Better Mixing Mapping your mix
When done well, mixing sounds effortless. For proof of this, turn on your favourite radio station or open your favourite streaming service. You’ll immediately be greeted with numerous tracks which will almost certainly leave you with the impression that, in a sculpted, sinuous way, each one provides the only possible representation of their musical ingredients, such is the clear and obvious balance struck by each track’s mix engineer. But, in truth, a million unconscious decisions will have gone into the mixing of that track. Indeed, in another mix engineer’s hands, the track might sound very different and, potentially, just as good. So we learn an essential lesson, which is that for all of the suggestions made in any article you might read about mixing (including…
