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<blockquote data-quote="Milt Hathaway" data-source="post: 26383" data-attributes="member: 26">Re: Please help me better my mixing skillsIf you really want to learn to mix, you cannot do it by rote.Take a hearing physiology and psychoacoustics class, and learn how the ear works, and learn what humans actually hear and why.Learn how the compressors work, and why we use them. Same with gates, reverbs, etc.Learn what the knobs on the EQ do to audio (good and bad) and how to use both of those attributes to your advantage.Learn more about the instruments you are trying to amplify. Learn their true spectral content (not just their frequency ranges, but what part of those ranges actually carry important information). Learn to give the instruments and voices their own sections of the audio spectrum. For instance: It&#039;s easy to &quot;make the bass and kick play nice&quot; because they don&#039;t need to occupy the same space.No, it&#039;s not easy, and certainly tougher to learn on-the-job. That&#039;s why I suggest taking classes or spending as much down time as possible studying acoustical theory. This knowledge made mixing much easier for me, and allowed me to be more creative when given the opportunity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Milt Hathaway, post: 26383, member: 26"] Re: Please help me better my mixing skills If you really want to learn to mix, you cannot do it by rote. Take a hearing physiology and psychoacoustics class, and learn how the ear works, and learn what humans actually hear and why. Learn how the compressors work, and why we use them. Same with gates, reverbs, etc. Learn what the knobs on the EQ do to audio (good and bad) and how to use both of those attributes to your advantage. Learn more about the instruments you are trying to amplify. Learn their true spectral content (not just their frequency ranges, but what part of those ranges actually carry important information). Learn to give the instruments and voices their own sections of the audio spectrum. For instance: It's easy to "make the bass and kick play nice" because they don't need to occupy the same space. No, it's not easy, and certainly tougher to learn on-the-job. That's why I suggest taking classes or spending as much down time as possible studying acoustical theory. This knowledge made mixing much easier for me, and allowed me to be more creative when given the opportunity. [/QUOTE]

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