My dedicated Suggestions For Newbies page. If you’re new to mixing, you can find some beginner-friendly projects on In both cases a preview mix is provided for easy auditioning while browsing through the list. ( Download problems?) In addition to the Full Multitrack packages, there are also many quick-download Edited Excerpt versions (usually featuring the song’s biggest chorus) which provide ‘bite-sized’ mixing assignments well-suited to classroom use. When importing the tracks, just make sure all the files start at exactly the same moment in time within your DAW’s timeline.
For maximum mixdown flexibility, the contributors have made every effort to provide audio ‘raw’, in other words without additional effects or processing (beyond treatments printed during tracking/editing). All these projects are presented as ZIP archives containing uncompressed WAV files (24-bit or 16-bit resolution and 44.1kHz sample rate). To use media recorded in Dolby Digital format (DVD video or DVD audio, for example), you need a device with an integrated AC3 decoder.To support readers of my book Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio, as well as music-technology students/educators in general, here’s a list of multitrack projects which can be freely downloaded for mixing practice purposes. A channel for low frequencies (a subwoofer) for amplifying special effects (like explosions and earthquakes).ĭolby Digital is likely the most commonly used system in home theatre systems.Two channels for the rear speakers used for reproducing noise and the sound environment in order to create ambiance.Two audio tracks for the front speakers accentuate the context of the sound coming from the central speaker.A central speaker, generally placed on the top of or above the screen, for reproducing dialogue.The Dolby Digital format uses six independent audio channels: For professionals, instead of an AC3 decoder, Dolby Digital uses a system called SR-D. For this reason, the Dolby Digital format is sometimes called Dolby AC3. This algorithm can compress audio streams by a factor of 10 to 12 with a 16-bit sampling rate of 48 kHz, for an overall bitrate of 384 kbps. It should be noted that Dolby Digital is often incorrectly confused with the generic term 5.1.įor consumer electronics, the Dolby Digital format relies on a compression algorithm called Audio Coding 3 (AC3). The Dolby Digital format's bandwidth falls between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, which is also the human hearing range (note that it varies between individuals).ĭolby Digital audio tape can be encoded in either of the following formats:
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