[nutrinoland]

Hey..
so i've been producing electronic music since a while...
i have gotten pretty decent at expressing my ideas musically speaking but my mixing skills still suck...most of my tracks come out sounding dull, flat and lifeless....
I know that it has something to do with the methods i use to mix, EQ, compress etc...
I have been able to find lots of info about mixing acoustic instruments..but very little regarding electronic music in particular.
I just saw the Andi VAx videos on Youtube.they were helpful..

I have been using my EQ in quite a wrong sorta way....i am in the habit of using mostly Highpass, lowpass and bandpass filters and not shelving or peaking or notch sort of filters on my parametric EQ...
also i have been using really strange EQ curves on stuff....almost like trying to have everything in its own little band of frequencies...I guess this is why most of the sounds start sounding lifeless and tinny....
I am realizing that i should use peaking filter types more and just cut or sometimes boost just a few dB ...

I am also wondering about synth leads and parts that use filter sweeps....how do i EQ them since i want the sweep to sweep through many frequencies.. ?
Also do u guys mix in the end after making and arranging all the parts....at what stage do u automate the filters and stuff...at the mixing stage or while composing ?

I have been using Fruity since many years and for some reason (apart from my mixing blunders) the bounced/exported Wav sounds dull and low in volume level....it sounds different than what i am hearing in the sequencer...
I have heard ppl say that fruity sucks for mixing and final rendering....i have been it denial about this for a long time..cause i love fruity and am so used to using it in a quick manner....i have resisted moving to another sequencer for a long time..maybe it is time to do so.. i want more pro results now, as i am starting to get some work ...i am sometimes worried to showcase my music because i am concerned about the lack of sound quality and bad mixing.... i really wanna overcome this...i am quite frustrated with this chronic issue i have been having...


Do you guys have any tips or would you please share some of your mixing techniques..especially EQ for different parts....also if you could upload pics of the EQ curves you use for the different parts, that would be very very helpful...
also if you know of any online resourses that talk about mixing electronic music in particular.....


Thanks....