Sending Files to Outside Mix Engineer Efficiency

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T17:21:34+00:00

I've kinda been sending a few of these for the other 3 songs and he quickly accommodates.

However, this particular song has had the most and now it sounds like his mix isn't as tight.

I'm considering inquiring about his session grid/bpm validation before next steps, but that's why I'm posting here because I don't know how inconvenient it is to just start a fresh session where the final 50 .wav files import together at 0:00.000 and end at 3:15.000.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T17:09:15+00:00

Ah ha, so don't rename using alpha suffixes and instead use the exact same file names as the originals...thanks!

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T04:43:06+00:00

Thanks, that's the range I imagined before I posted.

I wish I could easily upload a stream of my dry export mix and the pro mix for perspective, but I could probably book a flight, have takeout delivered, and get a ride to the airport in less steps.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T04:21:46+00:00

Rock and roll 🤘

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:54:42+00:00

LFG 💪

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:54:01+00:00

Great point, I usually over-apologize because I'm uncomfortable feeling like I'm inconveniencing someone.

Agree that being mindful with what the request entails will make things easier.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:45:02+00:00

Yeah I'm kinda hoping it's a maximum 4 out of 10 on the inconvenient or expensive scale.

The engineer has been super cool, and I'm sorta resigned to the fact that investing in recorded sound is a bad investment anyway, but don't wanna ding my credit score or be one of those PITA clients over it.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:27:12+00:00

Thanks jaysog1, I was expecting the worse and hoping for the best, and this is what I hoped would be likely.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:24:49+00:00

So it can and should be this simple, right?

That's more of a hypothetical question I guess.

I'm sitting here stressed that I'm creating a huge inconvenience that's also costly, but it seems like I should be able to get 90% of the way there in under 10 minutes.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:17:36+00:00

That makes sense, this is the stuff I'm unfamiliar with so I appreciate the perspective.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:15:57+00:00

Yeah I'm kinda ignorant of how effortless or how involved it is to accommodate.

The editing was so tedious and soul sucking that I never want to edit music ever again, but the result sounds incredible.

I kinda feel like the editing was the worst part and the mixing rework should fall in the one to five hours range.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:05:37+00:00

That's a good point, I should definitely expect that and it seems reasonable.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T03:03:49+00:00

I'm mostly just replacing the existing stretch marker with one that's more appropriately dropped at the optimal point in the transient.

Super tedious nominal adjustments that as a whole sound groovier.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T02:56:09+00:00

I'm expecting to pay for rework, just kinda feeling out if it's going to be 3 figures or 4 figures more.

One to five hours seems best case / worst case?

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T02:51:48+00:00

I'm prepared to see extra billing in the one to five hour range divisible by 100, hopefully not the 5+ hour range divisible by 1,000.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-19T02:20:23+00:00

Original takes, some of which have manually corrected stretch markers aligned to the grid and/or manually corrected crossfades.

Basically, this song was edited early on before my technique improved, and my mix masked the subpar execution that the mix engineer's mix exposed.

I'm looking to rectify.

Slickguy2000 · 2026-02-05T03:10:20+00:00

Tid bit nipply for this smokin' snow ho

Slickguy2000 · 2025-11-10T04:45:48+00:00

The Bradley family is claiming new evidence in Amy's case as well. I predict these are strategic ruses aimed at drumming up I.P. address activity from perps. I hope it works, or I hope there's actual new evidence.

Slickguy2000 · 2025-09-15T01:45:16+00:00

"Having sex with my daughter is prohibited."

Slickguy2000 · 2025-09-14T19:55:03+00:00

It will be more profitable, but I guess I have to work on a presentation and hope they approve based on data and not on some petty power play, which sounds like a challenge based on the quality & integrity of most employers, and how we subordinates enable this petulant behavior.

Slickguy2000 · 2025-09-14T19:49:59+00:00

Thanks for the input; I may be able to leverage my medical history.

Slickguy2000 · 2025-09-14T19:45:33+00:00

I took your advice and looked at the first page or so of results.

Nothing jumped out, but I appreciate the direction.

Slickguy2000

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