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Always try to get something right when you are recording it. It is easy
to think "I'll fix it when I'm mixing", but you will probably spend
hours trying to repair something that could have been played or sung
again in minutes.
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Always try and record things with as little E.Q. as possible. It makes
it much easier to match sounds if you need to overdub at a later date.
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A common mistake when mixing is to swamp everything in reverb.
Try and restrict your use of reverb to one or two parts and use echo
to give other parts some ambience.
Using more than one type of reverb at the same time, unless you really
know what you're doing is another sure recipe for disaster.
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Take regular breaks when recording and especially when mixing. Even
if you feel full of energy, your ears need to rest.
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To calculate delay times, use this formula: 60/X=Y,
where "X" is the tempo of the song in B.P.M. (beats per minute). The
result "Y" is the quarter-note delay time expressed in milliseconds.
If you do not know the B.P.M. but have a stop-watch with an accuracy
of tenths of seconds, try this. Start the stop-watch in time with
the music and count eleven beats (one being the beat you start on).
Stop the watch on the eleventh beat. Divide the time by ten.The
resulting time is the quarter-note delay time in milliseconds.
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