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There are principally pitfalls along the road of music production ; many of these holes can be avoid if the mixing beginner has some music production basics to help them at the start. Once an individual that is new to music production knows the fundamentals and knows the golden rules their learning process and overall education in this field will be at a far greater level than people who jump straight in without knowing or reading anything. Here are some helpful tips :

Always back up all files that are required in you mix – before you sit down to start a mix, ensure you have all of your audio files and arrangement files saved and backed up on something away from your computer. Be that an external drive, DVD / CD, memory stick or perhaps on the web. Anything could occur, such as a pathogen infection, drive melt down or something else infinitely random.

Mix within a relaxed environment – you cannot do any of the music production basics not to mention mix if there’s unnecessary noise going on around you. Even while using headphones it isn’t good as it is distracting.

You don’t need intense silence, though that would be nice. Just all other noise must be in the background and not breaking your concentration. Never turn speakers up above a cushty listening level to drown out or counter noise interfering with your capability to mix competently.

Listen though a track before mixing and write ideas down – I usually listen thru a track I am about to mix and write down ideas I have for the mixing direction. The inspiration could come from specific vocals / words or simply a feeling / idea I presumed up in that moment of listening ; it is simple to put your ideas into practise after you know the music production basics.

It is always good to have a concept or direction of how you need the track to go. At this point an idea would probably be formed anyhow. When listening to the track for ideas wait at least twenty-four hours, or, if you’re like me and / or you have time on your hands wait longer and listen to it as fresh and forgetful as you can and base your mixing idea on the 1st impressions you get.

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