Originally Posted By: Sundance
... with headphones first sounds like the plan.


Respectfully I think you’ll have a hard time finding a pro recording engineer who supports that.

And Steve is correct about monitor placement.

There’s a tremendous amount of info on this subject, including tons of books. It takes lots of practice and experience. There are no short cuts to making a pro mix.


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