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I know that I am asking simple questions to musicians & engineers with commercial studios but I could really do with your advice please -
I have a computer based home studio and am having difficulty in separating sounds in a mix. I use Cubase SX2, a UAD-1 card & Alesis M1 active Mk2 monitors, but my mixes sound jumbled even after e.q. (guitars, drums, vocals & keyboards - rock style) I found working with 4 track tape easier for this ! Do I need to start looking at using outboard processors eg. Lexicon reverbs and preamps to improve the carity and separation of sounds in a mix, or maybe outboard like SPL's Charisma 8 ? I am trying to find the most economical route without buying gear that I do not really need ! There is so much out there to choose from !

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tripnek Sun, 02/29/2004 - 05:59

Try a few of these. Some work, some may not.

3D
Mixing and the Art of Equalization (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com
- 2002)

A
Day in the Life: Mix Magic on Music Row (by Brian Knave - Electronic Musician -
Dec 1999)

Basic
Overdubbing (by Hugh Robjohns & Mike Senior - SOS - Mar 2001)

Dance
Mixing: Increasing Loudness in Dance Music Production (by Paul White & Mike
Senior - SOS - Jun 2001)

Designing
the Large-Format Digital Console (by Roger Maycock - Mix - Aug 2000)

Fix
It in the Mix: How Not to Get a Good Recording (by Rip Rowan - ProRec - Aug
1998)

Getting
the Inside Dope from the Hottest Mixers in Manhattan (by Jimmy Douglas - Mix -
Nov 1999)

Got
You Covered: Multiple Mixes (by Kevin Smith - Electronic Musician - Nov 2001)

Hit
Men (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - Jan 2002)

How
2 Mix Good (by Kent Williams - beatmaka - Jun 2000)

How
to Mix a Pop Song from Scratch (by Jezar - Dreampoint - Nov 2000)

Improve Your
Stereo Mixing (by Paul White - SOS - Oct 2000)

Introduction To
Mixer Automation, Part 1 (by Paul White - SOS - Jan 2000)

Introduction
To Mixer Automation, Part 2 (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2000)

Mixdown
Formats: What Should I Mix Down To? (by Paul White - SOS - Apr 2002)

Mixdown Suggestions (by James
McCanna - pcrecording.com)

Mixed
Signals: Mixer Topography (by Barry Cleveland - Electronic Musician - Nov 2000)

Mixing Board:
Unravel the Mystery of the Mixing Console (by Brad Gallagher - just-for-musicians.com)

Mixing Fundamentals,
Part 1 (by Ed Rei - HomeRecording.com)

Mixing Fundamentals, Part
2 (by Ed Rei - HomeRecording,com)

Mixing Fundamentals, Part 3 (by
Ed Rei - HomeRecording.com)

Mixing
Fundamentals, Part 4 (by Ed Rei - HomeRecording.com)

Mixing
in a Pro Tools World (by Blair Jackson - Mix - May 2002)

Mixing
in the Round (by Mike Sokol - Electronic Musician - May 2001)

Mixing Made
Easy (by Michael Laskow - Audio Recording Center)

Mixing
Multi-tracked Drums (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2001)

Mixing
Programmed and Real Instruments Successfully (by Sam Inglis - SOS - Sep 2001)

Mixing
Tips for Vocals (by Jay Kahrs - ProRec - Sep 1998)

Mixing
with a Master (by Mike Levine with Eddie Kramer - Electronic Musician - Sep
2000)

Mysteries
of Mixing (by Brian Knave - Electronic Musician - Apr 2001)

Panning
Doubles (by Robert Dennis - The Recording Website - 2000)

Panning
for Gold (by Randy Neiman - Electronic Musician - Mar 2002)

Perfect Mix, The (by Rich
the Tweakmeister - Tweakheadz)

Point-to-Point:
Creating a Mix from the Ground Up, Part 1 (by Rip Rowan - ProRec - Dec 1999)

Point
to Point 2: Building a Mix from the Ground Up... Again (by Rip Rowan - ProRec -
Sep 2000)

Polished
Production: Giving Your Recordings a 'Produced' Sound (by Paul White - Sound On
Sound -Oct 1999)

Practical
Mixing (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Jan 2002)

Pros
& Cons of Software & Hardware Mixers (by Paul White - SOS - Mar 2001)

Recording
Garbage (by Sam Inglis - SOS - Jun 2002)

Remixing
Hotshots (by Erik Hawkins - Mix - Oct 2002)

Secrets of Mixing (by
John Vestman - John Vestman Mastering - Dec 2000)

Shaping Your
Mix (by Robert Dennis - The Recording Website - 2000)

Stereo
Editing, Part 1 (by Paul White - SOS - Jan 2000)

Stereo
Editing, Part 2 (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 2000)

Stereo
Editing, Part 3 (by Paul White - SOS - Mar 2000)

Software
Mixing With Hardware MIDI Controllers (by Paul White - SOS - Mar 2002)

Surround
(R)Evolution (by Blair Jackson - Mix - Aug 2001)

Surround
Solutions (by Blair jackson - Mix - Jun 2002)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 1 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Aug 2001)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 2 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Sep 2001)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 3 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Oct 2001)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 4 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Nov 2001)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 5 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Dec 2001)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 6 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Jan 2002)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 7 (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Feb 2002)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 8 (by Matt Bell - SOS - Mar 2002)

Surround
Sound Explained, Part 9 (by Matt Bell - SOS - Apr 2002)

Sympathetic
Mixing: How to Set Up a Good Mix (by Duke Ashton - Sound On Sound - Aug 1995)

Take
Control! (by Rob Shrock and Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)

- High
End Control Surfaces (by Rob Shrock - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)

- Inexpensive
Control Surfaces (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)

- Social
Mixers (by Larry the O - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)

- Top-Notch
for Pro Tools (by Larry the O - Electronic Musician - Feb 2002)

Ten
Tips for Nailing a Mix (by Brian Knave - Electronic Musician - Jul 2000)

The Last Waltz:
Recording, Mixing, and Remaking the Music (by Blair Jackson & Chris Michie -
Mix - Sep 2002)

Thinking
Outside the Boxes (by Kenneth A. Woods - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)

Understanding
The Virtual Mixer (by Paul White - SOS - Aug 2000)

Universe
for a Song, The (by Tim Tully - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)

Using a
Hardware Mixer with Your Computer (by Paul White - SOS - Jun 2002)

Warming
Trends (by Erik Hawkins - Electronic Musician - Feb 2000)

Why
Your Mixes Suck (by Lionel Dumond - ProRec - Nov 1998)

Wide Angle:
Improving Your Stereo Mixing (by Paul White - Sound on Sound - Oct 2000)

You're
Surrounded (by Mike Sokol - Electronic Musician - Oct 2000)

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