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I guess it's tricky, cuz if it gets louder significantly there, it really better sound good, right?



Yep, welcome to the world of mixing. You can't allow yourself to screw up the mix because you're insecure about your performance in the thing. We all have to resist that tendency because we're our own worst critics while others think we sound great. We're constantly comparing ourselves to the best in the field and we always come up short next to our favorite performers. You have to respect the audience, put yourself out front and mix accordingly. I can't tell you how many times I thought I sounded bad on a particular song at a gig yet someone comes up to me to tell me how much they liked what I just did. Am I going to say how badly I thought I played? Of course not, that's insulting I say thanks I really appreciate that and work it out on my own.

The hard work part of this starts with you moving all 19 tracks from Melodyne into Real Band where there are all the tools for a proper mix. Yes, it's tedious. This is the "glamour" part of music production. Not. You should be able to create submixes to cut down on the clutter and only have to work with 5 or 6 tracks and mix those into your final one. There are whole books written about this so I'm not going to go into a lot of instructions here just keep reading and doing. What you've done so far is a decent first effort, you're on the right track.

Bob

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