Producing & Mixing

I was just wondering how much work a producer actually puts into mixing his own track? Does he/she spend much time on EQ'ing or does a producer just leave all the work to a professional mixer? Or does all this depend on deadlines??

I guess it depends on which producer your talking about. different people have diff ways of working...

it depends on the lunar cycle

I do all my own sh*t. Nobody knows how you want everything to sound like you do

RonDu wrote:I do all my own sh*t. Nobody knows how you want everything to sound like you do

True....True!!!!

the role of the producer has changed alot

most ppl doin all their mixing, even mastering

i hav to do all the panning, eq, etc. while im actually producing.

RonDu wrote:I do all my own sh*t. Nobody knows how you want everything to sound like you do

True Indeed!

I do ma own ish too cos i kno how i wnt it to sound. I'm always tryna learn new masterin techniques so i can get ma sh.t soundin tight!

id say a combo.

When your are producing you should naturally be mixing.......i.e. filtering, matching sounds that fit good together, fixing a bass if its too muddy, adjusting the levels of each sound-like the hihat compared to the kick and snare, etc. Think about it.......how can you put a bassline in yourtrack if it covers up all the other sounds? how do you get your drums tosound good if you dont give them the right velocities?

id break it down like this but this is how i do it with my guy.....other people probably work differant.

1.production/creative mixing-do this when you are making the track
2.mixing session just for mixing and redoing/fixing, (like proof reading a rough draft) usually give it time after you initially make the track.
3. repeat number 2
4. mixing session. You dont change or redo any sequencing or replace sounds.........all you are doing is tweaking the sound that will be in the track and working towards the final mix. Usually done after tracking.

*leave major effects to the engineer, even major cuts and boosts. Keep your original just in case you **** up and the engineer needs to fix it.

3.engineering mixing.......hell have somethings to say about your mix or sometimes there are things you dont know what to do.

4.finalizing.

you should do atleast 1 and 2, if you do a good job you might be able to skip 3, but some engineers who finalize will also do some final tweaking....Also keep in mind that when you add a vocalist it complicates shit, your mix for a "nonvocal track" might be differant than with a vocalist.

I like to mix my tracks myself. Its a good feeling to hear you track bang just right in the speakers but its an even better felling to know you mixed it yourself.

i was listening to e1999 eternal recently.... and i was really peeping the production and mixing on this cd(very extensive and detailed!!) i was thinking to myself with all the love that was put into the mixing of this cd the producer had to have a hand in it to get his sonic vision thorough.

Believe it or not E.1999 Eternal was the first CD where I really noticed instrumentation and mixing. I was just telling my homeboy about that Bone Thnugs CD. That's really ironic.

Yep Different People Do Thangz IN DIFFERENT WAYZ.....................