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As my dear friend, mentor, and absolutely SLAYING producer/mixer/engineer, Greg Fidelman would say: “I’m not afraid.”
As in ‘woah, Greg, you have a tape emulation, a console emulation, a compressor, HEAT, a Pro-L2 AND a God Particle on your mixbus??’
Greg: ‘yeah why not? I’m not afraid.’
Hahaha. I love it. To be clear, that signal chain listed above is completely made up by me. But the sentiment stands, and I’ve stood by it, in his honor, forever and ever amen.
Try EVERYTHING. Experiment endlessly. Don’t knock something till you’ve tried it. Mix like no one’s watching. Make the insecure Gearspace peanut gallery living rent-free in your sub-conscience SQUIRM and GASP at the horrors of your ‘novice’ ingenuity! Have fun! No rules!!
There is literally only one thing that matters: DOES IT SOUND GOOD?
If so, fear not.