What is it about?
This article explores what creative freedom engineers and producers have when mixing metal music. Previous research has noted an increasing standardisation of mixing approaches, resulting in metal music sounding more and more homogenous. The findings agree that certain processing tends to be standardised due to the extreme nature of the music and the technical challenges of mixing it. However, a genre as stylistically diverse as metal requires and benefits from individual and original approaches to mixing.
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Why is it important?
Analysing how leading metal music engineers and producers approach mixing is important for understanding how metal music is evolving. It also provides useful knowledge for aspiring engineers attempting to become professionals by showing which engineering approaches yield the best results and which can be individualised to stand out.
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This page is a summary of: “I Just Go with What Feels Right”. Variance and Commonality in Metal Music Mixing Practice, El oído pensante, February 2023, Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras - Universidad de Buenos Aires,
DOI: 10.34096/oidopensante.v11n1.10704.
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