{"product_id":"recording-field-notes-the-lost-art-of-the-rough-mix","title":"RECORDING Field Notes – The Lost Art of the Rough Mix","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eack in the pre-DAW days, there was something we engineers did as part and parcel of almost every recording session—the rough mix. It was a common task, necessary whenever you wanted to move on to a new or different song. It happened so often over the course of a project that it was easy to overlook its importance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eWith a rough mix, you had maybe five or ten minutes to create something suitable for the producer and artist to listen to and evaluate over the course of a project. Often, that rough mix needed to be completed with a room full of folks waiting for you to finish and expectations were high. No pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIt turns out that building a quick mix day after day and year after year not only builds speed, but also helps you get better at basic balancing, which is the heart of mixing. In short, it’s a win-win proposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eAt least, that’s how it used to be. In the DAW era, there is no longer a need to create a new rough mix every time you work on a song because you simply save your mix in progress after each session. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s begin by taking a quick look at how we got here, starting with where we came from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recording Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45624993448045,"sku":null,"price":1.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2392\/2951\/files\/REC-Field-Notes-_-The-Lost-Art-of-the-Rough-Mix-1.jpg?v=1786663355","url":"https:\/\/recording-magazine.myshopify.com\/products\/recording-field-notes-the-lost-art-of-the-rough-mix","provider":"Recording Magazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}