Mixing Tips

Think "Tall, deep, and wide." Tall: Frequency range, Deep: Effects and ambience, Wide: Panning.
Get a good balance between instruments. How should they relate to each other?
Mix at low volume. Easier to get good balance.
Make it interesting. Highlight the most important parts.
Control the dynamics through compression.
Give each element its own frequency range.
Check your mix in mono. Fix sounds that disappear. Also useful for finding the ideal pan of an instrument.
EQ: Try cutting frequencies first. Adding frequencies can cause unwanted phase shift.
If it sounds muddy, cut 250Hz.
If it sounds honky, cut 500Hz.
Cut frequencies to make it sound better and boost to make it sound different.
To highlight effects, brighten them. To blend effects, darken them.
Adjust compression to groove with the track.
Adjust speaker position and acoustically treat your room.
Listen to your mix from outside the room, in a car, on different speakers, etc.

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