Cheng Xiaoyu copied all the sound sources home, planning to take them back to complete the mixing by himself, if it was someone else, of course, it would not be allowed, after all, no one can afford the responsibility for the leakage of the album sound source. But since it's the crown prince, no one dares to say anything.

The reason why Cheng Xiaoyu wants to take it back and do it himself is because he doesn't want the secret of the doubletracking track to leak out. Although this technique is not too difficult to speak of, it is not easy to detect without careful consideration. This kind of technical advantage for the idol project that is not good enough in singing skills is equivalent to them riding a bicycle and racing with other singers, and they have a great advantage before other players find a bicycle.

And this bicycle is a unique martial art for Cheng Xiaoyu, so naturally he can't let others know about it.

After dinner, Cheng Xiaoyu entered his studio, asked the maid to make a cup of tea, and he turned on these close friends who were quietly waiting here, his equipment. From the beginning of only knowing the skin, to his first glimpse of the door, embarking on the path of the master's advancement, only he himself knows how much effort he has put in, so many days and nights he has spent these boring hours with them, which has made his current profession.

He knows better than anyone that if you want to be more bullish, you need to work harder.

Cheng Xiaoyu turned on the computer to enter the material and began to mix, what is retraction? In the simplest terms, the most effective frequency sweep of the singing voice is carried out through the guò audio software, so that the inaccurate pitch of the singing is corrected to the standard pitch, the inaccurate rhythm of the singing is moved to a very standard place, the place where the singing voice is too light is raised to a certain loudness, and the exciter is loaded in the place that does not sound very clear to make it very clear, so that the singer who sounds very amateur sounds like a superstar. The singing and accompaniment are then extremely delicately balanced.

It can be said that mixing is the most critical step in all post-production zuò.

The material in Cheng Xiaoyu's hand is already the sound source that Shanghe has completed, and some of the harmonies and vocal sources he has recorded by himself today.

What he needs to do now is to add a secondary track to the vocal track on top of one, so that the vocals are fuller, wider and more penetrating. This kind of modification cannot be done by reverberation, although reverb can make the vocals better, but reverb cannot make up for the shortcomings of the human voice, and reverb can only be the icing on the cake and cannot help the charcoal. And the doubletracking track is perfect for doing just that.

Cheng Xiaoyu synthesized a track of vocals, and then listened to the changes in timbre in the monitor speaker, and the monitor headphones can only be used as an auxiliary means. Because sound travels through the air. Therefore, the playback of monitor audio is the closest choice to the real sound field environment.

But Cheng Xiaoyu heard his own mixed voice, which was indeed more perfect, but it made him feel uncomfortable and discordant, and he played it repeatedly. A few more re-made zuò, still the same, but he couldn't find the reason.

This makes him, who has always pursued perfection, unbearable. He stayed in front of the computer and replayed it over and over again, opening up. Putting it side by side, carefully studying the details, but finding nothing. After listening to the same track for more than an hour, he couldn't help but slam his fist on the keyboard. Even the tea in the cup next to him shook.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the studio, Cheng Xiaoyu thought it was a maid who came to deliver snacks, usually he was busy until late, and the housekeeper Qiao Sansi would prepare some snacks for him. He tried to calm his voice and shouted, "Come in." ”

When the plate with chocolate mousse and macaroons was placed next to him, he didn't look back and said, "Thank you." "Eyes staring at the level of the human voice waveform on the computer in a daze.

"Got a problem?"

When Cheng Xiaoyu was bored, Su Yuxi's gentle and upright voice came to his ears, like a stream with just the right temperature. gently soothed his somewhat restless heart.

He turned his head and saw that Su Yuxi was wearing her pure white silk nightdress, and of course there was a lace shawl on the outside. But there was still a lot of white and greasy skin on his chest, like a warm jade that shrugged Cheng Xiaoyu's sight, and he didn't dare to look up at Su Yuxi, he immediately stared back at the screen, pulling his thoughts back to the mix, and he didn't understand why he was a little nervous every time he was alone with Su Yuxi.

Cheng Xiaoyu calmed down, pretended to be calm and said, "I originally thought of a very brilliant idea. can perfectly make up for your lack of singing skills, but now you find that you can't do it perfectly, so you are a little angry at your incompetence and hate that your skills are not good enough!"

Su Yuxi gently dragged the sofa chair behind him over. Sitting next to him, looking at the waveform on the computer screen, he also frowned. The two of them were very close, and Cheng Xiaoyu could smell the faint musky scent on her body, which soothed his tense nerves.

"Brother, you're really amazing. I know so much about music, but unfortunately I can only see that it is outside of the sound wave diagram after watching it for a long time, and I can't understand anything. Su Yuxi supported his chin with his right hand, resting on the leg of the wooden horse, leaning forward slightly, he was beautiful and graceful, so he made people feel elegant and gorgeous in whatever he did.

Cheng Xiaoyu glanced at Su Yuxi, who was infinitely beautiful, and smiled, "After all, I don't have too many hobbies, this is one of them." ”

"I'm sorry we've caused you so much trouble, it's not supposed to be your job. It's time for you to fall in love, go to a bar, play a game, or play a band. Su Yuxi smiled playfully and said with a little teasing.

"Well, it's true that my good youth is buried in this pile of work and troubles that don't belong to me, ah, I really feel like I'm losing, you have to compensate me. Cheng Xiaoyu pretended to remember, and said loudly with a little unwillingness. The studio is soundproofed so that it is impossible to hear from the outside.

Su Yuxi smiled, her clear face was as beautiful as her eyebrows and green mountains, and her eyes were cut water, "Then brother, what compensation do you want?"

Cheng Xiaoyu blushed slightly, "Haha." "Just kidding, just kidding, in fact, I still like to do these things." Helping you guys is just incidental. ”

Su Yuxi asked with an "oh" sound, "If I am not in this group, will my brother still help out for interest?"

Cheng Xiaoyu's heart jumped tightly, and he pretended to be relaxed and said, "Probably not." Who can say anything good about this kind of thing?"

Su Yuxi looked at Cheng Xiaoyu and didn't dare to look her in the eyes, and said, "You won't, I know." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu touched his head, smiled, and this time simply admitted, "Well, no." ”

Su Yuxi got up from the sofa and said, "Brother, you are too shy, I feel sorry for my sister, I am embarrassed to admit it, how can I chase girls in the future!"

Cheng Xiaoyu had a black line on his head, he didn't expect such words to come out of Su Yuxi's mouth, and said in surprise, "Why are you worried about what you think is boring?"

"I feel bored, but you definitely don't think, seeing you write so many love poems, you know that you are full of yearning, yesterday you were not on the set and affectionately recited a poignant love poem for Xiujing, and those girls were very moved by your poems. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu was a little stunned, looked up and said, "How do they know!"

Looking at Cheng Xiaoyu's stunned face, Su Yuxi couldn't help but bow her head and laugh, just like the shyness of the cool breeze, and said, "Because the camera is always on!"

Cheng Xiaoyu pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose, hiding the speechlessness and embarrassment on his face.

Su Yuxi turned around and said, "You work first, I'll go up and get the book and quilt." ”

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Oh. With a sigh, he didn't understand the meaning of Su Yuxi's words, moved the swivel chair to the computer, and continued to look at the waveform of the audio track that made him entangled.

After a while, Su Yuxi came to Cheng Xiaoyu's studio with a bed of air conditioner quilt and a few books.

Su Yuxi said, "In order not to make you seem so lonely, so I'll read a book here and accompany you." ”

"Oh. Cheng Xiaoyu looked at Su Yuxi's warm figure with a cold tone, and smiled stupidly.

"Brother, you deduce slowly, don't let your mind and your head get too close to what you think is the answer, the closer your eyes are, the less you see, you can't just pay attention to one point. ”

Cheng Xiaoyu nodded and began to continue studying the audio track, so this studio, which was full of mechanical coldness, gradually became warm because of the body temperature of one more person.

Cheng Xiaoyu calmed down, thinking that since he couldn't find the reason for the vocals, he began to listen to the accompaniment, and listened carefully many times and found that in the accompaniment, there were also the same and similar frequencies as the vocals.

This makes Cheng Xiaoyu like a treasure, which also means that the same vocals overlap and feel very uncomfortable, because the same frequency is repeated again, this time the repetition is not just a slight increase in volume, frequency repetition is the biggest factor in the distortion of the direct guide sound.

If you find the reason, then the problem is extremely simple, and you can solve it by delaying the vocals of a track slightly, but how much delay is appropriate, you have to try it over and over again.

Cheng Xiaoyu finally found the perfect answer after twenty-six attempts, with a delay of twenty-five milliseconds, which is a flawless match.

He looked at Su Yuxi, who had closed his eyes and fell asleep on the sofa, and thought that all the questions would have answers, but many people left in the process of waiting.

And in the end, only those who can endure their temperament and keep their original intentions will see the light around the corner. (To be continued.) )