How much time do you take to mix a song?
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5873 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
Roughly how many hours? Assuming editing and production work is done or almost done.
Simple question with possibly infinite answers, but would be interested in honest and straightforward answers based on experience.
The intention is to get inspired by people who take less time than I or anyone else takes.
Thanks in advance!
Simple question with possibly infinite answers, but would be interested in honest and straightforward answers based on experience.
The intention is to get inspired by people who take less time than I or anyone else takes.
Thanks in advance!
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
I clearly cannot read.
Last edited by Mushy Mushy on Sat May 30, 2020 12:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5873 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
Just to clarify, is it the overall project time that you mention? Because I am asking specifically for only "mixing" time.Mushy Mushy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:47 pm Previous project was 94 hours. This one is about 2/3rds finished and currently at 136 hours.
Ironically I started measuring this view a view to shortening the time. That obviously didn't work as expected.
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
LoveEnigma18 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:50 pmJust to clarify, is it the overall project time that you mention? Because I am asking specifically for only "mixing" time.Mushy Mushy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:47 pm Previous project was 94 hours. This one is about 2/3rds finished and currently at 136 hours.
Ironically I started measuring this view a view to shortening the time. That obviously didn't work as expected.
I wasn't sure and specifically looked in your message for clarity and still misread it
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- KVRAF
- 15135 posts since 7 Sep, 2008
To answer your question, it's impossible to say because it's intertwined in the entire production process for me.
"I was wondering if you'd like to try Magic Mushrooms"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
"Oooh I dont know. Sounds a bit scary"
"It's not scary. You just lose a sense of who you are and all that sh!t"
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- Banned
- 3882 posts since 17 Jan, 2017 from Planet of cats
Depends alot of the track count.. But usually easily under one hour.
My workflow:
-set audio level properly with a secret sauce
-check if something needs compression
-check frequency collisions
-fix the collisions
-final check if something wants to get panned or automated
-mess up with izotope tools("master")
-publish the song
-notice that mic was accidentally on at some point, picking up the the evidence of you watching vids of asian women and moaning
-draw the song away from everywhere
-destroy the evidence
-publish the song again
-watch more asian women
-listen to track and notice where you messed with hats, arrangement and snare is too loud
-give up and proceed to the next track
-boobs
My workflow:
-set audio level properly with a secret sauce
-check if something needs compression
-check frequency collisions
-fix the collisions
-final check if something wants to get panned or automated
-mess up with izotope tools("master")
-publish the song
-notice that mic was accidentally on at some point, picking up the the evidence of you watching vids of asian women and moaning
-draw the song away from everywhere
-destroy the evidence
-publish the song again
-watch more asian women
-listen to track and notice where you messed with hats, arrangement and snare is too loud
-give up and proceed to the next track
-boobs
- KVRAF
- 7340 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
Same.Mushy Mushy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:53 pm To answer your question, it's impossible to say because it's intertwined in the entire production process for me.
I don't do (write > record parts > mix > master), I do (setup > record live > edit > master). Some mixing tasks are part of setup, some are part of recording.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5873 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
No worries, it happens.Mushy Mushy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:51 pmLoveEnigma18 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:50 pmJust to clarify, is it the overall project time that you mention? Because I am asking specifically for only "mixing" time.Mushy Mushy wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:47 pm Previous project was 94 hours. This one is about 2/3rds finished and currently at 136 hours.
Ironically I started measuring this view a view to shortening the time. That obviously didn't work as expected.
I wasn't sure and specifically looked in your message for clarity and still misread it
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5873 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
Thanks guys, looks like there's not much in this question. Let's move on.
- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I prepare a mix at the beginning of a project. I can take some time with this; mixing is part of orchestrating. I mix all along, the sound as a whole has to be there in order to properly weigh and judge a mix, so by the time I’ve stopped writing there isn’t tons to do to finish. Then, if ‘how long’ is down to saying I’ll never do this one again, possibly years.
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- KVRist
- 126 posts since 13 Aug, 2017 from Gothenburg
If I mix from someone else's raw tracks then between one and three hours, split over two days. I always want to wait at least until the next day to do the final touches.
If it's my own song then I usually mix as I go but do a final mix touch up in an hour or so.
If it's my own song then I usually mix as I go but do a final mix touch up in an hour or so.
- KVRAF
- 7134 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK
I have the joy of having a bunch of tracks dumped into a project from a live jam with levels and noise floors all over everywhere. So by the time that lot's cleaned up (which includes denoise, relevel, top-n-tail the frequencies roughly, clean up more, compress... maybe compress more), mixing is "okay, so now they all sound about the same" (and I mean that fairly literally give how vicious it can be), "let's carefully adjust the levels in the mix". Then write out for mastering. If the pre-master sounds ... not as I'd hoped for, back to the mix and tinker. Which can mean, "leave it for tonight, see if my ears feel happier tomorrow". Mastering rarely means more than check the levels are up to just below 0dB (and not clipping according to any level check I bother to run) and (then compress to MP3 to publish).
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- Banned
- 8 posts since 1 Jun, 2020
Too long. It’s never done lol!
- KVRAF
- 2266 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit NE US
I usually mix as i go along (with my own ITB stuff). Mixing a rock or jazz piece probably 3-5hrs but that is just a guess. Every piece is different.
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old stuff http://ww.dancingbearaudioresearch.com/
if this post is edited -it was for punctuation, grammar, or to make it coherent (or make me seem coherent).
- KVRAF
- 3879 posts since 28 Jun, 2009 from Wherever I lay my hat
Usually 1 to 2 hours. Like Jan said, I also plan ahead and arrange the track so that it almost mixes itself. If that doesn't work, I ruthlessly kick out the offending part, instead of spending hours trying to make it work. Mixing is the part I enjoy least.