General Rules

George V

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Are there any general rules of mixing and mastering? I have something finished and now I'm planning to send it like a demo.I don't want them to lagh at me so I decided to ask you: Are there 5-10 general rules of mixing and mastering in techno trance? Please help...

Thanx
 
There are a few I can think of "generally" speaking -

On levels: 0dBVU is NOT THE SAME as -0dBFS. If you don't understand that "first day" fundamental, stop what you're doing right now and learn it.

On compression attack and release times: LOWER is SLOWER. A fast release on a bass drop is going to cause complete havoc.

On EQ: Correction before shaping.
 
In school they told us to leave plenty of headroom for the mastering engineer when you do a mix so they have a bit to work with...
 
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