Top common MIXING MISTAKES in the HOME STUDIO

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Having produced and mixed music for over 17 years and by helping my students out with their mixes, I've seen all the common mistakes people make and that I did myself when I first started.

Today I'm going to talk about my the top 5 mixing mistakes I see in the home studio and show you how to get a better mix simply by avoiding them. It doesn't matter in which DAW you work on or what style of music you're working on, avoiding these mistakes will help you with your future mixes.

Mixing Mistake 1 0:55
Mixing Mistake 2 2:06
Mixing Mistake 3 2:55
Mixing Mistake 4 3:51
Mixing Mistake 5 9:01

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[danball]

Great high level tips to keep priorities in focus. Your format was interesting and engaging walking and talking and interviewing. I love the timing of the horn honk where needed in the interview too.

[RogerBadgerDSFlyer]

Another great video, thanks. Been an amateur producer for decades, therefore making mistakes for decades! I am very pleased to discover that I have at least learned a few important things along the way.

[blackbunchie]

I'm working my way through your video back catalogue. This was another great one I always learn something. Definitely I'm not doing enough referencing. Thanks Chris. :-)

[starsandguitars]

Always a pleasure. I would like to hear you talk more about the different approaches you discussed - live sound verses focused sound, folk sound versus electric sound...Thanks Chris

[TalkinMusicProduction]

That's a really solid list of mistakes. I would like to add 2 more
:)

1. Skipping gain staging: When you're a beginner it's easy to skip gain staging then hit the red lights and end up clipping.
2. Using presets: First, learn and understand how your plugins work then later you can use presets as a "starting point".

[fbbt]

Hey Chris, can you talk about the auto tuning

[korkenknopfus]

He is out of home and studio for a while. He finds the way to make a new video about mixing. Thanks for your work, Chris.

[edwardcorrado]

Great Advice as always! Thanks, Chris.

[indyartmusic]

Hi Chris, great video with good mixing tips, and other good tips in peoples comments below as well. Your one guest goes on about referencing your mix! This is something that i never used to do do early on but now making an effort to implement into my workflow! The thing is, i find it difficult to find tracks that are really similar to mine; i produce orchestral music at the moment and i am going to admit my mistake here, i struggle to Any thoughts????

[thierry-VERET]

you're right ...I very often close my eyes not to look at the screen when I mix...it's quicker than to switch off the screen :)

[CharlesK]

Great tips Chris.... What was that track in the background?

[CorradoRossiMusic]

Another helpful video as always, Chris.
Thanks a lot!

[mesabog]

How "flat" should a mix be?


Because I, like a lot of people, like the "smiley face" EQ but I might be building that into my mixes too much. So when I play it on a system where I already have a smiley face EQ setting it will be overkill.

[backspin]

Great tips. I think I will record in the evening, and mix in the morning. We are living in a noisy world.

[fernandlamarche]

Thanks For all tutorial ...your généreux ..

[julevomgoldberg]

Focused and true ... all this can and will help - if you only are respectful to your fails. 😉 Good hints, Chris-have a nice time!

[taufanzismar]

hey christ, i just starting my home studio record 3 years ago. and iv'e been watching your video since then. my hardware is so simple, its very very simple. i have core i3 and never upgrade my 4gb ram and also use cubase 5 till now. i hope that is not my major problem. i use Behringer Xenyx 802usb as my soundcard. i directly put the guitar and everyting on that mixer, so i don't use any amplifier to get the sound because i don't have a good recording room. all the expensive thing that i have a courage and believe that I will become like you one day. anyway.. my problem is why i can't get better sound when i record a electric guitar, because i got a lot of noise, like a big noise, sometimes make me crazy.no matter if i use a guitar effect plugin or effect pedal. can i get some tips for me to do. that means a lot to me. thanks christ :)

[thesoundresidence]

Please stop using that background music... It's just annoying!