Don't get to attathced to sounds. Remember that it may sound cool as **** how it is, but if it doesn't sit in the mix then EQ or remove offending sounds. No-one is really gonna notice (or care ;) ) if that wicked pad has had some mid range taken out to make room in the mix. A well produced tune is about the grand total being greater than the sum of the individual parts IMO :lol:


If you find your constantly tweaking loads of sounds to try and get the mix to sit well, just group similar sounds into say, frequncy bands and do any extra EQing to these. Another thing I find this helpful for is making room for higher priority sounds like leads. Lead not cutting through the mix? Solo the lead then add each group track to find which one makes the lead harder to hear. The EQ this group by soloing the lead + group track. Boost a medium band and sweep the frequency 'til it makes the lead REALLY hard to hear, then just cut until it makes it better. Hope that makes sense :lol: