I'd grown tired of music and started drawing..
and I discovered the wonder of shading!
it had the potential to turn any stupid banal doodling into an oeuvre d'art...
which realisation made me come back to music again
What do you think is to music production what shading is to drawing?
(of course its arrangement, orchestration, mixing, mastering etc
but which element of it seems to be the most important to you?
EQ? pan? compression? etc)
Shading is to drawing what ___ is to music production
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- KVRist
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- 427 posts since 24 Sep, 2009
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- KVRAF
- 4818 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit
Well shading turns 2D into 3D so reverb or directional EQ or surround, but if I had to pick one: surround!
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- KVRAF
- 2086 posts since 24 Jun, 2006 from London, England
Agreed - Acoustic design/Reverb. Turning a flat object into a solid space
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- Beware the Quoth
- 33173 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
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do_androids_dream do_androids_dream https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=164034 - KVRAF
- 2908 posts since 26 Oct, 2007 from Kent, UK
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 35171 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
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- KVRAF
- 9800 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
Mixing/Arranging
Shading, is part of determining focal points.
Shading, is part of determining focal points.
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- KVRAF
- 2367 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
Shading is to drawing what "music production" is to music.
I am viewing "music production" as the act of taking a bunch of outlines (or ideas) and putting them together within the context of a complete piece - much like the composition of a picture is more than a few isolated doodles (or noodles in musical parlance).
And of course, sometimes just the outline is enough.
I am viewing "music production" as the act of taking a bunch of outlines (or ideas) and putting them together within the context of a complete piece - much like the composition of a picture is more than a few isolated doodles (or noodles in musical parlance).
And of course, sometimes just the outline is enough.
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Dynamics... which is just gain control 
Making a shade darker or brighter is equivalent of making a sound quiter or louder.
Making a shade darker or brighter is equivalent of making a sound quiter or louder.Blog ------------- YouTube channel
Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRAF
- 10255 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
Well, since I can't draw to save my life, I guess shading is to drawing as polishing turds is to music production AFAIC. 
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 12 Mar, 2017
I say automation. Without it, like shading, the end product can end up 'flat'.
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- KVRAF
- 4130 posts since 11 Aug, 2006 from Texas
I'd say shading in drawing is necessary to give depth to a picture. It helps our eye identify the foreground as well as background elements. For me shading would be those kinds of sounds that don't seem to add much to a mix but when removed make the whole thing feel empty. Think pads, backing vocals, short riffs, quiet drones, and maybe even cowbell.
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