3.10 Multidimensional Mixing Examples
Now that you’ve got to grips with the four spatial dimensions of sound, and how they interact with each other, you are ready to go on to learn the most exciting point of all.
Kind: concept (reamix-section) Chapter: 3 Spatial Mixing Source: ReaMix (October 2009)
Now that you’ve got to grips with the four spatial dimensions of sound, and how they interact with each other, you are ready to go on to learn the most exciting point of all. When you have mastered this next concept and its implementation, you will be able to begin making mixes that will truly take the listeners’ breath away (and without them ever knowing why!).
We have already learnt that in mixing we are using the tools at our disposal to create not real space, but the illusion of space. The secret lies in learning how to combine the ways in which you use width, depth, height and time so as they work together to create a truly multidimensional mix.
Since what we are creating is not real but an illusion, this means that in your mixing you should be capable of creating sound scapes that cannot actually exist in the real world. Sounds can behave inside your mix in any number of exciting ways that are simply not possible in the real world. Let’s look at some examples. They have been selected with the intention of expanding your mixing horizons. Some will be easy to follow, others not so. Persevere if you really want to learn.