The goals of a mix

When we do a mix, we should have two goals in mind, and they can seem like they are working at cross purposes, but once you understand why, you will head down the right path:

• Hear every sound in your arrangement.
• Make all the parts into a cohesive whole.

If you have worked hard on your arrangement to get it to a state where every part that exists in it serves a musical purpose, then of course you want to hear each one, but not at the expense of the mix not all sounding like a, well, mix.

With a lot of practice and skill, we can achieve both of these goals.

The methods we will be applying to this are as follows:

• Using volume and panning
• Effects (FX) plugins
• Sending to FX hosted on Auxiliary (aux) channel strips
• Other considerations

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