How to Create Effective Mixing Transitions - UnderstandingAudio.com

► ► Learn how to use the one hack that guarantees a unique, professional sounding mix every time... Download my FREE guide to take giant steps towards better mixes → GetProMixes.com
So you’ve got a great mix on your hands…
You know the song is well written, it’s been recorded well and now you’ve balanced everything really nicely with intelligent use of your faders, EQ, compression and effects. But something’s still not quite right.
You know exactly what you want your chorus to sound like, but for some reason, it doesn’t quite have the impact that you want it to have.
Now, more often than not, there are a couple of very simple techniques you can use to create highly effective transitions between sections of a song without having to do any more heavy duty mixing.
These techniques sit nicely between the production and mixing world, but more importantly, they’re being used all around you without you realising.
In today’s video, I’m going to open a few of these techniques up for you, so that you can create some really effective, smooth transitions in your mixes!
So check it out!

[@portugalmixtake2429]

Hi Stephen! Glad to hear from you.
Last friday night I`ve recorded an entire live performance of a rock covers band (only Drums, Bass and Vocals + Guitar). The concert was in a tiny little concrete space.
Spent some time making EQ+Compression+You Know What to create that "stage ambience" during the weekend as I`ve promissed the guys and already sent the result.
Now, I want to surprise them with a special offer: I`ve picked one of the songs (Owner Of a Lonely Heart - Yess) and started adding keyboards (what else!), my own voice as backing vocal and using an analog vocoder to enhance the transitions (Ah! That`s the point...) and give more life and feeling to that particular song.
Soon as I finish this task, I`ll send my "Portugal Mixtake Offer", hopping to "catch them by the balls". But, like Mr. Peter Van der Zee made his point on your website, I must be ready to hear them say: "What the f.... !? This guy killed our performance!" :-P
Guess that`s a risk every producer has to take... :-)
All the best !

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Transitions are so important to songs, and still artists and producers don't put enough attention to them, so we gotta fix that.
I tend to automate volume, paning, width and EQ for transitions.

[@2sanctuarylab]

Is the "riser" effect a plug-in? I'm still not catching how you made this happen......I posted your version on my Soundcloud page here: soundcloud.com/dave-michaels-6/