What truly makes a great mix and ultimately a great mixer, is
understanding the context you’re working with and the possibilities and limits within that context.
Genre, audio files, song structure, lyrics, performance, musical elements, artistic vision, desired playback format, and so on, are all things that play a huge role in making mixing decisions.
So in this post, I’ll go through 4 things to consider when mixing to help you make better mixing decisions. Because what might work wonders in one particular mix, may very well ruin the next.