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OK, every now and then you run across a know-it-all artist or producer who won't let you mix.

Yep, it's true. Of course you don't believe it. Hearing the sound difference be so like what I've heard on some of the best recordings I've found, I suspect this may be a closely guarded secret of some producers, but that's a guess. Just try making one cable that brings sound into or out of an external box, or from a synth to the in of your recorder using no solder. Voila..

Hi y'all!

I have this 4-minute poprock song on the works now, I am remixing it as the group was not satisfied with the last mixer's job. I managed to almost salvage horrendously tracked guitars by reamping them - they are not great but they hold up somewhat - but now there's a major problem in front of me.

"But Mixerman! How could you say this? A song being good or bad is completely subjective!"

Well, not completely. There ARE certain proven elements to a great song. But I'm not going to go into that right now. This step is about the listener. If the listener hates the song, the mix is irelevant. A mix can only bring a song to its fullest potential.

Step 2: If the song sucks, the mix is irelevant.

Now, a song being great or lousy has a certain amount of subjectivity to it. OK allot of subjectivity. In fact, who the hell knows why one person thinks a song is the greatest ever, and another thinks it's the worst ever.