# Audio Mixing (exercise)

1. add the stem tracks to Logic Pro
   * [Download the 13 tracks to mix here](https://baylor.box.com/shared/static/vsv0r2qy3iteulvnp2us93hrsfn8obm5.zip).  
   * Double click the ZIP file you downloaded to unzip it  
   * Select all the tracks in the folder (ctrl/command + A) and drag all the tracks into Logic Pro's timeline below a created track (and choose "create new tracks")
     * choose to add the files into "Separate Tracks" when asked
2. add a gain plugin to one of the tracks (Audio FX > Utility > Gain > Mono) and adjust so it rides around -18db and never peaks above -6db (this doesn't have to be perfect ... just get in the ball park)
3. in the mixer, hold down `option` and drag the plugin to all the other tracks and it will copy the settings
4. now that the master out is not clipping, you can do other fine adjustments:
   * automate volume of each track where creatively compelling
   * **\*adjust panning\*** to many of the tracks to give more space to all the mono files
   * add a reverb plugin (audio effect) to the master or to individual tracks to provide depth&#x20;
     * [OpenAir's website](https://openairlib.net/?page_id=36) has impulse responses you can use to execute convolution reverb within Space Designer
5. on the master output:
   * add another gain plugin (adjust this to meet your standards below)
   * and below it add a Level Meter (under metering) and change to true peak (target is to never go above -1db TruePeak)
   * and below that add a Loudness Meter (stay around -14LUFS for most streaming media)
   * [checkout more info about loudness here](https://benjohansen.gitbook.io/musictech/2024_fall/audio-recording#loudness)
