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Trem
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I agree performance is essential. Still, maybe I should rephrase my question.
There’s the old idea that getting good at anything requires 10 000 hours of practice. The new take on that is that what is really required is 10 000 hours of deliberate practice with feedback.
Making tracks for 10 000 hours without guidance might lead to some interesting places for sure. But I think there really are some key things to figure out to get to the next level, some do’s and don’ts, some important concepts to grasp, some things to focus on, practice on, learn to get right every time.
That’s what I was hoping for here. The problem with just googling away is that there’s a lot of misinformation and contrarian stuff posted for attention, or quick fix ”tricks”, or quick fix plugins that might in theory ”fix” mixes, but I prefer to learn why audio behaves the way it does.
By ”hidden” I just meant the things that are harder to discover, the stuff that don’t have dedicated knobs etc.
Panning for example is not hidden in that sense, it’s very prominent in a DAW or on mixers, and one of the first things someone might start to experiment with (not always with the best results).
I would suggest you purchase a college level text book and follow it like a syllabus - that’s essentially how these things are taught at university .
You could read the book, chapter by chapter, or skip around, then see if you can find correlating info on you tube (or see if the book has recommended links and/or its own online content)
Ethan Winer’s “The Audio Expert” is an AES award winning text book used by Notre Dame and other respected institutions - Ethan’s a good friend of mine, so I’m a bit biased, but he covers everything soup to nuts - and it’s well written in a clear, and understandable way - he does give you the math, but you can skim over it.
I’d add that the info you’re seeking covers all kinds of recording, not just music - there’s film and tv sound, sound design, Foley and tons of ways to make an income as an engineer, one thing you’ll learn is the basics of audio recording (all that stuff you mention) crosses genres - mixing a film is not a whole lot different from mixing a pop tune in terms of things to watch out for.
Good luck on your journey