I think I nearly mix as much with my eyes as I would by ear these days.
Generally its
Look at the waveform while listening on crappy headphones, take a few notes.
Some order of EQ/Comp/Rev/Pan depending on the mood.
A few intent listens with Beyerdynamics
A few fine adjusts.
I'd do nearly all the EQ/Comp visually and only check the other stuff in short bursts.
People are going to listen on
A single speaker in a plastic box that talks at you and listens to your childer and makes databases for robots to read.
20mm drivers in a plastic laptop case.
Beats with EQ curve from hell.
A television half behind a chair.
Through FM compression mixed with road noise.
summed to a variant of ogg and played through 2inch driver over bluetooth.
My amazing stereo.
So I mix a lot differently than I would have a few years back.
Generally its
Look at the waveform while listening on crappy headphones, take a few notes.
Some order of EQ/Comp/Rev/Pan depending on the mood.
A few intent listens with Beyerdynamics
A few fine adjusts.
I'd do nearly all the EQ/Comp visually and only check the other stuff in short bursts.
People are going to listen on
A single speaker in a plastic box that talks at you and listens to your childer and makes databases for robots to read.
20mm drivers in a plastic laptop case.
Beats with EQ curve from hell.
A television half behind a chair.
Through FM compression mixed with road noise.
summed to a variant of ogg and played through 2inch driver over bluetooth.
My amazing stereo.
So I mix a lot differently than I would have a few years back.