This Is Your Brain On Mixing
The two hemispheres of our brain are optimized for processing different types of information. The right brain deals with more abstract, creativity-oriented issues, while the left brain is more analytical — it follows directions, and does the math. Generally, when you’re in one mode of thought, you want to stay there.
If you do your own engineering, you don’t want to have to think while tracking or mixing: Dedicate your brainpower to the right hemisphere, so it can get creative. Which of the following is less likely to break your concentration: Scanning the screen for some button or fader, moving the mouse, grabbing the control, and then dragging it — or simply moving a physical fader? What’s worse, a mouse is a “monophonic” device. Suppose you want to bring three channel levels up a little bit. You have to group the three together, move them, then ungroup. It’s a lot faster to just move three physical channel faders.
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http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=32&storycode=10106
If you do your own engineering, you don’t want to have to think while tracking or mixing: Dedicate your brainpower to the right hemisphere, so it can get creative. Which of the following is less likely to break your concentration: Scanning the screen for some button or fader, moving the mouse, grabbing the control, and then dragging it — or simply moving a physical fader? What’s worse, a mouse is a “monophonic” device. Suppose you want to bring three channel levels up a little bit. You have to group the three together, move them, then ungroup. It’s a lot faster to just move three physical channel faders.
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http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=32&storycode=10106
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