Rafa Sardina: Calibrating Your Ears & Emotions for Mixing

Rafa Sardina is a Los Angeles based  18-Time Grammy and Latin Grammy winning producer/engineer and mixer. He has built an impressive list of clients over the years, from D’Angelo & The Vanguard, Elvis Costello And The Roots, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Placido Domingo, Camila Cabello, Miguel, Lady Gaga, Clare Fischer Big Band, Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Natalia Lafourcade, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Bublé, Arturo O’Farrill with The Afrocuban Jazz Big Band Orchestra & Chucho Valdes, Tim McGraw and many more.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
Working as an intern to get into the industry
The importance of constantly learning
Diversifying your musical genres
Taking inspiration from multiple styles of music
Calibrating your ears and emotions for mixing
Using intuition to guide your mixes
What to do when you’re feeling stuck with your tracks
Battling self-doubt
Building naming systems for your sessions to keep organized and inspired
Working with Michael Jackson
Creating depth and width in a mix
Why you should start your mixes with a focus on the center channel
Using automation early in your process
Automating compressors to create movement throughout a song
Using multiple EQs on a single signal chain
Learning to hear the differences between different plugins/hardware

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