How do you go about mixing...?

[Chris Fallen]

I was just wondering about when you have multiple songs to work on. Is it a better idea to go through and do all of the drums first, then guitars, etc, so you remember all of the eq cuts/compression or any other effects to make the songs all more similar, or is it a better idea to do each song one by one?

Christopher

 

[dobro]

Each song is gonna be different, so it's best to mix each song one by one.

 

[mikeh]

I agree with dobro.

Howevr if I'm working on a demo project where there will be multiple songs which I need to have a uniform feel I burn a CD of the first song mixed and play it back as a reference (the same way many people use a Steely Dan (or whoever) CD for reference.

 

[LongWaveStudio]

mix one song at a time.

other wise, all your drums may end up sounding the same which can sound tedious for the end listener. if possible, dont track all the drums to a 10 songs in one session, again, they'll just sound the same throughout the whole album. (just listen to Saves the Day's album 'Stay What You Are'.).

take it a song at a time, and you'll probably be more creative with ideas, instead of using the same idea across all the songs.

 

[misterx]

If you're doing repetitive type music that uses the same tempo, instrument selection, then it probably makes sense to try to get the same sound for each tune, but personally I treat each song as it's own project. Each with it's own style, sound, dynamics, etc. So I would 100% mix each song seprately.