Metamorphous EP

Four track EP representing various styles of Drum & Bass throughout the decades. Multiple techniques were applied across all four tracks, with many being discovered as part of my initial research activities.

Three of the tracks were mixed by me, with one being a collaboration with a professional audio engineer as a means of seeing how they applied the mixing process as well as being a great learning opportunity.

My mixing approach was to create a new project for each stage, moving from importing dry stems, to gain staging, EQ, managing dynamic range, effects, panning, automation, metering (and referring to reference tracks) and listening back through professional monitors to identify problem areas to fix. Having sessions for each stage meant I had a means of “rolling back” to a previous session if I needed to.

The mastering process used a template where I applied final EQ, compression, and limiter (Ozone 10).