2 all the engineers of 2morrow lemme rap with ya!

**Killah_Trakz** · 06-05-2005

I'm gonna be real when i say this to ya, if ya rockin 100$ talking bout ohhh i needs a hot mic or soundcard its not gonna work ive been their and done that and can prove it. Actually if u spent a stack on an mpc why not spend a g on a mic / soundcard. im tired of these ridiculous post about how to thicken and analog and all that other crap cuz thats been answered a billion f'in times. What you put in is what you put out so if you cheap going in dont think your gonna get some Micheal jackson or britney Spears sound cuz you not point blank, but i wil tell u this 1st quit the being cheap bout ya gear cop what ya pockets really could afford so if it means no w$%d no airforces no jordans then do it, 2nd your ears play a big, big role. yeah you can reference da next man cd but its not gonna mean nothin cuz thats 2 way different ears sonicaly and gear 2gether. You should spend more time listening to how you can gain depth of your tracks by listening, panning, and the secret! is less tracks means less work and the more detail you can use. Compression is an art not a tool, i've seen sessions and engineers where they dont even touch nothing on dynamics and not even eq or boost frequencies. They rather cut to keep that natural feel. and u guys gotta realise those damn keyboards are electronics man they come clean theirs nothin much to be done other than filtering or tweaking a bit of eq but those sounds were already mixed 4 u. all software is the damn same just different feature and looks they all use the same freakin plugins like da next software its all on ya "EARS". So throw away those ol school speakers and really cop some "Good" not even decent Gear cuz your gonna get a decent record(mix) wit decent gear. So 4 da last time ya Mic Ya Souncard Those Monitors And Ya Ears is the key to success. (p.s. you can flame all you want but i know theirs a bunch of us on here that feel the way i do!) Peace.

**www.MerkRecords.com** · 06-06-2005

i agree with 95% of what you say!

a forum is not where you go and ask "How to mix" and expect to learn the process. anyone nice enough to respond to a bland question like that on a forum with 1,000,000 damn posts and 80% of them are just like yours isn't telling you everything you need to know and cannot if their is any character limit on this forum. when you skip steps and try to do a 24 hour crash course on learning any skill your end result will reflect the lack of knowledge and dedication. you cannot mix a track that rivels a track released by a major distributor when the people involved on their project have years of experience and damn near unlimited resources. buy a book, cop a dvd, take a class, something but don't expect to learn everything here when you don't even know enough to ask the right questions!

I agree that you should make sacrifices if necessary to get proper equipment and not expect miracles out of $200 pieces. but at the same time the area you can work on even when your money is low is your ears and skills. a great engineer could mix a song done by most of us here (including myself) and make it sound great using the same equipment we used compared to what we did. odds are you will have the finances to upgrade your equipment prior to perfecting your mix on your current setup so this isn't a issue anyways as long as you hear progress in each mix you do! Speaking of MJ, i heard he prefers to record on a SM57, as everyone knows a sub $100 mic not a $3,000 Neuman....

ppl need to start rating their mixes on a curve compared to their past work not compared to what has been released by major distributors. no better competition then yourself. if i had to rate the final sound of what i record and mix i would say it isn't up to the standard. but they sure sound a hell of allot better then they did 1 year ago!

**uniquephilosophy** · 06-10-2005

"ppl need to start rating their mixes on a curve compared to their past work not compared to what has been released by major distributors. no better competition then yourself."

-This is the best adivice I've heard from anybody so far. Nice Nice

**Killah_Trakz** · 06-10-2005

Thnx man, if you notice count how many, how can i posts and youll see. If mano is reading this i would create 1 big ass sticky to solve that problem.

**Gnxmusic** · 06-11-2005

Yeah man its all technique.

Another part of the problem though that recording in general has become so easy that everyone is doing it and then becoming a so called expert..

I would love to see how many people on this forum have even seen a track sheet or done a recall on mix.

Do a few of those and you'll learn alot about mixing.

Peace