This is the widget I use for mixing checklists which take you through 7 checkpoints of mixing. Each test has a checkbox so you can mark it as passed/working and include an exact note on what needs to be done for the next mixing session. You can also use your computer keyboard to navigate around quicker instead of using your mouse to click on each control. Keyboard shortcuts are great for speeding up your workflow and working without having to look at the screen. One through seven are the number keys that will open whichever station is named. Next unfinished item in the sequence is accessed with the N key. You don’t have to go hunting for it. Use the R key to run the lens risk route, which highlights things specific to your chosen genre. Use the T key to focus the translation bench on the next unresolved listening room. A revision queue can be built from your current marks with the V key. Cycle the status of the focused check with Enter or Space. Begin with your session type, which sets the focus of the included session. Pick from electronic production, acoustic ensemble, vocal-forward song, or more balanced full mix. Each will affect the risk path, calling out areas where that genre is prone to blind spots. The electronic lens for instance calls out limiter-bound transients and sub energy, whereas the acoustic lens protects room tone and instrument transients. For instance, seven stations are shown on the main area in a typical workflow for mixing. You’ll see: Prep, Balance, Tone, Dynamics, Depth, Translate, and Print. Jump to each stage by clicking the numbered tabs on top. There’s a list of tasks on each station along with a quick description. Just click on a task and its status will cycle through three options. The first click sets it to working; you’ve tagged the problem or begun correcting it. Second click makes it passed. The test has been performed and passed successfully. Third click re-opens it. Route to next checkpoint jumps to the first incomplete task. Good if you prefer to work through the checklist linearly. Avoids having to scan to find available items. The Risk route (Walk) visits a hand-picked concern based on the production type you’ve chosen. It marks an unchecked concern as working. This way, you know you’re dealing with something important and specific to that genre’s checks. Reopen every checkpoint if you want to start again from scratch. On the right side is the translation bench that lets you check the mix in places other than the optimal stereo sweet spot. Five environments are listed: Outside Room, Very Quiet, Headphones, Phone Speaker, Mono Fold. Each can be clicked to change its state between Unverified, Concern, and Verified. Next Listening Room focuses on the next area that needs to be checked. Sequence Revision Priorities combines translation concerns with working checks into an ordered list by signal-flow. Use the margin notes space to write down any thoughts. Your comment will be saved here across the session. You can use it to jot down ideas for what’s coming up next, or where translations might need attention. Click Draft engineer handoff when you want to finish mixing. This saves your notes together with a list of anything that’s been completed or still needs work. It is a neat bundle for your next session or to send off for mastering. To enter full screen, hit the Fullscreen button. It expands the widget to fill your whole screen, providing extra space for both notes and the checklist. Hit it again to return from full screen mode. The How to play button displays a help panel containing detailed instructions. Leave this panel open and use it when required for guidance on using the workflow, keyboard shortcuts etc. Try walking the lens risk route before you print your mix. You’ll see where you miss certain things common to your genre when you hand off your work. Level-match your monitor changes prior to declaring that one sounds better than another. Your ears will not be fooled by volume differences. Use the revision queue as a tool for ordering fixes according to signal flow. This allows you to address issues logically and prevents random track hopping. Start at the Prep Station to make your session sound more credible. Clean up fades, edits and silence prior to any processing. Maintain a healthy amount of usable headroom on insert by using careful clip gain. Double check your sample rate and check your tempo map, everything exported or effected should rest upon the same footing. A well-kept beginning saves time later in the mix process. Work through the Balance and Tone stations with your EQ and faders. Create a static fader balance that allows the core intent to work without automation. Establish solid weight on kick, bass and lead as anchors. Keep the low musical basics high-passed only where necessary. Cut the less important source first to resolve any masking issues. Bypass loudness matches, don’t let gain changes fool you about your tonal judgment. Control and intent are key: address depth and dynamics separately. Attack using the envelope to prevent the onsets from sounding flat. Release with the groove, let the return breathe at tempo. Monitor bus gain reduction to ensure no hidden cascade compression. Select an acoustic space for everything, reverbs should feel related. Filter delay and reverb returns to reserve some space for direct sound. Print and test in the Translate station. Fold to mono; listen for center cancellations. Examine on small speakers: Are hook and lead still readable? Level match a reference to compare: Keep it all in context with one level-matched reference. Step out of the sweet spot to check center anchors from the side. These are tests you won’t see in the main monitors but will show up. Reversible handoff at Print station: Clean! Don’t accidentally clip the master by leaving peak headroom on the mix bus. Print a full mix and an instrumental mix. Note the revisions and sample rate for the mastering engineer. Check nulls of alternate prints at same start points. Are the differences you see expected? Are they deliberate? Before you close the page, draft up your engineer handoff. What did you pass? What’s not done yet? The translation bench results? Your margin notes? That’s your slip, which lets the next person know exactly where you left off. Reopen the checkpoints to use this widget again on another mix anytime in the future. As you work, the widget remembers your progress. There’s no need to worry about losing your place. Just keep working where you left off or click to reset everything. The interface is designed to be quiet and functional. So you can focus on the sound and not the interface. It is not a rulebook but a guide. Make the checks fit your own style and song. Try all of the different lenses for the session and notice how it changes what you’re focusing on. A vocals forward lens will pull out the sibilance, the breathiness. Maybe an acoustic lens is there to preserve that natural room tone? An electronic lens makes you more aware of how you manage sub frequencies. The lenses are there as a guide to steer clear of common pitfalls in each genre. It is like having another set of ears while mixing. Work carefully through each point in the check list. Better to get it correct now than go back and fix things later. The purpose of the check list is to keep you on track. This doesn’t mean it replaces your ears or your judgment. If the mix sounds good, trust your ears. Go down the check list to make sure you didn’t miss something obviously. Now’s a good time to play around with the controls. Navigate between stations and check off your tasks. Speed things up by using keyboard shortcuts. Draft your handoff and write down your notes. As you get used to it, the workflow will become second nature. You’ll notice how much it speeds up your mix process. And you can rest assured you’ve got the basics handled. This is the widget I use for mixing checklists which take you through 7 checkpoints of mixing. Each test has a checkbox so you can mark it as passed/working and include an exact note on what needs to be done for the next mixing session. You can also use your computer keyboard to navigate around quicker instead of using your mouse to click on each control. Keyboard shortcuts are great for speeding up your workflow and working without having to look at the screen. One through seven are the number keys that will open whichever station is named. Next unfinished item in the sequence is accessed with the N key. You don’t have to go hunting for it. Use the R key to run the lens risk route, which highlights things specific to your chosen genre. Use the T key to focus the translation bench on the next unresolved listening room. A revision queue can be built from your current marks with the V key. Cycle the status of the focused check with Enter or Space. Begin with your session type, which sets the focus of the included session. Pick from electronic production, acoustic ensemble, vocal-forward song, or more balanced full mix. Each will affect the risk path, calling out areas where that genre is prone to blind spots. The electronic lens for instance calls out limiter-bound transients and sub energy, whereas the acoustic lens protects room tone and instrument transients. For instance, seven stations are shown on the main area in a typical workflow for mixing. You’ll see: Prep, Balance, Tone, Dynamics, Depth, Translate, and Print. Jump to each stage by clicking the numbered tabs on top. There’s a list of tasks on each station along with a quick description. Just click on a task and its status will cycle through three options. The first click sets it to working; you’ve tagged the problem or begun correcting it. Second click makes it passed. The test has been performed and passed successfully. Third click re-opens it. Route to next checkpoint jumps to the first incomplete task. Good if you prefer to work through the checklist linearly. Avoids having to scan to find available items. The Risk route (Walk) visits a hand-picked concern based on the production type you’ve chosen. It marks an unchecked concern as working. This way, you know you’re dealing with something important and specific to that genre’s checks. Reopen every checkpoint if you want to start again from scratch. On the right side is the translation bench that lets you check the mix in places other than the optimal stereo sweet spot. Five environments are listed: Outside Room, Very Quiet, Headphones, Phone Speaker, Mono Fold. Each can be clicked to change its state between Unverified, Concern, and Verified. Next Listening Room focuses on the next area that needs to be checked. Sequence Revision Priorities combines translation concerns with working checks into an ordered list by signal-flow. Use the margin notes space to write down any thoughts. Your comment will be saved here across the session. You can use it to jot down ideas for what’s coming up next, or where translations might need attention. Click Draft engineer handoff when you want to finish mixing. This saves your notes together with a list of anything that’s been completed or still needs work. It is a neat bundle for your next session or to send off for mastering. To enter full screen, hit the Fullscreen button. It expands the widget to fill your whole screen, providing extra space for both notes and the checklist. Hit it again to return from full screen mode. The How to play button displays a help panel containing detailed instructions. Leave this panel open and use it when required for guidance on using the workflow, keyboard shortcuts etc. Try walking the lens risk route before you print your mix. You’ll see where you miss certain things common to your genre when you hand off your work. Level-match your monitor changes prior to declaring that one sounds better than another. Your ears will not be fooled by volume differences. Use the revision queue as a tool for ordering fixes according to signal flow. This allows you to address issues logically and prevents random track hopping. Start at the Prep Station to make your session sound more credible. Clean up fades, edits and silence prior to any processing. Maintain a healthy amount of usable headroom on insert by using careful clip gain. Double check your sample rate and check your tempo map… Everything exported or effected should rest upon the same footing. A well-kept beginning saves time later in the mix process. Work through the Balance and Tone stations with your EQ and faders. Create a static fader balance that allows the core intent to work without automation. Establish solid weight on kick, bass and lead as anchors. Keep the low musical basics high-passed only where necessary. Cut the less important source first to resolve any masking issues. Bypass loudness matches, don’t let gain changes fool you about your tonal judgment. Control and intent are key: address depth and dynamics separately. Attack using the envelope to prevent the onsets from sounding flat. Release with the groove. Let the return breathe at tempo. Monitor bus gain reduction to ensure no hidden cascade compression. Select an acoustic space for everything, reverbs should feel related. Filter delay and reverb returns to reserve some space for direct sound. Print and test in the Translate station. Fold to mono; listen for center cancellations. Examine on small speakers: Are hook and lead still readable? Level match a reference to compare: Keep it all in context with one level-matched reference. Step out of the sweet spot to check center anchors from the side. These are tests you won’t see in the main monitors but will show up. Reversible handoff at Print station: Clean! Don’t accidentally clip the master by leaving peak headroom on the mix bus. Print a full mix and an instrumental mix. Note the revisions and sample rate for the mastering engineer. Check nulls of alternate prints at same start points. Are the differences you see expected? Are they deliberate? Before you close the page, draft up your engineer handoff. What did you pass? What’s not done yet? The translation bench results? Your margin notes? That’s your slip, which lets the next person know exactly where you left off. Reopen the checkpoints to use this widget again on another mix anytime in the future. As you work, the widget remembers your progress. There’s no need to worry about losing your place. Just keep working where you left off or click to reset everything. The interface is designed to be quiet and functional. So you can focus on the sound and not the interface. It is not a rulebook but a guide. Make the checks fit your own style and song. Try all of the different lenses for the session and notice how it changes what you’re focusing on. A vocals forward lens will pull out the sibilance, the breathiness. Maybe an acoustic lens is there to preserve that natural room tone? An electronic lens makes you more aware of how you manage sub frequencies. The lenses are there as a guide to steer clear of common pitfalls in each genre. It is like having another set of ears while mixing. Work carefully through each point in the check list. Better to get it correct now than go back and fix things later. The purpose of the check list is to keep you on track. This doesn’t mean it replaces your ears or your judgment. If the mix sounds good, trust your ears. Go down the check list to make sure you didn’t miss something obviously. Now’s a good time to play around with the controls. Navigate between stations and check off your tasks. Speed things up by using keyboard shortcuts. Draft your handoff and write down your notes. As you get used to it, the workflow will become second nature. You’ll notice how much it speeds up your mix process. And you can rest assured you’ve got the basics handled. This is the widget I use for mixing checklists which take you through 7 checkpoints of mixing. Each test has a checkbox so you can mark it as passed/working and include an exact note on what needs to be done for the next mixing session. You can also use your computer keyboard to navigate around quicker instead of using your mouse to click on each control. Keyboard shortcuts are great for speeding up your workflow and working without having to look at the screen. One through seven are the number keys that will open whichever station is named. Next unfinished item in the sequence is accessed with the N key. You don’t have to go hunting for it. Use the R key to run the lens risk route, which highlights things specific to your chosen genre. Use the T key to focus the translation bench on the next unresolved listening room. A revision queue can be built from your current marks with the V key. Cycle the status of the focused check with Enter or Space. Begin with your session type, which sets the focus of the included session. Pick from electronic production, acoustic ensemble, vocal-forward song, or more balanced full mix. Each will affect the risk path, calling out areas where that genre is prone to blind spots. The electronic lens for instance calls out limiter-bound transients and sub energy, whereas the acoustic lens protects room tone and instrument transients. For instance, seven stations are shown on the main area in a typical workflow for mixing. You’ll see: Prep, Balance, Tone, Dynamics, Depth, Translate, and Print. Jump to each stage by clicking the numbered tabs on top. There’s a list of tasks on each station along with a quick description. Just click on a task and its status will cycle through three options. The first click sets it to working; you’ve tagged the problem or begun correcting it. Second click makes it passed. The test has been performed and passed successfully. Third click re-opens it. Route to next checkpoint jumps to the first incomplete task. Good if you prefer to work through the checklist linearly. Avoids having to scan to find available items. The Risk route (Walk) visits a hand-picked concern based on the production type you’ve chosen. It marks an unchecked concern as working. This way, you know you’re dealing with something important and specific to that genre’s checks. Reopen every checkpoint if you want to start again from scratch. On the right side is the translation bench that lets you check the mix in places other than the optimal stereo sweet spot. Five environments are listed: Outside Room, Very Quiet, Headphones, Phone Speaker, Mono Fold. Each can be clicked to change its state between Unverified, Concern, and Verified. Next Listening Room focuses on the next area that needs to be checked. Sequence Revision Priorities combines translation concerns with working checks into an ordered list by signal-flow. Use the margin notes space to write down any thoughts. Your comment will be saved here across the session. You can use it to jot down ideas for what’s coming up next, or where translations might need attention. Click Draft engineer handoff when you want to finish mixing. This saves your notes together with a list of anything that’s been completed or still needs work. It is a neat bundle for your next session or to send off for mastering. To enter full screen, hit the Fullscreen button. It expands the widget to fill your whole screen, providing extra space for both notes and the checklist. Hit it again to return from full screen mode. The How to play button displays a help panel containing detailed instructions. Leave this panel open and use it when required for guidance on using the workflow, keyboard shortcuts etc. Try walking the lens risk route before you print your mix. You’ll see where you miss certain things common to your genre when you hand off your work. Level-match your monitor changes prior to declaring that one sounds better than another. Your ears will not be fooled by volume differences. Use the revision queue as a tool for ordering fixes according to signal flow. This allows you to address issues logically and prevents random track hopping. Start at the Prep Station to make your session sound more credible. Clean up fades, edits and silence prior to any processing. Maintain a healthy amount of usable headroom on insert by using careful clip gain. Double check your sample rate and check your tempo map, everything exported or effected should rest upon the same footing. A well-kept beginning saves time later in the mix process. Work through the Balance and Tone stations with your EQ and faders. Create a static fader balance that allows the core intent to work without automation. Establish solid weight on kick, bass and lead as anchors. Keep the low musical basics high-passed only where necessary. Cut the less important source first to resolve any masking issues. Bypass loudness matches… Don’t let gain changes fool you about your tonal judgment. Control and intent are key: address depth and dynamics separately. Attack using the envelope to prevent the onsets from sounding flat. Release with the groove, let the return breathe at tempo. Monitor bus gain reduction to ensure no hidden cascade compression. Select an acoustic space for everything, reverbs should feel related. Filter delay and reverb returns to reserve some space for direct sound. Print and test in the Translate station. Fold to mono; listen for center cancellations. Examine on small speakers: Are hook and lead still readable? Level match a reference to compare: Keep it all in context with one level-matched reference. Step out of the sweet spot to check center anchors from the side. These are tests you won’t see in the main monitors but will show up. Reversible handoff at Print station: Clean! Don’t accidentally clip the master by leaving peak headroom on the mix bus. Print a full mix and an instrumental mix. Note the revisions and sample rate for the mastering engineer. Check nulls of alternate prints at same start points. Are the differences you see expected? Are they deliberate? Before you close the page, draft up your engineer handoff. What did you pass? What’s not done yet? The translation bench results? Your margin notes? That’s your slip, which lets the next person know exactly where you left off. Reopen the checkpoints to use this widget again on another mix anytime in the future. As you work, the widget remembers your progress. There’s no need to worry about losing your place. Just keep working where you left off or click to reset everything. The interface is designed to be quiet and functional. So you can focus on the sound and not the interface. It is not a rulebook but a guide. Make the checks fit your own style and song. Try all of the different lenses for the session and notice how it changes what you’re focusing on. A vocals forward lens will pull out the sibilance, the breathiness. Maybe an acoustic lens is there to preserve that natural room tone? An electronic lens makes you more aware of how you manage sub frequencies. The lenses are there as a guide to steer clear of common pitfalls in each genre. It is like having another set of ears while mixing. Work carefully through each point in the check list. Better to get it correct now than go back and fix things later. The purpose of the check list is to keep you on track. This doesn’t mean it replaces your ears or your judgment. If the mix sounds good, trust your ears. Go down the check list to make sure you didn’t miss something obviously. Now’s a good time to play around with the controls. Navigate between stations and check off your tasks. Speed things up by using keyboard shortcuts. Draft your handoff and write down your notes. As you get used to it, the workflow will become second nature. You’ll notice how much it speeds up your mix process. And you can rest assured you’ve got the basics handled. This is the widget I use for mixing checklists which take you through 7 checkpoints of mixing. Each test has a checkbox so you can mark it as passed/working and include an exact note on what needs to be done for the next mixing session. You can also use your computer keyboard to navigate around quicker instead of using your mouse to click on each control. Keyboard shortcuts are great for speeding up your workflow and working without having to look at the screen. One through seven are the number keys that will open whichever station is named. Next unfinished item in the sequence is accessed with the N key. You don’t have to go hunting for it. Use the R key to run the lens risk route, which highlights things specific to your chosen genre. Use the T key to focus the translation bench on the next unresolved listening room. A revision queue can be built from your current marks with the V key. Cycle the status of the focused check with Enter or Space. Begin with your session type, which sets the focus of the included session. Pick from electronic production, acoustic ensemble, vocal-forward song, or more balanced full mix. Each will affect the risk path, calling out areas where that genre is prone to blind spots. The electronic lens for instance calls out limiter-bound transients and sub energy, whereas the acoustic lens protects room tone and instrument transients. For instance, seven stations are shown on the main area in a typical workflow for mixing. You’ll see: Prep, Balance, Tone, Dynamics, Depth, Translate, and Print. Jump to each stage by clicking the numbered tabs on top. There’s a list of tasks on each station along with a quick description. Just click on a task and its status will cycle through three options. The first click sets it to working; you’ve tagged the problem or begun correcting it. Second click makes it passed. The test has been performed and passed successfully. Third click re-opens it. Route to next checkpoint jumps to the first incomplete task. Good if you prefer to work through the checklist linearly. Avoids having to scan to find available items. The Risk route (Walk) visits a hand-picked concern based on the production type you’ve chosen. It marks an unchecked concern as working. This way, you know you’re dealing with something important and specific to that genre’s checks. Reopen every checkpoint if you want to start again from scratch. On the right side is the translation bench that lets you check the mix in places other than the optimal stereo sweet spot. Five environments are listed: Outside Room, Very Quiet, Headphones, Phone Speaker, Mono Fold. Each can be clicked to change its state between Unverified, Concern, and Verified. Next Listening Room focuses on the next area that needs to be checked. Sequence Revision Priorities combines translation concerns with working checks into an ordered list by signal-flow. Use the margin notes space to write down any thoughts. Your comment will be saved here across the session. You can use it to jot down ideas for what’s coming up next, or where translations might need attention. Click Draft engineer handoff when you want to finish mixing. This saves your notes together with a list of anything that’s been completed or still needs work. It is a neat bundle for your next session or to send off for mastering. To enter full screen, hit the Fullscreen button. It expands the widget to fill your whole screen, providing extra space for both notes and the checklist. Hit it again to return from full screen mode. The How to play button displays a help panel containing detailed instructions. Leave this panel open and use it when required for guidance on
