No way!

Because no matter how hard you try to copy their techniques, your brisket won’t turn out like theirs. 

Mixing is the exact same way. 

Top of their class mixers are happy to tell you how they style their reverbs to the track, or their EQ and compression techniques, because they know you won’t be able to do it just like them… (which is not a bad thing!)

Every mixer has a signature and special nuances that were developed over years of perfecting their craft. 

They learned from their mentors the same way that you learn from yours (although yours may be via YouTube). 

And as a mixer, it’s vital that you pull techniques and philosophies from all the people who have been doing it for years. 

That’s why I included 31 in-depth interviews from masters of the art of mixing in my new book The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook (5th Edition). 

I learned a lot over the years from some of these incredible mixers, and I have boiled down the fundamentals of mixing and paired them with years of wisdom from world-class mixers spanning all genres…