Basic Music Production Tips

By Mick LLaleBeoufey

There are typically problems along the road of music production ; the majority of these holes can be avoid if the mixing noob has a few 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 educational process and overall education in this field will be at a far bigger level than people who jump straight in without knowing or reading anything. These are some useful tips :

Always back up all files that are needed in you mix - before you sit down to start a mix, ensure you have all your audio files and arrangement files saved and backed up on something away from your PC. Be that an external drive, DVD / CD, memory stick or even online . Anything could occur,eg a pathogen infection, drive melt down or something else infinitely random.

Mix within a peaceful environment - you cannot do any of the music production basics not to mention mix if there's inappropriate noise going on around you. Even while using headphones it's not good as it is distracting.

You don't need extreme silence, although that might be nice. Just all the 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 ability to mix competently.



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

It is always good to have a concept or direction of how you want the track to go. At this point an idea would probably be formed anyhow. When listening to the track for ideas wait at least 24 hours, or, if you are like me and / or you have the time on your hands wait longer and listen to it as fresh and forgetful as you can and base your mixing idea on the first impressions you get. - 30404

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