would you rather track, or mix

[giraffe]

this is closer than i thought,
i thought it would be like 80-20 in favor of mixing

 

[crosstudio]

i like making up songs.
i like playing instruments.
i like mixing sounds and levels, and panning, and eq, and effects.

i dont much like trying to 'capture the magic'. this is the first time i've ever expressed that to myself. thanks for the poll.

 

[therage!]

I've got to go with tracking, especially a new tune that I'm excited about doing.

 

[dachay2tnr]

Mixing, hands down. Tracking is usually tedious.

 

[Be Loveless]

Mix. tracking is fun but painful. I guess if this poll was worded differently it would be "What do you find to be more difficult? tracking or Mixing?" I'd say tracking hands down.

 

[CoolCat]

Track

TRACKING, by far. my mixing skills suck.

 

[MemoGtr]

Tracking

the time when i still believe its gonna sound good lol

 

[MemoGtr]

just kidding i prefer mixing

 

[Sanjanjoseph]

mixing because i love reverb..but tracking is sometimes more exciting

 

[7string]

just curious.

i think i like tracking better, but it's close.

i hope i didn't f*&$ this poll thing up

Neither. Right now both are frustrating me beyond belief!

 

[gtrman_66]

Tracking

I like doing both pretty well, but for the past couple of years, I have been on a tracking kick. I like working with the sources and mics etc. to try and get tracks that sound knocked out all by themselves. But then, I have had the pleasure of working with some fantastic players packing great instruments lately too.

 

[Rokket]

I voted for mixing because it's more fun for me to see what I can do with the raw tracks, but I still lean more toward a 50/50 split because I like tracking too. I love to hear it as the parts start to mesh and the song comes alive.
My only problem now is knowing when enough is enough. I got on a roll the other night and recorded 12 different guitar parts for a song. I ended up trashing 8 of them, but I had to stop myself. Then I agonized for a couple hours as to which tracks were going to go. I kept convincing myself each one was needed, but the song was mud soup...

 

[dr.colossus]

definatly a tracker here, but i'm a very active trakcer i don't mind compressing and grouping tracks on the way in.. i figure this way mixing should just be a matter off setting all the faders to ten and pressing play, that's my goal anyhow

 

[glynb]

Got to be mixing.
Tracking is harder work, mixing is fun, and it's closer to achieving the whoile point of the excercise which is a listenable piece of music.

Tracking is like laying the bricks of a house, mixing is like furnishing it and making it into a home.

Aaaahhhh !

 

[Track Rat]

Tracking is like laying the bricks of a house, mixing is like furnishing it and making it into a home.

Aaaahhhh !

Well said.

 

[scottboyher]

Tracking is like laying the bricks of a house, mixing is like furnishing it and making it into a home.

So.... is mastering like paying the home off?

 

[Track Rat]

No, it's more like appearing on Monster House.

 

[noodles2k5]

Tracking is a pain when people can't play their instruments well.