I am mixing some of my recordings using pro tools. I was wondering if anyone had any standard rule of thumb. Is it best to pan everything first. then adjust volume. When adding effects such eq, compression, delay is there an order that works best? I am very new to mixing. I spend an hour mixing then bounce to my hard drive, burn it to a CD. It sounds terrible. I know there's an art to it.

Hello everyone,

Sorry if this gets long winded. please bare with me.

Hey RO'ers I want to know when you all are mixing in the digital domain, what levels do you start at? I usually have the master fader at unity and back off the levels on the other faders until that particular element of the song sounds right with the rest of the mix, is this a fair way of starting a mix?

Hey Ro'ers, I have been producing hip hop music for the past year and I was wondering what is the best way to attempt to get the vocals to sit in the mix like a commercial Cd? I ask because I know that this is one of the most important parts of the mixing process.

so I'm in deep thoughts about revamping my rig. right now, I'm using:

DIGI 002R
dual core G5 - 2 gb ram
2 Grace 101's
Trident s20
TC Elec. Gold Channel
Distressor
Alesis Masterlink
PT LE 6.4
Mackie HUI

I am upgrading my recording system. I now have an older 16-bit ADAT system along with the BRC AND THE aleis X2 24-channel board. I could get the Alesis 24xz. That would work well with all my equipment. But.

what mixing level should we have at the Cubase main output bus in order to have a good level to send to a mastering studio ?
should we let it pass the 0db level ?

It seems it generates a too low level like this not showing 0db peaks in wavelab ...

what mixing level should we have at the Cubase main output bus in order to have a good level to send to a mastering studio ?
should we let it pass the 0db level ?

It seems it generates a too low level like this not showing 0db peaks in wavelab ...

get me some site links that gives good tips on mixing and mastering

Hello there,