Yamaha AW4416 Tutorial - Page 17

Tutorial-Mixdown ❒ Track 5: Rhythm Guitar The rhythm guitar track needs to be a little "chunkier" to achieve the classic R&B type of sound we're after. A little EQ and compression will accomplish that feat, and the compression will also help to even out dynamic variations that cause the guitar part to be buried in the mix from time to time. You should know how to make the EQ and dynamics adjustments by now, so we'll just give you the figures and you can make the settings yourself. ❍ Rhythm Guitar EQ LOW L-MID H-MID HIGH Q L.SHELF 9 - - F 125 420 - - G +2.5 +3.5 - - ❍ Rhythm Guitar Compression THRESH. -9 RATIO 4:1 OUT GAIN 0.0 ATTACK 9 RELEASE 110 KNEE 4 ❒ Track 6: Lead Guitar In terms of tone the lead guitar part sounds fine the way it is. But perhaps we should apply a little compression to even it out a bit. Here are the figures; do the dialing yourself: ❍ Lead Guitar Compression THRESH. -5 RATIO 3.5:1 OUT GAIN 0.0 ATTACK 35 RELEASE 238 KNEE 4 ❒ Track 7: Organ The ultra-lows of the organ sound are muddying the sound a little. We can take care of that by using a high-pass filter to remove some of the offending frequencies. The LOW band of the AW4416 parametric equalizer functions as a highpass filter - all you have to do is make the appropriate settings. No compression is required. ❍ Organ EQ LOW L-MID H-MID HIGH Q HPF - - - F 66 - - - G ON - - - 17 - Tutorial