ABSTRACT
Well, here is the big chapter on mixing. I saved it for last because it is the most important, but also you won’t get to this stage unless you do everything else. You have to plan the system and build it and load it in and program the console before you can mix. Once you have reached the point of mixing, then everything that preceded is in the past. You could’ve had the most perfect build and take-in and if you blow the mix then none of it counts. If you had a miserable load-in and made huge mistakes but you mix an incredible show, then most of your mistakes will start to fade into the past. I spend a lot of time on every step that comes before mixing so that each part of the process is as complete as it can possibly be, so I have nothing to think about when it is time to mix other than mixing, because it is all about the mix. This is what we do. We mix. This is why most of the time I call myself a “mixer.”
