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Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan
I still don't know what bad mixing is lol. I also don't know the job of an arranger. Lol
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A mixer decides on the audio levels for each channel/layer of sound (how loud something is in comparison to another layer - what's considered foreground and background and how far into the foreground/background each layer sinks or rises into).
An arranger decides on all the instrumentation (as opposed to the composer who decides on the actual notes/melody/chords, etc.). The composer can sit down and write the piece on a piano, and the arranger takes that information and "arranges" it in software to give life to the piece you actually end up listening to.
(It's after this that someone "mixes" the song by adjusting the levels that the arranger decided upon, and then after that someone masters the track, which is basically just adding EQ and giving the song it's final "full bodied power" that takes it from sounding like a demo and makes it sound full and rich.)