Mixdown Blues

+3 · Post by +3 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:36 am

I have ‘em.

Been sliding faders up and down all day, don’t know what level anything should be at now. LOL I know I should just walk away, but I can’t. I have to finish this…

Help me.

Shum · Post by **Shum** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:38 am

Sounds like you need to step outside the studio and enjoy a spliff/smoke/Dr. Pepper, whatever your preference might be.

paravrais · Post by **paravrais** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:53 am

Lol, I thought this thread was gonna be about Blues music XD

Shum · Post by **Shum** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:00 am

paravrais wrote:Lol, I thought this thread was gonna be about Blues music XD

I can imagine some disgruntled engineer by the Mississippi singing to himself now "Ohhhhhhh I got the... mixdown blues..."

DJ Crackle · Post by **DJ Crackle** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:02 am

Yeah bro. GTFO of the studio. For at least the rest of the day. Get that 'gina.

DJ Crackle · Post by **DJ Crackle** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:02 am

Shum wrote:
paravrais wrote:Lol, I thought this thread was gonna be about Blues music XD
I can imagine some disgruntled engineer by the Mississippi singing to himself now "Ohhhhhhh I got the... mixdown blues..."

I have a great image of a man with a harmonica sitting in front of a gigantic mixing board. it's pretty great.

+3 · Post by +3 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:18 am

Had a beer last night, and chilled out. Came back, stopped trying so hard (read: stopped caring completely), set each fader to where it sounded right and left it there. Went to sleep.

Listened today in the car and the mix was downright beautiful. Work of art.

Lesson learned: Drunk mix = Perfect mix.

I will now be drinking before every mixdown.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:47 am

ha, ^ inspirational. I approach mix downs with something akin to panic... Maybe panic + DMT + getting thrown out of an airplane with just a hefty bag with a hole in the top.

Madness.

melodium747 · Post by **melodium747** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:08 am

paravrais wrote:Lol, I thought this thread was gonna be about Blues music XD

same. but yeah man just take a break.

Ldizzy · Post by **Ldizzy** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:21 am

+1 on the drinking thing...

i tend to get shit done quicker when im not ''all there''

ever wondered why u operate more at 4 am after a long day and a shitload of porn/fastfood in ur system...

?

ever since i dont overthink mixing.. its been so much easier (altho im still a noob)

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:35 am

+3 wrote:I will now be drinking before every mixdown.

This is where your problems start

ponte_ricky · Post by **ponte_ricky** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:08 pm

its real easy to over think the mix in some cases. try to remember not to use eq/comp etc for the sake of it.

when i approach a mix i always think more about how to entice the listener nowadays, rather than trying to get a particularly technically accurate mix. people mix in different ways, try n put your own stamp on it and dont worry too much about it.

hope that helps

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