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<blockquote data-quote="bruce reiter" data-source="post: 26405" data-attributes="member: 351">Re: Please help me better my mixing skillsin my opinion the first thing is to understand as you plan your mix is what the artist thinks about their recordings. do they like the mix and the fx processing? do they want to sound like the record? do they have the means to sound like the record?if they like the way there records sound then this is your guide. assuming you have a great band and great microphones well placed and a properly deployed speaker system the most important thing you can do to start to develop a great mix is set the pre/head amps (gain) in a balanced way there are some good engineers who use avid consoles with some videos where they discuss mixing methods and gain structure that is pretty basic but at the same time high level skill.i think of channel eq like any other effect such as comps and gates, reverbs, delays, pitch, chorus these are the basic tools used effect the sound of the mix. figure out what the hooks are in the songs. what are the parts of the songs the fans sing or the riffs they like? try to accent those. think about the catchy parts that stand out to the average fan who hears the song on the radio or on cd. &nbsp;since you seem to have the science already now you need the art of listening and mixing.there is no top secret setting on any gear that will give you a great mix. but of coarse all good engineers have trick of their trade...steal bits from other engineers you hear who are providing quality mixes and combine them with your own tricks to make your own method.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bruce reiter, post: 26405, member: 351"] Re: Please help me better my mixing skills in my opinion the first thing is to understand as you plan your mix is what the artist thinks about their recordings. do they like the mix and the fx processing? do they want to sound like the record? do they have the means to sound like the record? if they like the way there records sound then this is your guide. assuming you have a great band and great microphones well placed and a properly deployed speaker system the most important thing you can do to start to develop a great mix is set the pre/head amps (gain) in a balanced way there are some good engineers who use avid consoles with some videos where they discuss mixing methods and gain structure that is pretty basic but at the same time high level skill. i think of channel eq like any other effect such as comps and gates, reverbs, delays, pitch, chorus these are the basic tools used effect the sound of the mix. figure out what the hooks are in the songs. what are the parts of the songs the fans sing or the riffs they like? try to accent those. think about the catchy parts that stand out to the average fan who hears the song on the radio or on cd. since you seem to have the science already now you need the art of listening and mixing. there is no top secret setting on any gear that will give you a great mix. but of coarse all good engineers have trick of their trade... steal bits from other engineers you hear who are providing quality mixes and combine them with your own tricks to make your own method. [/QUOTE]

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