10 Mixing Mistakes Beginners Always Make | iZotope

So you have an interest in mixing music, and you’re looking to avoid the pitfalls that swallow up lesser engineers. You’ve come to the right video. What follows are some of the biggest traps we’ve seen bedevil nascent engineers.

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00:30 - Not having a clear idea of what you want to do
02:03 - Employing too much processing on a track
03:30 - Trying to turn a sound into something it isn’t
04:34 - Not paying attention to gain-staging
06:59 - Not paying attention to phase relationships
08:37 - Putting reverb on every track
10:18 - Working in solo for prolonged periods of time, and not paying attention to masking.
12:03 - Not paying attention to timing and tuning
12:42 - Adding tons of bass and treble
14:03 - Going for a mastered sound
15:19 - Outro

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