Everything I've mixed so far basically sounds like ass.. I've heard something about every instrument 'getting its own space' in the mix, which I think means you want to keep ONE instrument dominating a given frequency range, keeping instruments out of each other's way.
Maybe kick drums...
I'd like to hear some facts and opinions about where and what order to hook up various fx. I have a rack with 4 channels of compressor-expander-gate-limiters, 4 channels of quadraverb, and 2 channels of 31-band eq. My common sense tells me you want your noise gate right up in the very front...
I have a Yamaha MW-10 USB mixer, a Cubase PC it's connected to, and a rack of hardware compressors / eq's / misc fx. I want to use hardware fx instead of the Cubase VST's. Currently I need to apply fx BEFORE it gets recorded, so the recorded track already has fx rendered, and I can't remove...
I know it's dumb, plz be nice:
Why do I need actual monitors to listen to during tracking/mixing/mastering? I have a million store bought cd's, I know what all kinds of music sounds like on my PA, PC, car, boombox, home stereo, etc. I know all these systems color the sound, while monitors...