What’s the largest lesson you’ve realized about mixing whereas creating Residing Ghost?
When you have a challenge with 400+ tracks, simply ship it to another person to combine to protect your psychological state.
Teasing!
Although, as soon as once more, I need to thank Zhengxi Zhang for refining my demos of “Intro,” “Preybirds (Watcher Music),” “Butcheress,” and “Wildfire (Gone, Gone, Gone) / Loss of life Music” past what I might do within the refines of my dorm + the time restraints I’ve being a scholar (you may blame Econ 101 and different math lessons for having this EP come out a 12 months later than I deliberate!)
The actual lesson I’ve realized is that every tune’s mixing and manufacturing has an “ugly section” – the place the frequencies rub the ears in simply the improper means, the place the percussion doesn’t hit such as you need, the place the bass leaves your ears ringing, however you swear it nonetheless isn’t robust sufficient. What I all the time remember – as I’m holding onto a demo I’m ashamed to ship off, and the deadline creeps nearer and nearer – is that it’s gotta worsen earlier than it will get higher.
Don’t be discouraged when your first “tough combine demo” move sounds worse than the unmixed or unproduced model. Generally you must redo the entire thing, however a minimum of now you realize what the tune completely shouldn’t sound like. It might be lengthy and tough, however as you slowly find out how the instruments and methods enhance your observe’s character, it’ll get higher.
Professional tip from Rabbitology: Generally a great challenge takes time. Generally a great challenge takes no time in any respect. Every mixing and manufacturing course of is totally different, and belief it it doesn’t matter what path it takes. Don’t attempt to rush, don’t attempt to take it too gradual.
