Originally Posted by BabuMusic
My 3rd listen. Soundcloud sounds better to me, but maybe my eyes distract my ears a bit in YT. THis is such a good one, Andrew. There is so much in there, and still brilliantly mixed. This is the first time I saw all of the tracks you've mixed in, and I'm now even more impressed. So well done throughout.
Thanks Marty - three listens - thank you! Maybe that could be an album title! ‘Listen at least thrice’.

The YT and SC posts are the same track - but I had better go back and check. When I am working on a song, I post to SC in private mode then go listening on different devices, then replace the track with the final, so I have different versions kicking around and hope I haven’t used an earlier version for YT. I’ll check.

Re the number of mixed tracks, I use Groups in Reaper (buses in Cakewalk) for 1. Drums, bass and percussion 2. Guitars 3. Vocals, and finally keys as they are, then ‘mix’ each group, then mix the groups together - tweaking all as I go. This is all aimed at balance and finding space and avoiding competition. Usually, I add any effects to tracks prior to this mixing so that I am mixing the ‘effected’ tracks. It seems to have worked for my last few songs, so I have to be aware I don’t become too formulaic about it.

Thanks for listening!
Andrew

Regards,
Andrew D
Adelaide, Sth Aust
Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/SQE4btVvNVkLq74e9
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewoftheantipodes