The rise of electronic music and pop music has attracted many young people, and some players who are interested in music have begun to try to create by themselves. However, to create music, we need to learn, and learning means paying for knowledge. Today we will talk about whether mixing software costs money, and what software is used for mixing.
1. Does mixing software cost money?
Mixing is a step in composition, so the mixing function is often integrated in the DAW audio production software. At present, the arrangement software on the market has a certain degree of professionalism and technicality. Not only is it difficult to use, but we also have to pay for these software.
Generally speaking, the price of a full-featured DAW audio production software is around a few hundred yuan. These software usually include the software itself and a series of sound effect plug-ins that we need to use later in the composition process. If we are newbies, many softwares have a trial period for a period of time, and we can decide which software to buy after the trial.
2. What software do you use for mixing?
In fact, if we need to mix a song, it can be done using some normal DAW audio production software. DAW audio production software is highly technical, which also leads to the fact that most of the software is very powerful in function, and some DAW audio production software is even a one-stop shop. Therefore, for consumers, we only need to find the one that suits us. software. Next, we will introduce two one-stop audio production software - FL Studio and Cubase.
1、FL Studio
FL Studio is a powerful DAW audio production software. Mixing is an important step in composing. Naturally, FL Studio can be used for mixing, and the mixing function of FL Studio is also very powerful. The FL Studio software includes three effects devices: compressor, equalizer and reverb. These three effects can make the mixing effect reach a better level and make the music we create more layered.
FL Studio 21 Win-installation package: https://souurl.cn/ZIwzHs
FL Studio 21 Mac-installation package: https://souurl.cn/TK2Jx9
Figure 1: FL Studio software main interface
2、Cubase
Cubase is a one-stop DAW audio production software, we can also use it for music mixing. Cubase is not much different from FL Studio in terms of functions. Cubase has a variety of effect plug-ins with excellent sound quality, covering EQ, dynamics, and reverb. These plug-ins can help us create our own, unique music.
Figure 2: Cubase software main interface
3. How to use FL Studio for mixing
In the above we mentioned that FL Studio is a software that can be used for mixing. Different plug-ins are required for mixing, namely EQ equalizer, compressor and reverb. The FL Studio software also includes these three types of plug-ins. Next, we will take FL Studio as an example to show you how to use FL Studio for mixing.
EQ equalizer
The main function of the EQ equalizer is to make the volume of each instrument in the music reach a balanced state, and to achieve the effect of making the music balance by increasing or decreasing the volume of a certain instrument. We can use the EQ equalizer in FL Studio, the specific steps are as follows:
1. Click the mouse wheel in the blank area of the FL Studio software interface, and select the "Fruity parametric EQ2" plug-in.
Figure 3: Select the "Fruity parametric EQ2" plugin
2. In the EQ equalizer plug-in, we can adjust the volume of different instruments, pull up to increase the volume, and pull down to decrease the volume.
Figure 4: EQ using FL Studio
compressor
The main function of the compressor is to make the sound of vocals and instruments more textured, and it also plays a certain role in controlling the volume. Skillful use of compressors can help us better audio post-processing. In FL Studio, we can choose to use the "Fruity LImiter" plug-in to compress audio such as instruments and vocals.
Figure 5: Fruity Limiter compressor
reverb
Reverb is also very important in our composition process. The main function of reverberation is to increase the liveness of music. Through the reverberator, we can simulate the sound in different scenes. In FL Studio we can use the Fruity Reverb2 reverb effector to add reverb effects to our works.
Figure 6: Fruity Reverb2 reverb effector
The above is all about whether the mixing software needs money and what software is used for mixing. Mixing is an important step in composition, so we should use professional software for mixing as much as possible. Fortunately, FL Studio is a one-stop arrangement software, we can directly mix in the software, supplemented by various sound effect plug-ins, I believe that FL Studio can help us improve the level of arrangement.