Mixing music

I compose music, which for some reason or other tends to happen in phases, with it sometimes being months between tracks that I write.

So I have a track that has been work in progress know for more than a year, the problem that I have with it is that the track has five drum tracks.

What is the best way to mix these tracks in the overall mix?

At this time I have one track on the left and one on the right and then the rest in the centre, I don't know if this is the best arrangement for the drum tracks I think I should also add here that all five drum tracks are live at the same time so it's not a case of turning each drum track on and off as the track progresses.

The track itself is about six minutes long and runs at about 140 beats per minute.

Perhaps the best thing to do is to leave the track to rest and then come back to it, and then compare the old mix with the new and on that hearing choose which track to use.

I suppose that this is a case where only time will tell.


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