The Role of Audio Mixing
The role of music producer is not necessarily a technical one, with the physical aspects of recording being assumed by the audio engineer, and so producers often leave the similarly technical mixing process to a specialist audio mixer. Even producers with a technical background may prefer that a mixer comes in to take care of the final stage of the production process. Noted producer and mixer Joe Chiccarelli has said that it is often better for a project that an outside person comes in because:
"when you're spending months on a project you get so mired in the detail that you can't bring all the enthusiasm to the final stage that you'd like. need somebody else to take over those responsibilities so that you can sit back and regain your objectivity."
However, as Chiccarelli explains, sometimes limited budgets dictate that a producer takes care of the mixing as well.
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