actually all you need to do is save your Pro Tools session like regular, go into the digidesign folder (or save it to where you can find it by doing a save session as), and zip up the entire sessions (make sure you get rid of the backup files if you don't need them to make the file size smaller. And send him the zip. All effects used by plug-ins that both of you have, will be saved, and reopened like the session never left the box. This also includes routing information, so if your working on 24 tracks, and he's working on 12 track io's, and you have something on track 18, he won't be able to hear it until he goes to the insert sends and changes them to say an open track, 12. Other than that, everything basically stays the same.
Anyways,
I don't need tips man! I'm just sayin if somebody that don't know how to or just wants to hear their music with someone else mixing would sound! If you don't need then you shouldn't respond! BE EAZY!!!
I'm always being easy. Everyone needs tips and tricks in this industry, you me, the person down the street, Dr Dre, Kanye, whoever it is, is always open to more knowledge (if they're mind is set in the first place). Now for the mixing someone else's track, hey that's a good idea, I know personally that's how I'm working on training a few producers of mine. Mixing your own music, you start to train your ears on what you think sounds good from you. When entering a realm of mixing someone else's music, one starts finding themselves paying attention to a little more detail, and starts to learn a different type of mixing style (which every mix is always different in it's own sense), I know I find myself like that if I work with a new artist, or someone I don't know. The difference between each mix might not be drastic or anything, it's probably the size of a bug splat if your already a decent engineer, but it always (usually) gets better in time.
Now what Change says about the music is probably right (since I haven't heard the mix yet anyways). Work on your frequencies, I think there's a frequency chart posted by bknot & myself somewhere on this board. Also I know that southside glen (member of the board) has his own website with a dynamic flow chart of the frequencies like the chart on this board, but interactive.
First off, learn the frequencies because you'll need to know them for better mixes. (also learn the arrangement of your mix too)
Second, get all your tools ready, and know what tools do what down to how it works. Know how to exactly use delay, reverb, how it's connected, etc.
Third you just start mixing. Learn that in music, regardless of genre, there's times in a song that an instrument changes over a role. Say like during a rock song, and then at the end of the track, with 1 minute left, the lead guitar starts throwing down a bomb riff. Turn it up.. That's the current center stage of the performance. Don't let your mix just ride along to the end of the song unless that's the sound you want.
There's like a billion tips that each of us knows, and are out there in this world. I doubt anyone in the world knows
all about production. I myself, am not the perfect producer/engineer or artist, but hey I know where I start. I just don't know when I'll finish
