{"id":84352,"date":"2021-03-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=84352"},"modified":"2021-10-13T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:41:32","slug":"new-balancing-channels-challenge-on-ultimate-producer-platform-puts-your-mixing-skills-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/new-balancing-channels-challenge-on-ultimate-producer-platform-puts-your-mixing-skills-to-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"New Balancing Channels challenge on Ultimate Producer platform puts your mixing skills to the test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateproducer.co.uk\/\">Ultimate Producer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> Just how good are you at mixing music? Challenge yourself with Balancing Channels and Mastering the Mix.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Work on your producing skills with Tom Frampton from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masteringthemix.com\/\">Mastering the Mix,<\/a> learning mixing techniques using <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateproducer.co.uk\/\">Ultimate Producer\u2019s<\/a> new Balancing Channels challenge. It\u2019s a fun way to try playing around with mixing a song outside a DAW, to learn skills and practise until you can produce like a pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/music-production-terms-a-glossary\/\">music production<\/a> challenge helps to train your ear, ultimately improving your ability to achieve a pro-sounding balance in your own mixes. Balancing a <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/which-daw-is-the-best-for-mixing-in-music-production\/\">mix<\/a> is all about fiddling with the volume of the individual tracks\u2019 faders, finding the sweet spot before even considering moving onto the next stage of applying effects like <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/5-top-tips-for-using-eq-in-music-production-2021\/\">EQ<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-use-compression-in-music-production\/\">compressors.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Balancing Channels with Tom Frampton\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rKFFPUtHshk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Within Balancing Channels you can test your ability to balance a song, adjusting and soloing the bass, drum tops, kick, music and effects, and vocals faders until you think the <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/6-tips-to-get-a-wide-mix-in-music-producing\/\">mix<\/a> sounds perfect. Hit \u201csubmit\u201d and you\u2019ll be judged out of 100 \u2013 pass and you can move onto the next level. Get stuck and you\u2019ll be offered a preview of Tom Frampton\u2019s balanced mix for reference, and further guidance if you still can\u2019t match it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimate Producer offers interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/top-tips-for-music-producers\/\">music production<\/a> challenges that test and train your studio skills. Balancing Channels is a fun way to practise working on a mix that isn\u2019t yours. 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