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In this stage, the Audio Engineer takes care of adding tonal character, dynamic control, space/width and so on.
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The first thing that you need to look into is whether your mix is good enough to go through the mastering process; if there are things that are obviously not working in a mix you can’t expect the master to fix that. This approach, to begin with, is the reason why so many people end up with average sounding tracks. If the guitars in your mix aren’t sitting correctly, try to find a way around that problem in the mix itself instead of expecting the problem to be solved in the master.
Think of it like this, if you have a well balanced good sounding mix then the master is only going to make it better. Expecting the master to fix unbalanced sounds in the mix is the wrong way of going about this.
Now the question is how do you know when your mix is ready? This answer may vary for everyone but as long as the elements in the song sound balanced/interacting with each other and the emotion of the song is coming across in the mix than it is ready. Obviously, there are a lot of other factors to look at and everyone has a different filter for the quality of their mixes but as long as these two points are covered I think you’re good to go.
Although it is hard to admit, more often than not there will be mixes of your music that you’ve worked on that won’t sound great. I’m not against musicians mixing their own projects but I do feel that they lose perspective on their own recording after listening to it so many times over. If you think your mix isn’t cutting it, book a few hours at any of your nearby studios and get an outside perspective of an engineer on your project. It should give you a clear perspective of how much work the mix needs and what can be fixed. If there are certain things that need to be re-recorded to fit in the mix; do it.
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