When I started mixing (about 17 years ago) I remember how daunting the whole ordeal used to feel. There was so much mystery and confusion around what I needed to do to make this collection of tracks sound like a single, cohesive musical experience. Of course, as time passed and I started to learn how to use the mixers tools to shape and process my audio, some of the mystery faded and I began to see that one could actually mix with purpose instead of turning knobs and hoping for the best!
But, it wasn’t until later that I discovered the secret I’d been missing all that time. The secret that stopped me from mixing in circles. The secret that made mixing easy! Upon the arrival of this epiphany I was finally able to breeze through my mixes and get to the fun part much much quicker.
Watch the video and become a member of this secret society of “those in the know” and if this is the first time you’ve considered this valuable idea… slap yourself in the head! (As I did when I learned this!)
Dirty Little Secret To Make Mixing Easy
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Good info on planning your mix gave me somethings I hadn’t considered.Thanks
Hey Dez! Lookin good 🙂 Great topic for us Tech heads to wrap our mathematical brains around. Emotion? What the heck is EMOTION!? Does that live in the 2-5K frequency range? Is there a plugin for that? Lol
Honestly, where do u find the time, Dezz? Great advice, though. I’ve been doing this for some time (…the planning part, but I haven’t been writing anything down).
But the man does have a point. Instead of fighting with your gear after a recording session, a bit of planning for the end results goes a loooooong way.
I’ve only recently started writing things down and find it serves two main purposes: 1. Help me keep my bearings (instead of having to remember everything), and 2. Serves as a map of sorts for where I am in the production stage and where I want to be.
Rock on, music creators!
Another fantastic video Dezz! This has inspired me to, not only sit down and plan before I “touch a fader” but to possibly ask my clients some questions about what they may envision for there songs; like is it big, or intimate, etc.
Would you recommend doing so?
Thanks for the kind words guys!
Christopher, I thinks that’s an important part of dealing with clients. If you know what they are hearing in their heads, you can strategize to get that out of your mix.
Definatly a great tip for mixing writing it down also frees up your brain to take actual breaks from the mix to come back with fresh perspectives. I kinda wanna piggie back on Damian’s post about the emotion aspect. Dezz I know yOu said you watch pensados place he went on to talk about certain frequinces that connect to certain emotions I wanted to ask you and who ever else has some input on where I can get more info on that