How I mix

[Tweakmusicmixin]

I currently mix in Logic and had a small, custom made passive analogue summing mixer built a couple of months ago. I come out of the back of my Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

Kick - out 3
Bass - out 4
Perc - 5+6
Guitars - 7+8
Synths and Fx - 9+10

Then record this final summed mix back into Logic. Warms the sound up and really gives some nice separation in the mix - plus the box only cost me £180 with all cables!

Anyone else do anything similar?

 

[MetroCenter]

Are you recording the tracks individually, and then mixing them? If so, this thread belongs in the "mixing" forum, not the "recording" forum.

 

[groovezilla]

Technically all this is doing is adding noise in the signal chain. Nothing wrong with liking a bit more analog sound. It's similar to how some of the bigger studios bounce final edited tracks out to tape and then back to tracks for final mix. There are tape sim plugins that do a pretty good job. I would use one of the plugins before introducing a hardware signal chain into the mix. But that's just me.

 

[Spare Dougal]

Personally I much prefer analogue summing. Stereo width, depth and definition is better, but it's all a balance of pros and cons. I prefer to mix on a large format console where I'm summing pretty much each track in the analogue domain. Really analogue summing doesn't come into it's own unless it's a significant amount of the summing. Mixing 24trks of audio in the box, but summing 8 stems of those in analogue isn't enough to warrant the hassle. It kind of negates the convenience of being able to recall mixes... in my opinion. There are some nice plug in that go somewhat towards an more analogue sound so I'd either use those in the box or mix all analogue (well not all but vast majority).

When all said and done there are two important things with mixing in my opinion. 1. It's fun. 2. It sounds good to you. How you get there is entirely up to you. I like having 24 faders to play with, otherwise it feels like a data entry job .