Reply To: Where do you start?

[Jonathan MarshallParticipant]

I'm with Chris in that the first thing I do is to create aux sub groups and assign tracks to them. Then I balance the tracks in each group a bit and then adjust the subs to get a rough balance. I tend to also pick the most important sub - lead vocals often and balance around that. Bit like a painting - broad brush strokes at the start then finer detail later.