A Mastering Engineer’s View On A Quality Mix
A veteran mastering engineer outlines some of the most common problems he comes across when receiving mixes from clients...
By David S. Eley • February 19, 2019Who is really responsible for a fantastic sounding master?
Mixing is justifiably a bigger subject than mastering and would easily fill a book or two by itself.
For that reason, rather than give a tutorial on mixing, I am simply going to outline some of the most common problems I have come across when receiving mixes from clients.
I won’t go into too much detail with things like, what frequencies to boost, or cut to improve the mix, or any other mixing tricks. I’m just going to try and get across an overall concept of why some mixes produce good masters and why others don’t. In doing so, I hope to shed a new light on this massive subject...
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