Welcome to day two of 5 Minutes To A Better Mix. I’ve got plenty of great stuff in store for you and today’s video is no exception. Again, don’t be fooled by it’s simplicity. This one tip can totally change the outcome of your final mix.
Where You Start Matters
When mixing, where you start makes a huge difference. Too many of us jump all around randomly when we mix. Today I’ll make it simple for you. If you can identify the most important section of a song and mix that to perfection first, the rest of the mix will come together naturally!
Comments
Hi Graham,
I’m very happy that you have started another round of 5 minutes to a better mix. I watched the first round a few weeks after you did it, but this time I’ll be waiting for each one. Todays tip is a very good one, and if I may, I would like to add that Bob Katz offer a similar tip on mastering. When mastering an album start with the loudest song. For each song, start with the loudest section.
Anyway, thank you for your videos.
Thanks for the comment. Interesting suggestion from Bob, makes sense.
I REALLY needed to hear this today. I’m trying to get a record out (self-produced) and I have such a BAD habit of trying to make EVERYTHING sound perfect… which number one isn’t possible and number two will wear you out.
Your advice about not pulling out your big guns all the time (plug-in-wise, creatively-wise, instrument-wise) is some of the best advice I’ve ever heard. And I think I knew it.. I just needed someone to say it! I’m more of a producer-type person and I am a perfectionist and so a lot of times my mixes are endless wild goose-chases for the “perfect” mix that lasts the whole song. After crazy amounts of automation, mixing, remixing, and reremixing, so often I’m worn out and still not very happy.
This is great advice on how to combat that!
This is a great tip, especially where you mentioned that this will help with keeping the master fader levels in check. This always seems to be a challenge for my mixes. Thanks Graham!
Really like this tip. This will help a lot, I can think of half a dozen songs where I think this will solve the issues I’ve been having getting the dynamics right. Thanks Graham.