It is quite obvious that if you play a sound that shares the same frequencies as another sound but quieter the louder sound will mask the quieter sound, but auditory masking is a bit more complex in that our perception of the balance of a mix changes because one sound seems to dominate another sound only because it is played at the same time. Although this pertains to two sounds playing at the same time it is a bit more involved than one sound hiding another. Some weird things happen in music and especially when it comes to our perception of sounds within a mix context.Īuditory masking takes place when one sound is affected by the presence of another. It’s a two-pronged problem that can be remedied with a single process – that of Panning. One of the biggest problems facing producers is that of frequencies that are masked and those that are summed. Avoiding Masking and Summing of frequencies by Panning is a detailed video tutorial that explains how to avoid the pitfalls of masking by using panning.
