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Here's a mix that I think works much better than most the stuff I've done. The song is On the Line: (Frankly, I think the verse vocals especially are very weak and lame...somewhat salvaged by the chorus bits)

Not sure what you mean here, Mr Beak.

I have to admit your video sounds real good to me. Not like I remember it, that song. The acoustic tone is how I like it. I thought you may have strummed chords to it. It has that kind of pleasantly crunchy thing going on at times. I don't remember it like that. Do you remember what EQ stuff...

Geez, that sounds alright! Did you do stuff to it to make it sound good? Did you play anything else on that or something? Ha! Nice video too, HP.

Yeah, grim, that's awesome. And I hear ya. If there weren't solutions to every problem, all my stuff would sound completely lame. Frankly, even with my skill set and all that...the limitations, sure, I'm getting somewhere and shit, some of my songs have worked out ok. I'm certain that there are...

Yep, thanks. Generally, yeah I'm happy with what I come up with for songs and certainly improvements have been made since my first recordings. The thing is, I started this home recording thing over 15 years ago. Right when I started, I took a job overseas and I was away for 15 years. In that...

Yeah agree about the vox. The mix took me a couple of hours. The 2nd version once done, also in a couple of hours was tweaked a couple of times. I think the same about the vox but thought it was mostly weak because my lame singing. I'm no Jim Morrison or Frank Sinatra, unfortunately. But you're...

Well thanks for saying so. A retraction like that shows character. I should point out...again...I don't mix into a limiter. I said that I could use a limiter at some stage (I don't even do this, but just suggested it could be something to try) only temporarily and only to drive volume into the...

Yeah I think so too. There's an improvement. I put it down to more methodical thinking, of the kind I rambled on about a few days ago.

Well, yeah, like you know, if I type stuff and describe word by word things that are ultimately done quickly and intuitively, it reads as overthinking on paper I guess. People have written 500 page books on mixing. I wouldn't say they are overthinking. If you know what I mean. What were the...

Here's this song I was mentioning. I see progress in the mixing. The version 1 mix sounds too crowded together, too woolly or boomy or muddy. The version 2 mix has more space, sounds tighter and sounds like an improvement, to me anyway. So the first mix was done 3 weeks ago or so and in that...

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Thanks man. It's just the ramblings of a guy who has had huge issues with working out mixing and it's a pretty detailed account of a lot of the stuff that I think has helped my mixing outlook. They aren't the words of an authority. Never claimed to be. They're the words of a beginner trying to...

Ok man, so you're obviously seething because I wrote too many words. You easily could have looked at the walls of text and moved on with your day. But instead you decided to scan a few sections, misconstrue what I said multiple times and post some thinly veiled passive aggressive attack based on...

Thanks Mike, but I have a feeling you didn't really read it all properly. Maybe you glanced over it. I can go through those points for ya... 3) I said I have read or heard that some people do this. That's what I said. Ever heard of 'yep' the guy from the Reaper Forums who made that awesome "Why...

13. At this point there's still stuff I want to keep at the front of my mind. Reverb, compression - creative/ technical, panning, a sense of space, clashes, masking, sidechaining / dynamic eq/ automation possibilities to showcase cool parts of the song or to hide a part that needs to be in the...

Continued... 8. So, I start with the foundation...the drums. This is the start of concerted mixing. I'm keeping a lot of things in mind here...I'm thinking of the style of music, the genre, the feel, the message of the song. All of that stuff. I'm keeping in the back of my mind stuff like...

Continued... 1. Track stuff so it peaks around -12db digital scale in your DAW. You don't have to be a stickler here. It's just a pretty good rule. 2. Once all your tracks are recorded, gain stage all of them. If you've recorded well, they should be reasonably close. Use a meter...a VU plugin...

Appreciate that man. That song was kind of one that came after all this thread where I really tried to make a good mix with all the advice. Still think the mix is a bit clunky. Will mix it again one day. I've made some ground in my understanding of mixing, I'll go into below... Appreciate that...

Thanks everyone. So, it's basically ok...vocals could be doubled (I think they are doubled for real) and add excitement...so maybe a bit more high end on the vocals. Drop the kick and bring up the bass a bit. I can do those things pretty much no worries I think. Thanks for all the advice. (By...