MIXING SERVICES AND SESSION DELIVERY GUIDELINES

Mixing Services and Session Delivery Guidelines
In order to provide rates that are affordable for independent artists and producers, we have very strict requirements for session file organization. This will allow us to spend our time mixing, avoiding unnecessary hours of editing and organizing messy sessions. If these guidelines are not followed, an hourly charge will be added to the final bill.
Masters will not be delivered until full payment is received.

Guidelines
1. All tracks must be properly named.
2. All files must be present in the audio files folder of the session.
3. Either .wav or aiff formats are acceptable (preferably 24 or 32 bit float/44.1KHz). However, if your session is in a higher sample rate, we can always accept that as well. This is primarily a guidance to steer away from lower quality 16 bit and mp3 multi-track sessions.
4. All Tracks must be organized according to part and as follows:

drums, percussion, bass, guitars, synths and any other instruments in order of importance.
Followed by: intro, lead vocals, any doubles or adlibs and harmonies pertaining to that verse, then the chorus, bridge, outtro, etc...

5. Please arrange your tracks in a “linear” fashion. In other words, If you are a solo vocalist and you have 3 verses in the song + a double on the lead vocal, there is no need for those sounds to be on 6 different tracks. They should only take up 2 tracks, the lead vocals on 1 and the doubles on the second. However, if there were 3 different vocalists, that same arrangement would require 6 tracks.
6. If you’re using something other than Pro Tools, that is completely fine. Just properly name each audio file and consolidate them from the very beginning of the track to the very end of the track. In other words, each file should start at “0″ and the entire track should now be in ”one piece”. Please verify this by opening a new session and importing the new consolidated files into this session. LISTEN through and make sure that all files play correctly. Things happen sometimes, so it is best to double check everything.
7. Export. There is two ways to approach this next part. It depends on what the session looks like, how it was originally recorded, and what you want from my mix.
If the song is in full production mode & it’s laid out how you want - we are not going to “re-invent the wheel”. I want to enhance what you’ve already built. Help push it a little bit further.

Leave all your faders, pans, automations and fx in place on export. Otherwise keep in mind that we may not have the same plugins as you and would have to recreate certain things.

On the other hand, you may not be all that confident in your mix, and need for me to start from scratch on the eq, compression, fx, etc… Thats fine too.

Remove any EQ or compression/limiting (unless it makes the sound what it is)
Remove any effects (delays/reverbs) from the channel and make sure that they return to their own buses.
If you feel that a particular track is perfect how you have it, please export the track (both flat and with the effect) with your session files.

8. Please REMOVE ALL FILES THAT ARE NOT TO BE USED IN THE SESSION.
9. All files that need to be tuned (either Autotune or Melodyne) must be done so by the client prior to sending the sessions. Tuning will be done at an additional hourly rate.

Include the rough mix in the folder. If there are things about your rough mix that you would like to keep or replicate, please include very detailed notes.

These guidelines will save us all time and money - just use good judgement (and if you are unsure about something), let’s talk about it first.

Payment & Session Delivery
Payments can be made by cash, cashiers check, credit card or digital wallets (ex. Cashapp, Paypal, Venmo and Zelle).
Files and assets can be uploaded and downloaded through a secure folder on our Dropbox. Only you will be able to access your files.

A 50% (non-refundable) deposit of the estimated total is due before any work will start. Full payment is required before masters will be delivered. A first draft “watermarked” mp3 mix will be sent for your approval. It is our goal to get the mix as close to your vision as possible. Any changes will need to be made during this stage (however - after the second revision hourly fees will apply).