Sorry Shailat, that page don't work!
"websites that can explain mixing basics, psychoacoustics etc, how to mix instruemnts of different timbre/pitch and all that jazz"
Errrrrrrrrr, that is heavy stuff that is a little beyond "mixing basics". There is a thread around this website somewhere, I think in the Mixing/Mastering forum that has a lot of info in it from sonusman. Sorry, you will have to search for it.
"I'm using cubase, but it's obviously the same kind of theory whether using a PC, four-track or whatever"
This is debateable, and I will not debate this issue because it would seem that many just don't hear the difference anymore because EVERYBODY uses DSP in their productions. But, my experience is that the more processing you do in digital the more flat, lifeless, and sterile the sound get's when compared to similar processing with even modest analog gear. One of the very first things you run into a problem with is headroom on the master buss! You will find it much harder to get high RMS levels in the digital realm without some fairly drastic processing to "tame the beast", whereas with analog, you can almost always rely on the electronics to provide at least a bit of natural compression on everything via phase and real distortion. I have extensive experience with both digital and analog processing, and find myself doing VERY different things to get a decent sound on both. I still prefer analog hands down. It just plain sounds better, even if it is a bit more expensive in the end.
Plan on a long learning curve and asking a lot of questions before you start getting mixes you really like. Also, remember that most artist that try to produce themselves usually lack perspective in how their stuff should sound. With years of production experience, I still use other engineers for my own stuff because when I do it myself, it sounds like crap compared to having a fresh perspective from somebody that knows what they are doing. I have found too from reviewing many mp3's from members on this site that they tend to do a much better job on other peoples music then their own. The CD I am mixing right now is of a band who's guitar player owns the studio. He has all but backed away from the critical mixing decisions after several mixes just didn't pan out when he tried to "help out". It is a hard lesson to learn, but one you will if you want what is best for your music.
Anyway, just a little rant there.
Creepy
