The Mixing Step

 

Thoughts and afterthoughts (of an ambient musician...)

 

The mixing step is probably the most creative... It gives shapes to a rough idea... It allows the recording of basic tracks to become a listenable piece.. It is a matter of balance, of fine tuning, of space and depth, of levels too, of course... I love this step, because, obviously, so many different pieces could result from my choices, while mixing my basic tracks...

 

Mixing is a matter of fine tuning, of aesthetic decisions, of feeling, of choices...

 

Usually, I make several mixes of my basic tracks. 

 

Each of them could be a different piece.

 

Most of the time, I make my mind on a particular mix that becomes the final mix...

 

When I feel it is the right one, and that I could probably not do a better one...