Balancing workflow

• Set a timer for 25 mins
• Try multing anything that may need it early
• Gain stage submixes at 0dB VU (see How to gain stage)
  • Mix tracks within submix relative to one another
• Mix submixes together to 2bus at 0dB VU
• Optionally convert fader settings to a gain plugin
• Mute anything unnecessary
• High-pass
• Compress anything that needs it
• Mute and add submixes back in order of importance
• Check phase of multi-mic setups (see How to adjust phase)
• Applying track Panning
• EQ to fix masking
  • Start with shelving cuts, then bell cuts (see Why I prefer EQ cuts for balancing)
• Switch the newly balanced track in and out to listen for any other masked frequencies

I borrowed some techniques from this video.