Article: Have others listen to your song. Be prepared for critique. Listen to the feedback of others carefully. Soften sounds that are piercing and tinny, add substance to the parts your listeners find lacking. This might involve adding more instrumentals or simply balancing the volume.  Start by having friends and family listen to your track. However, these people will often care about your feelings and may not give you the most honest evaluation. After building your confidence a little bit,  have someone who isn’t as close to you, like an acquaintance or colleague with similar music tastes, listen to your track. your track. Keep the volume moderately low when doing this. Over long mixing sessions, volume tends to creep upward, which can be bad for your hearing. Color code parts to improve efficiency while mixing. Balance the volumes of the parts of your track and accentuate prominent parts.  Compression tools can help you maintain consistent volume throughout your track. Digital versions of these are available as part of DAWs or supplemental software packages. A common color scheme to improve mixing efficiency uses purple for bass, blue for drums, red for vocals, and orange for instruments. the track. Take a look at the audio range of the track as a whole in a mastering program. This may be a separate program or part of your DAW. Look at the fades, the parameters of the sound (how large/small its frequency). Soften and round out extreme parts to make the sound fluid and seamless.

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Get a second opinion. Mix Master