues, such as “popping” or “gasping”.
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Minimising the impact of “bleed” on non discrete recordings.
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Removing unwanted background noise
Corrective mixing should be treated as a separate and distinct task in its own right. Make your recordings as clean and right as they should be before you go on to create your mix.