Making a great-sounding recording or mix is a lot like making great food, it all starts with good ingredients.
If your vocal sounds muffled and boomy already in the recording stage, or your kick sounds thin in the production stage, EQs and compressors will many times be of little help in the mixing stage.
So here are 8 things to keep in mind when recording and producing your tracks, to give you the best possible ingredients to work with.