How do we achieve that "commercial" sounding mix?
How do we get a big wide, transparent sound with tonnes of headroom, where every instrument occupies it's own space within the stereo field and appears crystal clear?
How do we get sparkling highs, crisp mids and a clean powerful bottom end?
Many are questions I'm still yet to figure out.
Even though my mixes are night and day to what they were 15 years ago when I was recording on 8 track tape machines I still feel I have so much more to learn and I'm always keen to squeeze info out of others.
Personally, I feel EQ is one of the most powerful tools when it comes to mixing your tracks.
Get it wrong and you can quite easily destroy an otherwise reasonable recording, whereas subtle cuts and boost in just the right spots will work wonders on a mix.
Where these cuts and boosts occur however is the 64 million dollar question and totally dependent on many factors.
Here's two EQ tricks that I use every time I mix. One talks about mid/side processing and the others a quite detail description of using high pass filters.
Many of you would know and employ these techniques, others may not be so familiar with them.
If you've got any cool little tips that will help us achieve a better mix let's hear em'!!
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