Hey guys, i'm currently reading a book on mixing, as I finished my first track ever from start to end (finally) and want to get my hands dirty already with the nitty gritty stuff.

I fully understand the process of mixing from a live bands standpoint. Get instruments in as raw as possible, it's usually all live recordings, so you gotta do your volume adjustments, panning, EQing. Getting everything blending right.

EDM, however, is not recorded live. You are making what you're hearing on the go, and thus are instantly applying things such as ducking, compression, EQing, reverb and delay effects. etc, on the go. Balancing volumes and also panning, all that jazz, because it shapes the way your song sounds and you're already hearing it live from the monitors. Am I right to assume that EDM is kind of mixed on the GO for a good 75% of it by the end of the track?

I'm sure there's a huge benefit to still sit down after a track is done and clean up the mix, find some inconsistencies, fix some EQing and volume automations, but as your EDM production is done, shouldn't the mixing be at least halfway there already?

I'm just trying to get into the understanding the mindset behind mixing, as from what I get it's just a lot of EQ, volume automation adjustements, and effects (effects often placed on your specific mix buses already because well it's an integral part of the sound design and effects you want the song to give out) and making sure it all sounds cohesive since EDM relies heavily on that to come out punching just right.

The book i'm reading talks clearly from a more live recording mixdown standpoint, and I just wanna know how to translate that into EDM and if my assumptions are correct about having our job done halfway already because of the very core way we produce our music.

Interested in hearing your thoughts about this