my favorite mixing engineer is manny marroquin because he brings this special weirdness to his mixes that really elevates the power of the production without trying to do too much, and that’s what engineering should offer—a finished product that matches the artist’s intent

Rap mixes today just sound so thin these days,very little depth. Drums/bass is emphasized but the way drums hit nowadays is so boring. A return to hallow boom drums would be cool

And the voice loud af

it doesn’t feel like

beat voice beat

it feels like

voice

beat

voices clear

drums gotta hit

im not a mix w**** bro I dont care

I like it when everything is panned left

usually the artist's fault tbh

the sessions i do i usually have the voice louder during recording so they can hear themselves but turn it down for the mixdown. but usually that's w the artist still in the building and 9 times out of 10 they want their voice louder.

i mean if that's what they want 🤷‍♂️

Rough like MBDTF.
Organic like Dangelos Voodoo
Lively like Sunday Services record “Weak”

Overall, it should sound cohesive to the artists direction. Mixers/engineers like Ali can mix within any direction. Same with Russell Elvado

excellent job on swimming

That sounds sinister

i dont give a s*** about the mix or master honestly

I was listening to that jai paul leak back nonstop in 2012 when it sounded like it came from a radio

daniel johnston is one of my fav songwriters and his songs mixes sound like s***. As long as the music itself is good idc.

Then you got glossy s*** like RAM and pristine four tet masters. its all relative. And what works for the artist

I prefer unmixed raw songs

like on some dark s***

Idk, mix it according to the song? lol

ye’s verse on so appalled >>>>> need quality like that more outside of underground/abstract rap

Good balance

Good separation of elements and instruments

A good mix has a sense of depth and width to it

Depends on what’s happening in the albums

I love a clear high end on alchemist beats

Okay so help me understand something.

I always find certain artists/labels/groups have what I would call very 'quietly' mixed music without necessarily having a crispness you might associate with that. So for example I've def felt a lot of young thug music has been very quiet so to speak where I need to put volume 2-3 notches higher than other stuff just to hear it well over atmospheric noise. I feel like nobody ever refers to this so idk if my ears just don't work but is there a reason for this? It seems like it doesn't serve any purpose to me!!

Conversely I know ppl complain about loudness war stuff and I know Kanye seems to have his music mixed v loud but I almost always enjoy this quality to his music too? like I was listening to some choice donda cuts the other day and it was really hitting how booming it all was

Like I feel like I can hear this stuff and appreciate what I like and don't like but I don't get the actual technical reasons for it

You can’t have the type of clipping and distortion that you’re talking about and still get a loud enough master to be competitive with other mainstream tracks. It’s a give or take. It’s not possible.

gin & tonic

i don’t really care how it’s mixed, but i think it’s cool when artists have their own unique mix style

die for my b**** as well as a lot of other baby keem songs have that to me - the mix is good simply because it makes his music stand out even if he’s taking direct influence from another artist

people can turn up their volume, uh

stop chasing loudness

Lol facts and it seems like how people grade “mixing” ends up being subjective anyway.

i really don’t care is the beat hard and raps good? okay

"is the beat hard" depends way more on the mix than u probably think lol