When a mix sounds “almost” done, do you keep tweaking it forever or call it a day?
🎚️ That “almost perfect” mix, we’ve all been there. Do you keep tweaking until your ears give up, or do you trust your gut and call it finished? Where’s the line between refining and overmixing?
Drop your philosophy below, the SoundGym community will understand.
Things that are perfect are boring. Yes you want to know the rules but after that, after no improvements are possible , break the rules and make it different.
The more you listen to music the more you realize than even the most polished professional tracks aren't perfect. They are simply good enough and that's what matters. Nothing worse than spending too much time mixing something. You get better at deciding when to move on with time. This is why it's so important to have systems and deadlines in place. Without these you can in theory tweak a mix for an infinitely long time and that's not a place you want to be. Rather ship something subpar, move on and work on something else than to be stuck on the same project forever. It's so easy to believe that the mix you're currently working on is somehow extra special. News flash, it's not... It's just another mix.
Set deadlines with the mixes you are working on and install systems around that to make sure you're where you want to be to be able to meet that deadline. Your future self will thank you as this forces you to be more efficient when mixing which is a very important skill to have.
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