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Jerry Tubb · 3rd July 2009

What's the biggest mistake mix engineers make?

Not taking the project to a real mastering engineer!

I have a long list, that I won't post (yet).
Mainly DIY pseudo mastering, Formatting, & Monitoring issues, could write a novel on this.
Over the years we've seen nearly anything & everything happen.
A big part of our job as MEs is to effectively deal with the wide variety of these issues, and make the best of it.
Just yesterday we had clients show up with mixes that were crushed to death by the mix engineer,
trying to master as he mixed, we sent them home to reprint the mixes at a sane level.
I'm not complaining, just musing and happy that people are coming in our door with something.

JT

3rd July 2009	#19
Jerry Tubb Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,862 Verified Member	What's the biggest mistake mix engineers make? Not taking the project to a real mastering engineer! I have a long list, that I won't post (yet). Mainly DIY pseudo mastering, Formatting, & Monitoring issues, could write a novel on this. Over the years we've seen nearly anything & everything happen. A big part of our job as MEs is to effectively deal with the wide variety of these issues, and make the best of it. Just yesterday we had clients show up with mixes that were crushed to death by the mix engineer, trying to master as he mixed, we sent them home to reprint the mixes at a sane level. I'm not complaining, just musing and happy that people are coming in our door with something. JT __________________ Terra Nova Mastering Celebrating 21 years of Mastering! Using analog, digital, tape, tubes, transformers, plug-ins, hardware, etc... whatever best serves the project.