I've been doing a lot of different custom mix tutorials for clients in the last few months.
After every successful mix my clients are happy with, I jump on a call with them and walk them through everything I did in the mix so that they can learn from my methods.
And after a few sessions I realized just how
much of a process I follow every time I mix a song.
So whether I was doing an '80s inspired pop ballad, a raunchy rock song, a modern country tune, or a funky disco pop song, my workflow was always very consistent.
Even if mixing isn't always directly linear, the roadmap was always the same:
- Rough mixing with faders and
panning.
- Adding EQ, compression, and saturation to each element of the mix to get a two-dimensional "flat" mix that still sounded exciting in mono.
- Creating dimension, depth, and space with reverb, delay, and other effects.
- Adding loudness, and "pro" fullness with parallel processing to add power, width, and high-end sparkle to elevate the mix to the next level.
- Finalizing the mix with multi-band compression, linear phase EQ, and other mastering processors during
the "Mixstering" phase to get the song sounding release-worthy.
This process always gave me the only result that mattered:
Happy clients with mixes they were proud to release.
This is the same process I'll be walking you through inside the Step By Step Mixing Challenge, so if
you're looking to finish release-worthy mixes, or want to get more clients happy with your work, join us inside the challenge right now.
Registration closes TONIGHT, and I'm not sure when I'm running it live like this again so this is your chance to challenge yourself to create radio-ready and release-worthy mixes in the next five
days.
Click here to learn more: https://www.audioissues.com/sbsm-challenge
See you on the inside!
Björgvin