How to know when your mix is finished

[Farrell Jackson]

Here's an interesting article on tips to determine if your mix is done that some might find interesting. I found his comment interesting on how many mixes (99) were done on Michael Jackson's Billy Jean before they selected mix #2 as the keeper. So I guess the following 97 were just a waste of time and money in this case, lol.

I found it a good and short read.

Farrell

http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-know-when-your-mix-is-finished.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BobbyOwsinskisBlog+%28Bobby+Owsinski%27s+Blog%29

[hooper]

A great article tho beyond me on most points...but all true. A lot of attention to what it takes to qualify as pro-quality and commercial-ready.  I don't know if it makes sense but as an amateur/hobbiest, the point where I finally decide to quit trying to 'fix it in the mix' is when I think 'It ain't gonna get any better than that unless I go back and start re-tracking the whole thing' ... and of course, usually that's the end of it.    

[Flash Harry]

Lol!

 I thought I was the only one Ken - but I guess I give up a lot earlier than you do.

If I played my stuff next to any of my favourite tracks, I'd look for a new hobby.

[steelguitar]

You know your mix is finished when you recognize that your one or two first mixes were good enough...

Jean-Sébastien

[64Guitars]

The mix is never finished.

[Auroran]

I found his comment interesting on how many mixes (99) were done on Michael Jackson's Billy Jean

Meh. Lightweights.

Where I spend the biggest amount of time is on the arrangements. I do a lot of revisions.  The album I'm making right now has been like making a Stanley Kubrick movie. I've spent 3 years on it. I make pretty thick tracks, so I spending a lot of time adding stuff, and then an equal amount of time taking stuff out.  If I take my computer and throw it out the window, I'll know that I'm done with the mix.

[phantasm777]

sometimes, even when doing a lot of tracks in a song, you have to know when to stop, rather to keep trying to improve even more upon it. I notice that sometimes in order to try and keep perfecting it you can wind up actually making it worse!

[cuthbert]

It's finished when I can't stand listening to it anymore...

[alfstone]

Since I love proverbs, as we say "Il meglio è nemico del bene", that in English should sound more or less: "better is enemy of good", and IMO this applies to mixing too... 

Alfredo

[Hilary]

Since I love proverbs, as we say "Il meglio è nemico del bene", that in English should sound more or less: "better is enemy of good", and IMO this applies to mixing too... 

Alfredo

Don't over egg the pudding - is probably the English equivalent Alfredo . . .