I'm trying to learn as much about mixing as possible. I know that you try to get your final mixes sounding as good as possible. But you shouldn’t put anything on the mix buss (that’s for the mastering engineer). And the mastering process is just the 5-10% extra which is making it ready for distribution. But that extra includes master saturation, compression, eq and a limiter. To me, that's huge.
My question is have you ever listened to your mixes and wished the mix could sound like it already had that 5-10% already on it? Maybe some artists are experienced enough they don’t expect the mix to sound glued together like what master buss saturation and compression can achieve. I’m always afraid that my mixes will not sound optimized enough the way they are, and they will be rejected.
My question is have you ever listened to your mixes and wished the mix could sound like it already had that 5-10% already on it? Maybe some artists are experienced enough they don’t expect the mix to sound glued together like what master buss saturation and compression can achieve. I’m always afraid that my mixes will not sound optimized enough the way they are, and they will be rejected.