Tips to EQ and mix my first ever home-recorded song

[amc252]

Hello everybody,

I'm about to mix my first-ever home-recorded song.
Here's some info:
- genre: Mexican cumbia
- 4 tracks: voice, drums, bass, brass (trumpet + trombone)
- DAW: Audacity (plus any free Linux plugin I might need)

What I'd like to hear your two cents about:
- Tips to EQ each instrument
- Tips to EQ voice (cleaning Ts, Ps, and Ss, nasalness, etc)
- Tips to add reverb to instruments and voice
- Tips to EQ final mix
- Tips about how to mix the 4 tracks, meaning which levels would be best for each instrument and the voice.
- Any other advice you might think is valuable

I know it's impossible to give precise values, and I don't need an insane level of details, but I'd sure appreciate some starting points.

Thanks in advance for your time and expertise.

 

[Papanate]

Can you post the track?

 

[TalismanRich]

Can you post the track?

Agreed. There's no way to know what changes are needed. It's a bit like asking "what should I do to make my cooking taste better" without us knowing what you are even cooking.

 

[amc252]

Sure. Here goes a snippet of a very raw mix.

 

[Slouching Raymond]

EQing everything is not compuslory.