# Gain Staging Philosophy

**URL:** <https://community.mwtm.com/t/gain-staging-philosophy/6081>\
**Category:** Teezio Mixing Chris Brown\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/gain-staging-philosophy/6081 "2024-04-17T23:17:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Raymond\_Cordero](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/raymond_cordero/32/79_2.png) [@Raymond\_Cordero](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Raymond_Cordero)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/gain-staging-philosophy/6081/1 "2024-04-17T23:17:38Z")

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Hey Teezio,

Absolutely love your work - I was wondering if you could dive a little more in depth about how you attack gain staging as a whole

I know you’re going mostly on their rough mix levels - but what if theres something that feels out of place to you from a mixers perspective?

Lastly what levels do you like your vocals to sit at or what relationship should the vocals have vs the instrumental section?

Thank you,  
E.

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**Author:** ![Ghostra\_Nostra](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/ghostra_nostra/32/1003_2.png) [@Ghostra\_Nostra](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Ghostra_Nostra)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/gain-staging-philosophy/6081/2 "2024-04-18T16:46:46Z")

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I was wondering about this too. Are the drums sitting around-9 or so?

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**Author:** ![Stavros\_Georgiadis1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.mwtm.com/stavros_georgiadis1/32/1229_2.png) [@Stavros\_Georgiadis1](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Stavros_Georgiadis1)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/gain-staging-philosophy/6081/3 "2024-09-06T22:39:39Z")

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I’d do a general -7 to -5 with the base. Always do it with the base Guitar. As the kick and base need fit together nicely so they aren’t fighting for space in the mix.