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Originally Posted by hakim  And... seems like you stopped in the middle of your story.  |
I'm not sure why you thought I didn't finish my story, unless you mean, what do I do now to prevent that from happening.
During the rough mix, we focus on making everything work together from a broad standpoint, while during the actual mix I think most mix guys go into it thinking about what they want to change in each individual track. For instance, I used to hear the strings and think, they've gotta be brighter, drums have to punch more, etc... and that's what great mix engineers do. BUT there is a point where we go too far with processing and the mix is no longer balanced, and I think that's why the rough mix sounds better... because everything in the rough mix at least WORKS together without one thing sounding too out of place.
I've heard so many times on these forums that if you get it right in the recording, then the mix should be simple and minimal.
