{"id":325,"date":"2016-07-09T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/mixing-tips-toggle-the-fx-to-check-its-actually-helping-2\/"},"modified":"2016-07-09T03:08:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T03:08:00","slug":"mixing-tips-toggle-fx-to-check-its","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/mixing-tips-toggle-fx-to-check-its\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing Tips: Toggle the FX to Check It&#8217;s actually Helping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>One downside to FX processes are that they really can remove life from a recording. Always strive for the sound you want before recording, if you need to add effects to the sound later so be it, but it&#8217;s much less lazy and way more efficient overall to get the right sound first.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GKBAlk4Z8Ag\/V38H_WMG7bI\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/6Sc7Au8LeuYTQ-BKYAhcr6AW1QfIpX52ACLcB\/s1600\/1.png?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-GKBAlk4Z8Ag\/V38H_WMG7bI\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/6Sc7Au8LeuYTQ-BKYAhcr6AW1QfIpX52ACLcB\/s400\/1.png?resize=400%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>This is the second post in the micro series of mixing tips, if you want to check out the first post,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/audioordeal.blogspot.co.uk\/2016\/07\/mixing-tips-plan-your-direction.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>. Now, back to the article:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>If you want a really clean mix, you don&#8217;t want any unnecessary FX. Toggle the FX on and off every so often to see if it really is helping the mix. Randomly turn off a <a href=\"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/audio-compression-intro-and-basics\/\">compressor<\/a> or a chorus and see what happens.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There are many times where you add an effect to make a channel juicy but once you move on to other channels, you&#8217;ve created enough room for the dry signal to work just fine.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Re-visit tracks and look for this. Turn off any effects that aren&#8217;t adding to the sound. 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