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How to... Record your tracks
Recording: The mix
05 Monitor Mixes
If you're coming back in a couple of days to finish mixing you can take a 'monitor mix' with you to listen to in the meantime.

How to... Make the most of the mix
"Monitor mixes can really help because you can listen to the song in lots of different environments and figure out what needs to change."
Guy Massey
Recording Engineer
Abbey Road Studios

This is a rough or working mix of the track and can be useful to listen to and play to your brethrens while you're waiting to get back in the studio.

Playing the track in different venues and on different sets of speakers can give you new perspectives.

Just be careful not to over listen to it or it may affect your judgement when it's time to do the main mix.
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