| If you're getting a project mixed by a genuine pro, I (personally) would bypass everything.
Give him the "producer mix" where you've done all the EQ'ing, delays, etc. to show you vision and direction for sonics and creative mixing (dumb phaser effect on the outro, etc)
Then the mix engineer can re-create that mix his own way, and from there, further polish....
One related thing: if you a very specific about your drum sounds, and create them from layering many sounds, you might consider bouncing your snare, for example, as a combined stem.
While having all the break down could possibly yield better results when put together by a pro, it could also compromise your sound (if you already know what you're doing. Danja, for example, does this so his "sound" isn't lost during the mix) |