Mixing is Kind of Having 2 Different Objectives..
It's :- Artful: It's on you! Make it sound the way you want it to sound, be expressive and kind of injecting your personality into what you are doing. Make it sound cool to you, use effects, do stuff, blow my mind. Start to play around with things and experiment! Make aesthetic decisions that would kind of make it stand out or make it seem different than another podcasts. And that is something that can't really be tought, that is kind of about what you are going to bring and what you think is cool. And that is the great part of mixing.
- Technical:
- Balance and Clarity : Taking sounds and putting them in specific places in the mix so that you kind of hear the different sounds on that, not all the sounds are fighting for the same sonic space. If you have good balance you will also have pretty good clarity but the objective of clarity is to make sure that sound that bring crucial information is audible and as clear as possible.
- Sonic Zone : You can create a great mix in your portable studio or your home studio and it sounds great like a million dollars. But the reality is that most people are going to take that and listen to it in a completely different circumstance, maybe in headphones, in their living room, or in their car. But if you can make a mix that lives in the sonic zone, the sound will still good enough anywhere and on any playback device. Try to create mix that lands in this sonic zone, so that is easy for other people to enjoy.
