100 Recording and Mixing Mistakes to Avoid

Every artist, producer, audio engineer, or studio owner, has experience some or all of these mistakes at some point in their music production careers. Here are the top 100 mistakes that I have learned over the years of being an audio engineer. Whether you are a home studio engineer, a FL Studio producer or a longtime Pro Tools user, these 100 mistakes can slow down your progress so make sure you check this out.

1:02 Recording in a loud environment
1:20 Recording in a reflective room
1:53 Buying gear for the name
2:42 Not practicing
3:20 Not listening before recording
4:27 Bringing too many friends to the studio
4:48 Not having confidence
5:29 Lack of communication with the engineer
5:54 Recording too loud and clipping
6:16 Recording too quietly
6:45 Relying on limiters
7:08 Over compressing
7:38 Using too many plugins
8:04 Not labeling tracks
8:15 Being unorganized
8:30 Poor file management
8:45 Getting distracted
9:25 Not using headphones
10:00 Buying a mic that doesn’t suit your voice
10:42 Using the wrong type of mic
11:30 Mic placement
12:05 Too much EQ
12:55 Using weak samples
13:30 Recording with latency
14:40 Relying on presets
15:08 Overusing pitch correction
15:40 Fixing it in the mix
16:33 Too much reverb
16:40 Improper routing
17:10 Using compression instead of fader
17:54 Understand your tools
18:24 Editing without using fades
19:10 Mixing without proper low end response
19:51 Mixing on on improper monitors
20:43 Trying to self master
21:30 Using too low of a bit depth
21:58 Using too low or high of a sample rate
22:45 Rushing the recording
23:10 Recording instruments out of tune
23:44 Not taking noes
24:23 Mixing for to long
24:44 Not using a reference
24:15 Making everything be heard
25:54 Not fixing phase issues
26:10 Not using a click track
26:48 Saving too many takes
27:27 Not recording doubles
28:20 Placing mic too close to the source
28:50 Recording with cheap or broken cables
29:32 Bad singing
30:15 Bad rapping
30:47 Bad timing
31:30 Leaving your phone on
32:05 Not facing the mic
32:40 Not taking breaks
33:22 Not being professional
33:55 Letting the engineer change your plans
34:30 Mixing in solo
35:08 Forgetting about stereo width
35:45 Killing the dynamic range
36:30 Not checking mix on different speakers
37:05 Not leaving enough headroom
37:45 Not using HPF
38:25 Not using LPF
38:42 Eqing the master to fix roblem
39:30 Not using automation
40:20 Doing the same things too much
41:03 Trying to turn a sound into something it isn’t
41:38 Relying on fix it plugins
42:22 Not being clear on what you want to do
42:50 Not paying attention to gain m
43:10 Making vocals thin
43:40 Making vocals boomy
43:58 Bad beat selection
44:23 Boosting instead of cutting
44:55 Not knowing your rom
45:20 Not knowing your monitors
45:48 Mixing mindlessly
46:15 Not knowing when to stop
46:38 Not being reactive
47:00 Lack of energies
47:28 Too many low end sounds
47:59 Lack pf clarity
48:27 Looking for a mastered sound
49:05 Not ussing groups
49:43 Not using busses
49:55 Not using shortcuts
50:16 Not understanding how inserts are processed
50:51 Not eqing your reverb
51:18 Not being creative
51:45 Not setting the tempo
52:00 Adding reverb to everything
52:30 Processing everything
53:00 Too heavy on the HPF
53:34 Not using parallel compression
54:05 Forgetting to save
54:24 Not reading the manuals
54:55 Not using Wavy 1 Isolating Headphone
55:48 Not joining the wavy seals elite

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