crimsonwarlock wrote: ↑12 Mar 2024
RobC wrote: ↑11 Mar 2024
I think I gave a pretty straight forward example regarding a full mix, not mix channels.
Putting a high-pass filter on a whole mix is the same as putting one on each mix channel. You are high-passing everything. As I said, I would never do that.
If there is a DC-signal anywhere in your circuits, you should get rid of it even before mixing. It is a strange idea that you would record, produce, and mix a track, and then on your mix-bus or during mastering need to get rid of some DC-offset.
Edit: I see the video is actually about using filters on the individual tracks, NOT on a full mix
It isn't the same, because if you apply different HPFs on a kick and bass for example, then you may get worse results due to different phase shifts and possible frequency cancellations.
This won't happen on the whole mix, or if the HPF is exactly the same on the said kick and bass.
You as a professional won't have DC issues, I as a professional, won't either. (Don't deny your professional skills, don't let impostor syndrome get to you, don't let smartasses gaslight you.) ~ Anyway, 19 years ago, as a beginner, I certainly made similar mistakes, wondering what went wrong with my mix, why were some synths having positive waves only <- that kind of thing can cause a looot of problems. So yeah, beginners, advanced, or even professional songwriters could run into similar issues. I remember in the past, if I played a loop with NNXT, I noticed that some bug happened, and there was a static flat line visibly above silence. I never heard it! But I saw it in Goldwave. Tinker around with Subtractor's phase offset, combined with FM, and you can end up with a mostly positive or negative waveform. And the list goes on as to how problems can happen that a simple HPF at 20 Hz can solve.
If you work for a client, you totally may be presented with such issue, and they may only be able to provide you a simple mix. And yes, I know that then it technically should only be mastered, but you get the idea.
I don't care about the clickbait crap, cause I know that it kind of gaslights people. Even so, it's misleading.