Sometimes you can speak volumes with few words.
Such is the case with this recent Tech Tip from Sweetwater. There is absolute GOLD in these two paragraphs. Read them carefully. Then read them again.
For a double value, print them out and tape them over your lava lamp. Tada! Great mixing advice and protection from the looming lava lamp conspiracy!
Want to do a final check of the relative balances between tracks in your mix? Turn the volume way down to where you can barely hear it. Now, listen. Can you still hear all the tracks? Is the vocal clearly audible? Is anything jumping out? Anything you can’t hear?
Assuming your monitors are neutral and that your room is reasonably acoustically neutral (and you know both well), this low-level listening test will tell you volumes (no pun intended) about how your mix will hold up at normal listening levels and at high levels.
Go forth and mix!
