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Grumpy Mod
"Use your ears" is a phrase repeatedly read in mixing posts.
I'm going to suggest that an additional aid to mixing is to use your eyes.
I recently listened to a track in the MP3 clinic. The musical ideas were good, but the mix was a washing machine full of mayhem.
I suggested to the poster that he draw his virtual band (i.e. all the instruments and vocals that have been tracked) on a bit of paper as a mixing guide.
This is, in effect, asking him to visualize the stage.
I think this might be a useful way of keeping a mix under control and cohesive. I'd go to the extent of using a chessboard to represent the stage, and using chess pieces to represent the players.
When you mix, the mix should have enough spatial dimension to let you look at where an instrument is placed.
Thoughts?
I'm going to suggest that an additional aid to mixing is to use your eyes.
I recently listened to a track in the MP3 clinic. The musical ideas were good, but the mix was a washing machine full of mayhem.
I suggested to the poster that he draw his virtual band (i.e. all the instruments and vocals that have been tracked) on a bit of paper as a mixing guide.
This is, in effect, asking him to visualize the stage.
I think this might be a useful way of keeping a mix under control and cohesive. I'd go to the extent of using a chessboard to represent the stage, and using chess pieces to represent the players.
When you mix, the mix should have enough spatial dimension to let you look at where an instrument is placed.
Thoughts?