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Recording vocals is an emotional and creative process for singers. If it’s their first time in the studio, they can be nervous, overwhelmed, and even a little hesitant to give it their all. As the recording engineer on the session, it’s up to you to make them comfortable and coax the best possible performance out of them.

Everybody's gotta start somewhere, even if it's just a freeware DAW and some basic panning & fader levels. What advice would you give your younger self when you first started mixing?

Let me start by saying this – there are very few plugins in this world that I think are absolutely useless. Many engineers use plugins that I’m not a fan of, but that just means they’re finding value in it...