Ok,
Lets say a person that is fairly new to mixing is loading his first big project in his DAW and is about to start his mix, what would be the most important tip that you could give him? In other words, all you experienced mixers, what did you have to learn the hard way to get to the level that you are on right now? What input other than this most awsome forum on the planet did help you to progress when it comes to mixing?
Let me start:
The most important tip I got after a year into mixing was using the good old
HIGH PASS FILTER on everything. Even the Kick, since I could not monitor the Subs back then. I was told "Sweep the high pass filter up the spectrum until you can really hear the instrument getting thin, that back it off a bit. That really helped a lot.
Lets say a person that is fairly new to mixing is loading his first big project in his DAW and is about to start his mix, what would be the most important tip that you could give him? In other words, all you experienced mixers, what did you have to learn the hard way to get to the level that you are on right now? What input other than this most awsome forum on the planet did help you to progress when it comes to mixing?
Let me start:
The most important tip I got after a year into mixing was using the good old
HIGH PASS FILTER on everything. Even the Kick, since I could not monitor the Subs back then. I was told "Sweep the high pass filter up the spectrum until you can really hear the instrument getting thin, that back it off a bit. That really helped a lot.