I believe that the blended sound of multitrack recordings should be nothing short of the standard quality sound you hear in the industry today. And you hear it all the time whenever you start streaming Spotify or Apple Music, or tuning into your favorite radio station to listen to your favorite song. What you hear on those platforms IS the standard, more or less.
Learning how to mix a recording was honestly a byproduct of my pursuit of learning to consistently create great musical arrangements. It started back in my junior/senior year of high school - I'd take garageband plug-ins and try to replicate the sounds I heard on the radio. (Streaming was really on the rise at the time). But it wasn't until 2015 that I had begun to realize that mixing was something completely distinct from musical production, yet was the hinge that could make or break a record.
That's when my research really began to take off, and my findings almost deterred me. I saw all of these “masters” on YouTube with giant $100.000 mixing consoles, racks filled with numerous preamps and compressors that I couldn't even pronounce. I had eventually gone to a session in a studio like this, and the owner of the studio told me straight up that he spent decades collecting gear just to eventually get to the point where he could build his studio to this absurd capacity.
Naturally, I thought there was no chance to ever be able to mix my own music - but unbeknownst to me...something was happening in the music industry. All this hardware I saw the veteran audio engineers possess, They were becoming digitized as "plug-ins" and being sold to the mass market. Native Instruments, Waves, Alchemy; Plug-ins that were the "go-to''s of the professionals - aspiring engineers like me slowly gained access to. The only obstacle in my way was the learning curve of mastering those plug-ins.
That's where things are brought up to speed. I learned extensively from the veterans on how to use these new tools, and now I'm one of many engineers who can attest to the fact that a massive studio and thousands of dollars are not required for a professional mix. From simple home recordings to complex multitrack arrangements, your creative vision should be realized at an affordable price.
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