Excited to post my very first ever finished semi-professional mix. I received the audio stems and MIDI for this song in the form of lackluster garageband fidelity (actually from garageband) and decided to rework the entire song into something grand.
I learned a great deal about mixing by working on this transformation. Parallel compression on drums adds an extra nice bite (thank you prefader sends). Separating a single bass into low and high frequencies spreads out the sound. Routing different guitar tracks with different frequencies and timbres to output busses was essential to workflow. Careful use of effects and processing meant night and day in terms of quality. Learning to fine tune your ear, to take breaks from the consistent sound of your work, and to objectify the shit out of your mix was paramount to making a successful end product.
Pretty much loved every second of it. Anyone have some potential songs they need mixing? Let me at ‘em!
~MJ