17-01-2021, 08:40 PM
Sure, bro. We all know that there are more than one way to, eh, skin a cat, especially in this mixing business. I have heard all kinds of different mixes in a song. So, no, no complain on that. I respect everybody's creativity, even though some sound weird as sh*t, but that's only my opinion. For all I know, there may be someone out there thinks my mix is weird. Who knows. So yeah, go crazy with your creativity. The worst that could happen is it ruins the producer's and perhaps even the band's mood. They'll replace us with someone else. Nobody dies.
One thing I slightly, just a tiny bit, think differently is to wait to make the mix better in the mastering stage. My reason is: if I, on a lucky god-smiling day, can make my mix so awesome to the point that the mastering engineer needs only to enhance it instead of rescue it, the final "radio-ready" would sound even better. Right? So the questions then become: should the "we'll-fix-it-in-the-mix" attitude be adopted in our endeavor? Should we baby our mixes to their optimal condition way before they get to the the hands of the mastering engineers? Luckily, these questions are quite clear cut; it's should just be a yes or no. Sometimes our attitude toward works does affect its outcome.
One thing I slightly, just a tiny bit, think differently is to wait to make the mix better in the mastering stage. My reason is: if I, on a lucky god-smiling day, can make my mix so awesome to the point that the mastering engineer needs only to enhance it instead of rescue it, the final "radio-ready" would sound even better. Right? So the questions then become: should the "we'll-fix-it-in-the-mix" attitude be adopted in our endeavor? Should we baby our mixes to their optimal condition way before they get to the the hands of the mastering engineers? Luckily, these questions are quite clear cut; it's should just be a yes or no. Sometimes our attitude toward works does affect its outcome.