help.. I'm the worlds worst "over-mixer"

[tinusk]

Not sure if it has been said in this thread before, but the tip that has helped me the most (as I tend to over mix/produce myself) is to always work in context of the mix. I almost never solo channels anymore, I work on them with the other channels playing instead. I apply this technique to nearly any process. EQ, compression, reverb, stereo/panning effects and so forth.

For me this is the ultimate remedy for the "tweaking a sound for 30 minutes on solo, to find out it doesn't work in the mix"-problem. It seems to have taken my mixes to a whole new level of cohesion, in addition to saving me truckloads of time. YMMV of course.

[Trakstar]

Try grouping into submixes such as drums, bass,keys, pads so instead of ahving to move all the faders or mute every other channel you narrow it down to a few busses in general