Techniques
Mixing engineers rely on their intuition in the process of mixing, but all mixers generally follow certain fundamental procedures:
- Analyzing the client artist's "groove", or "style"
- Finding the most important elements (tracks or combinations of tracks) to emphasize
- Figuring out how to emphasize the tracks, often meaning de-emphasizing other tracks
- Fine-tuning the final mix
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