Demo: The Night | How I mixed and mastered

A friend of mine was recording for the band Thailabor (FB page here). The trio's music ranges from acoustic and rock to ambient. I dig them.

I offered to mix the song he recorded.

The Night (คืนที่ควรจดจำ) is a mid-tempo rock track with a ton of dynamic and texture. There are 7 guitar lines, mostly ambient playing.

How to Deal with Multi-layer Guitars

The first thing I noticed was that there were about 6 lines of guitars, each with 3 input channels (a condenser mic, dynamic, and a DI).

I started with balancing the levels among the 3 input channels until I got the texture that I wanted, without touching the panning or adding any effects and processors.

Then I grouped them in stems/busses -- this is key to help simplify the wet mix stage because now you only have one of each to insert effects or do panning/volume automation.

Mixing Drums with EQ and Compressors