Apply dynamic and expressive enhancements to a DAW session tastefully, such as balancing the volume levels, panning, compression and gating
Support learners to apply a range of dynamic and expressive enhancements including balancing the volume levels appropriately; panning; and adding compression and gating to certain sounds for clarity.
Learners should be encouraged to trust their ears over visual cues from faders and rotary controllers. Such manipulations may be subtle or drastic; however, the result should always be audibly pleasing. Learners may wish to automate the levels of certain instruments to focus attention to them in certain parts of the music.
Some learners may be tempted to make drastic alterations, such as arbitrarily pushing faders up. Learners should be invited to listen critically and asked if their decisions sound good and correct their DAW setting accordingly. The focus should always be on being musical over technical.
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