Excellent Thread About Mixing 101 on Reddit
I was browsing Reddit about 10 minutes ago, and came across an excellent batch of comments discussing proper mixing levels. So many people think that you are supposed to mix everything to get as close to 0dB as possible, but they could not be more wrong.
Below is my favorite comment from the thread:
“There are some fundamental misunderstandings going on here. When mixing a track you want the main element (usually drums) to be peaking at around -8db to -10db. That leaves you plenty of headroom in your mix for all the other elements you are going to add. If you are concerned about making your track louder so you can send it to friends (when it’s unfinished) then you could always just temporarily boost the outboard volume before exporting then bring it back down afterwards.” – i_lyke_money
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