It´s a very hard field and took me years to be ok with it. And sometimes I still don´t like my mixing and mastering. :D But it´s a process and you never stop learning.
Sure! What exactly are you interested in? What kind of music do you produce?
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I just want to develop a better ear for knowing how to make the music sound objectively better, things like where to place mics, knowing when I might need a separate mic for a separate instrument, when a track could use more or less treble mid or bass.
How did you develop your ear so you know what’s missing? I have recorded live instruments so far but want to start with MIDI soon.
Just put out my first EP
I see. Well this is a huge field. To learn what you just described might take hundreds of hours, even thousands. But I can try to assist you a little bit.
Real instruments are harder to mix than midi stuff for sure.
I developed my ear for years, making hearing training and stuff like that.
I will listen to your EP, since I don´t know the level you are on at the moment.
It´s always a good start point and important to know how to read the frequency spectrum. Get an analyzer for sure to always look at it and learn reading it. This will help you.
What software do you use?
I have ableton because it’s what friends used when I was in the studio with them so I already understood some of the very basics. Then I found a focusrite set that came with ableton
Ah yeah that´s good, if someone is showing it to you. Nice. I had focusrite before.
And it´s important to learn the basics about mastering.
I master and mix at the same time I produce the track, and just correct my mix and master at the end. That´s how I was able to get to a much better quality. Even though it´s not very usual to do it like this. But it helped me alot!
Do you know about Limiter, Compressors, MB Compressors, EQ, about LUFS? That are the basics and important to know.
I don´t know what your level of knowledge is, so it´s hard to give tips.
no idea! I will search! If you know any good resource to learn let me know please!
Ok. Because I think to understand this is really important and will let your music sound 100 times better. I will have a look if I can find some easy tutorials.