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Hands-on: Mixing guide 13 steps to a powerful mix

Technical setup

Mix basics

A/B comparison

Mix fixes

1 Setup // audio interface

Good mixes can theoretically be created with the interface in the computer, but once you have worked with a really good audio interface and experienced the direct comparison, the differences in quality quickly become clear: the sound is more brilliant, more transparent and wider. Individual elements are much easier to hear and therefore easier to tune.

2 Setup //monitoring

Monitor boxes belong to a good interface like strawberries to cream. If one of them is bad, the other one will no longer taste good. Speakers ensure - correctly set up and positioned - for a clean sound that mercilessly shows weaknesses.

3 Mix basics //

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