What is the connection between arranging, recording and mixing?

Mixing and arranging are related, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with recording, in fact, mixing is also part of post-production, but now with the increasing difficulty of mixing, it is separated from post-production and handed over to a separate department to deal with.

Let's talk about the recording first, in the production process of a song, there are a lot of sound sources needed, there is the main song part, there is the singing part, and the **part,**part is also composed of many musical instruments, but now most of the songs' musical instruments ** are not recorded, but made by using electro**, the sound of electro** is purer, and there will be no noise.

Some songs have rain, thunder, or footsteps, **, and so on, which are also the language of the recording department.

Mixing, as the name suggests, is to mix the sounds I mentioned earlier, in the previous mono era, mixing is very simple, just look at the time, at which point in which time to put which sound source can be, but now it is the era of two-channel or even stereo sound, the sound has a sense of direction, so the difficulty immediately increased many times, and this department alone can not do it, so it was separated from the later stage and set up a special department.

It's also good to do this, because a department will do a better and more detailed job of handling a task, and it can also speed up the process of going from inspiration to release for a song.

Arrangement is actually the general planning of a song, which is different from composition, composition is like the author of a book, and arrangement is like the author of making the book into a movie, so what the arrangement needs to do is the planning of a song, such as which language and sound to sing, and then start singing the next paragraph after a few seconds after the first short section is sung, which is what the arrangement needs to do.

Arrangement is equivalent to a choreographer in the art industry, usually a kind of writing of **, and it is also a profession that requires creation and inspiration.

Arrangement refers to the fact that in the process of artistic composition, all the process of creating music is included in it. Independently produced instrumental dubbing creation, the tune can be pure**. Arrangement is usually a name in business, and sometimes arranging also needs to write multi-part writing for **, and in many cases, it also includes computer engineering production.

However, nowadays, the amount of work in arranging music is relatively light, and sometimes it only needs to be compiled into a score, and the word arrangement is more often used in the field of songs. In other commercial industries such as film and television, games, etc., it is generally said to be a matchmaker.

Recording and mixing are a kind of material supplement and cooperation compared to arrangement, and the relationship between the three is to help each other. Recording can be the recording of human voices, or it can be the recording of the sound of some musical instruments, recording and mixing requires a high degree of professionalism, usually requires very professional equipment and skills, such as professional sound cards, mixers, and high-processing operating software, as well as a disc burner. There are also high requirements for the computer system, and there are certain restrictions on the choice of location for recording, and the better the studio, the better the sound will be.

Stiff equipment and vocal effects are also required, and the requirements for human timbre are also high when recording. There are also certain requirements for the choice of sound quality after the recording output, and lossless sound quality is usually chosen.

Mixing is a step in the production process, writing mix, integrating a variety of sounds into a stereo track, is an integrated role, the mixer will adjust the frequency, dynamics, sound quality, positioning, reverberation and sound field of each original signal separately to optimize each audio track, and then superimpose it on the final product. This treatment creates a perfect layered effect that the average listener can't hear during a live recording.

Arranging, Recording, Mixing The three different professions work together to form a complete piece.

The difference between arranging and mixing is that the work content is different, the material is different, and the process steps are different.

First, the content of the work is different.

1. Arrangement: The work content of the arrangement is to arrange the music from the perspective of music and timbre matching.

Second, the materials are different.

1. Arrangement: The material of the arrangement is the melody material, and the imagination is used to compose, color, add materials, and even deform the theme.

2. Remixing: The material of the mixing is a semi-finished song, which may give the accompaniment texture of the instrument to break down the chords or column chords, and there will be a basic orchestration demonstration for more complex ones.

Third, the process steps are different.

1. Arrangement: The process steps of compiling the draft state song are the first step in the creation process of the first work.

2. Mixing: The process step of mixing is the last step of the creative process of the work.

Of course, there is a big difference, the arrangement is simple, according to the song and lyrics, in order to better express the song, the ** is enriched. This includes the ability to select various instruments, add individual voices, and more. For example, if you make a midi drum, what rhythm to use, how to arrange the piano part, what chords to use, etc., it belongs to the arrangement.

On the basis of arrangement, that is, each audio track, EQ, compression, pan, volume, reverberation, etc., is adjusted, so that the sound of each audio track sounds more integrated and pleasant. In fact, you listen to your own work, and then listen to the released work in a similar style, and find out what difference there is in the sound feeling, which is actually adjusted by the mix.

"Arrangement", according to the use of vocabulary and working methods in China's professional fields (as far as the general phenomenon is concerned), refers to the orchestration method combined with music production. It is not only the arrangement of music from the perspective of musical instruments and timbre matching, nor does it simply refer to the production of sound effects with computers, software and hardware. This makes the word "arrangement" more like a profession and job name, rather than a concept and composition technique.

Mixing is divided into pre- and post-mixing.

Early stage: Do the overall effect, such as mixing, doing vocal and instrument EQ to do a good job of the placement of each instrument! This makes it sound like a general mixing pattern!

Post-production: The most important process in the later stage is the mastering, he mainly mixes the ** in the early stage, and then does the whole compression before release, this compression is not to reduce the audio, but to press the whole audio to sound very average, and then to the early synthesis of the ** EQ adjusted again!

Arrangement refers to how the various instruments that accompany the writing are played.

Mixing, in which the recording tracks of each instrument are arranged and the vocals are perfectly blended together by adjusting the volume, panning, effects, etc.

The so-called mixing is a process of record production, and it is the step that all the recording work has been completed, and the mixer must do it.

The best distribution of the recorded sound for each track must be made, including the position, sound quality, effects, size and sometimes even loudness of the sound.

to include emoticons. The quality of the mix has an absolute impact on the quality, because he shows the ups and downs of the **, but also the belt.

It moved the emotions of the audience. Therefore, a good mix is a clear representation of every voice, but sometimes in order to make the song.

The song has another effect, deliberately making some sounds muddy, abrupt, and so on.

The so-called DJ mixing, in a practical sense, there are two situations, one is live mixing and non-live mixing, both borrowed here.

The concept of mixing is used, and that's because DJ mixes are made in the live mix of two or more independent songs** (recorded.

**) mixing after the musician has downmixed; The other is an off-site mix, but this one is closer to the mix.

Original meaning. But no matter what kind of DJ mix, it's usually a reprocessing of the ** work, so everyone has a lot of time.

You will see the word remix, which means to mix again.

After the above analysis, we can see that there is a difference between mixing and DJ mixing, because the mixing processing is an independent audio track, while the DJ mixing processing is a separate **, which is completely different in nature, if you really want to classify the mix.

In other words, the DJ mix must be subordinate to the mix, but the specific operator is no longer the mixer but the DJ.

**The specific steps on how to mix are as follows:

1. Choose a song to mix or choose some melodies and choruses.

2. Click the red button to add your voice and change the feel of the song until the whole song is recreated.

3. Listen to your own audio file and identify the part you want to cut. Then select the clip you want to put in the audio software and make sure the full version is selected.

4. After entering the clip and correcting the timing, select the beat you like with less loss of quality and start reconstructing the song.

5. Convert the mixing file to *** format, and click to confirm that the mixing is complete.

First of all, you need to export each instrument in ** into an audio file, and then adjust the frequency, dynamics, sound quality, positioning, reverberation, etc. of each track to optimize the sound of each audio track; And then go to the bus. In fact, it is impossible to express all the mixing through words, so it is recommended that the landlord still find a professional mixing education institution to learn mixing.