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Dense mixes happen. They can be a gift and a curse; on one hand you’re filling out all of the possible space between a listener's headphone, on the other hand, everything in the mix is fighting for its own space.
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Drums are always a blast to work with, which might have something to do with the boundaries they push. They push our technical abilities as engineers and producers – requiring multiple microphones with exact placement and phase matching to record. They spread themselves across the entire audio spectrum.
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A static lead vocal is almost unheard of in today’s mixes. Listeners have shorter attention spans, and hearing a singer with a great voice unfortunately isn’t enough to hold that attention for 3 – 5 minutes.
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A virtual guitar or bass rig is one of the most powerful tools in a professional producers toolbox when they know how to use it. It all starts with the realization that your amp sims don’t conform to the same rules as a regular guitar amp
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If you’re not using at least a little bit of processing on your Mix Bus/Master Fader, you’re missing out on one of the easiest ways to solidify your mix in a professional, polished way.Some of the pros like to use just a hint of compression, with the SSL bus compressor finding itself at home on nearly every mix run through those boards.
