Mixing my album- possible crisis here.

[Cold Truth]

i was just thinking about something.

most of these beats have been done for a while... all were done with sonjgs in mind, but not with a nod for mixing/mastering, etc. i basically decided what i wanted on the album and sent tracks to the mcs i am working with. i have yet to mix any vocals or anything.

the problem is, i used a lot of compression "here and there"- meaning i dont really know what i used compression on, exactly. i generally use it in varying degrees depending on the instrument. certain beats have a mix of compressed/un compressed elements.

i can mix a headphone mix pretty well, although i am certainly not qat any "pro" level. i can do a decent car stereo mix as well. basically, i am adequate.

the problem is that if i choose to send it to a mastering house after the second ressing (honestly i am not even slightly bothered by it until i guage the initial reaction)

and the other issue is that since i have every individual track from every beat mixed down in a .wav file, with several hundred riffs-well over a thousand, i cant remember how to replay everything, nor create certain patches. recreating alot of these hasnt worked because i remember parts and i get "close" on others, but oyu can never really (well, i cant) recapture that magic from the first go at it.

sooooooooooooooooo

will i be reasonably ok, seeing as this wont be a major commercial release or anything? i mean, so long as i geta reasonable mix that sounds good between headphones, stereos, and cars- i also get a reasonable mix out of home theatre systems... but i shuold be ok, right? or should i be worried here?

 

[Kevin A]

At this point you can't worry unless your gonna make all new tracks, which isn't a option. Mastering Engineers can work with compressed stuff, they just rather you didn't because makes thier job hopeless sometimes. I'm sure you used enough discretion with your effects and db readings that there will be no problems. Chances are you wouldn't even need to send each individual hit separate unless you where sending it to a Mix engineer would who record the vocals and decide where the breaks,drops, and whatever else goes. So unless you just had no mixing skill when making these tracks and they sound good for nothing, I wouldn't really worry about. It'll be fine, you know it'll be fine, and anyone who has heard your work knows it'll be fine.

 

[Cold Truth]

hehe thanks kev... im assuming that was a compliment there at the end?

 

[joeburnem]

As long as there is plenty of headroom, a mastering eng. can do magic.

 

[Kevin A]

hehe thanks kev... im assuming that was a compliment there at the end?

Yeah, No Hard Feeling Pal! LOL