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Originally Posted by Lawrence
Thing is, mixing the same way every time is not always a good idea. Sometimes a song calls for a different approach. Experiment. If you don't like the result you have now flip the script and approach it in reverse, or from the middle, or from a wacky angle.
Lawrence
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Great advice, I couldn't agree more... There is a related rule that goes:
"Diving blindly into a mix is a recipe for disaster."
Every mix is new and needs a custom approach. One reason for this is that the result of the tracking phase is always different. All intruments were not equally well tracked. This is very important to pay attention to before you start mixing. Analyze the feel of each track, the sound quality of each track and so on. By doing so you prepare yourself for using this material to consume the sound field most efficiently. By diving blindly into a mix you just start moving those faders and soon you might have lost the most important dBs... By having the same approach on every mix you easily throw away valuable dBs... Decisions automatically end up bad when they are never made.
For more information about m/s miking you can read the following book:
"The New Stereo Soundbook" by Ron Streicher and Alton Everest
http://www.stereosoundbook.com/