Sigma by Shu Xu published on 2022-05-02T08:13:32Z Stereo width is achieved by adding panning automation to track elements such as synth leads and claps. Using Ableton's input plugins I was also able to expand the stereo width of my pads. The depth of the mix is separated by putting the kick drum and synth lead in the foreground, percussion, and bass-line in the middle ground, and ambient pads in the background. I attempted to have a balanced frequency spectrum by putting multiple instances of fabfilter on the instrument tracks as well as one on the master. The bass sound that I was using has a distinct spike around 14k Hz, such high harmonics are certainly useless for a bass sound and is taking up a lot of the song's perceived loudness, therefore I got rid of it with a notch filter. The lead song used in the song seems to have a good deal of bass, but since I want it to mainly occupy the mid and high end of the mix, the bass frequencies are pretty much useless. I put a low cut the sound. Volume is balanced by following Loudon's method of looping the loudest section of the song, bringing down all volumes and establishing the loudest volumes for the most prominent elements and the lowest volume with the least important instruments. In this way, I could have a well-balanced relative loudness and a safe absolute loudness. Finally, I brought the volume up to 0 db by using a limiter on the master channel. Genre Electronic