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    Step by Step Mixing Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides a 4-step process for mixing music tracks: 1. Prep the mix by organizing tracks, labeling, coloring, setting levels and EQ, and importing reference mixes. 2. Balance tracks by looping important parts, lowering all volumes, bringing up most important instrument first, and spending time balancing instruments. 3. Fix any problems by listening for issues, solving mixing bus or individual track problems, and addressing out-of-tune, timing, dynamics, frequency or noise issues. 4. Enhance the mix using automation, compression, EQ, modulation effects, panning, delay and reverb, and spot effects to make the song sound professional and exciting.

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    This document provides a 4-step process for mixing music tracks: 1. Prep the mix by organizing tracks, labeling, coloring, setting levels and EQ, and importing reference mixes. 2. Balance tracks by looping important parts, lowering all volumes, bringing up most important instrument first, and spending time balancing instruments. 3. Fix any problems by listening for issues, solving mixing bus or individual track problems, and addressing out-of-tune, timing, dynamics, frequency or noise issues. 4. Enhance the mix using automation, compression, EQ, modulation effects, panning, delay and reverb, and spot effects to make the song sound professional and exciting.

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    This document provides a 4-step process for mixing music tracks: 1. Prep the mix by organizing tracks, labeling, coloring, setting levels and EQ, and importing reference mixes. 2. Balance tracks by looping important parts, lowering all volumes, bringing up most important instrument first, and spending time balancing instruments. 3. Fix any problems by listening for issues, solving mixing bus or individual track problems, and addressing out-of-tune, timing, dynamics, frequency or noise issues. 4. Enhance the mix using automation, compression, EQ, modulation effects, panning, delay and reverb, and spot effects to make the song sound professional and exciting.

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    Step by Step Mixing Cheat Sheet

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    STEP-BY-STEP MIXING 
    CHEAT SHEET 

    Step : Prep The Mix 


    Remem e : e e minute ou mi is alua le! You ea s e ome less a u ate the 
    lon e ou listen to a son . P ope l p ep ou session so that ou an mi less. 

    ❏ O anize ou t a ks inst ument 


    ❏ La el ou t a ks o e tl  
    ❏ Colo - ode ou t a ks 
    ❏ Set up ou outin o oup usses 
    ❏ Gain sta e ea h t a k - make su e it is in the ​di ital s eet spot 
    ❏ An p elimina EQ ​ o ious oom esonan es, et .  
    ❏ Impo t ou e e en e mi es 
    ❏ Add ou mi uss plu ins ut keep them passed  

    .musi ianonamission. om 


    Step : Balance 
    80% o the mi omes om ho ell ou t a ks a e alan ed. In est plent o time on 
    this step! 

    ❏ Loop the loudest pa t o the son  


    ❏ Tu n all ou olume ade s do n 
    ❏ B in up most impo tant inst ument i st 
    ❏ Then in up the ne t impo tant inst ument, and so on 
    ❏ Spend time t eakin the alan e et een these t a ks 
    ❏ Retu n to this step a te oth Step and Step  

    Step : Fix 
    Don’t han e thin s o the sake o it. Find p o lems and sol e them. Be intentional 
    a out e e thin in this step! 

    ❏ Listen th ou h the mi , ite do n an p o lems ou hea  


    ❏ Sol e the i p o lems that an e i ed ith mi uss p o essin  
    ❏ Then sol e smalle p o lems on inst ument usses and indi idual t a ks 

    P o lems ou mi ht ind: 

    ❏ Out-o -tune t a ks ​ i ith tunin  


    ❏ Out-o -time t a ks ​ i ith time-ali nment  
    ❏ T a ks that a e too d nami o un ont olled ​ i ith omp ession  
    ❏ T a ks that ith un alan ed e uen ies ​ i ith EQ  
    ❏ T a ks that do not it to ethe ​ Fi ith ​Ran e Allo ation​  
    ❏ T a ks ith li ks, pops, o am ient noise ​ Fi ith a noise ate  

    Step : Enhance 
    This step is to make the son sound sound la e -than-li e, p o essional, and e itin . 
    He e a e some tools ou an use: 

    ❏ Automation 
    ❏ Comp ession and Limitin  
    ❏ EQ 
    ❏ Satu ation and Disto tion 
    ❏ Modulation e e ts ​ ho us, t emolo, et .  
    ❏ Pannin  
    ❏ Dela and Re e  
    ❏ Spot e e ts 

    .musi ianonamission. om 

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