Mixing Stems for a Performance Video!

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This semester, instead of having in person concerts, we are having a few virtual concerts! The first concert is coming up pretty soon, featuring The 78's! The 78's provided us with audio stems for a couple of their songs as well as video footage to go along with them! The first thing I did to mix the song was balancing the levels of each track. I made sure that the two voices had a nice blend and that the vocals were in front of the two guitar tracks. I also made sure that the loop pedal track (which provided percussive sounds for the track) was not buried! There was also a kazoo solo that I automated to become more forward in the mix while it played! All the tracks already were recorded with reverb on them so all I added was EQ to a few tracks such as the kazoo and the female vocals and a bit of compression on the loop pedal track! Unfortunately, I can't link the audio to this adventure!

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