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We all struggle in one way or another, and we also get caught up in things that, when it's over and done with, we've regretted. We also have our own personalities that can trigger some of these things that can affect our performance when mixing in either a good way or a bad way. As a matter of fact, it's our own personal level of incompetence that makes us who we are as current or future musicians\engineers\producers.

Recognize Your Natural Tendencies
For me, I tend to over

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This isn't just an idiotic rant about my loathing of large food product companies.... maybe you'll get something out of this but probably not. I am ready to fall asleep but wanted to make this point in the odd way that I did. I will be thrilled if even one of you understands what I am saying.

My wife grabs cranberry juice at the store sometimes..in the juice aisle next to all the OTHER 100% JUICE PRODUCTS.


Okay keep listening.

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I am going to make this as quick and simple as I possibly can because you can easily run out of money and still not be satisfied with anything you are creating in your musical world.

Let's start with a little scientific, psychological perspective.

Read, out loud to yourself, the definition of a desire followed by the definition of a need. Ok folks, here's the drill... when I say need, I want you all to say it with me. When I say desire, I want you all to say it with

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Well, it's good to make sure all tracks sound great by themselves.. but it has to be a breed of great that can tolerate the other great tracks blending with it without losing its audible goodness that you heard with the solo button on. That's why it is always important to dive in and out of the solo button when configuring an individual track, that way you hear it within the context of the entire mix. If you spend too long with the solo button on, you may realize you made a mistake when you have

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I checked out the thread: Engineers say moving faders too far from 0db effects sound. Are these guys on crack?
Started by paul999‎, Yesterday 11:21 AM

So I did a test, and maybe you should too, of the difference in static HISS of normalized recordings of the same clip recording a mixer at different master fader positions. I didn't get anything out of my polls - it was a disaster - so I encourage you to do the same test I did. I recorded a quick guitar clip onto

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