Final mixing/EQing.

Sup everyone.

Just got myself a Soundcraft EFX8 to eq and add effects to my music before recording.
I've had my 1000/S950 for a while now and usually just do as much as I can on the mpc and then record into my Mac via a interface.
I know how important and how much of a difference it can make when a beat is eq'd correctly, hense my purchase!

Now seeing as I'm new to mixing and eq'ing outside of the mpc, is there anything I need to bare in mind or any useful tips you guys can pass on? Like I said I'm completely new to this so any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Also as for recording software, I just use Audacity. Is there any other software that would benefit me more? As I'm literally just recording with it.

Best advice is to listen to your favorite songs by your favorite artists and try to match. Don't try to boost bass and treble, thats for the listener to adjust. Keep it all flat but to the point that every sound is distinguishable and clear.

Also make about 3 final mixes to listen in your car to pick the best one.

Get reaper!!!!!!!!

Definitely try it out on as many different headphones/speakers you have available. That's one of the goals of mastering, getting it to sound good on any system.

Either end of the spectrum, basses and highs, you tend to overestimate how much you need in a mix. take those down, perhaps at first further than you'd think, just to get a better sense of how much it's doing in the mix.

Do you want to multitrack everything separately and mix it down in the computer?
I prefer Logic for that. One daw isn't really better than the other. It all comes down to personal preference.

If you want to do 'hardware' mixing and record that as a two track into audacity then I suggest you to get a good mixer with some aux channels for FX routing. Mix it down with the mixer and record the two track into audacity.