Working in an Unfamiliar Environment
Posted on | June 24, 2008 |
Yesterday I mastered a track for an eastern European musician. He was lamenting the fact that while mixing the track, he was working in several different studios…none of which had monitors he was familiar with.
This isn’t an uncommon situation, and even in studios with good playback systems a musician can be fairly disoriented as to how to gauge a mix.
My suggestion for this situation is to take a few recordings with you when you go to a new studio environment. First, recordings you can use as “test equipment” (like the Stereophile Test CDs series). Second, musical recordings that you know sound good (from listening in your own studio).
These two tools can help you get your bearings in an unfamiliar situation and walk out with a successful mix.
This simple idea will help your mastering session be a lot less surprising. 
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