Mixing in mono (when to use Neutron3 + Ozone9)?

[Bartone]

Hello, not sure if this is right sub forum to post...
I have been reading/learning about mixing, and especially that mixing in mono is VERY important part of the mixing process.

My question is: in what part of your mixing process you would use Neutron3 + Ozone9?
Would you first just create your song, not worrying about stereo/mono mixing. When your song is "ready", you start mixing first in mono, then in stereo (and in this part use Neutron3 + Ozone9)?

I am still very new with all of the good mixing techniques

[thecontrolcentre]

I wouldn't use Neutron or Ozone in any part of my mixing process. I don't agree that mixing in mono is very important either. These days a lot of music gets written & mixed simultaneously.

[Passing Bye]

Maybe watch how professional mix, he will expand on mixing in mono and everything he does, better than reading thousand of opinions on forum.



There’s more videos with mixedbyAli on that channel, pure gold, he’s one of the top mixing engineers in the industry.

Still, nothing is set in stone, not everyone works the same, he’s mixing audio stems, you probably are doing everything, you don’t have to follow same steps, mix as you go and how ever you find suitable.

Think about what you are doing and why you are doing it, how does it sound and does it really improve the big picture, but try not do things just because you are supposed to or you heard somewhere.

There's plenty of knowledgeable people making videos on subject of mixing in mono, where they expand on what they do and all that, put that in You Tube search, watch 10-15 of most watched videos and see after all that, can you answer to yourself, why is that important to you, if you can't, just forget about whole thing for a while.

[hoxclab]

Mixing in mono is a good way to see how your low and mid ranges are sitting in a mix I find. You can literally just switch the master to mono and run it through a single speaker to gauge this.

[DJ Warmonger]

If a song sounds good in mono, it will only get better in stereo.

The opposite is not true ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sircuit]

Mixing in mono is the kind of urban legend that gets regurgitated over and over again without any objective justification.

Just get the width of your sounds under control, use wide only when you need it. Properly panned, eq and compressed sounds will sound good in stereo and mono. If your mix sucks in mono, you suck at mixing and mixing in mono will not make you a better mixer, simple as that. Maybe you just started, maybe is monitoring (usually is monitoring and the room) or anything else. But the last on the list will be the fact that you did not mixed in mono. When your mix is 80% on point before you even start mixing, that’s when you know how to mix. Until then, just practice, you’ll get there in a hundred of so of finished mixes.

Neutron 3 is a channel strip - you use it as soon as you insert a track and use the needed modules

Ozone 9 is the finisher - you build your own chain and use it as soon as you start the song or when you start mixing, at the latest. You really need to know how your sounds will sound through your mastering chain. Sometimes some sounds will not work together and no matter what, you won’t be able to get a good master (proper separation and clarity). Having a mastering chain from the start, will let you know sooner what works and what doesnt.

[Vortifex]

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