If you're like most people, sometimes you get stuck in a mix and you don't know what to do next.

It happens all the time. You don't know when you're done mixing. 

Although the mix is coming together, it's not done yet. But you have no idea what to do next.
Well, this email will help.

The questions below are intended as part ideas for inspiration and part practical tips to help keep you on track while you're mixing.

You can use the questions as you mix to give you ideas to try on your music, or you can use it as a reference when you get stuck. 

1. Have you used the 1 dB rule to get the most balanced level across the multi-tracks? Move each track up or down 1 dB. If the mix sounds better try another dB until it starts sounding worse. When you can’t move a track one dB up or down without making it worse you’re as close to the sweet spot as you can get with only levels.
2. Do you know each track intimately so that you can use automation to bring out every special event in each track later down the line?
3. Have you used parallel compression on the drums with a hard-hitting compressor that has a fast attack, slow release, high ratio and a LOT of gain reduction to add punch to your overall drum sound?
4. If you’re working with both DI and mic tracks, have you made sure both bass guitar tracks are in phase?
5. Have you used parallel distortion/saturation to add some subtle grit to your bass sound to make it cut through the mix?
6. Do your guitars sound small because you’re overdoing the compression?
7. Have you checked the phase/polarity relationship of all multi-miked guitar tracks?
8. Have you tried a short 100 ms stereo delay with one repeat to create space around your guitar solo?
9. Have you used EQ automation to make sure your piano sound is thick by itself but EQ’d around the other instruments and vocals when needed?
10. Is the vocal sound the coolest thing in your song that makes everything else more exciting because of it?

If you're a musician or engineer, struggling to create release-ready, finished mixes but it fees like you can't get them to sound anything other than thin, weak or muddy, I can help.

Using a proven process and solid system of mixing is the best way to get quality mixes every time.

The 5-Plugin framework inside Step By Step Mixing is the best (and possibly most affordable) way to transform your home studio demos into powerful productions.

You may think you need fancy equipment or expensive plug-ins, but I know you don't because thousands of home studio musicians and bedroom producers have released radio-ready music using the step by step mixing system.

Here's what Lisa had to say recently about my system:

 

"I've followed the author on Instagram for some time and used his day-to-day tips to improve my mix so Iwas ecstatic when I learned he had a book. It is short and concise but doesn't leave out anything. It does a great job of laying everything out in layman's terms and breaking complex ideas into smaller, digestible concepts. Furthermore, the formatting and organization made it extremely easy to follow. I have about 40 pages worth of notes to accompany the read and my mixes have already improved exponentially. Well worth the buy!"

 

You may also think you don't have time to go through it, but that's why I've included the "Better Mixes in Less Time: Productivity Playbook for Mixing Engineers" as a free bonus so that you can easily free up the time you need to go through the process to make your next mix your best mix. 

Besides, think about all the extra time you're freeing up when you know exactly what to do to get from a rough recording to a finished mix without wondering what to do next?

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