studios and mix engineers

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i’m looking into getting studio time, going for pop punk/emo sound but I’ve seen someone ask that same question on reddit and the replies were the mix engineer is all that matters. how do you find the right guy if that’s true
 
been many years since I was in a band doing this.

Back in the day, being in close proximity to a music city (for me it was New York City, and Atlanta), we'd just ask other bands doing similar music for recommendations; buy other bands tapes/CDs / look at recordings of other local/regional bands doing similar music, and seeing who worked on other bands' recordings and the quality of the work; asking around, and within "genre circles" you'd often hear the same names and places come up. Keep a list of names and roles, and what bands they recorded, mixed, mastered, then start reaching out to them.

You can look at who did the recording work for more successful bands in your genre too; and start to see who is used more frequently, and where they are located,...but this was always more expensive as they were in demand, even if they were working locally to us.

With today's technology you could record your tracks yourself, wet and dry, take a sample song to a mix engineer; or talk to mix engineers to see what inputs they need. I think if you can record your own tracks, finding / using a Mix Engineer and a Mastering Engineer is all you need. Most Mix engineers will know mastering engineers, some do both.

hth

Good luck!
 
Every part matters. If you have bad raw tracking the mix will sound like shit no matter what. Good mastering is often overlooked and it makes a dramatic impact. But the barrier to entry to making a good record is very low. What’s your budget.
 
If its a demo, pay for it yourself maybe even record yourself.
If you're signed, don't record a note on your own. Most guys in bands cant make their own instrument sound that great. Thats ok for a demo. I've heard a few albums released lately self recorded that sound terrible
 
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Have you recorded before? The limitation will probably be your performance. If you get a good take you can do a lot with it.

I'd focus on recording a good performance and then make sure whoever is tracking it does a good job. Then you can try out mix engineers as you please.

Think about getting a cheap interface and practice recording yourself at home if you dont have one already
 
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Mix Engineers.. LOL
Someone gets a Plugin Subscription and all of the sudden they're a Mix Engineer..
Never touched a real Mixer or even seen one in person, but they're a Mix Engineer.. :ROFLMAO:
 
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