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Welcome to MixCritMonday, the show where we critique YOUR mixes.
Welcome to MixCritMonday, the show where we critique YOUR mixes.
In the hotseat this month is Caleb Rodriguez.
Caleb submitted a metalcore mix for us to crit and after a little investigation we figured out that he was making two major mistakes:
We also discovered that his mixing environment was an acoustical mess and that he was compensating by mixing in headphones, a big no no. Considering he wasn't even using reference material to get his bearings, Caleb was basically his own worst enemy on this mix.
The combination of unedited, poorly performed tracks with an unreliable listening space placed a glass ceiling on how good his mix could actually get.
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